The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-11 00:00:00

MR. THOMPSON,

THE ORIGINAL INVENTOR and CELEBRATED
TEACHER of a new and unequalled System of WRIT-
ING, whose astonishing success in Liverpool, during the past
twenty-three years, has obtained for him the patronage of up.
wards of

THIRTY THOUSAND PERSONS,
Including the principal Nobility, Merohants, Bankers, Under-
writers, and other gentlemen connected with the Town-hall,
Custom-house, Sessions'-house, Post-office, Mechanics' Insti-
tution, and various other important establishments too nume-
rous to mention.
No matter how bad the present writing, or how old the pupil,
Mr. Thompson guarantees, (in a few easy lessons of one hour
each,) to Ladies, a light, graceful, and fashionable style, and to
Gentlemen a style at once bold, free, and expeditious, facilitat-
ing the transactions of the merchant, and enabling the clerk to
write with elegance and despatch, as well in his epistolary cor-
respondence as in his ledger.

"Time tries all things" is an old adage, and certainly Mr.
Thompson has been thoroughly tried in nearly thirty years.
His system of teaching writing has stood the test of a hundred
opponents, but he is still in the same locality, with pupils so
increased in numbers that he nas now classed his son as his
assistant.—Liverpool Standard, 1849.

MR. THOMPSON.—This very able teacher changes a vile and
illegible scrawl into a very good and free style of writing in a
few easy lessons.—Liverpool Saturday's ddvertiser, 1827.

BOOK-KEEPING,
BY SINGLE OR DOUBLE ENTRY,

TAUGHT IN A FEW LESSONS BY MR. THOMPSON, a practical
knowledge of which no man, old or young, should be without,
who is desirous :of good commercial employment.
MENTAL CALCULATION, COMMERCIAL ARITHME-
TIC, SHORT-HAND, &c., taught expeditiously, as usual.

ltirßS. THOMPSON gives PRIVATE LESSONS
ivi, to LADIES who have neglected their WRITING, or have
acquired a bad habit in the use of the Pen. Also, NOTE
WRITING, ENGLISH GRAMMAR, &c.
Cards of Terms may be had by applying at No.B, CLAYTON-
SQUARE, LIVERPOOL.

Mr. and Mrs. THOMPSON are ably assisted by their Son, Mr.
JAMES W. THOMPSON.

This Establishment, of which we are the projectors and pro-
prietors, will in many 'important respects differ from any at
present existing in Liierpool; 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 EMPLOYED: and, fourthly, a
population numerous enough to warrant the expectation of
an "EXTENSIVE TRADE", without which the system of
" SMALL PROFITS" canne be permanently maintained.
The two former we are prepared to bring into immediate ope-
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 1660, 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

w u,e WUlllb ui we innamtants 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
st ECONOMY'' are et—

moan. OMICAL TEit.,-, ....considerations not beneath
the notice of any ; and are, we doubt not, duly appreciated by
the inhabitants of Liverpool.
The difficulty of procu
prices in most provincial town
.lava nlyt r

ing good and pure Tea at moderate
and cities, and, in fact, at any
are

UZA: ICit 111 IIIC 111CLIVI/Vl/.9 iLUU ID,
we think, mainly 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
loss and charging .AN EXORBITANT PROFIT 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

Qugaz o, vut LLISLUIIICLS 11111 c.,upe tue injustice con-
nected with the present state of the Sugar Trade; and 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 puEposes:--.

MACE TEAS.

Good Congou, full flavour.. per lb.
STRONG CONGOU, full flavour

Souchong kind
FINE CONGOU, Pekoe Souchong

kind
VERY FINE CONGOU, rich and

stron g
FINEST CONGOU, very blackish
leaf, full rich Pekoe Souchong
flavour

Fine Souchong to very choice Lap-

rerior lower

3s. 4d. recommended

3s. Bd. recommended

4s. Od. recommended

d. highly recommended

. .
sang _
4s. Bd. to ss.
Scented Orange Pekoe, good to fine 4s. Od. to 4s. 4d
Scented Orange Pekoe, very choice ss. 4d.
GREEN TEAS.
..... _ _

Good Twankay
Fine Twankay to Hyson kind,
_ _ _

3s. Od. inferior Tower
3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d.
3s. M.

GOOD HYSON
FINE HYSON, full flavour

4s. Od. recommended

VERY FINE HYSON, fresh burnt
full flavour
SUPERFINE HYSON, rich deli-

cate flavour
Finest Hyson, bright close leaf,
very choice

ss. Od. recommended

Young Hyson, good to fine

FINEST bUdfIAIN, small close

ss. 4d. recommended

6s. Od. recommended
3s. 4d. to ss. 4d.

wiry. leaf ss. 4d. recommended
n Impeal Gunpowder, good to fine 3s. Bd. to ss. Od.

Gunpowder, Canton kind
Gunpowder, good to fine
VERY FINE GUNPOWDER,
even leaf
SUPERFINE GUNPOWDER,

3s. 6d. to 3s. id
4s. Od. to ss. Od

rich, strong, burnt
FINEST GUNPOWDER, very

Os. Od. recommended

choice
The articles to which especial attention is invited are "THE
FINE CONGOU at 3s. 8d.," an excellent and useful Tea; and
the". VERY FINE CONGOU, at 45.," admirably adapted for
all family purposes, and will be found, 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 no fair criterion at
to cheapness; and that faw things are easier than to quote
prices and annex characters and names, oftentimes the most
absurd, and which, in many instances, have no other connexion
with the articles sold than the place they occupy in the dealer's
circular.

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"overweight " 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 of 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 or 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, notwithstandingthe 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 ls. 2d. recommended.
Fine Jamaica, choice mountain flavour Is. 4d.

Fine Mocha ls. 6d.
CHOICE OLD MOCHA ls. Bd. recommended.
Orders for any part of Liverpool, whether given at the 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 Is:ink-order, or it
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
" rish", we expect that no improper delay in payment willtake
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 bulk of the community.
We commend these remarks to the candid consideration t
the inhabitants of Liverpool, feeling confident in the prospect
of ultimate and enduring success.

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