The Sun. — London, England, 1801-10-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. tIR, THOUGH nothing can be further, from my nature, and consequently from my intentions and desires, tll,:n to sound the tocsin of dissatisfaction, yet the ob,ervation in your Paper of Wednesday last, " that there was no alteration in the Price of Bread this week," compels me to take up my pen to make a few observations On the, till of late, 'unprecedented Conduct of a certain class of .the Manulaeturers of that principal necessary of life. The necessity of directing the attention of the Legislature to thii circumstance must be apparent, cc-hen it is consi dered that all the endeavours, and patriotic exer tions of Governinent, have been, in a great degree, rendered abortive by the machinations and mono polies'of this certain class, who, by their worse than nefarious practices, have so enriched themselves from the very bowels of the people, that they have been enabled thereby, even in the very extensive County in which I am now writing, to get into very few hands all the principal Mills in this en larged distrid; and it is as well known, that the most perk& understanding subsists between .them : the consequence is, that all competition in the trade is nearly annihilated, and the Public is thrown upon the compassion of those (as the Wise Man describes them), whose lender mercies or. cruel. And as I have little doubt but .that the same pradices exist, in their degree, in every part of the Kingdom, to them I do not setatple to attribute the present unpa ralleled disproporticu between the prices of Wheat aid Flour. Refer but to your Paper of Monday lasr, and there we shall find that the average price of Wheat is 64.5. per quarter, whilst that of Flour is 74.5. per sack. I k►Sow some will be ready to answer, this is a pect,liar instance, solely owing to the late happy declension in the price of Wheat : I scrupulously reply, No; it is but a growing evil, arrived, I hope, to its crisis. For, whoever will be at pains to examine the Returns of Wheat and Flour fora few ye.ars, past, will find that the evil ' was riot in existence, to any•alarming degree, two years ago ; fur then, when Wheat was 86s. per quarter, Flour was at 7os. per sack ; and when the average price of the former article was at the rate it is now, 645. per quarter (in April 1799), the highest price of Hour was then sos. per sack : con- Sequently, from the present price of Wheat, the quartern-loaf ought to be - 91-d.instead of is. rd.! But I apprehend the evil is not merely that which I have exposed, but the supposition that it operates in a two_fold proportion, will not appear unreason ble when it is considered, that when the Farmer sees, that though he may offer his Corn at a reason able price, that the Public is not materially b.ene fitted thereby, through the unrestrained rapacity of the Miller, will it be wonderful if he thus reasons with himself--:-.if I suffer my Wheat to be sold at a reas.inable price the Community will not profit by it ; for when my commodity is returned from the Miller's hands, he will obtain what price he pleases, therefore I may as well get,what I can, as to per mit it all to gO into his poCket. Therefore, I do not hesitate to declare, that the axe will never be laid to the root of the evil, until the Miller is laid under the restraint of the Legisla tune : and, if there be any propriety in affixing the price of Bread by the price of Flour, there. must be as great, if nut a greateepropriety,in affixing the rye of Fhfur froM that of Wheat. A difficulty I k n o w will here be started, that the time must be considerable between the.purchasing , of the Wheat, and the return of the same t& the Market in'Flour. I grant that it must ; but then I am certain, that one month is every. way sufficient for the purpose ; and, therefore, I would most humbly' propose, that at the commencement of the next Session of Parlia. • mem, a Bill he introduced, affixing the-proper price of Flour by the average price of- Wheat, to- take place on that day month ; and-though it may some times operate to the- disadvantage of