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censed at a. preceding general annual 
meeting of the justices; unless notices of 
application be given to the clerk of the 
peace, and affixed in the manner herein 
directed.—Justices not to act as such 
where personally interested, and a penalty 
of 1002, on justices so offending.—Consta- 
bles, &e. disqualified from holding licensed 
heuses.—No licensed person liable to serve 
as constable, and the penalty for serving 
as constable or deputy constable, 101.— 
Alehouse keeper to use standard measures; 
penalty not exceeding 40s.—Brewer touse 
casks of full size ; the penalty not exceed- 
ing 51. for each cask deficient in size.— 
Act not to extend to the city of London. 
Universities not affected.—Duration of 
Act limited to three years, 
Cap. CV1I.—To repeal the Acts now 
in force relating to Bread to be sold in 
the City of London and the Liberties 
thereof, and within the Weekly Bills of 
Mortality, and ten miles of the Royal 
Fixchange ; and to provide other Regula- 
“tions for the Making and. Sale of Bread, 
and preventing the Adulteration of 
Meal, Flour, and Bread, within the Li- 
mits aforesaid.—July 22. 
Bakers to make bread of any weight or 
size.—Bread to be sold by weight, and in 
no other manner, under penalty not ex- 
ceeding 40s.—Not to extend to French or 
fancy bread, or rolls. —Penalty not exceed- 
ing 5/.-nor less than 40s. on bakers using 
any other weight than avoirdupoise weight, 
—Thie peck loaf and its subdivisions not 
to be made or sold during the next two 
years, under penalty not exceeding 40l. 
nor less than 40s.—Penalty not exceeding 
10s. for selling bread not previously weigh- 
ed.—Bakers to provide in their shops 
beams, scales, and weiglits, &c. and to 
Incidents in and near London. 
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weigh bread, &c under a penalty not ex- 
ceeding 5/.—Bakers and sellers of bread, 
and other persons delivering by cart, &c. 
to be provided with beams, scales; and 
weights, &c, for weighing bread, under a 
penalty not exceeding 5i.—Bread not to 
be adulterated under a penalty not excced- 
ing 101. nor less than 5!. and names of of- 
fenders to be published.—Corn, meal, or 
flour not to be adulterated, nor shall any 
flour of one sort of corn be sold as the 
flour of any other sort, on penalty nat ex- 
ceeding 20/. nor less than 51.— Bread made 
of mixed meal or flour to be marked with 
a Roman M.; penalty for neglect not ex- 
ceeding 10s.—Magistrates or peace affi- 
cers, by their warrants, may search a ba- 
ker’s premises, and if any adulterated flour, 
bread, &c. be found, the same may be 
seized and disposed of.—Penalty on per- 
sons in whose house, shop, or other pre- 
mises, ingredients for the adulteration of 
meal or bread shall be found: fiyst offenee, 
not exceeding 101. nor less than 40s.; se- 
cond offence, 5/.; and 101. for every subse- 
quent offence; and names of offenders to 
be published:— Penalty not exceeding 108, 
for obstructing any search authorized by 
this Act.—Offences occasioned by the wil- 
ful default of journeymen and servants te 
be punished.— Bakers shall not bake bread 
or rolls on the Lord’s Day ; nor seil bread, 
nor bake bread, pies, &c. except between 
certain bours: the penalty for the first 
offence 10s, for the second offence 20s. 
and for every subsequent offence 40s.— 
Bakings may be delivered till half past 
one on Sundays.—No miller, mealman, or 
baker, to act as a justice of peace in the 
execution of this Act, on penalty of 200/. 
—tThe penalty not exceeding 101. on per- 
sons opposing the execution of this Aet.— 
Saving rights ¢o the cities of London and 
Westminster, &c. 
INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, snp DEATHS, 1N snp near LONDON, 
With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. 
——a 
CMRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 
CT. 19.—Five workmen covered by an 
immense mound of earth falling on them 
at Highgate Archway, Four were severe- 
ly bruised, and the other crushed to death. 
— 21.—In the Court of King’s Bench 
this hy, by a special jury, Mr. Dolby was 
iried for publishing an alleged libel im the 
“ Political Dictionary.” The prosecution 
was at the instigation of the mock Consti- 
tutional Association. Mr. Scarlett. ad- 
dressed the jury in an energetic speech in 
behalf of the defendant, who was how- 
ever found guilty. 
——. —In the same Court, J. Clarke was 
found guilty of publishing Mr. Shelley’s 
' poem of “ Queen Mab,” on the prosecu- 
tion of a society of intolerant Phavisces, of 
whom, for the honour of the country and 
the age, juries ought to beware. We know 
nothing of Queen Mab exeept her amusing 
tales, but we object in totote the prmeiple_ 
of religion being supported by the foree 
and terror of law, and of law itself heing 
called. into action by a society of narrew- 
minded bigots. We know Mr, Clarke in 
his character of husband and father, and 
ean certify that in moral worth, andall the 
genuine virtues of Christianity, few, if any, 
of his persecators can surpass lim, 
— 22.—A rencontre took place. this 
morning between Sir Hudson Low and the 
Baron Las Casas, eldest son of the Count 
of that name, and one of the attendants 
on Napoleon, opposite the house of the 
former at Lisson Green, Hh 
ct. 
