Mr. Gourlay.
The Times, 1824-09-21T00:00:00

WC lhare ecebxea the toll-rinz 1e-ter fromnt M r. Gaturlav : wve dIo lrr*'X to s-ha: be acdet1:_ To THIE EDITOR. lleqtse of t rrertion, (CId "lath-fields, Sept. 18, 18-24. Sir._Veou have rot. I undertand. hInnoured my article, nn Ifcdi. . -FLr. sth publicoiron. DJ Vou wiVk! to PoCket UP my disco- rrn for vxaLxr o.cr eetit - 1) visa rudee me the moiety and the s-ra,tit-nd, It nEs:te s-IT . - oe Her,Id has said that "'the press ;^r.-ceers r.n the rrindcple of individuail srdflove." 0 fie !-to cheat - tr rrnsorrez ! B}ut yotu are not alonC il such tricks. The ver- o$ffef life IN worstel to prikoners. Trulv, the hear, of mar, is 0'-i'tful above -ll thinr-'. and *ir-perstciv tick.3. Witness the tallowirra Ietter:y To TITE ctt 4Ltnst, k 01' TltE rIZTTt'G NIAGTSTRAT5Iq. Iouse I f (r .reclionr Sept. Ifl, 18t-. Sir--_n mr lrttr of *he 9S&h uicimo, I spoke of sundryt matters .aertsl uit3 rns cem-fort nocne of which have been attended to. I Mer-n rm, that l:tecr to b.^ considered us one of complaint but I '-ow couiplain. rsod on r. subjert which should excite interest, not -Is ,n ayv own Qcotrsurt. hut that of hu-ndred% contined '.,ere. I ' rn:erly nietioalr- tist mTy health had been impairedI in this IlaYc bust dihl not th.^n d-os,ver the principal cause. This I am ;-w araured rests in( tie quality of the br-ead. One day this, to "F_pWpxr,nC1. sas tO b:lA. that the Gorvetner, w.ho seems always will- i-z to d;i rigcht, 51ticcI it and tor a timne tere w2as improvement. irzin, hoevrer. It became ser;- bad fionm time to time, arid not '-. :urh in aparamncc r; in reality. After the date of my last *1 rT, I fealumd mv-stelf grttirc daily more and more weak'; and at t;. c stip.cejee :te bred. purchhased in other bread fir one week's eansum'-tfzz In throee di!s foand tntyself better, and after six, t,it uu.aia ,trong. I hast-e sinlce used the bread allowed to prisolers, -sn scamairi brsing unwell ard weak. It is now clear to me. ' at the bread is never what it shoild be. It seldomr appears bal; t r roitirnme -he saell Ls sufficient to detect its nauseous qualitv. it was to last Tne-ldy; antd heretwith Vou will receive part o ^ mv loaf of that day for inspection. Beitig now dry. the smre!l is little perptible: butt wrere i: analhzed by a clsv. rn,u I arn canvinced that thii spenimen would be found adlul- rearted w ith what is reither cenuine nor wtolesome. It is custom. ary. I urnderstand, to use a lacer patt of potatOe flour, instead of heat fiour, in making the bread: and theni ahlum is put in to mend a. ewuancf Proer tc-ant are taLheni togrusrd against impositi t a.s t. }e reight b-ut dcteriorationm in quality is more banefuil, ;nd 'oals d bc tsicre atricti;r gui tild agalnst, -s, I hope it will be in future. I hate iireid in the country, labouring at the salte tine, upon a 'l ler qr-sEti;V nf br-ad a3rl *nilk than what I now have, whilctnr- Fealth ihnpror-ed: but the bread in the country was made of flouT. ti-nixcd *ith potatoev and -him. Thie letter you Fr ill be so good as lay beforre the rtai tras:rs, and 1 am, $ir. Yours, Se. ROBERT GOTURLAY. I ktnora- o: if anv priton can be better gnveonedm than Lhis; and so 'er front our Gorerno. hemns displesed witli the above letter, he has t'.aked vmie (or maMnr omnplaint. He has no interest against pri. ,-roers. He trisies the bread contract to b- given up: but still it is sn immrrorant deNultraturn how tn retulate the quiality of bread. Me-at is either coase, or obrioua.sv tointed. No contractor can hare a-n interest en keesciri i: till it stinkst andi the coarseness is readily -era ble but batker are so knowing in tile art of comnpaunmlit i si t;te evc is ni judge at Al of their aricle. Pharaoh hung his i,aker, -Ale be reAtored his butler to office. T'he vrine squeezed di- r-Nctl's- frum the grapa V x-t eol, bhit the pie-crust in the white bas- ket, ws =duiterraitedl, though the birds did not perceive it. Tothiose *h; Ca; go from mheap to shop and choo&e thteir bread, this is of little e ns erce bt to the many thousands who have no choice, and eS5ec-maIW to poor POners, httsdrecis of whom caninot even comr- plzk., it is a srr-ts mnatter indeesl. I could say nmore, buit leave roao for your nore aSterly obsen-atio"s ; and to-niorrow being S-_rday, tth *sabjcct wifl Vl a fit one for rncditation. ROBERT GOURLAY. M1R. (OURL.4Y.