610 
years ago the place of organift at a cathe- 
dral in the.country was vacant. For this 
fituation there were ten candidates, each of 
whom was to perform any tune which he 
thought proper, before the electors. The 
-perfon whofe turn it was to play laf, nad 
the mortification of finding that the piece 
which he had intended performing, had 
been chofen by one of the cther candi- 
dates: in this dilemma he knew nct for 
fome time how to proceed, but at length 
had recourfe to the old h¢ndredth, or Savoy ; 
tune. ‘© The ele&tors,’’ as he had ufed to 
exprefs it, ‘¢ having had their ears tickled, 
the whole morning through,w ith light, Pac 
taftic, and wonderfully rapid movements, 
were at length alleviated by the fimple har- 
mony of old Savoy; its well-known tones 
found accefs to their fouls, infpired devo- 
tion, and induced them to make choice of 
the Jaft performer for their organift.”’ 
I am, Sir, your’s refpectfully, . 
OLINTHUS Grecory, 
Cambridge, Fuly 2, 1799. 
Ee 
To the Editor of the Monthly roe ee 
SIR, 
FEEL ee cbliged to your corre- 
ipondent W. R. page 429, for bring- 
ing into publi¢ notice, ee the me- 
ame of your Magazine, a plan of a fo- 
ciety for alleviating the miferies attendant 
upon common proftitation. He has not, 
however, fpecined the objects whom itis 
intended to relieve. From)a fincere with 
4 
that the plan in agitation may rot be- 
fruftrated by any want of fupport from the 
rich and ee I beg leave to fend 
you the following note extrafled from the 
‘pamph! et itfelr: 
<< It occurs to me, that many of the 
fituations of diftrefs above enumerated 
being peculia: ‘ly within the {cope of the 
Magdalen charity, it may feem, to fome 
of my readers, that the fociety I-with to 
fee eftablithed will not di ee in refpect to 
its object, from that inftitution; I think 
it, therefore, requifite to {pecify certain 
cafes which claim relief from ‘the good 
policy, as well as the humanity, of the 
public, and which Appear to be without 
the fcepe, or beyond the reach of any exift- 
ing eftabiifl:ment: 
1. Girls as yet undcbauched, without 
employment, money, or friends. 
2. Woinen liable to be i umprifoned for 
fmall debts, in circumftances of peculiar 
difrefs. 
3: Girls ware ior preenant, as yet 
unexpofed to public fhame, whem private 
relief and accemmedation ss fave fircm 
Plan for Relief of Proftitutes, Ge. 
[ Sept. 
the mifchievous confequences of fuch ex- 
pofure or deteétion. 
4. Girls in a ftate of pregnancy, houfe- 
lefs, friendlefs,‘and deftitute of every 
thing. 
N.B. Girls nee with the vene- 
real or any other diieafe, or in a ftate of 
pregnancy, or having infants atthe breaft, 
are not (for obvious reafons) admitted 
into the Magdalen Hofpital. The figns 
of pregnancy render it extremely difficult 
to procure a place of habitation. They 
who let lodgings are unwilling to admit 
the inconvenience attending child-birth, 
into their houfes ; and fear, befides, the 
refentment of parifh- officers, if they re- 
ceive one likeiy to bring a charge upon 
the parifh. 
5. Girls-fallen from the faperior fitua- 
tions of life, doubly diftreffed becaufe un- 
tried in difficulty, hiding themfelves in 
the milery of utmoft obfeurity, and fhrink- 
ing- with terror from every idea of the 
publicity of an hofpital. Some of thefe 
are perhaps married ; fome of an age ex- 
ceeding that which 1s " confidered as proper 
for admiflion into a pene inftitu- 
tion. 
6. Girls in extreme diftrefs, who, from 
mifconduét in (if not in the utmoftde- 
gree nefarious) or running away from 
hofpitals, &c. or from other circumftances, 
may_not be entitled to the benefit of other 
charities. 
_7+ To the above may be added all cafes 
of poflible diftrefs, at a time when it fhall 
appear, upon inquiry, that other inftitu- 
tions fhall, fram a furplus of recommen- 
dations, be abe to receive and protect 
their peculiar objets.” 
I fhall be very much obliged to your 
corre{pendents for any hints they may fug- 
eel relative to this fubje€t; as well as for 
fome account of the prefent ftate of the 
Magdalen Hofpital, the number of fe- 
males admitted there, the mode ef admii- 
fion, fiate of their funds, &c. 
I am, Sir, your moit humble fervant, 
(ee 
te SS < 
w Fer the Mouthly Magazine. 
Extra& of a Letter, dated Ofober, 17985 
jrom DANIEL pee E/g. Bar- 
rifier at, Law, to Majer 
giving on Account of the Country South 
of Lake ONTARIO. 

(Continued from page 524.) 
THE WILDERNESS. 
e FTER having croffed a fine flat on 
\\ the weft of the Genefee river, a 
mile in extent, we penetrated into fe 
~ filence 
