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pfoce, bearing the same name, and situated some degrees to the east of Cadiz, and the districts* where the real Sherries are grown, by a little ma- nagement on the part of some of our Spanish Mer- chants, have been, and still are, shipped in no in- considerable quantities to this country, under Cadiz bills of lading, as if (as far as their article is concerned), their efforts to impose on the British Public, through the medium of our advertisers, should be out-rivalled by none. The objects to which the whole of these precious Wines are, and have been, applied, by our Ad- vertising Dealers, are two-fold, the first as a cheap article, to combine with others in their large Wine vats, the second, to act as decoy ducks. Since the law, with regard to quarter casks, has been brought into operation, by a representation to the London Dock Company, leave can be obtained, to rack in the docks, either one hogshead, into two quarter casks, or, one pipe, into two hogsheads, which, therefore, if they please, enables our cheap sellers to offer the same enticement to different classes of buyers. It should, however, be observed, that as decoy ducks alone, and not for any purpose of sale, are a great portion of these wretched Wines intended, because, if the advertiser, could even prevail on his customers to become purchasers, he would be at the loss of two great advantages, the first, that of having their assistance in manufacturing his vat Wine, and secondly, their possession as a means of con-