ISihy) 
assertion: but, besides the reasons al- 
ready stated, it will appear that if satis- 
faction canaot be obtained without decla- 
ring or charging the falsehood of the 
assertion, and consequently without pro- 
ving its falsehood, that one who is libelled 
is called upon to prove a negative, aud to 
-find witnesses to every act of his life, to 
be able to obtain satisfaction or atone- 
ment against an infamous (rbeller. 
One can scarcely suppose any other 
object in creating so odious a dilemma in 
regard to the press, than a wilful design 
of bringing. into disrepute the free exer- 
cise of the press in general on laudable 
aod proper objects. It is a dilemma not 
necessary or essential to any legitimate 
object of useful discussion. I exhort the 
friends of free inquiry, therefore, not to 
become parties in ensnaring the press 
itself, by supporting doctrines in regard 
to privale libel, which involve and en- 
tangle the sacred and unalienable rights 
of public discussion ! Ae 
The plain and rational distinction is 
this—indictments, oractions for libels on 
private persons, should simply charge, 
that such and sech an injurious assertion 
was maliciously written and published: 
In the inalice lies the crime, and no ma- 
lice can be inferred if the assertion itself 
is Not injurious, specially sr palpably. 
On the other hand, in general disvus- 
sions relative to general truths and to 
public objects, whether of men or things, 
inasmuch as it is useful and meritorious, 
and @ common tight to discuss such sub- 
jects, so the FALSEHOOD of the assertions 
ought to constitute a leading aud neces- 
sary feature of the charge. 
Commow Sense. 
Buckingham Gate, June 16, 1811. 
Se 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HEN any individual, however ob- 
scure his situation in hife, makes 
an attempt toward the public good, ic 
must be successful, more or Jess, for 
even if his abilities, or his means be 
small, he will ever be seconded. 
#* In the cause of the public no effort can be - 
Jost."—Dr. Febb. 
. In the general article of ur common 
food—bread, much has éfrequently been 
said and written ; it is ‘ the staff of life.” 
Now a staff means support, and who 
would on a pedestrian journey go without 
a sound substantial staff; why then ever 
grit that main staft—bread, which ought 
raed 
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Private and Public Libels—DMaslin Bread. 
525 
ever to be made good and. wholesome, 
aud rendered as cheap as possible. 
Brown, or second bread, is generally 
used in the country—and why novin Lon- 
don? Because it is frequently so bad, 
made not in the way it ought to be, bat 
with bad and damaged flour, and in or- 
der that it may not be suspected to be 
such, by its whiteness, pollard and the 
raspings of dirty and burnt outsides of 
loaves, run through an iron mill, are 
mixed with the four. 
Dr. Buchan, whose memory ought to 
be ever respected, having the great cause 
of health much at heart, cautioned the 
world against bad bread, especially for 
children, and recommended maslin bread. 
Maslin means a mixture of the flour of 
wheat and rye; an excellent article 5 
and I was lately glad to see that a baker 
on the west side of Fleet Market has 
not only adopted his advice, but has put 
a large printed paper to explain it in his 
shop window. I bought some of this 
bread, and so much do I admire it, thac 
I have advised every family in which I 
have since visited to get it; many have, 
and admire it. It appears to be, and 
the baker assures me it is, made of the 
Lest flour of wheat and rye; the bread is 
fine, has no coarse husks in it, and it keeps 
moist many days, The virtues of the 
rye render it peculiarly fit for costive 
habits; but the very flavour is delicious; 
and then the price, nine pence per peck 
less than the standard, readers it an ob= 
ject, but were it sold at the same price 
I would have it. ; 
I wish that this hint may have the des 
sired effect, und that the man who hag 
thus brought it forward to the public, 
may be so well encouraged as to. induce 
others to adopt it. We shall then have 
never to hear of alum being found ina 
baker’s house; but if it should, that for 
such an offence, the old law should be 
put in force, of having ¢ bis ears nailed | 
to the pillory.” PutLanturopos, 
March 20, 1811. 
See eel 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
hips following rules or regulations, 
which forma part of the written 
or unwritten code for the government of 
the quakers, will not, perhaps, be thought 
undeserving of a place in your Magazine, 
as tending to confirm the doctrine of 
yeur correspondent ‘‘ Common Sense,” 
in his excellent paper (Monthly Mag. for 
April) on the effects of close corporations, 
Soci¢ties, committees, &c, I shall in, 
troduce 
