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( 12 ) amiſs, if the ladies, who haunt the cloiſters an paſſages of the play-houſe were upon every o fence obliged to pay to this excellent inſtitutio of ſchools of charity: this method would mak offenders themſelves do ſervice to the public But in the mean time I deſire you would pu liſh this voluntary reperation which Mr Pow does our parish, for the noiſe he has made it by the conſtant rattling of coaches, drum trumpets, triumphs, and battles. The deſtru tion of Troy adorned with Highland dances, an to make up the entertainment of all who are well diſpoſed as not to forbear a light entertainment, for no other reaſon but that it is to d a good action.

I am yours, &c.

I Am credibly informed, that all the inſinuations which a certain writer made againſt M Powell at the Bath, are falſe and groundleſs.

Another Letter.

SIR,

MY employment, which is that of a broken leading me often into taverns about the Exchange, has given me occaſion to obſerve certain enormity, which I ſhall here ſubmit to your animadverſion. In three or four of theſe taverns, I have a differant times, taken notice ofa perciſe ſet of people with grave countenances