Star.
London, England, 1818-03-28 00:00:00

JOHN DAIII.EYCOR4

RAKERS' BREAD.

Some Cheirfical gentlemen, who have lately taken
the trouble to analyze Bakers' Bread, have found ig
the greatest number of loaves a quantity cf"Al...e,
,and other ibrbidden substances; and we believe the
practice of using it is much more common among
the regular Bakers than is usually thought, and
which accounts for the fact, that many weak 4nd
nervous patients find their.stomachs better when they
live on home-baked, than when they live on Bakers
bread. It is hoped that this subject will meet v:ith
that share of public attention which it so ju,tiy de.
serves, The peculiar smell of most 13akers' bread,
compared with the home-1311;e.] bread, will, in scrne
measure, form a criterion, and point out the pro-
priety of a further analysis.
The following mode of detecting the alum and rt-
ash, is recommended by a respectai:le (*hernia :
Dissolve some bread• in distilled watn, and filt,r it ;
then pour in a solution of Baryirc: it a wl.ith.it
cloud appears, it indicates adulterated bread.

Teter Gs PURR TRA.—M4-ice. your tea as al in
your best tea-pot, if you have two, since tin t will
probably be the largest,
,strrd afford more scope to
your experiment. Then oar off the. first lirirg-itin
of water, and instead of rplenlshing the tea-, of for
a second cup, turn out the ie..ves on a plate. lithey
I are real tea, they seih retain the usual colour ; but if
they are sloe or ash, or any other such production, the
false colouring matter will have been carrieu of in
the water, and the Laves wilt leiriain quite /44.
The foundation stone of a new building, for tl,e
Medical Establishment of St. Bartholomew's
tal, was laid on Taesdarla:t by the Treasurer, 11c,.11
PoweLL, Esq. assisted by several Governors of the
Hospital, and an appropriate prayer delivered by
Mr. Mx, the Chaplain.
On the loth inst. a victualler was convicted befete
the Sitting Mafzistrate, at the Police thrice, Noltilk-
ham, in the re.tiiced penalty of Yiil. for having used
quassia in the brewing ()fah:, as a substitute for hop
The full penalty for this offence, 'under the late Act
of Parliament, is `¶2oJi. and the .‘l:i,;istr.ttes' power to
mitigate the penalty does nut e,teod below 50/. but
under some peculiar Tircuntstanc.es in t: e present
case, the Collector of Excise allowed the renalty to
be reduced to 261.

Wednesday night, between nine and ten (J'cl..ck;
Mr. COLEMAN, of Bedfordbury, was returning from
Stepney fair, he was attacked in IVhitecn
by a gang of thieves, who knocked him down, beat
him cruelly, and robbed him of his watch, his hat
a silk handkerchief, and twelve .in ilvcr.
lie received t.hr..e blows oa the ribs, wnic], t
deprived bins of the power of speech; the
escaped with their bc•oty.
At a late hour cn Wednesday night, or early cn
Thursday morning, the workshop of Mr. EnwanD•
North Audley-street, was broken into by thieves, a.:
plundered of a quantity of lenetian and other
A chest which was in the Flue for the puri,:e :
holding tools, was broke oi.en and also rubbea.
robbefs gained entrance by forcing one of the br...
windows.

As Mrs. Bowt.r.s, the %rife c f Colonel Bots-Lr.c,
coming to town with her sister and a friecd, t.,
the LORD MAyon's che was 11111611mi:0c iy t 1 c-
from her chaise, and was nmst dangcn•osly
and lies in a very dangerous suite, at her sister's itou,e,

in Kensington.
One day last week at the funeral of a per.:(
Dartmouth, Whilst the s...aun -.vas tilling up chi
he fell into it, and expired.

The following :Clic-ring circumgtance oce,irr,:st
Carlisle on the aftcriloon of Tuesday last
son and daughter of Mr. PUTTS, of St onehoufA.,
former aged 16 and the other 29 years), were
ing the river Irthing on a horse, near to liolmhcaL
Brampton, they yene cariied down by the impe:
saintyd
oblotthhedwsrtoreanmel Which was swoln by previom The animal un which they
thrice refused to enter the water: the fourth ,ITtcir;
to urge him forward fatally succeeded, w!lca
whole were engulphed in the foaming elzrnent.
dreadful occurrence was witnessed by t•-o kbn„',
whohad accompanied them, but who c00!,.1:1,,t p,-)s,
'afford assistance otherwise than by ::n iro
diate alarm in the neighlso_urhoos:, s• hen
dlliVe, was unavailing.