662 Domestic Notices : — Scotland. 



bossed flower-pots and ornamental garden vases, of a very superior descrip- 

 tion and very cheap. The articles are made in moulds, and the foliage 

 and other ornaments are as sharp and as amply relieved as in sculptured 

 productions. Mr. Peake assures us that there are roof tiles in his part of 

 Staffordshire which have been in use for upwards of three centuries, and 

 are still perfectly good; and that the vases and flower-pots are made of the 

 same material as the tiles, and will last equally long. Having purchased 

 some specimens from him, and among others a richly ornamented vase 3 ft. 

 high for only •21. 10s., we can safely speak of their elegance, and from the 

 appearance of the material we have little doubt of their durability. There 

 are several other articles manufactured by Mr. Peake, which will deserve 

 the attention of gardeners, agriculturists, and builders, especially his drain- 

 ing tiles, conduit pipes, flue tiles, and hip and valley tiles. Specimens 

 will be sent for exhibition to Weir's manufactory, Oxford Street, and at 

 Charlwood's seed-shop. Great Russel Street, London. — Cond. 



Garden vases have also begun to be manufactured of very substantial 

 and apparently durable materials, by Mr. Jones of Lambeth, who has sent 

 us one of an elegant form and most correctly executed, as a specimen. 

 A great number of ornamental garden vases have been lately brought from 

 Florence by the Earl of Mansfield, and from these Mr. Jones has taken his 

 patterns. Specimens may be seen at Mr. Charlwood's, Russel Street, 

 Coven t Garden. — Cond. 



SCOTLAND. 



Fruit Market. — Sept. 26. Fruit is uncommonly abundant this season, 

 and consequently it is selling remarkably cheap. Baking apples are selling 

 at Is., and best at \s. 6d. a peck of 16 lbs. Pears are nearly over. Magnum 

 Bonums are from 8d. to Is. a dozen ; Orleans 4s. a peck. Black damsons 

 are selling at 6s. a peck: list year they sold from 18s. to a guinea the 

 gallon, that is 1 peck and a half Grapes are Is. 6d. to Is. lOd. a lb. 



Oct. 13. All horticulturists agree that this is the most abundant fruit 

 season that we have had for half a century, and the quality is not so inferior 

 as might have been expected. Damsons from Cheshire, which ai-e bought 

 there for 2s., sell here for 16s. a bushel. {Scots7na7i.) 



Village Libraiy at Ceres. — By the exertions of a number of the most 

 respectable and best informed of the inhabitants, a public library was lately 

 established in this village ; and, from the support with which it has already 

 met, we are inclined to augur ftivourably of its ultimate success. During 

 its brief existence, a collection of books, amounting to upwards of 300 

 volumes, has already been obtained, principally as donations; and, among 

 the various donors, we would in particular mention Mr. Robert Gourlay, 

 as having been extremely liberal to this institution. (ScotsDian, Sept. 17.) 



Education in Fifeshire. — A manufacturer of the small town of Kirkaldy, 

 the birthplace of Adam Smith, has left 80,000/. for the education of poor 

 children in the seven adjoining parishes. In so far as charities are com- 

 mendable at all, this is unquestionably by far the most useful kind; but as 

 it is clear from past experience that all manner of charities are liable to be 

 very grossly abused, we should not be sorry to see government take posses- 

 sion of the whole of those left for the purpose of education, and apply 

 the income, as far as it would go, in the establishment of parochial schools, 

 libraries, museums, and gardens, on the i)lan that we have elsewhere 

 suggested. Neither should we be sorry to see the superfluous church 

 property so applied, and livings reduced to something like what they are in 

 Scotland. A national clergy, to be of any service to a country, must be 

 kept so poor as to belong to the middling rather than to the higher classes. 

 The experience of all ages j^roves this to be true; it equally proves that 



