The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-10 00:00:00

BETTS'S; IP.A.TENT BRANDY has ever since
its introduettfon to the public been recognised, both by scientific
men and the tradtv, as the best article ever manufactured in this
c'mntry. Its claiims to such pre-eminence are based upon its unri-
valled purity, anti its closer assimilation than any other to the
flavour of the finteat Champagne Brandy.
There has beenuno Brandy made from wine in France, either in the
present year or intthe preceding one. Owing to the successive failures
of their vintages,,tthe French wine grower gets a higher price for his
wine. consumed' ass such, than he can realise by its being distilled
into Brandy; antllfforasmuch as the foreign Brandy of recent impor-
tations is but theciproduct of British grain and beetroot spirits, the
prestige hitherto, ,exclusively enjoyed by French Brandy as having
been- distillei fronn a particular French wine no longer exists, and is
no longer worthiljy assignable to it now that it is bunglingly made
from other materffdls. The supply of wine for distillation into Brandy
having failed, theelPrench distiller is constrained to recur to a manu-
facture in which the needs the quarter of a century's experience
which has beam 'exercised upon that of BETTS'S PATENT
BRANDY, to remitter his article respectably competitive, and he has
not had it. Undear these circumstances the Messrs. Betts challenge
that their PATEN,IT BRANDY Is superior to any now made abroad.
It is to the intterest of the public and the Messrs. Betts that
these facts aboultiltbe widely spread, for recent importations are of
a quality so inferitor as to di:Trace the name they bear, and are
twice the price offIBETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, which is supplied
by the trade, tin ecapsuled bottles, to private famille. in any quan-
tity, down to thee single bottle. Excise regulations prevent its
sale from the Dlistillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street, in
any less quantity: than two gallons.

By Authority of tine-French Consul-General.—Notice is hereby given,
that the followting SALE of PRESERVED BEEF will be the last
on account of tthe French Government.

SALE off FRENCH COMMISSARIAT
SURPLUS: :STORES, consisting of PRESERVED BOILED
BEEF, of EngllBlli, Scotch, and Irish manufacture, in tin canisters of
about 6 lb. each;,:und packed in wooden boxes containing 12 tins.—
Mr. ALEXR. COtOKE has been honoured with instructions to Sell by
Auction, at the ]Landon Commercial Sale Rooms. mincing-lane, on an
early date in Aprill next, of which due notice will be given, several
parcels of the above description of PrOVISIOnSo composed of the mans.
facture of the billowing celebrated firms, viz ,
Messars. Henry Powell and Sins, London ;
Nimessyrsemis:ljoohhn Mall
John
mo`CiranadnsdoCno,
A.,
bLeornddeoenn;
;
31cessrs. D. Hogarth and Co., Aberdeen; and
Mey.ssrs. John Gillon and Co , Leith.
All the boxes fear sale are being opened and carefully examined for
damaged canisterss, the whole of which will be selected and replaced
by sound ones;; the fact of the beef having been originally manu-
factured in thisomuntry under strict inspection, expressly for the use
of the troops in: tthe Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction,
added to its being perfectly free from defective tins, will give every
assurance to buyers of its excellent quality and fitness either fur
home consumpttton or exportation. Packages included in the pur-
chase. The sevooral parcels of beef for sale are now on view at Beal's
wharf, Mill-lane:,lTooley-street, where purchasers may satisfy them-
selves that everyvicare is being taken in remosing from the boxes all
canisters unlit ffar use. Any further information required can be
obtained at theollice of Mr. Cooke, 2, Old Trinity House, Water-lane,
Tower-street, wthere catalogues may be had six days previous to the
sale, at the followiing places, viz. •
Commercial Sale viz.
Mincing-lane;
ConnExcha.nge,
Garrraway's,
Bautte, and Coffeehouses;
John/mem
also at the newa3rrooms of the principal inland towns and outports.
The sale will'ozommence punctually at the time stated.