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PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENA'O, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS PHU ADFLPHIA
[No. 74, of Vol. ll.]
From the (London) GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,
for August; 1790.
Mr. Urban,
T TPON the recent election of a Parliament, yoi
may, perlia|)s, deem it ufeful information t<
lay before the public in general, and the new fe
liators in particular, the following
STATE OF THE ENGLISH NATION.
Population of Great Britain,
viz. England and Wales, 8,000,000 7
Scotland, 1,500,000 jf'Soo.oot
Number of the House of Commons,
Number of persons to each member of
parliament; or, in other wprds,each
member ofparliament represents
Number of aiftive citizens, or fighting
men between 16 and 60 years of
age, one-fourth of the whole,
Number of active citizens to each mem
ber of parliament,
England and Wales contain square
miles, according to the Statiilical
Tables, 54,1 ii
Number of persons to each square mile 147*
Scotland contains square miles, 25,600'
Number of persons to each fq. mile, 58
Great Britain contains fq. miles, 79,712
or fq. acres, 51,015,W
Number of persons to each fq. mile,
or 5 2-5 acres per head
The nett produce of the taxes on the
average of three years, from the
Jth April. 1787, to the sth April,
1 79°> £• 15,846,000
Add 8 pr. cent, for charges
ofcollecftion 1,26.7,680
The gross revenue of Great-Britain,
beside tythes parifli and county- £. 1. d
rates, &c. &c. 17,113,580 o o
So that each individual pays to
ilie Sjate, on an average, out
of his income, or the produce
of his labor,
But, if paid by the atfive citi
zens, it is a head by the year,
The capital of the national debt,
exclufiveof annuities for lives
and years, is about, 240,000,000
Upon the notion that the land
is ultimately charged to pay
the national debt, every square
mile is mortgaged for
or every square acre is mort
gaged for
The interest of the funded debt
including the annuities ant
charges of, management, is
Towards this, every")
square mile ! ! 116 3 ax
or every square acre contr, ' J . j 056
or every individual j per ann. '[_ o 19 6
Suppose the average rent of lands to be ten
Ihillings an acre, and that they now fell for about
30 years purcliafe, every acre is mortgaged for
iilmoft one-third of its intrinsic value, and pays
more than that proportion of its annual rent to
the interest of the national debt.
I have not made these calculations to create
dilcontents or despondency; for I believe that
the lame fort of enquiries, with regard to other
Kingdoms, would shew that, notwithflandingour
burdens appear heavy, we are not in a worse con
dnion than our neighbours. By this view of our
affairs, I mean only to llimulate our Minilters and
Senators to pursue the wisest measures for
strengthening this country, by thrift in the pub
lic treasure, by care of the public's trade, and by
all the other honest and ufeful arts of peace.
It is not extent of territory that makes a coun
try powerful, but numbers of men well employ
ed, convenient ports, a good navy, and a foil pro
d.ucing all forts of commodities. The material;
for all these we have; and, to improve them tc
the greatest advantage, we only want the com
plemer.t of men whom otir land can maintain ant
nourish, with as much trade as our national (toil
and pur knowledge of sea affairs is capable o:
embracing.
A trade 10 extended will naturally produce :
powerful naval strength ;E\vhllea large and wel
directed traffic, by its balance in our favor, wil
furnifh such ifores and wealth as will enable u
to bear our present load of debt until the plat
for the 1 education cf it fhnll have taken good root
and then the progress of that plan will procee<
more rapidly than can tafily be conccived b-
Wednesday, January 12, 1791*
THE Etnperor of Germany wore, during his
coronation, on the oth of this month, at
Frankfort, the robes'jof Charleifs'agnc j bnt not
until they had been conliderably taken in and
curtailed, to fit a fucceflor in every refped: more
diminutive than this gigantic potentate. As a
proof that even the influence of an enlightened
age could not extinguish the pious credulity of
the Germans, care was taken to exhibit, at this
solemn celebration, the liable where JefusChrift
was born ; the chains which were worn in capti
vity by St. Paul, and Sr. John ; the cloth which
covered the table during the Saviour's last sup
per ; a tooth of John the Evangelist ; and a lit
tle,box of earth indelibly discoloured by the
blood of Stephen.
Lord George Gordon was committed to New.
gate 011 the 13th December, 1787, for five years,
he has of course more than two yet before hiin.
He is obflinate in wearing a long beard till the
term of his confinement is expired ; then he
means to come forth with beams new fljorn like
the fun from behind a heavy cloud. Strange to
tell, the Alcoran oflate has been his principal
(ludy, iu which he pretends to have found the
complete!! system of human morality ever breach
ed to the world.
An Italian Jew in this city, who is remarkable
for nothing but a moderate share oflow cunning
has within the present year cleared upwards of
fifty thousand pounds by hi* speculations 011 the
war—he always said, by gad dare can be no var.
