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             Two proposals, humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons, now assembled in Parliament I. That a duty be laid on malt, in the stead of the present duty on beer and ale, and likewise, that the several engagements that revenue lies under, be transferr'd on that of malt, II. That a duty be laid on malt, and the present duty on beer and ale be continued : to which is annex'd an accompt, what in all probability the frauds of brewers do amount to, and wherin such frauds are prejudicial to the King, to the subject, and to the trade itself : likewise by what means such grievances are most properly redress'd / by A. Burnaby ...
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           Malt -- Taxation.
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           TWO
           PROPOSALS
           ,
           Humbly
           Offer'd
           to
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           Now
           Assembled
           in
           PARLIAMENT
           .
           
             
               I.
               That
               a
               Duty
               be
               laid
               on
               Malt
               ,
               in
               the
               stead
               of
               the
               present
               Duty
               on
               Beer
               and
               Ale
               ;
               and
               likewise
               ,
               that
               the
               several
               Engagements
               that
               Revenue
               lies
               under
               ,
               be
               Transferr'd
               on
               that
               of
               Malt.
               
            
             
               II.
               That
               a
               Duty
               be
               laid
               on
               Malt
               ,
               and
               the
               present
               Duty
               on
               Beer
               and
               Ale
               be
               continued
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             is
             Annex'd
          
           An
           Accompt
           ,
           what
           in
           all
           Probability
           the
           Frauds
           of
           Brewers
           do
           amount
           to
           ,
           and
           wherein
           such
           Frauds
           are
           Prejudicial
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Trade
           it self
           :
           Likewise
           by
           what
           Means
           such
           Grievances
           are
           most
           properly
           Redress'd
           .
        
         
           By
           
             A.
             Burnaby
          
           of
           the
           Middle-Temple
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1696.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           PROPOSAL
           humbly
           Offer'd
           to
           lay
           a
           Duty
           upon
           Malt
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           present
           Duty
           on
           Beer
           and
           Ale
           ;
           and
           likewise
           ,
           That
           the
           several
           Engagements
           the
           present
           Revenue
           lies
           under
           ,
           be
           transferr'd
           on
           that
           of
           Malt.
           
        
         
           IT
           is
           propos'd
           ,
           That
           8
           
             s.
             per
          
           Quarter
           be
           laid
           on
           all
           Malt
           made
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           to
           be
           paid
           by
           the
           Maker
           thereof
           monthly
           ,
           and
           the
           Duty
           to
           be
           received
           by
           the
           Maltsters
           from
           their
           Customers
           ,
           before
           they
           deliver
           their
           Malt
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Credit
           they
           give
           may
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           not
           other
           than
           now
           it
           is
           :
           Besides
           ,
           that
           Brewer
           or
           Retailer
           that
           cannot
           pay
           the
           Duty
           down
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           fit
           Person
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           thereby
           in
           some
           measure
           the
           Maltster
           will
           be
           the
           better
           able
           to
           judge
           who
           is
           ,
           or
           who
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           his
           Commodity
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           humbly
           presumed
           ,
           That
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Tax
           levied
           that
           will
           be
           more
           Easie
           and
           Satisfactory
           
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           carries
           with
           it
           such
           a
           visible
           Advantage
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           this
           does
           ;
           as
           is
           hoped
           will
           appear
           by
           the
           following
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Such
           a
           Tax
           will
           be
           less
           felt
           than
           usually
           Taxes
           are
           ,
           by
           reason
           every
           Person
           will
           pay
           Proportionable
           in
           the
           Price
           of
           Malt.
           The
           more
           universal
           any
           Tax
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           supposed
           (
           unless
           in
           some
           Particular
           Cases
           )
           to
           be
           the
           more
           equal
           ;
           and
           I
           presume
           ,
           no
           Person
           will
           deny
           that
           such
           a
           Tax
           will
           prove
           so
           universal
           ,
           that
           not
           any
           Person
           will
           Escape
           paying
           his
           Proportion
           according
           to
           his
           Consumption
           ;
           Ergo
           ,
           No
           Person
           can
           complain
           ;
           who
           Consumes
           little
           ,
           will
           have
           but
           little
           to
           pay
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           No
           Tax
           has
           yet
           been
           levied
           that
           can
           so
           speedily
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           little
           difficulty
           ,
           be
           Collected
           ,
           as
           that
           on
           Malt
           ;
           by
           reason
           the
           Maltsters
           are
           few
           in
           number
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           It
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           there
           will
           not
           be
           such
           Arrears
           as
           usually
           are
           of
           Taxes
           ,
           by
           reason
           the
           Maltsters
           are
           most
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           very
           rich
           Men
           ,
           besides
           (
           as
           is
           said
           before
           )
           few
           in
           number
           .
        
         
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           The
           present
           Stock
           of
           Malt
           that
           lies
           in
           the
           Maltsters
           and
           Brewers
           Hands
           ,
           will
           amount
           to
           a
           large
           and
           present
           Sum
           of
           Money
           ;
           I
           hope
           I
           need
           say
           nothing
           to
           evince
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Asfertion
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           Those
           People
           that
           buy
           their
           Drink
           from
           the
           Common
           Brewer
           ,
           will
           have
           their
           Drink
           Cheaper
           than
           now
           they
           have
           ,
           by
           reason
           the
           8
           s.
           Proposed
           to
           be
           levied
           ,
           does
           not
           amount
           to
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Excise
           of
           a
           Quarter
           of
           Malt
           does
           by
           5
           s.
           when
           put
           into
           Drink
           ;
           for
           every
           Brewer
           makes
           at
           least
           Two
           Barrels
           and
           Three
           Fourths
           of
           Ale
           or
           Strong
           Beer
           of
           each
           Quarter
           of
           Malt
           ,
           when
           Malt
           is
           at
           a
           moderate
           Price
           ,
           and
           so
           more
           according
           as
           it
           rises
           in
           Price
           ;
           and
           Two
           Barrels
           and
           Three
           Fourths
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           present
           Duty
           ,
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           13
           s.
           or
           thereabouts
           .
           By
           this
           it
           does
           appear
           ,
           the
           Brewer
           will
           get
           5
           
