The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-28 00:00:00

thi selling price of coals in Brighton do the day
Colonel Monrc's receipt states them to be received,
and thia selling price to ha ascertained by cer-
tilkate. signed as bezetotote by two respeaable per-
sons of the town."
Had Mr. Hargraves acceded to this proposal, Mr.
Davison would have at all events secured to himself
95. per chaldron by the agreement; for is. for car-
riage is to be added to the certificate price. Mr.
Hag r , however, declined the rroposal.
We learnt also from this ex imination of Mr
Hargraves, that there was no ingrain, or any thing
in lieu of it, allowed either in quantity or price Irons
Sheerness to Plymouth, and that there chi no dis
tinaion between the whclesale and retail price of
coals at Briglithelmstone, except in the sale of such
large quantities as were delivered to the %Track:,
in which case the difference is generally :shout two
shillings per chaldron cheaper. And he said, that
t'..ts coals delivered at the Ba•racks wre Sun-
derland or Bligh coals, and that it was the prce cif
these coals which was certified, and not that of the
best or Newcastle coa:s In all these impeas,
the•efore, there appears to be no ground for obser-
vation.

Our first general remark on the information
communic .te.l by \lr. Hargraves io that altboagh
under the impression of Mr. Davison's providnig
the Barrack coals en commission, it may he ima-
gined Mr. Hargraves was not, perhaps, always
attentive to certify tie exit& price of the day. yet
we ace no reason to suspe,ll. him of any collo,ion
with Mr. Davison; for. 4- cording to his owo ac-
coon?. a great advantage was once taken ot hi:n by
Mr. Davison'. no.king a contract for co.l. two or
three days previous to an embargo.
Mr. Hargraves' information justifies us too, we
think, in the remarks, that owing to toe false repte
sentation of Vie terms ;PITT which Mr. Davison
was providing the Barrack coals, the public has
paid mica higher for them than would have been
the case had the real terms been known ; anti clot
in another view of the sui.joll, the Barrack coals
might have been provided by Mr. Davison on com-
mission, without itch lathe conting.mt expenses ;re
in his letter to the late Barrack .plaster General of
31,t March, 1:93, he stated would be necessary, and
that therel.y the public would have raved coon-
derably .n the pi ice paid our the tarsals supplied to
the Barracks.
In addition to the information communicated to
us by Mr. Hargrave., relative to his course of deal-
ing with Mr. Davison for the coals delivered to the
barracks at Brighthelmstone, he has by letter sug-
gested a plan for the lutute supply of coals to the
Barracks at large, which, he thinks, wows' be more
economical than any mode hitherto adopted any
plying these coals. In Lieut.nant General De
Canvey's time, the Bairack cad's were almost en-
tirely supplied by Mr. Davison, according to the
tams so much noiceel by us in our Thud ktpoct
Since the appointment of LiOut General Hewett to
the office ot Barrack Master Genera!, toe liar.
rack coals have been procured by the Commooari
Goland on contrafls made after public fr.:
tenders to be sent in, But the distriAs for which
the tenders are required are large, inclodi
generally many barra • ks, and often three t r taut
cra.nties. The consequence of this. in Mr Hai-.
gi ayes' opinion is, that none but a few opulent and
speculative individuals Catt engage in the und trtak.
In -:.who being unable aitoally eeecutethe cot trete
themselves, uoderlet than us persons living in the
neighbourtorod of the sespetlive barracks, at a re-
duced pruc,, and thereby get a profit which might
have been saved to G rvernment. He then pro.
poses, that the notice for tinders, and of course
that tnit contrels, should be for each respeaive
barrack ; this, lie says, would produce a competi-
tion amongst the neighbouring coal dealers, who,
from their local kilowledge and convelions, would
be euabled to du the husiress on Letter terms for
the public than persons living at a distance. This
mode of contracting, Mr. I iargraves believer,
would prhddce a saving to Government of up.
wards of ten per cent. on the amount of the pre-
tont miginal et.atratlor's supposed profit.
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FOREIGN INTI:LLIGENCE.

cur I'ENbURGH MAIL.

GOTTIKIVILGH, MAY 18.

The Q.:cm and Prince Royal, and :sine, attired
here the slay before yesterday ; they will set out to.
morrow rooming for Stockholm. The K.ng ~ache.)
Stralstmd ontbe 13th inst. after a passage from Ystad
of only ten hours. We are yet uninformed whether
the armistice made between Monier and Baron Es-
sen has been ratified by the King or not. All was
trar tail iu Pomerania when the last post left it.--
Them is ;iotliing new from the armies in Poland by
any of the posts today.