the when Corn is raising for any length of time, yet it ‘vill prove equally to his advantage when Wheat is on the decline. . The greatest difficulty, I should suppose, which attends the measure, is to determine what . is the proper maximum ; but I have little doubt, from the usual proportion bet Ween the commodities some ten or twenty years since, that if it was determined,. that three_fourths of the average price of a- quarter of wheat should he the price of a sack of flour, it would allow a sufficient gain to the Miller, and not a little benefit to the community at large. In. deed, I remember, I once put a question founded on the above proportions to a respectable Miller, who gave the following answer ; "that Miller who is not satisfied with three_fourths of the price of a quarter of wheat for a sack of flour, ought to be hanged." Hoping that the above recommended, or some similar measure, will be resorted to by the Legisla ture, and a stop put to this abominable evil, that the Poor of the land may be supplied with the first necessary of life, in proportion to the abundance with which the Almighty has been pleased to bless Ogober 19, 189 i , I remain, Sir, your's, B,:c. cANTIANUS. THE SUN. ........_______--n, BOLIN! Ql:13 DICIRL FALSVM AUDZAT ? LONDON, OCTOBER 22, 1801. WE last night received, py E X PRESS, Papers to the t9th instant. They bring us the last of the Treaties which remained to be concluded, in order to the restoration of Peace in Europe,— that between the Arte and the French Republic. It is dated on the 9th of Odober, the day'follow ing that on which the Treaty with Russia was sii;ncd, and within the week in which the news off tlic ;0414.5iuil of ale 1"4 - elixiiP4Tiq with Zliaad Was received in Pars'', and Itatification was even to the Treaty with Portugal. Such a week of Pa cification is perh?, s unparalleled in the history of the world. The Treaty with Turkey does not con tain much, and is in fad but a sequel of the Preli minaries with this country. It provides for the Evacuation of Egypt, and the restoration of it to the Poivr F. whose possessions are to be maintained in their integrity, in the same mariner as before the War. Any concessions made in Egypt to other Powers are to be common to the French. The French Republic recognizes, as in the Treaty with this country, the Constitution of the Republic of the Seven Islands and of the Ex-Venetian Countries situated on the Continent, and the Porte accepts the Guarantee of France and Russia to that effea.— Measures are to be taken with resped to the claims of individuals 'for property or effeas confiscated or sequestrated during the War ; and all Prisoners, whether in a Civil or a Military capacity, are to be released. The last Article revives the foriner . Treaties between France and the Porte, and places the commerce of France on the footing of the most favoured Nations. Preparations are making in Paris- to celebrate the general return of Tranquillity- with great ponip and the Anniversary of BQNAVARTE'S Accession to Power, 11-,e 9th of November, is chosen for the occasion, An additional ni:imbcr of French Bishops have signified their subl - dission to the Concordat= Of His Holine::s. . The Tiers Consolide has risen to 571 Neither of the two Ilamburgh Mail: that are due, had arrived when our Paper was put to Press the Earl of Leiccsfrr Packet has arrived at Yarmouth from Cuxhaven, with a Messenger from Lord M r NTO at Vienna ; but brought no Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, rode out on horseback, accompanied by PRINCE ADOLpHUs, PRINcESSEs SOPHIA and AMELIA, and Miss TOWNsHENP. Earl and CountesS of 1 - IAI couRT are on a visit to THE MAJESTIES. A Commission was held this day in the House of Lords and Commons, to prorogue the meeting of Parliament till Thursday the 29th , instant, when His MA JEsTy 1611 gO in State to the House of Peers, and open the Sessions in a Speech from the Throne, T. MATTHIAg, Esq. Clerk to the Earl o, AYLESI3V Rl', Treasurer to the QUEEN, arrived al Windsor yesterday, to pay HER iVIAJ E•ry's House. hold their Salary. FAWKENEr. arrived yesterday from the Court