Star.
London, England, 1813-09-25 00:00:00

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the bate or RICHMOND is 1411)01Mt4 to the c
bland of tne Sussex District..
Lientenant•Col.nel PEE preteeds iminediately )0
Jamaica, as Deputy Quarter-Master General.
' Sir JOHN HOPE, COHIMEDdEr of the Rates in
Irelandb has received orders for Spain, as second in
command under Marshal Wauniorom, in the place
of the gallant Sir THOMAS GILAkAII, who is coming
home, we are sorry to say, on account of ill health.
Sir J. HOPE was expected to leave Dolan) on Thurs-
day, when Lord Foanas assumed the command, mid
'will tetain•it until the arrival of Omni Itlywarr,
who is appointed his suceeisor. Sir JOHN STUART, it
was thought, would have succeeded SirJotutHon in
Ireland, but we understand he will assume the am,
duct of the operations in the. Bast of Spain.
The COMMANDER IN Cum has ordered that the
Adjutants of Local Militia, appointed to raise men
for the army, who have •not met with adequate suc-
cess, or who have- not eierted•themselves in the duty,
should no longer be employed on that service.
The remainder of the $d Garrison Battalion, which
remained in Ireland, is ordered to embark from Spike
Island for Malta. . •
The Germin prisoners .of war in Scotland have',
freely enlisted into the 60th tegiment, and have been
ordered to assemble at Edinburgh Castle for the
different depots. -
A detachment from the 2d battalion of the Buffs
is under orders to proceed from Reading from em-
barkation. .
The two thousand prisoners arrived at Plymouth
from Passage, are the fruits of the battles of the Py-
rennees, and have been landed at Mill Prison.
The 6th and 7th Regiments are op their way from
Jersey to the Isle of Wight.
• The 2d battalion of the 9th Foot, at present sta-
tioned in Canterbury, have received orders to hold
themselves in readiness to join Lord WELLINccrox, in
Spain.. This battalion returned only a few weeks
since from Gibraltar.
His Majesty's sloop STORK is waiting it the Cove
of Cork, to convoy to Portsmouth the fleet, having
on board the Cardigan and Cornish Miners Regiments
of Militia, and the depots of the 19th Dragoons, the
20th, 76th, and 84th Regiments.

The 2d battalion, 40th regiment, recently quar-'
tered near Waterford, is under orders to embark im-
mediately from Cork for St. Sebastian's. It is also
said, that the 37th regiment is to be brought forward
to the same destination, from Gibraltar, in order to
form part of the garrison of St. Sebastian's, which
is considered the Gibraltar of the north of Spain : a
corps from the southern Gibraltar is therefore select-
ed, as particularly adapted for the foundation upon
which the new garrison of this important station is,
to be formed. The remainder of the garrtson, it is
expected, will consist of Spanish regiments, to whom,
after a little time, the whole charge of the place will
be committed.
It is rather a singular circumstance, that the two
regiments which have suffered so severely at St. Se-
bastian, should have been those in which the gallant
Colonel VASSALf. ran his glorious career. At the
ago of awelve years he entered the 59t1i. and served
in it as Ensign, Lieutenant, Adjutant, Captain, and
Major, He was Lieutenant-Colonel halite 38th, and
'Commanding Officer: he brought' that regiment to
such a state of perfection, as to be unequalled in the
service at the time he fell. When Lord CATHCART
was the Commander in Chief in Ireland, and had
an encampment on the Curragh of 20,000 men, pre-
vious to the- 38th going to South America, that
Regiment was ordered thither, not to be improved,
RS his Lordship was pleased to say, but to be the pat-
tern for other corps. It was called “ the Crack Re-
giment of Ireland." The Ist Battalion is now corn.
manded by the Hon. Colonel OREM ts—the old by
Lieutenant Colonel NUGENT, both excellent Officers.
The following extract of a letter from an Officer
on the spot, gives the particulars of the death of Cap-
tain RHODES, of the Royal Engineei, who was killed
at the head of the storming party in the breach of
St. Sebastian's : _

