USEFUL PROJECTS. 
have over an indi€tment. An in- 
di&tment is attended with a great 
€ertain expence, with considerable 
delay, is liable to much evasion and 
uncertainty as to the issue ; the cx- 
pence of an indictment, if travers- 
ed, amounts to at least seven 
pounds: this circumstance alone, 
-would make it impossible for a 
poor man to have recoutse te it; 
and, indeed, would render it im- 
prudence even for a wealthy per- 
"son, as in most cases he would find 
the remedy worse than the disease. 
But the delay is another main ob- 
jection to proceeding by indié. 
ment, for if traversed, it cannot be 
tried till the sessions after it is laid; 
but, after all, if neither expence 
nor delay are considered as suffici- 
ent objections, it must be observed, 
that when the cause is brought to 
issue, though the complainant may 
prove that the miller has taken ex- 
Orbitant toll, the indi¢étment most 
fail wo the gzound, provided it ap- 
pears that the predecessors of the 
miller have’ taken the same toll, 
4r that he is the proprietor of 2 new 
gaill. 
- The measure I have in view, 
contains some other regulations, 
but they are chiefly subordinate, 
and conneéted with the two ob- 
jefts I have stated, Ifthe plan I 
propose should be adopted, I think 
tew disputes could hereafter arise 
between millers and those who em- 
ploy them, as the chief subje¢ts of 
their usual differences, namely, the 
exorbitantcy and uncertainty of the 
toll, would no longer remain, Bat 
if, contrary to my expectation, 
there should be any complaints in 
future, they would be settled ata 
small expence, and without. any 
delay, before two justices of the 
peace, probably well known to both 
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the contending parties, I propose 
that the decision of the justices 
should be final, for the purpose of 
avoiding expence and delay ; but 
if this power is thought too great 
to be lodged in the hands of these 
migistrates, an appeal may be al- 
lowed to the quarter sessions. 
I beg pardon for taking up so 
much of your time on this subject, 
which really appears to me im. 
portant, and therefore to deserve 
the serious consideration of “the 
corn committee. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
Francis Basser, 
a 
The Sel-& Committee have conie to 
tbe Salowing Resolutions respe Bing 
the making of mixed Bread. 
Resolved, March 24, 1796. 
1. That it is the opinion of this 
committee, that it is expedient that 
magistrates should, in times of 
scarcity and high price of corn, 
have power to make certain re- 
gulations relative to the manufac- 
ture and sale of certain sorts of 
meal and bread ; which they do not 
now by law possess. 
2. hat it is the opinion of this 
committée, that whenever the 
average price of middling British 
wheat shall be above a certain sum, 
magistrates, at their general quar- 
ter sessions, Or at any sessions to bz 
specially appointed for that purpose, 
shall be empowered, within their 
respective jurisdictions, to prohi- 
bit, fora limited time, the separa» 
tion at the mill of more than five 
pounds of bran from every sixty 
pounds of wheat ; and also to-pro. 
hibit the sale of any wheaten meal 
from which a greater proportion of 
bran shall have been separated.; ©.» 
3. That it is the opinion of this 
KF f3 committer, 
