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LIGHTING OF STREETS.

In 1721, the lamps in the Frencli capital are said tohave amounted to 5772; however, in the Tableau de Paris ,they amounted in 1760 to only 5694, and in the Ji'uriositesde Paris, in 1771, to 6232.

In 1771, the road between Paris and Versailles , whichis about nine miles in length, was lighted at an annual ex-pense of 15,000 livres, by the same contractors who lightedParis . The city of Nantes was lighted in the same year.

We are informed by Beckmann, that in the cities of LowerSaxony , the streets of which are said not to he so dark asthose of London , the lighting continues 1519 hours. Thesame authority assures us, that the streets of Amsterdam were lighted as early as 16(59. At the Hague , an order wasmade in 1553 for the inhabitants to place lights before theirdoors during dark nights; afterwards small stone buildingswere erected at the corners of the principal streets in whichlights w'ere kept burning ; however, in 1678, lamps w^erefixed up in all the streets.

Copenhagen was first lighted in 1681 ; regulations havesince been made, by which it is much improved, anda night-watch established.

The streets of Rome are not yet lighted. Sixtus V. w r asdesirous to introduce this improvement, but he met withinsurmountable obstacles. However, in order to obviatethat as much as possible, he ordered an additional numberof lamps to be placed before the images of the saints. Dela Lande says, in his travels, that Venice had been lightedfor some years before the period when he wrote, by 3000lamps. Messina, and Palermo, in Sicily , are both lighted.

Madrid is also lighted, as are Valentia and Barcelona.Lisbon has no lights.

In 1672, Hamburgh was proposed to be lighted in thefollowing year; tbe proposition was acceded to. Some sayit was first lighted in 1675.

In the year 1679, Berlin was lighted; but more effec-tually in 1682, by order of the elector, Frederic William.Potsdam has 590 lamps.

The capital of Germany was begun to be lighted as earlyas 1687. The lights were hung out in the evening on aa signal given by the fire-bell. In 1704, lamps were intro-duced. In 1776, the lamps, which had been in number2000, were increased to 3000. In 1783, the annual ex-pense of lighting that city amounted to 17,000 florins.

Leipzic, the capital of Saxony , was lighted in 1702,and Dresden , in 1705. In 1766, the number of lamps at