The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

IMPERIAL HOTEL,

(Opposite the new Assize Courts and Rail Way Station,)

CORN ER OF
ST. JOHN'S LANE AND ROE-STREET,
- LIVERPOCkI.
JAMES MORGAN, Proprietor of the above new and
commodious Establishment, respectfully informs his
Friends and the Publ•c, that it is now OPEN for the re-
ception of Private Families and Commercial Gentlemen.
With the Hotel is combined elegant and extensive
Coffee, Commercial, and News Rooms, and several Pri-
vate Apartments, fitted up in a style suitable for the re-
ception of Families and Visitors, or for the accommoda-
tion of Parties requiring early Breakfasts, Luncheons,
Dinners, &c.
The Sleeping Department will be under the personal
superintendence O. f Mrs. ,MORGAN, and Visitors may
rely with confidence, that in this essential particular,
comfort, neatness, and convenience have been carefully
studied.
The Culinary and Cellar Departments will embrace the
choicest Viands, Wines, &c. which can be obtained; and
J. M. trusts that his own exertions, aided by the assist-
ance of experienced Waiters, may secure the approbation
of Travellers generally, at the same time the scale of
charges will be strictly moderate.

PRIVATE ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL DINNER PARTIES.

Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths always ready.
Every information respecting the departure and arrival
of the various Railway Trains, Steam and Sailing Packets,
&c. &c.

To Strangers visiting Liverpool, it may be necessary to
observe, that " THE IMPERIAL" is centrally situated,
within view of, and one minute's walk from the Liverpool
and Manchester, and Grand Junction Railway Stations,
and immediately opposite the new Assize Courts ; it is
also contiguous to the principal Theatres, and other places
of Public resort.

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N.B.—As Parties visiting Liverpool are frequently mis-
led, please desire the Driver to proceed direct to " The
IMPERIAL."

THE PATENT METALLIC CAPSULE,

AN INFALLIBLE SECURITY AGAINST FRAUDULENT SUB-

STITIJTIONS FOR
BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.

To those who recollect the nauseous and unwholesome
properties which distinguished the article known as
British Brandy, previously to the year 1829, and the pre-
diction that all attempts at competition with French
Brandy could only result in an entire failure, the introduc-
tion of the Patent Brandy, at that period, was matter of
much surprise;—combining, as it was found to do, all the
essential properties of the finer qualities of Brandy ma-
nufactured in France, with a degree of purity, and conse-
quent wholesomeness, unknown in the latter.
The existence of these valuable properties in BETTS'S
PATENT BRANDY, was distinctly certified, after analysis,
by some of the first Chemists of the day. That evidence
has been fully sustained by the extensive support of the
most eminent Medical Men ; and, very especially, by its
long .established use, under Medical direction, in prefer-
ence to French. Brandy, in the principal Infirmaries,
Hospitals, and other Public Institutions, throughout the
country ; among which it will suffice to name Guy's and
the, Westminster Hospitals, in the Metropolis, and the
Manchester and Bristol Infirmaries. An unprecedented
extent of sale has, likewise, marked its progress in public
estimation.

That an article possessed of such merits, and sold at a
little more than half the price of French Brandy, should
not have entirely superseded the use of the Foreign, is
only to be attributed to the fact, that the Patentee has had
to struggle, not only with the original—and, it must be
admitted, well-founded—prejudice against Brandy pro-
duced in this country ; but, also, against a constant suc-
cession of attempts to force into consumption inferior
descriptions—in many cases as substitutes for, and even
under the name of, the Patent Brandy.
The correction of this evil, which has long been matter
of extreme solicitude to the Patentee, is at length effected,
by a METALLIC CAPSULE, or covering for the Cork; the
exclusive manufacture of which is secured to him by
Letters Patent. It is composed—NOT OF TINFOIL, an
article much used, but—of perfectly pure and SOLID
METAL; stamped by the aid of powerful and costly ma-
chinery, into the exact size and shape adapted to the bot-
tle; to which it is attached by simple, but most effective,
means : and its adhesion is so perfect, that it cannot be
removed without being completely destroyed; and, there-
fore, no Capsule can be used a second time.
The Patentee, by the aid of this most efficient guarantee
against the frauds from which he and his numerous con-
nexions have so extensively suffered, will now be enabled
to protect the interests of all concerned, whether as ven-
dors or purchasers ; and if care be taken to observe, that
the Capsules attached to the glass bottles, have the words
BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, No. 7, Q
toMITIIFIELD
BARS," embossed upon them, the genuine character of
the contents may be relied upon ;—an assurance that must
equally induce Dealers and Consumers to give that sup-
port to an article of such superior value, which the Pa-
tentee feels satisned has only been withheld, in certain
quarters, from the previously-existing difficulty in guard-
ing against the fraudulent substitutions here described.
The Patent Brandy may be obtained from most of the
Wine and Spirit Merchants in England and Wales, at
Eighteen Shillings per Gallon in bulk ;—in glass bottles,
secured by the Patent Capsule, at Twenty Shillings per
Gallon ;—or a single bottle, as sample, for Three Shillings
and Sixpence.
French Brandy Dzstillery,7, Smithfield Bars,
London, January, 1844.