Dublin.
[_Caecilia_ is a musical art journal published in Germany, and is thus
noticed at page 12. of Warner's edition of Godfrey Weber's _Theory of
Musical Composition_:--"Since 1824 we have been laid under great
obligations to our distinguished mathematician and writer on acoustics,
Professor _W._ Weber, for most interesting developments on all these
points, which he has arranged into an article in the journal
_Caecilia_, vol. xii., expressly for musicians and musical instrument
manufacturers."]
_Andrew Johnson._--In the character of Samuel Johnson, as drawn by Murphy,
there is the remark, "Like his uncle Andrew in the ring at Smithfield,
Johnson, in a circle of disputants, was determined neither to be thrown or
conquered." Other allusions are made, in Boswell's _Life_, to this uncle
having "kept the ring," but I cannot find out who he could have been. There
was a noted bruiser, Tom Johnson; but certainly he was not the person in
question. I shall be glad if any of your readers can inform me who this
"Uncle Andrew" was, and what authority there is for believing that he was a
pugilistic champion of note.