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the several rates of common time, and 
thé terms adagio, largo, allegro, presto, 
&c. are also of very little avail, in-ascer- 
taining, with precision, the point the 
Musician wishes to discover: Every 
composer of musical airs would be of real 
Service to the p: raccitioner, if he would 
point 
music is to he performed; this would be 
no difficult task; as he would only have 
to mention the length of a pendulum, 
which would, make one complete vibra- 
tion in the time, that part of a bar called 
a beat was performing. Thus, for if- 
stance, suppose [ set a tune in triple 
time, and wish to have each bar per- 
formed ina seeped and a half, the cha- 
racter 1:+must make use of is, 35; for 
from this it might be concluded, that 
there were three beats in a bar, and each 
of these beats must be perforrned in the 
time a pendulum; ten iiches long, made 
one vibration. 7 
“To explain this method clearly, much 
more room is requisite; but this would 
not be a.proper place for it: however, 
those who understand what improvement 
is intended, from this short account, 
will, I hope, excuse me for-exhorting 
them to use their best endeavours to 
make it general.” 
Allow ine just to add, that the method 
of aujusting the “tune” in military bands 
by pendulums, so as to make the music 
corgespond with the different rates of 
marching, has been practised some 
vears; a circumstance which renders it 
tie more remarkable, independent of 
the suggestions’ of Dr. Gregory, Dr. 
Crotch, and others, that a mode of such 
easy and universal application, should 
not long ago have been adapted by all 
musical composers and performers. 
Your's, &c. 
April 8, 1809. T..Myzrs, 
SS 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
BEG leave to offcr a few remarks 
upon some of the late French bulle- 
tins, 1fit will suit you to insert them in ~ 
your widely extended publieation. Ii is 
not till cf late that the French bulletins 
have come into contact with our yazeites; 
and if any dependence cah be placed upon 
the authenticity of the latter, the former 
must be full of the grossest falsehoods. 
The Frénch official accounts have long 
been thought full of exaggeration of the 
losses and disasters of ‘their enemies, 
wile their pwn have been either con- 
ccaledor greatly diminished. Ithas been 
Un ine Creait due to the french bultelins. 
t out the absointe rate, at which his: 
_ part of the bulletins are false ? 
[ivkay 1, 
the policy of the Frost ruler to endea-" 
vour to persuade all Europe, by these 
means, that his troops are invincible, not 
only when they meet an equal number of 
their enemies, but even when they have 
‘to contend with double or treble their 
own forces, This was their boast against 
the Russians. But later and mure au- 
thentic accounts have proved, that they 
overwhelmed tiie tronps of Alexander, by — 
bringing into the field a inore numerous 
army. “The French: ruler has pursued the > 
same plan in his official accounts of his 
anjust invasion of Spain, stating the Spa- 
nish forces to be three times the number 
of his own, though from SirJ. Moore’s let- 
ters to government, lately laid before the 
house of Commons, in which he could 
have no temptation to misrepresent facts, 
it appears that the Spanish army was in- 
ferior to the French in numbers, and 
even a great part of it, armed pca- 
sants. In such circumstances it is not 
wonderfal that the French should be vic- 
torious. To the French accounts of the - 
defeat and losses of the British army in 
their retreat to Corunna, we may oppose - 
the dispatches of oar commanding offi- 
cers, supposing the latcer to be more pro- 
bable, when there are such numbers in the 
army who could contradict them, if they 
were false, without exposing themselves 
to any such danger, as the French soldiers 
would, in such a case; for who 1n the 
French army dare affirm that any, or any 
They have 
reason to think it would be death to them. » 
Tt is not. unlikely, however, that the bul-_ 
letins recéive considerable credit through © 
Europe, in aliaost every particular; and 
therefore, if-they can iv. any instance be 
disproved, it will so far weaken their per- 
nicious effect. Some particulars in the. 
French accounts of the retreat of our ar- 
my, appear contradictory; one account, 
for instance, says that the British army 
was reduced to 18,000 men, and an ac- 
count of a latter date observes, that 
scarcely 24,000 men will get safe to their 
native shores. In-these accounts also it - 
is said, that, in the retreat, two English 
generals were killed and three wounded ; 
could- this be concealed, if 1 were’ so, 
merely by the omission of their names in 
the returns of killed ahd wounded. They 
further assert, that two English generals 
were found among the dead upon the field 
ot batte,one of them a General seer hong 
this mnust be false. They furtherassert, 
that the 42d, 50th, 52d, regiments of fuot, 
in our army, were entir ely destr oyed. AL 
terwards, however, they admit that a few 
of them reached the ships; but. say nid 
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