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blifhed in the neighbourhood, the property 
of manufaéiurers living in Edinburgh. 
The bufinefs of building, though fome- 
what checked during the war, has fill 
continued to employ during the war a 
number of matter-builders and many 
working-mafons. It muft, almoft imme- 
diately, begin to employ a great many 
more. Houfe-carpenters and cabinet- 
makers are numerous; and the value of 
their induftry certainly arifes to a great 
annual amount., Brewers and diftillers 
perform much bufinefs with confiderable 
capitals in Edinburgh, Leith, and their en- 
virons. The ale and f{pirits here prepared, 
are exported in large quantities to London 
and various other places. Leather and 
fhoes, both for the confumption of Edin- 
burgh and for exportation, are made here ; 
but there is an importation of ieather and 
fhoes from Yorkfhire, from Ruffia, &c. 
One of the moft elegant manufactures 
flourifhing in this place, is'that of coaches. 
The Scottifh gentry and nobility have their 
carriages made chiefly in Edinburgh; and 
carriages built by the coach-makers of 
this place, are exported to Germany, 
Ruffia, &c. Bricks and tobacco-pipes of 
clay are manufactured here: but no 
{pirited attempts have been made to in- 
troduce the manufacture of any of the 
finer forts of earthen-ware. Hofiery of 
all forts is manufaétured in Edinburgh in 
great perfection, and’ with the greateft 
fuccefs. Clocks and watches are among 
the manufactures of this place: but I be- 
lieve thatethe finer parts of the machinery 
are, for the moft part, imported from Lon- 
don. The bakers are, of courfe, numerous 
in fuch a town as Edinburgh. ‘They are 
reputed to make the beft bread that is to 
be eaten in either Scotland or England. 
The butchers are likewife numerous ; 
though there be but one fiefh-market, 
which ftands contiguous to the North 
Bridge, for the ule of the whole town of 
Edinourgh. Leitb has, indeed, a fiefh- 
_ market of its own. Frefh vegetables of 
all forts, and in the greateft abundance, 
-are fold in the paffages leading into the 
Flefh-market, and in moft other parts of 
‘the town. There is a Meal-market, not. 
exccedingly commodious, where oat-meal, 
flour, butter, cheefe, and grain are fold. 
Unlefs when extreme fcarcity prevails, it 
as well fupplied. In the Grafs-market, 
hay, corn, fheep and horfes are, on certain 
days, put to fale. Coffee-houfes are not 
numerous; but here are many taverns 
and fmall public-houfes. Ins Edinburgh, 
as in every other part of this country, the 
Propofal for a new T. opographical! Table. | 
(Jan. 1, 
Scots live much lefs in thefe houfes, than 
is common for the Englifh. The hotels 
of Edinburgh are adapted to afford the 
molt agreeable accommodation that is any 
where to be had for ftrangers of rank and 
fafthion. The lodging-houfes are~nu- 
merous; and are, in general, kept by 
people more refpectable and honéft, than 
one fhould eafily find el{where in that way 
of life. The inns are few and paultry. 
Chop-houfcs, tap-rooms and other fimilar 
places of refort for eating, are rare in Edine 
burgh. A very large annual {um is re- 
ceived in this town from the expenditure 
of merely pafling vifitants of oneor a few. 
days. | . 
_ (To be concluded in our next.) 
ee : 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
* SIR, 
LLOW me to propofe, through the 
medium of your Magazine, a Topo- 
graphical Table, by which'the ftate of a 
place may, as I conceive, be determined 
with fome accuracy, and which would ad- 
mit of various ufeful comparifons. The 
fort of table that has occurred to me is the 
orm ufed under the Population-aét,'with 
the addition of columns for the following 
heads, or fuch of them as may be chofen, - 
with any others that may be thought pro- 
per—New Houfes—Houfes eccupied by 
One Family—Houfes affefled to the Win- » 
dow and Houle Duties—Inns and Ale- 
houfes—Churches and Chapels—Diflen- 
ters” Meeting Houfes—Charitable Inftitu- 
tions—Perfons affefled to the Duty on 
Four and Fwo Wheel Carriages (in fe- 
parate divifions)—Perfons affeffed to the 
Tax for Maie Servants—Profeffional 
Men (enumerated in proper divifions)— 
Bookiellers—Schools ({ubdivided )—Tea- 
chers of Arts indicative of opulence and 
luxury—Bufinefles of the fame Clafs 
(diftinguifhed by neceffary divilions )—Ma- 
nufaétories (under fpecific heads). Tonnage 
of Shipping belonging to the Place (if a 
fea-port )— Yearly Imports and Exports on. 
an Average—Rental——Account of Poor’s 
Rates—Perfons Aflefled—Paupers (diftin- 
guifhing their feveral kinds)—Amount of 
Affeffed Taxes—Births and Deaths ina Year 
on an average—Agriculture, under fuch 
heads a§ may admit of numerical ftatement. 
If this or fome improved plan were to 
be adopted as.a general meafure, by au-~ 
thority, the real ftate of the country, and 
of each place in particular, would be 
afcertained, which I prefume muft be-a 
great defideratum. ' Your's, &c. 
Port{mouth, OF, 8 W.N. 
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