The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-01 00:00:00

PRICE OF COALS.

TO THE EDITOR OF TUE BRITISU PItEsS.

Sin, Iletion. Durham, Oct. 28,
Permit me, through the medium of your Paper, to c.;4t
the gratuitously erroneous assertions of the Lord Mayor vul
demo of the Common Council of London, ss given in your
of the V. 41 Instant, relative to the coakowners of tile st;
England.
Who this " some person at Sunderland" may be, I km
but to charge such men as the Marquis of Loudone:um .
Havensworth; Hon. Captain Cochrane, R.N.; J. 0.
Esq. M.P.; 4,5. Wortley, Esq. M.P.; Sir 31. W. 10411
M.l'. ; R. W. Brandling Esq. 31. P.; 'W. Russell, 1,4:
ate. at., with " managing' their coal concerts to defraud tit,
he of IN. Id. pee children, " besides the enormous rise in tn;
ket," requires not only $ modest share of assurance, but a
thorough contempt of truth in every shape. Rut these N 9:
and Gentlemen fiord not at.swer the vituperaelon of the
Mayor by begging the queseon; a simple fact or two IQ
volumes.

The cnal.owner's price is stationary, ar.d has been so for
years ; consequently high prices in the markets wake no silts
of profit to him. It is the B'llp-owner who •• pockets" (&
Right lion. Gentleman elegantly phrases it,) the cites pee;
as high prices generally result from a detention of the star
contrary winds, &e., he is justly entitled to it ; for, inJerc,,
of his risk of capital, he c..:1 make in sutr.tuer newly two',
for one in winter._

What the Lord Msvor means (if he mean anything) by
nagemene," I stn at a Inn to discover; but if he intend to it
on the mind of the public, by such equivocal terms, that I
a combination, or monopoly, in the Ntrih, to "keep hick the 1
beg leave, in the must unreserved manner, to contradict it.
Last year, which, by comparison, they have lauded in soci
set terms, it is true the coal-owners made arrangements torn
ing the London and coastwise marki la regularly; rot "to
back their coals." This regulation sas complained of, sa
bination to raise the price of coals, although the coil-oworia
made it, had had a stationary price (se before observed) fa p
without the remotest intention of altering it. Fur mt 14,4
months no regulation of the kind ohmic alluded to has bees
served, but the collieries in the North have sent every ()emir
of coals to market they could possibly get ships to takeaway;
at this time, when more coals are scot to London than at ary
period of the year, are the gentlemen of the Common Costar;,
London complaining of a " mohu.Trerent" among the ciel.e-
of the North "to keep back their coals." As Dogherry
Gentlemen, for your reading and writtog thank Gott, and
hear no more of such vanities."

The assertions, " that coals are dearer titan befare t!..1
was taken off," and that the eoal.t•wners have •• pocket(
Is Id. a ehaldron duty," are as erroneous as the other pan
story. Ily inspection of the annexed statement, it will hi
that, for the months of Aug. lin.l.land 11:24, coals have not nel
lower this year, than they were for tie correspor•.ding per,,
year, but that this deficiency of price is more by elereopetut
chaldron, upon the averege, than the duty repealed, er in tie
bur shillings and threepence per eltaldron lower.
I have only further to observe, that I have token the ewer
August as the most regular ; and I.arnbton's, St‘ trart.':‘, sin
ton's IV alls-end coals, as they are the best iu the intrket,
comparison ; although, for ary other time, end with any etfc
the same result will be obtained.
1 am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
T. WOi.
STATEMEBT ABOVE ALLVDED TO.
Date of the kluket Price per Ch.] Lees per
an

Price per Ch.
in 1023.
s. d.
4.5 0
44 9
44 6
41 6
44 6
4:i 3
44 9
44 9
0 tl
0 0
44
41 6

in i 824. I in I 6;,
i.d.

Aug. 1 and 2

409 43
40 6-9 40-3
41 0 36
41 9 2 V
41 3-6 3 0-;
41 0 43
40 0 49
39 6-9 3 0-3
399 63
406 46
41 6 33
406 40

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22 and 23

POLICE.

BO W-STH EET.
Dsaticri R °nor RT.—On Piston:Ay last, Edward Oliars.
Captain l'attenhoe, a worthy well known to the Police, was br
up by Avis, on suspicion of baying been conetrned in a bur:
in the divelling-linume of Mr. Little, at the I Lk', nett o,i'
Kent. Mr. Little is in the ear of his age. and
nearly as old, and they are both fiery infirm. On
night they were awaked out of their sleep by a fellow dred ir.
career's frock, who presented himself at their bedside, r;e7,'
want some stoney—:l know yiou hare some in the how:.

you give it up rpOetly it will be dl very wel!,--if not, you must
the cor.s.nuences !" 3lrs. Little, in a dreadful state of alarm
',tired hint she ha I no money, as she had paid her teat that e
hut he told ht rhe knew she was speaking falsely, and advised
to be careful how she trifled with him, or she might have must
rue it. Just then the moon shone brightly into the room. and
light falling upon a then of drawers, it occurred to her, that in f
chest of drawers was a bundle of notes of the " ‘‘'eald of I
Bank," which had stopped payniont ten years ego, and the
had lain by them useless ever since. To recolleet this, and to
to the chest of drawers, was but the work of a moment ; ah.
robber instantly forced open the drawers, took out the bunt!
worthless note., and withdrew through the wilelqw by wkfil
hed entered. It afterwards appeared that he had reached
window by placing a hurdle against the a,di beneath,
hurdle he had carried from a plantation at a corn?
distance ; but nothing appeared which could lead to /
Section until yesterday, when one of the notes was offs
payment at the King's Arms public-house, in James-street
vent-garden, by this Captain l'attenhoe, sn called by his
panions, from his wearing a patten e,n one of his feet. because
legs. are not both of a length. The landlord of the King's
having heard of the robbery, stopped the note, and told Avis
circumstance, who shortly after took the prisoner into moods
Avis produced the note, which purported to be of the raked
101. and he said he had received information that the prisoner has
succeeded in paying away several others of the same kind, but be
had not had time to get the witnesses together.
The prisoner declined saying how the note came into Iris pones.
Mon, and the Magistrate committed him for further examination on
Friday next.

MEETINGS OP CREDITORS
•T TNT BANUMPTII. COURT, RYtXOtALL•a •

Tun Dir.

Till? MEETING.
Warden, .1., New Sarum, Wiltairire, oroacy-scriczner

TOMORROW.
THIRD MICk:TINGS.
Barren. L. Strutton-ground, Westminster, linen-draper •
Davison, J. St. George's-circus, (Obelisk, line; (-draper - 1`
Houlden, It. Kensington, coal-merchant - - - II
Liddiard, It'. Charlotte-row, Bermondsey, cod-merchant (en-
larged) . . . - • II
Sheppard, E. Al. Ilornsey, tavem-keeper . - . II

IIEICTIWOII.
Warden, J. New Sarum, money-sailener