The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-30 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN STEAMER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
SlR—The paragraph respecting the Great Western,
which appeared in your paper of the 23d inst., and
the imperfect account of the meeting of Proprietors
in Bristol which has appeared in other papers, being
likely to affect passengers and freight, in the yet unper-
formed voyages of the season, I beg to inform you that
the abandonment of the advertised engagements of the
Great Western has not been once thought of by the Di-
rectors, and that it is intended to despatch her from
Liverpool (as announced in the advertisements) on the
3d September, and from Bristol on the 22d October.
Yours, &e., CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON,
Liverpool, Aug. 24. Managing Director.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—You will oblige me by correcting the mis-
statement that appeared in your paper a few days ago,
and which originated with the Birmingham Tory
paper, that I had been summoned, or apprehended, for
printing a Chartist bill. I have printed no Chartist
bills lately, and have not been summoned.
Yours, &c., J. TAYLOR.
Smallbrook-street, Birmingham, Aug. 29, 1842.

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PRESENTATION OF A PIECE OF
PLATE TO. CAPTAIN WILSON, OF THE
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM COM-
PANY'S STEAMER TAGUS.
TO CAPTAIN WILSON.
Steamer Tagus, Alexandria, July 18, 1842,
DEAR Sin,--We, the undersigned passengers,
proceeding to Malta and Alexandria, anxious to
mark our sense of your efficiency as a Com-
mander, towards us, unanimously beg your accept-
ance of a piece of plate, which will be presented to you
by Mr. W. H. Anderson, passenger, as a lasting memo-
rial of our regard and sincere well wishes for your welfare.
W. 111'Neil, Lieut.-Col., Madras Cavalry ; C. Flad-
gate, Captain, Madras Army ; F. Forbes, Captain,
Madras Cavalry ; Edw. W. Lane, H. H. Playfair,
P. Wildridge, 11, Houghton, Rev. E. Hall, W.
Anderson ; H. D. H. Hennning, R.N. ; Miss Dixon,
Malta ; Henry E. Longden, her Majesty's 10th Re-
giment ; John Leslie, Madras Army ; H Broadhead
Commander, R.N.; W. Gillman, jun.: E. R. Davies„
J. E. Rogers, Master Attend., Calcutta; R.E. Rod-
gers, Lieutenant, R.N. ; J. B. Skute, John Gray,
Baron De Orlick, R. Prussian Guards ; G. M. Ta-
maraca, J. H. Reynolds, Alexander Armstrong, J.
Malcolm, Bombay Army ; W. F. Johnson, her Ma-
. jesty's 9Qth Foot ;E. Welland, Bombay Army ;F.
Villebois, jun.

EIGHT POUNDS AND A HALF OF
BREAD FOR A SHILLING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Si ,—lf yOur correspondent, who complains of the
very high rate of flour and bread in proportion to the
price of wheat, were to adopt a spirited opposition as
several individuals in this town have done, the price
of each would soon be reduced. The parties to whom
I refer last week sent the public cryer round the
town of Ilfracombe to announce that if the price of
flour was not reduced to a fair remunerating market
price, that a party was ready to open a store for the
sale of it on such terms ; this notice was looked at
rather as a. threat than earnest, and no notice was
taken either by the millers or flour dealers, but they
were soon undeceived on the arrival of the steam
packet Torridge, from Bideford, on Wednesday last
by a lare quantity being landed from it on the
quay on Thursday morning. The cryer was imme-
diately sent round the town to announce that 71bs of
fine flour would be sold for one shilling and 81bs of
seconds ; the store was crowded the whole of the day,
and the poor people who generally here make there
own bread were lavish in their thanks for the boon
given them. There are parties in this town who keep
an oven for baking bread, and are willing to make and
bake loaves for twopence each, for each shilling's
worth of flour ; yesterday loaves were.exhibited which
had been made from the flour sold, the loaves from
the 71bs of flour weighed from Bilbs. to 841b5., ani
those from the Blbs. for a shilling from 10Ibs. to
10flbs., these loaves costing when baked fourteen-
pence each—without any potatoes, for it ought to be
known that bakers cannot make the fine light white
bread without potatoes ; a sack of flour weighing
280Ibs. will make 90 loaves of 41bs. each, or 3601b5.
weight of bread ; so that in each 41bs. loaf there is
only a fraction above three pounds of flour.
Previous to the opening of the new flour store, no ix,
flour was sold in the town at more than 61bs. for the Fl
shilling. The parties who have commenced the oppo- Egstt
sition have declared that when the public is supplied Mize
with flour at 6ilbs. for the shilling of the quality they First
are retailing at 71bs. for the shilling they will close
the store. I am, Sir, yours, &c., s
Ilfracombe, Aug. 27, 1842. I. I. I.

Another, shock of earthquake, not less formidable
than those of April last, affrighted the inhabitants of
Culamata on the 12th ult., at four in the afternoon. The
church of St. George was thrown down, and two other
churches and forty houses were more or. Jess damaged.
A few nights since, says the Journal d' Avranches,
28 houses in the village of 1-layne Pesnel were reduced
to ashes. The loss is estimated at 300,000 f. The dis-
aster was occasioned, it is supposed, by lightning.
The cologne Gazette publishes the following im-
portant intelligence, communicated by its correspondent
at Frankfort, under the date df the 21st of August :
" I have this moment learned from a source worthy of
credit a piece of intelligence of great importance to the
commerce of the Rhine, which I hasten to communicate
to you ; a treaty of commerce relative to wines and
silks, has lately been concluded between the German
Customs Union and Belgium, analogous to that which
has been concluded between that country and France."

NIGER EXPEDITION.—Accounts received from
Fernando Po, by the Magistrate, arrived at Liverpool,
state that the Wilberforce left on June 5, for Princes,
and the Soudan at the same time for likanibra.