The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDAkiI.

TO THE INHABITANTS OF LIVERPOOL,
And the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Families through-
out Lancashire and the adjoining Counties.

WE beg to inform you that we have taken the
PREMISES,

No. 56, WATERLOO-PLACE,

CHURCH-STREET, OPPOSITE RANELAGH-STREET,
for the purpose of carrying on an
EXTENSIVE TEA AND COFFEE TRADE,
which is now OPENED.

This Establishment, of which we are the projectors and pro-
prietors, will in many important respects differ from any at
present existing in Liverpool; it may therefore be desirable,
if not necessary, that we should state explicitly the basis upon
which it is founded, the system upon which it will be conducted,
and the reasons which have led us to select Liverpool as the field
for our enterprise. _

The principles we adopt as a basis is to sell by retail TEAS
AND COFFEES, of superior quality, at the SMALLEST RE-
MUNERATING PROFIT, FOR READY MONEY; thus
placing the inhabitants of Liverpool up :n a footing, in the
purchase of those articles, with the inhabitants of London.
In order to ensure these results, there will be required, first,
a competent knowledge of the business : secondly, capital
sufficient for the purpose; thirdly, A CERTAIN AND QUICK
RETURN OF THE CAPITAL EMPLOYEDS and, fourthly, a
population numerous enough to warrant the expectation of
an" EXTENSIVE TRADE", without which the system of
SMALL PROFITS" cannot be permanently maintained.
The two former we are prepared to bring into immediate pre-
ration, and the two latter are sufficiently guaranteed- by the
immense population of Liverpool and a strict adherence to
"cash payments:" the only system which effectually secures
to the vendor the power of obtaining his goods upon the best
terms; and to the purchaser the fulfilment of such pretensions
as we have announced.

LIVERPOOL, second only in importance to London, has not
hitherto had the advantages of such an establishment as we
propose. The existing grocery establishments, though in many
instances of undoubted respectability and considerable extent,
are still of that mixed character (combining a variety of hetero-
geneous trades) which indicates, usually, the infancy of a town
rather than the advanced civilisation and high commercial
status which are the characteristics of Liverpool. The rapid
increase of its population, and other obvious signs of prosperity,
at once mark it out as the place most suited for commercial
enterprise, and in no branch of its commerce is there, in our
opinion, so wide a field for honourable and successful com-
petition as in the Tea Trade; a trade which, beyond all other
branches of our imports, has exceeded the most sanguine
expectations of all interested in its success, and whose history
is alike interesting to the merchant, the financier, and the phi-
lanthropist; inasmuch as the moral effects resulting from the
increased use of tea render it as important a consideration in
all future schemes for the public benefit as it has hitherto been
in the fiscal arrangement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
or the speculations of the mercantile community.
The discussion of the history of the Tea Trade, however, we
have neither time nor space to pursue, but we may just observe,
that, while for several years after its introduction, in 16CO, the
annual import did not exceed "one hundred and fifty pounds,"
such has been the increase in later times, that last year the
quantity imported into London and Liverpool alone was nearly
FIFTY MILLION POUNDS, yielding an aggregate revenue
of upwards of FIVE MILLION POUNDS STERLING.
The price at the time to which we refer being " SIXTY
SHILLINGS PER POUND," placed it, of course. beyond the
increase
its of any but the wealthy ; -and although, in order to
its consumption, it was sold in a liquid state, and the duty,
eightpence per gallon, levied upon it as upon other excisable
liquors, yet the progress of it appears to have been very gra-
dual, for we find, upon reference to advertisements, still ex-
tant, of a spirited Tea Merchant, of 1709 (nearly fifty years
after its introduction,) that the price still remained as high as
20s. per lb. ; and it remained for the enterprise of later times
to develope the resources of China and the adaptation of Tea
to the wants of the inhabitants of Great Britain ; a people who,
above all other nations of the earth, are attached, happily, to
fireside comforts, and who are ever ready to sacrifice mere out-
side splendour for those less dazzling, but more enduring, ele-
ments which constitute all expressed by that emphatically
English word, " Home," and who are therefore disposed at all
times to hail as benefactors those who, by " honourable com-
petition," place within their reach, an article so conducive to
comfort as "TEA."

Tea, the mere luxury of former times, is now not only a
highly important, but an almost indispensable article of sub-
sistence; and from the prominent place which it occupies in
the expenditure of most families, the power of procuring it IN
ITS PURE STATE, of the BEST QUALITIES, and upon the
most ECONOMICAL TERMS, are considerations not beneath
the notice of any ; and are, we doubt not, duly appreciated by
the inhabitants of Liverpool.

