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London, England, 1827-10-03 00:00:00

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The London monopoly, bad as it is in every
respect, is not at all 'So formidable as that which.-
exists' in country towns, particularly in those
towns which are within the bills of mortality, at
such distances as are Croydon, Richmond, Brent-
ford, &c. 'lt is, however, believed, that the evil
will produce an antidote to itself before long.
Certain it is that many of the overgrown brewers
would very willingly dispose of the houses in
which they contrive, by means of ingenious
dignifyclerks, w
to
itviei pernicioust
the illiaemeof
beer. Their argument
trash which they
is, that the abatement of the duty on spirits has
spoiled the sale of their commodity ; but altlit":ugh
the cheapness of the mixture of liquid fire ant.v
poison certainly does render the use of the more
sluggish materuilS less frequent, it is the badnesS
of the brewers' coinmodity that has made the
public snatch at any substitute. It is that grip-
ing and oppressive spirit which aims at sudden
wealth through the sacrifice of the public healtho
that is operating against the interest of those
enemies to malt and hops. The brewers but a
short time ago were 'in the habit of lending large
sums of money to those who retailed their rube
bish. The answer now almost everywhere among
them is, that "they would rather not." This
is a symptom of the retiring glory. of the .trade
it is also a proof of the natural consequence of
bad example. The rapacity of the great brewer,
who, not satisfied with sending an unwholesome
and insipid, and often a stinking article to the
publican, duns him for money when his wife and
family are-almost destitute of the necessaries of
life, begets a corresponding laxity of principle in
the latter. In fact, it is matter of joke when a
breweris; done, because it is estimated that if he
is paid by foUr houses out of ten, he is a great
deal.too well paid. But the publican, .who is
perhaps as timid as he is stupid, is iii a mea•
sure to be censored for a great part of his own
sufferings. It is mentioned' in the brewer's
agreement. that " the tenant shall deal with
him for porter so long as it shall be of goof
and, saleable • quality." Why, then, does the
publican, notwithstanding the outcry raised by
his neighbours, persist in "forcing the noxious
and unpalatable stUff.down the throats of his re-
veining customers? He, is justified changing
brewer. He can easily procure the evidence
;of a )few coal-heavers, whose testimony would, in
Isitchti case, be conclusive, and he could not ay-
lireliend the verdict of a jury if the monopolise
.iWere rash enough to " chance" (as they call it)
a trial. Where the system is indeed 'deiperately
injurious, as we said before, is in the suburbs,
where the brewer has no reputation to lose, and
the tenant knows not the means of redress. In
one district; about ten miles from London, there
are about 28 licensed houses, of which 20 'be..
long to a brewer-who brews ale and porter, and
',-compels his tenants to sell them. He is,tesideS,
a' wine and spirit merchant ; and those articles
which he takes care to doctor as well as the "beaVy
wet," he also forces upon the poor slaves whom
he has made subservient to him in every thing.
A short time since he determined to possess him-
self of one of the principal inns (he had ,all the
rest). It was to be sold under will, and he was
anxious for the whole public wine-trade of the
place. The tenant endeavoured to purchase it
by private contract ; but the terms of the will
being that it " be sold by•auction," there was no.
alternative. Under' those circumstances the
tenant must either buy it up with the vengeance
of an angry and powerful bidder against him, or
conciliate this dangerOls competitor. He cluke
the latter. The terms •on which the brewer
would leave the field to him were, that the tenant
would deal with him in all the articles he was in
the habit of vending. This was a most alarm.
ing condition. The tenant stared at him and
shook his head. " Then," said the brewer,
" let the sale
.go on : I must have the house."
" Well," observed the overpowered publican,
" I will deal-with you if you serve me as I should
be.served at the docks. " Certainly I shall,
my dear fellow," answered the brewer : go
along and buy the house, and I hope your busi-
ness will increase."

It has been often observed, that within a short
distance of London it is impossible to get beer,
or spirits, or wine fit to be •received into the
stomach. This is the cause :—The brewer sup-
plies every-thing, and every thing is detestable.
At Richmond there are but three free public
houses, and at Brentford there is but one. At
the general annual licensing of public houses 'at
Horsemonger-lane, about three weeks ago, there
were no less than 50 applications for new li-
. cences, out of which number no more than two
were successful.
This, we suppose, was to show
that their worships were not to be influenced by
-
the brewers, who arc always so greedily occupied
in looking after licences. Whatever may be the
cause, those who failed might certainly have been
spared expence, which many of them were, we
understand, unable to bear. But a poor fellow
who fancies that his house- is in such a situation
uitt,rhtio.nr i
tfßya fact, withoutthsee several
as well whistle . to
as to command a licence, and who is not aware
of the flagitious system which has for so many
system comes- in
years prevailed, will be astonished to find that a
brewer can upon all occasions prevent him from
otagthe public,
l Magistrates,tobtaining
alli'lbeetiaaniss '''dilpartsiid'‘lvgos efwssbpha
euaePbfattoei rktrteiiehlwt jeutethirpls:l;:heliki tyechst
eehem;neosaCtfilyn:
until the
conduct of the partial and prep( • 1. iced distributors
are
of those magisterial favours . .exposed by the
press, it is vain to hope for any important altera-
tion. The fear of the press at the same time
tends to t preven any of those regularly-concerted
plans which were formal . d from being
y acted upon,
adopted, as there are some men on .the bench who
do not hesitate to spealc ~loudly of the abuses
which we. hope to see one day reformed. The
Magistrates' clerk; - upon the last licensing-day,
was' enabled, from the great additional fees which
poured in upon 'him, to show his gratitude to
those who have been, the means of increasing his
profits. A moiety of his fees (upon the mere
copies of notices, consisting of a few words,)
wrung from the pockets of the disappointed ap-
plicants, was sufficient to enable him to treat the
unpaid magistracy to a splendid dinner, and a
super-abundance of the most expensive wines,
after the labour of licensing the two houses was
at an end.—Times.

As Lieut. Augustus Lampen, R.N., of Dart-
mouth, was partridge-shooting, on Saturday the'22d inst.,
he took shelter from'a heavy shower, under a hedge, dur-
ing which his gun accidentally Went off, and shot him
through the head, which caused instant death.—Sher-
bourne Mercury.
We understand that at a meeting held at York
on Satn
four county hospitals, it was finally arranged that a Mu-
sical Festival, on a similar plan 'with the preceding ones,
liould take place next year at York,` in the week Wore
Doncaster aces. —Leeds Mercury.
vSaetry Saturday
Reverend laat, consisting of his Grace the Archbishop.
the Dean, and the other trqatees of the