Ramp, near St:Sebestian's, Sept. 4, 1813.
" He fell in the assault of this town, what pliantly leading ea
di! storming patty to the breach ; he•wascovered with wounds,
living been pierced With no less than eleven balls & the first shot,
which was from a musket, Um& him In the left arm, sad was
almost it.stantly succeeded by a grape shot, which shattered the
same arm to pieces : notwithstanding which he ascended the
'reach, and leaping down into the midst of the enemy, received
the remainder of his wounds, amounting altogether to eleven,
which terminated his existence.*
Lieutenants ROBERTS, of the 71st Regiment, who
was wounded it Vittoria, supposed mortally, we
are happy to say is recovered ; but he. is a prisoner
of wat. In that memorable engagement he received
a sabre wound, which laid him senseless on the;
ground. The French, on returning to the field of
battle, humanely picked him up, finding that he still
breathed, and conveyed him to Bayonne, what he
is rapidly recovering.
RETRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER WITS na'
• liIIRAL GIBBS' ARMY, DATED
" Stralsund, August Sl,llll S.
uWe are not likely to remain long -here. A de-
tachment of our small army has marched this day for
Lubeck, which the French' have been compelled to
deliver up to the brave Swedes. This is certainly the
land of plenty; bread ld. per pound, beef 4d. but-
ter 10d. &c. Colonial produce is dear, and Manu-
factured goodi scarce ; moist sugar 14d. per pound,
lump from Is. Gd. to Is. 10d. •
" We have been this week a little alarmed by the
advance of a French corps of 16,000 men into Poore.
rania. This town is in a very bad state of defence,
but all the inhabitants without distinction of rank or
sex, are employed upon the fortifications. The vo-
lunteers of the town mount guard night and day,
and have enough of service, as the extensive w
require one thousand men to complete them. We
have a number of French prisoners brought in daily,
some as old as 60, and others u young as ISI most,
miserable wretches they are, without sines or hats,'
and with clothing barely sufficient to cover their
nakedness.
"'We have about two thousand Germans here,
who call themselves the death and glory corps ; and
they havi taken an oath not to be made prisoners,
but to conquer or to die ! They are fine handsome
young fellowt of respectable famlies, well disciplined
and eloathed at their. own expence. Sunday we es-i

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lofted &think tot the nestraisect emu op to Iliad
hoborgb,. whi-ch-we reached on Tuesday 'matins,'
"here we found the 6th British regiment, ands de-
tachment of the German Legion.
• " Friday, one of the French Generals who lints in
ustia last winter, was brought in by some Costacks.
He iris travelling in disguise to Norway.
"' Last night seven waggon-loads of prisoner ar-
rived here in a deplorable condition. Thursday, the
Duke of Mecklenburgh and suite arrived here, in 42
carriages, on his way to his own territories. Our
troops are daily firing fen.dejoies for victories."
PYRENEES.
" CAMP, 4th DIVISION, AUGUST,m,
I ".We have been allot us gaping in the grand. arnly
Ifor news from England; and all anxious to know how
John Bull would receive the accounts of the two bat-
tles of the Pyrenees ; they assuredly have covered the
Marquis (the Duke we hope by-this time) with more
honour and glory than all his former exploits. Instead
of 15,000 men, all the deserters say that Souk's
army is now near 30,000 men less-than it was before
his expedition, undertaken to chive us beyond the
Ebro. We fear that you will not be able, nor even
many military lit home, properly to appreciate the
value of the two battles of the Pyrenees. There
never was a finer display of military skill and ma-
neavre than was exhibited by WELLINGTON and
So JLT, from the 25th July to the 2d August and
the French, the whole of them now confess, that the
Duke of DALMATIA, whom they all looked up to
next to Boxesaays, and whom they all wanted to
bring into contact with the Marquis, was " buss,
Mama baits.' Never did Philladore play a game of
'chess with more science and accuracy than the mili-
tary game Loid WituaNaron played. Every move
had an object, and contributed to the glorious end of
liberating the Peninsula, and ultimately the world
from the slaiery and chains. of a merciless tyrant.—
None of the English papers that we haie seen convey
the least idea of-what has been done lately.
" Our situation was more than once critical in the
extreme—the instant Lord WELLINGTON came up he
saw every thing with an eagle's eye, sat down in a
village, which the enemy was striving to get and our
people to retain, and wrote his orders. It is actually
the case, that it was likely the enemy would have en-
tered before he could finish ; and he had his horse
and orderly Dragoon at the door, and an Aide-de-
Camp on the out look to let him know if they were
galloping into the town. He had hardly given the
orders to Lord FITZROY Sommer to carry to Sir
Lown COLE, and mounted his horse, when the
French Dragoons were in the village—he was out of
it in an instant, and on a neighbouring height, re-
connoitring them with his glass. The accounts of
his being up, ran like lightning among the Officers
and men of the 4th division, and they felt a confi-
dence which would have macje them attempt any
thing. The brilliancy of the manoeuvres, and the
profound skill displayed, is the ti etne ef universal
admiration among the French Officers.
" At one time SOULT sins within an ace of being
taken, an excellent English horse which he rode alone
saved him. Many of the French Officers, lam sorry
to say, owe their escape to the same cause, and this
accounts for our having so few officers, and no Ge-
neral, prisoners, with 4500.
" The Spaniards make the Marquis Prince of the
Pyrenees—we confidently look to his being made an
English Duke ; and that the Hero of Barossa, the
gallant PrcroN and HILL, will be made Barons. On
such an occasion BONAPARTE would have made three
or four Princes, half a,dozen of Marshals, and half a
hundred Barons and Counts ; and this is one of the
secrets of his great success ; he has the means of re-
warding, and of,•I may say, bidding higher for mili-
tary merit ; he bribes his Generals to do extraordinary
feats. It is said with us thit ourible (2narter-Master-
General and Adjutant-General, the Hon. Lieutenant.,
Generals STEWART and CoLvicce, and Generals'
BRISBANE, KEAIPT, BARNES, and Ross,- who all so
greatly distinguished themselves,, will either get red
ribbands or be made Baronets."

