The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-27 00:00:00

ivrx LAW FOR THE SALE OF BREAD.

The new Act of Parliament for regulating the sale
of Bread, which is just published, will affect an entire
revolution of the trade of the Baker, as will be seen
from the following abstract of some of Its principal
provisions
It enact', that from and after the 29th of September
next, no Baker shall coatioue to make or sell bread
in peck loaves, half-peck, or goartern leaves, under a pe-
nalty not exeeding M. and not less than 40s.
lial.ers are allowed to wake Bread of such weight or
s'ze as they please, and to sell it only by weight, mailer a
penalty rust exceeding 40.. French and fancy bread, or
rolls, are exempt from this part of the Act.
' Any Baker selling Bread not previously weighed in
the presence of the party purchasing the same, whether
reqnirerl lsy the purchaser to do so or not, forfeits for
every such offence a slim sot exceeding 10s.
Itaiters neglecting to keep scales and weights in their
shops, nsing false scales or weights, to be subject to a
penalty not exceeding SI.
Every Baker or Baker's journeyman detected in adul-
terating bread, to be fined a sum of not less than 51.. and
ni,; exceeding lot ; or in default of paying such fine, to
be imprisoned six months. The names of all offenders
to be published in the newspapers.
The adulteration of corn or flour, or the selling of
Pone of one sort of corn far the Hoar of any other coru,
to be pnnislied with a fine of not less than 51. and not
snore than 2111. .
All bread made of mixed flour to he mailed with a
Boman M. nnder a penalty not exceed 10s.
Millers, Waimea, et Bakers, having any ingredients
for the adulteration of meal or bread on their premises,
to be fined 404. and not exceeding 101.; the obstructing
orally authorisedsearcksubject to a penalty, not exceed-
ing VW.
Oaken not to bake bread or rolls on the Sabbath day:
nor to bake pies, &r. except between the hours of nine
o'clock in the morning and one o'clock in the afternoon,
wider a penalty of from Ios. to dOs.
Such are the principle provisions of this Act, which is
to be in force for two years.

SPORTING INTELLIGE:VGE.
WISCHP.STER RACES.—Tutaisray, J(LV 23.

The St. Leger Stakes of 35gs each, for three year olds.—
Last mile soda half.
Mr. 11. Jones's rh. f. by Partisan .. I
Lord Pa:rerrston's b. e. by Phantom .. .. 2
The JaIT gtaket of 23;x each, for 410 year Old.. inlr. e
quarters of a mile.
'W. Shard's b. f. by Sinolensko I
Plensing'srh. r. by Saeolensko
Ttie City Members Plate. Two mile heats.
" Wet tiiiiet Vridoo, kyr' old .. .. 2 1 1
TirolT:Zen a Tea...re. 5 yrs old 1 2 2
Mr. farirbar•on's b. f. by Haphazard, 4 yrs old 3 dr
The sporsesan never had a more exhilirating pros.
pert of sport titan the present season affords bim. The
birds Ore nuq-erous, and strong on wing, and it may
be Lirly pri.sitmed no standing corn will impede bis
pursuit of g.OAI when found.—(Brighton Herald.)
Much has been said of late of the profits of the
brewer; a correspondent asks hose de the baker and
butcher fare in this respect ?—(f/tid.)
PcncstniaNlSAl.-111.1kosley. the pedestrian, ander-
took his match yrsterday, to run 15 miles in an hone
and 33 minute,,, in Ashford Park, ler a bet of one hun-
dred guineas. He did his first three miles within IS
minutes, and he performed live miles in 29 minutes and
12 seconds. - Ile sontinned on at a winning rate, and did
ten miles in one hour and one minute. Ile was at this
r barked at G to 4 to win, butt he fell lame in the
lager part of the fourteenth mile. and could not get t.n,
baring more than seven minutes left for the last mile.
The lameness Was a sprain in the right ancle, which lost
him the match.
• Another men of one hundred yards was run, for five
guineas, between Cartwright and Fielder, which was
won by the former, in eleven seconds.
A boxing matrb took place at Bassett's Pole, 10 miles
from Birmingham, on Monday se'nnight, for 25/. a side,
between H. Wiener, the Tauaworth botcher, and Arthur
blathison. a Birmingham basket-maker. The botcher
sin the tallest man, weighing near 19 stone; Mathison
.114 nut weigh above 10 stone, and about 5 feet 5 inches
high. B tines 1014 seconded by Kettle, a Tamworth
than ; and Lee picked tip Mathison. After 51 bard
' thnnik, sietnry declared to favour of Mathison ; and
the Birmingham men are so pleased with their game
chit ken, that they wish bins to try his fortune in the
London sing, among the light weights.
TliumlnYi Mr. Huffy, of Carburton-street, undertook,
foe a vt.iger of fifty guineas, to ride a horse from the
above place to Brighton and back, the distance being
one hundred an,l sic miles, within twenty hours; his pace
not to exceed a tru'. Ile started Thursday morning at
2 o'clock for Brighton, and arrived in London at half
pat nine at nisflit, winning his wager half an hour within
the time, and his horse apparently but little distressed
from his exertions-. The animal, we understanike, is six.
tceu years old.

