The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-11 00:00:00

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Though there is now no longer an: thing- new in par-
4ses of English wheat for shipment to France, small
quantities having from time to tone been taken in our
markets by French buyers for several months past, still,
a good deal of sensation has been en:Fed this week by
the extent of the purchases for th.tt country. What
had been previously done had been on a comparatively
retail scale, but latterly a large proportion of the supply
brought forward at the shipping rort-e on the east coast,
has been bought for export ; and, should the demand
continue on the same scale, cur own inhere will have to
bestir themselves to obtain the quantity needed
to keep
their mills going. The wheat, trade is certainly in a.
very singular po-ition at present. Countries from
which we are in the habit, in ordinary years, of
v.-etsusTruirrp,roi:itsligh avt.eh,atforstomzthssh
receiving supplies, are not only unable to afford us
assistance, but actually look to England for aid. On
the east coast, as &reads stated, wheat has been rather
largely bought this week- for the continent; whilst our
tensively to Ireland. Under these circumstances, it is
no
pounldt,
rapidly; and we fee: t.letnbly certain that less wheat is,
Pi
In'ilinngisheed
at this moment, held by farmers than has been the case
for some years at the corresponding time. There may
been shipping shdi
be, and probably arc,
exceptions in particular localities;
but., taking the kingdom colleativele, there must, we
think, be a consider:ink deficien4. At no time nine ct
the harvest have ;;roversthe. held back supplies; this is
proved by the quantifies returned as so'd at those towns
where the returns are made tip for computing the
averages, and by the generally liberal manner in
which all the markets in the agricultural districts'
have been supplied. It follows,• therefore, the;
if the last crop di:l not exceed an average.
(and that it did not is now univerioilly admitted), im-
mense inroads must have been made in farmers' stocks.
There was, it is true, a fair quantity of old wheat on:
hand when the new crop was harvested, particularly in
the western counties, but not more, we believe, than in
ordinary times. The fact is that the consumption of
wheat has, in consequence of the want of potatoes, been
enormously great, in evidence of which we have merely
to draw attention to the almost total exhaustion of the
foreign stocks in warehouse. Taking London, for ex-
ample, when the new corn-laws were passed, duty was
paid here on upwards of 600,000 quarters ; of this '
large quantity there are at present not more than
80;000 te4rol-,000 quarters left on hand. We have not
the means at command for ascertaining whether the
drain has been equally great at the outports, but, from
all we can collect on the subject, we can come to no
other conclusion than that stocks are decidedly short in
all parts of the kingdom, and that, however liberal the
American supplies may prove, they will hardly suffice
to place us in a safe position. The present value of
wheat being deemed hazardous lor investments, very
few speculative purchases have of late been made.
Hence there has been less animation in the trade than
might have been expected ; indeed, had it not been for
the French demand, prices would probably have under-
gone a slight depression. The inquiry for export and
purchases for actual consumption have, however, sufficed
to take off the supplies ; and, so far from any reaction
having occurred, the tendency has been decidedly up-
wards.

In the Scotch markets, no change appears to bare
taken place in prices of wheat; for whilst the lively tone
of the advises from the south had induced sellers to re-
main firm, an unwillingness on the part of the millers to
bud• had rendered it impossible to establish an advance.
From Ireland, the reports are of a similar character
as before; the sufferings ,of the people had, in some
localities, been partially alleviated; in other districts
the distress is stated to b as great as ever, and
there can be no doubt that shipments of food, on an ex-
tensive scale, will have to be made from hence through-
out the summer.

Flour, of town manufacture, has not sold freely ; but
the millers have manifested no anxiety to press the
article, and its previous value has been firmly supported.
For ship flour, former terms have likewise been de-
manded, and the best brands of American have been
sold at slightly enhanced rates.

The arrivals of barley have not been very large, only
9,615 qrs. having been reported up to this (Saturday)
evening, including 6,667 qrs. from abroad. This grain
has, nevertheless, been very dull of sale, and even the
finest malting qualities have rather fallen in value,
whilst distilling and grinding sor;s, which are more
likely to be influenced by the expected supplies from the
Baltic, have been almost unsaleable.
The brewers have bought malt with extreme caution
throughout the week, which, together with the very dull
state of the barley market, has caused a slight decline in
prices of the article.
The supply of oats from our coast has amounted to
5,032 qrs., whilst from Scotland 3,119 qrs. and from
Ireland only 539 qrs. have been received ; upwards of
26,000 qrs. having, however, come to hand from the
near continental ports in the course of the week, there
has been no scarcity of this grain. The principal dealers
being fully aware that importers will, if possible, avoid
incurring landing expenses, have acted on the reserve,
their object being to wait for the expiration of the lyicg
(lays, and thus force down prices. The transactions
have, consequently, been on quite a restricted scale, and
the turn has been decidedly in favour of the buyer.
Bean; have met with very little attention, and no va-
riation requiring notice has occerr,,d in quotations.
Peas have been taken off in retail, at much the same
rates as before.

Thf're have b en fewcr offers of I.,ldian corn to arrive.
and four cargoes Len- at; hand full prices might have
been realised.

TO THE PUBLIC.

