Arne enclosed a copy of his unnamed friend's letter, which need not be produced here. He then finished his own as follows: "Now give me leave to wish you would consult your assured friend in the musical productions of your theatre, which (waving your own consequence, undeniably the first with the public) might produce the best second dish at the feast. Though half a ghost myself, I have more honour than the whole ghost in 'Hamlet.' He was forbid to tell the secrets of his prison house----I tell them not, through principle; but this I _may_ say, _in confidence_, you actually want strength for the exhibition of musical performances--and why should you?--Mr. Garrick, though I wish him immortal, to the grief of the discerning world, is not so--sickness, pain, mortality may intervene. Let it not be said, that so great a master of his art is deaf or blind to rising merit. I tell you _bona fide_, that the young woman and young girl [Miss Weller's sister] whom I recommended, are real objects of your notice, as handsome women, complete figures, and promising actresses, abstracted from their utility as singers. Pray be so obliging as to let me hear from you as soon as you come to town, and be assured that if my skill or connexions are of any value, they shall be exerted to the utmost, in testimony of the respect with which I am, Dear Sir, your faithful friend, and humble servant, "THO^{S} AUG^{NE.} ARNE." There is yet another letter from Arne to Garrick, and a characteristic reply, both undated, but which probably were written in 1775: