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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that it is the opinion of this committee , that the columns calculated for the wheaten bread , in the now repealed tables of the act of the 8 th of 0 _ ueen Anne , intituled , " An act to regulate the price and assize of bread , " would bethe proper assize for the said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 .

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TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
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WITH A PORTRAIT. Article 5
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COVETOUSNESS; A VISION. Article 6
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 11
TO THE EDITOR. Article 17
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ADVICE TO THE PUBLIC, Article 18
ACCOUNT OF THE SYBARITES. FROM ATHENAEUS. Article 19
COTYS. Article 19
ALCIBIADES. Article 20
FROM THE SAME. Article 22
ON THE ORIGIN OF COCK-FIGHTING. Article 22
FROM THE SAME. Article 22
FROM THE SAME. Article 23
FROM THE SAME. Article 23
FROM THE SAME. Article 23
FROM THE SAME. Article 23
FROM THE SAME. Article 23
FROM THE SAME. Article 24
A BILL OF FARE FOR FIFTY PEOPLE OF THE COMPANY OF SALTERS, A. D. 1506. Article 24
APOPLEXY. Article 24
THE STAGE. Article 25
ACCOUNT OF THE STOCKS OR PUBLIC FUNDS OF THIS KINGDOM. Article 26
BAD EFFECTS OF SPIRITOUS LIQUORS, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE LOWER RANKS. Article 29
TO THE EDITOR. ON THE EFFECTS OF TRAGEDY. Article 31
AN EXPLANATION OF THE FACULTYE OF ABRAC. Article 34
DETACHED SENTIMENTS. Article 35
CHARACTER OF GAVIN WILSON, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS INVENTIONS, Article 36
THOUGHTS ON QUACKS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. Article 41
REFLECTIONS ON THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS TO MANKIND. Article 43
ANECOTE OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. Article 45
OPINION OF THE THE GREAT JUDGE COKE, UPON THE ACT AGAINST FREEMASONS. Article 46
THE OPINION. Article 46
A FRAGMENT. Article 47
ANOTHER. Article 47
REMARKS ON THE IMITATIVE POWER OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. Article 48
SKETCH OF THE CHARACTER OF Dr. ADAM SMITH. Article 50
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE EARL OF LAUDERDALE. Article 52
POETRY. Article 53
IMPOSSIBILITIES. Article 54
SIR PHILIP SYDNEY'S EPITAPH. Article 54
EPITAPH under Dr. JOHNSON's STATUE in St. PAUL's. Article 54
ON PLUCKING A ROSE INTENDED FOR A YOUNG LADY. Article 55
THE SOLDIER's PARTING; OR, JEMMY AND LUCY, A SONG. Article 56
EPITAPH on Dr. SACHEVEREL, and SALLY SALISBURY. Article 56
DESCRIPTION OF A PARISH WORKHOUSE. Article 57
TO MY LOVELY FRIEND. Article 57
Untitled Article 58
Untitled Article 58
LOVE WITHOUT SPIRIT. Article 58
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 59
EPILOGUE Article 59
THE ARTS. Article 60
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 61
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Article 62
UNTO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, Article 63
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 63
PROMOTIONS. Article 69
BANKRUPTS. Article 70
INDEX TO THE FIFTH VOLUME. Article 71
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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 .

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