The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

D C 0 MPANY
,MERCHANTS,

Per Doz.
Per Doz. Per Doz. Imperial
Quarts. Pints. Half-pints,
s. d. s. d. s. d.
.. 4 6 .... 2 9 .... 2 0

Best London Porter
Best Dublin Porter
Light Dinner Beer..
Devonshire Cider ..

jN GIN, fine old JAMAICA RUM, COGNAC BRANDY,
ity from Half-pint upwards.
LISBON, BRONTE, MARSALA, CAPE, CHAMPAGNES,
and HOCK WINES.

AUSTRALIA.—TO EMIGRANTS.
GUNPOWDER, SHOT, PERCUSSION CAPS,
BELTS, FLASKS, Single and Double GUNS, Six-barrel
REVOLVERS, and every thing connected with the Gun Trade,
25 per Cent. below the Gun-shop char
A. ROBINS° AND CO.,
IRONMO ERR, &c.,
EMIGRANTS' RDWARE STORE,
32, STRAND-STREET ANA ING DOCK, LIVERPOOL.

LEES' NE,7rGISTERED IMPLEMENTS FOR
GE
TTING GOLD.
" The best th* gs for the purpose out."—See London Times,
Sept. 5, and Illustrated News, Sept. 11.

THE INCE-HALL COMPANY'S COALS and
CANNEL may be procured as follows, viz. :
LIVERPOOL . 7, Rumford-street, and 5, Crown-street.
BIRKENHEAD 52, Bridge-street, and Commerce-street.
SEACOMBE Demean-street.,/
HUYTON and ROBY Mr. M'FarlanKPostoffice.
The Company deliver their CO S within THREE miles of
their several Yards CA AGE FREE, and allow a
DISCOUNT FOR CASH YMENT. OF FIVE PER CENT.
Orders addressed as4ove to the COMPANY'S OFFICES will
meet with prompt altifntion.

WILLfA.M LAIRD, GENERAL MANAGER.
7, Rumford-street, Liverpool, October is 1852.
GREAVES' celebrated PORTtAND BLUE LIAS,
and ROM CEMENT.
WAREHOUSE, 20, Cal; EGE-LANE, LIVERPOOL.
THOMA,SAVYLIE, SOLE AGENT.

TEA, COFFEE, AND CHICORY QUESTION

ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS,

LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 1, 1832.

WE publicly announced, som ime since, our
deliberate and no less emph ' opinion respecting the
refusal of the late liovernrnen to protect the legitimate
COFFEE TRADE from the scan ous frauds perpetrated by the
aamixture of what is, by afieense of speech, called CHICORY,
with ground coffee.

On the occasion To we refer (July, 1851) we stated in
our Circular—

" It is difficult to say whether the resolution to
abstain from all interference for the prevention of
adulteration, as announced by Sir Charles Wood, is
more disgraceful to the Government, than it is
insulting to the honourable tradesman, and inju-
rious to the general mass of consumers."

We added in the same address, our assurance—

"That purchasers of ground Coffee might de-
pend upon obtaining from this establishment sup-
plies of FORE COFFEE. If doubt should be enter-
tained on the subject. science is at hand to test the
truth of these professions, and the public press is
ever accessible for the exposure of deception."

Such was our unequivocal expression—such was also our
assurance that consumers might rely that we were prepared to
act conscientiously on our convictions, which subsequent expe-
rience has only tended to strengthen, while the continued sup-
port of our increasing customers has furnished the strongest
attestation to our assurances.

The Earl of Derby's Administration has issued a" General
Order," dated the 3d of August last, stating that Coffee and
Chicory must be sold separately. This wise ana practical mea-
sure, the object of frh,Sh is simply to place a justifiable restric-
tion upon fraud, will prove most beneficial to all classes of
Consumers, to Importers, and to all right-minded Coffee
Dealers.

Lest there should be any misunderstanding on the subject,
the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have
caused to be served upon every licensed Coffee-dealer and
Grocer in the kingdom a copy of the " General Order," with
an intimation that the regulation with reference to the sale of
Chicory will be strictly enforced on and after the 3d day of
November next. No pretext is thus left for pleading igno-
rance as the ground of evasion.
The consequence of the promulgation of this salutary order
has been that the dealers in the trashy compound too frequently
substituted for Coffee have been roused to an unusual pitch of
" virtuous indignation" at the " enormous turpitude" of Go-
vernment, in daring to put a stop to one of the most glaring
impositions of the age. Public meetings have been held in
London—a central committee has been appointed, with the
appendage of an " honorary secretary"—violent harangues
have been delivered—circulars fraught with the most virulent
abuse have been distributed—a conference of delegates has
been solicited, and all the " means and appliances" of a defen-
sive agitation have been resorted to, in order to prevail upon
the " country grocers" to join in an " unholy alliance" for
upholding a system of acknowledged fraud and dishonesty.
to continue to adulterate, and to disregard the " General
Order." Parties have been advised to trust to the contingency
of a mitigated penalty in cases of infraction of the regulation.
It is said that no one will dare to make himself so unpopular as
to convict in the full penalty of .RlOO. But these evil advisers,
who only want the encouragement of numbers to justify their
own impositions, will find themselves miserably disappointed
in their expectations. Hope tells them a too flattering tale ! '
THEIR EXPECTED IMMUNITY FROM PUNISHMENT IS A MERE

" CREATURE OF THE IMAGINATION," AND WILL NOT STAND

THE TEST OF STERN AND PRACTICAL REALITY

In illustration of the assertion just made, we need only advert
to the case of a Grocer in this town—a person of no small in-
fluence, and carrying on an exiensive business—who was, a
short time since, brought up on a charge of adulterating black
pepper, and who pleaded for a mitigation of the penalty of £lOO.
What was the result of this appeal ? Our worthy stipendiary
magistrate, Mr. Mansfield, said that such scandalous practices
were carried to so great an extent that the full amount of the
penalty must be at once paid. Mark the consequence ! THERE
HAS BEEN NO CASE SINCE OF A.SIMILAR CHARACTER, EITHER

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