The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

CASES OF DROPSY

Persons suffering from Dropsy. either about the turn of life,
or at other times, should immediately have recourse to these
Pills, as hundreds of persons are annually cured, by their use,
of this direful complaint in its different stages, when all other
means had failed.
These celebrated Pills are wonderfully efficacious in the fol-
lowing complaints
Ague Female Irregulari-
Asthma ties
Bilious Complaints Fevers of all kind
Blotches on the Skin Fits
Bowel Complaints Gout

Scrofula, or King's
Evil

Head-ache

Secondar
toms

Constip]

Tic-Doulouret

Consumption
Debility

Tumours
Ulcers

Liver complaints
Lumbago
Piles

Venereal Affections
Worms of all kinds
Weakness, fror

Dysenter'
Erysipela

Rheumatism

Retention of Urine
Sold at the Establishment of Profe

whatever cause
&c. &c.

or. HOLLOWAY,

bleDruggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civi-
lised World, at the following prices—Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.,
I ls., 225., and 335. each Box. There is a considerable saving
by taking the larger sizes.
N.B.—Directions for the guidance of Patients in every dis-
order are affixed to each Box.

TEA, COFFEE, AND CHICORY QUESTION

ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS,

LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 1, 1852,

-WE publicly announced, some time since, our
deliberate and no less emphatic opinion respecting the
refusal of the late Government to protect the legitimate
COFFEE TRADE from the scandalous frauds perpetrated by the
admixture of what is, by a license of speech, called CHICORY,
with ground coffee.

On the occasion to which we),fer (July, 1851) we stated in
our Circular—

"It is difficult t ay whether the resolution to
abstain from al ' Aerference for the prevention of
adulteration announced by Sir Charles Wood, is
more dis ceful 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 FURE 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 and practical mea-
sure, the object of which 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.
Advertisements have been published, urging dealers generally
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 £lOO. 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 I

THEIR EXPECTED IMMUNITY FROM PUNISHMENT IS A MERE

" CREATURE OF THE IMAGINATION,"

3 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 .100.
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

IN THIS TOWN OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY

single act of inflexible justice had its salutary effect—THE

INFLICTION OF THE FULL PENALTY'HAS PUT A STOP TO THE

FRAUD, OR TAUGHT GREATER CAUTION IN ITS PERFETRA-

Such will be the result with the parties who are now brow-

beating Government for interfering with the fraudulent inter.
mixture of Coffee and the deleterious compound—miscalled

Chicory

We have, for a long time past, sold about 100 Tons of Roasted
and instead of finding any fault with the

Coffee annually

Government arrangement, the only object of which is to pro

tect consumers from notorious fraud, w

most cheerfull

in every respect with such a praiseworthy regulation, as Loth

—On and after 3rd Nov. next, Chicory must be sold

to the consumers—" in sealed and labelled packages, of two
ounces and upwards."---The best quality of Chicory can be
_ - _

Forded about one-third the Trice of good Coffee; thus families

will have the means of using, or not using, Chicory according

ROBT• ROBERTS & COMPy

ROYAL BANK BUILDINGS,

October 1,1852,

LIVERPOOL.