The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

SCHOLEFIELLYS FRUIT LOZENGES,

For SORE THROATS, COUGHS, HOARSENESS, &c.
Prepared and Sold Wholesale and Retail,
At his Drug Establishment, Queen•square, Liverpool,
In Boxes at Is. Id. and 2s. 9d. each.

PHIS Preparation contains all the medicinal virtues of the
Black Currant, in a highly-concentrated form, and the
acid of the Fruit alone being employed, these Lozenges are
strongly recommended to the Public as an agreeable and
effectual remedy in the above complaints. In Inflammatory
Fevers they prove very grateful, by allaying thirst, and
keeping the month and throat moist and cool ; and also are
very efficacious in Consumptions, Spitting of Blood; &c.
To be had Wholesale of Barclay and Sons, and Edwards,
London ; and Retail, of one or more respectable Vendors in
most large towns.

Just Published, by
THOMAS HURST,
PUBLISHER OF HOMEOPATHIC BOOKS,
5, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, LONDON,
HOMEOPATHIC DOMESTIC MEDICINE, by J.
LAURIE, M.D., in two parts. Bound in one Volume,
price ss.

BISHOPRIC OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENG-
LAND AND IRELAND IN JERUSALEM.
A SERMON will (D.V.) be preached on SUNDAY Morn-
ing, nest, March 13th, at ST. BRIDE'S CHURCH,
Percy-street, Hope-street, by the Rev. J AMES HALDANE
STEWART, M.A., in aid of the Fund for the Endowment
of the BISHOPRIC of JERUSALEM, to be administered
tinder the direction of the Archbishops of Canterbury and
York, and the Bi-hop of London.
Divine Service to commence at Eleven o'clock.

A MEETING, also, of the Friends of the Society for
Promoting Christianity among the Jews, will (D.V.) be held
at ST. BRIDE'S SCHOOL-ROOM, Grey-street, Upper Parlia-
ment-street, on TUESDAY Evening next, at Seven o'clock
precisely ; when some interesting particulars respecting the
Bishopric of Jerusalem will be communicated.

CONTRIBUTIONS ALREADY RECEIVED

Elijah Harrison, Esq.. 5 0 0
Rev. J. H. Stewart
Mrs. Horace Townsend.. lO 0 0
Rev. A. Townsend
Mrs. Ambrose Lace
Mrs. Brooks 9 0 0
Miss Wilson 1 0 0
Two Ladies, by Mrs. Lees ...... 1 10 0

~~• N~l`~

TO THE INHABITANTS OF LIVERPOOL,
THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, CLERGY, AND FA-
MILIES, THROUGHOUT LANCASHIRE AND
THE ADJOINING COUNTIES.

WE beg to announce that we have opened those eligibly-
situated Premises, No. 2, BOLD-STREET, corner
of Hanover-street, the most leading and central situation in
Liverpool, for the purpose of carrying on an extensive
WHOLESALE and RETAIL READY-MONEY TEA TRADE,

which were opened on SaTtiRD AY, February 26, 1842.
In all new undertakings like the present, it is customary
and, indeed necessary, to enter into an explanation of the
system on which the business is to be conducted; as we pro-
ceed we shall give you convincing proof of our OBJECT AND
DETERMINATION.

It is not our intention, in this address, to convey an im-
pression that we place our claims to your patronage and sup-
port, on different terms than others in the trade ; but, in
commencing this undertaking, it is requisite for us to state,.
WHAT WILL BE, and not WHAT ACTUALLY IS, the state of
the RETAIL TEA TRADE in this port. That others can sell,
if they choose, on the system of a large trade, small profits,
and quick returns, we do not deny; that they do not is evi-
dent ; but so long as they uphold the present system of high
prices, so long shall wc find AMPLE SCOPE FOR SUCCESSFUL
and HONOURABLE COMPETITION.

Next to London only, LIVERPOOL, in the number of its
inhabitants, justly claims the appellation, so often and so ap-
propriately bestowed upon it, that of being the METROPOLIS
of the North of England. The immense population by
which it is surrounded, its commanding and vastly increasing
commercial importance, visited, as it is, weekly by so many
traders and others for the purpose of commerce, it presents
a position for a FRST-RATE TEA TRADE, conducted on a
principle totally different to ANYTHING THAT HAS EVER
BEEN ATTEMPTED IN THIS TOWN BEFORE, and which has
met with such eminent support in London.

With a view to give this vast population the same advan-
tages as the inhabitants of the Metropolis, we have taken
these EXTENSIVE PREMISES, which, with ample capital and
a competent knowledge of the trade, combined with ex-
perience in the LARGEST TRADES in the kingdom, and being
intimately connected with the most OPULENT IMPORTERS
and MEucnANTS IN LONDON, we proceed to show on what
grounds we claim YOUR SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE.
As we have before intimated, it is a remarkable fact, that
LIVERPOOL presents in no portion of its commerce such a
scope for public competition as in the TEA TRADE ; and here
we beg to observe, that there is a peculiarity about this trade,
which distinguishes itself from every other. Since the open-
ing of the trade with China, there has been no proper guaran-
tee as to the reedier of th, article imported and admitted for
CONSUMPTION. Formerly all Teas were tested by authorized
parties, appointed expressly for that purpose ; but now the
system is totally changed. It is IMPORTED, put up to public
Auction, sold at whatever PRICE IT WILL REALIZE, SO as to
be brought into IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION, a great portion
of which qualities, in former times, would have been de-
stroyed or condemned as unfit for use ; therefore accounting
for the universal complaint among families of the difficulty
in procuring a GOOD SERVICEABLE TEA at a MODERATE
RATE.

