The Press.
London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

Increase.

Deposit, ,e 5 per Share.
The Liability Limited to the amount of each Share.
Incorporated under the Joint•atock Companies' Act of 1856, with
Limited Liability.
TRUST ES.

General Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, R.C.8., M.P.
Henry Morris, Esq.. late Madras Civil Service.
DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. Lord THOMAS PELHAM CLINTON, 10,
Cleveland square. Chairman.
The Hon. F. H. F. BERKELEY, M.P. for Bristol, Victoria-
square, Pimlico, Deputy• Chairman.
John Cronp, Esq., Oaklands, Clapham.
Charles Heneage. Esq., I, Cadogan-place, Belgrave-square.
Samuel .1. Noble. Esq., Soho, and 9, Moreton street, Pimlico.
Capt. William Peel, 24, Beaumont-street. Portland-place.
(With power to add to their number.)
CHIEF ANALYST. _ .

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Dr. Letheby, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, London
Hospital, and Officer of Health for the City of London.
SOLICTTORS—Messrs. Harbin and Surth,l2, Clement's-inn.
BANNERS—The Bank of London, Threadneedle-street.
GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam Cribb, Esq.
Offices-25, 13ucklersbury, London.
The Adulteration of our Food has become so dangerous and
universal a practice, that the Legislature have deemed it neces-
sary to inquire searchingly into the social evil by means o' a
Committee of the House of Commons, which has found it to be
no fanciful chimera, but a dangerous fact, that nearly all the
necessaries of life are fearfully adulterated.
The Times newspaper has made the most strenuous efforts to
arouse the attention of the public to a sense of the dangers they
incur from the present system, and the importance of an effec•
tual remedy being found. In one of its leading articles the evil
is thus graphically depicted :
"We pay not only with our money, but our lives. For the
worst of it is, that the articles we purchase are not merely
diluted—they are adulterated—positively— abominably—poison-
ously. There is scarcely a single article of daily use which it is
possible to procure genuine from ordinary shops.
"We ask for Bread, and we receive a Stone—

" For Coffee. and we' receive Chicory—
" Far Chicory, and we receive Burnt Carrots, and Powder of
Dried Horses' Liver—
" For Oil of Almonds, and we receive Prussic Acid.
"What are we to do when our meat and drinks are poisoned 2"
And again—
" Surely any one of respectability sufficient to gain credence
for his assertion would make a fortune were he to set his face
strenuously against all imposture, and determine to sell only
genuine articles, even at a slightly enhanoed price."
There is no exaggeration in saying that numbers of invalids,
delicate women, and tender children, have fallen victims to
adulterations of food, drink, and drugs. Paralysis has also been
clearly traced to this cause, and the universal diffusion of in-
digestion owes its origin very largely to the effect of the danger-
ous adulterations of our food. . _ .

To remedy this great social evil, the London Unadulterated
Food Company is established.
Each article vended will be manufactured or prepared entirely
by the Company, and foreign productions will be imported
direct ; it will therefore derive the profits of both manufacturer
and dealer, at the same time that it insures perfect freedom
from adulteration.

A wholesale and export trade of unequalled magnitude may
already be considered as guaranteed.
Shareholders will have the privilege of purchasing their
goods of the Company at wholesale price. The great additional
value that will attach to the shares from this regulation is
obvious.

Amongst the questions put to one of the witnesses by the
Committee of the House of Cammons were the following:—
Q. Is it your opinion that adulteration is very prevalent?
A. I find a,iulteration to be exceedingly prevalent: it may be
stated, generally, that it prevails in nearly all articles which it
will pay to adulterate.
Q. Is it your opinion that the adulterations of the various
articles to which you have referred have a very important influ-
ence on the public health?
A. No doubt, I think, can possibly bo entertained on the sub-
ject—in the list are some of the most virulent poisons.

THE PRESS.

(Morning Chronicle, February 28, 1857.)
"It has a respectable direction, and Dr. Letheby is the chief
analyst. The company will hold themselves pledged to the
purity of every article sold by them, and are determined that not
merely the purity but the general condition of the t ooda shall be
all that the most efficient supervision and improved machinery
can make them After careful calculation, and allowing for every
contingency, it is anticipated that the net profits will realise at
least 15 per cent. per annum."