The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-26 00:00:00

SOLI. Y V. WHIT )Iqllt.

This was an action upon a policy of insurance on the ship
Seaman, loss averred to be by perils of the seas. At the trial
before the Lord Chief Justice, at the Sittings in London, after
last Hilary Term, the plaintiff had a verdict, subject to the opi-
nion of this Court upon a special case. The policy was upon
the vessel in question at and from Hull, to her port or ports of
landing in the Baltic Sea and the Guiph of Finland, with li-
berty to touch and stay at any ports and places whatever and
wheresoever, and particularly at Elsinore,without being deemed
a deviation. The ship sailed from Hull, with packages to be
delivered at Elsinore, Dantzic, and Pillau, the latter being her
intended port of landing. She touched. at Elsinore And Dant-
zic respectively, and delivered the packages deidined to those
places, and on her voyage to Pillau she was lost in sight of that
port. The question for.theopinion of the Court was, whether
Pillau, being her port of landing, she was at liberty to go to
Elsinore and Dantzic, for the purpose of delivering the goods
in question, without being deemed guilty of a deviation ?
Mr. POLLOCK was for the plaintiff, and Mr. PULLER for
the defendant. _ _ _ • .

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The COURT was of opinion, that the policy did not cover the
risk of going to deliver at those places, for it was a policy to
cover only a voyage at and from her port of lading, and there-
fore judgment was given for defendant.

Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, the Chief Magistrate of
the Public-office Bow-street, and Mr. DAY, the
Conductor of the Police Horse Patrole Establish-
ment, inspected the Dismounted Horse Patrole
yesterday, at the back of Whitehall Chapel.
They are a set of strong and active men, are well
disciplined and armed, and since the short period
of their being appointed (whiCh is•not above nine
months) have been of most beneficial service to
the public in.the environs of the metropolis, not
only in apprehending felons and other offenders,
but by their activity and exertions, by night and
day, they have prevented many depredations
which otherwise would have been committed.
Parties of them also attended the different fairs,
races, and other meetings for public amusement
round London during the year, and either appre-
hended or drove away such sal_ those—gangs of
thieves and robbers as usually (and more noto-
riously of late years) have infested those meet-
ings. They have also afforded great assistance
to the other Police-officers in the Metropolis in
the preservation of the peace thereof during the
year.
We regret to state that a most wanton and
shameful outrage was committed a few nights ago
in the parish of Rahue, in this county a ban-
ditti of ruffians went to the Baptist Meeting-
house, which has stood there upwards of a cen-
tury, unmolested, and is attended by a most re-
spectable congregation ; where, after forcing an
entrance, by breaking the outside gate, they de-
molished all the windows and shutters in the
house.—( Westmeath Journal.)
OLD HOUSES.—Yesterday afternoon, between
four and five o'cloCk, an old house at the corner
of Maddox-street, Regent-street, which was for-
merly well known by the name of " The Swallow-
street Eating-house," fell with a tremendous
crash, by which a woman named Grenville and
her infant, a fine child about 18 months old, were
killed:

CHILD I`IURDER.-17,esterday an Inquisition
was taken at the Unicorn, Covent-garden, before
T. IlioGs, Esq. Deputy Coroner;on the body of
a fine male child, found dead the preceding even-
ing in Covent-garden market. Mr. Morris, of
Chandos-street, who bad examined the child,
deposed that it appeared to have been born about
18 or '2O days. There were blows on the body,
which, in his opinion, caused its death ; they
were six in number, and had been inflicted with
a red hot poker.—Verdict, " Wilful Murder,
against some person or persons unknown."
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—A few evenings since,
Mr. GOWER, in the employ of Mr. MANTea, of
Lewes, left Brighton on horseback for that bo-
rough. The weather was cloudy, and at his de-
parture, between 7 and 8 o'clock, it was very
dark. On reaching the cavalry barracks; he
heard the sound of an approaching carriage,
anti either thrbugh ignorance, or the want of re-
collection, kept his horse on what is termed the
wrong side of the road. -The carriage neared,
but was not perceptible ; it turned out to be a
gig,
in Which were two Gentlemen, but neither
perceiving the horseman, nor expecting impedi-
ment to their progress on the turnpike side they
took, a collision of a most dangerous character
followed—one arm of the shaft of the gig met
GOWER'S horse in the breast, entered his body,
and in an instant deprived him of life. GOWER
was cast some distance from the saddle, but not
tgaterially hurt. The' Gentlemen' were thrown
to the earth, and the gig overturned ; but a
sprained ancle and a few slight contusions, pro-
videntially, were the only injuries they received.
Assistance being procured, some miscreant, as the
price of his share of the trouble, purloined the
bridle from the head of the dead horse on the
road.

ExuumATloN.—An Inquest was taker by Mr.
HARBIN, at Ringwood, on Monday last, on the
body of William Palmer, who, on the morning of
that day, put a period to his existence by hang-
ing himself. Nothing being adduced in evidence
to prove insanity, a verdict of Febo de se was re-
turned; and the following day the body was put
into, a cart, and taken about a mile out of Ring-
wood, on the Poole road, where a hole was dug,
and the body thrown in. In the course of the
night the hole was emptied of its deposit, which
has not Since been heard of.—(Sali.ibury Journal.)

VOlt Tin!: SUN.

`O'N THE PRICE OF BREAD:

,
Enrrott.---1 have read the various disser-
tations with which you and'lnany other Journals
have of late favoured the public upon the sub-
ject of the Corn Laws ; 'Mt if, instead of dis-
puting about these laws, you could rightly ma-
nage the sumptuary particulars of the trade in
flour and bread, yoti would find that the Corn
Laws might be put on the required footing, and
yet the public suffer nothing.' To explain this,
I beg to give- you some calculations founded
on facts, and an accurate knowledge of the
subject :
The average price of wheat for the kingdom, as published in
the LCITDON GAZETTE of Saturday last, is 61s. 4d. ; and I
mean to prove, that were that average 70s. to 80s. as it ought to
be, the price of bread ought not, and need not, to be higher than
it now is; namely-, ls. the quartern loaf. To spew this, I need
but exhibit a scale of the enormous profits at present made by
the Millers and Bakers.

The average price of Wheat in the London Market for the
week ending 13th instant, was 665. per quarter.; the top price
of the best household flour (which all bakers profess to use)
is publicly quoted at• Gss. per sack of five bushels, or 2801 b.,
net weight. The price of the best wheaten bread throughout
the Metropolis, &c. (called the trade price) was one shilling the
quartern loaf. TheSe are the data.

Now, in converting wheat into flour (I mean good market-
able mealing wheat) one quarter of eight Winchelsea bushels
will give rather more than six bushels (of 561 b. each) or nearly
3401 b. of prime household, or baker's best flour. Therefore,
if the millers gave 68s. per quarter for their wheat, it is mani-
fest that they would get 78s. in return from the flour alone.
But do they pay this price for their wheat ?—I suppose they
will not if they can get it for less ; let us see how they can, and
we know, do obtain, it, by valuing the sorts and porportions of
wheat from which it is made, thus :—. S. d.

One-third of the wheat, prime old red, at 70s. per qr. 70 0
One-third ditto new white at 6@s. 60 0
One-third ditto prime new red, at 3U. 54 0

3j184 0

Average price to the miller 61 4
[They may use the wheat in other proportions, as best suits
heir purposes ; as suppose— s. d.

One-third prime old red (as before) 70i. 70 0

Two-thirds, prime new white 6O s. - - 120 0