1807.] 
the reduction of the debt of Great Bri- 
tain. An Act was passed by tlie par- 
hament of Ireland, in 1797, for vesting a 
certain sum in commissioners at the end 
of every quarter, to be by them applied 
to the reduction of the national debt, 
and todirect the application of additional 
funds, in case of future loans, to the like 
purposes. The fund, thus established 
tor the reduction of the theu existing 
debts, was 100,000I. per annum, of which 
32,3641. 11s. 8d. was appropriated to 
the reduction of the debt created by the 
money borrowed for Ireland in Great 
Britain in the year 1797; and 67,6351. 
8s. 4d. with 22501. per annum, expired 
annuities, to the remainder of the debt 
due by Ireland, prior to the year 1797, 
without any reference to the amount. 
On the subsequent loans, a fund of one 
per cent. has been appropriated, as on 
those raised in Great Britain. 
Total annualsum applicable in Ireland, 
to the reduction of the national debt, on 
the 5th of January, 1807. 
Griginal fund - GC055" oie 
Expired annuities, 1797, DIO, O10 
One per cent. on loans 130,50 2) 9 
Interest on stock pur- a 
ae rua ( 98,451 11 4 
£304,654 25 
The progress made in the redemption 
of that part of the public debt of Ireland, 
which is funded in Great Britain, will 
appear from the following statement:— 
Stock purchased by the commissioners, 
to the ist of February, 1807. 
Sinking fund in Ireland 
Consol, er cent, annu- NE 
up t 1,759,890 
ities = 
Reduced 3 per cent. annu- 
PO gH a 1,961,454 
Total 3,721,341 
The sum paid for the Aue amount 
ef stock was £. 2,240,862 9c. ad. 
Total annual sum applicable to the 
reduction of the public debt of Ireland, 
funded in Great Britain, on the ist of 
February, 1807. 
One per cent on cap 
tals created = - 
Interest on stock pur- 
z 425,318 19 3 
i 411,640, 4 7 
chased = 
Sinking fundin Great? ;, 4 
Britain 2 t £536,959, 3 10 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
AM one of the people calied Quakers, 
and I believe not inferior to many 
of my brethren, in my acquaintance 
with George Fox’s Journal. Observing 
therefore in your Magazine, Number 161, 
1 
Correction of a Alistake relative to George Vox. 
324 
page 162, an attempt to account for the 
Friends remaining covered in places of 
worship; [am induced to say, that I be- 
lieve it was neither taken from that 
work, nor from Sewell’s History, nor in 
short from any body’s History, that 
knows any thing about the inatter. 
Whence it is taken, I cannot say, but £ 
ain inclined to suppose it a fable formed 
for the sake of the application. After 
Fox had once forsaken the priests of 
those days, he never, I believe, visited 
their congregations, but for the purpose 
of opposing their doctrines, and spread- 
ing his own. The scruple he made of 
uncovering his head, was, as he hints 
himself, (page 24, ist edition, 1694,) 
because he believed himself divinely re- 
quired not to put oif his hat to any, high 
or low, and also in testimony awalnst ala 
opinion, then prevalent, and ‘scarcely yet 
ohsolete, that the places themselves were 
holy. CryPTonyMus, 
4th day, 9ik month. 
Pe 
To the Editar of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
N the number for October, last year, 
of your valuable Magazine, page 208, 
I read an inquiry respecting Gram and 
Suhm. Observing that the curiosity of 
your correspondent has not been satisfied 
in any of your succeeding numbers, I 
take the Itberty to send you here some 
account of the former of those gentle- 
men, on the authenticity of which you 
may ae {f this shail meet with your 
approbation, T will give myself the plea-~ 
sure, on a future opportunity, to commu- 
nicate also some particulars with respect 
to Suhm. 
Your correspondent Ignoramus is mis- 
taken in his supposition, that Gram was 
a German; he was a Dane, and was ne- 
ver beyond the frontiers of his country. 
The fears expressed for his immortality, [ 
believe, are as unfounded, and, [ trust, it 
would have been in no danger, though 
my pen had never traced the characters 
of his name. However, J shall think 
myself happy if the following lines may 
gratify your correspondent respecting 
him. 
He was born, 1685, in the diocese of 
Aalbbrg, in North Jutland, where his 
father was rector of Biesby parish, from 
whom he received his instruction, and ih 
whose house he continued til] 1703, 
when, being then eighteen years of age, 
he was sent to the University of Copen- 
hagen. He came there meanly dressed, 
in indigent circumstances, and destitute 
of friends and connections, But ae 
irst 
