"In Sussex, the Gentry have adopted the most rational mode of diminishing the price of Corn. Instead of supplying the poor with bread, at a low price, which can only tend to increase the consumption, they give pickled pork, &c., to an equal amount, which, with the use of cabbage, beans, &c., may banish, without much suffering, the loaf, at least, from their dinner tables."--(_Times, July 20, 1795._) * * * * * "After the humane example of the City, in leaving off their annual feasts, we are happy to find it is _intended_ to be universally adopted by the surrounding parishes, and opulent families; _particularly_ by some of the principal inhabitants of _Whitechapel_, who, at one of their Greenwich meetings, on Monday, wisely determined to eat venison, and white-bait, _no longer than the season will produce them_."--(_Times, July 22, 1795._) [Illustration: A pretty Bar-maid.] Some of the following set of moral rules might be followed with advantage at the present day:-- "THE WAY TO PEACE AND PLENTY. Rules for the rich. 1. Abolish gravy soups, and second courses. 2. Buy no starch when wheat is dear. 3. Destroy all useless dogs. 4. Give no dog, or other animal, the _smallest bit_ of bread or meat. 5. Save all your skim-milk carefully, and give it all to the poor, or sell it at a cheap rate. 6. Make broth, rice pudding, &c., for the poor, and teach them to make such things. 7. Go to church yourselves, and take care your servants go constantly. 8. Look into the management of your own families, and visit your poor neighbours. 9. Prefer those poor who keep steadily to their work, and go constantly to church, and give nothing to those who are idle, and riotous, or keep useless dogs. 10. Buy no weighing meat, or gravy beef: if the rich would buy only the prime pieces, the poor could get the others cheap. Rules for the Poor. 1. Keep steadily to your work, and never change masters, if you can help it. 2. Go to no gin-shop, or alehouse: but lay out all your earnings in food, and cloaths, for yourself, and your family: and try to lay up a little for rent, and rainy days. 3. Avoid bad company. 4. Keep no dogs: for they rob your children, and your neighbours. 5. Go constantly to church, and carry your wives, and children, with you, and God will bless you. 6. Be civil to your superiors, and they will be kind to you. 7. Learn to make broth, milk pottage, rice-pudding, &c. One pound of meat, in broth, will go further than two pounds boiled, or roasted. 8. Be quiet, and contented, and never steal, or swear, or you will never thrive."--(_Times, July 23, 1795._) * * * * *