The taxes upon ale, wine, and spiritous liquors, which are advanced by the dealers, are finally paid by the different consumers, exactly in proportion to their respective consumption.

经销商垫付的啤酒、葡萄酒和烈性酒的税款，最终由不同的消费者按照各自消费的比例支付。

Spiritous liquors might remain as dear as ever; while, at the same time, the wholesome and invigorating liquors of beer and ale might be considerably reduced in their price.

烈性酒可能一如既往地昂贵；与此同时，有益健康、提神醒脑的啤酒和麦芽酒的价格可能会大大降低。

The different taxes which, in Great Britain, have, in the course of the present century, been imposed upon spiritous liquors, are not supposed to have had any effect upon the wages of labour.

在本世纪，英国对烈性酒征收的各种税，应该不会对劳动工资产生任何影响。

Such stamp duties as those upon licences to retail ale, wine, and spiritous liquors, though intended, perhaps, to fall upon the profits of the retailers, are likewise finally paid by the consumers of those liquors.

像零售麦芽酒、葡萄酒和烈性酒类许可证征收的印花税，虽然可能是为了让零售商赚取利润，但最终同样由这些酒类的消费者支付。

It has for some time past been the policy of Great Britain to discourage the consumption of spiritous liquors, on account of their supposed tendency to ruin the health and to corrupt the morals of the common people.

一段时间以来，英国的政策一直是劝阻烈性酒的消费，因为人们认为烈性酒会破坏健康并败坏普通民众的道德。