552 
sessions for Dorset, of which the popula- 
tion is 144,499, amounted to 109. Cum- 
nea, Northutnberlind, ahd Durham are, 
ps, thie tlre” counties” ‘in Which la- 
seat paid “atid the’ necessaries of 
life'ave ‘cheapest: "The whole of the com- 
, mititients’ to the 'sessions of these three 
‘Gountiess” of “which ’ the’ “population is 
; 562,772, amount only tol13.’ 
sin Trade. — We learn from the partner of 
‘one'of the ‘first silk-houses in the city, that a 
mamufactirer at Lyons can put a pound of 
aye silk into his loom at from 8s. to 10s. 
cheaper than a Spitalfields’ weaver can, 
“which amounts to about 25 per cent. in 
fayout of the French in the cost of the raw 
matérial."“"With respect to the manufac- 
tured article, a yard of the best gros de 
Naples could be imported from Lyons into 
‘this‘tountry (paying the duty of 30 per 
cent. .) for’ 4s. 3d., and yielding the French 
Mmantifacturer ‘a profit ; ; whereas the same 
‘aout ‘not ‘be produced here for less than 
4s. ‘Y1d.; without allowing the English 
‘weaver any profit at all. With respect to 
“the 1 lighter descriptions of fancy articles, 
‘such’ as’ “gauze-ribbons, they can be im- 
ported generally for 15 per cent., and in 
some instances for 20 per cent. (after pay- 
ing a duty of 30 per cent.) less than is 
pad in England for the labour of making 
Basie , independent of the cost of the mate- 
nals. 
To extract Grease-spots from Linen,— 
“The following method is not generally 
known, and is certainly the most simple 
and (we speak from experience) the best 
we ever met with :—Take magnesia in the 
linp— wet it, and rub the grease-spots well 
‘with vith it in‘a little time brush it off, when 
no stain or appearance of grease will be left. 
Housekeepers’ Magazine. 
Life and Annuity Tables —From the 
-most accurate life annuity tables, it ap- 
pears that the duration of life a century 
ago in England, was only three-fourths of 
what it is at present, and that this is true 
in respect to each sex. It also appears 
that: the life-of a woman is vastly superior 
to that of a man at every age above in- 
fancy, and that the consequence of this 
. difference is enormous in pecuniary inte- 
rests depending on lives; for if two per- 
sons, aman and a woman of the same age, 
_ (for‘instance, thirty) were the one to pur- 
chase an annuity of £100 to be enjoyed by 
the other in widowhood, if the male pur- 
chased in behalf of the female, the pension 
would cost £466. 14s. Gd. ; whereas, if the 
female ‘purchased in behalf of the male, it 
would:¢ost only £317. 1s. 7d. It likewise 
_ appears,that in’ France the duration of life 
. Was, a°ventury’ ago, greatly beyond that 
_ enjoyedin England at the same time. One 
facti.is‘of a surprising nature. It appears 
that the:waste of infant life among the poor 
of'the metropolis’ is most frightful—out of 
_ every thousand children born, only 542 are 
“survive, amursing, * 
Mergent 
require much areh ntact 
thands with each other.” 
Supplementary Varieties. 
alive at the time of the mother’s next pre i 
y Bal 
nancy ; that is, . RPT FONE 
jo anne? nae = 
‘ity sk 9. poi’ 
out a great _ and obvio ious us S¢ a 
ment which might be. carried in 
the City, which is, that it shor 
two grand dorouehiaret-& 
water-side one. The one i 
sesses, viz. by Fleet-street, Cheaps ad 
Cornhill; the other, a river-side cate 
fare, is to be gained by widening’ ‘I 1eS- 
street from the Tem te oer, to London- 
bridge ; and then connecting these two 
wide streets, instead of the present mise- 
rable lanes, &c. from the opposite sides of 
which the inhabitants can. almo ake 
aware, would be a work of consi lerab é 
expense, if accomplished all at,onee ; bu 
if set about by degrees, and in oh tof 
true taste, it mght be effected oe 
easily and speedily than may be a 
imagined. Many of the public compani 
we should think, would contribute, large 
towards an object which would, in the. end, 
so materially improve their es ates. 
Tothill-fields Prison, it. appears, 8 0 be 
pulled down, because it is “ inconvenient, 
insufficient, and otherwise inadequate ;” 
and because there is a “ necess nf for the 
erection of a new gaol for Wes ‘inster ;"” 
and the place whereon the old prison is 
situated, is represented as improper,” 50 
that the said prison is to be removed to 
some other part of Westminster. ” 
' The Date-Tree.—The extensive ‘inipor 
tance of the date-tree is one of the most curi- 
ous subjects in natural history; a Neneh 
able part of the inhabitants of Egypt, 0 
Arabia, and Persia, subsist almost Hae 
on its fruit ; they boast also. of its pes 
virtues ; their camels feed upon the fee 
stones. From the leaves they make cou ae 
baskets, bags, mats, and brushes ; it 
branches, cages for their te tt an Le 
for their gardens ; from the fi 
boughs, thread, ropes, and* 
the sap is prepared as spirituous liq quor, 
the trunk of the tree furnishes fuel. uth $ 
now said, that from one fe i : 
palm-tree meal or been’ extract 
among the fibres of the trunk, 
used te food. Mm mbt —e 
Hazel Nuts haye been fouiid in 
Bonnington, near Peebles et 
longing to Sir J- aah a 
feet below the ‘surface,’ 
three feet of meadow’ aoe 
grayish-coloured Mer ath, 
feet thick: the substratum: of 
sisted of a mixture of | gray’ a 
moss,’ with some’ rotten: brab 
stumps of trees; “at' the botto P thi; 
nuts were found.’ Upon firey iho 
nuts they were found eiitirely 27 
though the nut itsel} lf ana” ave z 
brane. were as entire as Siar fr 
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