The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-12 00:00:00

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The most scrims attention of officers in command
of brigades, has been dires.ed by Generals of Dir
trids to the following Circular Letter from the Adju-
tant General's Office, as also to the General Order
of the 20th of May, 1801, and the Comm;mariat-
General's letter of the 14th May, 180 S, alli Jing to
those regiments not in possession of the Order.
(OfFICIAt.)
tt SIR, Hurse-Guard-r, June 71,•1111,14. .
It having been reported by the Cosisma.rdnig Clef yral ter the
Commandet in Chief, that from tile low price or whlllit
England, bond I m many coentim helms, thn contracts na
made berme the price of 6d. for Me four-:mund loaf sdariey
bread, which induces regiments to take their sopplies from ute
contactors who, by the terms of their contracts,, casino. fur-
nish theta with iat of a bettet quality. and the moues to ix,r-
ain with private bakers for better bread, and pay Men. 6 i. pier
loaf ; hence the contractors, who have been put t.reonerlerit,le
exitance in providing for the regular typo's, of the army. are
subject to great los., and those troops 'Misnames to the geriend
regulations murmur in seeing their fellow soldier, *emu d
with liner bread, contrary to the general under necesiorily g. yen.
and upon which all the anangeownra base been made for
supplying bread to the army throughout the kingdom, by
which the troops, wherever they may be, are sure of boding
a constant and invariable supply, never exceeding to Mem the
price of 64. the (lb. and when the price is higher. Mini so
more for it than is paid to the Contractor. Upon this eteesien I
ham received His Royal Highness's directions to regret that
you will call to the recollection of talkers in the cum ard of
brigades and regiments within the dittoes under your order, the
substance of the General Oiler of the 10th of May le"s,
which directs that a letter from the Commanding General ad.
joined thereto of the 14th of May, 1801, shall lie read at the
head of every regiment, and be inserted in aU OrrEnly Books,
and that you will ascertain that those orders have in even in-
stance ber•n peotottely obeyed. The statement made in the
Commanding General's letter referred to is se emptiest and plain,
that it ',hardly peelb:4l to inisuadcrstand ir, yess sulls bewever,
as irregularities with respect the supply of bread have tingly om
carted, the Comment ei in Chief feels it necestary to itestre that
sou • ill rle.ct the Generals commanding trigedes to take rare
that the priory; e on which the allowance of broad was originally
furnished throu:h His Majesty'', gracious bounty to the army,
as well as the precautions which hats born taken to secure a ist-
gu tar supply of thin necessary article on terms the mos untenable,
and who. h precludes the possibility tat any fraud tieing pea .t.seJ
on the soldiery, are clearly explain' dto the men 4 an 4 thst
the ord.rs which hive at different times been iesurd ea thle
head, are aJiiered r i int the utmost pima ;Mr F.
(S.g.l "li. CALVERT, Adj. Gen."

Tuesday night, during the fire in Angel Alley,
Whitcchapel, two small tenements were broke into
by a gang of villains. A labouring man, who had
saved- nine pounds, was robbed of the same, is
George-Yard, adjoining the alley ; and out of du
other place, a quantity of wearing apparel and pro-
visions were stolen, by thieves at present unknown
The Marquis of Tnomianti has had a fall from
his horse, by nhich his Lordship has received a vio-
lent contusion on his left site, which has broken one
of his ribs, dislocated his shoulder, and bru•sed ois
arn to a very considerable degree. In consequ •nce
of this unfottutiate and lamented accidery. his
Lordship i, at present confined at raplnw Court.
On Sunday there was a sevc7e corm of thnid.r
at ll.irwich. A farmer's man in :he neighbourh, od„
in at.,i,ting to cover a hay-suck, to shutter it fioin
the rain, was truck dead by the lightring ; his
watch was entirely melted, am, sonic tiallaw.we in
his pocket were also found rim in a m .s , as if
melted in a crucible. The farmer, who was I.Las-1(
at the bottom of the ladder, had his foot severely
burnt ; and a man on the opposite side, had his hair
singed: notwithstanding whiihehe hay-stact
=tined uninjured.