The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-29 00:00:00

with justice to all parties, and with the arlvantaeous
appiication of the space for the purpose of exhibition,
which they will have at their comrn,ind.
The first obj, et, however, of the Commissioners, is to
receive from the local cotnruitte such general informa-
tion as to the character of the objects to be supplici, and
such general eetimate of their number, and the room
they would occupy, at, may enable the Commissioners to
form some judgment as to the probable demands upon
the space applicable to the purposes of the exhibition.
A primed form has been prepared, which might, it is
suggested, be conveniently employed by the committees
in preparing their return, and it would be of considet-
able importance if the committee could make such a
return to the Commissioners at the time sptcified.
(Signed) J. SCOTT RUSSELL.
STAFFORD H. NORTHCOTE.
At the New Palace of Westminster, 23d Marcia, 1850.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
'TIDIES.-Mr. George Sandars replies to our re-
marks upon his memorable speech of the 15th inst. by
denying that he ever uttered the speech, as reported
in this and the other metropolitan journals. By an
extraordinary coincidence, probably owing, as Mr.
Sandars suggests, to the lateness of the hour, all the
reporters in the gallery missed what he actually said
on that remarkable occasion. In our report we found
the klon. Member saying, "At present, the House to
which he belonged could bring the finest quality of
wheat from Stettin and Rostock for 335. per quarter."
It ia difficult to imagine so circumstantial a state-
ment palming itself in the lump on the treacherous
ear of a drowsy reporter ; but the Hon. Gentleman
no R affirms that every part of the sentence, the quality
of wheat, the places, the price, the time, and the
mood, and the very nature of the transaction, are all
pure inventions, bearing scarcely any resemblance
whatever to what was actually stated. Instead of it
being " the finest quality of wheat," Mr. Sanders says
that he particularly named "red wheat," to which un-
fortunately we cannot find the least allusion in our
report. Instead of Stettin and Rostock, Mr. Sanders
now lays indefinitely somewhere or other in Pome-
rania-that is, nearly the whole southern coast of the
Baltic-the locality of this marvellous purchase.
The wheat was merely equal to fine Stettin and
Rostock ; just as the three Books of the Fates opened
by Jupiter, in Swift's "Battle of the Books," were of
fine Bath post, so good that, it might be mistaken for
vellum. Instead of being 335., the price was more
loosely expressed as 335. to 345. Instead of Mr.
Sanders and his partners bringing the wheat to this
country at that total cost, it merely represented the
sum paid to the foreign merchant, without, however,
franking the wheat to the doors, or even the quays,
or even the latitude and longitude of the British con •
sumer. Instead of saying that he could at present,
viz., on the 15th instant, bring the aforesaid wheat,
he only mentioned the fact that they had recently
made some extensive purchases at or about the
price in question. The reader must excuse our pro-
lixity. It never was our fate before to notice so many
and such important errata in so very short a sentence.
But we grieve to add that, after all, our labour is in
vain. The elaborately amended statement suggests
even more suspicion, and requires even more emen•
dation than that with which Queen blab tickled
the ears of our reporters ; nor is the matter at all
cleared, but rather the contrary, by the various ex-
planatory statements now added by Mr. Sanders.
These statements we will take, and endeavour to
ascertain their value. "The last post brought an invoice
and bill of lading of 1,200 quarters of fine yellow
Stettin wheat, 611 b. to 621 b. per bushel, at 345. cost
and freight to Hull, including commission for buy-
ing." This statement is good for nothing without
the date of the contract. For anything that appears,
Messrs. Sanders may possibly have engaged these
1,200 quarters half a year since, or a much longer
period, in anticipation. Nay, the money may have
been paid before the seed was sown, in which case
345. would fall far short of the actual cost to the pur-
chaser. 'Ye say this because the price is absolutely
irreconcileable with the quotations of the open mar-
ket at Stettin brought by, "the last post." It is
hardly necessary to observe that the statement, inade-
quate as it is as regards the date and circumstances of
the transaction, is quite as incomplete as respects the
competition with the British agriculturist. The
341. includes not insurance, or duty, or Sound
dues, but freight to Hull and commission. Does
it also include port dues at Stettin and Hull,
the cost of putting the wheat on board,
of transferring to the warehouse or the railway at
Hull, Sec. ? But we are happy to pass on to a state-
ment with a date, which put us on terra firma with
Mr. Sanders at last. "My correspondent," he con-
tinues, " writes on the 12th instant, fine (611 b.)
yellow wheats are now 335. cost and freight.'" On
referring to our old friend the Mark-lane Express,
we find the following, under Stettin, March 11 :-
"During the last week our market has been without
much animation, and we have only heard of a few
transactions being made in red Silesian wheat, weigh-
ing Glib. per bushel, at prices equal to 335. 6d. per
quarter free on board; 6111 b. red Uckermark wheat
we quote 345. 6d. ; and 6216. Pomeranian 35.. 61.
