14. Annuities at 3 per cent. on the duties on coals fince Lady-Day, 1719 - 15. Ditto charged on the furplus of the funds for lottery, 1714 16. Ditto at 3 per cent. charged on duties on licenfes for retailing fpirituous liquors fince Lady-Day, 1746 17. Ditto at 31. per cent. charged on the finking fund, 25 Geo. II. and management, as appears from the 8th article of the Exchequer fide of the finking fund account 18. Ditto at 3 per cent. charged on ditto, by ditto, and management 19. Exchequer bills, at 31. per cent. 1752, charged on ditto, per article IX. ditto 2c. Annuities at 9s. per ticket to lottery fubfcribers, 1745 21. Ditto at 18s. per ticket to lottery fubfcribers, 1746 SOUTH-SEA Company. 22. On their capital stock and annuities, at 3 per cent. and 8ool. per million for management 23. Annuities at 31. per cent. 1751, charged on the finking fund and management, per article 6th of the Exchequer fide of the finking fund account 24. When the Bank purchafed of the South-Sea company, the 4,000,000l. abovementioned, they probably had affigned to them a proportional share of that company's allowance for management, which is 3200l. per ann. And if the Bank be allowed for management upon the 14th, 15th, and 16th articles of this account, in proportion to what they are allowed upon the 17th, it amounts to 12031. which two fums added together make Jan. Anuu. or annual Produce. Principal Money. £. 185595 66 1018949 2200 3200000 1000000 3200000 500000 4000000 499600 1750000 1250000 1755. A new ART of RHETORICK. 7 15000 4000 25. The coinage duty to be made up anneally to 26. Allowed yearly for the theriffs by Ges. I. chap. 8. 27. Now as all these articles, except the 4th, 6th, and 7th, are to be fatisfied yearly, together with whatever belongs to the civil lift, before any furplus can be carried to the finking fund, it is evident, that the taxes appropriated for this purpose must produce fo much nett yearly; and as they produce yearly a very large furplus, now called the finking fund, therefore we must add this finking fund, which by last year's account, after all deductions, amounted to 28. To all which we must add the civil lift revenue, amounting yearly to at least Total nett amount of our present taxes But befides this, there is raised upon the people yearly, a very large fum for defraying the expence of collecting and managing the taxes. This expence cannot be exactly calculated, because when an account of the grofs and nett produce of any tax is laid before parliament, there is never a diftinétion made between what is applied towards the payment of drawbacks and bounties, and what goes towards the expence of collection and management. But upon all our taxes, except the land and malt, this expence is ufually fuppofed to amount to 2s. in the pound of their nett produce, and confequently must amount to the yearly fum of Therefore we must reckon, that the people of this kingdom contribute yearly for the expence of the government, befides what they pay for the poor, &c. com. monly called parish rates, the fum of From the WORLD, Jan. 9. Mr. FITZ-ADAM, S all forts of perfons are at this preA fent juncture defirous of becoming Speakers, I fhall fubmit my plan to your infpection, which will fhew you that I teach rather how to handle antagonists A than arguments. I diftinguish what kind of man to cut with a fyllogifm, and whom to overwhelm with the forites; whom to enfnare with the crocodile, and whom to hamper in the horns of the delemma. Against the pert, young, bold affertor, I direct the argumentum ad verecundiam. If, for inftance, a forward talker should advance that fuch an ancient poet is dull, you put him at one to filence and fhame, by faying that Ariftotle has commended hm. If the difpute be about a Greek word, and he pronounces it to be in B elegant, and never ufed by any author of credit, you confound him by telling him it is in Aristophanes; and you need not difcover that it is in the mouth of a bird, a frog, or a Scythian who talks broken Greek. To explain my argumentum ad igno rantiam, let us fuppofe a perfon fpeaking with diffidence of fome tranfaction on the continent: You may ask him with a fneer, Pray, Sir, were you ever abroad? If he has related a fact from one of our American islands, you affert he can know nothing of the affairs of that island, for you were born there; and to prove his ignorance, afk him what latitude it is in. In loquacious