The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-30 00:00:00

BOMBAY.

The sales of Ale at this plaie,;sfeiPiice Current (Nov. 1), were—
Allsopp 200 hhds. at 65 rups. Bass rups. to 61 cups.
The s we Price Current (Dec. ) says We have been apprised
of a sale of 50 h has. of Allsopp and Co., at 65 rupees per hhd; of
Bass's two sales have been reported to us, one of 52 hhds., at 61
rupees, and the other of 25 hhds., at 60 rupees.
Another Price Current (Dec. 1) remarks We have heard
mention of 2.0 hhds of Allsopp's having been sold, since the dispatch
of the last mail, at 65 rupera per hhd., which cleared the market for
the time. A furtl-er supply of 200 hhds. has sincecome in, of which
some had been previously sold at the above price to arrive. The de-
mand for this brew has been brisk throughout the month, arising, as
we understand, from the very favourable reports received from the
country of the quality of last saason's brew."
SIIIPIFIEN TS OF ALE TO INDIA.
Under this head Messrs. Bass have attempted to take an advan-
tage in publishing the exports of Messrs. Allsopp from the Ist of
October to the Ist of February last. The returns are, however,
grossly untrue, inasmuch as they have understated the shipments of
Messrs. Allsopp in that time to the extent of 600 111,ds. to Calcutta
alone. It is true that Messrs. Allsopp's shipments at this period were
unusually small, and that, with the exception of about 200 nhds., their
shipping season did not commence till late in November, in conse-
quence of very extensive alterations and enlargements in their brew-
ery, which increased business obliged them to make. It is necessary
toobserve, however, that there is great possibility of error in arriving
at the correct account of exports of Beer, and on this account
Messrs. Allsopp have not ventured to publish the shipments from
1842 to 1843, lest they should not be strictly correct, but from Oc-
-1812, they were as follows, as admitted by
tober, 1841, to October,
Messrs. Bass :

Bombay. Madras and Calcutta. Total Hhds.
Allsopp
... .. 5,583
Bal‘sl'essrs. Allsopp ha2v'eMonl.y. ..
... rk2,t7121.7it the shipment49';4B°°9o; the
sible in the same proportion.
subsequent
notwithstanding yearhave Messrs.be e ni3a,,ssn, eaarirdl yta,
.r:os
"four months' atements,"
whene rw ofork
In
sthe advertisement put forth by
Messrs
state that, on a private representa.
s s closing their
Ba Bass,
brewery,
theit is abovenecessary was
exposition not
to t
Lion of its gross incorrectness being made to that firm by Messrs.
Allsopp, a reply was received in which the admission was made that,
by a typographical et ror, some misstatement had occurred, In that
letter an alleged " corrected form" was inclosed, containing the same
glaring inaccuracies, which Messrs. Allsopp have been thus com-
pelled to expose. Messrs. Bass and Co were the first to adopt a
:.ystern of advertising : their intention to assume a position in India
with regard to the consumption of their Beer, to which they have
no claim, cannot be misunderstood; and, howev.r repugnant to
their own feelings, Messrs. Allsopp consider it due to themselves
and the public to expose the misrepresentations which have been so
industriously circulated, and defend the pre.eminent position which
Ale of their manufacture has invariably held both in the Indian and
the home markets.

Burton-upon-Trent, March 28,1E44.
• It will be observed, as a curious fact, that these quotations of
sales are represented by two casks landed in Calcitta, one by private
sale at 80 rupees, and the other (ullaged) at 70 rupees; whilst on the
same day (17th January), Messrs. Gladstone and Co, notice a whole-
sale tale of 50 hhde. of A115(479'5 at e 5 rupees.