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tice on fuch perfon, as foon as the fine is 
Jevied ; but in the latter, it is thought fuch 
perfon cannot be required to take another 
-till. it comes regulariy to his turn; i. ex 
tilla!l perfons liableto take, have been fup- 
plied with one. 
It is thought thé letter of the law will 
admit of either; if fo, does- not the con- 
fideration of the egwity of allowing a pecu- 
lary compenfation in fuch cafe, and the 
extent of the penalty, determine in favor 
of the latter? : 
If a parifh has been in the cuftom, for 
time immemorial, of taking ten pounds 
as a compeniation for refufing to take an 
apprentice, can it, confitiently with juftice, 
though agreeably to the civil law, adopt 
a different mode, by inimediately putting 
another apprentice in the cafe where the 
penalty had been levied? 
It may not be amifs to remark that the 
perfon on whom fuch an apprentice is put, 
is a real fufferer by the former proceedings 
of the parifh, as it thereby falls to his lot 
to take-an apprentice much fooner than it 
otherwife would have done ;. and hence it 
feems but reafonable that the parifh fhould 
in honor allow fuch a perfon all the relief 
in its power. 
—e Te 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
READER of your Magazine from 
its earlieft publication, prefumes to 
hope for information from fome of the nu- 
merous correfpondents of your juily cele- 
brated Mifcellany. 
, A few years ago, I was prefented to a 
crown living under sol. per ann. Upon 
it was a {mail parfonage in a moft {lat- 
tered condicion, and fome glebe land in a 
very negleéted ftate. The Jate incumbent 
left no reprefentatives from whem I could 
dzmand dilapidations. I have expended 
near two years income in clearing the 
glebe, repairing a barn, fiable, cow-houfe, 
and fitting upthe only reom that could by 
any means be made habitable in the par- 
fonage; in the ruins of which Lam in immi- 
nent peril of being buricd every time I 
occupy it. By the aét which impowers 
me to raife money for rebuilding the par- 
fonage, I am directed to procure leave trom 
the patron. To whom, ard in what 
manner will it be mof advifeable to apply 
for fuch leave? Th- Governors or Direc- 
tors of Queen Anne’s Bounty are ‘allo 
empowered to lend rool. free of interef 
for repairs on fuch fmall livings. In what 
manner, to whom, or through whom, is 
this application to be made, with moft 
probability of fuccefs? Survey, eftimates, 
Queries.— State of Society in Cork. 
certificate, plan, elevation, &c. are all 
prepared as the act directs, and the con- 
currence of my Diocefan can readily be pro 
cured. 
Clear, explicit anfwers to the queftions, 
and any other direétions which may tend 
to forward or facilitate this bufinefs, 
may be of effential fervice to others, ag 
well as Your humble Servant, 
A WELCH ParRsON. 
Sa 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HAVE lived a confiderable time in the 
city of Cork, and have long ftudied 
the manners of its inhabitants: but to_ 
make ufé of an expreffion of Mr. Burke’s, 
they exhibit ‘fo variegated a piece of 
Moflaic,” that I believe it-will bea diffi- 
cult tafk to delineate their portrait. 
“One hundred thoufand fouls confitute, 
very nearly, the population of this city, 
which is built without any attention to 
order or regularity, fome of the bef edi- 
fices in it being often contiguous to-tlre_ 
meaneft hovels, and 2 row of well-built 
houfes fucceeded by falting-fheds and mer- 
chants’ cellars. As commerce is the prin- 
cipal fupport of Cork, this laft inconve- 
nience cannot be done away withcut ma-_ 
terial injury to the trade of the place. 
‘The merchants form the richeft and moft 
powerful clafs of men here; they are ge= 
nerally engaged either in the Weft India — 
and Lifbon trades, or in fupplying go- 
vernment with provifions for the navy and 
army. In their manners they much re- 
femble thofe of Hamburg: they have the . 
fame tafte for expence and wafteful pro- 
fufion, the fame love of fociety, the fame 
paffion for thew ; nay, the fame rapid fuc- - 
ceflion of riches and poverty may be ob- 
ferved here as in the 
place; and in fome meafure arifes frora 
the negle&t of convoys and infuring, 
which, although fatal to fome confiderable 
houfes, has given immediate affluence to 
others. 
The Corkonians, as I remarked cha 
love fociety. Dinner-parties take place 
every. day. Their entertamments are in 
the firft ftyle of expenfive elegance; and 
owing to the intimate connection they have - 
with Portugal, and the lownefs of_the 
duties, their wines are always excellent. 
The ladies remain in company after dinner 
longer than they are accuitomed to do in 
this country ; and then they take leave of 
the gentlemen, whom they fee no more 
for the day: for the pleafures of the bottle 
are here conficered in higher eftimation - 
than the conveiiation of che fair fex. + - 
However 
[Sept. & 
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