The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-05 00:00:00

PRICE OF DREAD.

The requisition to the LORD MA-volt- was'then
read, 'for con Veong specictl coat, to t,,ke into
cousitieration the high state of bread-, after,:she late
abundant ii;;rvest. • • utr.

GRIFITIUS re;trettcd that the business had
not fallen into abler hands ; hut, as it bad fallcu:
to his lot, he Should hriag forward a motion on..
this subject;withOut trespas,ing on the, time of
the Court
.wi,th nratiy observations, fie had .60,=
thing to say upon the subject which evtry mo
ber of that Court did win; well know. Tip.: Act of
Parrrament Which Mid been p,assed for the regula-
tion of the assize c,t bread, itad not been effect i ve,
Althoughlthad been passed with the best intentions
in the ‘v orld,yet in the statute there were many
holes throu..o which delf,ignii:g person:s found it easy
to escape. 'lye faith was not with the bak.ers ; they,
werean irrinstrions class of people, and there was
no one in the counininity more injured'by !le coil-,
hinations u*Uich thou the ILiker. Uis profit,
was often less num he Was justly eilitled to. Al-
though he lia4 lived in the City of London for
more than half a century,. vet' he never knew of
a baker tilling the offiee of Lord Mayor; or being
fined for nut serving the office of Sheriff. He
could not, however, say so, much of corn-factors
and meal:nen. It was well known that ninny of
thiln had made initficnse fortunes. It was they
Who often 'combined together for the purpose, he
must say, of robbing tre'pnblie. He, therelnre,,
thought, an Act of Parliament Should be applied
for, inqiosing so:isi:e coercive measures on ihom,
16 prevent such practites. lie then Co:16_1(A
A-Iftli a Motion, •

" it it'tott*:d be recoamaead to the (curt-,:f
men, t 9 coiriittcv roof i'Vvhe the ( iffere.a Act', the
itegutatien trE the' .Is,lat: alit! to ap,Ay for :to ALA
of i'lriiantent for satitboliOuting the sittoe iota otot ; .19(1
alio Cita it Comrsiittee h:;.itrapaioted to vowic,:r ,I,e
propele,y. of I:Arad:icing it aii,e it,r,Jch Act, conii,t.lhog- the
4.2,,rn,.fiwtors, atltt ,N,/:2:31111%,iii to. 1.11100 VeOtk 110 ttle
!,rit;es of Cira twoght and s'old lit
same nia9ner O wl4 Law ptitetisod with re.,Tt...ct tai the
Bakers,"

'Mr. HARPER serOncled the motio3, anl was Con-
vinced, that if the subject was properly iloptired
101:0, minty bad pratiees and obit ;es woutd be
Pointeil out railed for a' remedy.
PixoN thoni-;ht, that before the court
should agree to such a Motion, there should he au
inquiry, into the...causes of the pr...sent high price
bread. In the course of 'saeh iiitlairy, they would
obtain that infiirmation which ;All sensible Men
would wish to have before they eame.to a deci-
sion. They must recollect, that the law which
was proposed, would not ortate only for a mo-
ittent, x aria, therefore, beltiv:! they wished
for. a legislative provision, they ought
.to take
time to consider • the :subject in all its bear-
ings. He 'had no ohjection to this so!,ject
