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Fi2 Ox the Stanhope 
adminiftration,in which he perfevered,that 
I can praite, I moit willingly praite ; his 
adoption of the plan which Lord North, 
en the fuggeftion of Dr. Price, * and 
other able men in the other part of the 
Jiland, loft the folid glory of adopting, the 
eftablifhment of a Sinking Fund. But it 
is fit to juftify whether the living or the 
dead, fo far as it can be done on fatis- 
factory grounds, and efpecially when that 
juttification turns on principles of the 
utmott Jopurtanee to the cemmunity in 
gener al, 
None, I think, can fulpect the late 
Duke of Richmond of being led by pre- 
Judice, or any unbecoming motive, to 
ftand forth in fupport of the prince ivle of 
univerfal fuffrage. That he. yielded to 
clamour or abufe, or appreheniion of the 
unfitnefs of the times, and ceafed to fup- 
port that, or {ome comprehentive plan of 
parliamentary reform, feems more ditii- 
cult to juftify and much to be regretted, 
Trofion, Your’s, &c. 
February 8, 1807. Cave Lorrr. 
Bae a 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
AVING received .an anonymous 
letter fignec “ A Lover of Mufic,” 
dated Strand, January $1, 1807, I take 
this public opportunity of acknowler lging 
the favour, and imparting my further 
opuaions on the fubject.to the author. 
The delign of this gentleman, who de- 
ferves great praife for the clearnefs and 
facility with which he writes, and whom 
I thall venture to diftinguith by the name 
of Mr. A. (as being the bet, and there- 
fore the firft writer on the Stanhope Tem- 
perament,) is to confute the flimfy objec- 
is of Mr. C. 
1. Mr. A. thews, that the third of the 
fcale of A with three fharps differs from 
that of the equal temperament, and that 
Mr. C.’s objections ave unfounded, 
2. That the domimauts of the fame 
{cale are better, according to Lord Stan- 
hope, than thofe of Kimberger. This is 
fo ev ident, that it needs no comment. 
That Mr. C. probably never heard 
, a Stanhope fyftem of tuning, and there- 
fore, 1 am hapjy to announce, both from 
Lord S. himfelf, and Mr. A.-that Mr. 
Loeichman, No. 82, Newman-ftreet, is 
employed in the pr actical method above- 
mentioned. 
4. That Lord Stanhope divides and 
difpofes the natural differences of Quints 
* In his Traét on Civil Liberty, during the. 
American war. 
4 
Temperament. [March 1, 
and Tierces, by giving to every fcale a 
more decided charaéter. By thus en- 
creafing the effect of modulation, former 
defeéts become ufeful ornaments, agd 
prove that nature did not conftitute thefe 
defects im vain. 
5. That modulation would fail, if the 
new fcaies had not a decided difference _ 
of character, &ec. &c. 
My friend Dr. Clement Smith, of 
Richmond, in Surry, thinks that the lait 
fenteuce in my former letter on this fub- 
ject, is rather ambigaous.. ] had not 
then time to explain fo fully my meaning 
as | cui now, and at the fanse time am 
happy to.aniwer the querics of Mr. A. 
Every thinking mulician admits, that 
different feales produce different effects, 
or, in other words have, what Lord Stan-— 
hope calls variety of charadler. This is 
a general term, applicat ‘le not only to. 
poetry, painting, and mulic; but even to 
morals, politics, religion, &e. ‘&e. &c. 
Ina matical fenfe, it may be fubdivided 
into three diftinct ee alles, natural, orchef- 
tral, and purtitional, and perhaps a fur- 
ther Analyfs may throw {till further light 
on the fubject. 
1. By natural charaéer, I mean that 
peculiar effect which depends folely on 
the pitch, and confequently on the com- 
pafs of the leading melody, This was by 
the aneient church writers termed An- 
bitus. 
2. By orchefiral charadter, i thant that 
brilliancy which arifes:to the feales with 
fharp fignatures, trom the open ftrings 
of the violins, &c. in G, D, A, and 
E; while the ttopped tonics and domi- 
nants of F, B flat, E flat, and A flat, are. 
foft, &e. 
By partitional character, 1 mean, 
oe more fully defcribed by Lerd Stan- 
hope, at pace 19, of his pamphlet; and 
upon which Mr. C. has fo cumoufly com= 
mented, as Mr. A. fo jufily obferves. 
I liave the fatisfaction of announcing, 
that Lord Stanhope himfelf, confiders: 
this Analyfis as true, and philofophical ; 
at the fame time we fhall be happy to 
receive any more complete ideas on the 
tubje¢t. 
For myfelf, individually, I can promife 
that no labour of refearch will be want- 
ing on my part; and that I will take the 
utmoft care, that no prejudice, nor par- 
tial view of the fubject, thall, on any ac- 
count, induce me to thut my eyes againit 
the light of truth. Your's, &c, 
Feb. 14, 1807, J. Wali CaLucerr, 
7, Upper Grostenor-streét. 
For 