             s.
             per
          
           each
           Quarter
           of
           Malt
           more
           than
           now
           he
           does
           under
           the
           present
           Duty
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           same
           Rule
           those
           Persons
           that
           buy
           of
           the
           Common
           Brewer
           will
           have
           their
           Drink
           cheaper
           than
           now
           they
           have
           :
           And
           likewise
           I
           may
           add
           this
           further
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           The
           Considering
           Housewives
           will
           tell
           
           you
           ,
           That
           according
           to
           the
           present
           Duty
           on
           Ale
           and
           Beer
           ,
           there
           is
           very
           little
           ,
           if
           any
           at
           all
           ,
           between
           buying
           their
           Drink
           of
           the
           Brewers
           ,
           and
           making
           it
           themselves
           ;
           whether
           it
           be
           that
           the
           Quantity
           they
           brew
           is
           not
           great
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           waste
           as
           much
           Coals
           as
           if
           the
           Quantity
           were
           as
           much
           more
           ,
           Servants
           time
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           the
           want
           of
           Skill
           in
           making
           the
           most
           of
           their
           Malt
           ,
           or
           the
           want
           of
           Judgment
           in
           chusing
           what
           is
           fittest
           for
           their
           purpose
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           pretend
           to
           dedermine
           .
           But
           I
           have
           some
           Reason
           to
           believe
           all
           what
           I
           have
           named
           have
           in
           their
           several
           Circumstances
           an
           equal
           share
           ;
           however
           ,
           I
           leave
           this
           Matter
           to
           those
           who
           have
           made
           more
           Experiment
           than
           I
           have
           ;
           but
           ,
           if
           this
           Position
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           I
           may
           venture
           to
           fay
           ,
           There
           will
           very
           few
           or
           none
           feel
           this
           Tax
           ,
           but
           ,
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           may
           prove
           both
           a
           Conveniency
           and
           an
           Advantage
           to
           almost
           all
           Persons
           ;
           however
           it
           may
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Encouragement
           that
           such
           a
           Tax
           be
           Levied
           ,
           since
           likewise
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           there
           will
           be
           a
           Necessity
           of
           Levying
           of
           some
           sort
           of
           Tax
           or
           other
           ;
           therefore
           may
           presume
           this
           will
           not
           be
           left
           destitute
           of
           Hope
           of
           Success
           .
        
         
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           It
           will
           put
           a
           mighty
           Equality
           on
           the
           Brewing
           Trade
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           Preservation
           of
           a
           great
           Number
           of
           Brewers
           ,
           that
           are
           at
           this
           time
           almost
           at
           the
           Brink
           of
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           have
           Strugled
           under
           the
           Disease
           for
           several
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Great
           Brewers
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           great
           Trades
           having
           a
           mighty
           Opportunity
           of
           Defrauding
           more
           than
           the
           Lesser
           Ones
           have
           ,
           to
           keep
           up
           and
           advance
           their
           Trades
           ,
           do
           sell
           better
           or
           stronger
           Drink
           ,
           more
           Measure
           and
           Cheaper
           than
           the
           Lesser
           Brewers
           (
           who
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Smalness
           of
           their
           Trades
           ,
           have
           not
           such
           Advantage
           by
           Frauds
           )
           can
           afford
           to
           do
           :
           And
           by
           this
           means
           it
           does
           appear
           ,
           they
           cannot
           have
           any
           Customers
           that
           can
           be
           supposed
           to
           make
           good
           Payment
           for
           what
           they
           buy
           of
           them
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           could
           ,
           most
           certainly
           they
           would
           apply
           themselves
           to
           the
           Great
           Brewers
           ,
           where
           they
           will
           receive
           such
           visible
           Advantages
           ,
           different
           from
           what
           the
           Lesser
           Brewers
           can
           afford
           to
           let
           them
           have
           ,
           and
           consequently
           those
           few
           good
           Customers
           the
           Lesser
           Brewers
           have
           ,
           they
           get
           nothing
           by
           ,
           perhaps
           lose
           ;
           since
           then
           ,
           the
           only
           Customers
           the
           Lesser
           Brewers
           have
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           hope
           to
           get
           by
           ,
           are
           bad
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           concluded
           ,
           Such
           an
           Employment
           must
           end
           in
           Destruction
           .
        
         
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           Every
           100
           l.
           so
           Collected
           ,
           is
           better
           by
           3
           l.
           or
           4
           
             l.
             per
             Cent.
          
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Interest
           His
           Majesty
           pays
           for
           Money
           )
           than
           any
           Tax
           that
           has
           yet
           appear'd
           ,
           by
           reason
           Malt
           cannot
           be
           made
           in
           the
           Summer
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Maltsters
           are
           forced
           to
           make
           the
           Quantity
           of
           the
           whole
           Year
           in
           the
           Winter
           Season
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           whole
           Tax
           will
           be
           received
           in
           less
           than
           Seven
           Months
           .
        
         
           Eightly
           ,
           The
           Charge
           of
           bringing
           this
           Tax
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           above
           One
           Third
           Part
           so
           much
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Excise
           on
           Ale
           and
           Beer
           now
           is
           .
           Every
           Person
           that
           knows
           a
           Malt-house
           ,
           and
           a
           Brewhouse
           ,
           knows
           the
           Tediousness
           of
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           the
           Nimbleness
           of
           the
           Latter
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           One
           Officer
           may
           serve
           one
           Malt-Kiln
           (
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           it
           is
           reasonable
           to
           believe
           there
           are
           Twenty
           Brewhouses
           to
           One
           Kiln
           )
           better
           Three
           Officers
           can
           One
           Brewhouse
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           present
           Laws
           and
           Management
           of
           the
           Excise
           :
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Proposer
           humbly
           presumes
           he
           hath
           Framed
           such
           a
           Method
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           morally
           impossible
           ,
           That
           the
           Maker
           of
           Malt
           can
           defraud
           the
           Tax
           or
           any
           part
           thereof
           .
        
