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Monthly Chronicle.
one pound and a half of bread , and ten sous in paper money , per diem , and allowed to get any kind of work in the neighbourhood , to earn a little matter for themselves . They were kindly used , and well respected by the inhabitants , who in general expressed a partiality to the English , and wished to have peace with this country . That during ' the maximum , bread was at five sous , and beef twelve sous , papermoney , per pound ; but since the maximum was taken off , bread had risen to thirty sous , and beef to fifty sous per pound , in that part of the interior . The
reason they gave for this extraordinary rise was , that large magazines were established at Paris , and large supplies sent to the armies , and that only just as much as was necessary for the existence of the interior was left ; and also the great depreciation of their assignats lately was another cause : that before the capture of Holland , ioo Iivres in paper could be had for one guinea ; but since that period only sixty Iivres were given for a guinea , Respecting agriculture , it was not neglected , but it was common to see one man both hold the plough and drive the hofses ; that women were employed in cultivating lands .
7 . The Earl of Abingdon appeared in the Court of King ' s Bench to receive judgment for a libel on Mr . Sermon , an attorney . The Court deferred passing sentence , but committed his lordship to prison till the last day of term . Mr . Erskine and Mr . Garrow were counsel against the noble Earl , who defended his own cause , and dealt out his sarcasms against the gentlemen of the law with more freedom , perhaps , than prudence , alledging , amongst other things , that he had been , like Diogenes , looking for an honest man , but without being able to find
one in the whole profession . His lordship was particularly personal against Mr . Erskine , and said , that if he had been amongst the acquitted felons , he might have expected all that gentleman ' s eloquence in his behalf . The Honourable Barrister was equally pointed in his reply ; in which he animadverted on the impropriety of his lordship ' s conduct with an uncommon degree of warmth and spirit , in the course of which Mr . Erskine said , " My lords , with regard to the insinuations and allusions made towards me , I have only to tell the noble lord , that it is false ; I am as nobly born as he is ; the blood that runs in my veins is fully as good a »
his , and neither he nor any other man shall say of me what he has insinuated , without receiving from me this answer . — If it is possible , that which his lordship has uttered of me is more false and more wicked than the slander he comes here to answer for . Your lordships will pardon me for being a man , and that-1 am not made of marble or stone . "
12 . The Earl of Abingdon was brought into the Court of King s Bench to receive judgment . Previously-to sentence being passed , his lordship requested leave to say a' few words . —He apologised for his intemperate language to Mr . Erskine and the bar , on the day when he was last brought up . Mr . Erskine expressed his willingness to accept the apology , which , he trusted , would have a proper effect on 'he Court . His lordship was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the King ' s Bench , to pay a fine of look and to find security for his future good behaviour for twelve months .
The Parliamentary Board of Agriculture , in consideration of the probable scarcity of wheat , have agreed to propose a premium of ioool . to the . person who shall grow the largest breadth of potatoes on lands never applied to the culture of that plant before : they have liberally excluded the members of their own Board from becoming candidates for this valuable prize . Letters from all parts 0 / the country state the most alarming inundations , inconsequence of a sudden thaw , and succeeding heavy rains .
¦ Upwards of 12 , oool . have been already subscribed for the poor of the metropolis alone . ¦ No estimate of what has been subscribed in the country can be ascer- * lained ; it exceeds all calculation . — all belief ! VThe Lists of Promotions , © r _ are unavoidably postponed till turvext . ' }
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Monthly Chronicle.
one pound and a half of bread , and ten sous in paper money , per diem , and allowed to get any kind of work in the neighbourhood , to earn a little matter for themselves . They were kindly used , and well respected by the inhabitants , who in general expressed a partiality to the English , and wished to have peace with this country . That during ' the maximum , bread was at five sous , and beef twelve sous , papermoney , per pound ; but since the maximum was taken off , bread had risen to thirty sous , and beef to fifty sous per pound , in that part of the interior . The
reason they gave for this extraordinary rise was , that large magazines were established at Paris , and large supplies sent to the armies , and that only just as much as was necessary for the existence of the interior was left ; and also the great depreciation of their assignats lately was another cause : that before the capture of Holland , ioo Iivres in paper could be had for one guinea ; but since that period only sixty Iivres were given for a guinea , Respecting agriculture , it was not neglected , but it was common to see one man both hold the plough and drive the hofses ; that women were employed in cultivating lands .
7 . The Earl of Abingdon appeared in the Court of King ' s Bench to receive judgment for a libel on Mr . Sermon , an attorney . The Court deferred passing sentence , but committed his lordship to prison till the last day of term . Mr . Erskine and Mr . Garrow were counsel against the noble Earl , who defended his own cause , and dealt out his sarcasms against the gentlemen of the law with more freedom , perhaps , than prudence , alledging , amongst other things , that he had been , like Diogenes , looking for an honest man , but without being able to find
one in the whole profession . His lordship was particularly personal against Mr . Erskine , and said , that if he had been amongst the acquitted felons , he might have expected all that gentleman ' s eloquence in his behalf . The Honourable Barrister was equally pointed in his reply ; in which he animadverted on the impropriety of his lordship ' s conduct with an uncommon degree of warmth and spirit , in the course of which Mr . Erskine said , " My lords , with regard to the insinuations and allusions made towards me , I have only to tell the noble lord , that it is false ; I am as nobly born as he is ; the blood that runs in my veins is fully as good a »
his , and neither he nor any other man shall say of me what he has insinuated , without receiving from me this answer . — If it is possible , that which his lordship has uttered of me is more false and more wicked than the slander he comes here to answer for . Your lordships will pardon me for being a man , and that-1 am not made of marble or stone . "
12 . The Earl of Abingdon was brought into the Court of King s Bench to receive judgment . Previously-to sentence being passed , his lordship requested leave to say a' few words . —He apologised for his intemperate language to Mr . Erskine and the bar , on the day when he was last brought up . Mr . Erskine expressed his willingness to accept the apology , which , he trusted , would have a proper effect on 'he Court . His lordship was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the King ' s Bench , to pay a fine of look and to find security for his future good behaviour for twelve months .
The Parliamentary Board of Agriculture , in consideration of the probable scarcity of wheat , have agreed to propose a premium of ioool . to the . person who shall grow the largest breadth of potatoes on lands never applied to the culture of that plant before : they have liberally excluded the members of their own Board from becoming candidates for this valuable prize . Letters from all parts 0 / the country state the most alarming inundations , inconsequence of a sudden thaw , and succeeding heavy rains .
¦ Upwards of 12 , oool . have been already subscribed for the poor of the metropolis alone . ¦ No estimate of what has been subscribed in the country can be ascer- * lained ; it exceeds all calculation . — all belief ! VThe Lists of Promotions , © r _ are unavoidably postponed till turvext . ' }