On Wednesday, a bottle was picked up at East-
roarer, containing the following written paper, acd
two lettent :
"TLis bottle was thrown overboard from the brig,
Lady Npham, Captain Thomas Jenkin, from London,
bound to Kingston, Jamaica, out five days from C
end: now off Start Point, with a fair wind and all well.
It is requested, should this be found, that it may be in-
serted in the daily papers, and the letters forwarded.
Tuos;Jusxtra."
June 22, 1822, at Meridian."
'fhe letters were directed to—Mrs. Captain Jenkin,
Chnrch-row, Limehnnae, London.—and to Mrs. Trutcb,
A,Leott, Glosteohat ry, Somerset.
In the concluding sentence but one of Mr. Parkins's
letter of yesterday, beginning "As an expiation for what
lie did.”—instead of " William," read " Jocelyn
built a Cistercian Monastery and was canonized by the
Pope."
Yererday forenoon a gang of young thieves, eight in
number. the eldest of whom is not more than seventeen,
•urrounded a gentleman in Dean-street, Suho, and
~'eked his pocket of a silk handkerchief. The gentle-
to nu immediately apprised of his loss, when two of
•ne party were secured and taken to St. Ann's watch-
..lise. where they were handcuffed, and from thence
t,..veyed to Marlborough-street Office for examination.

THE STA'

HARrESi ANo MARKETS.

The Harvest appears to be more forward in the Santis
and West of England than in any other part of the
kingdom.
In the neighbonrherid of Norwich the wheat harvest
is either very generally commencing, or has commenced.
At Hepwarli, in Suffolk, a crop of oats were cut anti
carried, and the ground manured, ploughed, and sown
for turnips by the 20th of July.
In the vicinity of Nottingham many fields of wheat,
barley, and oats, are already cut, and in another
week, should the weather be fine, the harvest will be
general. The straw is short, but the crop of grain
it is supposed will he a full average one.
Several samples of new wheat have been shewn at
the different markets in Sussex during the week, and
all of good quality, with great weight; the a ge
weight is expected to e.ceed 601bs. the Winchester
bushel.

WAT•11F011D, JCLY 24.—Batter has fallen off in de.
wand and in supply. Best rated yesterday 765. to 77r.
weighed at the Crane, 31unday, 131 firkins, yrster
day, 203.

