Star.
London, England, 1801-01-07 00:00:00

ASSIZE OF BREAD.

Yefterday the Mailer and Wardens of the Bakers
Company attended the Loan MAYOR at the Man-
fion-houfe ref thing the Mize of Bread, when
his Lordfhip (after examining the Meal•weighers'
returns, and it appearing that a very little altera-
tion had taken place !ince the lift returns) ordered
the Price of Bread to continue at Is. 90. the
Ql.tartern Loaf; but his Lordfhip hopes to have
the fatisfaetion of reducing the price confiderably
next week.

General GRIN FIELD has been appointed to the
colnmand of the Midlapd Military Diftrid, the
head-quarters of which are at Birmingham.
The tranfports which lately arrived at Portf-
mouth from Cork, are fitting to carry troops to
Egypt ; the 49th and 85th regiments, now at Jer-
fey, are among thofe that are to go. Capt. WI N
WORTH of the navy is going out with them as
agent for the tranfports.
A letter from Florence, dated December 9, rays,
Admiral KEITH has intimated the following to
all the Confuls of the neutral Powers refident at
Leghorn : By the exprefs command of his BRI-
TANNIcMAJESTY, all the Cohfuls of neutral Powers
refident at Leghorn are ordered to fend away allthe
(hips of their refpedive nations before the Bth intl.
At the expiration of the Paid term, thofe who [hall
have difobeyed this order Bull be confidered and
treated as enemies in the operations which will
take place.' This intimation, which feems to an-
nounce a bombardment, will make it need:try for
the neutral Powers to remonlirate."

Great numbers of_perfons are expefted at the
approaching_Carniv3l at Berlin; and among
others, the Hereditary Prinee of MICKLIINEiIIG
SCHWERIN, with his Confort, and the Grand Duke
CONSTANTINE PAWLAEITSCH, of Raffia.
Loma Bottareava is arrived at Madrid,
where he has taken the title of Ambaffidor from
the French Republic.
The Emperor of RUSSIA has fent the GRAND
SEIGNIoR a magnificent pclice of black for fkin,
fuppofed to be worth 80,000 rubles. The courier
who carried this prefent took with him alto a letter I
written by the EMPEROR himfelf.
ANECDOTE Of THE EMPEROR PAUL—To prove
his-knowledge of Scripture, he employed a fingular '
expedient : Without any caufe or preliminary, he
gave a Gentleman a violent blow on the face with
his hand, and raid to the allonithed fufferer
44 Thie falutation by the hand of no, PAUL."
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCNsoysii and moll
of the Members of Adminiftration partook of an
elegant entertainment yetterdaY at Earl CAMDEN'S
Seat, the Wildernefs, in Kent.
Ycftcrday a Court of DireEtors was held at the
Eart India Houfe, when Mr. J. ALEXANDER FAL-
CONER was appointed to the poll of Mailer At-
tendant at Mangalore. The Court adjourned at
an early hour till this day.
The fudden Thaw of the great quantities of
fnow which fell a few days fine, has canted an
overflow of the river Thames. All the country
for many miles on both fides of the river, above
and below Windfor, is entirely under water, and
many of the roads are rendered impalfable : upon
a moderate eflimation, it is judged, that there are
near tB,OOO acres now flooded by the inundation
of the Tharnest between Maidenhead Bridge and
Shepperton.
Lail night, about half pall fix o'clock, a fire
broke out in the premilles of a mop-yarn-fpinner, in
Clerkenwell, which burnt with
fuch violence that in a thort time it confumed
the whole of the work-fhop and dwelling-houfe.—
Its further progrefs, however, was fortunatcly.pre.
vented by the timely affiflance of feveral tire-
engines, and a good (apply of water.
-Two labourers were tall week convifted at Hun-
tingdon, of having left four loads three quarters
of grain, in the tiraw of a quantity of wheat, the
produce of 3a acres, which they were employed
to threffi, and were fentenced to a month's impri-
fontrtent in the Houle of Corredion.
While Mrs. Yirisstaieson, widow of the late
unfortunate Captain WI ssimesow, of.. the Royal
Navy, flood near &he chimney, in her lodgings,
in Oxford-road, tome days ago, her clothes acci-
dentally caught fire, and the was in great danger
before It was difcovered. A hackney coachman,
however, perceived the flames through the win-
dow from his coach-box, and by his timely atria-
ance her life was favod.
Five of s daring gang of highwaymen have
been apprehended at Liverpool, and one of them
has become evidence for the Crown. Arms of a pe-
culiar conftrudion were found in poffetlidn of the
prifoners.
On the 24th ult. the body of a roan was driven
on thore on the back of the Ifle of Wight. By a
wound in the throat which has been fcwed up, it
appears he had been killed by a hot, and fuch was
.the verdia of the Coroner. On one of his arms
was marked, by means of gun-powder, his name,
John Rutter, and under it a crucifix ; on the flethy
pan of the thumb on the other hand, the anchor.
A young woman, the daughter of a publican at
Plymouth Dock, on Monday night, in fearch of a
book, opening a drawer in the bar, in which a can-
non cartridge was depofited, a (park from her can-
dle fell amongll the powder t—in its explolion, it
forced her and the front of the (hop into the
Street, and the was burnt to fuch excels, as to ex-
pire a few hours after in great agonies. An infant
child lay in a cradle clofe to the drawers, but al-
though every thing elk in the chamber was that-
to-4 it providentially remained unhurt.
Thurfday lall, after feveral previous examina-
tions before WM. &Amoy, Ek. Mayor of Read-
ing, Patton Nil! and yaw: is were committed
to the county gaol ; the former for braking into
the apartments of his lodger, Mr. PA Vt., (tarter-
Kilter in the Prince of Wales's Light Dragoons,
and forcing open his chelt, from which he Role
four iol. eight 51. and one IL notes; and yejfio
as being an accetfary before and after the faft.
At the fame time the Widow Macleod (aged.Bo),
mother-in-law to and with whom he lived,
was alto committed, as on fearchiaz the boufe for
the floka property, the was deteßed in fccreting
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