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We cannot pass by the accompaniments for the flute, harp, or piano-forte, without expressing our high gratification at their peculiar melody and expression: and the sweetness of the notes on the commencement, “O buy these roses, gentle maid," fixes, at once, the profound attention of the hearer.

the sweet and pastoral kind of voice we so Jean Jaques Rousseau says, in his conmuch admire in Mrs. Bland. To this fessions, "I must be perfectly calm when pleasing air of Gipsy Fan she does infinite I think. Judge what I must be in convercredit, which is set in a key, which, easy || sation, when, to speak always to the purand chaste in itself, affords this charming pose, one must think immediately on above singer an opportunity of displaying those a thousand different subjects at once. The powers which she possesses in a superior bare idea of so many just remarks, of degree for this kind of composition. which I should be sure to forget the one or the other, would be sufficient to intimidate me. I cannot think how any one can dare to speak in a large company; for at every word we must pass in review before those people; it is requisite to know beforehand || all that relates to them, to be acquainted with their characters, or we may chance to say something that may give offence. Therefore, those accustomed to live in the world have one great advantage; they know on what subjects to be silent, and therefore are more sure of being right when they speak; and yet some blunders what it must be with him who lives in will sometimes escape them. Judge, then, seclusion! It is scarce possible for him to utter a sentence with impunity."

The words of this pleasing ballad are by Mrs. Catharine Ward, and do infinite honour to her poetic talents.

Dear Emma.

THIS is a very favourite Irish melody, adapted for the piano-forte by Mr. Henry F. Smith, a very pleasing and just com poser. The melody on the words "Dear Emma," &c. is very charming, while it breathes a chaste simplicity that renders it highly appropriate. There is much expression in the notes on "bright as the glow-worm that shines in the dark."

Marmontel, in conversation, was so dis

agreeable, that people used to say, “I must go home and read his tales, to recompense me for the fatigue I have had in hearing him converse."

This ballad has been sung with infinite applause at several public concerts by Mr. ACCOUNT OF A WEDDING CEREMONY Pearman, by whose admirable voice this composition has lost none of its harmony: the words are by W. Upton, Esq.

LITERARY MEN OFTEN ILL CALCU.

LATED FOR SOCIETY.

DESCARTES, who passed the greatest part of his life in solitude and meditation, was generally silent in crowded societies; Tho- | mas, who has drawn of this celebrated man the truest picture, says, that he received the treasures of his mind in ingots, not in current coin.

The great Corneille was tiresome in company; he even spoke that language of which he was a perfect master, and which was his native tongue, incorrectly.

La Fontaine, when mixing with the world, had a constrained, silly, and heavy manner; and this admirable writer of tales could not describe with his lips a single object that he had seen.

IN CYPRUS.

A FEW days ago we were present at a wedding of the servant of the English Consul, a native of Larneca, with a pretty looking girl of the same place. There was some disparity of years between them, as the bridegroom was about forty, and the bride only eighteen. We had no sooner entered the room, than we were presented with a large wax taper, with most of the guests, who sat on benches round the room, and who lighted those given to the most distinguished guests: we observed that many of them blew theirs out again, and took it home with them. The bride was dressed in a green silk robe, trimmed with silver lace, the covering on her bosom left but little for the imagination to indulge upon, and was ornamented with a large nosegay; a long white veil concealed her face, but her taper hand and arm remained uncovered. The bridegroom was very

plainly dressed, and from the large nosegay which he wore on his breast, appeared to be as great an admirer of flowers as his bride. After a form of prayer the rings were exchanged, and the bridegroom kissed the cheek of his bride, who wept during the whole ceremony. When the priests were changing their rings, the parents and relations of the married couple threw small sugar plums at them, and paras, a small silver coin, at the priests. These reverend gentlemen seemed to think it no insult to be pelted in this way, but coolly deputed some of their attendants to collect the pieces of money, and put them in a plate, which was held for that purpose. Pipes and coffee were then brought, and the guests sat down to a supper, prepared on the occasion.

COOKERY.