of Vienna, an overland express having been receiv ed there of the Surrender of Alexandria to the British Forces, Yesterday a Court 9f T:ireetors was held at the East India House, which adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. Yesterday an overland Packet was received at the India House, with advices from Bengal and Madras, which we do not find contain any thing interest- • This morning arrived a Mail from the Leeward Islands, brought to Falmouth by the Auckland Packet, in twenty-seven days; and a Mail from Jamaica, brought by the Townshend Packet, in'six weeks. • Yesterday afternoon the servants and horses of Marquis Co RNWALL is left town for Dover, where they are to be embarked for Calais. Lord and Lady CHoLmoNDELEY have gone, for a few days, to Houghton Hall. Lord AUGUSTUS FrrzttoY was an Officer of high character in his profession, and his death may be justly considered as a real loss to the service. The Illuminations at Edinburgh were very fine, and the whole City, like every other in the King dom, indulged in a delirium of joy. Bands of music paraded the streets the whole evening, playing God Save the King, and Rule Britannia, and the whole rejoicings were concluded i❑ the most orderly and rational manner. The establishment of a system of Alien Laws between the two Countries, may be expeeted to be one of the first measures after the conclusion of a Definitive. Treaty of Peace. The interest of the Chief Consul will naturally lead him to favour that which will be the best security for the stability.of his Power, and the wisdom of our own Govern. meta, with respea to Aliens, has already produced. the most beneficial efEcas ; that vigilance which has hitherto been exerted will be continued in all its extent. A total alteration in the present system of the. Poor Rates has, we understand, engaged for these two months the attention of Government. This branch of the public burthens, which in all its views and relations calls loudly for reform, should undergo an immediate revision. The task would, no doubt, require uncommon fortitude, ability, and persever ance ; but the present system is so full of abuses and mischievous consequences to the happiness and in dustry of the Country, that considerable utility must be produced, even by a partial change in it. Letters of the most respeEtable a u thori ty, received by the last Mail from Lisbon, state, that a conta gious fever, attended with the same symptoms' as that which proved so destruaive at Cadiz about two years ago, had broken out at Medina Sidonia, about zo miles S. E, of that City, and carried off from is to 20 of the inhabitants daily. The Spa_ nish Government, however, had taketi the Most prompt and efficacious means 'of checking its farther progress, by drawing - a‘ccrdoti of troops round the town of Medina, to prevent all communication with the uther parts of the Kingdom, . , ._-- -Ve -- r ~....1., NAVAL ZY;- - '!' ' NEWS. ,?..c....., Nom illi imttrium peligi, soy imp( tridentenr, Sed mThi late datum. FALMOUTH, OCT. I'9. SAILPD this evening, the Duke of York Packet, DEAKF, with Mails of the 6th and 13th inst. for Lisbon; the Queen Charlotte ditto, MUDGE, for Jamaica ; and the Duke of Kent ditto, LAWRANCE, for America, both with the Mails of the first Wed nesday of this month. Also sailed the Lady Ara bella Packer, Poart us, with Dispatches for Hali fax. Arrived the Auckland Packet, SCHUYLER, in twenty-seven days from Tortola, with Leeward Island Mails ; no particular news. Arrived also'.theTownrhend Packer, DODD, in 42 days, from jamaica,Crew all healthy—not a man has been sick during the voyage. The Pale lop Packet sailed from Jamaica 1 4 days befbre, with the Mail for England; but her Crew having been seized with the yellow fever a few days after, seven of which died; she was under the necessity 'of putting back.—When the TorttmsheNd left Jamaica the Crew were fast recovering; she was expe6ted to sail from thelice in about a fortnight. Passengers by the To.