= 
500 
favour of either ftyle to the exclufion of 
the other) is very praife-worthy; and 
in fhort the whole paper is very ad- 
mirable. I think, however, the author 
has not exhaufted his fubje@. He has 
afferted that each ftyle is admisable in 
different ways, but has carefully avoided 
the queftion, «which ftyle is the beff ? This 
will probably be determined in a fatis- 
faCtory way, by confidering the nature 
of the affections excited in the mind by 
either ftyle. ‘The ancient ftyle of mufic 
has for its object an endeavour to excite 
the moft fublime affections, the mott 
noble paffions. It peffeffes uncommon 
richnefs, and deep contrivance in the 
harmony and modulation, and a cer- 
tain fteadinefs and sobriety of melody, 
which precludes all levity, and is pecu- 
liarly fuitable to faered words. The 
modern ftyle has alfo for its obje& the 
excitement of the paffions; but by neg- 
jecting harmony and depth of contriv- 
ance, and by pofiefiing great contraft, 
novelty, variety, levity, and abundance 
of ornament, feems peculiarly calculated 
to excite furprife and pleafure; and is 
iefs adapted to facred words, but very 
proper for the theatre. The ancient 
fiyle of mufic may be compared with 
he fublime ftyle In painting, and the 
uedern -ftyle with the ornamental. Sir 
jofhua Reynolds, after accurately de- 
fcribing the apprepriate characters of 
refe two-ftyles of painting, decidedly 
prefers the /uédime. In mvufic, a ballad, a 
cantata, and an anthem may be faid to ‘be 
each of them good in their way; but it 
is hardly neceifary to fay that the a 
them is the beft, as being the mof {tp- 
pendous effort of the human mind, and 
> 
various pieces of mufic are as different as 
from reading of an enigma, a fonnet, 
and a chapter of Haiah: No one can 
deny that the neatnefs and beauty of the 
Grecian Temple are exquifite; and I had 
almoit faid, that no one could be infen- 
tible to the fublime effeGs of the Gothic 
cathedral, which, however, notwith- 
itanding the repeated attacks from the 
admirers of the Grecian temple, is daily 
becoming more and more the admiration 
and ftudy of profeffed architc@s. Each 
of thete buildings is excellent in its pe 
cular ftyle; but the apparently indefinite 
fize of the cathedral, its uncertain, and 
in many inftances coloured, light, which 
creates a religious awe, and aprears al- 
Mmoft fupernatuia!l, the eTec&t cf fourd 
échoing ‘along its aifles, its lorie face 
ceffion of vaulted arches, cluttered pillars 
ever canopied niches, and ramified win- 
cows, are all productive of fade eata- 
“ : i - ° 
Statements of Population, Fc. compared. 
fJan. t, 
tions; which, when oppofed to thofe 
produced by accurate proportion, deli- 
cacy and propriety of ornament, and the 
cafily comprehended whole and parts of 
the Grecian Tempie, muft be regarded a5 
fenfations of a mwre exalted and divine na- 
ture, and which feem to be almoft g 
foretafte of the joys of which we hope 
hereafter to parteke. For fimilar rea- 
fons, I decidedly prefer the ancient fiyle 
of mufic, and am, Sir, your’s, &c. ; 
wc 

To the Editor of the Mentily Magazine. 
Sir, 
EE improvement of ftatiftical knows 
ledge has always been a profefied 
object of your Magazine, and it is cer- 
tainly a fubje@ on which much remains 
to be done; for in all that has hitherto 
appeared concerning the pcpulation of 
wealth of the courtry, there is a moft 
difcouraging preponderance of gnefs- 
work and uncertainty. In confirmation 
of this opinion I beg leave to ftate-a few 
firiking differences between 2 ftatement 
which has lately appeared in your Ma- 
gazine, and thofe of the Rev. H. Beeke 
in his “ Obfervations on the Produce of 
the Income Tax,” in which he has cer> 
tainly evinced an extenfive acquaintance 
with the fubied. 
_ Your correfpondent Mr. Grellier Rates 
the whole number of acres in England 
and Wales to be 46,916,000, and in Scot- 
land 26,000,000; Mr. Beeke endeavours 
to prove that in the whole extent of 
England and Wales there are really no 
more than 38,500,0co acres. and that 
Scotland with its adjacent ilands cont 
ains about twenty-one million acres. _ 
Mr. Grellier computes that the whole 
number of inhabitants of-Great Britain is 
about 7,000,000; Mr. Beeke afferts that 
the population of England"and Wales i 
realiy not much lefs than r1,0¢9,000, and 
that it has been, and ftill is, increafine 
. : i - 4° y YY 
with a rapidity which far exceeds the 
opinions that are generally entertained 
refpecting it: he reckons thé whole popu- 
lation of ‘Great Britarn at ¥ 2,650,000. 
My. Grellter ftates the whele income of 
the country at 130,570,000l. Mr. Beeke 
eftimates it at 218,000,c6col. j 
Mr. Greiicr values the whole capitak 
of the country at 1,298,607,000l.; Mn 
teeke ftates the real value of the whole 
capital to be about 2300,000,cool. ex= 
clufive of any value which might he 
aftumed for perfonal labour, and alfo 
exclufive of foreizn “poffeffions to the 
value of at lesit ro0,cos oeck. fterlrg, 
which belong ‘to the inhabitants of this 
: 
’ As 