" CAMP, 9th DIVISION, SEPTEMBER 8.
" We are all delighted to hear that• our gallant
Commander, Lord DALHOUSIE, along with General
STEWART and the Adjutant and Quarter-Master-Ge-
neral, were made knights of the Both. This honour
could not ban been conferred on any four individuals
who are more popular in• the army, or whose merits
stand higher.

" Being encouraged by Sows, who is constantly
sending in spies to Pampeluna, and communicating
by signals with the Castle of St. Sebastian's, the Go-
vernors of these places continue to hold out. We
hear by deserters, that SOULT has just received consi.
derable reinforcements; and that he will immediately
again make another great effort, attack us, and drive
us from our present position overlooking France.—
There is no doubt he will continue us these attacks,
harassing us as long as these two places hold our.
" We still want more troops. We have heard a
story, which we would fondly believe, that 50,000
Militia are coming out ; to which as many cavalry,
artillery, and regulars will be added, las will make
the force 40,000 ; the whole -under the•.ommand of
Sir J. HOP; and some of the best home Generals.—
We are in the mean time fortifying the whole front
of our position, constructing redoubts, breast-works,
&c. along the whole line of the Pyrenees which the
Allied Army occupy. The rainy weather has set in,
and bleak enough is our post.
Wben we came to this part of Spain, so near to
the North coast and so short a distance from Engt
land, we expected to find sutlers with all the good
things as well as with articles of cloathing, but every
thing is uncommonly dear. Tea from three to four
dollars a pound, English sugar and cheese a dollar a
pound. In fact, a dollar is a round sum, and nothing
comes under it.

" Since writing the above, I hear at last that the
'Castle of Sr Sebastian, the Gibraltar of this part of
Spain, has fallen. As the Bth division can now join
the,arnsy, there is no doubt we shall move on.
" The French, it is said, have moved backward
behind a ravine which is immediately in front of
Bayonne, and we shall occupy the ground they have
left, and descend from the top of the mountain. In
the mean time we move to the right towards Ronce-
valles. The 4th division relieves us. We have suf-
fered much in all the late glorious alrairs-i4he poor
el st •are quite cutup."

inAtsdit, tl•PreMakß
Wll4.lllteallsY OtisLISA MONO Els, bake AreLA-
11131CX arrived heir. An Ames *lied 'lsere the
same tetning, aboht eleven o'clock, from the Mune
Radix* toiler MAJESTY. with the particulars of the
dispatches from Sir C. STEWART.
Yesterday morning her lifinsrY, accompanied by
the Princess Euzaarrn' took an airing to Frogmort.
Princesses Avomira andSOPAIA accompanied by the
Duke of CLAHRECR, GeneralsiiiirTllTA/U) and TAT-
wit. with . their other attendants, rode on horseback
in the Great Park.
His Royal Highness the Duke of awarsca left
Windsor this day.
This morning her MAJESTY and Princesses ELlZA-
snit and MARY took an airing to Frogmore. The
Duke of nun arrived at the Castle, from Casdebar
Hill, and at ten o'clock accompanied Princesses Au-
°arra and SOPHIA on horseback in the Great Park.
Her Royal Highness Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES
took 'an airing to her phaeton and grey ponies.

