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in

conducting

1

any

minor

impositions,

in

the

sale

of

their

goods,

the

most

consummate

address

is

displayed.

In

submitting

1

,

as

1

have

done,

these

various

facts

to

the

notice,

and

for

the

benefit,

of

my

Readers,

it

has

by

no

means

been

my

intention

to

implicate

the

whole

of

any

class

of

Dealers,

for

the

delinquency

of

a

part,

nor

that

part,

any

further

than

supported

by

clear

and

distinct

evidence.

Such

evidence

I

have

afforded,

nor

can

this,

there-

fore,

be

said to

apply

to

any

Dealer,

whether

Re-

tail

and

Wholesale,

or

Wholesale

exclusively,

who,

although,

announcing

the

sale

of

Wines,

yet,

from

his

scale

of

prices,

may

fairly

be

allowed

the

sup-

position,

that

though,

perhaps,

not

of

the

finest

quality,

they

are

at

least

unadulterated.

Neither

can

it

be

permitted

to

refer

to

that

class,

known

bv

the

denomination

of

Publicans,

individuals,

who

possess

what

are

termed

Brewer's

houses,

and

than

whom,

(speaking

of

the

majority,)

no

description

of

men,

are

so

much

oppressed

and

borne

down,

1

may

say,

to

a

degree

that

would

almost

render

the

term

of

Brewer's

slaves,*

more

applicable

lo

them,

*

A

man,

who

has,

perhaps,

saved

400/.

or

5007.

is

persuaded

by

one

of

the

Brewer's

myrmidons,

specially

employed

for

the

purpose,

to

take a

house

which

may

be

to

be

let,

the

value

of

a

lease

on

which,

he

is

informed,

is

about

20007.

Under

the

pros-

pect

of

the

great

advantages

represented

to

him,

and

the

induce-

ment

that

the

Brewer

will

accommodate

him,

by

advancing

the

re-

quisite

sum,

besides

what

he

can

spare

himself,

to

make

up

the

purchase

money,

the

man

is

prevailed

upon

to

take

it;

first

of

all,