27 JANUARY 1855, Page 17

THE NEW BEER ACT.

SIR—I notice in the Spectator of this day, 20th January 1855, two dis- tinct paragraphs in the same page, but greatly separated ; I think they might have been placed in juxtaposition. The first is—" A petition against the New Beer Act has received upwards of 4000 signatures in Norwich." The second is—" There are now nearly 10,000 paupers in Norwich; double the number receiving relief at the corresponding period of last year."

One of the greatest frequenters of the gin palace ends—where ? that monster the drunkard is sure to find the prison or the workhouse.