The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-11 00:00:00

ATENT BRANDY VERSUS COGNAC.
-AL —The celebrity of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY,
and its unparalleled extent of sale, with which the public
generally are now well acquainted, would seem to render
almost unnecessary any attempt to extend a knowledge of those
facts. Such, indeed, would be the course that J. T. Betts and
Co. would pursue, were it not for the numerous and specious
attempts to foist upon the world articles presumptuously
offered as substitutes for the Patent Brandy, without the most
remote pretensions to approach it in quality ; attempts which,
however short lived, impose upon J. T. Betts and Co. the ne-
ceuity for issuing, from time to time, a caution to the Public to
satisfy themselves of the identity of the Spirit which they pro-
cure. If purchasers would take only that simple precaution,
and really obtain Betts's Patent Brandy, the complaints in-
cessantly made of the defective character of Home-made
Brandy, would soon cease to be heard.
So unbounded is the confidence of J. T. Betts and Co. in
the sterling qualities and value of their production—and so en-
tirely is that confidence bottle out by chemical analysis, by
Medical sanction, and by universal family support—that they
'save challenged their continental neighbours, the French Die..
tillers, to produce, amongst the finest samples of Cognac, an
article of equal purity, or possessed of the same wholesome
properties, as the Patent Brandy.
The Patentees, as Distillers. cannot send out less than Two
Gallons, which may be obtained, either pale or coloured, for
Cash on Delivery, at Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, of
the highest legal strength, at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-
bars, leading to St. John-street,—their only Establishment.

SIR JAMES MURRAY'S RECLAMA-
TION.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE MEDICO-CHIRUR. REVIEW.
33, Piccadilly, Aug. 24, 1839.
GENTLEMEN—Last winter I apprised you that in future you
could obtain no Solution of Magnesia from a THEN agent of
our's in London ; that person has since set up for himself, and
has garbled tho eulogium which you wrote in your Medico-
Chirur. Review, and has applied your testimonial to an imita-
tion of his own, not in existence when you published your fa-
vourable opinion of the genuine article.
If characters, intended for one person or thing, can be thus
transferred to the purposes of others, then all confidence would
he at an end, particularly in matters connected with Medicine,
Health, and Life, and the merit and credit of all discoveries and
improvements would be alienated in open day. As friends of
fair dealing I beg of you to favour me with your opinion of such
conduct.—l remain, Sirs, yours sincerely.
JAMES MURRAY.

N. B. We have continued to use and. prescribe Sir Jas. Mur-
ray'sT Solution of Magnesia, and the character given of it in our
Journal was, of course, applied to the original.—Editors, Me-
shes Chirur. Review.
The great advantages of this elegant preparation are, that,
possessing all the properties of the magnesia in general use, it
is not liable to form concretions in the bowels, it corrects
acidity effectually without injuring the coats of the stomach, as
Carbonate of soda is known to do, it prevents the food of infants
!timing sour, it is very useful in complaints of the bladder, and
in all cases it acts as a pleasing aperient, peculiarly adapted for
females.
Murray's Genuine Solution may he obtained wholesale, at
the Depot, 33. Piccadilly ; Savory's, Bond-street, and Regent-
street; Gifford's, 104, Strand; Colk's, Fleet-street ; Sanger's,
Oxford-street ; Simon and Lightfoot's, Threadneedle-street ;
Complin and Co , Bishopsgate-street ; Johnston's, Cornhill ;
Lod of all respectable houses, in bottles at Is., 2s. 6d., and 3s. Gd.
each.—Please to ask for'‘ Murray's Solution."