being submitted to a• Committee • tor inquiry
but he cohld rult avoid recollecting, that in
all the measures hitherto taken for this Ob.
ject, more Warm had' been done than good.
had lived:lone,ln
,Lon;on, and eon,
versed w.th all desCrip:ions of tradesmen, and
found it to be their general opinion, that the at-
tempt'io force a certain price on ally of the arti-
cles of trade, was not only contrary to the inte-
rests of the trade,•but of therpithlie. As to com-
binations, he was convinced that if corn, or any
other comutotlity, was really in plenty, all the art
Of wan could not
,lung keep it up at a high Price ;
and, on the other louid„ if it were scarce, or
likely to bec9lll,C scarce, till the resolutions they
could enter inti) would oct make it he soil,
cheap. . Let the commo,lity be what it might,
it wits known that those •‘‘. ho sold the best -arti-
cle at the most moderate terms, were'the most
likely to get business; anal, Oct efOre, the common
competition for business was sufficient to keep the
prices reasonable. In the country, where tto
was no assize of bread, he did not find that the
inhabitants ‘vished for, Or required, any Nuch re-
gulation. There was seldom as ve;-y supply
of wheat in London, and the Lomion nai(ers were,
supplied entirely by millers
:11“i menlotell. It will
known .that the unusual drought the season
.had prevented many itidls ial the neighhonrhood
of London front ‘viirk;ng ; but there were tide
;Aids. iii the country « inch were uot touch affect-
ed by thistause. lie had no doubt hut that the
High price of flower in the London m whet
,would
soonchase the flour from every county jo
land,' and then the price of it 'must be reduced of
course. lie thought that it I be the best: Way
to leave it to a Conowittee generally to itiquirc.into,
the causes of the high ptiee of bread, nod to pre
sent their report.
Mr. Alderman Woo!) said, that he had felt hint-
self quite at a l2Ss to conceive hi what manner the
worthy Gentleman (Nlr. could make out
any case befort& the Court, in drde.. to ground his
motion upon, lie
,could not -avoid s‘iving, that
lie thought that if any measures v. era a, tvv,
they should have originated,in the Court ni
wen. It' the Lord Mayor had-chosen to <.all for.
the assistance of the Court of Aldernleo opon this
sitject a he wai sure that their aish ,
r-auce would
have been. readily grailted. He believed at it
was'always the pr.ietice, its times of diiily:oly
the Lord -.Mayor to call a Court LI
upon tile subject ; y.'t, for the 1..0 .r twenty-
two weeks, the I..brd Mayor seemed to lw.ve. on-
sidered this unnecessary, It iniAhLl.l4. gAid that it
WaS only on vice onat of the ahund:lHr harvest that
we had had that the present jyri. of bread
became a subject M 66: called for such an v%3-
Inihation. Noo,wly denied ti:e
.nor diti he believe Lilac there uas alt'
disguise about quantity Of wheat or o!' hone
in LondoiE. fact was, tinit accottut Of
the' unusually dry season, nuti4 wills in, the