The difficulty of procuring good and pure Tea at moderate
prices in most provincial towns and cities, and, in fact, at any
place out of London, is generally admitted by all those who are
in the habit of purchasing their Tea in the metropolis, and is,
we think, msinly attributable to the following causes.—The
very little attention paid by the generality of dealers to the se-
lection of those qualities most suited for family use; to the
long credit in many instances given; and to the very pernicious
system adopted by many of selling Raw Sugars at a positive
limy and charging eIN EXORBITANT P ItO FIT UPON
TEA AND COFFEE; thus inflicting a positive injury upon
one class of their customers,. who purchase but little Sugar,
and necessarily confining their own purchases of Tea to the
ordinary or inferior kinds; a fact notorious to every London
Wholesale Dealer.

Our long residence in London and connexion with the first
Tea Establishment there gives us advantages, in the constant
selection of suitable articles, possessed by few; and as we con-
template confining our trade to " Teas, Coffees, Spices, and
Refined Sugars," our customers will escape the injustice con-
nected with the present state of the Sugar Trade ; anu by ad-
hering to the ready money system, we shall be able to conduct
our business upon a LOWER SCALE OF PROFIT than has
hitherto prevailed in this town or neighbourhood.
The following are the prices at which we can supply Teas
suitable for various family purposes

EL/wit TEAS.
Good Congou, full flavour.. per lb. 3s. Od. inferior lower
STRONG CONGOU, full flavour
. .

Souchong kind
FINE.CONGOU, Pekoe Souchong

3s. 4d. recommended

kind
VERY FINE CONGOU, rich and

3s. Bd. recommended

strong
FINEST CONGOU, very blackish

4s. Od. recommended

leaf, full rich Pekoe Souchong
flavour
Fine Souchong to very choice Lap-

4s. 4d. highly recommended

sang 4s. Bd. to ss.
Scented OranoT Pekoe good to line 4s. Od. to 4s. 4d

Scented Orange Pekoe, Very choic

GREEN TEAS.
Good Twankay 3s. Od. inferior lower
Fine Twankay to Hyson kind 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d.
GOOD HYSON 3s. Ed.
FINE HYSON, full flavour 4s. Od. recommended
VERY FINE HYSON, fresh burnt
- .. -

full flavour
SUPERFINE HYSON, rich deli-

ss. Od. recommended

cate flavour
Finest Hyson, byight close leaf,

ss. 4d. recommended

. , -
very choice 6s. Od. recommended
Young Hyson, good to fine - 3s. 4d. to ss. 4d.
FINEST OUCHAIN, small close

wiry leaf ss. 4d. recommended
Imperial Gunpowder, good to .ine 3s. Sd. to ss. Od.

Gunpowder, danton kind

3s. 6d. to 3

Gunpowder, good to fine 4s. Od. to ss. Od
VERY FINE GUNPOWDER,
even leaf
SUPERFINE GUNPOWDER

rich, strong, burnt
FINEST GUNPOWDER, very
choice
The articles to which especial attention is invited are " THL
FINE CONGOU at 3s. 8c1.," an excellent and useful Tea; and
the `, VERY FINE CONGOU, at 45.," admirably adapted for
all family purposes, and will be found, upon trial, suitable and
agreeable to the taste of the great majority of the public; and
the "FINEST CONGOU. at 4s. 4d.," ripe and mellow, and of
the true Pekoe Souchong flavour, "the BEST BLACK TEA"
that need be desired for any purpose. In Green Teas we re-
commend the " FINE HYSON, at 45.," " VERY FINE
HYSON, at 55.," and "SUPERFINE HYSON, at ss. 4d."
We shall, perhaps, be told that the prices quoted above do
not differ greatly from those at present in operation in Liver-
pool. Of this we are well aware. but beg to remind those who
object, that price, irrespective of quality, is n• fair criterion as
to cheapness; and that faw things are easier than to quote
prices and annex characters and names, oftentimes the mast
absurd, and which, in many instances, Wive no other connexion
with the articles sold than the place they occupy in the dealer's
circular.

