Fielden. W. and talent called for. Actions for small Your most obedient Temple, July 31, 1833. Frankland, Sir R. Sir H. Hotham, Lord V. S. Lemon, Sir C. Lennox, Lord A. Lowther, Viscount Lygon, Hon. Colonel Maberly, Colonel Lyall, G. Molyneux, Lord Adam, Admiral Phillips, Sir R. Pinney, William Sanderson, R. Shepherd, T. Smith, J. A. Smith, R. V. Somerset, Lord G. Stanley, Rt. Hn. E.G.S. Staunton, Sir G. T. B. Stewart, P. M. Stormont, Viscount Troubridge, Sir E. T. Wall, C. B. Walsh, Sir J. B. L.Wynn, Sir W. W. Wynu, Right Hon. C, SCOTLAND. Callender, J. H. Elliott, Hon. Capt. G. Tellers. Tennyson, Rt. Hon. C. Hume, Joseph Paired off in favour. Abercrombie, RtHon.J.Maxwell, J. Buller, Charles Chaytor, Sir W. Don, O'Connor Edwards, Colonel Fitzsimon, C. Guest, I. I. Hay, Colonel Methuen, P. PUFF OUT. THE following article, from the Times, is curious, at the least. That this will be done, there can be no doubt, whenever we shall again have a war with France. This is a mode of warfare which Pitt began; and which others will assuredly practise. From a Private Correspondent of the Times, 27. July, 1833. veral other notes of a similar amount and description were found. The whole of the notes were proved to be forgeries, and the man was put in prison to take his trial for uttering and attempting to utter them. Some days after a person calling himself a viscount, and wearing the cross of the Legion of Honour, waited on the prefect of the police, and said that he had heard of the circumstances of the man's arrest, and had come to bring an additional charge against him. The whole of the notes passed by him, and found on his person and at his lodgings, the viscount said had been stolen from himself. Those, and a very large quantity besides, the viscount said that he had himself forged, and had been keeping by him to use as Bank of England at the next war a means of destroying the credit of the between England and France. The prefect of the police not being so much disposed to keep the secret of the viscount's patriotic intentions as the latter seemed to wish, instantly caused An inquiry has recently taken place be- a search to be made at the place of his fore one of the Judges d'Instruction of abode, where, in fact, several bundles of Paris, which has led to some curious 50%. and other notes, purporting to be discoveries relative to an extensive for- of the Bank of England, were found, as gery of Bank of England notes. Some also every necessary material for makof the money-changers in the Palais ing them. The whole of the notes and Royal had transmitted to London a cer- implements were of course seized, and tain number of 501. notes, supposed to the other day they were all produced be notes of the Bank of England. They before the Judge d'Instruction, where were returned, cut in half, with the the viscount was also made to attend word "forged" stamped upon them in in order to answer the inquiries necesthe usual way. Search was, of course, sary for the drawing up of the procès immediately made after the utterer of verbal. Some skilful typographers the forged notes, but for some time were also present, and they were desired without success. About 12 days ago to make experiments with the implehowever, a man of respectable appear-ments seized. The notes they drew ance went into one of the money-proved such perfect imitations of those changers' shops, with twenty 50%. notes, of the Bank of England, that in England purporting to be of the Bank of England, itself it would have been hardly posfor which he required change in gold. sible to distinguish them from genuine The changer happening to be one of notes, much less in France. All the those who had suffered most by the late parties are bound to appear at the next forgeries, immediately sent for the assizes, but it is probable that the trial nearest commissary of police, to whom of the utterer will be deferred until the he gave the man in charge on suspicion January assizes, as the Bank of England, of uttering forged English notes. The who will probably be the prosecutor, man was examined, and search was wishes to make every possible inquiry made in the lodging, of which he gave into this extraordinary business, and, if the address as being his own, where se- possible, adopt such means as may put a stop to any such "patriotic" forgeries | But, the truth is, they must continue, of its notes on the continent. One of till the malt-tax be abolished; a tax, the firm of the solicitors to the Bank of which, in spite of the beer-houses, England has been sent to Paris for that purpose. BEER BILL. Z REPORT. and 66 put makes the people pay 13,000,000l. while it brings about 5,000,000l. or less into the Exchequer! The STAMP taxes are partial, and, in many cases, most oppressive and cruel; but, out of about 7,000,000l., the Exchequer gets 6,800,000l.; while, in the case of the maltGREAT numbers of petitions have been tax, it gets little more than one-third presented to the House of Commons of what it costs the people! This for a law to put down the beer-houses. abominable tax must be repealed; The petitioners never, I dare say, gave this is the remedy for all the beerthemselves time to think about the house evils! They cannot be danger of doing this; never to think down" by any other means: make of the consequences of open and general every working man's house a beerdiscontent amongst all those who house; and, then, all will be well. This labour, if not of defiance and resistance one measure will do more to produce The committee, to whom these fanatical general content, and a returning good and rigid petitions have been referred, feeling in the mass of the people towards have had the wisdom to refrain from the Government, than any other twenty yielding to such thoughtless prayers; measures that the Parliament could and, while they have recommended to adopt. the House some slight alterations in the law, have taken care not to suggest any such violent and irritating