COVENT-GARI.IIBN THEATRE.

- Mr. Vim°, who came out last week in Frederic-A,
is The Poor Gest/max, made his second appearance
last night as Harry Dorwtou, in The Road to Rails.
In this character Mr. V. improved upon acquaint-
ance. In the scene with Silky, and in that where he
receives the 416000 from the Widow, he surpassed our
expectations. His performance throughout was re-
spectable, and he obtained considerable applause.—
TERRY'S Old Dorman is a good piece of acting. No
man on the stage seems to enter more completely
into the spirit of the character he sustains than Mr.
' Tana Y.—Maritsws, in Goldfock, was ben up, and
touched up four-in-band folly prime. Emmy, in
Silky, displayed genuine humour, and seemed to feel
himself more at home than he usually does in old
characters. The meanness and hypocrisy of ete usurer
were pourtrayed with a masterly hand, and it was
impossible to witness his performance, and refrain
from laughter. Mrs. KENNEDY acted the Widow
Warren exceedingly well. She ought to have made
her debut in this character, as she appeared to much
greater advantage in it than in any thing she has yet
attempted. Miss BOOTH was greatly applauded in
Sophia, and the play went off in the best style.

MARGATE, SEPT. 23.
Intelligence has at length arrived relative to the
lost packet. The King George hoy came into port
this morning, and informs us that the British Queen
is now performing quarantine in the creek below
Gravesend. We learn, that on Monday night she ran
athwart the bows of a ship from the Levant. One
of the sailors belonging- to the Queen jumped on
board the proscribed vessel, to release the rigging,
but returned immediately to his own ship. The dm.
covery was too late. The British Queen is now ob.
liged to comply with the strict rules provided in
these case', and is placed under the same restrictions
as the other vessel. We hear that there are about
thirty passengers on board the former ;—the limited
time of performing quarantine is 40 days.
Wripezar's Musical Promenade. on Tuesday last,
was attended by the first quality of Margate, broad.
stairs, and Ramsgate ; the attraction was Master
WziPesaz, who made his first appearance in public
on the pedal harp. He performed an ohligato part
in a Trio, with his father and Master De PlNlgatt in a
masterly style, and received universal applause.

A MANIAQ—Dorins several days past, a seaman,
named kifta., boatswain of the Lynx, has been trou-
blestnne at the Admiralty, by making inquiry for the
Lords Commissioners, conducting himself indeco-
rously, and insulting the officers. In consequence of
his extravagant behaviour, be was yesterday turned
out of the Office, and very soon after was seen walk-
ing in the Admiralty-yard with a large clasp knife
open.. He was heard in that menacing attitude to
say he knew the man who had turned him out, and
that he would be revenged when the person came to
the spot where he was waiting. The determined con-
duct of the man induced the Messengers to send to
Bow-street, and Lavender and Pearks, the officers,
soon nude their appearance. They immediately se-
cured him, and searching his person, found nothing
but half a horse-shoe, which he was extremely anio-
ous to preserve, saying it was his property, and that
he had brought it from Halifax, in America. The
officers had orders to convey him to the receiving.
ship at the Tower, from whence he is to go to the
Nore to be examined, and in case he proves to be in-
saneswill be sent to a lunatic asylum.
Atone boy, about nine years of age, the son of
Mr. WILLIAMS' Printer, was drowned yesterday af-
ternoon. opposite the Savoy prison, in the river
Thames.
The child had been playing with several
of his little companions on some coal-barges which
are moored off that place, when, unhappily his foot
slipped, and he was precipitated into the water. An
alarm was immediately given, and every exertion
wits made, by dragging and otherwise, to find the
body. These exertions were, however, unsuccessful
for one hour, at the end of which time the lifeless
corpse was drawn on shore.
Monday, about two o'clock in the morning, as
Grottoa Bums and his son, (about 13 years of age)
were driving their master's, Mr. Cook's waggon,
from Stoke by .Nayland to Sudbury, the horses tcok
fright about two miles from the -termer place, and the
fathes and son in attempting to stop them, were both
beaten down, and the waggon passed over them ; the
son immediately got up and went to his father, and
asked him if he was hurt 1 who replied, that his leg
was broken, and asked his son if be was hurt I who
said, the waggon ran over me, but I think I shall soon
be better. He then got his father's hat, which laid
in the road, and put kt on his parent's head, but upon
being asked by his father, if he could go to a neigh.
bonring house to get assistance 1 he said, no, dear
father, for I am worse, I must lay downs which be
did, and died almost immediately! The father in
this situation crept upon his hands and knees about
a quarter of a mile ; but it was upwards of two hours
before any assistance could be obtained. The horses
ran to Sudbury, a distance of nearly eight miles.—
The poor man and his son both bad most excellent
characters. On the following day-an inquisition was
taken by JOHN WAYMAN. Gent. upon the body of the
unfortunat; young man, and the Jnry of course retto-
nod a verdict 0f..-Accisissual Death.