6s. Od. recommended

Assertions such as we have made, and statements such as we
have now set forth, are always, until proved, exposed to doubt
and suspicion. In order, therefore, that their truth may be
tested, we very respectfully and earnestly request "A TRIAL,"
the only mode of arriving at a fair conclusion. If, upon trial,
our goods be found, as we feel confident they will, superior to
those hitherto sold, we are sure of a continuance of the patron-
age we seek ; but, if not, we cannot reasonably expect, nor do
we ask it. Without this test no one can
_fairly determine, and
we are quite willing to stake our reputation upon the result.
All purchasers of original packages, whether in the trade or
not, will be allowed the customary " over • eight " or "draft "
of two lbs., sometimes more, on chests containing about eighty
lbs., and one lb. on boxes from thirty to forty lbs. ; and in
order to meet the wishes families residing at a distance, and
whose consumption is not adequate to the purchase of an ori-
ginal package, we shall be willing to weigh up chests or half-
chests in parcels from single lbs. upwards ; thus enabling
several families to join in the purchase and afterwards divide
the Tea. In such cases two lbs. "overweight" will be enclosed
wite the chest of eighty lbs., and one lb. with the half-chest of
forty lbs. We shall also have constantly on sale a variety of
boxes and canisters of Tea of various sizes, suitable for FA-
MILIES •; and DEALERS can either be supplied from our
Stock in Liverpool or have Teas shipped direct from London,
as they may prefer.

COFFEE.
The ADULTERATION of this article appears on the in-
crease; the non-interference of the Government has had the
effect we anticipated, that of lessening the consumption of the
genuine commodity ; for, with an increased demand, it appears
from the statements issued by the Board of Trade, that the
quantity of Coffee cleared for home consumption the first
eight months of the present year was 1,557,568 less than the
same period in 1848. This astounding fact proves the extent of
adulteration, and the injury done both to the Importer and the
Revenue.

There is reason to believe that, notwithstanding the low price
of Chicory, that even this is mixed with DELETERIOUS
SUBSTANCES as destructive to the public health as injurious
to the fair trader. IT IS THEREFORE QUITE IMPOSSI-
BLE FOR THE PURCHASERS OF GROUND COFFEE TO
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DRINKING WiIEN THEY
PARTAKE OF THE BEVERAGE. We, in common with
every respectable House, advise the public only to purchase
the Berry—THERE IS NO OTHER SECURITY.

To those who wish to purchase Coffee in its NATIVE
PURITY, in possession of its NATURAL AROMA AND
FRAGRANCE, and at those ECONOMICAL PRICES which
families who buy for Cash have a fair claim to expect, we re-
commend the following selection :
Good Plantation Ceylon per lb, Is. Od.

FINE PLANTATION
Is. 2d. recommended
Fine Jamaica,,thoice mountain flavour Is. 4d.

Fine Mocha ls. 6d.
CHOICE OLD MOCHA ls. Bd. recommended.
Orders for any part of Liverpool, whether given at tke Shop
or brought to us by the post, will be delivered the same day..
The money to be returned by the bearer.
Orders from any part of LANCASHIRE or the NORTH OF
ENGLAND, accompanied by a remittance, a bank-order, or a
respectable reference, will be executed without delay. When
the references given with orders are satisfactory we shall not
expect the cash to be forwarded until the goods are received
and the quality tested ; but, as it must be obvious that our
system of "small profits" will not admit of either " credit" or
"risk", we expect that no improper delay in payment will take
place.
In order to prevent imposition by parties who may be sent
for our Teas, &c., the price of each article will be marked on
the inside wrapper of each parcel.
We have now stated the leading features of our system of
business, and, in conclusion, beg to remind all into whose
hands this Address shall come, that their interest is concerned
as well as ours, and, further, that, by competition, the public
at large are always benefitted : without it they have no safe-
guard against imposition and those petty monopolies which
enrich a few to the injury of the great bita of the community.
We commend these remarks to the candid consideration of
the inhabitants of Liverpool, feeling confideest in the prospect
of ultimate Aud enduring success.

ASH AND COMPANY,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN TEA,
56, WATERLOO-PLACE, CHURCH-STRUT,
LIVERPOOL. •

THE MISSES ACKERLEY beg to announce to
their Friends and the Public, that they have OPENED a
SCHOOL at SEFTON HOUSE, Crosby Green, West Derby, near
Liverpool, for the Education of a limited number of YOUNG
LADIES, where, by unwearied attention to the religious and
moral improvement, the literary acquirements, manners, and
domestic comforts of their Pupils, they hope to merit the con-
fidence of those Parents who may entrust their Daughters to
their care.

Miss ACKERLEY has long been engaged in Tuition, both in
England and on the Continent, having for upwards of sixteen
years filled the situation of Private Governess in Families of
great distinction, English and German.
It is the hope, and will be the endeavour, of the Misses
ACKERLEY, by their united exertions, with the additional aid
of efficient Masters, to ensure the proficiency of their Pupils
in every branch of Education, and to combine in their Esta-
blishment the advantages and comforts of private Tuition with
the emulation of a select School.

