economy of ufing fun-fhine inftead of candles.

If it fhould be faid, that people are apt to be obftinately attached to old cuftoms, and that it will be difficult to induce them to rife be. fore noon, confequently my dif covery can be of little ufe; I answer, Nil defperandum. I believe all who have common fenfe, as foon as they have learnt from this paper that it is day-light when the fun rifes, will contrive to rife with him; and, to compel the rest, I would propofe the following regulations:

First. Let a tax be laid of a louis per window, on every window that is provided with fhutters to keep out the light of the fun.

Second. Let the fame falutary operation of police be made ufe of to prevent our burning candles, that inclined us laft winter to be more œconomical in burning wood; that is, let guards be placed in the fhops of the wax and tallow-chandlers, and no family be permitted to be fupplied with more than one pound of candles per week.

flowing morning. But this fum of ninety fix millions and feventy five thousand livres is not the whole of what may be faved by my œconomical project. You may obferve, that I have calculated upon only one half of the year, and much may be faved in the other, though the days are fhorter. Befides, the immenfe ftock of wax and tallow left unconfumed during the fummer, will probably make candles much cheaper for the enfuing winter, and continue cheaper as long as the propofed reformation fhall be fupported.

For the great benefit of this difcovery, thus freely communicated and bestowed by me on the public, I demand neither place, penfion, exclufive privilege, or any other reward whatever. I expect only to have the honour of it. And yet I know there are little envious minds who will, as ufual, deny me this, and fay that the invention was known to the ancients; and perhaps they may bring paffages out of the old books in proof of it. I will not dif pute with these people that the ancients knew not the fun would rife at certain hours; they poffibly had, as we have, almanacks that predicted it : but it does not follow from thence that they knew he gave light as foon Fourth. Every morning, as foon as be rofe, This is what I claim as as the fun rifes, let all the bells in my difcovery. If the ancients knew every church be fet ringing; ard if it, it must have been long fince forthat is not fufficient, let cannon begotten, for it certainly unknown to fired in every firect, to wake the fluggards effectually, and make them open their eyes to fee their true interest.

Third. Let guards alfo be posted to flop all the coaches, &c. that would pass the streets after fun-fet, except thofe of physicians, furgeons, and midwives.

the moderns, at least to the Parifans; which to prove, I need ufe but one plain fimple argument. They are as well instructed, judi- ' All the difficulty will be in the cious and prudent a people as exift first two or three days; after which any where in the world, all profef the reformation will be as natural and fing like my felf to be lovers of œcoeafy as the prefent irregularity: for, nomy; and, from the many heavy ce net que le premier pas qui coute. taxes required from them by the Oblige man to rife at four in the neceffities of the ftate, have furely morning, and it is more than proba- reafon to be economical. I fay it ble that he shall go willingly to bed is impoffible that fo fenfible a people, at eight in the evening; and, hav. underfuch circumstances, should have ing had eight hours fleep, he will lived fo long by the fmoaky, unrife more willingly at four the fol-whole fome, and enormously expen

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Account of Caftle-Rubin, in the Isle of Man.

five light of candles, if they had really known that they might have had as much pure light of the fun for nothing.

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room where the keys fit; they are twenty-four in number, they call them the parliament, but in my opinion, they resemble more our juries in England, becaule the bufinefs of their meeting is to adjust AN ABONNE. differences between the common

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people, and they are locked in till they have given in their verdict. They may be faid, in this fenfe,

ACCOUNT of CASTLE-RUSHIN in indeed, to be fupreme judges, be

the ISLE OF MAN.

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caufe from them there is no appeal but to the lord himself.

"A little farther, is an apartment which has never been opened in the memory of man. The perfons belonging to the cafle are very cau

ASTLE-RUSHIN is confidered as the chief fortrefs of the Itie of Man. According to the traditious in giving any reafon for it; but tions of the monks, it was built about the year 960, by Guttred, grandfon to a king of Denmark, and the fecond of a fucceffion of twelve kings, by them called Orrys.

the natives, who are excetfively fuperftitious, affign this, that there is fomething of enchantment in it. They tell you that the caftle was first inhabited by fairies, and afterThis building, which is even now wards by giants, till the days of remarkably folid, is faid by Chal- Merlin, who, by the force of magic, loner, Sackerville, and other wri- diflodged the greatest part of them, ters, to be reckoned by travellers, a and bound the rell in fpells, which friking resemblance of the caule of they believe will not be diffoluble Elfinore in Denmark. Guttred, till the end of the world. In proof the founder, lies buried within its of this they tell you a very odd walls, but the exact spot where, hastory. They lay her areagreat num not been handed down. The Mankfmea, according to Waldron, had a frange tradition concerning this castle, which, as it will probably divert the reader, is here tranfcribed in his own words:

ber of fine apartments under ground, exceeding in magnificence any of the upper rooms. Several men of more than ordinary courage have in former times ventured down to explore the fecrets of this fubterra"Just at the entrance of the neous dwelling-place, but none of caftle is a great ftone-chair for the them ever returned to give an acgovernor, and two lefer for the count of what they faw; ic was dempfters. Here they try all caufes therefore judged convenient that all except ecclefiaftical, which are enthe paflages to it should be kept tirely under the decition of the bi- continually fhut, that no fhops. When you are past this little might fuffer by their remerity. But court, you enter into a long wind- about fome fifty or fi tv-five years ing paffage, between two high walls, fince, a perfon who had an uncom (not much unlike what is defcribed mon boldness and refolution, never of Rofamond's labyrinth at Woodleft foliciting permiffion of those who ftock.) In cafe of an attack, ten had power to grant it, to vifit thole thousand men might be destroyed by dark abodes. In fine, he obtained a very few, in attempting to enter. his requeft, went down, and returned The extremity of it brings you to aby the help of a clue of pack-hread,

that