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The tonnartag pettaaehirs reopettat this Wirer&
state woman are stilted in some affidaVits gamin le
the patentee_ of laird Quint, the Hi. li Shitiff; tad
four Magistrates of the county of Tipperaral pt
Meeting content's! at eabir. fot the potpie* awaking
inquiry tespecting Mrs Clifford's character, on ay.
count of her being impeached by Leary with the
tiiiirder of Clifford. It appears that Clifford was *
well-known character in that part of the cnuntg,ai
where he went by the name of Ned Clifford.
earned his livelihood by jobbing in cattle at fairs, and
had a few pounds of his own.
Thomas Burke, the husband of Mr& Clifford,
quitted his wife and family about ix years ago, and
came to London, where he remained Only about three
weeks. He and his wife and family leading a most
wretched life of contention, they, in the presence of
his brother, Wm. Burke, a wealthy man, and much
led in that neighbourhood, agreed to separate
an apart- In consequence of this agreement,
Thomas Burke disposed of his holding to his Mother
William, for which he received £3O an Bank of Ire►
land notes, sixteen of which, and a horse, Thomas
Burke paid to his wife, on condition of her taking the
five youngest children with her, leaving the eldest, a
boy 17 years of age, with him. Mrs. Burke deter-
mined to remove from that neighbourhood, and re:
side with a sister of her's, who lived near Lismore, In
the county of Waterford, a distance of about four
teen miles. On the day of her departure for that
place, her brother-io-law. William Burke, accoms
panied her to a cousin of her's, who lived about seven
miles on her road, at a place called I'ubbera, in the
parish of Caster Grace ; he took her furniture with
him in a horse and cart of his own, and the horse
given her by her husband was led along side. When
Wm. Burke left her, and her children and furnitutes
at her cousin's, he took his leave. Here she remained
until her sister sent her eldest sin with a horse and
cart for her, her children, and furniture, being about
seven miles further, where she remained five week.s,
and where she was thin determined to settle. She
proposed selling the horse to her brother-in-law ; but
he would not buy the horse without her husband's
consent, lest he should have any future claim on it.
for which purpose he sent for Thomas Burke; who
accordingly came, and gave his consent to the sale',
on condition that neither she nor the five children she
had with her, nor the one of which she was then prer-
nant, should ever trouble him. Edward Clifford, 'the
deceased, called there, being determined to go to Loos
don, in order to get a letter to her brother, Mr.
Lyons, in Parker-street, in hopes he could befriend
him on his arrival in London t this letter he bats pro.
raised, but desired to call again.
In the course of conversation between the two .sits
tern, it was agreed upon that Mrs. Burke should take
advantage of Clifford's going to London, to take her
children with her and accompany him, in hopes that
her brother, who was -a widowef, and comfortably
situated, would do something for her and her Ails
dren ; accordingly they set off together. In Cork
she exchanged her Trish noteslor English ones, which
she received from Mr. Cahil, clerk to Mr. Daly, an
eminent merchant, residing in Mallow-lane, Cott....
On their journey they agreed to live as man and was,