         
         
           How
           much
           this
           will
           advance
           beyond
           what
           now
           it
           does
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           pretend
           to
           say
           ;
           because
           I
           think
           no
           Just
           or
           Certain
           Estimation
           can
           be
           made
           thereof
           ;
           but
           when
           once
           we
           reflect
           on
           the
           great
           Quantities
           of
           Stout
           or
           Double-Ales
           ,
           and
           Stout
           or
           Double-Beer
           ,
           that
           the
           several
           and
           almost
           all
           the
           Counties
           in
           England
           ,
           nay
           ,
           that
           pass
           by
           the
           Names
           of
           each
           County
           or
           Town
           ,
           that
           is
           Consumed
           in
           this
           Town
           ,
           not
           to
           mention
           what
           every
           Town
           or
           County
           Consumes
           it self
           of
           those
           sorts
           of
           Liquors
           ,
           even
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           not
           exempted
           ,
           which
           Pay
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           laid
           on
           the
           Drink
           ,
           no
           more
           Duty
           than
           the
           Common
           Ale
           and
           Strong
           Beer
           the
           Common
           Brewers
           brew
           ,
           which
           consumes
           five
           times
           the
           Malt
           in
           proportion
           ,
           to
           every
           Barrel
           of
           those
           sorts
           of
           Liquors
           that
           the
           Common
           Ale
           and
           Beer
           does
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           't
           is
           not
           very
           difficult
           to
           prove
           ,
           were
           it
           Necessary
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Chiefest
           Cause
           (
           the
           Humour
           of
           this
           Town
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Country
           ,
           running
           more
           of
           late
           upon
           these
           very
           Strong
           Liquors
           than
           heretofore
           )
           that
           the
           Excise
           on
           Ale
           and
           Beer
           ,
           when
           Doubled
           ,
           did
           not
           amount
           to
           twice
           the
           Value
           of
           the
           Excise
           ,
           when
           Single
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           difficulty
           of
           Detecting
           the
           Frauds
           of
           Brewers
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           encourag'd
           
           to
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           the
           Duty
           was
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           Excise
           can
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           tell
           you
           ,
           it
           did
           not
           amount
           to
           much
           more
           than
           One
           Third
           Part
           more
           than
           when
           Single
           ;
           but
           when
           likewise
           we
           come
           to
           reflect
           what
           great
           Quantities
           necessarily
           must
           be
           used
           by
           all
           the
           Private
           Families
           that
           Brew
           their
           own
           Drink
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Yearly
           large
           Quantities
           that
           are
           Exported
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           we
           once
           come
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           several
           ways
           that
           necessarily
           must
           be
           ,
           of
           the
           Consumption
           of
           that
           sort
           of
           Grain
           ,
           together
           with
           these
           Visible
           Advantages
           ,
           that
           this
           will
           be
           Managed
           with
           less
           than
           One
           Third
           Part
           of
           the
           Charge
           that
           the
           other
           is
           ;
           the
           Prevention
           of
           the
           Brewer's
           Frauds
           ,
           and
           the
           Money
           all
           brought
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           in
           Seven
           Months
           ;
           when
           I
           come
           and
           tell
           you
           likewise
           ,
           that
           the
           Frauds
           of
           Brewer's
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           many
           bad
           Debts
           the
           Victuallers
           and
           Kettle
           Brewers
           do
           make
           ,
           and
           unavoidable
           too
           ,
           will
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           amount
           ,
           with
           the
           two
           Thirds
           saved
           in
           the
           difference
           of
           Management
           ,
           to
           at
           least
           220000
           
             l.
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           which
           bad
           Debts
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           Contracted
           with
           the
           Maltsters
           ,
           who
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           hinted
           before
           ,
           )
           are
           all
           rich
           Men
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           
           proved
           in
           my
           Proposals
           ,
           now
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lords
           Commissioners
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Treasury
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             Proposals
             for
             the
             better
             Management
             of
             the
             Brewery
          
           ;
           there
           needs
           nothing
           more
           ,
           in
           my
           Humble
           Opinion
           ,
           to
           induce
           a
           Compliance
           with
           such
           a
           Proposal
           ;
           However
           ,
           to
           give
           it
           yet
           a
           greater
           Credit
           ,
           let
           us
           but
           look
           what
           Effects
           the
           Coffee-Berry
           has
           had
           ;
           which
           will
           appear
           Visible
           to
           any
           Capacity
           ,
           (
           comparing
           the
           one
           with
           the
           other
           )
           to
           be
           a
           very
           Parallel
           Case
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           ;
           that
           the
           Coffee-houses
           contracted
           a
           great
           many
           bad
           Debts
           that
           are
           not
           yet
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           never
           will
           be
           paid
           ,
           now
           upon
           the
           Berry
           quite
           the
           contrary
           :
           I
           think
           no
           Person
           a
           Stranger
           to
           the
           Effects
           of
           that
           Act
           ,
           especially
           not
           any
           of
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           to
           whom
           this
           is
           chiefly
           Intended
           ,
           because
           there
           scarce
           ever
           yet
           was
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           kind
           that
           had
           not
           its
           Enemies
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           but
           for
           Argument
           sake
           over
           a
           Dish
           of
           Coffee
           in
           a
           Coffee-House
           ;
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           hope
           this
           should
           escape
           ,
           were
           it
           much
           better
           than
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           take
           the
           Liberty
           of
           laying
           down
           what
           I
           humbly
           Conceive
           are
           the
           most
           Material
           or
           Probable
           Objections
           that
           can
           be
           made
           to
           it
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Enemies
           of
           this
           Proposal
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           make
           these
           three
           following
           Objections
           ,
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           my
           Apprehension
           ,
           are
           all
           the
           thing
           can
           be
           supposed
           to
           bear
           .
        
