Description | Written from Southborne, Augustus Road, Edgbaston [Birmingham]. He writes in response to an article he has read which claims that the increase in the number of licensed houses in Hull, and subsequent increase in drunkenness, is due to the actions of the Justices [of the Peace]. He requests reliable information so as to substantiate his grounds for rejecting the opinions of those in favour of 'free trade' in drink [18]76 |