Under the prcient aw7til ealnmity of famine, accom-
panied with fearful loss of human it is the bounden
duty of every individual to all and a,sist his fellow men,
without regard to sect or erred; and more especially
does it b,hove each in his to =frectito stat:on and calling,
to sccond tho measures of the Government of his country,
irrespective of all poli:ic.d to -I;i.g, in hn;banding and
lessening the consumption of flour, and thus fcrestalling
the means of subsistence for the forh-coming season;--
a season which, it is to be feared, will he most severely
felt by the labouring class of this kiugd.,m, whose pri-
vations and wants are, from the high price of provisions,
arid the almost annihilation of the potato-crop, (which
constitutes about five-sixths of their food) increasing
with fearful and rapid steps. In the hope of being useful
fourble end, the
aeltx' tft);el gmneetffpsi attention
nuotsafht aeit'ryll lege
stronglymrtihaeyeh,aitnbh:aitt el
and
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their syntrw:
blessing of
mGeoadn,swoilfi gadreoapttliyngtentirtmo,
supply them with nutritious food.
The following receipt for making bread, has been tried
and adopted, not only in the writer's family, but by
many others, who have been supplied with it, with the
most marked and decided success ; and it is in itself so
simple in its preparation, that it can ho made available
by the poorest person, simply by their dividing it : thus
for example-141133. of flour, with I.flbs. of fresh coarse
bran, well boiled in one ;allow of water, and strained off
with the usual proportions of yeast :ind2,alt, will give an
increase in weight to the bread of 3ilydhs. beyond
.the ex-
cess made in the usual way, and the bran, although de-
privedutitvies prraotl.eh,
rather
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this take five ,oands, and b.;il it in r.:ther more than four
gallons of water, so that, when pyrf,elly strained, you
m ty haca three gallons and three quarts of bran water
clear: with this knead 56 lbs. of the ti,;ur, adding salt
and yeast in the same way and proportions as for other
bread.

VI hen ready to bake, divide it hit: 1, ayes, aad bake
them two hours and a half. Thus made, flour
bibi! three quarts more of bran water than of plain, so
that it not only produces a more nutrition:4 and substan-
tivaalntoti.itdy, buto
bread,
makes
whichans increasea savingo f
tfixft
one
n ofe
day's
the usual
ci
con-
sumptionout of six; and if this were atilited through-
out the kingdom, it would make a saving of some mtltiona
sterling throughout the year, reckoning the consumption
to be 200,000 bnshels a day. The same quantity of thzur
which, kneaded with water, produces 69Ins. Boz. of bread.
will in the above way make 831bs Boz., and gain 141b5.:
At the ordinary price of flour, four millions would be
saved.
When ten days' old, if put into the oven for twenty
minutes, this bread will appear quite new again.
This being the season for sowing parsnips, no time
should be lost in preparing the ground, which
inches,
only re-
quires to be dug to the extent of twenty-two if
possible, and well pulveriz.d. As it grows with a tap
root, whatever manure is applied should be placed at the
bottom of the ground, so as to supply the root with
nourishment. Four pennyworth of seed well sown and
trodden in, will produce more meals than four sacks of
potatoes, and, what is still more important, for that
quantity it will not require more ground than is suffi-
cient to grow half a sack of potatoes. There arc three
sorts of parsnips, all of French extraction, and respec-
tively adapted for the depth of, and different soils. The
seed may be procured of any respectable secdsman,
which, independent of its being recommended as a sub-
stitute for the potato, it will be found extremely nourish-
ing, if well boiled, and of inestimable benefit to the poor
possessing gardens, or field allotments, the value of
which will be greatly enhanced by their respective land-
lords reducing the rents. H. H.
March 5, 1847.

BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1847.
—The new edition of this popular and important work,
which has just appeared, is acknowledged to be the most per-
fect record of the Noble Houses of the Empire ever printed.
Each family has its genealogical history so comprehensively
arranged that every generation is described with minute
accuracy, their achievements fully recorded, and the interest-
ing traditions and anecdotes connected with the descent care-
fully introduced. All the existing branches appear in cull,
and there is probably not a single member of the aristocracy
who cannot be here traced. The new Peers and Baronets
are amply given, and the various intermarriages of the no-
bility with the country gentry are fully act forth, along with
much curious information, which the authors' other great
work, " The Dictionary of the Landed Gentry," has enabled
them to add.

ACCIDENT TO MR. GUNNING.-We are exceed,
ingly sorry to state that this venerable and highly esteemed
gentleman, who is now in his 93d year, and has held the
office of Senior Esquire Bedel for more than ha_f a century,
nnt with a very serious accident on Tuesday evening. He
had written a letter at the Philosophical-rooms, and was pro-
ceeding with it to the post •office, when opposite Mr. Mutton's
shop in All Saint's-passage, he happened unfortunately to
tread upon a piece of orange peel, and fell with considerable
violence upon the pavement. It was feared at the time that
he had either dislocated the hip joint or fractured the thigh
bone; but the precise character of the accident had not been
ascertained when we went to press. He was removed as
soon as possible to his own residence, at Newnham accom-
panied by his friend and relation, Dr. Thaelseray.—entakrOge
eddycrtiser.