Lunardi, who has been reported dead, and
whose epitaph was even written, and publiflied
in the newspapers, is once more risen fpoin the
dead, and In perfect health. On the 31ft of Ju
ly lalt, he made a very fuccbfsful afcention with
a balloon at Palermo, in Sicily, in presence of
many thousands, who beheld him with admirati
on, among whom was Prince Caraminica, and all
the principal nobility : He was in the atrial re
gions one hour and three quarters, one hour and
a quarter of which he was hovering over thefea;
his liigheft elevation was four miles ; and de
fended 26 miles from Palermo fafe and found
558
x 7,025
2,375,000
4,256*
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i 16 o$
7 4 U
o o
-Several of the French writers of approved me
rit, have employedjthe firit months of their liber
ty, in publishing works in which all religion is
represented as a farce, and the holy scriptures
are ridiculed in a manner vhich even Voltaire
has not exceeded. '
3,010 16 9^
4 12 4i
9,260,000 o o
r
The emperor and the imperial family took
their departure from this place yesterday, at
half an hour after seven. At the moment of
theirfetting off, the'3oocannons belonging to the
citadel and ramparts began firing, and were an
swered by the whole artillery of the camp of
Bergen : to this imperial salute were joined the
acclamations of an immensity of people, who
crouded every street through which their maje
sties palled, and who exprefled all manner of
good wiflies that the hearts of a loyal and ad
miring people could didtate. Their majesties
went diretftely for Vienna, not taking- Prague in
.their way, as was supposed they would. The
king of Naples is detained here for a fliort time,
by a flight indisposition. Tlie Helfian troopsquit
their encampment at Bergen.this day.
PARIS, Odh 25.
On t rid ay, as we announced by our Jafl: let
ter, all the ministers [except monf. de Montmo
rin] lent ajoint letter to the king, requesting his
majesty's permission to resign their several em
ployments: to which his majesty himfelf wrote
the following answer.
1 have a lively feeling of the evidence you give
me of your sentiments : nobody is better acquainted
than myfelj, upon what a /vial/foundation is conceived
the uneasiness and difgujl on your account. 1 have
always Jeen yon friends to the people, to order, to jnf
l ice and to the laws. 1 will take your letter into par
ticular conjideration, and will make each of you ac
quainted with my intentions ; and I expeH, from your
zeal for the public goad, and your attachment to vie,
that until then you will not quit your funllions.
(Signed) LOUIS."
The democratics, already deferred in their mo
tion in the aflembly for the removal of the mini
fters,are not quite fatisfied with this second ■vic'to
ry gained over them by the firmnefs of the King"
thofewho have not been used to contemplate the
powers of compound interest. M. W.
LONDON, Otft. 14
FRANKFORT, Odl. 17,
[Whole No. 178.]
B elides a house tax, so be paid by the tenant
Tetfet,! 8 lh ° u ß l ' ll,e P^onionis
yet fettled, it is decreed, that there lhall be paid
for a single man-servant, three livres, forafe
cond, fix livres, and twelve livres each for all
above that number ; and that half these sums
be P aid for female servants. Small as these
taxes may appear, it is much feared that many
servants will be discharged. Mod families are
already obliged to observe the moll ftricfl econo
my, and will be ill able to bear the various taxes
liberty conflderacion > as the price of
It is likewise decreed, that for every faddlc
horse and mule there |fliall be paid three Jiv.es
and for every coach or chaise-horse and mule'
twelve Jivres a year. A democratic member pro-
Po'ed, that this tax fliould extend to asses—but
the party thought themselves too much inter
elted.
We have now in Paris a regular regiment of
robbers, under the command of a chie£ and of
ficers of different ranks. Six of them were ta
ken a few evenings ago—ln the pocket of one
of them was found a regular set of inftrudlions
for the operations of the nexttwenty-four hours.
This regiment appears chiefly composed of fer
vnnts out of place, who, having a proper know
ledge of the different houses they have lived in,
and perhaps great connexions with servants ftll{
in places, may become a very dangerous body,
especially at a time when there is no police what
ever.
HUDSON, Dec. 30,
The following statements of the number ofin
habitants in the nothern part of this state, ?t~the.
several periods therein mentioned, are accurate
and authentic.
[Note —The counties of Albany, Montgomery
Wafliington, Columbia, Clinton, and Ontario
were, in 1771, comprehended in the county of
Albany, and at present conipofe two of tlie'great
diftritfts of thisftate, caljed the eastern and wes
tern diftricls.]
In 1771, a census of the inhabitants in the pro
vince of New-York was taken, by order of the
then Governor, Lord Dunmore.
Albany county contained
In r 786, a census was taken by
order of the legiflatui e.
Albany county contained 72,360}
Montgomery 15,057 i
Wafliington 4,456 J
Increase in 15 years
Within (which time, these dif
tridts (forming an extensive
frontier) fuffered from frequent
and aluioft constant inviafions of
the enemy, during a 7 years war,
at one time, by two formidable ar
mies, one under St. Ledger, against
Fort Schuyler, and the other, of
10,000 men under Burgoyne, who
actually penetrated so far as Still-
water
The present ceufus makes
Albany county 75,180")
Montgomery 28,848 f
Washington 14,025 !
Columbia 27,552 r
Clinton 12,22 |
Ontario 3,000J
Increase in four years
BOSTON, Jan. 6
ExtraH of a letter from a gentleman at Mujkinguw,
to his friend in this town, dated Marietta, Nov.i 4.
" Our settlement here is moderately increa
sing, as usual : our crops of corn are very fine : 1
think we (hall want for provifionno more iit this
place.
" As you have made a visit to this country, I
(hall take the liberty to mention some of our ex
traordinary produdions ; othervvife I should roc
dare, lelt they should be doubted. Mr. Mathcw
fon, of Belle-Prie, has raised this year, between
two and three hundred bufliels of corn ; and af
ter his ground was cleared and fenced, he com
puted ail his other labour at three shillings per
day, and his corn did not cofl him two pence half '
penny per bushel.
" 1 measured a Radish in one of the garrison
gardens, the lafl fuinmer—lt was twenty inches
in circumference, and twelve inches out of the
ground. There are foine extraordinary inftari
42,706
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M 9.127
57,954