DERBY, saprlktuit
We have seldom Seen so large a concourse of pet)-
* collected together in this town, as Are assembled
to witness the ascent of Mr. WiLice,'s Balloon, on
Monday last._ From nine o'clock in the morning till
twelve the street* of Derby, and the various roads
leading to the Siddals, were crowded with passengers
I of all kinds, in every kind of conveyance, finds the
titled equipage to the handsome fanner's daughter
on
foot,
with her clean white gown and party-eo.
loured ornaments. They all seemed abundantly
happy with the thoughts of the day's amusement
and certainly the fineness of the weather, the eitteib
lence of the ground from which the balloon was to
ascend, and the well oncerted atrangtarti adopted
by the Committee who managed the business on the
part of our infirmary, offered MT, reasonable expire.
ration that the Public would have beet fully grail.
1 fie& Bat it was fated that all this favoured us la
vain ; for although the process of filloig went on for
a short time in the best manner, and the proper gas
continued to be produced by the sulphuric acid and
zinc with such rapidity as to endanger the bursting
of the apparatus, the balloon filled to a certain point,
and then continued stationed, in consequence of its
being full of small holes, which let out the gas as fast
as it was generated. When every expectation of its
being filled was abandoned, the Committee at last
gave orders for the gaspipe to be turned from the
balloon, which very soon lost all the air which it con.
coined, and fell empty to the grounds
After this, the Committee came forward, and assn.
red the spectators, as a recompense for their &sap.
pointment, that they would endeavour to bring Mr.
SADLER to the town with his balloon, and that be
should ascend without any more expense to.thein..
They appeared to be perfectly satisfied with this dc.
claration; and, although so great a number of per.
sons were collected together, they began to disperse
quietly, and every thing would have terminated
peaceably, had not a few ill advised individuals exci-
ted a disposition to tear in pieces the balloon, which
was properly quelled by the dragoons who were pre.
sent. But this called down the vengeance of the
people upon themselves; although they had only done
their duty, and were not at all instrumental in the.
disappointment.
They were obliged to guard the balloon from the
Siddals to the Town.hall; but as they pissed over
the Canal-bridge and down the Siddals-lane, they
were assailed from behind the hedges with the most
violent showers of stones, which wounded several,
and made it absolutely necessary for one of the Ma.
Aistrates to order them to clear every place, at all Its.
lards. No person, however, was materially hurt,
and this is to be attributed to the good temper and
address displayed by Major HAMELN and the Scots
Greys, who bore the intemperance of the mob for a
considerable time before they began to act.
deserve equal commendation for the dexterity with
which they put to flight the disorderly without inju.
ring them, striking with the fiat side of their swords,
and almost teaching their horses to be as careful as
they were themselves. We were sorry to see two or
dwelt dragoons with severe wounds on their heads,
and their cap-plates beaten in, besides OW who had
his anger dislocated by x stem

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We with particulnrlt t 'OA the IttitiftinA bt th&:
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to the state those' plAteifbt• the iecep-1
3 inn of the' Poor terrne& ” fraot,Ainita;"; to W.tirro this ,
wnfortunate tlisi of minima ate tratiikitel .and
- farmed out, by those pin Mies to Oat they fielont,
• -in gitace 'of wiaintiiniiii them -properly:*lthin thetr.
I. - *lawn diStriets.
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We:. hst've,wits heart-rending setpattoO4 tifiiolne
of those Places, where theaged,diseakssik*4lPotd;
are indiseritninately htatlUd togeiit,6 iOnruted
apartments, and in a pitirid:atMoseshatlftiotti whitli
plagne ii to be apprehended; unless exertions ,
tnsde to conterffet the, evily theritrw-thereitretc
oti-bedi literally towered with Tags, 141 i most cletileir.
' able state of filth and wretchedness, and' clfpriTedoil
that:cleanliness, comfort, and accnpoindatibti,'o4'
their peculiar caws loudly call ftef, and troth side
try which has so nobly •exercisitt,:iticii (Mink'
benevolence towards the tulfOrtunitt,' * - .

