The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-03 00:00:00

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funeral.)

Wood, however, has yielded toConife- y r-
in
mlliarnik„
imposition
oay
sn
or
n
ilisas interference. become
n tohwe sfualrj etchti
se f jotb:ir.
fro
ference has been effectual to protect the Pu- 13
is? great and notorious frauds are practised in the
l trade to the great gain of the dealersyacu r
corresponding loss of their customers, but Wiled°
Os°
it is more, or whether it is less extensiqn r
would have been the case if these Acts had serer
been made it is impossible to say. Suffice
yet to be learned. Certaitit:
itbo
ld
ever in this case to remark that as bY t 7;,,
proverb, 46 the proof of the pudding le I:
eating," so in the present case the r ilia
&Si
fraud is in the price. At the pits mouth
comforters of our souls are six shillings Per toot
at London Bridge they are from 375. to 441ep'
cha Id ron, and laid into our houses from 455. t°sssi
the clialdron, and liable to advance, not in °lse°,
scarcity, but so soon as a frost and snow sod I('
shall render their acquisition more than e' Jr
sirable. Such is the state of things, and wi
a if
tion, indeed, all the Acts of Parliament apart,
the coal market could be in a worse Wain
or the public less dependant on the konfsli °
Coal Merchants than they are now.
?moot
We know we shall be told that unfe— •
takes a duty on coals imported into the lort °0
prow -
London ; but wo know also this duff I'lls.bet
reduced, but we don't know that the Cull Med"
chant ever reduced his prices in a eotresreer
ing degree. But be this as it may, that 101111,1 e
account for the great difference betWeerifite,
price at the pit's mouth and the price at Ptir
sides. Now for the remedy for these gries".r to
We do not pretend to shew it, uninitiated 111,4
shoal('
the arcane of these lords of colliers-41°w
ChM,
we ? But we have a seceder from their en"-
a light trusty and honest man, who pro'
mises, on condition of inviolable gecritv
to lay the whole before us, and let 111411 oj
ill.
into the tricks and contrivances of 11,1:st
mystery of a coal merchant. But We stll' 'er'
these secrets in the same way as ev°ll to
secret is treated, share it with our friends
etiltr
public. They shall have them all, withcet
and with the smallest possible delay.

Yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, 8°1111:111-
--.43110"---
C_noru.ncil was held at the Foreign Office, in ''!_i° on
ins street, summonses for which were issine,
thursday night. The Cabinet confined i.1‘14 go,
bliberation till a quarter past three. the i etlle
Earl
present were the Earl of Lirerl26°4 the
the L:otfrditilarrowhy, the Duke of Wellingt°l4,fi y
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. SeCfer-
, Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, &-.c. „Icjoci,
•sdnoyf alfiitsertrvivite,ssiyoo,sn
Most
fier;,v"
jiipciiifity#
Yesterday
_Council assembled at the Council OfrIPPJ" ti- to'
hail-place, to hear some Appeal-IW°'
Ear of
their Lordships.
The Marquis of IlisTINGs and ' the ; he.
the Home
AtHinTelmn%t Otffiracnes.acted business yesterdoiri'pe
Secretary of State's Office for the Colenllll • -
Vl!'
Yesterday morning, Sir 11(0000 --7
~, 61:,
transacted business with Mr. secretary P'!" - ,
• •
acafit
Yesterday morning Sir HERBERT TA i-• 5,,
Military Secretary to the Duke of Yong, !r'',l4ll
acted official business with his Royal flie,ll;;rl.,,
at his house, in South Audley7streetood PT.e•
wards went to the Cominander-in-Chief, .19';‘,•r.
in the Horse Guards, and held a Public Pei . •
Military Officers. . il,
Yesterday a Deputation from. the priacPs,
Rectifiers of Spirits waited upon the CHANcEL.I",-
of the EXCHEQUER, at his hotise in Dell;7,
street, and had an interview far a consider° ..
time. cora
His Majesty's ship Waspy), with fora
STRANGFORD on board, arrived ilt Cronstadi -s,
the sth ult., and his Lordship reached St. reter
terAseaD.
burgh on the following Monday.
names were Huntingdon and Metcalfe, the feri".ti
finecit.d
s‘,vals)eftowuegehiti:yetwst:rdGayennatioerginienng. infil3_lo°?:
of whom was Nv6unded on the side of the ii"j
severely, hut not dangerously. • The Parties st.enr‘
their friends went to the Red House by 1111,
01 I Nr
where they made thenegoary prergkrk, 4.
combat, • .

from France to Spain, had addressed a letter to the I t
cad
Directory of Switzerland, on occasion a his recal from thl
E tubassy.

PARIS, nlyc.l.
The Madrid Gazette announces the arrival of the Rog a

Madrid from the Escurial, With the Royal film*
Zea bag been named Ambassador to the Court of SWOP
It is reported that towards the end of October, inl_.alar
Banda Oriental, Bolivar had proclaimeliimself gull4l°
or Peru ; others say, Emperor of South America.
terdif
The obsequies of General Foy were celebrated Y"--- f
Notre Dame de Loretto.—(Here follows an account o

As the winter is now arrived, and we')lave
already felt its rigours, perhaps a few words Pu
-°ll
toe subject of that which is calculated t° 30f1
ble' e° °Et
its severities, viz. Fuel, may be accepts
public. Before coal was yet introduced i°
ite
houses, the Legislature found it tiecesvir.r."°,.,
terfere and regulate the sale of billets end""';
gots of wood, in order to prevent impooti°°
0i
fraud. These Acts were passed in the .ri.ifv9
EuzABETli and ANNE, and are even "w 41;f°,,rcro:
twoh ago.e~s
ldee
d those of ANNE were amended .8
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