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hourhond of London could riot worts but in Suf.:
fill}:, in the Isle Of iVight,. and:in other phiees;
there ‘yere tide-mills that did Woriti coot were
Sending up great.tplantitiesL of fionr. to Loodon.
Ile was sure that the high price of, fioortin the
London w.trkct at present wbuld be :the m...irms of
bringing up it sufficient sopplv (ono the coon: ry.
He•rente.al)ercd, 4 iitt in the Mayoral of Sir
JanitiSaatv, z:nu Idag;,trate had endeavomed tti
regulare the Of br.!ad by the price Of
whedt, but hial found it impo3sihie. t.yll :too-
ther oce,ision, darin:-4. the •i,.ayore,itty Sa. T.
(11,t.! attention ot• tbe. entr,..., of
men ..v 1e called to the i.otbject, Sir W. E.hatis love
t it, as his•opini((n, ill it the best way would'ue to
take avvayt he assi(se of tread .-tito.,,;ether. It ap-,
p)arcd to hilt!, that the as•Le rather tended ni-
crease the price o 1 bread : for although a baker
!night nowst.ll under t yet hi Could
not (It) it wit hoitt' being branded a aa nuderselier,
lie Ahought: the bakers were a most industrions:
body. of men, and ve.'y ill used. .`!'hey often gr.:ye
brag credit, wit:tout being at liberty,- as other
trailesineu do, of adding any thing to the price'
:on account of this credit. They were more lizthle
to losses than most other tradesmen, 'us he never
knew a poor dobtor yet that teas 11.6 t indebted to
his baker. • If the prirai of
.bread were hox to
be legalitted by the price of :wheat, lie cOO-
- that-tht! bakers would be tkt v.
were,Still to follow tucir tra.L.i. A •gry:it dctil of
the. wheat which ll;13 SOW at the 'wicket, '.(.'it;
not fit to make fine flour from, 'and he lit lieved
• that the overages were by no means fairly taken.
It tVoiild be full its:jtit to regulate the Deice c,t "doib:
from the price of zipanish wool, as to regal:de the
price offbreadfitrat the 'west:et price of It.
was quite absurd to attempt to raiic an outcry'.
against one class cif the oculonnaiiy who was tin
more in, fault than the re...t. Ilt toe: ly ty:ide tittle
were some dishonest ihdividaal,, Ow it was not fair •
cnarc ivhuie triiic with cull to rob the
pliblie. This was it Very ;“.11:1!..c
lip thouglit the worthy, Genilciwin titiglir not
to have made without having any t‘ion
for it to state to the Court. 4'Ml
that if the Lord iNl.iyor had pei•sisted in
Iris
is`'stein' for • regulating . the price of bread
by that. or wheat, the- pe.iiee of the City tl`r.101(1
11,11'e been Eeri6OSly endangered The tntio..mi.
could not have' cOntirtited their trade without
loss 00,1 if they hail abandoned it, 11::sich:,.; the
d,;;.„ima inconvenience which the public would*
have sostaincti, a hue :Ind 'cry. would h.tve beeo
ntised against the I)lL'er,i,: which cos:it
of them their or at least.
tion of their hOusci. 'the bal;e:.s itiott in
dust; i,iiis class of tae coannuniry, p
the most intrili,Workiogo.i they as
cli :.15 by ti : a.,“! yet
.it.
in-Ant stmed by 040 11101,W,
flatiWc:S. th:1: i.el
H.!'" of AMU' out
Cnni, and that there cot,itl no
woultr 'prevent any ~.;ticte
consumption from; finding it,: w.t.y into tie..
kit, at fair,price. lilt it'
was Isept back from ; 110 ;
ect th4.t• those who Sent it, s•J‘,.Li 11 Ht.
they Cahill yet for it. tr..
respect to every other commodity.
number of Lbhps were to sail from the West .„:;;1 s
at the Same tittle., beet one wai to arrive by act incat
sonoer thun the tuners, there was nothing at all.
"pis( ill ow owners of that VeS3CI SCititi.y,tilcir.
price iii could get for tio.tat
in the mark 4. If, .however, they were to hold
theni bud, and not stdl diets, it was evident' they
would be thse Insers Coe Itoicr ships ealne
.Altliough there inight,bc as web as
til e\ Lay other trade, yet stini iibt think it
fair or liberal to set lip it etaitiou,.. against, a Whole
tiade ror Jae rt,guery of few ilidiVidkl,dS.' It
Parliament were In be applied to at. all olion the
stihjeet, he thought the :ipi,i.ication slionid beta
do away the .assize
The loun AlAYon aid, that if the wt.irtley A -
'Hermits had been in 11...! plat..e,. and his twauory
had been correct, rceoliected thnt
lit; had mentioned the subject. at a Conri or :3.ldcr-
ruen within firt time that he had stated. *fins'
()pinion which Sir IV. Chirris u id given that
it W.AS ahSllyS d:0112n,0.13 to) iCterfil! 11 the
irices of the necessaries or EL.!, fon'
thought it would be very dit!'ly,4l"oo3 Ih`c.w.;tr.
yeloov,:: the assizu attoPlitner. It :+o'n ,vo•A
tt4 ttiiil 'that tae iniaide and 10., er o; th:e
coilonuniiy luight loch. to 15,10
prdtect tbein't-coin ,i6dsiire and imp,,pd(ion,
IVorthy AttiLd.,nan Vi'oda) i-.;tated,
tlrit isle PatAaica sell nit tlicd. Join• id ti
sold flit' best mail;et ,1;711 e. 'this, hoirever,'
was alit Le citse, lie ban made very (11.11v:ent
,
:Intro!, on this sni/JeLt 0:1 Ole -
C,.00010..3„ and partiettlady iii Sidolk, and: ti“,,,e
places which had ikaniancotioned, (1-tut tic
that sometime!, .tireetion.t, had been given, not
to sell before Chi iri a. is. lie toot :111 the
hakets who were not concevoed 10 100 IS :'.."4-
iisfied with his col-nil-let, and cow:lca:red the Loot
i‘ttel:llYati trt 1(y)f dillLgondon
as
q'i st)lll''.e of t
..t t.:* :11
t l"
tithe'.l( t
prejudice against them.