measure as that which the petitions prayed for. I here insert their moderate and sensible report and to it I add the curious evidence of PARSON WRIGHT, who was the first witness examined, and whose evidence, when I have concluded it, in the next Register, shall be a subject of remark; and, I will take care to get this parson's evidence sent down into his own neighbourhood. I beg my readers to go through it with attention; I beg them to weigh well all that the parson says about his "PETTY POLICESYSTEM," and about his showing a flag to Lord Melbourne! I have no time to remark further upon this subject, or upon any other now; but, when I have got inserted the whole of this REVEREND ROBERT WRIGHT's evidence, I will remark on it, and send it down to be read at ITCHIN ABBAS and the neigh-mittee, froin the evidence that has been bourhood, where this parson says, that he" established a little POLICE at his own expense !". : Other witnesses give a very different account of the matter. They state the great advantages of these beer-houses. THE SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to inquire into the STATE and MANAGEMENT of HOUSES in which BEER is sold by RETAIL, under the Act of 1 WILL. IV. c. 64, commonly called BEER SHOPS, with a view of making such alterations in the Law as may lead to their better regulation, and to report their observations, together with their opinion thereupon to the House; and to whom the several petitions on the subject were referred; and who were empowered to report the MINUTES Of EVIDENCE taken before them :Have agreed to the following ResoLUTIONS upon the inquiry submitted to their consideration. 1. That it is the opinion of this com adduced, that considerable evils have arisen from the present management and conduct of beer houses. 2. That it is the opinion of this committee, that the annual value of the house and premises held by any person applying for a beer license, be the posed by the act 11 Geo. IV. and 1 Will standard of qualification. IV., the penalty against a beer-house 3. That it is the opinion of this com-keeper for a first offence shall vary mittee, that the justices at the first from 40s. to 107. quarter sessions after the passing of the 10. That it is the opinion of this comAct, shall draw up schedules for the mittee, that in addition to all other peparishes or townships of the county, nalties and liabilities imposed by the showing the rate, varying between said act, the magistrates in petty sesseven and fifteen pounds, at which the sions shall have the power of suspendbeer-house licenses shall be granted; ing licenses upon second conviction, for subject nevertheless to such alterations a period not exceeding two years. within the above limits as the justices may at any future quarter sessions deem right, on requisition of not less than six rate-payers of the parish or township within which the alteration is sought to be made. 11. That it is the opinion of this committee, that for the third offence the penalty be (instead of a disqualification for two years) a like disqualification for a period, not exceeding three years, in addition to the pecuniary penalties and liabilities imposed by the said act. 4. That it is the opinion of this committee, that it be obligatory, on requi. 12. That it is the opinion of this sition from any applicant, to give committee, that the beer-houses be certificate of the amount of rate at closed on Sunday until half-past twelve which such applicant is rated, and of o'clock at noon, provided that the the proportion which the rate of said keepers of licensed beer-houses may be parish or township bears to the rack-permitted to sell beer by retail, not to rent thereof. be drunk, on the premises, within the hours now prescribed by law. 13. That it is the opinion of the committee, that lodgers and inmates of licensed beer-houses shall be excepted from the above prohibition. 5. That it is the opinion of this committee, that it be requisite that any person applying for a beer license shall produce a certificate [signed by six rated inhabitants of the parish (none of whom shall be beer sellers) in which he`re- 14.. That it is the opinion of this sides] to the good character of the ap-committee, that the period for keeping plicant. open at night beer-houses may be 6. That it is the opinion of this com- beneficially extended in the town, and mittee, that in case of application for contracted in country districts; that it the renewal of a beer license, it shall should therefore be in the power of the be requisite to produce a certificate (signed by six rated inhabitants of the parish (to the peaceable and respectable manner in which the beer-house has been conducted in the past year. 7. That it is the opinion of this committee, that the certificate be signed by the overseer or assistant overseer, as a proof that the six persons named were rated inhabitants, 8. That it is the opinion of this committee, that it is expedient that some provision should be made, in conformity with the principle of the foregoing resolutions, for granting beer licenses to houses within extra-parochial places not rated to the relief of the poor. 9. That it is the opinion of this committee, that instead of the penalties im justices of the quarter sessions in open court, once in each year, to fix the periods within their district; in the town districts, not earlier than ten, or later than eleven; in the country districts, not earlier than nine, or later than ten. 15. That your committee cannot conclude their observations on the important subject which was referred to them by the House, without calling their attention to the expediency of the system under which all houses are licensed for the retail of beer and spirituous liquors, being revised in a future session of Parliament; and (without expressing a decisive opinion on this extensive subject) your committee feel that very serious reasons of justice and public advantage may be adduced |