         
           
             Objection
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             so
             Equal
             as
             the
             Proposer
             would
             have
             the
             World
             believe
             ,
             by
             reason
             the
             Tax
             will
             fall
             intirely
             upon
             one
             sort
             of
             Grain
             ,
             and
             consequently
             upon
             one
             sort
             of
             Land
             that
             bears
             such
             Grain
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             I
             make
             Answer
             ;
             The
             Difference
             of
             affecting
             the
             Land
             or
             Grain
             more
             by
             this
             Duty
             ,
             than
             it
             is
             affected
             ,
             by
             that
             of
             the
             Excise
             on
             Beer
             and
             Ale
             ,
             is
             only
             ,
             it
             pays
             the
             Duty
             in
             one
             when
             Malt
             ,
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             when
             that
             very
             Mault
             is
             made
             into
             Drink
             ;
             and
             Malt
             is
             of
             little
             or
             no
             other
             use
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             't
             is
             not
             put
             to
             any
             other
             than
             the
             making
             of
             Drink
             in
             this
             Nation
             ;
             besides
             ,
             there
             is
             this
             general
             Argument
             to
             back
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Seller
             always
             Commands
             the
             Buyer
             ;
             Consequently
             ,
             the
             Farmer
             and
             Maltster
             will
             get
             more
             than
             now
             they
             do
             ,
             and
             this
             Encouragement
             given
             to
             other
             People
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Brewers
             ,
             of
             having
             their
             Drink
             Cheaper
             than
             now
             
             they
             have
             ,
             as
             I
             hope
             I
             have
             already
             before
             made
             it
             plainly
             appear
             ,
             and
             the
             Brewer
             to
             have
             the
             Visible
             Encouragement
             of
             5
             
               s.
               per
            
             Quarter
             ,
             I
             say
             both
             these
             must
             necessarily
             cause
             the
             Greater
             Consumption
             of
             that
             sort
             of
             Grain
             .
             It
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             from
             these
             Considerations
             ,
             that
             Malt
             will
             be
             one
             of
             the
             Chiefest
             and
             most
             Advantageous
             Grain
             the
             Farmers
             will
             imploy
             themselves
             in
             ;
             Consequently
             ,
             that
             sort
             of
             Land
             will
             bear
             to
             the
             Landlord
             a
             greater
             Price
             .
          
        
         
           
             Objection
             II.
             
          
           
             That
             Private
             Families
             ,
             and
             those
             Strangers
             that
             carry
             this
             sort
             of
             Grain
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             will
             be
             Subject
             to
             a
             Duty
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             were
             not
             by
             that
             of
             the
             Excise
             on
             Beer
             and
             Ale.
             
          
           
             To
             which
             I
             make
             this
             Answer
             ;
             I
             hope
             I
             have
             made
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             Private
             Families
             will
             rather
             be
             Gainers
             ;
             Especially
             ,
             all
             those
             that
             buy
             their
             Drink
             from
             the
             Common
             Brewer
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             do
             not
             ,
             the
             Difference
             so
             little
             ,
             I
             believe
             will
             (
             according
             to
             what
             I
             have
             hinted
             of
             this
             matter
             before
             )
             be
             scare
             discernable
             ;
             unless
             it
             be
             to
             some
             few
             that
             cannot
             have
             the
             Conveniency
             of
             
             a
             Common
             Brew-House
             to
             supply
             them
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             what
             Corn
             is
             Exported
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             I
             must
             own
             't
             will
             Intirely
             fall
             upon
             them
             ;
             but
             in
             a
             thing
             of
             this
             Nature
             it
             cannot
             be
             expected
             ,
             a
             Shoe
             should
             be
             made
             that
             can
             fit
             every
             Person
             's
             Foot
             ,
             but
             in
             my
             Humble
             Opinion
             ,
             if
             a
             Shoe
             be
             made
             that
             fits
             the
             Generality
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             't
             is
             sufficient
             .
          
        
         
           
             Objection
             III.
             
          
           
             How
             the
             Present
             Engagements
             on
             the
             Revenue
             of
             Excise
             on
             Beer
             and
             Ale
             ,
             can
             be
             transferred
             on
             Malt
             to
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Subject
             ;
             Which
             in
             truth
             is
             rather
             a
             Question
             ,
             and
             the
             Lawyers
             are
             the
             fittest
             Persons
             to
             reconcile
             that
             .
          
           
             However
             !
             I
             beg
             leave
             humbly
             to
             offer
             something
             on
             the
             King's
             Behalf
             ,
             that
             his
             Subjects
             security
             on
             this
             of
             Malt
             ,
             will
             be
             much
             Greater
             and
             the
             Duty
             much
             Quicker
             brought
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             though
             they
             will
             not
             have
             the
             same
             Security
             for
             their
             Money
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             when
             they
             Lent
             their
             Moneys
             ;
             Yet
             if
             they
             have
             instead
             thereof
             a
             much
             Greater
             ,
             and
             a
             Quicker
             return
             ,
             there
             is
             very
             little
             
             Danger
             of
             their
             receiving
             any
             Prejudice
             thereby
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             plain
             they
             will
             receive
             an
             Advantage
             from
             both
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             the
             Moneys
             coming
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             quicker
             ,
             and
             the
             Securities
             being
             much
             greater
             .
          
           
             It
             this
             Honourable
             House
             shall
             not
             think
             it
             adviseable
             to
             make
             so
             great
             an
             Alteration
             of
             so
             weighty
             a
             Concern
             ,
             without
             first
             making
             Experiment
             on
             some
             part
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             further
             humbly
             proposed
             ,
             That
             2
             
               s.
               per
            
             Quarter
             be
             laid
             on
             all
             Malt
             ,
             as
             by
             former
             Proposals
             ,
             and
             the
             present
             Duty
             of
             Excise
             be
             continued
             :
             By
             such
             a
             Proposal
             (
             were
             it
             but
             to
             continue
             till
             the
             next
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             )
             a
             sufficient
             Experiment
             in
             all
             probability
             would
             by
             that
             time
             be
             made
             thereof
             ,
             by
             which
             this
             Honourable
             House
             would
             be
             the
             better
             able
             to
             make
             Judgment
             ,
             whether
             there
             really
             were
             such
             Advantages
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Subject
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             in
             the
             former
             Proposal
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             for
             the
             Advantage
             of
             both
             ,
             that
             such
             an
             Alteration
             were
             made
             ,
             and
             the
             Engagements
             ▪
             that
             should
             then
             happen
             to
             be
             ,
             be
             transferred
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             humbly
             hoped
             't
             will
             appear
             ,
             That
             even
             this
             Proposal
             is
             not
             wholly
             destitute
             of
             Reasons
             to
             justifie
             it
             ,
             from
             the
             following
             Considerations
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             It
             is
             humbly
             presumed
             the
             2
             s.
             thus
             Levied
             ,
             will
             be
             as
             Universal
             as
             any
             Tax
             that
             has
             yet
             been
             Levied
             .
             Now
             if
             the
             Universality
             of
             a
             Tax
             proves
             its
             Equality
             ,
             as
             indeed
             it
             seems
             (
             at
             least
             to
             me
             )
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             (
             unless
             in
             some
             very
             few
             particular
             Cases
             )
             this
             Position
             allow'd
             ,
             I
             may
             venture
             to
             say
             it
             will
             be
             as
             Equal
             as
             Universal
             ,
             by
             reason
             every
             Person
             will
             pay
             his
             Proportion
             according
             to
             his
             Consumption
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             the
             Common
             Brewers
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             2
             s.
             thus
             Levied
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             so
             high
             Taxed
             by
             2
             s.
             9
             