Mr. i1111(111lilit th:tt the
°tight to iginated itie C,)tn-I 0 idov-
111LO, ellid lie thllllAtit IC %‘';tS ti;4t
lint to have ti Lin I+,
firit place!. iXC then :1 c0.,;•.e
OWtl it;tlier [h.- b.i:,,-.7,1t00t!r1inf..0,!
of 111();:.!itcli, vvho had
O;SiZel illtd 1030 Ii3(1 by 111. 't! (.:1 3
10711 a: 1011;C ft/Et:Wit:.
the cit,ubt:y kv,i-
illizt 1v1,,*41 pl
t
Nviic,it in ~v,;0“1
criteri(ln i4,r ;.; !•
'lll,e fctiut
linl)t,t:ll.ifon UC tr • ~1:,‘1,-;,n,,1 L'A
tha:.•
tniit W:411 Ii1;1!;1.

Cl)llle,S.SCit 1710,1‘-' Ire
snl'i)rtsen, (Ilion i)Lll..nw
att(l KltCit grett
tiny' silecniC
(:)
Ole Court i() tlecitic s'u['.;ls7
entering Int() any Inv:II; (,!):;:t (ny,.
llta reatiy 1,,)t.)ket.1
%vitli soLliQ u.tontstizuer.i.,

him rlse fur the plyrt9s6 ofi
,Afeciding u great,
question which had so long !la illed the attempts of
former Cnnrts, and pirizled our Legklature.—
Thai 'which all our Legilators and Statesmen had

not for many centuries been able to effect, his
worthy Priem' d thotur,ht himself able, to effect by a

. simple. resolution, in support which he seemed to
. think it unnecessary to adduce many argtiments—
The resnlution,,however, which
,had appeared to
6(1! Mover So self-evideut and conclusive, appeared
to him to be one that the Omit could neit by pos-
sihility agree to. Ile was sure that the Gentle-
men.whO signed the requisitiOn could never have
been aware- that so strange to proposition would
have been submitfed to the Court. The price
of -bread—that iudispensable necessary-of life, end
the representative of the rilne of money—was a
thing I.vhich hardly any Legislature but our own
had ventured to touch. Although our Legislature
had touched it, it had taken care to touch it
with a very delicate hand, It had, indeed, teen
generally, acknowledged, that the interferences of
the Legislature in settling the price of provi4ions
Mad "been almost always prodnetive'of mischief.—
At present/be bakers were obliged to make re-
turns 'Ton oath of the quantity and price of the
flour they bought, and from those returns an aver-
age price is fixed, by which the assize was regu-
lated. lle believed that the high price of flour
wai very unjustly attributed to c-ombination, and
that if the subject were tairly,examined, it would
he found to proeeed from other causes. In the
ye,:r 1795, this country sari' visited by a positive
famitie, and yet the Legislature did not dare to in-
terfere with the prices of flour and bread. If they
had so interfered, they would have considerably
increased the evil. All that the) did was to prohibit
the exporratidu of corn and flour, give bight:Man-
tles on importation, and stop the distilleries. As
-for Government purchasing corn abioad, or esta7
blishing granaries ,at hoMe, he was convinced
that such measure's would produce more harm
, titan good. In 1800 there, was a considerable
searcity, although not a famine ; and yet the Le-
gislato re iii i not think pr,iiper to interfere in regulat-
ing the price of provisions. What the Legislature
did not think proper to do in times of the greatest
sc,Arcity,theCourt was now called upon to propose to
them to do alter an abundant harvest. His worthy
Pri.end ought to have stated strong grounds indeed,
vi hen he proposed: cutting up the present 'sys-
tem, mid introducing another. He had heard
many arguments for doing away the assizeof bread
alto:.;ether, test he had heard mine for extending'
the principle of assize 'to persons and trades that
were not now subje.ct to it. He did not conceive
that the COurt could possibly agree to this resolution,

which earner upon Them t‘itliOut twice. It was
usual, when any Member had any measure to sub-
mit to the Court, to give an outline or sort of
skeleton of it in the notice ; and the mover having
laid the skeleton of his alOtiOti before them, might
in the course of his speech put flesh upon it.
in this case the wot thy Mover had kept the skeletoi:
as well tei the flesh in his, pocket, and the Court
:Were completely ignorant of the nature of his pro-
position until he had finished speech. If,
then, there was nn other objection, shoul4 ob-
ject to it for want of notice, and for being brought
before the Court. by hurprise. It must he, recol-
lected that the ayer,fge pace of bread in the year
1810 was ls. the year ISt t it with ls. 4d.
—in the year 1812, it. with Is. Sti. and now it
is is, 3,1(1. Now, although after "the abundant
harvest we had had, the price might be Somewhat
too high, yet, if compared with the price in frii=
titer years, it could not be said to be very dear.
It was natural. to suppose, that without any inter-
ference, the price of bread must still fall about
two-pence lower, when the supplies of flour came
in from the country. If, then, when all other things
were so dear, bread should be sold during the
winter at thirteenleiree halfpenny the,quartern
loaf, he dirt not think that this wai a price that,
would call up', m the Legislature for any further,in-
terterence. lie der .'eeated the system of throw-
ing out vto.ue and general charges against a whole
trade, and rnnsiderecl Nit the price of provisions,
like that of any other commodities, would find
Its•oWn level. •

Monaz was of opinion that no man in-
tended to speak harshly of the bakers, as a body
of men, though something certainly ought to be
dont ; but au application to Parliament was out
the question. lie should move as an amend-
nwl)t, that it.be referred to a Committee, con
sitting of the Court of Aldermen, and a Common
Councilman front each Ward, to take into consi-

iteration the prtscot high price of bread, and what
/illeass f any, should be_ adopted, in order to
rednee the ZURIC ; and to report the'sairie to the

Court."

