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and

bottled

in

'fifteens,

(6d.

per

dozen

being

reckoned

for

corks,

and

5d.

per

dozen

more

for

ex-

pences

of

bottling",

laths,

saw-dust,

&c.

the

value

of

each

cask

supposed

to

pay

for

cartage

and

clearing

from

docks,)

will,

T

apprehend,

as

fully

establish

the

fact,

as

to

the

universal

existence

of

the

adulterations,

practised

with

this

Wine,

amongst

our

cheap

sellers,

as

a

similar

Scale

has

already

proved

their

existence

in

Port

Wine.

With

respect

to

both

instances,

nothing

can

be

more

barefaced

and

glaring,

because

it

will

be

seen,

that

the

cost,

per

dozen,

even

of

the

lowest

qualities

of

the

genuine

Wines,

and

of

such

as

are

at

all

drink-

able,

are,

much

too

high

to

permit

them

to

be

ad-

vertised,

and

sold,

at

the

prices,

at

which

they

are

offered

:

still

less,

that

such

prices

should

enable

the

venders

to

support

the

numerous

charges

and

ex-

pences,

to

which

the

nature

of

their

traffic,

unavoid-

ably

subjects

them.