               d.
               per
            
             Quarter
             or
             thereabout
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             when
             the
             Double
             Duty
             was
             laid
             on
             the
             Excise
             ;
             for
             at
             6
             s.
             6
             
               d.
               per
            
             Barrel
             (
             which
             was
             the
             Double
             Duty
             )
             Two
             Barrels
             and
             Three
             Fourths
             amounts
             to
             17
             s.
             10
             d.
             1
             /
             2.
             at
             4
             s.
             9
             
               d.
               per
            
             Barrel
             (
             which
             is
             the
             present
             Duty
             ;
             )
             Two
             Barrels
             and
             Three
             Fourths
             amounts
             to
             13
             s.
             3
             /
             4
             which
             deducted
             from
             17
             s.
             10
             d.
             1
             /
             2.
             remains
             4
             s.
             9
             d.
             3
             /
             4.
             
             Two
             Shillings
             deducted
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             present
             .
             proposed
             Tax
             on
             each
             Quarter
             of
             Malt
             ,
             still
             there
             will
             remain
             2
             s.
             9
             d.
             3
             /
             4.
             
             This
             ,
             I
             humbly
             presume
             ,
             is
             a
             demonstration
             sufficient
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             To
             prove
             the
             Brewers
             have
             been
             more
             Taxed
             ,
             than
             what
             they
             
             will
             be
             by
             this
             Proposal
             ,
             and
             I
             presume
             likewise
             't
             will
             scarce
             be
             denied
             ,
             the
             present
             Affairs
             seem
             to
             want
             as
             great
             Supplies
             this
             Year
             ,
             as
             any
             since
             the
             Revolution
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             not
             proposed
             for
             a
             longer
             time
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Those
             that
             Brew
             Double
             Drinks
             will
             be
             in
             some
             measure
             by
             this
             :
             Tax
             (
             which
             they
             are
             not
             as
             it
             lies
             on
             the
             Drink
             )
             equally
             charged
             with
             the
             Common
             Brewers
             ,
             which
             they
             at
             this
             time
             seem
             to
             have
             got
             the
             upper
             hand
             of
             ,
             by
             taking
             Advantage
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             Excise
             ,
             which
             makes
             no
             other
             distinction
             in
             the
             Strength
             of
             Drink
             ,
             than
             thus
             Generally
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             for
             all
             Drink
             worth
             above
             6
             
               s.
               per
            
             Barrel
             to
             pay
             as
             Strong
             ,
             and
             all
             under
             6
             s.
             as
             Small
             .
          
           
             To
             prove
             this
             Assertion
             ,
             I
             need
             say
             no
             more
             than
             what
             every
             Persons
             knows
             ,
             That
             the
             one
             Consumes
             at
             least
             five
             times
             the
             Quantity
             in
             Proportion
             to
             every
             Barrel
             brewed
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             The
             Distillers
             that
             brew
             Drink
             from
             Malt
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             make
             Spirits
             or
             Strong
             Waters
             ,
             will
             also
             be
             charged
             equally
             with
             the
             other
             Brewers
             in
             this
             ;
             there
             needs
             nothing
             I
             presume
             ▪
             
             to
             evince
             the
             Truth
             of
             this
             Assertion
             .
             I
             humbly
             beg
             leave
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             those
             sort
             of
             Gentletlemen
             the
             Distillers
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             though
             altogether
             foreign
             to
             this
             present
             Subject
             ,
             but
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             in
             the
             former
             Proposal
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             They
             Consume
             great
             quantities
             of
             Malt
             ;
             likewise
             ,
             they
             commit
             great
             Frauds
             ,
             many
             bad
             Debts
             contracted
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             Charge
             to
             His
             Majesty
             for
             the
             Management
             of
             it
             :
             All
             which
             would
             be
             prevented
             ,
             if
             the
             whole
             Tax
             was
             laid
             on
             Malt
             ,
             and
             the
             few
             other
             Materials
             the
             Distillers
             use
             in
             their
             Business
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             very
             many
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             That
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             a
             difference
             between
             Private
             Families
             brewing
             their
             own
             Drink
             ,
             and
             Drink
             ,
             brewed
             by
             the
             Common
             Brewers
             ,
             or
             Retailers
             for
             Sale
             ,
             does
             appear
             by
             the
             first
             Institution
             of
             this
             Tax
             ;
             for
             by
             the
             Acts
             of
             Parliaments
             relating
             to
             those
             Matters
             ,
             none
             ought
             to
             pay
             that
             Duty
             but
             such
             as
             was
             supposed
             to
             make
             Profit
             by
             what
             they
             brewed
             ;
             ergo
             ,
             a
             difference
             is
             just
             ,
             especially
             if
             made
             ,
             by
             an
             Authority
             too
             great
             to
             be
             questioned
             (
             at
             least
             by
             me
             ,
             or
             any
             private
             Person
             )
             an
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             .
          
           
           
             If
             this
             Honourable
             House
             shall
             not
             think
             either
             of
             the
             former
             Proposals
             worthy
             of
             being
             complied
             with
             ,
             I
             humbly
             beg
             leave
             to
             inform
             this
             Honourable
             House
             ,
             what
             in
             all
             probability
             the
             present
             Frauds
             of
             the
             Brewers
             do
             amount
             to
             ,
             being
             such
             ,
             as
             it
             's
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             if
             this
             Honourable
             House
             does
             not
             take
             some
             Care
             to
             prevent
             them
             ,
             will
             mightily
             encrease
             ,
             even
             beyond
             one
             Third
             Part
             of
             that
             Revenue
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             great
             Charge
             (
             not
             to
             mention
             the
             great
             Trouble
             )
             His
             Majesty
             is
             at
             ,
             at
             present
             ,
             and
             the
             greater
             perhaps
             (
             under
             the
             present
             Laws
             of
             Excise
             )
             he
             must
             be
             at
             hereafter
             ,
             to
             keep
             it
             at
             the
             Ebb
             it
             's
             now
             at
             ,
             viz.
             That
             only
             one
             Third
             Part
             be
             defrauded
             .
          