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TO' Ttit• OF THE
• Sm--The praiseworthy exertions.," tornrilti
Chief Magistrate in aetecthe iildpoititions.prick
TlCtised hy Bakers upon the Public, must Call forth the,
approbation of every person who Pessesses a particle
of feeling forlhe distresses of the lovier classes of
community ; and no information which tan; in the
smallest degree, pre*** the wished fat** ought to
be withheld. .
• • This con sideritiOU induces *le to.adeAtti m
hoping it may prompt enquiries which will petite ties,
- nefici4. 'The present legal allowinee
,to bakers
13s. 4d. per sack, which certainly appears W, be.
very sufficient profit ; but I will prove that as the
lavi- now stands, tt bakei may obtain at least 10s.
\- per sack more, making the total profit one mond three
gtollinn and fourtratre peCiaik, Without infringing
upon any Act now usiorte—and the practice is be. j
come general in several bf the Northern ,Connties,
;- and particularly so in London, I mean baking bread.
in tin pans instead of the oven bottom—it is provi
by experience that .a peck of !lour prepared for the
oven wall, if intended to be baked in tinaotdmit bf
. at least one quart more water than if intendid. to be
biked upon j,the Oven.lsottom ; and whetilialted will
-retain all the idditioista moisture, consequently. will
• weigh two pobiidi more than the assize weight, viz.
191 b.
.6oz. the half-peck 91b. • I loz. the qnartern
41b. IStoi.-I-now the assize' weight of a loaf made
• 'from n peck, or 14)b. of flour, is ,171b.60z..the half.
peck Slb. lloz. the quartern 41b. filioa.=..from this
.M. 41 be seen the loss the public suffers from bread
• bated in tins, even where the baker adherex strictly to
tiulaw : but, in places, where no assize is set, and
pow kJ.) beilit. case in several populous towns, it is
• ...pot uncommon for bakers to divide the peck of flour
Ibtrifive parts, and of
eachthem for a quartets
sin.with impunity. This, rlcnow, might be Tone-
- ired by the MagistrAtes s but without a power gran.
Vied them to encrease . the assize weight of the quer-
tern loaf of bread • baked in tins to 41b. ISioz. that is
ounces More than is allowed for the bread baked
upon the oven bottom, every purchaser will continue
to lose two pounds upon, every peck loaf 30 baked :
which is more that ten per cent.—a serious evil to
:41te lower ci.asses, who are almost solely the purchasers
4i* NI) bread, .as the principal part of the househol.
,
tre, *
114 ate northern parts of the country buy their
; .0 aria have it made into bread in their own
• loysess knowing the advantage they obtain by so
wing.. '" T'ro'th needs not the foreign aid of °ma-
i thent”.....therefore, merely request you will make this
public, which will oblige .A.CON3TANT EXAM&
GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday iswoman of the name of
lbw, was charged, before the Sitting Alderman
(Sir M. BLoyAm), With exposing for sale thnie leaver
Aehient in weight : one of there being two ounces,
Asti the ethers one ounce each, below the standard.
210 woman in her defence stated, that she had re.
..eoived the loaves from a baker of the name Of Pow.
ley, residing in Bishopsgate Without, in order to re.
tail them, and was wholly ignorant Of liteteheing
;deficient in weight. The Alder Min 'obiericed; that
..thebaker, Rowley, was the real delinquent, and sorfy
. •he was that from his. residing without the -Sciunds of
..the City, he was unable to punish him in the manner
he deserved. He then fined the woman in 10s. for
.tbe number of ounces deficient, at the rate of 2s. 41d.
per ounce, at the same time 'admonishing her to be
snore cautious in future respecting the bread she was.
employed to retail: • '
A baker of the name of .011nornr, living on Snow-•
hill, was likewise fined for exposing to sale loaves
below the standard weight, at a price under the
assize. The baker's journeyman endeavoured to ex•
culpate his master at -his own expellee, by Wonting
the deficiency in weight to own neglect or kid-
- vertence : but the Alderman held, that it was the
master's duty to watch over the conduct bf 'his ter,
vent, for which he was unquestionably responsible
while he continued in his employ. •
MAaLlsottouctt-sTaerr.—A female servant in the
employ of Mr. Owen, of Mount-street, was Charged
with fobbing her master of a re?.o note, under the
Allowing circumstances: The prosecutor is a widower,
and the prisoner was his confidential servant. The
former had deposited three notes of 029 each in hiS
desk in his bed-room, and, on searching on Wednes-
day, one of the notes was missing. Suspicion fell
upon the prisoner, who was the only person who hard.
access to his room, and a constable was sent for to-
take her into custody.. Several small notes were
found about, and it was discovered she had etanged
luta(' note,' and that part of the notes found:upon
her, were given her in changed She was remanded
for another examination. . • • : • •
Mr..MATTSON, •of Argyle-itivet, Wei• storiped by
. two fellows on Sunday sight, whilst returnintb.re„
in his chaise from 'Ashford, near the entrance into
$e high road.on Hounslow-heath. They Were irmed
With hludgeons, and obtained about 03, which for-
tunately was 41 Mr. M. had in his pocket.
•
Wednesday
.eventng, As st journeyman carpenter of
the name of Whitakerpresiding in Paul-street, Shore,
ditch. was refusing from Newington, he was knock-
' ed; down in the, fields leading from the Mite 144
Mills liciatto, rrin. fellows, who rifted his po •
of and about.4d. in copper. •