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London, England, 1829-05-13 00:00:00

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Ant ' - .142Betilltill and thr • *Chester k .wlea area
'rental I also Bedford bete. rite tintea. ati mach Its Ditrham;,
though ,bar roomy ii-aa - twice' ."o"everea • and: twice
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.the sental..o :Doon.koe, .. 14 to. the beer tax he
Totontted ,lie' Douse •to bear • in .. mind that it fell i
. piety opowthe poor, for those. who *Wire rich enough
s• brew for themselves did not pay thatiiMpost,. as it
rested not upon the beer, brewed, btit upon the beer
sold. He need scarcely .suggest to the House that t e
effect of those duties was to drive the-soraller capirelj a
Wet of the market, and-to create a monoPoliAnthe trio ;
• seither was it, he would hive, necessat.r.toorge -.upon
their consideration the right of the people of England to
she benefits of competition. He would nob come' to.a
part m' do question which he approached with Scitineros
luctiorrit—he meant Ilse :licensing system. It was. op-.
twat' With Magistrates neither to grant licenses or" to
sifaie theist.. -Theirefingl.of them wet the rule, -their
king granted the exception. • He had no hesitation in
saying,-that if respectable persons were found ready to'
enter into. tecognisatipes to observe the .regulations of
the Magistrates,. that licenses ought cheerfully be
granted to them • bun'. as matters At present stood, not
only was the-trade' in brewing, a monopoly, but the
licenses were monopolized.. Public houses ate esti-
Meted. a' befog tbeiity,pOu rids the better for possessing a
ticoose.'There were 50,000 publics houses. Thus a tax
Was imposed of 1,000,0001: upon the country at large;
for how. could the owners make their houses 20i• a year
• better' except bP.,exastititi. larger'proau from the con-
gamer ?., tkmade.severitobservations upon the lacers.
ging system, for the purpose of showing that the disere-
• tion exercised by the Magistrates was riot always io the
winndest manner. From the year 1810 to • the ytar
1820 the ale licenses bad diminished one *Sounds
th•sigh%the -population increased gmo,ooo. Re theel
passed to the influence which the brewers exercised. and
described the countey .as in a •qituation in which -it
mitilithe .considered es being divided into Pr :ones
;or circles, in three .of which the brewers monopolized
the vrhole —in three others the publicans
.. brewed
their ...own ale. He
.:next 'titi:nerated . the. several,
;lases payable on • beer, end SW the total at-8,737,0001.f
;,altsd that payable:cm 11.000,000 of British malt He,
celled the attention of the landed proprietor' to the de.
gree in which their own interests* were sacrificed, and to
the extent to which rhos* of their constituents suffered,
It Spas said thatlanded proprietors had great influence in
that House. If they had, he would entreat of them to
.Whiskr in the ear 'of the 'Bight Honourable. Gentleman
the justice and ezpedienct of at least 'instituting some
inquiry. There was an impost of 290 per cent. upon the
Article of bees..ll the, manufacturers were affected to a
similar extent they. would issue ht: swarms from their
hives. ..and become intolerably Clamorous. The tastes
of the:people had uoi,Changed, yet the spirit licenes
of late .year, bad greatly increased-.(Heat, hear)..—
Not one edditioriiialeteense had been granted, though
11;000 bed.. been lieenaed to sell- poise's. The wine
..liiteases'wereelso greatly
.on..the iticreek; He trusted
that it•would be found before he concluded Mule had
made out a case to show that inquiry was urgently'
needed, and be earnestly hoped it would not be refused.
6Sl',*- all the cuicelle!' it wan of • the utmost im-
V ... - cir
s:m
portage, chit a Committee should be appointed to
endperrour',lo put the system upon a better footing. • It
Vero elms* the unanimous opinion of. the brewers that
taccertifieste system would be a surbeient substitute for
the 'present Oppressive and incoovenient • regulatitills.
The tax on malt was, in, his opinion, too large, end. es
the beer duties prated disproportiossibty on 'the lower
orders, they aught to be reduced. The effiret-ot the
high duty on malt liquorr, was to oblige' the. plior to
Mink.* deleterious substance Most injurious tq heiftli.