           
             To
             Prove
             which
             ,
             't
             is
             but
             looking
             back
             to
             what
             former
             Years
             has
             produced
             ,
             and
             comparing
             them
             with
             the
             latter
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             not
             such
             Temptations
             to
             Defraud
             as
             now
             they
             have
             ;
             by
             reason
             the
             Duty
             even
             at
             this
             time
             is
             almost
             double
             to
             what
             then
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             has
             been
             almost
             treble
             since
             His
             Present
             Majesty's
             Reign
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             be
             denied
             ,
             I
             presume
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             That
             they
             have
             a
             much
             greater
             Temptation
             to
             put
             them
             upon
             the
             Contrivance
             of
             Frauds
             more
             now
             than
             formerly
             ;
             For
             the
             PENALTIES
             are
             the
             same
             now
             as
             then
             ,
             which
             is
             all
             the
             Check
             the
             Brewers
             
             have
             .
             The
             Trouble
             and
             Charge
             they
             are
             at
             in
             committing
             their
             Frauds
             are
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             not
             other
             than
             heretofore
             .
             The
             Excise
             when
             at
             2
             s.
             6
             
               d.
               per
            
             Barrel
             Strong
             ,
             and
             6
             
               d.
               per
            
             Barrel
             Small
             ,
             did
             amount
             to
             about
             680334
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             now
             at
             4
             s.
             9
             
               d.
               per
            
             Barrel
             Strong
             ,
             and
             1
             s.
             3
             
               d.
               per
            
             Barrel
             Small
             ,
             does
             amount
             to
             about
             900000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             additional
             Duty
             ,
             that
             is
             (
             from
             2
             
               s.
               6
               d.
            
             Strong
             and
             6
             d.
             small
             ,
             to
             4
             s.
             9
             d.
             Strong
             and
             to
             1
             s.
             3
             d.
             Small
             ,
             which
             is
             almost
             double
             ;
             the
             Excise
             ought
             to
             come
             to
             at
             least
             1330000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ;
             according
             to
             this
             Computation
             it
             comes
             short
             430000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             :
             Suppose
             an
             allowance
             of
             30000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             be
             made
             for
             the
             Humour
             of
             this
             Town
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Country
             ,
             running
             more
             of
             late
             (
             as
             is
             hinted
             in
             the
             first
             Proposal
             )
             upon
             the
             very
             Strong
             or
             Double
             Ales
             than
             formerly
             ,
             when
             the
             Excise
             amounted
             to
             the
             above-mentioned
             Sum
             of
             1330000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             .
             Suppose
             likewise
             an
             allowance
             of
             20000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             be
             made
             ,
             for
             the
             Declension
             of
             the
             Brewing
             Trade
             of
             late
             years
             ;
             though
             I
             should
             think
             it
             no
             very
             great
             Task
             to
             prove
             ,
             were
             it
             necessary
             ,
             That
             that
             Trade
             of
             late
             is
             not
             in
             the
             least
             declined
             .
             But
             I
             shall
             have
             room
             to
             make
             large
             allowances
             ;
             therefore
             ,
             
             lest
             that
             Objection
             should
             arise
             ,
             that
             also
             ismade
             here
             out
             .
             Suppose
             likewise
             an
             allowance
             of
             10000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             be
             made
             in
             the
             stead
             of
             Excise
             on
             the
             Retailers
             of
             Coffee
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             than
             ever
             was
             received
             by
             that
             Duty
             ,
             when
             the
             Excise
             did
             amount
             to
             680334
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             that
             Duty
             helped
             to
             make
             up
             the
             aforesaid
             Sum
             ,
             which
             at
             this
             time
             is
             on
             the
             Berry
             ,
             and
             the
             Duty
             received
             at
             the
             Custom-House
             .
             Suppose
             likewise
             the
             Distillery
             be
             the
             same
             now
             as
             then
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Additional
             Duty
             on
             it
             ,
             though
             in
             fact
             it
             is
             considerably
             advanced
             even
             according
             to
             the
             Additional
             Duty
             .
             All
             these
             Deductions
             amount
             to
             but
             60000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             which
             deducted
             from
             430000
             l.
             there
             will
             still
             remain
             370000
             l.
             'T
             is
             to
             be
             supposed
             that
             even
             then
             (
             when
             the
             Excise
             was
             at
             but
             2
             s.
             6
             
               d.
               per
            
             Barrel
             Strong
             ,
             and
             6
             
               d.
               per
            
             Barrel
             Small
             )
             the
             Brewers
             were
             not
             all
             Puritans
             ;
             but
             suppose
             an
             Allowance
             be
             made
             for
             the
             then
             suppos'd
             Frauds
             of
             30000
             l.
             (
             though
             upon
             a
             Nicer
             Examination
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             good
             reason
             to
             suspect
             twice
             that
             Sum
             did
             not
             serve
             their
             Turns
             )
             then
             the
             Brewers
             Frauds
             will
             amount
             to
             Four
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pound
             