The majority of the country retail dealers, under the old
system, were unacquainted with the tasting of Teas, and left
it to their broker or wholesale dealer. Then had they some
guarantee as to the QUALITY ; but now, almost every dealer
throughout the kingdom places his own standard of judgment
first, thus accounting, in a great measure, for the immense
quantity and heterogeneous mass of spurious Tea that i
palmed on the public, which does not possess either the re-
quisite STRENGTH or FLAVOUR.
In confirmation of our above statement as to the quantity
of damaged andspurious Tea that gets into the hands of the
retail dealers, we refer you to the sale of a CARGO OF TEA,
by the ship " Mary Elizabeth," that was wrecked on enter-
ing this port in the early part of last year. It is a notorious
fact, that the whole of the cargo was so materially damaged,
as, at one time, to be very doubtful whether it could, under
any CIRCUMSTANCES, BE BROUGHT INTO CONSUMPTION.
It was landed, warehoused, and after being kiln-dried,
brought to PUBLIC AUCTION; and a part of which, to our
certain knowledge, was bought and absolutely RETAILED BY
DEALERS in this town from whose REPEATED PROFESSIONS
the public had a right to expect a " STANDARD QUALITY."
As a guarantee to those parties who may think proper to fa-
vour us with their support, we shall, in our selections, care-
fully abstain from admitting into our stock Tea of a doubtful
and precarious character; hence, by strictly and uniformly
adhering to one principle of conducting business, and our
perceiving the little advantages von have derived from the
opening of the Trade to the hut, WE SEE THE WAY
CLEARLY POINTED OUT FOR US, and we feel CONFIDENT OF
SUCCESS

TEA, the prime article in which we deal, is rapidly ad-
vancing in general estimation ; not only as an agreeable ali-
mentary, but also as a mildy exhilarating beverage. In
proof of this, we may adduce oneortwo particulars connected
with its early history in this country, which will put the fact
of its immense and rapid growth in PUBLIC FAVOUR beyond
dispute.

In a memorandum from the Diary of Mr. Pepys, Secre-
tary to the Admiralty, dated September 25, 1669, he states,
" The East India Company, in 1661, being desirous of mak-
ing a present to the King of SOMETHING VERY RARE,
bought two pounds and two ounces of Tea for that purpose,
at the cost of 20s. per lb. ; and in 1666, they presented the
King with twenty-two pounds and a quarter, for which they
paid fifty shillings per lb." In this same year, history tells
us that " Tea sold in London at Sixty Shillings per pound ;
but the first importation of Tea into England, by the East
India Company, was made in 1669, not direct from China,
but from Bantam, where they maintained a factory ; they
only brought two canisters, containing one hundred and for-
ty. three pounds and a half." From that date to the present,
the consumption has gone on regularly, and progressively in-
creasing to the present day.

It is well known, the TEA TR/fDE, until the year 1834, was
a complete monopoly, enjoyed by die East India Company
alone ; and, as an ingenious author has well observed, the
spirit of monopolists is narrow, lazy, and oppressive :" so it
abundantly showed itself in this case, as is proved by the fact,
that the people of this country now pay less for their Tea by
the enormous difference of full 25 PER CENT„ than they did
under the costly machinery of the East India Company. _

But though the salutary change from monopoly to free
trade has been in operation SEVEN YEARS, we do not see
that this vast population has, as yet, reaped the FULL AD-
VANTAGE that might have been expected ; or, in other words,
that GOOD QUALITIES and LOW ratcns are combined to that
extent which was anticipated. Therefore we purpose giving
'our friends the fill benefit of the change, by adapting our
system to the times ; and with a view to convince you of our
ability, and, much more, our inclination, we shall undevi-
atingly taste our Teas by infusion BEFORE WE PURCHASE,
which is the only way of selecting or ascertaining the quality
with any degree of certainty.

