The Sun. — 1838-10-15 (London, England)

CONTINUED.  COMPARISON OF FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR WITH THE ENGLISH MARKET.  The price of white wheaten bread of the first quality at Paris is 72ic. the loaf of 2 kilogrammes, which is less than bid. the loaf of 41b. English weight ; and the price of bread of the first quality in London being 10d. the loaf of 41b., the difference is 538 per cent. that bread is dearer in London than at Paris. The highest quotation of flour of the first quality is 67f. the 159 kilogrammes, which answers to 425. 2d. the sack of 2801 b. English weight, and the highest quotation of flour of the first quality in London being 60s. the sack, it follows that flour is 424 per cent. dearer in London than at Paris, and that with the sum of 31. a man may buy 3981 b. of fine flour at Paris, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 2801 b. in London.  According to the official return the average price of wheat at Paris for the preceding month (September) was 18f. 78c. the hectolitre, which equals 435. the quarter. The following is the state of things in other parts of France :At Abbeville the highest quotation of wheat of the first quality is 25f. 50c., which equals 58s. sd. the quarter. At Bergues the registered price of wheat of th€ first quality is 28f. 51c., of the second quality, 26f. 71c., and of the third quality, 25f. 37c., which gives a mean price of 26f. 86c., and which answers to 61s. 7d. the quarter. At Bordeaux wheat rules from 21f. to 22f., which is from 483. Id. to 50s. bd. the quarter. At Blois the registered mean price of wheat is 20f, 88c., which equals 475. 10d. the quarter. At Rouen wheat rules from 22f. to 24t'., which is from 50s. sd. to 555. the quarter. At Verdun the quotation of wheat of the first quality is 20f., which equals 455. 10d. the quarter. At Marans wheat rules from 17f. to 18f., which is from 38a. 111. to 41s. 3d. the quarter. At Toulouse the highest quotation of wheat of the first quality is 20f.,': which equals 455. 10d. the guart.tr. At Soissons the quotation of wheat of the first quality is from 304 f. to 313 f., of the second quality from 292 f. to 303 f., and of the third quality from 268 f. to 288 f., all per muid of 13 hectolitres, which gives a mean price of 22f. 67c. the hectolitre, and which answers to 51s. 1 ld. the quarter. The highest quotation of flour of the first quality is-68f. the 159 kilogrammes, which equals 425. 10d. the sack of 280Ib. English weight, and the highest quotation of flour in London being 60s. the sack, it follows that flour is 40k per cent. dearer in London than at Soiss :ns, and that with the sum of 31. a man may buy 3921 b. of fine flour at Soissons, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 2801 b. in London.  NEW DEFINITION OF TIIE WORD LUXURY*— A worthy divine the other day asked a farming man, whom_ he had noticed at church the preceding Sunday, :if he liked his sermon ? The man answered in the affirmative ; and he also said he understood it. When asked if he knew the meaning of the word luxury, which had been several times used in the course of the sermon, John said, .f Ees, [ knows the word wheel enovv; it mean the inside of a pig."—Sheffield Iris. On Tuesday morning, William Smith, driver of the New Company's Bath and London coach, cm' tted suicide in the following determined and extraordinary in,mner :—Having tied his legs together on the bank of the c nal. he cut his throlt on the brink, and then fell into the water. The deceased is supposed to have long laboured under insanity.—liath Gazette. formerly