MR. W. WALTER AND. ilk O'MEARA. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. "
To WILLIAM WILLIAM WALTER, &Q. DevonsutimPuca. HOUSE OF LORDS FRIDAY, Jutv 26.
this morning took the liberty of seeding a
friend of mine to you, for the purpose of making the At a snarler before four o'clock, Viscount Ml:Lyme,
communication contained in this letter. Having learnt the Earl Of SNAFTESBURT, and the Loan CHANCELLOR
from bim that pecuniary recompense ;vas not the object 'Prised as his Majesty's Commissioners, and brought
you bad in view, so much as the public avowal of my the Royal Assent to the following Bills:
sorrow and [outride@ for the outrage and assault I had The Leather Duty and the Salt Duty Redaction Bills,
incautiously committed against von, I bet leave to re. the Exchequer Bills' Issue Bill, the Duchy of Cornwall
tern you my acknowledgements fur the forbearance you Bill, the Court of Exchequer Sittings' Bill. the Bank
have shewu, in not instigating a public prosecution rapt Laws Amendment Bill, the Scotch Juries Bill, the
against me in a Court of Law, assuring you most so- Alehouses Licenses' Bill, the Ireland Insurrection Act
letnnly that I was led into the commission of the offence Revival Bill, the Irish Endowed Schools' Bill, and the
by the representations of others, that you were the per. Ireland Temporary Advances Bill.
son of whom I was in search; this, and this alone, led The following bills were then read a third time and
to the insult I offered you; but hiving discovered my passed The Charge of Funded Debt Bill, the Re-
error, and that you were neither directly nor indirectly ceivers General Bill, the Scotch Royal Burghs' Re-
connected with the, Times Newspaper, I could net [elation Bill, the Irish Fisheries. and the Silk Bounties'
repose my bead upon my pillow without having offered
you every atonement in my power. Be assured, Sir, IRISH CONSTABLES.
that your feelings cannot be more wounded than mine The Earl of LIMERICK presented a Petition from
were onfinding that I had,however unconsciously, given the Greed Jury of the County of Lowtb against the
offence to a Gentleman from whom 1 had received no Irish Cqnstables Bill. Read and laid on the table.
provocation. The pain which it has given civ. finds a Lord REDESDALE presented a Petition from the
feeble counterpoise in the promptitude with which I Rev. George Bugg, of Lutterworth, complaining of
offer you every atonement in my power. That I have having been dismissed from three Curacies successively.
been culpable I confess; but the fault lies with others and leg with a wife anti four children without provision,
who have misled me, and not with me ; and if I could for by the present Bishops of Winchester and Lincoln. no-
an instant suppose that I had been wilfully deceived, I, der tli[3lloeo. 111. c. 113. s. 6, and the 57 Geo. 111. c.
would not lose one moutent in bringing the parties who 99. s. 47, without any cause assigned, or any complaint
thus betrayed me. to punishment. lam most anxious against his moral, religious, or canonical conduct, and
that this, my explanation and apology to you, should be praying that the above sections might be repealed.—
made as public as possible, which will only he common- Ordered to lie on the table.
aerate with the injury I have done to your feelings and NEW BILLS.
those of your family; and stub this view lam desirous Mr. BROGDZN and others brought tip from the Com-
of inserting this letter in such of the public newspapers, moos the Captured Vessels Bill, the Irish Commercial
as you shall point one, And remain, Sir, Credit Bill, the Ordnance Office Bill, and the Isle of
Your obliged and obedient bumble servant, Ran Postage Bill, which were read a first time.
Lyons Inn, July 24, I. B. E. O'MEARA. The Hard Labour Bill, the General 'furnpilzes Bill,
the Heart of King's Bench Rosiness, and the Orphans'
Fend Bills were read a second time.
The East India Loan Bill, the Countervailing Duties
Bill, the New South Wales Duties Bill, the late ilneen s
Servants, and the Irish Salt Unty ll...tee:ion Bills went
respectively through Committees, and were reported.—
Adjourneltill Monday.

ROUSE OF COMMONS.

The Sli.lllllll was summoned to the House of Peers.
On his return he stated the Royal Assent to have been
given,by Commission to several Hills; for which see the
Lords.

THIRD REA DINGS.
The Irish Commercial Credit Bill, the Isle of Man
Postage Bill, the Greenland Fishery Kill, and the Bar-
racks Estates Bill, were severally read.a third time and
passed.