By reference to the official returns of the past year we
find, that the average price of the great bulk of TEA sold in
this country, has not realized a higher price than 4s. 2.41.
per lb., duty included, which would have been found suitable
and agreeable to the taste of the MAJORITY OF CONSUMERS,
and ought to have been SOLD at 4s. 6d. per lb. So also it
will be observed, that fine Teas have only realized, at the
public auction, 4s. 9d., including duty, varying Id. or 2d.
per lb. occasionally as the market became excited. It is true,
some few fancy kinds have sold at higher prices ; but they
are of such a description that are not suitable to the palate,
Or for the consumption, of the GENERALITY OF FAMILIES;
and we here observe, A REMUNERATING PROFIT can be ob-
taMed by its being sold at ss. per lb.
Having laid before you the sale cost of the leading descrip-
tions of Teas consumed, we have clearly proved that it is in
our power to sell the BEST BLACK TEA that can be required
for any purpose or by any family at ss. per lb. We am eal
to the experience of families, if many are not still paying Gs.,
is., and Ss. for Teas which ought to be sold full 25 per cent.
less price.
c have clearly demonstrated that a concern starting with
principles based on a SMALL PROFIT and QUICK RETURN,
and that of giving the public the full advantage of the open-
ing of the Trade to the East, has become a desideratum, few
require to be told that FRICE ALONE, unless accompanied by
QUALITY, is a mere deception. We can only remove an im-
pression of this kind, by earnestly and respectfully soliciting
a " TRIAL." 'Without this, no one can
.fairly determine;
by this test we arc content to abide, and shall not ask a con-
tinuance of your favours, if not found TO DESERVE THEM.

We now proceed to show you at what prices we are pre-
pared to supply you for READY MONEY, according to the
present state of the market; with our !remarks on EACH

BLACK TEAS. s. d.
Tint FINEST CONGOU im-
ported. Sunny-ripened,} 5 0 highly recommended
Souchong flavour
Wiry Black Leaf, full flavour

FINE STOUT CONGOU, black- 4 recommended
ish leaf, strong

This Tea POssesses much
strength, combined with
a brisk full flavour.
Good sound Common Congou, -
This is the lowest
u
rough flavour price that can becommended.
Ordinary Congou
Bohea

TxF FINEST SCENTED
ORANGE AND FLOWERY 1l 5 8 recommended
PEKOE .

Genuine Souchongs, (full and
rich)
GREEN TEAS.
Common Twankay and Hyson l 4 0
skid
Fine'bloom Tea.
GENUINE HYsoN .. 4s. Bd. to 5 0 recommended

Fine rich delicate flavoured 1 5 6
Hyson

FINE: OUCHAINt small wiry l 6 0 recommendecl
bright leaf ...

Young Hyson
Imperial Gunpowder, round 1
a 0
bright leaf
Fine Gunpowder, small even 1 6 0
leaf
TITE FINEST GUNPOWDER
IMPORTED INTO THE KING- -•
7 1
DOM, small close twisted leaf J
This is a very rare and peculiar kind
-- --- -

You will here perceive to what points yowl ArrEsTioN
is invited, viz.:—To the fine stout Congo?!, at 4s. 4d., calcu-
lated for all useful purposes, As. 6d. per lb. for a secondary
quality, and ss. per lb. FOR THE BEST BLACK TEA that can.
or need be used. There isno better Tea than thisforfamily
use, give what price you will.

We shall introduce the same system of a SMALL Ntorn-irLin
the COFFEE department. The retail prices of "fee i
verpool vary from Is. Bd. to 2s. Bd. per lb. We are pr
2d• lbeP and
to sell the FINEST JAMAICA imported at 2s. 2.• per •
still obtain a remunerating profit. are(i
Our prices will, therefore, be for—
Good useful Triage Coffee ........
Ceylon Coffee ...
JAVA, imported from the East .. •
Fine St. Domingo ...............
THE FINEST JAMAICA IMPORTED

ls. 4d. to ls. d.
1 8
1 10
.......
9 0

Mocha, or Turkey ......................
In original packages of TEA We shall allow the OVER•
or
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recommend
twentypc
iaool
Isummdaepsen,nd delivered
t axl
caundst.4
WEIGHT OR DRAFT GRANTED to the Trade, which is ,and
POUNDS on a Chest containing eighty pounds weight, and
lkl. ' Ao
dyes
expeditions
mode
the
As the distance from the Suburbs may prevent many from
intloieneyio be
returned
personally
being sent Turtovou Tug,
'e advise the
.first hail to
\I nts%hA:ehNdetbeureea, orrof:rra cnt. °hk ne
oNvfeoroaldtlaceornsrewsemaienrige and the
taeef
r'ridoß, e,,,, i _
country must he ac-
companied by ~ ,ik or Post-offi n ,
be sent with the order, and the remainder on receipt of the
ce ..,ruer.
Goods ; as it must be evident, that Our system of SMALL
PlonrctoTnscwill i
onne,iwthee
entreat
natdrme
aitt
yoofugr'etta d and impartial atten-
indi
R
SK O CREDIT."
tion to the above details, wherein we have clearly establi,bed
have advanced nothing which riled as well as our own. We
ble reference. If we have we cannot prove by indisputa-
ble
r.o ex
ve made any erroneous assertions,
there are many ready
AsK :" the result cannot long
us. A "TRIAL IS ALL WE
not act up to our nnot long he doubtful. If you find we do
plofe
Do NOT TRUST US ssions, the remedy is in your hands.
IN FUTURE.
We are,
your obedient servants,
HOLLIS
IMPORTERS
' 'W ALFORD, & COMPANY,
OF AND DEALERS IN TEA,
2, BOLD-STREET,

CORNNA OF RAXOVER-STREET