The Advantages proposed by it, however, by no means warranted such a Calculation, it did not meet a general Approval, many Persons declined redeeming, and but Few were inclined to buy. The Time originally limited, was frequently extended, notwithstanding, the Plan succeeded very imperfectly, and on the first of February, 1812, the TOTAL transferred to the Commissioners, by Reason of LAND TAX, redeemed, was only TWENTYTHREE MILLIONS, nine Hundred forty-one Thousand, fifty-seven Pounds, six Shillings, and seven-pence*.

* This TABLE shews the Quantity of LAND in the several Counties, the Number of Members returned by each, and the Parts paid by them, together with the Amount of their Produce:

As a Reduction of the INTEREST of Money, upon Private Securities, is supposed to be an

Object, not improbable to be brought before PARLIAMENT, this brief Communication, states precisely, the Difference of Interest of Money, at various Periods.

*N. B. This was the first Enactment by LAW, upon the Subject, in our History.

Thus the INTEREST of Money, seems to be receivable, as a NATIONAL BAROMETER! And from the Lowness of that Interest, the Indication is obvious and sure, of the pecuniary Prosperity of a COMMUNITY.

The Quantity of ALE and PORTER brewed in the METROPOLIS, annually exceeds Twelve Hundred Thousand Barrels, of Thirty-six Gallons each. The Beverage of PORTER, obtained its Appellation about the Year 1730, from this Circumstance. Prior to the above mentioned

Period, the Malt Liquors in general Use, were Ale, Beer, and Twopenny, and it was customary to call for a Pint or Tankard of Half and Half; (i. e. half of Beer and half of Twopenny) in Course of Time, it also became the Practice to ask for a Pint or Tankard of Three Threads, meaning a Third of Ale, Beer, and Two-penny; and thus the Publican was obliged to draw from Three Casks, to serve One Customer. To avoid this Trouble and Waste, a Brewer, whose Name was HARWOOD, conceived the Idea of making a Liquor, which should partake of the United Flavours of Ale, Beer, and Twopenny, he succeeded, calling it Entire, or Entire Butt Beer, meaning, that it was drawn Entirely from One Cask or Butt. Being a hearty, nourishing Liquor, it was very suitable for Porters, and other hard working People; Hence it acquired the TITLE of PORTER. It has been formerly asserted, that the THAMES Water alone, would make good PORTER, but Mr. WHITBREAD's, which is the largest Brewery in LONDON, is in part supplied from the NEW RIVER, and partly from a Spring in the Premises. One of Mr. WATTS' Steam Engines, works the Machinery at Mr. WHITBREAD's, it pumps the Water, Wort, and Beer, grinds the Malt, stirs the

Mashtubs, and raises the Casks out of the Cellars. It is able to do the Work of Seventy Horses, although of a small Size, being only a Twenty-four Inch Cylinder, and makes little more Noise than a Spinning Wheel. It may be remarked, that when Dr. BLACK discovered the Principle of latent Heat, he certainly did not imagine, that by its astonishing Power, MACHINES might be constructed, by which the greatest Manufactories in the WORLD, such as the above, would be carried on; and hence the Concernment of attending to any Fact in SCIENCE, however trifling Reference it may, in the first Instance, seem to have to the ARTS.

The COMPANY of BREWERS were incorporated in the Sixth Year of HENRY VI. In 1552, JUDD, being then Lord Mayor, an Order was made by the Court, to prevent the Adulteration of Hops, and Searchers appointed, to destroy such as were deemed unwholesome. The Flemish Hops imported, were at length so mixed, that in 1591, the BREWERS remonstrated to Lord BURGHLEY, her MAJESTY's Minister, "That certain Statutes were made for the Assize of Bread, Ale, and Beer, which was to be regulated, by the

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