ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 48, 13 January 1843, Page 2

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Bread. —A good example has been shown this week by a baker in the city, of considerable

repute, carrying on business in one of the greatest thoroughfares in the city; by having reduced his price for the finest bread to Bd. for the 4lb loaf. He says that the alteration in the corn laws, and a bountiful harvest, are now beginning to. operate in favor of the consumers, and he is determined to do what he can to frustrate the machinations of the monopolists—and, as the prices of wheat may be expected to continue to fall weekly, it is hoped that a 4ib loaf of bread, of the finest quality, may, within a short space of time, be supplied as low as 6d. Several cargoes of American flour have recently entered the ports of Limerick and the adjacent counties. No later than last week several hundred sacks of flour, most- excellent and prime in quality, were discharged in Sligo. We understand that the Duke of Argyll, in contemplation of a visit from the Queen at his residence in Argyleshire, has caused extensive alterations and improvements to be made in and around Inverary Castle. The whole of the apartments in the principal inn at Inverary have likewise been engaged for a limited time by his Grace, to give accommodation to his visitors,- should he be honored with a visit from his Sovereign. —Glasgow Chronicle. ArsLEY House. —The flood of rain on Monday evening made its way into different parts of the Duke of Wellington’s mansion. There were six men employed in the picture gallery yesterday, the water having entered the roof.