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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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Untitled Article 1
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 2
ANECDOTE, Article 4
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE STADTHOLDERSHIP OF HOLLAND. Article 4
INSTANCES OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. Article 5
THE NEWSPAPER. Article 7
A SERMON PREACHED AT GREENWICH, ON THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, JUNE 24, 1774, Article 8
HYDROPHOBIA CURED BY VINEGAR. Article 15
THE FREEMASON. No. II. Article 16
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS' OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 22
DEVONSHIRE ANECDOTE. Article 23
ANECDOTE OF GOVERNOR BOYD. Article 23
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. * Article 24
ACCOUNT OF SHAKSPEARE's CRAB-TREE. Article 29
NEW EXPERIMENT IN AGRICULTURE. Article 30
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF SEVERAL CANT TERMS AND PHRASES IN USE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Article 31
THE EFFECT OF SUDDEN PREFERMENT IN LOOSENING ANCIENT CONNEXIONS. Article 33
NATIONAL CHARACTER. Article 38
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 39
CONSECRATION OF THE LODGE OF UNANIMITY, No. 136, AT COLTISHALL, IN NORFOLK. Article 40
LIFE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN EGERTON, LATE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM. Article 41
SINGULAR WORDS. Article 44
THE IRON MASK. Article 45
DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE DUTCH. Article 47
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 48
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 54
POETRY. Article 55
A ROYAL ARCH SONG. Article 56
ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, Article 57
THE HORSE TO HIS RIDER; AN ELEGY, Article 58
EPIGRAM Article 60
ICE CREAM. Article 60
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 65
Untitled Article 72
LONDON : Article 72
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 73
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 73
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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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