"The Court having considered the petition of the Retail Dealers in Salt, for an advance, were pleased to order the price of salt to be fixed as follows, viz., 8s. per bushel, 4s. per half ditto, 2s. per peck, 1s. per half ditto, 6d. per quarter ditto, 3d. per half-quarter peck, 2d. per pound, 1d. per half ditto."--(_Times, March 10, 1796._) * * * * * "Assize of Bread. "The regulation of the Assize of Bread being generally misunderstood, the following tables, extracted from the Act of Parliament of the 31st Geo. II. will at once shew, by what authority, the Magistrates regulate the Price of Bread, with the allowance to Bakers of 1s. 6d. per bushel for wheat, and 10s. per sack for flour: a reference to which tables, will enable every person to ascertain the price of the quartern, and peck, loaf, as well as the Magistrates themselves: and will prove that the letter of the law, and not the will of the Magistrates, regulates that necessary article. At the same time, the public will be convinced, that the average price of flour is more in favour of the consumer, than that of wheat. For example--the average price of wheat, this day, is 9s. per bushel. The allowance to the baker, is 1s. 6d. The quartern loaf would then be 1s.--whereas, the average price of flour being 63s. and 4d., the Magistrates are enabled to make the Assize of Bread 11d. instead of 1s. WHEAT. +---------------+---------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+ | When the | | Total Price, | | | | Average Price | Allowance to | including the | Quartern | Peck Loaf | | of Wheat is | the Baker. | Allowance | Loaf | | | per Bushel. | | | | | +---------------+---------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+ | 7/ | 1/6 | 8/6 | /9-3/4 | 3/3 | | 7/3 | " | 8/9 | /10 | 3/4 | | 7/6 | " | 9/ | /10-1/4 | 3/5 | | 7/9 | " | 9/3 | /10-1/2 | 3/6 | | 8/ | " | 9/6 | /10-3/4 | 3/7-1/4 | | 8/3 | " | 9/9 | /11 | 3/8 | | 8/6 | " | 10/ | /11-1/2 | 3/10 | | 9/ | " | 10/6 | 1/ | 4/ | +---------------+---------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+ FLOUR.