-wnshendare, colonel WALE, ' 67th Regiment of Foot; Capt. PLAmt= Ix, late of HO Majesty's Ship -4owestoffe ; Messrs. BitowN, SOARB,OROLTC,H, WARDEN, and COMMINS, Arrived late this evening, the American ship William and Capt, JOHN DILLINGHAM, 39 days from New-York, with sugar and coffee, for orders : spoke, within two days sail of Baltimore, the AmeriCan ship Birmingham, Capt. AVCAwrity, from Hull for Baltimore. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 2-0. ARRIVED tht-.. Prince, of 98 guns, Capt. Earl o l NORTHESK, from the Channel Fleet. Sailed the Temeraire, of 98 guns, Rear-Admira: GEORGE CAMPBELL, Namur, of 90 guns, Capt, Hon. M. De Cour( c EY, Robust, of 74, guns, Capt, W..H. JERvIs, and Halif7x, of 14 guns, Lieut. SCOTT, to join the Channel Fleet. Arrived the American Ship General Oglethorpe, of Savannah, from London, bound to Charles,pol,vn, put in by contrary winds. Arrived the Danish Brig Constantine, Captain HENRICKSEN, laden with brandy, from Valencia, for the Vidualling Office. PORTSMOUTH, Ocr. zz. ARRIVED His Majesty's Ship Am 4 /sbioN, from the West Indies ; Nile , KNOWLES, from Petersburgh for Bristol; and Eliza, BUTCHER, from North Yar. mouth. Sailed the Zephyr, COWITAN, for Dantzic ; and N e ptune, LITTLE, for Chepstow. The Guardship is moved from St. Helen's to &pithead. DOVER, OCT. 21. A French Flag of Truce arrived from Calais this morning, with Dispatches for M. OTTO, and twelve Passengers. The Captain reports, that Mr. HUN. TER ) the Messenger, arrived there last night from Paris, but as the wind blows' direlly from the Northward, we cannot expert him here to.night. SHEERNESS, OA T. 21. ARRIVED His Majesty's Gun-brig Safeguard, Lieut. Stir E LS, from Leith, and has gone to Char_ ham, to land some Marine Volunteers which she brought from Leith. The Pincher Gun brig, and Dolphin Cutter, have gone up to-the Thunderer at Blackstakes, to receive some of her Crew to convey to the Downs. The Dolphin having received some of the said men on board, has sailed for the Downs. A Court Martial has been held on the Pilot of the Brgak, for having negligently ran her on shore, in coming to the Nore from Deptford on the zd inst. when the charges being proved, he was dismissed the Service as a Pilot, and mulaed of all his pay. DEAL, Ocr. 21. His Majesty's Gun-brig Escort, arrived in the Downs this morning with Convoy from Portsmouth. The Sulphztr, Terror, Explosion, and Discoveu Bombs, sailed for Sheerness. YARMOUTH, OCT. 21. Tuts morning arrived the Earl of. Leicester Packet, THOMPSON, from Cuxhaven, with a Mes senger from Lord MINT°, at Vienna. '1 he Two Brothers, ICEsitom, from Hambilrgh for Dort," with goods, is sent in by the North St" Fleet. Arrived the Nancy, WARD, Hose, CAv IL, al jetOttl, WA Rlt. EN, from Hull. Sailed the Comas, WAL L ER, William and NattO 1 DAN I E LS, James, PY E, Isabella, STOKER, Co l merce, MANSFIELD, Fl . y, CAL VE R, and Seihiti ALSTON, for London, Lieut. HAAVEY, otthe Amphitrite, is appoints to the his. WILLIAM PARKER, Esq. is appointed Copt3 o of His Majesty's Ship the Helder, of z 8 guns. Capt. JOSEPH LAMBRECHT, who was the send Marine Officer at the Battle of Copenhagen, is pf°' moted to the rank of Major in the 'Army. Capt. TOMLINSON, of the Navy, who was strut off the List of Post Captains for making a prival_ ° l signal on b oar d t h e L or d H aw k e, pr i vate Ship °' War, has, on account of his very eminent servicek been re-established. Tuesday sailed from Portsmouth, the Eutyfil Frigate, Capt. BATHURST, for tbe Cape of Go Hope and the East Indies ; Utile, of z 8 guns, CO' CAtirs, for Sir CHARLES POLE'S Squadron, Gib' raltar, Minorca, and Egypt ; Pelican, of z 6 Capt. IVl%zra,gY, for the West Indies ; Scout, 0 16 guns, Capt. DUNCAN, for Newfoundlanch Wasp, of 16 guns, Capt. BULLER, for M a deir 4 and the Coast of Guinea; and the Earl St. pinch Cutter, with Mr. LE MESURJER, COMMiSSarr,I General for Egypt. They arc all charged with cit" patches relative to the Peace between this Countri and France. ~` IT . HE T , rich they catio n V e had FLU : or Is dead, er COwtan ridici tsubject time. Porte Id if thi flc Y, it Ist fifty cling to COTVOI DUTY, YESTERDAY the following communication 4110 the Right Hon. Mr. ADDINGTON Was made to the Chairman of the