45 i Rent nnd Provisions in France. — 

 send jou an answer. In tlic environs 

 of Paris, tliat is, from ten to twenty 

 miles, lodgings and house-rent arc very 

 cheap. At Tavemy, in the Valley of 

 lHontmorency, fifteen miles from Paris, 

 the most picturesque and hcHlthy spot 

 that can be imagined, a first-floor may 

 be had, consisting of seven rooms, fur- 

 nishrd, fonr hcds, large kitchen, oven, 

 jack, fountain, &c.; two cellars, stable, 

 wood-lioirse, pigg(;ry, poultry-yard, and 

 two gardens, with grape vines, bearing 

 ©rdiuarily 300 t<t 600 lbs. of choice 

 grapes; all the wails planted with peach, 

 apricot, grccn-gage, nectarine, and pear 

 trees; of which the peaches, apricots, 

 »nd nectarines alone produce upwards 

 of 1000, and the pear-trees from about 

 2000 to 3000 ; besides abundance of vc- 

 yetables of all kinds, for a family of six 

 or eight persons. The rent is only 20/. 

 per annum, and no taxes : stages pass 

 the door, morning and evening, to and 

 from Paris; the fare 20</. Butchers' 

 meat, bd. per lb. of 18 ounces ; butter, 

 lOrf. ; fresh laiil eggs, (id. per dozen ; 

 wine of the country, 3^. per bottle ; 

 ^urc cyder, the juice of the fruit, only 

 2rf. per beer-quart; milk, \\d. per quart; 

 jcrcen-gages, in the season, 4rf. per hun- 

 dred ; Orleans plums, 2d. per hundred ; 

 cherries, the finest, 1 \d. per lb. ; ])eachc9, 

 {wo for a penny ; and every thing in 

 proportion. As 1 occupied these apart- 

 ments in question last summer, I know, 

 by experience, that a family may live 

 well, and even elegantly, at Tavcrny, 

 at 1*. per head, per diem. Affairs con- 

 fining me to Paris, my expences are of 

 course greatly increased ; my lodgings 

 cost me siv guineas per month, but they 

 are superb, and m the best quarter of 

 Paris ; but even here my house ex- 

 pences for myself and my cook, living 

 in a very good style, drinking macon 

 and claret at diiuicr, and white wines 

 at dessert, taking my coffee and a gla^s 

 of liqueurs, as creme de rose, vainlle 

 Curasao, ■ic. docs not stand me in 'ids. 

 per week, even though friends drop in 

 occasionally to breakfast, and are treat- 

 ed with coffee, wine, fruit, preserved 

 fruits, and li(|ueurs. 



Yesterday I had a parly to dinner of 

 six: a delicious soup; remove ; entries, 

 boiled beef, a I'rench tart, a stewed 

 wild duck, salt cod (caper satiee), calves' 

 brains, hors-d'anvres, pickled cucutu- 

 ()ers, nasturtium no\vers(piekled), tunny, 

 plivcs. 'I'he rati (roast) — a capon,a cock- 

 piieasant; salad, green peas, spinage, 

 erente uu chocdat, c\eme au macaroni. 

 The dessert— grapes, peaches, pears, 



Mr, Goodman on Reform. [Jan. 1, 



biscuits, cherry-jam, cheese, red-cur- 

 rant jelly. The wines — maeon, Bor- 

 deaux, ehahlis, sauterne, champaguet 

 Coffee (Moka). Liqueurs — Cogniao 

 brandy (27 years old), curagao vanille, 

 creme de rose, ratafin de framboise, and 

 creme di cafe Moka. Such was our 

 dinner and dessert, Mr. Editor; tlia 

 whole expence of which did not exceed 

 2J guineas: let any of your correspon- 

 dents match this luxurious economy if 



"^''''"V ^^ !«,« A Friend. 

 Pans ; Isov. 11, 1816. 



To the Editor of the MorUhlij Magazine, 



SIR, 



IT has been remarked, that seasons 

 similar to the present have occurred 

 at intervals of sixteen or seventeen 

 years ; not having the means of ascer- 

 taining the fact, by reference to many 

 authorities, I submit the enquiry to your 

 pages, as a curious subject of scientifio 

 speculation ; annexing a list of years 

 nearly conesponding to the above inter- 

 vals, in which I have been able to ascer- 

 tain the fact of any severity of season of 

 deficiency of produce — ■ 



To the Editor of the Monthly Slagazine, 



SIR, 



THI'^ agents of delusion are bnsily 

 at work, endeavouring to persuade 

 us, that the system of taxation is no 

 evil ! That " n rich govcrnmeirt makes 

 a poor people," the genius of Paine has 

 clearly demonstrated ; and, that a poor 

 people and a rich government must 

 necessarily be vicious, the tno following 

 statemenls will place beyond dispute. 



How childish arc all the remedies foj 

 these glaring and alarming evils, ex- 

 cept that of a remission of taxation; 

 and how can a remission of taxation 

 take place without a parliamentary 

 reform ? 



Number of prisoners tried for the 

 County of Warwick : — 



17i)i!. 181.5. 1816. 



Lent Assizes - 4& 100 112 



Smiuner ditto - 42 '29 73 



Epiiiliany Sessions 8 86 71 



Ka'^ttr ditto - 2 S5 59 



Midsimimer ditto 3 49 100 



Michaelmas ditto 3 53 105 



JOG 



352 5S.'0 



Disbursements 



