DECEMBER, 28, 1784.

BRISTOL MARKETS.

IN Consequence of many Frauds and Impostions practised by fundry Perſons carrying Proviſions for the Inhabitants, from the ſeveral Markets within this City, The MAYOR and COMMON COUNCIL have ordered, that ſuch Perſons who ſhall hereafter be engaged in that way, ſhall bear certain Tickets or Marks whereby they may recommend themſelves as truſtworthy to their Employers.

NOTICE is therefore hereby given, that any Perſon who can produce a fair and honest Character, certified by one reputable Houſekeeper, or other Per- ſon of Credit refiding within the ſaid City, may upon Application to Mr. WILLIAM LUDLOW, Deputy Clerk of the ſaid Markets, receive ſuch Ticket GRATIS, in order to be affixed on the moſt confidential part of the Basket or other thing made Uſe of in carrying Proviſions from the ſaid Mar- kets, to the End that the Bearers may be the better known by their Reſpective Employers.