Merchants' Committee, on the sub' jea of the Convoy Duty ; " The ATTORNEy and SoLicyroll GENERA I . are of opinion, that the Aas of 38 George 111. , chap. '7l, must be considered no longer in force; but as having expired on the signing of the prelimii nary Articles of Peace with the French Republic. The Convoy Duty will consecluently no longer be detpoded," Because Mr. PITT is out of Office, he must not, it seems, give his opinion to his Friends in power• DO Mr, PITT then lose his faculties with his place e Or must hp be supposed to at upon, the principles of gpeosition, and become an Eve' m y to his King and Country, the m or nent he resigns his employments ? Mr. PITT is well known to be above such narrow despicable prim ciples. If the present Administration do indeed avail themselves of the opinions of such a wi se and such a loyal Politician, in any matters that essen4 tially concern the national interests, they are to be respeaed for their good sense in not relying with confident pride upon their own judgment and their own knowledge, and Mr. PITT is to be admired for that nn4le candour and patriotic disinteiestednet which would induce him to assist the courr3els,- , o l ‘ consequently strengthen the power of his successors. We say this, without taking the fad as granted, but merely in answer to the invidious comments. of the Opposition Prints, Citizen SCHIMMELPENNINK, who, it is said, to be the Negotiator at the Congress at Amiens, is a name quell known in the diplomatic circle. It has besides another advantage, that - it is a name which, when once heard, can never be forgotten.--" The tenth chapter of Nehemiah, contains nothing like it, Mr. SHERIDAN has not, we understand, been idle in the North, and yet his residence there has not been entirely for the purpose of writing an Opera.--An Eleaioneeriug Speculaii,n, we believes is his principal business, in which his Son is col ccrned. The City of Dublin, it appears by a late Cen4 sus, contains 267 Grocers, and 120 Bakers. The disproportion is so great between the two trades, 'that a poor man in Ireland must occasionally want a Loaf, if he cannot eat a Sugar Loaf. BARRINGTON, so long known for his dexterity in Transferring Stock, has now, we find, tu rned his band towards Poetry, and though there is no great merit in his?rologue on the opening of the .Botany Bay Theatre, yet it may be observed to his credit, that the thoughts were not stolen. The difference in the price of the Quartern Loaf Is so great in many parts, of the Country, that if the disproportion continues, we may expert to see the Mail Coaches laden with New - Bread, for thO London Market. In the village of Wells, in Norfolk, there ar e tlllabitants of the following strange names : WOODCOCK, HAYCOCK, S FAI COCK, HANDCOCK, COCK, and ALLcdox. A curious artique was found on pulling down an old house last week in Ipswizh. It is a silver medal, of the size of half-a-crown, with the figure of CHARLES I. in complete armour, on horseback, the date 1644. FRENCH STYLE.—The disproportion of words to the subjeas they are meant to convey, i s cer tainly no where so great as in France. A writer from Bourdeaux, sans, " We are in the a ge of Prodigies! Never did such felicitous circumstances ,concur with such eminent talents to celebrate them. At the moment of the conclusion of Peace, we hare within our walls BAPTISTE, who is about to con clude his drama tic representations; VE sTa Is, whom we admire as the God of Dancing; CHAME R Ol9l who is as conspicuous for grace as talents ; GAR NE.' R IN, who is about to give us .in idea of his celestial journies, and to skim over the fertile fields watered by the Garrone ; and RucotEßl, whose fire-works have been the admiration of all Paris.=-1-lappy Boar' deaux! never did any place but the- Capital before enjoy such blessings." _ Tfie Minister of Police, at Mont Marsano, 1135 prohibited bull baiting, as a ferocious amusement) and as a remnant of the Feudal .S').s4'em. ItTWE EN ' FEND] I pow, ties ART. ke Fren cotyse tween tt ter 111 'gyrt s restored ri torie ; t4 eY ex It i s . c ?neess hall Pi 'all be P LAN hied. PRE' the p terf lo