Reference has been kindly permitted to
Mrs. Col. Philips, Rhilal, near Mold, Flintshire.
The Baroness de Vrints, Frankfort-on-the-Maine.
The Bareness de Bethman. Ditto.
Mrs. Murray, Hornby Hall, near Lancaster.
Mrs. St. John Henllys, Beaumaris.
Mrs. J. C. Thompson. Charlton,Andfield Park, West Derby
Mrs. F. Trueman, Glasgow.
The Rev. Dr. Pinkerton, Frankfort-on-the-Maine.
The Rev. Fielding Ould, Liverpool.
The Rev. T. Fogg, Hornby, near Lancaster.
The Rev. Dr. Lingard, Ditto.
Pudsey Dawson, Esq., Hornby Castle.

TARVIN HALL SCHOOL

SEPTENNIAL COMMEMORATION, 1849

THIS DAY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18

PUBLIC EXAMINATION—FROM TEN TO THREE O'CLOCK.
INSPECTION ON PARADE—Fuom THREE TO HALF-PAST

SELECTION OF SACRED MUSIC, AND GREEK AND
LATIN ORATIONS-FROM HALF-PAST TIIREE TO HALF-
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
DINNER-AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

TVEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19
SPEECHES AND CONCERT OF SECULAR MUSIC

'-FROM

SIX TO NINE O'CLOCK.
JOHN BRINDLEY,
PRINCIPAL,

THE SACRED MUSIC taken from the Bangor
Cathedral Collection, adapted by the Very Rev. the Dean
of Bangor, and from the Orwroatos of the MESSIAH and
CREATION, under the direction of the Resident Professor of
Music, SIGNOR ANTONIO SAPIO, Graduate and Associate of
the Royal Academy of Music, London.

WHEREAS a Petition for adjudication of Bank-
ruptcy, hearing date the thtrteeuth day of December,
1849, bath been presented against WILLIAM PULESTON, of
Wrexham, in the county o Denbigh, draper, and he being
declared a bankrupt is hereby required to surrender himself to
RICHARD STEVENSON, Esquire, one of her Majesty's Com-
missioners of the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, at
Liverpool, on the twenty-seventh day of December instant,
and on the first day of February next, at eleven of the clock in
the forenoon precisely on each day, and make a full discovery and
disclosure of his Estate and Effects, when and where the credi-
tors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the first
sitting to choose assignees, and at the last sitting the said
bankrupt is required to finish his examination. All persons
indebted to the said bankrupt, or that have any of his Effects,
are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. WILLIAM BIRD,
Liver-court, South Castle-street, Liverpool, the Official Assig-
nee, whom the Commissioner has appointed, and give notice
to Messrs. EvAivs and Sox, Solicitors, Commerce-court, Liver-
pool ; or to Mr. BUCITON, Solicitor, Wrexham.

BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

ROBERTSON'S SMOKE CONSUMING
APPARATUS.

MANUFACTURERS, Iron-Founders, Engineers,
and others desirous of complying with the Sanatory
Regulations of the Board of Health, may have the SMOKE of
their Furnaces, Ovens, Stoves, &c.. EFFECTUALLY CONSUMED,
by the application of ROBERTSO'S PATENT for that pur-
pose. . . .

The fitting-up of the Apparatus does not involve the stoppage
of Works during WORKING TIME.
This invention has now been before the Public for a con-
siderable period, and it has been publicly tested in London,
(before the Commissioners of Health); in Liverpool, (before a
host of Medical Gentlemen and others connected with Sanatory
Reform); and it is now in operation in MACCLESFIELD (Public
Baths), CHESTER (Public Baths), and in various Factories in
Glasgow and Kilmarnock.
Amongst the numerous Testimonials which Mr. R. has re-
ceived, is the following :

"17, Orington-square, Brompton, Oct. 8, 1849.
"Dear Sir,—l have no hesitation in saving that your plan for
consuming smoke, which, in company with Mr. Ranger, [Com-
missioner of Public Health], I saw in operation in London, is
applicable to all kinds of steam generating furnaces, steam-
boats, of course, included. Any man's plan may be tampered
with; and neglect or gross carelessness will reduce the best
improvement to nil. But with the most ordinary means and
attention, your appliances will prevent dense smoke; in fact,
almost prevent, at anytime, the slightest appearance of smoke.
I most heartily wish you may meet with the encouragement
your invention deserves.

" I am yours, respectfully'p,
" ROBERT RAWLINSON.
(Commissioner of Public Health.)
"To J. Robertson, Esq., Liverpool."

- -
The peculiar advantage of this plan is that not only does it
consume the Smoke, but that LESS FUEL is used, Steam more
asily generated, and a greater degree of heat kept up, than by
any system hitherto in use.

ter.rns for fitting up the Apparatus are moderate.
Apply to

C. L. THOMSON,
15, RUMFORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL

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