Mr. Streeter, the well-known jeweller, affirms that the public are
frequently imposed on by people who sell 9-carat gold for 18- carat, and doubts the value of the "Hail mark" imposed by the Goldsmiths' Company. Mr. Chaffers, author of "Hall Marks on Plate," and we suppose of the valuable book about the marks on china, thereupon retorts that the Goldsmiths' Company is very careful, and marks, according to quality, 9, 12, 15, and 18 carats on the stamp. Very tame, but as the public does not know that, and cannot read the "Hall mark," it is systematically taken in. The evil is a very serious one apart from fprgery, and could be- very easily remedied. Let the Company mark only 18.carat gold. If anybody wants to sell a cheaper article, let him stamp it with his name and the number of carats, and if the number of carats is wrong, let him suffer the usual penalties of fraud. A large proportion of women in England are cheated about their wedding-rings, and can no more read a "Hall mark "than a cuneiform inscription.
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