Star.
London, England, 1818-03-20 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF TIM STAR.

Ssa—The philippic delivered last night by Mr. esxvrav
against Mr. BrALMONT, the Magistrate, for the prominent part
which that Gentkman has taken in exposing the evils of arbi-
trary licensing, and in framing the propositions in the Anti,Mu-
nnpoly Petition, is made in a taste so little parliamentary, that
am induced to make a few observations upon it.
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The iestertion that " Mr. ULAUSIONT is a.diaippointed Magis-
trate, who had come into the Commission to forward his own
interest," is so indecorous and unfounded as to merit only the
most perfect euntratpt. But tile imputation of improper mo-
tives is made—by what fact cc probability alOta %!r. s
support it ?—None. And I will venture to say, that no man i.i
existence can bring forward a single trait to impugn the putty
of Mr. BEA1:110:42% motives or acts, or to warrant the imputa-
tion. The whole tenor of his conduct flatly deni., the asper-
sion. Ss) far from connecting himself with any of the lieensing
Justices, by which means ha might effectively have "forwarded
his own interest," be has uniformly, openly, and indefatigably
:apposed and exposed their system, from the lirst hour in which
he entered into the Commission. lay; previously it is chew°
in the Police Report, that he had thrown the gauntlet i.•to the
rat,* of corrupt licensers, declaring, " that when he got into
the (7orrituission, if be really found any so mean as to trallir
with their votes, he would unseat some of them, or make the in
ashamed of themselves."

But Mr. Br.aumos.r happens to have land at Stepney and
Shepherd's Bush, on which there are at least 160 new houses.
On each estate, some years before he was in the Comuiission,
he built a public-house for the necessary accommodation of his
tenants. These were natural appendages to his estate—but he
would not condescend to use any sinister means to procure them
to be licensed—and they were not licensed !! Ile was forbidden
the use of his property. Houses which had cost him upwards
of 40001 e were rendered nearly as useless to him as if they had
been fired by an incendiary. The public-house at Shepherd's
Bush, if I mistake not, stands empty to this day. l'hese, and
similar injuries, were examined into by the Police Conimittec,
and their character is strongly marked and reprobated in the
Report of that Com:Muer. But according to Mr. CAI-vs-at'.
logic, because Mr. BEAUMONT has suffered injuries from the
licensing system, he ought not to complain of it. Ile has been
oppressed, and therefore, his counsels for the safety of others
that conic after him, ought not to be minded. lie feels as an
Englishman ought to feel—for himself and countrymen, and
therefore he ought not to be believed—but to be abused. My
understanding leads me to a very different conclusion. I Can-
not conceive any person better qualified to exemplify the errors
of the licensing system, than a Gentleman who has suffered
under its operation, and who (as an independent County Ma-
gistrate) has since been t !tabled to penetrate into its recesses.—
As a fellow member with Mr. BEAUMONT upon the Anti-Mono-
poly Committee, and in other situations, I have witnessed the
candour and public-spirited acts of his conduct, and can vouch
fur his being too independent in mind and fortune to deserve
the aspersion which Mr. CASA EAT has cast upon his motives as
a Magistrate. Mr. Csnvexis " shrewd oinion," that Mr.
BEAUMONT " wished to become a popular/andidate and be
returned on the 'Moulders of the people for the part he had
taken," I believe to be as well founded as the rest. I rejoice,
that by the appointment of a Committee, a public opportunity
will be offered for Mr. CUTLET to make good his assertions,
and for Mr. IlEaemus:r to prove, that his conduct and character
are sans pear et sails rep Oge.-1 am, Sir, &c. a. H. J.
78, Iligh-Holboni, March 14, 1818.

THE EVENING STAR.