An ACCOUNT of the produce of the finking fund, and to the payment of what debts contracted before Dec. 25, 1716, the faid fund has been applied."

A QUESTION in NAVIGATION. By W. B.

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Ship in lat. 40° o N. obferves two islands A and B, lying then the fail'd due weft, and faw a cape, bearing due north in a line with B, B diftant 8,53 miles, and kept on that courfe till fhe was 20 miles diftant from her firft port: Then the fteered north, till the faw the island A bearing due eaft 12 miles in a line with the cape; and obferves that A was 3,97 miles farther diftant from the cape than B: Required the latitude the fhip is in, and the distance of the islands and cape from each other, and from the ship at each observation ?

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Anfwer to the PARADOX in December Mag. p. 568, by GEOGRAPHICUS.

HEN the fun enters the points Aries and Libra, and confequently the equator, the fun is at the fame time feen to rife both by the fouth and north poles, which is twice a

Subfiance

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KING'S SPEECH. LIVERPOOLE defcribed. April

Subftance of bis MAJESTY's SPRECH
at the Clofe of the Seffion, on Saturday,
April 6, 1754.

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IRST his majesty tells both houfes,

that nothing could have given him
greater fatisfaction, at this time, than the
unanimity and difpatch with which they
had gone thro' the bufinefs of this feffion:
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That tho' no particular point of extraor-
dinary moment had offered itself to their
confideration, yet they had fhewn the most
attentive regard to every branch of the pub-
lick fervice: That as to foreign affairs,
he fhould fay nothing at prefent, except,
that it was his fixed refolution to do eve-
ry thing in his power to maintain the ge-
neral tranquillity, and to adhere to fuch B
measures for that purpofe, as he had hi-
therto purfued in conjunction with the
powers in alliance with him.

Then he returns the houfe of commons his hearty thanks for the fupplies they had fo chearfully granted; and which were the more acceptable to him, as they had brought no new burthen upon his good fubjects.

At laft, fpeaking to both houfes, his majefty concludes as follows: "The time draws near, when the present parliament must determine by law; and it is my intention very fpeedily to call a new one: But it would be unjust to this, not to give it a publick teftimony of my approbation. The many eminent proofs which you have given of your duty and affection to my perfon and government; zeal for this excellent conftitution, and of your for the fecurity of the prefent eftablishment; can never be forgotten by

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An Account of LIVERPOOLE: With a beautiful PROSPECT.

weft corner of Lancashire, of which

HIS famous town lies in the

county we gave a particular defcription in our Magazine for 1750, p. 486, &c. with a correct MAP of the fame. It is fituate on the north fide of the river Mersey, which parts Lancashire from Cheshire, near the mouth of that river, where it falls into the Irish fea. It is an antient corporation, governed by aldermen, &c. fends two members to a mayor, parliament, and has two weekly markets, viz. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. St. Nicholas's the old church, St. Peter's Here are three churches in this town, viz. built about 50 years ago, and St. George's the new church, finifhed in the year 1734. The prodigious increase of inhabitants, and new buildings, owing to the vaft improvement of their trade, occafioned the two laft churches to be erected. The standing all upon pillars of freeftone, town-house is a fine modern building, and under it is their Tolfey, or Exchange, for the meeting of the merchants. Here is alfo a good free fchool, well endowed, and a very noble charity fchool for 50 boys and 12 girls, who, befides their education, are maintained with clothes, meat, and lodging. Here are likewife feveral Ddows, and other old and indigent people. alms-houfes for the fupport of failors wi

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By your vigorous affiftance, under the protection of the divine Providence, I was enabled to put an end to an expen- E five, tho' neceffary war, by an honourable peace; which you have greatly contributed to preferve, by readily and uniformly fupporting my meafures. have gone farther; and, whilft the difficulties arifing from the war were scarce over, feized the first opportunity to per fect one of the greatest works of peaces by concurring in the moft proper means for a gradual decreafe of the national debt, and, at the fame time, railing the publick credit. You have alfo, by feveral new laws, laid a foundation to strengthen and advance the trade and commerce of my kingdoms. Such a feries of wife and fteady conduct cannot fail to recommend you to the good will and esteem of your G fellow fubjects, as well as mine. For my own part, I fecurely rely upon the loyalty and good affections of my people, and have no other aim, but their lasting happiness."

