INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—at the last two sessions an order was passed back to the clerk should write to the inspectors as to the number, state, and condition of the weights in their charge, and the amount of arrears of salary due to them. Those returns had to be made, and that the inspectors had attended the committee. It appeared that the inspector at Kingsclere had not received any salary since October 1839; at Alton and Droxford, ditto; Petersfield, none from Midsummer, 1839; Fareham, none for 1840; Romsey had been paid up to this time; Basingstoke and Odiham, paid to September, 1842; Southampton, paid to Michaelmas 1842; Ringwood, to Michaelmas 1839; Winchester, none from appointment; Lymington, none since October 1839; Isle of Wight, none since appointment. It appeared that those who had not been paid had ceased to change market places, as it was their duty to do; but we're always ready to stamp weights, &c., at their own houses, and did so except at Lymington, where there was no application. It had been customary for the county to pay the inspectors 5l. for performing their duty in their own town, and 2l. for each of the other towns they might attend. Under these circumstances, and considering that their services have only ended with their salaries, the Committee had directed payment of the arrears at 5l. per annum, and of 3l. to Lymington. But the examination of the inspectors by the Committee on Saturday, had brought to light the imperfect manner in which the inspectors had done their duty, proving that a more systematic performance of it was necessary. The visits of the inspectors were few and far between, and there were very few returns made of convictions and fines— at the present sessions only three returns. The Committee were of opinion that the inspectors should make quarterly returns of their visits during the quarter to the Magistrates, and by them to the Court. Where weights were deficient, the Committee had ordered them to be supplied; but where lost, to be replaced by the inspectors. Some weights had the city of London stamp upon them. The Committee expressed their satisfaction at the attention of the county having been drawn to this subject, as it was the duty of the Court to protect the community, and especially the lower classes, from fraud and imposition.