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London, England, 1804-12-29 00:00:00

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Humble Servant,
J. S. F.

The Royal Artillery at Woolwich, very mach
to the honour of their feelings, have resolved not
to have their usual entertainments this season, from
"'Peet to the memory of the number of Inc young
then of their Corps who have fallen victims to the
fiver at Gibraltar.

The numerous accidents by fire, occasioned by
the' 'increase of our inanufatiot ies, and by th,p
ration of the hours of business or pleAure, In an ex.
!ensive and luxurious city, have pressed ingenuity
'Motile public service, and engines are now built
uPon u cunstruelion to proceed to.the scene of clan.
Etr with the rapidity of a mail.coach. In France
another contrivance has been introduced, which is
Intended to-.accompany tliese machines : it is called
Pnrtablr stair-case, and can be elevatedd-with the
greatest convenience to the summit of the most
lofty habitations, and by which timid persons, as
Well, as the more aged and infirm, may descend with
the eomposure and facility they would tread the
stairs of an ordinary dwelling. We hope to see this
Useful invention adopted by the different Fire. j
offices in the metropolis,

As you have now abetter opportunity of indulging
your correspcndews, by inserting their speculations
in your Paper, than you shortiy will have when
it will be occupied by the in.,re interesting Debates
of P3rliament, you will greatly obl:ge the Writer
of this by giving room to the follow ing question.
Whether, if a: fresh silver coinage should take
place, a new coin of ti.venty•one pence value
might not be convenient for the retail trade
in particular, and for the Public ill general
The only observations I at present nuke are,
that there is no existing single coin between
one shilling and half.a.crown; whereas a piece
of money of twenty-one pence value, would ex.
ally divide the intermediate eighteen.pence; also
With regard to our gold coins, twenty-one pence
would bear the following proportion : three, equal
to five.and.three.pence ; four, seven shillings ; six,
half-a-guinea ; and twelve, one guinea.

Should the Proposer of the above Question meet
with your attention, by seeing it inserted in your
Paper, and obtain the sanetion of the Public, by its
approbation conveyed through the channel of your
extensive Puktication, you shall hear mote at large
on the subjkt, from your

Theofoilni,int aithbristeal anachronisms were ob.
servable on Thursday night, in the representation
of the Tragedy of Richard the Third, at Drury.
lane Theatre :—The scene used in the greater part
of the 3d Aft exhibits two gross errors of this kind
I—one of a figure of Henry the Eighth, which is vi.
slide among the paintings on the window
,of the
supposed apartrn.,nt—the other, the portrait, finely.
framed, of a Watrior, with a shirt collar laid over
his armour,. and otherwise in the style which pre.
• "ailed about the time of CROMW ELL, and certainly
•;did not begin earlier than JAMES 1.---In a following
scene the Lion and Unicorn are conspicuous on •the
drums that announce the entrance of Richard, though
'4ll the with! knows that JAMES I. was the earliest
Monarch of England who used these supporters.--
Another error occurs in the dress of Richmond, who
wear, the Garter. This is probably the custom of
' the Theatre, but it is plainly wrong. Richmond,
as may be seen in Ammo e's History of the Order,
was never a Knight of the Garter until he became
SS as Sovereign ; and, allow me to add, it was not
Probable lie should have been so, for he obtained the
Crown about the age of thirty, and the Throne had
been occurieci, for the four and twenty preceding
• Yeats, by the enemies of his House, of which House
he was far horn being the Head. As if to shew no
less disregard to place than to' time, the scene of the
Camp in &swath Field is bounded by a fair and
goodly prosped of the Sett; with vessels sailing
thereon, apparently at the distance of two or three
leagues from this centre of the kingdom k
Harlequin Quicksilver is an appropriate name for
the new Pantomime, as it, is likely to run threuzb
the 'whale fowls. •
Master„
that .bewas able to leave his, bed, for the first time
since his indisposition 'but he still remains under
stria regimen.
GIOINOTICHI, the celebrated Performer on the
Violin, according to report, died lately at St. Pe.
tersburgh, not as he was playing on his instrument,
but at his favoitrite guile billiards. He was an ex.
quisite performer, but so improvident, that if he
had lived much longer his days would most probably
have closed in indigence.
The fall of Apollo, on Thursday night, at the
Opera House, is said to have been occasioned by
one of his Priests, who fell asleep, and tumbled
upon the Altar. His brethren of the Choir thought
he was dead, and in their alarm forgot pour Phcelmr.
The DUKE of CL ARS NC e has intim/MAKI a wish,
that YOUNG. Rosctus and his family should visit
His Royal Highness at Bushy Park, as soon as the
health, of this youth should permit him to travel 'su
far. In answer to a Letter from His Royal High.
nese on this subjeB, Dr. PEARSON has stated, that
You No Rose rus will be able to go abroad in a very
few days; but that in order to secure the puled
re-establishment of his health he must, for some time,
conform to a certain regimen, particularly including
an attention to moderate, regular living. The
Royal Duke, whose solicitude is in unison with
that of the Public, for the restoration of the health
of Master BITTY, has promised not to pro;sose the
smallest deviation from the rules prescribed to his
Pparents by Dr. PEARSON. Master BETTY, there.
ore, and his parents, are expefted at Bushy Park
in the coarse of next week, wheri" he is to_ remain
for a fortnight. These Is no probability of his re.
liPpeaiiece at Drury-lane Theatro until rise latter
end of January.
It must be acknowledged that BONAPARTE la a
men of letters, for he favours his official channel,
fbe Moreitestr, with Corrupt/dr/fee from all parts of
sturor.es
r and the whole is the offspring of his-own
pen.