Mr. DiXON seconded the motion, and proceed-
ed to state, that in the year 1795, twelve Gentle-
men had been summoned to the Mansion House
by Alderman Skinner, iu order to have the be-
nefit of their advice ; but his own opinion had
previously been made up, though he, (Mr. Dixon),
as well as others, had adviied him to let the mat-
ter rest as it then was, for the apprehension of a
vrentscareity otten
.protincell one. The fleeting
was Of another opinion, and the. Act wirl made.
Alderman liavooes Sala a few words (us far as
we could collect) in favour of the bakers.
Aldefunan ATKINS had consulted with many ho-
nourable men upon the subject, and was sur-
prised that/he worthy Mover should have de-
signated any body of men by the appellation of
public robbers. Great difficulties certainly exist-
ed, but the public mind should net be biassed
a6ain't any body of men. Ohe honourable Mem-
ber was desirous of public competition, but -it be-
lieved the Court to look to the situation in which
they were placed. They could have no wish but
to do justice to the country ; and the country Pt
large, he believed, acre perfectly satisfied with
their conduct. ,`Vas th. assize law to be given
up, sanctioned by the authority and approbation
of the greatest men that the country had produced?
f:aw corn in s-uch quantities, that if any mea-
sure of that kind were to be adopted, perhaps
now was the time ; but such a question should be
looked at in all its parts. ,From the various acts
of Parliament that bad passed upon the subject,
it certainly ;Appeared to have received every de,g-ree
of ccnisideration from the ablest min, it had
met the best consideration of the coutitry, and
been sanctioned by the authority of a long
series of
,Chict Magistrates of the Metropolis,

Cunt the worthy Mover pro4ftice (my instances
of- fraud, he shtinid have , snppcirt ; but
nothing of that natnrti butt been brotight•for.
Ward. Stilt be did not mean to ;assert that no
improvements could be made
.ti.})on the present
system ; much could, no doubt, be elfeetcd by
the expeaienee and 'abilities Of those who hint
passed the civic chair, but not by throwing slan-
der upon, any hotly of men. One point he should
warmly recommend, aml dna was, to consolidate
all the Acts of Parliament, and not be obliged to
refer from one'of them to- another, bat U) make
them woolly applicalde to the mcalinan and to the
baker, and intelligible to, the meanest capacity;
To go more into the.subjeet, at present, would be,
to. prejudge the question. The ,worthy .Mover'
had committed some yrrurs ; but the worthy Al.
di:rman (Wood) had conanitted a pinch wOrse,
by his unguarded attack upon the Chief Magis-
trate: such it proceeding could only tend toliying
the Court into contempt. On such a question as
the p i!tit, the aid' of many would be needful to
come to a sound decision. For himself, he was
of opinion, that an Act of Parliament to consoli-
date all the former Acts, and the continuance of
the assize, was the only groutds on which the
article of, bread could either be reduced to, or
kept at, a Moderate rote.
Mr. Gatt:Furns withdrew his motion.

Mr. St.‘DE thought the great, question was,
whether the assize was a good thing or ►:ot ? Now,
it happened that, in places where there was no
assize, no complaints were heard, and 'the bread
was cheaper. lie was of opinion that the Cou►-
mittee should be instructed to report, before the
meeting of Parliament, whether the repeal of the
ASsize Act would not reduce the price: of bread.
Mr. DixoN thought this should Lew a special
ittstructioit to the Committee.

