For the Bee. SIR, THE public were often amufed fome years ago with crofs readings in the newspapers, in which, from cafual combinations of words, very curious ideas were fometimes produced. The following, though not of that clafs, owes its effect entirely to a fortuitous circumftance, that I fuppofe the ingenious writer has not adverted to. Dr. Blair, in his third volume of fermons, after an elegant dedication to her Majesty, chooses for the text of his firft difcourte, "Exalt her, and the shall promote thee; extol her, and the fhall bring thee to "honour." 66 J. G. THE following is another laughable inftance of a text accidentally made choice of by a worthy clergyman, without adverting to the use that wags might make of it. The reverend Mr. Enfield, Editor of the English Preacher, and many other valuable performances, preached from the following text the first Sunday after his marriage." Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched "me." Job xix.—21. 66 REVIEW. Sir John Sinclair's Statistics continued from our laft. ACCORDING to promise in last number, we now give, in a tabular form,, an abstract of the first volume of the statistical account of Scotland, by means of which the reader will at one view fee the ftate of fome of the most important particulars that occur in this work, which will give rife to many reflections. It will appear to fome, to be, from this view of it, in fome respect defective, as there are in the table many blanks; but this cannot in moft cafes throw any blame upon the compilers; where facts have not been afcertained, it was not in their power to fupply them: and if in a few inftances fome particulars have been inadvertently paffed over, thefe deficiencies may be ftill made up in a fupplement, for the compofing of which this table may have its use. In juftice to the ingenious writers of thefe memoirs however, it deferves to be noted, that many particulars of great curiofity and importance which are stated in this volume, could not find admiffion into the table, fome of which will fall to be occafionally mentioned as we go along; but a perfect knowledge of them can only be obtained by confulting the work itself. + This table is divided into seventeen columns; the first con tains the name of the parish and the district in which it is fituated-The fecond, the total number of its inhabitants at prefent-The third, the average births-Fourth, marriages Fifth, deaths, per annum-The fixth marks the increase of perfons in the parifh fince the year 1742, when an enumeration fomewhat of the fame fort with that now going on was made at the defire of Dr. Webster, who was then engaged in ftatistical inquiries, on which to ground his calculations for the fund to be appropriated to the benefit of clergymen's widows; calculations which the refult has fhewn to have been made with a furprising degree of accuracy-The feventh column marks the decrease fince the fame period, where any thing of that kind has taken place-The eighth VOL. III Tt f denotes the perfons who have come into the parish to refide fince that period-And the ninth those who have left it— Unfortunately the facts refpecting thefe two laft particulars have scarcely in any cafe been accurately afcertained; a defect not only in this, but in almost all other statistical accounts that have been published-The tenth column marks the number of poor who receive public charity in the parish -And the eleventh the fums that are appropriated for their fupport-The twelfth is the number of horfos-Thirteenth cattle-Fourteenth, sheep maintained in the parish at the prefent time-The fifteenth is the amount of the minifters ftipend -The fixteenth the number of acres in the parish, which has been only in a few cafes afcertained by measurement And the seventeenth and last, is the total rental of the parish at the present time. On each of these heads we shall make a few cursory remarks. Number of Perfons. This has been in the prefent cafe afcertained with great accuracy in general by actual enumeration; and it may be accounted perhaps the most accurate statement of this particular that ever has been published of any country. Not only are the numbers afcertained with precifion; but in most cases thefe are claffed according to their ages, and in a good many cafes they are also arranged according to their employments and condition. As an example, the following is the state of population in the parish of Croffmichael; the inhabitants of which are thus arranged by the Rev. Mr. John Johnston. viz. Natives of England Divifion of the inhabitants according to Ift Place of birth. Forward Isle of Man Forward 380 392 163 Edinburgh C Under 10 years of age 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 60 to 70 80 to 99 Blacksmiths Joiners and coopers Cart wrights Dyer 15 Shocmakers 9 Taylors and 3 apprentices 2 I 719 772 Blacksmiths and I ditto Mafons and 5 ditto Joiners and I ditto Female fervants Miller I I I Labouring cottagers 41 Families of the above, &c. Number of houses or fmoakes 385 Souls Males 1616 Females 922 448 308 Widowers 219 Widows 204 Men past 20 Forward 44 Total 772 In many other parishes the particulars are as minutely ftated, which cannot fail to give a fatisfactory view of the prefent internal ftate of this country: The following is the ftate of population of the parish of Kiltearn, by the RevMr. Harry Robertson. 29 9 From 20 to 101. Total tenants The Mechanics are as under. 3 Taylors 14 Shoemakers f Married perfons of both fexes 492 Ĉ 50 4 Shopkeepers 30 20 4254730 6 24 3 51 54 . I 55 7 491 173 Tenants paying above 80 1. rent 2 145 40 81 153 72 84 IS 96 The population of the parish of Kilrenny is stated in another manner by the Rev. Mr. William Beat. 261 Families. 2 20 and 50 50 and 70 34 families confift of 40 36 34 II ΤΟ 10 34.56 78 ΤΟ II 12 13 14 16 145. 114 70 88 60 36 Females II 60 13 28 Annual average of births from Males born in the preceding 16 Inhabitants 1086 The inhabitants of Dalmeny are thus arranged by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Robertfon. period Females Annual average of deaths dur- Males who died Population table for 1790. 34 331 350 9 Carpenters &c. IO Mafons II Taylor 34 Shoemakers |
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