Ile hoped that a Committee-might:devise sornerethede
bp, which, the Eleheciest. • costa isseeive air large a re-
!enure as it .did by the presenieystem, whilst the poor
would have a better beverage; and the:landed interest
•erendt acquire security.•i(lieer, bear). , .• ' •
, JeIIeCHANCELLOK of the EXCHEQUER said.
..tilpsq emu no, duty annexed -to. his oiOnt more difficalt
as unpleasant the tO'resist.mistions like the ptmen• t.
- whithrfoweger they took the &rut of motions for in.
goiryworete. its fact motions for the reduction of tau-
on-4w said a reduction of taxation, because it was
ip ea* to deny that the evils complained of by the Hon.
Gentleman could only be remedied by a reduction of
taxation. There were Many duties which, under a dif•
.feyent site of things, and if the situation of the country
Altd.tho!presernation of good faith with the public ere-
:.tli;es admitted of it, he should be most anxious to see
ledeced; but then ire could not forget that it was his
duty to Maintain the revenue, and to reduce in some de-
gm- the national debt. He was therefore compelled to
test motioestlia•ultimateintention of which was the re-
ileellicei %intention. Reassured the Hbuse, bowrier; that
,ntitliing beta par summit senseofdutyiouldhaveinduced
hies wrap*. the motion at present under consider-.
atims.-Iftbst tietitisrisnTVieent to 'Obtain a iledefton4
hint that he would 'toetleee to 'kick into .this particular
breech of- the retreriue,,' and to see iftbe*Ost,es and
b“!'ner• v6sld. be. relieved froni any of dig restriakeos
lit '`bleb they now complained. nothisig. sould have
elp Mite otptionant to -his feelings than, to have -so
.pjedged himself. He did riot hesitate bate to say that
hp would -continue to giie the subject his molt aolietta
coniiderethio,, and 4.4, if poasible • he would be glad
11)..i...er.04-All eettriltnios. which be considered not stic,
viinteleDegessere far the 'Wawa and also for the fair
.trader. Tbe4lenourable mover had gOne.through 'cil
•the -restrictions imposed 'by law on. the =Omer.. and
cAaie to thicpaclpstog, that thow regulations werebar-
densome, opesous.aad ridiculous • but the Hon. Member
did. to seem to
,bs aware that these regolitions were not
,i4.ll:l•Fosafirt. 1K the Wit of. the revenue.. but that a
gimp nosing of them. indeed a very large proportion of
211, whole, bed bees suggested from time to Aisne by
thehonest and industrious nialtiser'hiniwlf-!—(Cries of
Hear, hear. hear)ip soder, to sours( him from tin-
Asittampetitio% • biliny of-those ',gelation,. which ap-.
Pitted ridiculous to the Hbilitt the practical man bad no
difficelty in complying with, apd was anxious to do so ip
.
order to prevent nts4 from coming into the market
which had not paid the duty. TboHon. Member, there-
ftee..did not. deal:faitly, When be, attributed the neces-
OtfOfitnenting those restrictions.to the increased amount
ofAlltr ; for he repeated that many of 'them were int-
posed at the suggestion of the maltase" *hewn:leer, and•
for their 'benefit. Whilit any duty whatever remain
therefore, there must be relpictions for the protection
Of the flair dealer. The Row Member had stated the
increase of die' dutim on malt from 1757 to. 11408,
"and 'drew an inference to the effect that the libertine
article bad not kept pace
Ptieulasion. and that this want
‘istion was to be ascribed to
Now he (the glitupellor 04
covet deny, that to impose
articles beyond a certain env
construiption of that article.,
i of taxation. tut the Hon.'
account another 'moos- why 1
liqlkore had decreased..tshich!
4 PFAIrP4 by the increased
' substituted 'instead of a

or 14rritiirr.en► oilla afti
D of; increase in consumption
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the jesweulee . N
tes e
tz... glll •glehe.titleit "maid nest;;;., milks on co:burnable artic
_ was to diminish the ;or
41,4*was one of the evils of
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