per quarter free on board." Under Rostock, March
10, we find-" We have been scantily supplied with
wheat of late, and some purchases having
been made for English account at 354. per quar-
ter, our prices have been fully supported during
the week." If the reader will run his eye over
the above quotations, he will understand the diffi•
culty we feel in reconciling with them the quota-
tion of Mr. Sanders' private correspondent, viz , 33
cost and freight to the port of Hull. But we will
pass on to the next date. Mr. Sanders' correspon-
dent writes to him again on the 22d inst , " I thank
you for your further order for 1,000 quarters of
yellow wheat, 6116. to 621 b., if at 325. cost on board
and freight to Rngland, but from present aspect there
is little chance of its execution, as 345. cost and
freight is the figure to-day, and reports from the
British market firm." We can only say there is an
immense discrepancy between Mr. Senders' quota-
tion and that of the Mark lane Express of nearly the
same date. In the latter, under the head of Rostock,
March 17, we read-" Our supplies of wheat being
very short, prices have been fully maintained as yet,
and 621 b. to 631 b. is not to be had below 353. per
quarter ;" and under Stettin, March 18-" Prices
have not given way much. We quote for 621 b.
new Pomeranian wheat, 354. ; 6111 b. Uckermark,
375. 61. ; Glib. new Stettin, 335. 6,1. per quarter."
As for the prices Mr. Sanders assigns for
English wheat, we can only say that, on compar-
ing them with other lists of prices before us,
we are forcibly impressed with the conviction that
Mr. Senders must be a very hard buyer. A passage
in Mr. Sanders' Baltic correspondence suggests a
word of advice to the Hon. Member. Mr. Sandars
has two capacities; he is a merchant and an M.P.
In the former capacity it is very natural that he
should buy in the cheapest market, and use such cus-
tomary arts as are consistent with truth for beating
down those he has to deal with. It is evident that
Mr. Sanders acts as his brethren do in this respect.
When, according to his own statement, the last quo-
tation at Stettin had been 33'. cost and freight, he
sends an order for 1,000 quarters at 3.15. His corre-
spondent replies, "there is little chance of its execu-
tion" at that price, "as 345. is the figure to-day, and
reports from the British market firm." So, here Mr.
Sanders finds himself baffled at Stettin, and his orders
made impracticable, by the firmness of the British
market, at the very time that he is persuading his
own countrymen that their market has no firmness
whatever. Now, we must say that there is a
Species of impropriety, approaching to indecency,
in a corn.merchent who is daily transmitting large
orders to the Baltic, the markets of which depend on
the British, standing up in the House of Commons to
make what would be called in the Stock Exchange a
very "bearing" speech, and trying to convince the
British public that he can import any quantity from
the Baltic at almost any price he pleases. We know
nothing at all about Mr. Sanders intentions. Of
course he is an honourable man • but when we look
at his speeches in the House and his dealings in the
Baltic, we find him apparently playing off the British
against the Baltic farmers, and vice versa. In Eng-
land his game is to assure us of a
;canheap and inex-
haustible supply from the Baltic
game is to represent the British markets as yielding,
which he does by systematically reducing the terms
on which he sends out his orders. Mr. Sanders may
think there is no impropriety in this. He may think
what he likes, but he must permit us to have our own
thoughts about it too. When next he gets up to
persuade the British agriculturist that he can buy as
many thousand quarters of wheat as he pleases on his
own terms in the Baltic, we shall remember that he
is an interested man. " It is naught, it is naught,'
saith the buyer, but when he is gone his way, then
he boasteth."

To THE EDITOR or THE TIMES.
Sir,—ln your leading article of yesterday you
comment rather freely, and I think unfairly, on a
speech I made in the House of Commons on the 15th
instant; but, Sir, as you add you are anxious to give
me an opportunity (though rather late) of authenti-
cating or explaining the statement I then made, I at
once accept your offer, and doubt not I shall be able
to authenticate every fact I theta brought forward.
First, Sir, I deny the premises upon which your stric-
tures are based. I never offered "to supply any body
with the best wheat at 33i. per quarter, nor did I
say " I could bring the finest quality of wheat from
Stettin and Rostock at a total cost of 335. to the im-
porters." But I did say, and lam prepared to prove,
that the house to which 1 belong has recently made
some extensive purchases of wheat in Pomerania,
equal to flue Stettin or Rostock, at 335. to 345. per
quarter, including freight to this country. The
last pest brought me invoice and bill of lading of
1,200 quarters of fine yellow Stettin wheat, 611 h. to
621 b. per bushel, at 345. cost And freight to Hull, in-
cluding commission for buying. My correspondent
writes on tne 12th inst., " tine (611 b.) yellow wheats
are now 333. cost and freight." He again writes on the
22d inst.---." I thank you for your further order for