Star.
London, England, 1830-04-24 00:00:00

THE NEW LICENSING BILL.

The great evil of the matter is this ; there is an evident
petitio principii in the primary principles of the Bill. It Is believed
that publicans have extraordinary profits, and that the trade conse.
quently should be thrown open, that all might have a chance of
" making fortunes." What is the fact?—Why, that one half the
public houses in England ate mortgaged to maltiters, and others.
Does this look like exorbitant profits ? Would men, as wealthy as
the poor publicans are suspected of being. who were " as good as
coining money by their houses,"—we ask, would they mortgage
their property, unless the want of means obliged them so to do ?
The idea is too ridiculous tor a moment's consideration. Why,
too, should the publicans be excluded from the usual protection of
the laws ? Why are they to be deprived of their property, without
receiving any indemnification ? Compensation is quite the order of
die day, but in the 'Wheal' instance of the unfortunate publicans
the principle is to be dispensed with. Will the measure benefit the
publican ? Certainly not. We shall say what it will effect. It
will ruin the publicans—it will beggar the =listen who have ad.
vaned money on the holdings of publicans (we know one molester
in this town who may thus lose 10.0001) and it will not benefit the
public. Unless, indted, the extension of drinking houses in all di.
rections may tend to the imprommtva of the public morals ! The
Meerpeol Journal, which takes the lkillle view of the subject as
we do. makes the following shrewd remark on the measure. It
says. " it has already bad the effect of cheating the people into an
admiration of the disinterested sistlout of mirristers. Notwithstand-
ing all their prat:Woos, they give up nothing ; they retain the abo-
minable mathinery of the licensing system, and subject ir.dividuals
to the caprice, and vengeance, and dislike of irresponsible magis-
trates. Every day serves to show the injustice of this mode, and
die brewers and publicans evince much good sense in recommending
that the privilege of granting licenses should reside in persons be-
longing to the excise. The present does not preserve a mo-
nopoly influence private influen hoe so in increasing the number
Of public houses beyond the wants of the commodity, but it has not
prevented individuals from being ruined by a denial of license,{
where no reasonable objection existed." We hare all monopoly.
We wish to preserve no monopoly hi beer. The publicans object
ned to the new system as far as regards the issue of cheap beer to
the public, but they claim (as a compensation tot the loss they
must sustain by the passing of the Act) that to them shall be re-
served the privilege of selling such beer as is to be consumed on the
premises. They do not claim too much.—The Biritinyhaute and
Coventry Frew Press.

Mathews, oa his late visit to hlancheater, introduced
Limit.lf in the following words to the audience :—" Mr.
Pit, Mr. Mathews—Mr Mathews, Mr. Pit."
It it in contemplation to call a meeting of the lulu.
blunts of the populous district of Elland, for the purpose
of considering of the propriety of forming a unity► for the
atteinn.ent of a Riniicai Reform in the t. ominous House
il(VarAanient. The, meeting is expected to be very nu-
marous4 attended ; mid, as there is no paucity of talent
i• the neiglithumbood of that place, there is every pro-
lioglitt'of its being as interesting one.—Birrain,ham
kW lore*.

Wheat
Barley
OM
Rye
Peas
Beans.... .....
Maize or Indian Corn
Buck Wheat.
Beer or Bigg. .....

Total of Corn and
.......

Qrs. Ms.

4,095 1
0 1
2 1

0 6

4,159 4

28,543 0 22

'Quantities charged with Duty for Home
Consumption in the United Kingdom In
the month ended Ist April 11150.

Qrs. Bus.
414 4

30 7

243 1

!Cwt. qrs. lb.
5 2 14

0 2 1