The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-17 00:00:00

JONDON

AND BOULOG•NE.

At Reduced Fares.

The QUEEN ADELAIDE STEAM-SHIP, Captain Benett,
will start from Nicholson's Wharf, adjoining Billingsgate, at Eight
o'clock on WEDNESDAY morning, July 18.
This splendid vesel is fitted up expressly for Passengers, and is
peculiarly adopted for the station especially in a rough sea.
This vessel deserves the particular attention of elderly people,
and all those who have no triste for steam-racing, now in daily
practice, and by which so many accidents constantly take place.
The Queen Adelaide will bo managed with the greate4 possible
refrenee- to the comfort and safety of the passengers.
Further information may be obtained of Polden and Morton, 15,
Fenchurch-street, or at Nicholson's, Steam-Packet Office, 12 anti
14, Lower Thames-street.
This vessel will return on Friday, and leave London for Boulogne
on Saturday, July 21, at 10, A. 31.

TAIPORTANT to those who are suffering war
ji defects of Sight or Weakness of the Eyes and Dulness of
Hearing, so prevalent at th- present day ; a visit to the Messrs.
S. and B. SOLONIONS, 39, Albemarle-sue, t, Piccadilly, wit
soon find relief. Those gentlemen have devoted many years of their
lire in studying tho proper mode of treating the Eyes and Hearing.
in all diseases to which these organs are subject ; they have invented
an improved SPECTACLE, with a new APERATIVE VOICE
CONDUCTOR, upon a very small caistruction, scarcely percep-
tible, for Deafness.
It will be requisite to observe, 39, Albemarle-street ; one of tho
firm may be consulted at Mr. Clayton's, 13, Broad-street, Read-
ing, on Wednesday Next.

LD USTED MASDEU.--It is now five
years since the Proprietors of the GRAY'S-INN WINE
EST AB I. IS HMENT conuneneed their operations on this WI N E,
and it will be remembered that two years ago they introduced it to
the public, as well worthy,. both in quality in price, to take its stand
among those in general consumption in this eouutry ; they detailed
at length their knowledge of its quality, and the practical expe-
rience upon which their judgment was formed: they showed that
the heavy and unequal taxation created by the :Methuen Treaty, in
1703, had amounted to a prohibition of many of the Wines of
France; but the English Government having, in 1831, equalised
the duties on French and Portugal Wines, they expressed their
conviction, that a wide field was opened for capital and exertion to
compete with the hitherto more favoured vineyards of the Penin-
sula. The success which has attended that competition will be
best seen by the undermentioned Parliamentary Return, showing
the net consumption of the United Kingdom.
No: 369.—Ordered by the liouse of Commons to be printed, 7th Mar,
1839

Quantities retained for Horne!
Consuonption„ after deducting Years ending sth January,
the Amount expotted subse-I
onently to I he Payment of Duty, ----. _---.
hi the enited Kingdom. 1836. I 15;37 1 t 8

Cape . .
French . • .
Portugal . . .
Spanish . . .
Madeira . . .
Rhenish . .
Can.try . . .
Far,l . . .
S.cilian and other Sorts

Total

Gall..ns. Gallons
, 522,941 54! jilt
271,4.61 352,063
2,789,024 2,8 8,3 9
2,2 '41,187 2,3'48,413
139,422 1:33,0473
48,696 59,454
50,956 51,123
936 1,451
324,549 493,155

Gallon e.
011,727
440,322
2,573,157
2,297,010
119.873
44,897
41,81'4
282
373,158

I 6,420,342 I 6,809,112 I 6,3'1,560

Tt will ba seen by this return that while the total consumption of
Wine has remained nearly stationary that of French Wine has
steadily and progressively increased, the year ending sth January,
1838, showing the enormous increase of 62 per cent. over that
ending sth January, 1836; this large increase is chiefly attribut-
able to 11asdeu, as is fully proved by the Custom House reports,
and sho'ws, beyond a doubt, that this Wine is well adapted both to
the palate and constitution of English consumers : it must also be
borne in mind that this increase has taken place notwithstanding
Masdeu has never yet (except to a very small extent) been intro-
duced in that ripe and matured state which age in bottle can alone
impart, for Mastleu, like all other red wines, requires age, both in
wood and bottle, to render it perfect and fit for the table.
With this view the Proprietors of the Gray's-inn Wine Esta-
blishment (anticipating these results from the intrinsic quality of
the Wine) caused 2,500 dozen to be put in bottle in the year 1835,
and have since annually increased their stock, so that they might be
in the same position with this as with the other Wines in which
they deal, and be enabled to keep up a constant supply of matured
and old bottled Wine. It is now in brilliant condition, with a firm
crust; may be moved without the slightest injury ; and the nobi-
lity and public in general are respectfully invited to pass their judg-
ment on it at the vaults of their Establishment.
The Proprietors regret the necessity of again cautioning the
public and the country wine-merchants against various common
red Wines which have been in many instances surreptitiously im-
posed upon the wine-merchants, and through them, unknowingly,
upon the Public, as the genuine Masdeu, to which they have no
more affinity than the Port Wine produced in Figueira has to the
highest quality of the vineyards of the Alto Douro.
Cash prices as under. Country orders must contain remittances
or references in London.

Hampers, Is. per dozen. Bottles, 2s. per dozen.
Masdeu, from l_Per Pipe Per Hint. I
Per. Qr. Cask Per. Dozen.
the wood. f 66/. 1331. 10s. I 16/. 16s. 23s.
Ditto, two years in bottle 32s.
Ditto, three years in bottle
HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO.
23, High Holborn, London.
NOTE TO THE TRAM—The market price may be known on
application.

THE GREAT WESTERN.
Just published, price 3s.
'IIIE LOGS of the GREAT WESTERN
-11 across the Atlantic, with a Chart of her tract, Appendices
an,l Remarks.
By CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON, Esq ,
May be had of Messrs. Longman, and Co., Paternoster-row ;
and Messrs Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria lane, London ; and of
the Booksellers in Bristol, Liverpool, and other places.

Just published, in one volume, Bvo., 95., in bpW.I;Z-
-ALSHORT ENQUIRY as to the COMpE.
TENCY of WITNESSES with reference to their RE-
LIGIOUS OPINIONS.

To which are added,
TRACTS On LEGAL and other SUBJECTS.
By the late Hon Sir W. C. SMITH, LL.D. , F. R. S.
One of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland
T. Cailell,-Strand, and Milliken and Son, Dublin. •

NEW NOVEL BY rHE DESENNUYEE."
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