The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-10 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

Mn. Enrron,-L-Alaving, read with' attention
the letters Of IN-i-ti'itG.l.Tort, in THE SUN of
the .26th and 31st of October; I must say
expected that some of the Mealmen or Bakeri
Wonld of themselves, or by attorney, haVe con-:
tradicted the factS therein stated, which it
Seems so difficult to reconcile to their integrity
or moderation. I recollect a fesi weeks back,
there was something not half so bad inserted in
the Times, and instantly a Baker set the calcu
later to rights, who indeed was wrong in some
respects ; but the cunning Baker calculated that
a sack of flour makei only 80 qUartern loaveS7
notwithstanding the advantages of adding to the
rising a certain. quantity Of boiled potatoes,
which of course cost lesS than the flour, and are
sold at the price of the bread. This particular, it
seems, Isvgstfc-A.Tort good naturedly omitted,
and indeed one would not WWI to say too much
aboUt it, as it is at least an innocent addition,
and requires the use of good sound flour to make
up
,with. The truth, however, is, that the sack
Of flour averages about 84 quartern loaves, and
therefore INi-EStIGATOWS calculation is within
the mark. I can by no means account for the
Silence of the trade as to the calculations of In..
YESTIGATOR, but by supposing that they hope,
and will be glad, if the subject passes off quietly,
knowing that the more they stir, the deeper they
will be mired. But what shall I say of our
honest, conscientious, independent daily papers ?
They who ferret out all kinds of things in the
most disinterested manner for the good of the
public, and are ready to run themselves blind or
broken-winded to serve the people, and espe-
cially the good citizens of London. What shall
I say of them, who have let these facts pass by
so much as making the subject an article
of news, as 44 We hear, or learn, or are informed
(we know not on what authority), that the Meal•
men are getting enormous profits, and that the
price of bread ought not to be more than Sd. to
9d., when the average price of mealing wheat is
60s. to 625. per .quarter." Or thus:----" We re-
collect that during the assize of bread, the guar.
tern loaf was calculated at ls. when wheat was
worth 80s.; but we have lately paid is. when
the average was not above 70s. There is some
mystery in this which we, cannot fathom, but it
plainly appears that by rescinding the assize
of bread, which was had enough, that we have
got out of the frying pan into the fire." But theSe
conservators of the public peace, and disinl
terested caterers of abuses and peculations, can
find nothing reprehensible in these impositions on
their readers and customers ! And what do you
think is the reason of all this ? Why truly be-
cause such investigation is for the general good
of the country, and tends to introduce a better
system of taking the average prices of COll5 by
which to regulate profits, and ultimately to sup.:
port and benefit the agriculture of the kingdom.
I say this is the reason they turn their backs on
the matter, and how they can justify their con-
duct to the public, I do not know ; but I do
very seriously and truly believe that no question
was ever less of a party qtfestion, only they
happily turn everything they touch to this, dirty
dross :—I was thinking of a story I sornewhpre
heard about some body who turned every thing
he touched to gold, but I. have forgot how to
quote it, only it appears to be the reverse of their
method. By this time I doubt not but that you
have found out by my style that I am but a larnp-
kin, and better acquainted with farming than thd
classics ; so to confess the truth, I am your
humble servant,
Cambridgeshire, Nov. 7, 1821.

A COUNTRYMAN.

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FRENCH IRON TRADE.— h e Moniteur of Sun-
day last contains an ordinance
.relative to the.
importation into France•of foreign iron stretched.
by flattening machines (fers etrangers etires au
laminoir.) The preamble of the ordinance refers
to the law .which authorises the Government to
change the regulations of the tariff of the Customs,
and to present the alteration to the Chambers in
the form of' a law project. It then states that it
is necessary to protect the manufactured iron of
France against the competition of foreign iron
cures aU lanzinofr, the price of which is greatly
inferior to hammered iron. It is then ordered,
that from l 5 days after the publication of .the'
ordinance (Nov. 3), all such iron, when import-
ed, shall be plated in veil-Tot, and shall after-,
wards pay the duty which may be fixed by law
when taken out of the warehouse for consump-
tion. :The Committee of Arts and Manufactures
connected with the department of the interior is_
to decide on the doubts which may arise relative
to the distinction' of flattened and hammered iron,
after having considered. the opinion of the Direc-;
tor-General of the Customs.

Lord' SIIERBORNE bad lately killed, at his seat
in Gloucestershire, a remarkable fat sow of the'
breed,• of. that county, which Weighed thirty-seven
'score. It measured, from,, the nose to the, rump
seven feet three inches and a half ;. round the
body, seven feet two inches!
A. decision was made yesterday by the Com-
missioners of Hackney. Coaches, of
,some im-,
portance to the public, namely, that the present
state of the pavement in Regent-street, justifies
a coachman in deviating from that line in hist
`passage from Piccadilly, to Oxford-streets and:
charging his fare accordingly.