The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-04 00:00:00

Stite the nature of the silver cnin, whether it is
real- silver or base metal, and what may be the
average value of it?—'The best description I under.
stand to be silver, but very light ; and that that
description is worth. 95. for each guinea's worth ;
hutwhat ha, been lately coined is a mixture of base
metal,. and .the. intrinsic value of each 2I s. thereof,
is not more than p. that is a mixture, and a late
coinage ; the value I have:mentioned I understand
from others more than from myself ; the description
of coin now Shewn.to me, . as the coin of Dublin, ap.
peaks to me to he of the_ best sort ; for, on leaving
Dublin on the z3d, sent a guinea note to a retail
shoe, for silver,. and received what I now 'produce,
which had then got into circulation, and which is
of the worst sort now going. I understand, if per.,
sons know how to apply to the makers of that mo.
ney, they will get at least 303. of it for a guinea.
crowns and half-crowns seem totally to have dis-
appeared for twelve or eighteen months ; and six-
pences of any sort are very scarce, as it is not
worth the while of people to make them.
Are there any dollars in circulation there !—I
have never seen any of late,
Have you heard there have been any importation .
of dollars in Dublin ?—I have not.

Any stAing of dollars in Dublin ?—/JO, but I
saw in a Dublin, newspaper, dated 6th April, an
'Advertisement stating, that there are on sale there
dollars fur bmk notes for 6s. 6d. each.

How much per cent. above the value of dollars
here, are dollars at the above rate i—About 17 per
cent. above the value at which they pass here.
How did those dollars get into Ireland for sale•?
—I presume from thin Country.

(To he co:alma.)

TO DR. LETTSOM.

dTi,

• I address the following Letter to you, in conse-
quence of having just seen an attestation signed by
you, and several other Gentlemen_ of very resped.
able chars ter, declaring the whole of the assertions
of Mr. FORSYTII, respecting the effeeta of his Com.
position, to" contain nothing more than the truth."
Mr. FORSYTH asserts , (page 440, 3d Edition),
that wounds in oak trees can be cured by his Com.
position, and the timber of such trees " rendered
A fit for the Navy as though they had never been
injured," He asserts (page 4.z6), that in wounded
elms, where he cut away the decaying parts, ". the
new wood is as completely united 'to the old, as if
it had been originally formed with the tree ;" and
that (page 4.40) he has restored elms, where nothing
remained but the bark, to health and vigour. fis
also asserts (page 464 that he filled up a large tree,
which was " decayed and hollow from top to bat.
torn, with new sound wood, which has completely
incorporated with what little of the old wood re.
mained ;" and; that he has the timber of this, tree ,itt
his possession, to prove the,truth of his assertion.
I have, during several successive years, examined
the effeels of Mr. Forsyth's Curriposition, and I
have pledged my veracity to the Public that, it never
produced the preceding
,nnion,, restoration, or in,
corporation of parts, to any tree, iq any one in..
stance. You have attested that Mr, Forsyth's as.
sertions " contain nothing more than the.truth."
I therefore propose to ~you, that you call on Mr,
.Forsyth to produce parts of trees in which chill as.
serted restoration, union, or incorporation has taken
place, and, that you join me in a petition to the
President. of the Royal Sugiery, that heiwilkappoiro
proper persons to examine such timbers and to re-
port the result of such examination.
I am, Sir, ikr;
' .Tkio. AND. KNIGHT.
Whitehall, July 3, 1804',

A few days ago, a man' who resides near Briggs
Lincolnshire, having Missed his ass, discovered him,
in company with a female of the same species, in
Broughton Wood; when, in attempting to separate
thetn,,,he was furiously attacked by his own animal,
who seized him by the arm, and beat him 'against a
tree; tillibe was nearly lifeless.