Monthly Chronicle.

made of flour which is the whole produce of the wheat , the said flour ' weighing on an average three fourths of the weight of the wheat whereof it was made , it would tend to prevent many inconveniencies which have arisen in the assize and making of bread for sale .

that it is the opinion of this committee , that the columns calculated for the wheaten bread , in the now repealed tables of the act of the 8 th of 0 _ ueen Anne , intituled , " An act to regulate the price and assize of bread , " would bethe proper assize for the said standard wheaten bread ; and that the twelvepenny loaf of this standard wheaten bread , containing the whole flour of the wheat ( the said flour weighing , on an average , three fourths of the said wheat ) would , upon a medium , contain one pound of bread in weight more than a twelvepenny loaf , the present wheaten bread , made under the act of the 31 st of George the Second . "

In the Court of Common Pleas an action was brought to recover from the defendant , the driver of one of the Greenwich coaches , a compensation in damages for assaulting the plaintiff , one of the passengers . It appeared in evidence , that the plaintiff , on the evening the assault was committed , had got into the Greenwich coach , but as it did not set off at the accustomed time , he alighted and got into a Blackheafh stage , which was just setting out . As he was stepping into this coach , the defendant laid hold of his collar , ancl attempted to force him back into the Greenwich coach . This produced a struggle , and afterwards a

battle between the parties , in which many blows were given on both sides . The learned Judge observed , that in point ' of law an assault was clearly proved by the defendant's endeavouring to force the plaintiff into his coach , and therefore the only question was , as to the damages . It was certainly of importance to the public , that insolent coachmen , who first deceive their passengers as to the time of setting out , and then abuse and assault them , should be brought to punishment ; but in the present case , the plaintiff , by fighting with the defendant , had in some measure taking the punishment into his own hands , instead of leaving it to the wisdom and justice of the law . The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff ,

damages s . 22 . At night , seven men mounted on horseback , and dressed in smock-frocks , TOde up to the house of Mv . Richard Grout , a respectable farmer , at Manuden , in Essex , and began their depredations by breaking the glass in two large windows of the room where Mr . Grout and his servant were sitting , who , being alarmed , called out to know what was the matter ; but not being answered , they went out to see , when six of the villains rushed in , and with the most horrid imprecations demanded every thing in the house ; at the same time one of them produced a hanger

, and the other a large knife , which they continually kept whetting and swearing they would cut Mr . G . ' s throat , but on his begging that they would not commit any murder , one of them more humane than the rest , cried out , " No , d—n him , don't lrill him ; if you do , what will become of his wife and family ? " They then proceeded to search the house , and on coming lo where the linen was , they took the whole , both wet and dry ; they next proceeded to the cellar , ancl brought out what they thought proper ; they let the beer out of the casks , as well as the wines ; ancl not

contented with this , they broke the bottles which contained the liquors , and after fastening each door after them , they departed : but not having done sufficient mischief for that night , they proceeded to Mr . Beard's , at Berden , some little distance from Mr . Grout's , when two of them , more daring than the rest , rode forward and entered the house ; Mr . Beard and his servant being within , they met with a very warm reception , and had not the others arrived , and rescued these villains from the farmer andhis trusty servant , the . y would have been most probably secured : but being overpoweredthey were obliged to ive and were by these ruffians severely

, g way , beaten . They then proceeded as at Mr , Grout's , and took every thing portable , which was of any value ; and on coming to Mr . Beard ' s cellar , they turned the taps , broke the bottles , and destroyed all the liquors , but not till they had drank , and obliged Mr . B . and his man to do the same . They obliged the family to go to bed , and after having in the true chamberlain stile , drawn the curtains , and tucked them up , they wished them a good night ' s rest , and left the hpuse , fastening the doors after them .