3796.] Mufical 
‘week would be no great objet to them, and it 
would give a degree of refpedtability to the fo- 
cieties. 
4. That other refpeétable perfons joining 
thefe focieties, would greatly encourage them 
and their affiftants in fettling and auditing the 
accounts; and feeing that the money was put 
out on good fecurity and to the beft advantage, 
would greatly affift them. 
5. That the parifh officers, or principal per- 
fons in towns and villages, fhould provide fome 
private room tor thefe focieties to meet in,’ that 
they need not be under the neceffity of mecting 
at inns and public houfes, which occafions their 
{pending a great deal of money, which, if put 
into the Club-Box, would prevent their fhuc- 
ting it up on extraordinary occafions, or enable 
them to give larger allowances to their fick 
members. 
In many parts of the country there 
are clubs held weekly or monthly, where 
the fubfcriptions are applied to particular 
purpofes, fuch as purchafinge clothes, 
watches, boots, hats, houfehold furniture, 
Sc. thefé are generally fet up by dra- 
pers, taylors, fhoe-makers, hatrers, &c. 
who are to find the articles, and as foon as 
a fu‘hicient fum is fub{cribed to buy 
‘what 1s dllotted for one perfon, they catt 
lots who fhall have it firft: but I never 
heard of any of thefe that anfwered a 
good purpofe,; as thofe who are firft 
ferved frequently run away before they 
are all ferved, and the laft gets nothing. 
That Benefit Clubs might be eftablith - 
ed for women as wellas nen, is, I think 
clear, and would, I have no doubt, be 
ufeful; the only difficulty would be in cafe 
they married, whether they fhould ftill 
continue to fubfcribe; however there 
might be a provifo, that in cafe any fub- 
feriber married, and had received no re 
lief, or very little from the club, one half 
or more of her fubicription might be paid 
her back again on her marriage: 
Tam fully of opinion that were other 
benefit focieties eftablifhed, they would, 
if properly managed, be very advantage - 
ous, I was about two years fince atked 
to give my affiftance in drawing up fome 
rules for a benefit fociety for widows ; it 
Was to be compofed of refpectable tradef- 
men, and, in cafe of their leaving widows, 
they were to have annuities from rol. to 
40l. perannum: fhould any be inclined 
to eftablifh fuch a fociety, and will com- 
Municate their intentions through the 
Channel of your ufeful magazine, the 
plan, which was drawn up, fhall be at 
their fervice. 
__ But there is one plan further, which, 
if it could be, put upon a {ure footing, 
‘would, in my opinion, be very ufeful, and 
Monruiy Mac. XXIII, 
Controverfy. 269 
that is a’kind of bank where journey- 
men, or fervants; or artificers, whofe bu- 
finefs does nct require a capital, could put 
their money out and be making intereft 
in {mall fums. Suppofe five fhillings, or 
even two fhillings and fix-pence per week, 
could be faved weekly by any artificer, 
and he could pay this into fome bank, and 
it was making him intereft, it would pre- 
vent many a fmall fum being fpent,; 
would be increafing a fmall capital, and 
would caufe a circulation of money which 
now lies ufelefs in fmall fums. Suppofe 
one hundred perfons paid into one per- 
fon’s hand weekly 25l. this might be put 
into fome larger bank and be making in- 
tereft, which might. be divided amongft 
the parties at the end of every ycar.— 
Thefe few hints, will, I hope, put fome 
of your correfpondents upon confidering 
the plan; and fhould they be the means 
of one ufeful fociety being eftablifhed, or 
any of thofe already eftablifhed receiv- 
ing any improvement, my labours will 
be amply rewarded. Iam, Su, 
Your's; &c. 
‘pene: 
3 ae 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
A$ I am fond of mufic, and of any’ 
‘ thing that appertains to it, I feel 
myfelf interefted in the controverfial. 
pieces which have lately appeared in 
your fafhionable Magazine. A point 
has been agitated between two corref- 
pondeuts, figning X and Y, on the ori- 
ginality of Dr. ARNE’s productions :— 
the difcuflion has brought into the field a 
third critic of lefs gravity, under the 
fignature Z; who, with a kind of Fack- 
0’-danthorn flourith, has danced round X 
and Y, cut a few capers, and vanithed. 
Had this been all; I fhould not have 
troubled you with this paper; but as Z, 
in his z7¢+xag movements, has glanced a 
ftroke at the Great Haypn, IJ am called 
upon to correét his wanton fport, and 
maintain the decency which is due to fo 
great acompofer as HAYDN. 
It excites my furprife, that Z, in his 
zeal for ARNE’s mufic*, compares that 
of Haypn, and of others (which Y 

* Without entering into the difpute, it ismy 
opinion, from what I have feen of Arne’s 
works, that they are deftitute of that ftyle 
which generally characterifes works of genius 5 
andthough Y is willing to give to the Dr. credig 
for producing ** Rule Britannia”, yetI am per- 
fuaded, he is much indebted to Handel’s fong 
“6 Cedo Alta,” for the mo ftriking paflages. 
Na has 
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