Retail Breweries.
TO( 'IHE EDITOR (F T'IE TIMES. S:r.--The Cihanc:eliorof thie Ixc!leqtter, it iS said, has d clarecd that all the difficulties which lh:.vc been thlrow.n in the way of the retail breweries will shortly be removed. That you may be aware ot the importance of their establishitent in a political view, 1 give you tile followving accoutit of the situation of the boroughi of Read- ing. The Re.idiag corporation consi.ts of 12 aldermen, and ats thev elect themn-elves, they take care never to admit a person who wvould oppose iheir systemnn thie four great brewers, and some of their sons, are aldermn:- (n i cours brewers cannot be lihensing mnagistrates,. htii their friends are: thus, to obtatin a tce licece for retailing heer is irmpossib!e. These brewers have f.3 public houses in the borough a at eleetion.i they lay their ihands utpon these 63 votes, and in addition,threa:en all thei people with whom thley deal, or who rent, &c. under the corporation. if they to not vote as they wish. Tl,is altogether inakes a, strong interest: the brewers always support a tool of .l ini,ters. If retail breweries are once firmly established, we ihall hear no :nore.of brewers threatetnintg tradestnen at electiont, for thley inti.t lower tIhe price of their compositionm, and imiprove the qttulitv. Tltis will redulce their enormous profies; anid as public- nouste licences will not be of any particular value, we shall soon htve .t lifflerent description ti' personts in the corporation * and the ministerial infiuence wi;l he so completely foiled, thiat we shall be able to sectire our intdependent members. The sante system exists in all corporate boroughs: therefore tbe importance of establishinrc retail -- --t.1-., at r!rst e sulppnsed. AN INSHABITANT OF.R.AD?N( 1,eauing, iliarch,. Ii1.4, The Address fromSt e by G. Byng, Esq., to the House stf Commons on Fddayf was for the ameioruiotf fslsve?yV 1ls2trIJ1. /1l// l/Z If,t~ lI /s*