The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-04-26
NO. I.
Remarkable Disclosures in London.

hemaEKaDte disclosures IN London.
The London correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer furnishes the fol.
lowing:
Last week Mr. Hope of the firm Of
nope q Co., Ketchup, Jam and Pickle
nM,anufacturers, ", of Bermondsey (across the
lhames, occupying the relative position
to London that Camden does to Philadel-
phla) was brought before one of the
courts, charged with having in his posses
sion " large quantity of putrid livers for
the manufacture of ketchup, which he
| called pure and unadulterated Leicester
shire ketchup, such being unfit for hu-
man food and nuisance to the neighbor.
hood" q quote the exact language of
the charge.)
The medical officer of health testified
that he went to the defendants premises,
accompanied by the inspector of nuisan-
ees, and found (to use his own words) ga
barrel containing about hundred weight
OF saited pigs liyers, and they were very
offensive; he examined them, and found
large portion in a putrid state the
foreman told him that they were going to
DC boiled down to make ketchup. At
that time Or. Parker contiuues) "the
defendant entered the premises, whose
attention he called to the putrid state of
the lIvers, and asked him if his name
was Hope. He replied that it was, and
produced printed bill, Of which the
following Is copy - Hope & Co.'S Lei
cestershire Ketchup; warranted pure.
agreeably to act of Parliament % and 24
Vict. C. 81, entitled an act for prevent
Ing the adulteration Of food or drink"
The magistrate asked if the livers were
ut for human food or human consump-
ton. DIR. Parker replied in the negative;
they had all dark appearance, showing
decay and putrecence, and gave off such
stencil that his hands stank for hours
Mr.. Hope appears to have obeyed the
summons willingly enough, conscious.
probably, that there vas DO law sufficient
to hold him amenable, and SO it resulted.
ior the sapient magistrate gave his decis-
lon III the following terms :-"I looking
at the act of Parliament he found some
difficulty in the way of conviction. and
thought the act did not apply to mere
but simply to food to be di-
rectly consumed. He should like to have
the opinion of the Court of Queens
Bench On the subject, as he considered it
rather important. He thought the liquor
from putrid liver very poisonous incre-
dent, but still he doubted whether the act
OF Parliament met the present informa-
tion. The defendant must be discharg-
3D."
And so Nr. Hope went back to the fac
tory to work up his putrid livers into
pure LeIcestershire sauce" to be eaten
1T the tables of the aristocracy of Eng
and, and greedily bought up by epicures
n all quarters of the world, for Messrs.
Hope d Co. supply the trade from Lon
Ion to Australia.
There is moral to be drawn from this
affair Properly speaking, there is more.
han one. The first will naturally sue-
5est itself to your readers, and that is to
avoid purchasing Hope & Co.'S "Pure
Leicestershire Sauce" whenever it may
be remembered to them by their trades
men. The other is of far different and
wider character
We have heard a good deal of late
lbout the municipal law" of England
Now, if this municipal law be so feeble in
is operation that Messrs. Hope & Co.
nay freely sell "pure Leicestersh:re
sauce manufactured from putrid pigs liv-
9rs, 1t stands to reason that we ought not
% expect 1t to be more effective when pi-
'atlcal vessels are built and fitted oIt in
English ports for the purpose of preying
Ipon the peaceable commerce of nation
With which England Processes to be in
IfBritish law cannot protect
British subjects against the dissemination
If poisonous ketchup, how can it be ex-
,ected to prevent red handed piracy on
he part of Its own naval reverse? You
Americans have been altogether wrong in
ancying that the British Government
singled you out as the objects of its re-
sentiment. Stubborn facts prove that you
IRE treated no worse than they treat thier
,wn people, and you certainly ought not
o expect to be treated better. While
England destroys your commerce 5Ya
system of protective piracy, she at the
ame time poisons her own people by
;etchup made of putrid pigs livers.
a bill has passed both Houses of the