Of RED WINES, _Claret_ is the best; and it is to be lamented, that the Duty imposed upon it is so great, that to moderate fortunes it amounts to a prohibition--when we make this observation, we do not mean to impeach the prudence which has induced those who no doubt best understand the subject,--to determine that political necessity imperatively decrees that the delightful and salubrious wines of France--must be taxed twice as high as the coarse unwholesome wines of Portugal. Of the _White_ Wines, we believe that _Sherry_ is the most easy--and _Madeira_ the most difficult to obtain genuine--most of the SWEET Wines are as artificially compounded, as the Beers of this country; the addition of Capillaire to Port wine, makes what is commonly called _Tent_. _Mountain, Calcavella, &c._ are made up in the same manner. For further Illustrations of this subject, see ACCUM _on Adulterations_, 2d Edition, 12mo. 1820. _An Inquiry into the Effects of Fermented Liquors, by a Water-drinker_, 2d Edit. 1818. SANDFORD'S _Remarks on Wine_. Worcester, 1799. LETTSOM, _on the Effects of Hard Drinking_. TROTTER, _on Drunkenness_, 1804. ACCUM'S _Art of making English Wine_, 1820. CARNELL, _on Family Wine Making_, 1814. ACCUM, _on Brewing_, 1820. RAWLINSON, _on Brewing in Small Quantities_,--printed for Johnson, 1807, price 1s.; _and Home Brewed Ale_, printed for Robinson, 1804, price 2s. _Facts Proving Water the best Beverage._ Printed by Smeeton, in St. Martin's Lane. _Manuel de Sommelier, par_ A. JULLIEN, Paris, 1817. PEPTIC PRECEPTS. "Suaviter in modo, sed fortiter in re." Not one Constitution in a thousand, is so happily constructed or is constantly in such perfect adjustment, that the operations of the Abdominal Viscera (on which every other movement of the system depends) proceed with healthful regularity. The following hints will point out to the Reader, how to employ Art to afford that assistance to Nature, which in Indisposition and Age, is so often required, and will teach him to counteract in the most prompt and agreeable manner--the effects of those accidental deviations from strict Temperance,--which sometimes overcome the most abstemious philosopher--when the seducing charms of Conviviality tempt him to forego the prudent maxims of his cooler moments. They will help those who have delicate Constitutions, to obtain their fair share of Health and Strength,--and instruct the Weak, so to economize the powers they have, that they may enjoy Life as well as the Strong.