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miles in length, are kept in good repair, 
and there is only one toll-gate. “Fhough 
there is, perhaps, as much bad road in 
Weftmoreland assin any pact of England, 
confidering the extent of the county, it 
has neverthelefs been greatly improved, 
efpecially in this parifh, -by means of the 
fate Dr. Burn and his fon. 
Tn this diftrift are a number of ftone- 
bridges, five of which are placed over the 
Lune, and have from one to three arches 
each. 
The church, which ds-an old Gothic 
building, ftands upon a rifing ground, on 
the north fide of the village of Orton, 
has a tower-fteeple, with four large bells, 
and is dedicated to All Saints. The roof 
is flat, and covered with lead. ‘The in- 
habitants, whofe frugal difpofitions have 
always inclined them to parfimony, have 
been careful not to fpend more money, 
either in improving or decorating the fa- 
cred edifice, than is barely futhcient to 
Keep it from falling, infomuch, that it re- 
tains its ancient form, and appears like 
a well-preferved ruin of antiquity. The 
living is vicarial, which is rated in the 
King’s books at 1§l. 17s. 34d. but which 
is now worth nearly 160]. per annum: 
The prefentation is in the gift of the pa- 
rifhioners, who purchafed the fame, to- 
gether with the reétorial tythes, of Fran- 
cis Morice, efq. of the city of Weftmin- 
fter, and Francis Philips, gent. of the city 
of London, for the fum of 570]. In or- 
der to avoid confufion, the landholders, 
who are the patrons, and amount to about 
240 in number, keep the advowfon ia the 
hands of truftees, whom they bind to 
ptefent according to a majority of votes 
on the day of ele&tion. The vicars, 
during the lait and prefent century, have 
been Mefirs. Nelfon, Burn, Redman, and 
Milner. The vicarage-houfe, which is 
fituated near the church, was greatly im- 
proved by the late Dr. Burn, who fur- 
‘rounded it with trees. 
In this parifh are’ two {chools; one at 
Orton and the other at Tebay. The 
{choolmafier at Orton, whois allo parith- 
clerk, receives, for performing both his 
offices, about gol. a year. This ftipend 
arifes, partly from lands bequeathed: to 
the {chool, and partly from quarter- pence 
paid by thofe whom the truftees do not 
confider as poor people. Tite fchool at 
Tebay was tounded in 1672, and endowed 
with land of the prefent yearly value of 
35l. which, added to the fees paid to the 
mafter, forms a ftipend of about gol. per 
annum. The Enylith, Latin, and Greek 
languages, together with writing andarith- 
Geography. of the Black Sea. 
13 
metic, are taught at both thefe feminaries ; 
and the late mafter at Tebay inftruéted his 
pupils in the elements of Euclid, and the 
knowledge of the French tongue. Mr. 
Chapman, who taught this fchool about 
three years ago, was an ornament to: his 
profeffion, and fell a victim to intenfenefs 
of ftudy at a very early age. ‘Vhe initi- 
tution of parochial feminaries is to the ho- 
nour as well as the utility of Cumberland 
and Weftmoreland. It proves, in a very 
high degree, the wifdom and the patriot- 
ifm of our forefathers. At thefe necef- 
fary and ufeful {chools of literary and re- 
ligious knowledge, eftablifhed in every 
parith, many have received the firit rudi- 
ments of learning, who have afterwards 
been eminent in the pulpit or the bar, and 
become ornaments to their country, and: 
bleffings to mankind.. How much is. it 
to be regretted, that fo ufeful a clafs of 
men fhould be fo negleéted, that their 
falaries are not augmented in proportior 
to the increafed opulence of the times! 
The land on the north fide of the Lune 
is freehold, and can therefore he difpofed 
of according to tte pleafure of the owner; 
but that on the fouth of the river, in- 
cluding the manors of Langdale and Te- 
bay, is moftly cuftomary, and holden of 
Lord Vifcount Lowther, and defcends. in 
a direct line to the next heir, unleis other-~ 
wife conveyed by deed during the life. of 
the poffeffor. Notwithitanding the fmall- 
nefs of the eftates in general, many of 
them have defcended from father to fon 
for feveral fucceflive generations, and the 
property.has been kept entire. Hi 
The number of horfes in the parith 
amounts to upwards of 300. They are 
not in general fmall, being from 13. to 
15 hands in height. They are chiefly 
uled for hufbandry, and their value. is 
from rol. to 2ol. each. The number of 
cattle is about 1000; that of fheep, Suoa 
or 19,0003 and of pigs, about 200, 
(Fo be concluded in our next.J 
‘ 
sR ree 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
A GEOGRAPHICAL account of a@' 
VOYAGE made from CONSTANTINO- 
PLE f0 TREBIZOND, § the YRaR’. 
1755, by CIT. BEAUCHAMPS. 
(Continued from pege 35.3 
‘\pEFORE I continue the aceount of 
1} my ebfervations.on the fhore of the 
Black Sea, from Trebizond i lh 
nople; I fball give.the gd. ftinces of various 
points, which have been furnifhed me by 
feveral Captains of veflels that conftantly 
4. navigate 