crowds, you will have much more frequent occafions for ufing my argumentum ad hominem; and the minute particulars into which men are led by 8 A Defcription of BRECKNOCKSHIRE. by egotism, will give you great advan- Enquire for A. B. at the bar of the A DESCRIPTION of BRECKNOCKSHIRE, in South-Wales, with an accurate MAP of the fame. B on ac Recknockshire, or the county of C Brecon, has Radnorfhire on the north and north-eaft; Carmarthenshire, and part of Cardiganshire, on the weft; Herefordfhire and part of Monmouthshire on the eaft; and Glamorganfhire and part of Monmouthshire on the South. It is an inland county, and by the English jeftingly called Break-neck-shire, count of its being generally fo very moun- D tainous. Some of its hills are exceeding high, especially Monuchdenny, which is faid to exalt itfelf above the clouds. But tho'thus generally encompaffed withmountains, yet it is not without many fertile plains and valleys, which yield plenty of corn, and feed abundance of cattle. The chief rivers are the Ufk, and Wye, E which receive thofe ftreams that water the country, and afford the people great abundance of fish, efpecially falmons and trouts. This county is about 28 miles long from north to fouth, and about 20 broad from east to west, and 106 in circumference; containing about 620000 acres, and 6000 houses. It is divided into fix hundreds, has 61 parishes, and four market towns, and fends two members to parliament, one for the county, who at prefent is Thomas Morgan, Efq; and one for the town of Brecknock, viz. Thomas Morgan, jun. Efq; This county lies in the diocefe of Llandaff; and it was awong the mountains here, that the famous Glendower, heltered G himself, and taking arms on the depofing of Richard II. proclaimed himself prince of Wales. As the Wye waters the northern and part of Brecknockshire, to the Uik, a noble river, takes its courie thro' the middle of it: It falls very ra F Jan. pidly from the black mountain, and forcing a deep channel, paties by Brecknock. Tho' this county be so mountainous, provifions are exceeding plentiful and very good : Nor are these mountains useless even to the city of London; for from hence, and other counties of Wales they fend yearly great herds of black cattle to England, which are known to fill our fairs and markets, even that of Smithfield itfelf. About two miles eaft of Brecknock is a large lake or meer called Brecknock Meer, two or three miles over, concerning which they have a great many fables, the best of which is, that a certain river, called Lhewerie, runs thro' it, and keeps its colour in Mid-channel, diftinguished from the water of the lake, and, as they fay, nevermingles with it. According to tradition, a fair city once stood here, which was fwallowed up by an earthquake, and is believed by fome authors to be the Loventium of Ptolemy; but fuch traditions are applied to many other cities in Wales, and feem to be all fable. They take abundance of good fish in this lake, fo that, like the river Theiffa in Hungary, they fay it is two thirds water, and one third fish. Many Roman and other antiquities, are to be feen here; and indeed, more marks of this fort appear in Wales than in any part of England, except Cumberland and Northumberland. The towns in this county are, 1. Brecknock, on the river Ufk, 123 computed, and 161 measured miles N. W. from London, the capital of the county, in the middle of which it stands, and where the affizes are held. It is very ancient, well-built, and inhabited, and has a good trade in clothing. It has three churches, one of which is collegiate; and is governed by two bailiffs, 15 aldermen, two chamberlains, two conítables, a town clerk, and other fub-officers. Its markets are on Wednesdays and Saturdays, which are very confiderable, for cattle, corn, and other provisions. 2. Built, about 10 miles N. of Brecknock, pleasantly feated among woods on the Wye, over which it has a large wooden bridge, which leads into Radnorshire. It has a trade for ftockings, and has two good weekly markets, on Mondays for cattle, and on Saturdays for corn and provifions. 3. Hay, about 12 miles N. E. from Brecknock, a town of good note in the time of the Romans, being then fortified with a caftle and a wall: It is at prefent a pretty good town, and has a market for corn, cattle, and provifions on Mondays. 4. Crickhowel, about 10 miles S. of Hay, with a market on Thursdays. JOUR |