23 
YT conceive their manufacture muft have 
depended almoft wholly on manual inge- 
nuity, and not on the application of any 
particular machine. ne a 
To his enquiry after a fuitable addition 
tohis * kitchen library,” I flatter myfelf 
I can recommend a work of fome impor- 
tance. J] mean, Sir, “* Lhe Cheap Repo- 
fitory,? in 3 vols. publifhed by Mr. Rr- 
“vINGTON, which of itfelf, witha Bible 
and Prayer-book, would form a library 
in miniature, capable of effecting every 
religious and. moral purpofe. 
Baraat? Cs Mee AMIN SD Ey | 
ee WOUL'S, Oc, 
ORE ONS 
P,S,. Iam a lineal defcendant on the fe- 
male fide of the PrestpENT BRADSHAW, 
and have taken fome pains to procure mate- 
rials for a genuine account of that repudiated , 
charaéter; but as his defcendants have fourd 
it neceflary to fhrink, as much as pofhble, 
from obfervation, as every trace of him is 
effaced from the public records of the country, 
I find it too dificnlt a tafk, not to foiicit, 
through the medium of your valuable mif- 
cellany, fuch hints on the. fubject as your 
correfpondents may be enabled to communi- 
Gate. . 
— ei 
Yo the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIRs. 
-fA\ Sa proper fupplement fo the ftate- 
2 \\ ment you inferted in your laft Num- 
ber, page 429, you will poffibly oblige me 
with:admitting the following, being a 
yooft remarkable epoch in the funding an- 
nals: : SD ike 
dn Millions Millions 
Stock hefore the war 2262 Int. and Ann. 9 

Added fince - 225 ditto ditto 
; 4514 
Bank Stock, - ee 
*Value of the diffe- " 
yent annuities, += 23 
Total 486 millions already 
oe funded. 
fr may deferve the attention of your 
yeaders, that as the ratio on mcome is efti- 
mated to produce only ten millions, re- 
courfe mult be had ts loans or fome other 
device, for the reft of the fupplies wanted 
in the year, which, by the patt expendi- 
ture may be calculated at 45 to 20 mil- 
lions more. It muft diminiih the cheer- 
fulnefs with which the public may be dif- 
pofed to bear atax of a tenth on income, 
that fo large a deficiency mut be fuper- 
ee eS 
* Erratum, page 42g, read long annuities, 
average D5 &éd. inftead of Ge 6s. 
j ss j 
National Debt .— Book Societies. 
[Jan. 
added by fome other heavy burden: .The 
obfervations on the Tax on Income, 
page 407, contain fo much good fenfe 
and folid argument, that they appear 
highly deferyving an attentive confidera, 
tion. i 
‘Imay trouble you fhortly with fome 
notice of what Mr. Pitt lately dropt, that 
loans only ferve to raife the intereft of mo- 
ney, and to depreciate the funds, tending 
te thew that thofe confequences follow 
from borrowing at a nominally low inte- 
reft, and giving in return a large capital. 
wwEGiai gan ee 
To the Editor of the Mouthh Magazine. 
SER yo) el ; 
T)) EADING Societies are of. fuch 
fienal utility in promoting the ge- 
neral {pread of literature.and ufeful know- 
ledge, that every rational attempt to in- 
troduce them into places. where they are 
not yet known, to improve their rules, or 
to correét the abufes to which from vari- 
ous caufes they are liable, deferves atten- 
tion and encouragement. Several valua~ 
ble eflays for this purpofe have appeared . 
already in your truly liberal mifcellany ; 
but as the fubject is highly important, 
and by no means exhaufted,—and as yours 
-is now the only periodical. work wherein 
every topic interefting to the public, can 
be fairly and candidly difcufled, I truit 
you will readily confent to allot a few 
pages for the reception of fuch further re- 
marks upon it as your correfpondents may 
have to communicate.—In your laft num. 
ber, p. 332, a lively, fenfible writer has 
with great juftice and truth afferted, that 
thefe valuable inftitutions “‘ have been 
univerfally fet on foot by the friends of 
liberal diicuflion, who have ever fhowed 
themtelves fuperior to the narrowneis of 
party, and readily voted for books on 
both fides. of every queition.” But now - 
(he complains) ‘* they are artfully gotten 
into other hands, and perverted to the 
fupport of a particular fet of opinions.”* 
This indeed is an evil of great magnitude ; 
almoft general; and loudly calls for ef- 
fectual redrefs. There are but few read- 
ing focieties in the kingdom which ean- 
not produce inftances of facerdotal craft 
and bigotry, equal at Jeaft to thofe whica. 
Indagator has related. Now this is the 
more alarming, as it is well: known 
that the clergy as a body, ufually take 
their cue from the will or caprice of the. 
higher powers, and almoft confider them-_ 
felves bound in confeience to a&t as their 
togls ox co-operators. If then we find 
thera 