Liverpoole may be truly faid to be one of the wonders of Britain, because of its prodigious increase of trade and buildings within the compafs of a few years. It rivals Bristol in the trade to Virginia, and the British colonies in America. They hips to Norway, to Hamburgh, to the trade alfo round the whole inland, fend Baltick, as alfo to Holland and Flanders fo that they are almoft become, like the Londoners, univerfal merchants. The trade of Liverpoole confifts not only in merchandizing and correfpondencies beyond the feas, but as they import almost correfpondence with Ireland and Scotland, all kinds of foreign goods, they have confequently a large inland trade, and a great for confumption of their imports: So that we may draw the following comparison between Bristol and Liverpoole. lies upon the Irish fea; fo does LiverBriftol poole. Bristol trades chiefly to the south and weft parts of Ireland, from Dublin has all the trade of the east shore and the in the caft to Galloway weft; Liverpoole north, from the harbour of Dublin to Londonderry. Bristol has the trade of South-Waics, Liverpoole great part of the trade of North-Wales. Briftol has

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1754. Of the BRIDGES in IRELAND.

the fouth-west counties of England, and fome north of it, as high as Bridgenorth, and perhaps to Shrewsbury; Liverpoole has all the northern counties; and a large confumption of goods in Cheshire and Staffordshire is fupplied from thence.

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all within fight of each other. Befides these there are many other smaller stone bridges of almoft equal advantage. What contributes further to the fuperior neatnefs and elegance of that city, is that the river is enclofed with ftone walls on both fides quite thro': And on the north fide, great difficulties for want of a fafe har- A built houfes at the feet of fome of the (but for the caprice of fome who have

The merchants were formerly under

bour for their fhips; in order to remedy which inconvenience, by virtue of two acts of parliament, they have made a large bafon, or wet dock, at the east end of the town, where they have brought the tide from the Merfey to flow up by an opening, that looks to the fouth, and the hips go in north; fo that the town shelters it from the wefterly and northerly winds, the hills from the easterly, and the ships lie as in a mill-pond, with the utmost safety and convenience. This dock is capable of holding 100 fail of fhips. The entrance into it has been fince enlarged, and a pier erected in the open harbour on the north and fouth fides of the faid entrance The cuftom-houfe adjoining to the dock is alfo but the work of a few years paft, and is not only a commodious, but an elegant piece of building. In short, there is no town in England, except London, that can equal Liverpoole for the fineness of the streets, and beauty of the buildings. The harbour is defended on the fouth fide by a caftle, and the west by tower on the river Mersey.

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1 St. Nicholas's church. 2 Waterftreet. 3 The old tower. The beacon. 5 The exchange. 6 The tobacco pipe. 7 The new church. 8 Yerton. 9 St. Peter's church. 10 The dock. I The custom-house. 12 The charity fchool. 13 The copperas houfe. 14 The glafs houfe. 15 Law-hill. 16 The fugar house.

To the AUTHOR of the LONDON
MAGAZINE.

SIR,

N reading an extract in the February Magazine, I was furprised to fee the cities of Florence and Paris referred to for example of bridges, (fee p. 76.) which might have been done fo much nearer us. The city of Dublin furnishes fufficient ! The river Liffe, which runs almost central through it, has four ftone bridges, the ufes of which are fo well known there, that the rebuilding Effex bridge is a matter of great concern to the inhabitants; tho' the communication between the fides is preferved by others, the first of which is not above a quarter of a mile diftant, and April, 1754.

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bridges) the fight might agreeably extend
in one direct open street more than three
miles in length, with a breaft work for
the fecurity of paffengers, &c. and a good
deal fo on the fouth fide, where the chief
trade is carried on, and where the fame
agreeable profpect is obstructed mostly by
ware-houfes in and about the custom-
houfe. That river may be faid to be one
great uniform navigable canal, which
farther continues outward above 2 miles
in length; and within half a century paft,
vaft tracts of land have been taken in from

the fea, on one fide by the city, and on
the other at the fole expence of one man,
by walls upwards of 60 feet wide, which
forms on the whole one great wharf or
quay on both fides for the convenience of
fhips of burthen paffing and repaffing
thro' the channel: So that the city, ri
ver, bridges, regularity and number of
buildings and inhabitants, with its plea-
fant and healthful fituation, may be justly
ranked with the first five-cities of the
D world, of which it is not unwarrantably
the fixth, and but little inferior to any.

If fome more able pen than mine would
undertake to give an exact account of its
prefent improved condition, I am perfuad-
ed it would help greatly to remove the
many vulgar prejudices that are ignorant-
ly formed against it; a critical and impar-
Etial hiftory of which city and kingdom,
'from its rife to its prefent state of govern-
ment, trade, &c. is fo much wanted in
this age, where writings of that kind fo
much abound, that it alone contributes
much to fink in oblivion, that which
ought, next to England, to be, in it, the first
and beft known kingdom of the world.
London,
Yours, &c.
March 18, 1754.

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A Question, by T. DRURY.

HERE are three numbers in harme." nical proportion, whofe fum is 39, and their continual product 1944: Quære the numbers ?

A Paradox, by A. LIQUIER.

HAT three numbers are those whose

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