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nientioned to an Englishman, and he 
will find that the sound being made an 
echo to the sense, is mOre owing to the 
reciter than to the natural sound ot the 
words. Some great musical couiposers 
have been extremely fond of playing as 
it ivere on the accompanying words, par¬ 
ticularly Purcel and Handel. In what 
raptures was Purcel when he set “ They 
that go dozen to the sea in ships?” IPhv 
lucky a circanisiance that there was a 
singer that could go down to DD, and 
go up two octaves above ; for there is in 
another part of the anthem a going ?(p as 
xvell as doun. And rianclel had leisure 
at the end of the anthem “ IMy heart is 
inditing,*' to imitate the rocking of a 
cradle, and all its ups and dozens. This 
musical species of punning cannot but 
displease a person of taste, and in writing 
it is no less trilling, while it is less prac¬ 
ticable. ^ 
Before I conclude, I shall say a few 
words on another of the graces of poeti¬ 
cal cojnposition, 1 mean alliteration. 
This, wlien used in moderation, and 
corning in naturally, adds to the beauty 
of the lines; but, when tlie verse-maker 
forces it in on all occasions, it becomes 
disgusting. Churchill, in the Prophecy 
of Famine, attacks it severely ; 
Who often, but without success, have 
pray’d 
For a^t alliteration’s .artful < 2 ’d.” 
I suspect this is principally levelled at 
T^lr. John Home, who in his tragedy of 
Douglas has above two hundred allitera¬ 
tive lines, some of them “ laid on with a 
trowel;”—for example, 
My ykther /ceds his /locks, a /rugal 
swain.” 
But when the flatter watch’d his r^ighty 
7?.’ind.” 
But with the/toward he was /ierce as 
/iie,” &c, 
J.\ME3 Bax:v 
Surrep, July 14, 1311. 
To the Editor of the Mordhlp Magazine. 
sin, 
'IHE late aeilal^excursions have per¬ 
haps re*, ived in manv bosoms the 
TMsIi, vNiiich all must at one time or 
other have felt, of being able to explore 
distaiit worlds. i hnd tois wish cx- 
piessed in Dr. DivnimDraPrgues, 
accoiopanied '%ith tim meniion of an 
inve:iti(jn which I should be oh'l.ged to 
any cf your readers to explain. ' Cupo- 
%/hro.iiGoe of the plnlosopliicai diaiogists, 
uses the following language ; 
“ O that the invention of the Gat;saw'3 
were once perfected, that I might make 
my first visit to our neighbours in the 
Moon V'‘‘—~D-'v. Dial. ’vol. i. J>. 531. l2ino. 
London, 1668. 
I suppose the Gangaws were instru¬ 
ments for liymg, but should he glad to 
have any authentic account of the pro¬ 
ject that can now be given. R. A. 
To the Editor of the Mordhlp Magazine. 
SIR, 
TT gives ms pleasure to correct the 
jl. mistake into which your correspon¬ 
dent, who signs himself “ A Private 
Gentleman*' has fallen, respecting the 
legal terms, “ cestuy-que use, and ces- 
t’uy-qus trust.” Cestuy-que use, Sir, 
(or more properly, “ cestuy-fl-que use,” 
that is, the^person to uEose use,) is tiie 
person to whose use a conveyance is 
made, and in whom, by virtue of the 
Statute of Uses,, alias the Statute for 
transferring t'ses into Possession, (27th 
Henry VIU.) the legal ownershif) of the 
land is vested. But it is sometimes-the 
object of the donor, that this Jegai own¬ 
ership should be held in confidence for 
the benefit of some other person or per¬ 
sons; in this case, tlie legal owner or 
cestuy-que use, stands in the ciiaracter 
of a trustee. And tiie person for w hose 
benefit he holds, is called the “ cestuy 
que trust,'' (or the cestuy a-que trust, 
that is, tlie person in trust for \\ horn.) 
The interest of this person is not noticed 
by the courts of law ; it is protected in 
equity, and forms one of the principal 
sul jects of equitable jurisdiction. By 
way of illustration. Sir, suppose an estate 
to be conveyed to A. and his heirs: 
to thS"use of B. and his heirs: in trust 
for the separate bene.fit of C. a married 
woman, to he disposed of as she shall 
please, independmuly of her Im^band. 
Here A. is the person who would have 
taken the legal estate bv tlie common 
Jawj lie is the person seized to th.e use : 
jB. is the cesiizy-gue use, in v.h un the 
possession of the estate now vests at 
law, bv the statute of uses: but who in 
ciia.ncery is considered only as a rnistee 
for C. the cestuy^quc trust, or beneficial 
<)'.vner, who is in equity entitled to the 
profits, and can compel the truytee to 
di 5 p 0 .se of it as she directs. Tlie ex¬ 
ample ] !'.a\e put, Sir, shews not only 
the nature, but one of the benefits of 
this division of legal and equitable own- 
ersliipS; for, bv the common law, a mar¬ 
ried woman cannot enjoy, or dispose of, 
properry independantly of her husband; 
