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may be neceffary ; ard as TI certainly con- 
fider the proprietor of the Hiforic Le ttery 
to have dene every thing in his power, 
Hot only as an honourahle, but a very li- 
beral man, I feel a pleafure in having an 
opportunity of 
aperobation, and fha:] be happy to hear 
that this Frew ee edeaeigs meets with that re- 
ward to which I think it is july en- 
titled. i 
_ In addition to his plan, I have juft 
heard that he is prefenting every pur- 
chafer of a ticket with an exceeding goed 
portrait of Lord Nelfon, or Lard Colling- 
wood, at the option of the purchafer. 
Liao Siky ec; 
A Broruer-Arrisr. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SiR, 
OUR Currefpondent 
(No. 140, p..103,) with nice criti- 
eal difcernment bas promulgated fome 
dilcoveries in Latin prafody, the invefti- 
gation and elucidation ef which eniitle 
him to much credit.. His firft metrical 
eano> feems abfojute and univerfal ; his 
fecond will adimit of exceptions in certain 
words, yet thefe exceptions are extremely 
few ; for inftance, 
Hoc age, n¢ mutata retrorfum te ferat aura. 
Hor. 
Ele&ram: tantum maledicit tirique vocando, 
FoR. 
Urget utrinque latus tenuis quo femita ducir. 
VirG. 
I would afk whether in fuch words as 
éelebro, penetro, &c., the penult’ is not 
always fhort; and whether trefe criiyl- 
libles are not thercfore inadmiffible at the 
end of an hexameter line. 
In anfwer to your Correfpondent J.J. G., 
{p. 224 0f your Iakk Number, >) L nave it in 
ny power fo inform him, that Wiliam 
Welln, of Whitehaven, one of the perlons 
Bical in his litt, was by trade a tinker, 
and t:avelled round the {uth part of Cum- 
berland for many years. Frequently have 
T feen hits with his long white b-ard, 
when Iwas a boy, as be ufed to cailat my 
f .ther’s to mend the ki chen-utenfils. He 
was very pxr, and c: niequs ntly fa 
had, grnerally flecpiag in barns, &c. ; 
but he fcemed contented, and moreover 
poiteti:d a wonderiul flow of {pirits for fo 
eli a man. His wife accompanied him, 
and contributed her aid to thetr fupport by 
bezping. Your's, &c., 
W. SINGLETON. 
1806. 
Flenfizpe, Apri 9, 
Elucidstions in Latin Profody.— Queries, ec. 
connmonsig my mite of 
Mr. Pickbouin,, 
(May 1, 
To the Editor of the Monthly ii i 
SIR, 
ee your Corre{pondent from five 
wifhes to dilccver fome portrait of 
the once-celebrated Lady Vane, a friend 
of mine informs me that an original por- 
tra't of Lady Vane may probably be 
found at Caver/well Caftie, near Draycott, 
or Cheadle, in Siaffurdfhire. Such a por- 
trait, anda very fine one, was certainly 
there about fixicen years ago. At that 
time there was alfo in that ancient refi- 
dence ao incomparable half-leseth portrait 
of Cromwell. T rather think a deferip- 
tion of Caverfwel! Catile may be found ta 
Grofe. I believe it® belongs to” {ome 
branch of Loid Stamford’s family. 
Tam, “Sir; &ze35 
: Wa. Wemyss. 
Vanuary 16, 1806. 
eS 
To tne Editar of the Monthiy Magazine. 
Sik, 
HAVE lapels feen a book bearing the 
following ‘title, ** The Infallibility of 
Human Marion its Dignity and Excel+ 
lence; being a New Art of Revlon. 
and Difcovering ’ Lruh, by reducing all 
difputable Cafes to general and fcif-evi- 
dent Propofitions: illoftrated by bringing 
feveral well known Dilputes to fuch fet. 
evident and univerfal conclufions ; by Mr. 
Lyons :*? London, 1725, the 5th edition, 
r vol, 1zme. It contains beld principles 
of infidelity, and is apparently the germ of 
fome recent metaphyfical fyftems. I fhail 
be obliged to any of your Correfpondents 
who will communicate particulars of a 
publication and its author. G C. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SUR, 
LLOW me to afk, through the me- 
A dium of your uleful Miicellany, what 
colours are the moft proper to paint a cu- 
~cumber cr any frame intended for the pre- 
fervation of tender plants, fo as to collect 
in the greatelt quantity the heat of the 
Sun, and retain it to the benefit of the 
plants. I with to know if it would be 
advifeable to paiat the outiie of a dark 
colour, and the infide white; to reverfe 
thofe ; or to paint it entirely of one parti- 
cular colour. The fame I think holds 
good with refpeét to hot-houfes or green- 
houies built of wood. The fubject I be- 
lieve has’ been but little attended to, an 
may deferve more ¢: nfideration than 3 
firtt fgat the difference in colours i 
thought to poffels. Your’ 8; tg ta 
March 12,:180Gee se Wz Ji 