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             which
             is
             considerably
             above
             One
             Third
             Part.
             There
             might
             be
             much
             
             more
             said
             to
             swell
             the
             aforesaid
             400000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             to
             a
             much
             greater
             Sum
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             to
             be
             fear'd
             that
             even
             that
             's
             much
             too
             great
             to
             be
             well
             spared
             at
             this
             time
             .
             I
             humbly
             beg
             leave
             to
             shew
             this
             Honourable
             House
             ,
             wherein
             in
             my
             humble
             Opinion
             ,
             the
             Frauds
             of
             Brewers
             are
             Prejudicial
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             the
             Subjects
             in
             General
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Trade
             it self
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             These
             Frauds
             are
             a
             Disappointment
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             Reason
             that
             thereby
             the
             Excife
             does
             not
             answer
             the
             Sum
             it
             was
             given
             for
             ;
             Consequently
             ,
             the
             Fund
             to
             the
             Lender
             of
             Monies
             is
             not
             so
             Good
             or
             Large
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             did
             fully
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             They
             are
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Publick
             in
             General
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             if
             the
             Brewers
             paid
             for
             all
             they
             brew'd
             (
             as
             in
             Conscience
             and
             Truth
             they
             ought
             )
             the
             less
             Taxes
             would
             serve
             turn
             ,
             Consequently
             ,
             are
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Subject
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             These
             Frauds
             are
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Brewing
             Trade
             ;
             Every
             Person
             that
             knows
             the
             Brewing
             Trade
             ,
             knows
             the
             greater
             the
             Trade
             ,
             
             the
             greater
             Opportunity
             they
             have
             to
             Defraud
             ;
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             small
             Brewers
             can
             scarce
             Defraud
             any
             ,
             the
             great
             Brewers
             having
             such
             advantage
             ,
             do
             sell
             Stronger
             or
             better
             Drink
             ,
             more
             Measure
             ,
             and
             Cheaper
             than
             the
             Lesser
             ones
             can
             ,
             who
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             want
             of
             such
             great
             Trades
             ,
             have
             not
             such
             great
             Advantages
             by
             Frauds
             ;
             the
             lesser
             Brewers
             by
             this
             means
             (
             as
             is
             said
             in
             the
             First
             Proposal
             )
             cannot
             be
             supposed
             to
             have
             any
             Customers
             that
             can
             make
             good
             Payment
             for
             what
             they
             buy
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             if
             they
             could
             ,
             no
             doubt
             they
             would
             apply
             themselves
             to
             the
             great
             Brewers
             ,
             where
             they
             will
             receive
             such
             visible
             Advantages
             ,
             different
             from
             what
             the
             lesser
             Brewers
             can
             afford
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             what
             few
             good
             Customers
             the
             lesser
             Brewers
             can
             be
             supposed
             to
             have
             ,
             they
             get
             nothing
             by
             ,
             perhaps
             lose
             ;
             since
             then
             ,
             the
             only
             Customers
             the
             lesser
             Brewers
             have
             that
             they
             can
             hope
             to
             get
             by
             are
             bad
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             be
             denied
             ,
             I
             presume
             ,
             that
             the
             Trade
             thereby
             is
             greatly
             prejudiced
             ;
             there
             will
             also
             this
             Consequence
             necessarily
             follow
             (
             if
             the
             Trade
             it self
             be
             thus
             prejudiced
             )
             the
             Publick
             will
             be
             yet
             further
             prejudiced
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             obliged
             to
             bear
             some
             Tax
             levied
             on
             them
             to
             make
             good
             such
             Deficiency
             ,
             as
             may
             accrue
             therefrom
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Prevention
             of
             which
             ,
             in
             my
             Humble
             Opinion
             ,
             lies
             most
             properly
             and
             intirely
             in
             the
             Breast
             of
             this
             Honourable
             House
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             prevented
             without
             any
             other
             Laws
             than
             what
             already
             are
             made
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             doubt
             ;
             But
             what
             's
             the
             Consequence
             ?
             Perhaps
             it
             will
             cost
             as
             much
             to
             have
             it
             done
             ,
             as
             will
             be
             saved
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             almost
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             permitted
             ;
             it
             cannot
             be
             imagined
             such
             an
             Abuse
             wou'd
             have
             been
             permitted
             so
             long
             ,
             did
             it
             lie
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             Art
             ,
             with
             a
             Reasonable
             Charge
             to
             have
             prevented
             it
             ;
             but
             when
             we
             come
             to
             reflect
             under
             whose
             Management
             this
             Affair
             has
             been
             for
             this
             many
             Years
             past
             ,
             and
             at
             present
             is
             ,
             namely
             that
             Honourable
             Person
             who
             is
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Treasury
             ,
             there
             will
             not
             be
             the
             least
             hope
             left
             us
             to
             believe
             any
             Judgment
             or
             Art
             hath
             been
             wanting
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             improved
             ,
             but
             what
             must
             necessarily
             owe
             its
             birth
             to
             this
             Honourable
             House
             ,
             and
             where
             those
             Grievances
             can
             best
             be
             Redress'd
             .
          
           
             Now
             suppose
             there
             were
             a
             Penalty
             inflicted
             ,
             that
             every
             Brewer
             that
             should
             erect
             and
             make
             use
             of
             a
             Private
             Back
             ,
             a
             Private
             Tun
             ,
             or
             a
             Private
             Store-house
             ,
             should
             pay
             500
             l.
             That
             every
             Brewer
             that
             should
             Conceal
             the
             Quantity
             of
             a
             Barrel
             of
             
             Strong
             Beer
             ,
             Ale
             ,
             or
             Small
             Beer
             from
             the
             Sight
             of
             the
             Gager
             ,
             should
             pay
             15
             l.
             for
             each
             Barrel
             ;
             That
             every
             Brewer
             that
             should
             mix
             Small
             Beer
             to
             Strong
             Beer
             or
             Ale
             ,
             after
             the
             Gager
             has
             taken
             his
             Morning
             Gage
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             in
             the
             Presence
             of
             a
             Gager
             ,
             to
             pay
             for
             every
             Barrel
             so
             mix'd
             15
             l.
             For
             denial
             of
             Entry
             50
             l.
             and
             the
             other
             Penalties
             in
             Proportion
             ,
             and
             a
             Plentiful
             Reward
             out
             thereof
             to
             the
             Informer
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             did
             this
             Honorable
             House
             think
             it
             adviseable
             ,
             that
             some
             such
             Penalties
             were
             Inflicted
             ,
             not
             any
             Brewer
             of
             them
             all
             would
             dare
             attempt
             committing
             the
             least
             kind
             of
             Fraud
             ;
             by
             which
             ,
             't
             is
             plain
             ,
             the
             great
             Grievance
             before
             spoken
             of
             ,
             would
             be
             Redress'd
             by
             such
             Penalties
             ,
             for
             the
             Brewer
             has
             even
             under
             the
             present
             Penalties
             these
             Considerations
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             What
             Advantage
             he
             is
             like
             to
             reap
             ;
             the
             hazard
             he
             runs
             ;
             which
             are
             three
             sorts
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             The
             Penalty
             ,
             the
             Charge
             he
             is
             to
             be
             at
             ,
             and
             the
             Confidence
             he
             is
             necessitated
             to
             Repose
             in
             his
             Servants
             ,
             which
             ,
             to
             say
             the
             Truth
             ,
             are
             not
             Persons
             of
             the
             greatest
             Faith
             ;
             Suppose
             the
             Master
             would
             commit
             a
             Fraud
             ,
             and
             run
             the
             hazard
             of
             the
             supposed
             Penalties
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             dare
             to
             intrust
             his
             Servants
             therewith
             ,
             and
             without
             their
             Privity
             the
             Master
             cannot
             commit
             the
             Fraud
             ;
             Besides
             ,
             by
             
