The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-28 00:00:00

BUTCHERS' MEAT.

;,,.TO TTIE'rinTOR. OF TI-18SUN. -
Sin,-:—The present unnecessarily high price of
.B4tchir's' Meat in the Metropolis calls kwily-for
some 'interposition; in the mean tinle it may
perhaps .be 'productive. 'di good to the Public,
that the Butchers "sltoithr be made acquainted
With a Law of tdtiard ibe Sixth, -ivhiCit if not
since .repealed,' would,. if 'threatened to be put in
force, at leatt oblige them fit) lend an far.to this
complaints of their customers.

E:rti•lictAciiit nit .;4rt of Parliament pithscii iri iLe arid ad

i?,,Falwarel Ike Sixth, rap. 1.5.

"If any BITTCHIMS sball ioa.sijire not sell their Vietuari
but ut certain prices, crery such person shalliorfeit fur the
first offence 'lOl. to the King, and if
,not raja in six days he
shall suffer tirent;days' imprisonment, and Shall only lhcre
bread and water fOr his sustenatice!; far the seemid Utenc't
gel. in li he manner, or the 'PILLORY ; and for the third of-
fence 401. 'a pillory, and the loss of in EAR, alsd to be
taken Asa roan infainous, and not to be credited in any *tat-
ter of judginent. • And the Ses4ioni ur leet May determine
the 'safer."

BAKER-S
are ilso, in the s.ime Act, liable-ti
the !Vie piius ant penalties for sitnilar offeures.

AN
,ENEMY TO CONVIRAToitS.

AGRICULTURE.

MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER.

' Although the harvest cothreen'zvd.iinfarthiralify
from the late and tVet season; its -progress, through
4
the latter part Of Alie month, Altai its termination
, ~•
in the principalAtstricts', 'has proved propitious
a's the husbaudinait4Ould desire. The speculative
returns of probable produee cif the 'Wheat' crops
differ Materially but ibe average drawn front
•
thern will :justify our"report of a fair general crop.
The quality Of grain be found *to very
•
derably, arising in a great ineature -train thelOo
hasty anrl. improvident Manner in Which, a largo
portion of the Wheat cif -England has'freed got
'stacks . •
in. Many in -different COI-tittles run up in
a damp state have been taken 'down, and the
grain when threshed 'tint, Most probably, front
the coldnea,- pass over the kiln before it can
be in a state tit for the mill.—T he Markets
arc at present. 'abUndantly supplied with new
‘Vheata, but the necessity of proViding seed at.
so late a tse:tstitt May soon be expected to
shorten the Supply for same time to come,---The
Barley 'crops are large, but the quality in general
Much inferior to that of the last year.—The
Selina 'and Peise are' ery unequal; in the Easterrt
district the produce will be great ; in the Home
CoUnties they have run too much to straw.--The
youtc Cloveh are t genial 'plant, as are the Cole.
seed's- tar crop. The Turnip- crops are every
where luxuriant---The Hop plantations have al-
moit 'u nivel Sally failed throughout Kent, Sussex,
Farnham, and the Shires:Li:can Stock is stilt
limo, except 'for Sheep and Lambs, which arts
in advance Store !logs and Pigs are likewise
dearer. Smithfield and Other meat markets sustain
the Wit nfOnth's prices for Beef and Mutton ; Veal
abd Lamb were rather lower.-7 Working Horses
are:Of more. value, front the -near approach of seed
titt4e. --Tile Woolsteplers purchase reluctantly wt
I,4st 10101'4 prices'.