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this
Treatise
can
only
point
to
the
cheap
Ad-
vertisers
and
Placarders
of
Wines
and
Spirits,
who,
by
plausible
assertions,
and
high-sounding
1
pretensions,
(as
empty
as
they
are
pompous,)
en-
orders
are
issued,
and
before
the
man
has,
perhaps,
been
in
the
house
twelve
months,
(if
it
so
happen),
his
goods
are seized
by
the
warrant
of
attorney;
his
lease
retained
possession
of
by
the
deed
of
assignment;
the
other
creditors
are
cheated
out
of
llieir
just
claims,
of
a
share
in
the
proceeds
of
the
estate;
ami
the
poor
man,
who
has
lost
his
all,
is
sent
to
prison,
irretrievably
ruined.
Whe-
ther
an
alteration
is
not
required
here,
and
by
what
other
title,
as
truly
applicable,
the
majority
of
this
class
of
Dealers
can
be
dis-
tinguished,
I
leave
to
the
judgments
of
my
Readers.
It
is
quite
time,
some
remedy
should
be
proposed
in
the
House
of
Commons,
and
in
a
way,
in
which
it
could
be
uninfluenced
by
the
Brewers,
who
are
members
of
that
house,
to
diminish
an
evil
of
so
gross
a
nature.
Independently,
however,
of
the
hardships
which
this
system
enforces
on
the
poor
Publican,
he
is
subject
to
others,
by
no
means,
less
severe
in
their
operation
as
regards
his
interests,
nor
less
unjust
to
his
situation
as
a
member
of
society.
One
of
these
hardships,
in
particular,
it
becomes
necessary
to
make
known
to
the
Reader,
as
it,
in
a
great
measure,
comprehends
and
points
out
the
difference
which
exists
between
what
are
termed
Public-
houses,
and
such
as are
distinguished
by
the
appellation
of
Gin-
shops.
The
original
intention
of
all
Inns,
Public-houses,
Liquor-
shops,
&c.
was,
that
they
should
be
houses
for
accommodating
travellers,
and
labourers,
with
rest
and
refreshment.
Our
modern
Gin-shops,
however,
and
particularly
those
on
a
large
scale,
pos-
sess
no
qualification
of
the
kind,
nor
do
they
offer
any,
but
from
the
temptations,
which
are
held
out
by
their
proprietors,
for
the
subversion
of
the
morals
of
tlie
lower
classes,
by
facilitating
the
sale
only
of
Spirits,
to
the
exclusion
of
the
more wholesome
be-
verage
of
Porter,
the
means
of
doing
which,
(as
they
are
compelled
to
have
the
latter
article
in
stock),
they
attain,
by
keeping;
it
so
bad,
or
sour,
as
to
be
quite
undrinkaMe
;
not
only
is
the
end,
al-
luded
to,
fully
accomplished,
but
the
Publican,
who
is,
or
ought
to