             such
             Penalties
             (
             as
             is
             before
             spoken
             of
             )
             His
             Majesty
             would
             save
             at
             least
             40000
             
               l.
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Management
             ;
             for
             where
             there
             is
             a
             Necessity
             now
             to
             imploy
             Four
             Officers
             ,
             Two
             would
             serve
             turn
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             proportion
             in
             most
             of
             the
             other
             Imployments
             .
             I
             humbly
             hope
             it
             will
             appear
             by
             these
             following
             Reasons
             ,
             that
             such
             Penalties
             are
             not
             only
             of
             use
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             the
             Publick
             in
             General
             ,
             by
             Redressing
             the
             Great
             Grievances
             that
             fall
             out
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             Excise
             ,
             and
             the
             Equality
             and
             Preservation
             of
             the
             Trade
             it self
             which
             I
             humbly
             presume
             have
             before
             sufficiently
             prov'd
             )
             but
             also
             ,
             that
             every
             Brewer
             will
             be
             left
             destitute
             of
             the
             least
             ground
             to
             Complain
             thereof
             ,
             Consequently
             ,
             will
             be
             presumed
             to
             be
             Just
             and
             Reasonable
             .
          
           
             As
             thus
             ,
             Every
             Brewer
             that
             shews
             the
             Gagers
             all
             he
             hath
             Brewed
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             Conceal
             or
             Defraud
             any
             ,
             is
             not
             Subject
             to
             the
             Penalties
             ;
             Consequently
             ,
             he
             will
             have
             no
             cause
             to
             Complain
             ,
             if
             he
             Defrauds
             not
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             have
             〈◊〉
             thing
             to
             pay
             ,
             I
             mean
             of
             the
             Penalties
             ;
             He
             that
             will
             by
             Day-light
             burn
             his
             Fingers
             ,
             cannot
             expect
             less
             than
             to
             feel
             the
             smart
             thereof
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             Objection
             that
             be
             rais'd
             against
             it
             ;
             in
             my
             humble
             Opinion
             ,
             is
             this
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             if
             the
             
             Brewers
             Servants
             should
             Defraud
             any
             without
             the
             Master's
             privity
             ,
             (
             supposed
             to
             do
             it
             on
             purpose
             to
             get
             the
             Reward
             proposed
             to
             the
             Informer
             )
             it
             would
             be
             a
             Hardship
             upon
             the
             Masters
             .
             True
             ,
             I
             say
             so
             too
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             this
             Remedy
             provided
             by
             the
             present
             Laws
             of
             Excise
             ,
             (
             for
             that
             very
             purpose
             )
             that
             it
             doth
             lie
             in
             the
             Breast
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             to
             mitigate
             any
             Penalty
             to
             any
             degree
             they
             please
             ,
             taking
             nothing
             less
             than
             the
             double
             Duty
             and
             the
             Charge
             the
             Officer
             is
             at
             in
             finding
             out
             the
             Fraud
             ;
             It
             will
             not
             be
             suppos'd
             ,
             I
             presume
             ,
             any
             thing
             that
             has
             but
             a
             Countenance
             like
             that
             ,
             would
             be
             Inflicted
             by
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             that
             make
             no
             profit
             thereby
             ,
             but
             set
             to
             deal
             Equally
             between
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Brewer
             .
             I
             humbly
             presume
             ,
             what
             is
             said
             before
             ,
             is
             sufficient
             to
             Convince
             any
             Person
             ,
             at
             least
             this
             Unbyass'd
             Honourable
             House
             ,
             that
             the
             Objection
             is
             fully
             Answer'd
             ;
             and
             I
             defy
             the
             Brewers
             themselves
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             Great
             ones
             that
             have
             made
             large
             Estates
             solely
             out
             of
             Frauds
             ,
             to
             make
             any
             other
             Objection
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             lesser
             Brewers
             ,
             (
             the
             greater
             Number
             of
             the
             two
             )
             I
             will
             take
             the
             Liberty
             to
             Answer
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             (
             if
             requir'd
             )
             Petition
             this
             Honourable
             House
             that
             such
             an
             Act
             should
             pass
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             their
             Trade
             .
          
           
           
             Note
             ,
             That
             upon
             a
             Modest
             Computation
             ,
             every
             Brewer
             that
             makes
             use
             of
             a
             Private
             Back
             ,
             a
             Private
             Tun
             ,
             or
             Private
             Store-House
             ,
             of
             but
             a
             Moderate
             Size
             or
             Bigness
             ,
             makes
             at
             least
             20
             
               l.
               per
            
             Week
             ,
             which
             used
             but
             six
             Months
             will
             make
             480
             l.
             which
             will
             almost
             Answer
             the
             Penalties
             proposed
             .
             This
             ,
             in
             my
             humble
             Opinion
             ,
             shews
             ,
             the
             Penalties
             proposed
             are
             not
             Extravagant
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             Part
             of
             the
             Foregoing
             Matter
             shall
             happen
             to
             prove
             Advantageous
             either
             to
             the
             King
             or
             to
             the
             Subject
             ,
             I
             shall
             obtain
             my
             Ends
             :
             The
             Whole
             is
             humbly
             Submitted
             to
             that
             Great
             and
             Honourable
             House
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             their
             Great
             Wisdom
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