COMMITTEES.
The Militia Pay Bill, theirish Militia Pay Bill, and
the Appropriation Bill, went through Committees;
the Reports of which were ordered to be received on
Monday.
REPORTS.
The Reports of the East India Sugar Bill, the Brim-
stone Drawback Bill, and the Scotch Spirits Exporta-
tion Bill, were brought up and agreed to, and the Bills
ordered to be read a third time on Monday.
On the motion of Mr. I..CSIIINOTON' it MSS ordered,
that the House, at its rising, should adjourn till Mon-
day.

' - . PETITIONS.
ill . Olnif 3altErkt h erwesAe tilLt ieods a,
wProi t ilai aQd from
e n at
rineprie do of
the
. . Hyrf :gt
san: as pit inlansilelice carrier, bat had beeit
ismissei art Niivember, on an alledged charge of
druukennes•. He has now lost the use of one half of
his persqn, and was coal,• died to subsist on parochial
charity, having been denied relief from a fund, esta-
blished for the relief of letter-carriers, to which a Peti-
tioner, in thecourse of 21 years, had contributed from
his income of 14s. per week, more than CV. lie (Mr.
Home) wished to know how the fund thus formed was
appropriated, as some degree of mystery attached to the
way in which it was managed.
Mr. LUSHINGTON said, bail he been aware that the
petition was to be presented that day hemight have been
prepared to give some answer to the allegations which it
contained. As the case stood he wastotally unacquaint-
ed with the subject.
After a few words from Mr. CALCSAPT and Mr. Home,
the Petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. HUME moved for a retorn of the amount of the
Inland Letter-Carriers' Superannuation . Fund in 1517,
and the amount of the contributions given in aid of it.
specifying bow the same had been appropriated, and
the present amount of the fund.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. HUME said, lie had another Petition to present
relative to a case which be thought a very hard our,—
It related to the Captain and crew of the ship Charles,
of Aberdeen, whose sufferings he had on two other occa-
sions brought before the house. These persons bail
been charged with minder, and in consequence had been
long detained as prisoners by the Spanish authorities.
He acknowledged that Ministers had not neglected the
case. The Noble Marquess had written in very forcible
terms to the Spanish Government, but as yet no redress
had been obtained. lle was of opinion it would not lie
improper for some remuneration to be afforded by Go-
vernment to the sufferers, and on this point be had been
referred to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not
object to the petition being brought up, but he could
not admit the principle that this Government was bound
to remunerate individuals who might sustain loss from
acts of violence or injustice committed by a foreign Go-
vernment. It was the duty of Ministers to endeavour to
obtain justice for those who were injured, but failing in
this, they were not bound toeompcnsate the parties them-
selves.
After a few remarks from Mr. C. W. Wexx and Mr.
Insist',

The Marquess of LONDONDERRY said lie under-
stood the parties to have been detained on a charge of
murder. Hy not going into port when the circumstance
on which the charge •as founded occurred, and clearing
themselves of the crime by a declaration. they bad
brought on themselves the inconveniences which follow.
ed. He hail recently received an answer from Madrid
to a very strong remonstrance which he had written so
the subject, which stated what was very fair. and in fact
what be apprehended could not be got over (as we very
often gave the same ans•ver ourselves), that the Spanish
Government did not feel themselves bound to look into a
case while an appeal remained open to the aggrieved
parties. There certainly was a Tribunal in Madrid to
which an appeal in this case might be carried. He Isom
miserated the situation of the parties, who he believed to
be very poor and very innocent, but did not know
that the Government could do more than bad already
been done.

The petition was then read.
Mr. IRVING described the hardship to which the par-
ties had been subjected. They bad been confined for
nearly three years, and sin months bad elapsed before
they ware enabled to communicate with the British Con-
sul. Mr. Brace.
Mr. HUM b: stated no blame to attach to Mr. Bruce.—
He suggested the propriety, of taking some a few thou-
sands from the bruits of Admiralty to remunerate these
poor people fur the hardships they had endured.
The peti;t m was ordered to hr printed. .
. Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from the Inhabitant