Alderman BayboF.S said there was a defect in
the system altogether.
Mr, JUDKINS stated, that bad the assize been •
regulated
.by the price of wheat, the average price
of the qUartern-loaf would, for 33 weeks, have
been Is. 7d. To make the baker exercise his trades
when he would lose a penny per loaf was impos-
sible„ Now, indeed, trom the clamour rai3ed
against a very useful body of men, the name of
baker was a term of reproach. To them, to set
the assize by the price of wheatwould be absolute
ruin. Front the state of the weather, the farmer
had had no time to thresh, but had gone from
field to field till he had
.got in the, whple, of his
harvest. One-tenth of the harvest crop would •he.
wanted for seed for the next aud-he himself had
receiyed several letters. (one of which he 'reed)
stating, that from the convulsed state of the Lo-
ndon market, the farmers were reluctant to send
their corn to it. That was the real cause of the.
high price of bread, and. not any combination
among the bakers.
_

Mr. GRIFFITHS briefly replied, and Acknow-
ledged that in his application of the•terni, " rob-
bing the public," he had 9,xpressecl himself un-
guardedly. _ _ _

.111 r. Alderman BIRCH 'MSS' glad the question
had taken such a turn, as every possible informa-
tion would now. he obtained. Some Gentlemen
had expressed a wish that the assize should be
done away ; but this regulation of the assize had
labted for 700 years, and more attention had been
paid to it than to any other gubject of doniestie
regalation, and to Meddle ‘vitlt it would tend ma-
terially to endanger the peace of the metropolis.
Should it now be done away inconsequence of any
visionary speculations, the most mischievous ef-
fects would result from it. A. worthy Alderman
(Wood) had mentioned the case of a. baker, who
uniformly sold at a lower rate than. was fixed by
the, assize ; now, upon his own .spewing, this
was a proof that the assize was virtually done
away, as what this man did, every Man had it itt.
his power to do if he chose. The Court should
be cautious how they recommended tit Parl;ament
to abolish the assize.

Mr. SLADE moved as an amendment, " That,
instead of appointing a Committee, consisting; of
the Court of Aldermen, and a Member of the
Common Council from each Ward, the subject
of the high price of provisions should be referred
to the Corn and Coal Committee."

Upon a show of hands, the Amendment was
negatived, and Mr. Moore's motion Was carried
by a considerable majority.—AdJourned.

DIVID .ENDc.

Oct. 30. J. Terr, of -St..Tohn-strect, 'West Smithfield, li-
lien-draper—Nur. 30. E. "Nlidtitt and .J. Brown, of Gowen-
street, .bitte-mannfacturer;---Nov, Ducklunn and it.
Lunkester, of Dread• street, warehousemen,--Oct. WI. T.
Preston and J. Prince Smith, of tipper Thames-street, lead-
rnerthants;--0ct.4.30. .T. Morton, of New ,Bond-street, •llnen-
draper—No% 13. A. Newman, of Frith-street, Soho, printer'
-;--Nov. IS. T. of Chatham, grocer---Nov. 13. A. •
Lamle, of Leaden!mll-street, hardwarman.-.oet. 2(. E.
Ilarris, of St: Catherine's, provision-merchanr-..-Oct. 30. W.
11. Tempest, of Vauxhall, haberdasher—Nov. 2, J. Sodding--
ton, of Kennington-Common,eurn-dealer—Nov.'C. J. Swan,
It. Anderson, and G. Swan, of Wapping-wall, merchants—
Noy. 13, H. Shroud, of 'Tuley-street, -porkman7---or. 13.
C. Dcalei.of NiWgate-street, taylor----Nor. 2. J. Lee, of Rat,
hosier--Miv. 6. 3. Litinell, of Streatham-
street, Bloomslmry, career--Nova 13. C. W. Knowlton, of.'
rleet-street, hatter---N,ov. J. •Parker, of. -Mortimer,stre,,lt,
t;;aeeridish-square—CeL flu. . WOod, of Three-Oali-kule,
flursleydo+xn, cooper••--Nor. petcherilal jilt*. of Ken-
sington, coach-master—Niw. O. C. -Liner, and I'. A nber, of
Gould-spiare.'llmir-frietors-Nur. Chibaud, of Plutn4,
trre,urect, blooru,bury,jeweller---Nov. 13. J. Bailey, of Ha-
singholl-street, wa,rehopseirion—Nov, N. J. Mirk, w,, of Fre-,
tierielt:i, Owe, Old-dewry, t). A;11,111ter, of
Wtle'Portland-strret, Coachmuher---Nov. 10. L, Monnet, of
Spring-Oarden, tAvern-bseper—Nov. 20. W. Colcii, of Min-
cmg-lane, brolcer—Nue. 0: 3. Vincent, of-Seerhioir-tan,t, car-
pentcc—Nov. la. W. Merritt, of ;11i114anc., Toolc"-street,
merchunt—Nov. 10. 11. Nunn and 3, Bother, of York-iitrect.
-CoventAitatien, haberdashers.