The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-10 00:00:00

OF THE FLOUR OF POTAVES.

A potent has been recentli obtained at Park, a
gold medal bestowed, and other honeerary distincauu
granted for the discovery sad practice. en a large
soak, of preparing from potatoes a fuse Soar; a
sago, a poor equal to ground rice, aid a sewsolims or
pest, of which lib. is equal to 111 b. rice, lithe.
surmise/114*r, is is asserted, Sibs. of raw potatoes.
These preparation ere fogad saleable to mix with
Wheaten floor for bread, to make biscuits, pastry,
pye.Crests, sod for all soaps, greets, and panada.
tArge eepgements have been made for these pro.
petitions with the Frelich marine, and military and
other hospitals, with tie approbation of the faculty.
An eacellent bread, It is said, cam be made of this
leer, at tall the cost of wbeatea bread.
Hest having Leto applied in these preparations,
the ankles will keep un.hanged for ynrs, and on
board ship. to Chios aid Wyk ; rats, min, versa,
and insects do net Wen or destroy Ibis flour.
Simply sized with cold water, they are in tee mi.
netts fit for food, when fire sod all other resource
may be wanted ; and twelve *ewes are sallicieat for
, a day's sustenance, in cause of necessity.
The Physicians and Serpess In lbs Hospitals,
can of great debility of the stomach, have e
these preparations with advantage.
The paint of this (Niamey is, the ahem
preparation, and the conversion of a surplus re
of potatoes into a keeping stock, in an Ms yet,
potibble, and salebrioes form. Orr crepe at the

present growth will west some soul saws of ars.
souptioo.

In April last, more than a dozen labourite, ben
longing to Leoannick, in Cerewell, were wanieg
chest that parish in sestets of work, with Anglo es
their shoulders, when on Seedily, the 9th of May,
the Rev. Mr. Mona sp, the Vicar, ordered the Clerk
of the perish to give notice at the church des, that
Mr. Meatus had foot acres of *evillest ground,
manered,vad ready to be planted with potatoes, slid
that If the poor gelid attend at the vicarsge•Sesse,
at ski o'clock the seat evening, be would allow re
este theirquarta of the ground for planting petition.
free of reel. This (resod be divided sarong 24 fa-
milies, et the lime mentioned. Mr. MORGAN desired
them to pleat the potatoes is farrows, 20 Welles a
pert, end the rows a foot seceder. Thew potatoes
are sew in a most flourishing co/edition. It it mach
to be wished, that proprietors of lead would fe:to•
this 'sample, we should cot this see the peer sista-
, hag for treat of food.
There ere so many obstacles to the total seppres.
sloe of Bettholomew Fair, that it Is believed the
attempt will not be made ; bat the most effecter)!
seeps will be adopted to preserve order, aid the
Fair will be kept within proper limits. These who
visit such a place for amasemeat are orderly and
peaceable; het it is pickpockets and other Mims
who endeavour to mite tumult and confabs; to fa-
vour their plans. Persons without licences ebeeld
not be permitted to bale booths for the sale of salt
liquor and spirits; beams, bating no liven, le
lime, there is not the.same Posttest over their cooled
that there would be` wets they liaised.
TROTTING MATCN.—hir. Hatsrah grey man.
which trotted b 2 miles is fire bouts on the Loa.
bridge•road, • few weeks since, started yesterdas
mossing at Kingsleed, to trot 48 miles I. leer hart,
which she pater slid easily, as follow'
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Time au lacked at if. blear et itaribi.
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