1808.]- “Zale round the Moon.—Jomt Stock Companies. 
'¥s enuinerated (from a paper, dated 1704) 
the different description of poor children 
who are objects of the establishment ; 
also of beggars, and vagrants, and idle 
and disorderly persons, amongst which 
are mentioned “ those ill women which 
are taken up in the streets, debauching 
the youth and others of this city.” 
<“‘ Note, there are in the work house sel- 
dom less than four hundred children at 
work, besides the grown beggars, va- 
grants, and other idle and deatierly per- 
sons, who are there kept to hard iabour.” 
It is understood that at present there 
are not more (if so many) than half a do- 
gen children in this workhouse, although 
there are ample funds for supporting a 
great number of people. How far it 
would be consistent with justice, huna- 
nity, and sound policy, to put in force all 
the clauses of the vagrant act, we do not 
mean here to examine. 
‘hat worthy and truly respectable man, 
Granville Sharp, whose labours for the 
good of mankind are well known, teok 
considerable pains, some years ago, to 
render this workhouse useful, but failed 
in his endeavours. The exact cause of 
his want of success I do not know. 
Your's, &c. 
December 26, 1807. 
ee 
AN OBSERVER 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE following account of an uncom- 
mon and beautiful appearance of 
the moon may not be unworthy the no- 
tice of the readers of your M agazine. 
On Sunday, the 16th ult. I observed 
the moon, at half past eleven o’ctock, 
surrounded by a very small halo, w hich 
increased rapidly until it assumed the 
appearance of a globe of fire, about six 
times the size of the moon, in the centre 
of which that luminary was placed. As 
{ regarded this beautiful sight, I ard 
the edges of the halo begin to assum 
prismatic appearance, and in about oe 
minutes a perfect rainbow was formed 
around it. ‘The appearance then was 
that of the meéon in the centre of a vlobe 
of fire, the globe being surrounded “by 2. 
perfect and most brilliant rainbow. 
The moon continued thus for half an 
hour, when her rainbow and halo disap- 
ared, gradually leaving her as_ before, 
ing in a cloudless sky. 
vine s, &c. 
th, Devon. 
1897.- 
D. 0. 
end of the present year. 
133 
To. the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
EVERAL. of your’ Correspondents 
have noticed the prevailing dispost- 
tion tor the establishment of joint-stock 
companies tor almost every branch of 
trade, but none of them have attempted 
to shew the progress we had made to- 
wards reviving the infatuation of the 
celebrated year 1720. These stock- 
jobbing speculations have received a, 
check, which will probably prevent their 
increase for the present ; but in order to 
convey to future readers of your Maga-, 
zine, some idea of our commercialinge- 
nuity and enterprizing spirit, you pro-, 
bably wall find room for the Stcloed list. 
All the projects it comprehends have been 
laid before the public in the course of the 
last year, and the greater part of them 
will cease to he publicly known before the 
Your's, &c. 
Junuary 12, 1808. G, 
4 
List of Public Companies. p ‘posed to be 
established by Sidseriptiog on the Yeur 
1507. 
1. Hope Fire and Life a Com- 
pany capital £ 2,000,000. 
- County Vire Office, Southampton- 
str eee cap ital £3 50,000. 
Se Eagle Fire and Life Insurance 
Company; capital £%,000,000 in shares 
of £50 each. 
4. iaibow Fire and Life Ofice, Com- 
mercial road. 
5. Atlas Insurance Company, for Fire, 
Liv Ae and Annuities. 
Golden-lane Brewery, Brown and 
iy Ss; capital £300,000 in shares ef 
£50 each. 
7. The Old Enghsh Ale Brewery, fer 
brewing Ale, Amber, and Table Beer, 
from Malt and Hop s only; capital 
£75,000 in shares of £5 each. 
i Re Niaiden-lane Brewery. 
9. Weston-street Brewer y. 
10. United Public Brewery, Bankside; 
shares £52 10s. each. . 
11. nae Ale Brewery, toed 
ae war Wye if 
2; PUBHE. Brew ery, Deptford. 
o The London Genuine Malt Distil- 
lery, and Rectitying Company, at Vaux- 
hall: capital £140,000, in shares of £50 
each. 
14. The Public Distillery for making 
and rectifying Genuine “British Spt- 
rits, Cordials, ‘and Compounds; capital 
of 209,000 in ‘shares of £50 each. : 
15. Another _ 
