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rushed desperately forward to share 

 her fate. These hapless females 

 had scarcely risen into the bloom of 

 womanhood, and one of them was 

 on the eve of her nuptials. 



30th. The board of agriculture 

 has transmitted circular letters to 

 the high sheriffs of the respective 

 counties of the kingdom, inclosing 

 certain resolutions entered into at 

 the last spring assizes by the grand 

 jury of the county of York, request- 

 ing that they may be laid before the 

 magistrates at the ensuing sessions, 

 and likewise before the grand jury 

 at their respective assizes. These 

 resolutions strongly recommend the 

 immediate bringing into cultivation 

 all such parts of waste lands as may 

 be capable thereof, it appearing 

 that there remains in England the 

 immense quantity of 7,800,000 

 acres of uncultivated land ; in at- 

 tention to which, the grand jury of 

 the county of York are of opinion, 

 lie the most effectual means of re- 

 dressing our present, and securing 

 against future wants. 



In the returns made to the board 

 of agriculture, are some very im- 

 portant facts. Of the county of 

 Kent, the square acres are estimated 

 at 850,000; the population is about 

 200,000; the average rent of land 

 1.5* per acre, producing a rental of 

 672,000/. and the wliole extent of 

 commonsabout200,000acres. Nor- 

 folk is stated to contain 1,094,400 

 acres; the population is estimated 

 at 220,000: the average rent per 

 acre, the same as Kent, and the 

 whole rental 770,400/. ; the unim- 

 proved commons are said to be 

 80,000 acres. Stafibrdshire con- 

 tains 780,800 acres, and the whole 

 annual rent about COO^OOO/.; the 

 wa«te land 150,000 acres. Mid- 



dlesex contains 175,200 acres; 

 waste lands 1 6,650 acres. 



Two new spacious squares are 

 now forming on the duke of Bed- 

 ford's Bloomsbury estate, one of 

 which is to be called Russel-square, 

 and the other Tavistock-square. 

 These are to be connected by three 

 spacious streets, running north and 

 south, and opening into Blooms- 

 bury-square and Russel-street. At 

 the north end of these improvements, 

 and adjoining to the new road, a 

 very handsome dressed nursery- 

 ground and plantations, are already 

 inclosed and laid out; and north- 

 ward of these, a road of I60 feet 

 wide, in a direct line, is to be form- 

 ed through the joint estates of the 

 duke of Bedford and lord South- 

 ampton, from these buildings to the 

 junction of the two London roads to 

 Hampstead, saving the circuitous 

 ~ and unpleasant routes, either of Tot- 

 tenham-court-road, or Gray's-inn 

 Lane. 



The Cartoons which were in 

 Bedford-house, were bought in for 

 his grace, who very liberally made 

 them a present to the Royal-aca- 

 demy, for the use of the students. 



Died. Ather iiouse,inPortman- 

 square, in an advanced age, Mrs. 

 Montagu, relict of the late Edward 

 Montagu, esq. of Denton-castle, 

 Northumberland, grand-son to the 

 first earl of Sandwich, daughter of 

 Matthew Robinson, esq. late of 

 West Lay ton, York, and of Horton, 

 in Kent, sister to the present lord 

 Rokeby, and distinguished for her 

 benevolence to the poor chimney- 

 sweepers, whom she annually enter- 

 tained with roast-beef and plum- 

 pudding every May-day, on the 

 lawn Iwjfore hen- house, and who will 

 have great reason to lament her 