As cookery is the most honourable, so it is the most ancient of sciences. There is no nation so utterly barbarous as to devour their food without some previous preparation, and the appellation of a “cooking ani. mal" may be truly considered as forming the most accurate specific definition of the human race. The progress of cookery is, in fact, the progress of civilization; and it is impossible to trace the improvement of the one, without having our attention perpetually called to the gradations of the other. In the very infancy of society, before the invention of culinary utensils has occurred to his untutored understanding, the savage broils his food on the embers of his fire, and satiates his carnivorous appetite with a "rasher on the coals." When the introduction of a few of the ruder arts has brought with it a proportionate degree of civilization, he becomes naturally partial to a more refined diet. He is speedily ini-, tiated into the manufacture of earthen vessels, and his meat being placed in these, and heated on the fire, he now regales his bowels with a "collup in the pan." As he is probably not very particular about the mechanism of his jack, the step to roast and boil is but a short one; and the addition in the preparation of the latter of a few roots and herbs, will put him in possession of something similar to barley broth. Such are the dishes most consonant to a savage

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appetite, and which, in the exertion of the limited means which he enjoys, he is most naturally enabled to procure. Fixed to a single spot of earth, he is without the means of communication with those, who || enjoying a different soil and climate, could furnish him with higher pleasures, and afford new gratification to his palate. Of the charms of curry, cayenne, mustard, catsup, and anchovy sauce, he is yet entirely ignorant. Many ages must elapse before he can hope to regale himself with Stilton cheese and Bologna sausages. It is indeed impossible to look back on the deprivations of our forefathers without a sentiment of pity. A roasted ox, aud about a dozen large cauldrons of greens, formed the common meal of the most powerful Baron and his dependants. It is not two centuries since the Duchess of Northumberland usually made her breakfast on salt herrings. Yet even in those days the profession of cookery was not wholly undistinguished by the royal favour. The manor of Addington, in Surrey, is still held by the tenure of dressing a dish of soup for the King at his coronation. Stow likewise, in his Survey of London, informs us, that Henry VIII. granted an estate in Leadenhall-street to "Mistress Cornnwallies, widdow, and her heires, in reward of fine puddings by her made, wherewith she had presented him."-But perhaps the greatest triumph of human genius in this department was achieved by the chief cook of Louis XIV. On a grand entertainment, he dressed a pair of his Majesty's old slippers with such exquisite skill, that the King and his courtiers declared it to be the best dish they had ever ate! Such a man was indeed an honour to his age and country: but, alas! he has found no successor,

BIRTHS.

At Ashburnham-house, on Hay-hill, the Countess of Ashburnham, of a son, being her Ladyship's twelfth child. Eleven of her children are now living.

In Rutland-square, Dublin, the Countess of Longford, of a son.

At the Dowager Lady Vernon's, in Park-place, the Hon. Mrs. Harbord, of a son.

Apsley-ball, Notts, of a son.
The lady of H. Willoughby, Esq. M. P. of

In Upper Seymour-street, the lady of the Hon.
W. Fraser, of a daughter.

At his house, in Clapham-road, the lady of E. Parratt, jun. Esq. of a son.

MARRIED.

At St. James's church, Piccadilly, Lord Viscount Anson, to Miss Louisa Catherine Phillips, youngest daughter of the late N. Phillips, Esq. of Slebeck-hall, Pembrokeshire.

At St George's, Hanover-square, P. O'Conor, Esq. youngest son of Sir Patrick O'Conor, of Cork, to Margaret Ross, daughter of John Ross, Esq. of Hereford-street, and of Carshalton-lodge, Surrey.

At St. Peter's church, Dublin, Sir J. C. Cogbill, Bart. captain in the royal navy, to A. M. Bushe, eldest daughter of the Hon, the SolicitorGeneral.

At Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel D. Leighton, Adjutant-General on the Bombay Establishment, to Isabella Constantia; and on the same day, Major W. P. Tucker, Deputy Quarter-Master General, to Clarissa, daughters of H. T. Wil. liams, Esq. of Keppel-street, Russell-square.

DIED.

At Rome, Maria Theresa of Parma, Queen of Charles IV. of Spain, and mother of Ferdinand VI King of Spain. This Princess was born at Parma, on the 9th of December, 1751, and was married on the 4th of September, 1765. She was the daughter of Don Philip, Duke of Parma and Placentia. She bore to her husband, Charles IV. six children, three of whom were Princes.:-namely, the present King of Spain, born in 1784; the Infant Don Carlos, born in 1788; and the Infant Don Francisco de Paulo, || born in 1794; and three Princesses, namely, the present Queen of Portugal, born in 1775; the Queen of Etruria, now Duchess of Lucca, born in 1782; and the Hereditary Princess of Naples, born in 1789. Louisa Maria Theresa partici. pated with her august husband in all the vicissitudes which followed the event known under the name of the revolution of Aranjuez. She came to Bayonne during the scene of the forced abdication of the Bourbons of Spain, and accompanied her husband from Spain to Compiegne, from Compiegne to Marseilles, and from Marseilles to Rome, where she died.

