To The Editor Of The Time...
S!:r,-lf any of ------ four distinguished chymists would under- th2 iaSalysj of the porter and ale sold by the brewers t, i7 beanR, and also the compounds sold bythe brewers' IL^1ma min London, hle rwould confer a great obligation , tP3 a ublic. It is understood that the Equor dis. j d. to the publicans by the brewers, is clear, fine, anZd arent: the liquor cold bY the pubicans is fre- I2TC1Y b,ay, turbid, anid harsh to the taste. The sac- 'a7c25tern-dicateaa very slight differenca in gravity be- it and water. It frequently disagrees with the stomach. 11'he ch7mist would easily ascertain, from the quantity of fllt urzd by the brewers in general, whether the porter ltlcdteprcper quantity of alcohol. He might also, tect any quantity of metallic oxyde3 and salts, inethr 'lacent or highly injurious. In the course of Ie 'flntrgation, Possibly sosme simple and easy method Tfht disve to enble private individ-aMls to detect i l uis by which there is too much reason to suspect the tflt-1itr of this country are adulterated. This might SdOt3!e to 'arliarnentary regulation. It is quite childi3h to mPCe els upon the brewer for having certain 6ubstances canld upon hin premises, when it is left open to the brewers' IzgisI to furish essenoesund extracts of the most noxious uYiy to the brewer andi the publican. Psmbly tbo professor of medical jurisprudence might ixturi a[ dith a short code of legis'lation, by which the and dilution of poisonous ingredients sold anddis- ;:5bnted by the Tacans of the "vested iiterests," as they are lned, Iniiglht be made a criminal instead of a civil offtnce. Jcquiry wiOnJd furnish some pretty strong examples of mis- ;:hefl It is not eontemphtedI in this way, but there can be i3 da:ubithfat the comrnon lawv of the lantd woukl inflict e upoan indiviuals brought before the Z '.i bubmls, if there existed at tolerably easy method of lIZO=verng the iniquity. =A DRNKER _F IALT MOIJOR. To ZTITE EDITOR OF THP I'rtip.