- late amiable Dr. Znnmermann. 
174 
“had, in vain, called him out to fingle 
combat. Befides, if I miftake not, 
there is not a little in thofe diftin@tions of 
-vank, and thofe fubdivifions of dominion 
which are eftablifhed in Germany, that 
»tends to foment this irritability of ima- 
gination and temper. The pride of birth 
-and rank ftill reigns there, in its full 
“vigour, infefts al] the fcenes of common 
Hite, and ccntinually difturbs the. plea- 
fures of fecial intercourfe. There are in 
Germany, a very great muititude of 
“poor nobility, who have nothing but the 
“pride and pretenfions of high birth, the 
education, the manners, and the wants 
ef gentlemen; and who are obliged to 
feek their fortune in the world, amid dif- 
ficulties with which it often happens 
that their pride can ill brook, to contend. 
The intercourfe too, among the inhabit- 
ants of fo many different principalities 
and ftates, is necefiarily carried on with 
2 punétilioufnefs and jealoufy, which are 
not fo vigilantly exercifed in the inter- 
courfe of perfons who are, all alike, fub- 
jeéts of the fame great kingdom. 
If I err not in my inferepce from 
~ thefe fa&ts and confiderations, Schiller 
and Goethe, and the German writers of 
tafte and fancy in general, are, by it, in 
a great meafure vindicated from that 
charge of extravagance, which Englith 
€ritics have too haftily urged againit 
-them. What would be with us extra- 
-vagance, .is with them but nature. 
Chara&ers-not very diffimilar to thofe of 
Moor and Werter are not unfrequent. in 
- Germany. Itis from the ftate of human 
fociety in that country, that the wild, 
- terrific pathos and fublimity of the Ger- 
man works of genius, take their origin. 
To thofe fa&s and characters which I 
have above cited in explaining my opi- 
nion, ‘may be added, what the aecount of 
“his life by Tiffot furnifhes,concerning the 
R.H. 
To the Editor of the Menthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE infertion of the following cor- 
Jt re€tion of the remarks in your laft 
number, on the London and Middlefex 
Univerfal Tontine, will be efteemed a 
_ favour, by yours, &c. . . 
March 3, 1798. be Se eo 
The number of deaths and defaulters, 
which in the feciety’s advertifement is 
-printed 988, fhould be 586, but the re- 
duction which this makes, in the fim I 
have ftated as the charge of management, 
will be overbalanced, by adding the pay- 
Univerfal Tontine....AZ8. of the late Mr: Fliod. on 
+ 
. - ere: ta af te 
ment of one fhilling per fhare to the agents 
on the admiflion of each member ;-am 
thus correéted, the allowance .to .t 
agent, for his trouble in managing the 
concern, will be zéree.thoufand tawo, hun= 
dread and twenty-two pounds. At mult be 
cbferved, that this is excluitve of the ex- 
pence of preparing the articles, of advers 
tifements, and ail other incidental chargess 
which were paid cut ef the fines, # 
By. an overfight of your -printef,.the 
following reference to fome judicious ob-, 
fervations on the. unprefitevie nature of 
tontines, for a fhort term oi. years, was 
omitted. 
* General Introdu@ion to the fifth edit: 
of -$¢ Dr. Prices Ob/crarutions, on Reverfionary 
Payments,” publifned in 1792: 

To the Editor of the Monthly Mavazine. 
a iy te 
ry HE executor of the late Henry 
Ji Flood found, among other va- 
luable papers, “* The Hiftorp of the prefent 
Mr. Pitt's Adzunifiration,” from its cota-. 
mencement to that accomplithed fenator’s - 
deceafe ; complete and ready for the prefs; 
‘The manufcript interfperfed with eharac= 
ters of the moft diftinguifhed fatefinen 
in Great Britain, and containing mate- 
rials fortwo 8vo volumes, was €ommit< 
ted to Mr. Edmund Malone, who under= 
tock with avidity its immediate publica- 
tion. Upwards of four years have 
elapfed, fince that facred depofit of his 
friend’s fame was made by Sir Lawrente 
Parfons.. ‘Through the channel of your 
valuable mifcellany, I therefore afk 
permifion to inquire into the fate of a 
production, that I conceive muit contri- 
bute to the information, net lefs than the 
entertainment; of all thofe who feel inte- 
refted in the common caufe of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland. I remain, Sir, your 
obedient fervant, A DRAPER: 
Dublin, Faruary, 1798: 

To the Editor of the Menthly Magazine: 
SIR, 
OUR correfpondent Ax P..B.--in 
your Magazine for January, treats 
the accounts of foads having been feund 
alive in folid rocks and trunks.of trees; 
as fabulous; and compares: them to.the 
vifionary tales of ghotts and fpestres ; 
grounding his difbelief prmeipaily upon 
the uncertainty of the ewidence; which; 
he juftly remarks, has never been given 
by the eye witnefles themitives, but 
through fo many channels, that the ori-, 
ginal propagator can feldom be mee 
ou 
