THE LICENSING ACT.

Evening Star, Issue 6031, 11 July 1882, Page 3

THE LICENSING ACT.

TO THIi KDITOB. Km,— Tho fanatical teetotallers who are promoting the meeting on Wednesday evening have for once, at any rate, acted fairly by jrettin-: the Mayor to call a public meeting, where there will be an open platform and free speech. The representatives of tho trades—tho brewers an«l hotel-keepers—will have as good a right to b* heard as the temperance men. All who wish the publican to have fair play In the carrying on of his business, and do not wish to see the liberty of the subject Interfered with by tho Irksome and restrictive provisions of tho Licensing Act, should muster to the meeting and support those who may uiqvo In favor of the proposed amendments. Tho handful of fanatics, who, as Mr Fish said In tho House, wish to hoodwink the Government, may be taught a. lesson on Wednesday evening. Let those who enjoy their Sunday beer, and who wish to hnvo tho opportunity of {jet'tinjr an evening drink at tho close Of their 'Sunday stroll, roll up to tho meeting, and by their presence and their vote show that in Lmncdiii at all events the fanatics do not rulo the roost. They have j?ot the Mayor to call this meeting expec'timr no doubt to have everythinpr their own way, Lee them be hoisted with their own petard, and they wiil in future perhaps have a moie modest but more correct idea of their numbers, importance, and in« lluence.—l am, etc., I REKDOM. Duncdin, July 11.