The Ex-King of Spain, Charles IV. expired at Rome in the night of the 20th of January, after twenty-four hours' illness, having only survived his Queen about a fortnight.

At his seat, at Lyndhurst, William, Earl of Errol, in the 47th year of his age. His Lordship was Hereditary High Constable of Scotland, Knight Marshal, and his Majesty's Lord High Commissioner for the Affairs of the Church of Scotland.

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At Cahir-house, Tipperary, the Earl of Glengal, one of the Representative Peers of Ireland His title devolves on his eldest son, Viscount Ca. hir, M. P. for the county of Tipperary.

days' illness, the Countess Dowager of Athlone, At the Hague, in her 74th year, after a few relict of Frederick Christian, Earl of Athlone, who died at Teddington in the year 1808.

At Leslie-house, Fifeshire, Harriet Evelyn, Countess of Rothes, and wife to George Leslie, Esq. by whom she has left five children. She has only survived her father two years. The late Earl was one of the sixteen Peers of Parliament for Scotland. Her titles descend to her eldest son, now in the 11th year of his age.

At her house, in Hill-street, the Dowager Countess of Sefton, in the 71st year of her age.

At his house, in Dean-street, Soho, Mr. Harlow, the celebrated portrait and historical painter.

At Nother, in Devonshire, Colonel O'Dogherty, of the Marines, one of the most eccentric characters in England. Although possessed of a fine freehold estate and mansion, he had resided for some years in a wretched cottage, and slept on a straw pallet.

The accounts from Madrid mention the remarkable fact of the first Lady of Honour to the late Queen having died of a disorder with which she was seized on her return from the Escurial, after attending thither the remains of her late royal mistress.

Universally regretted, Sir H. Tempest, Bart. of Thorpe Lee House, near Staines. He was a gentleman of the most polished manners, and an excellent scholar. His benevolence of character was universally acknowledged; and his constant charities to the poor in the neighbourhood of Staines and Egham, cause his death to be considered an irreparable loss.

At his apartments in St. Martin's-lane, universally regretted, Dr. P. Blair, physician to his Majesty's fleet.

After a short illness, Miss Lewes, only daughter of Sir Watkin Lewes, Knt. senior Alderma u of the city of London.

Suddenly, in Duke-street, West Smithfield, aged 51, of a spasm in the stomach, Mr. J. Adlard, an eminent printer.

At Parlington, in the county of York, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with the most patient fortitude, Mrs. Gascoigne, the lady of R. O. Gascoigne, Esq.

At his house at Cheetwood, in his 71st year, J. B. Robinson, Esq. late of the Royal Navy. He was fifty years in his Majesty's service, and fought in twelve general engagements, among which were those of the Nile and Trafalgar ; when he acted as pilot to the fleet.

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THE beautiful, moral volume entitled The Enjoyments of Youth, shall certainly be reviewed in our next Number.

Hesitation, The Traveller, &c. as early as possible.

We greet the sweetly-told Novel of Oakwood Hall as we would the face of a long valued friend; the additions and improvements it has received, which have swelled it to the size of three volumes, shall be noticed as early as possible.

Though Tom Cribb's Memorial to Congress is not very well calculated for a Lady's Work, we will give our opinion of its merits in our next Number.

The thoughts of genius often succeed each other so rapidly that the pen can scarce keep pace with them: such is the case with our valued Caledonian Correspondent, to whom, while we offer our sincere thanks for contributions received, we must again take the liberty of repeating the request that, to afford the versatility we require, they may be somewhat shorter in future.

We beg leave again to request our Correspondents to remark that we only notice Works in the Press gratuitously; those already published, when mentioned by us, must be paid for as Advertisements.

The lines on Angling are under consideration; they came too late for this Number, and if inserted we must take the liberty of substituting the word sportive for jolly-the latter not being a very proper term in lines addressed to females.

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APRIL 1, 1819.

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