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dent determination to produce something new, and we do not mean to deny that he has been in some degree successful; but the whimsical piano-forte accompaniment he has added, shackles the singer in a very annoying manner. The air is a mere outline, and requires to be filled up by the taste of a scientific musician.-" Hasten by the Starlight," another variety of the "I've been roaming" species, quite as pretty as the original. The Codetta is well worked up: the worst part of the song is unfortunately the first subject which is repeated two or three times.— "Pretty

The editor of " Notes of a Book-worm, or Selections from the Portfolio of a Literary Gentleman," appears to have a very correct idea of what ought to be the nature of a work intended for general and promiscuous perusal. Quoting from an old author, he says, Men's opinions are as various as their tastes. Some are for fried olives; some don't love salt, even so much as in their eggs. This neighbour of mine is for the brains of a hare; and that thinks nothing so delicate as the feet of a partridge burnt in the candle. He," The Bee," a pretty little elegant air, therefore, who would provide a feast to without much originality. tickle all palates, should, probably, have|| Moth," an extremely simple, but very a scrap of every thing,-by the due ar- pretty ballad, well adapted to the words, rangement of which he may entertain a which are naïf and pleasing: both of reasonable hope, that if one dish do not || these last songs have vignette titles.—Mr. please, recourse will not be had to others Wm. Kirby has made the most of a little ; without better success. Variety is said his " composed, selected, and arranged,” to be the greatest charm in all things: is really most amusing when we see the where that is to be found, therefore, matter to which it is applied; we confess surely each man may take what he likes we are a little surprised to see Messrs. best, without expecting that he, exclu- Cramer's names as publishers of any thing sively, should be treated according to his so very mediocre.-" Come buy my Roses, particular fancy." This is a little volume beauteous Lasses," is an adaptation of of much variety, and most judicious se- Sir John Stevenson's Round-" Buy my lection; and, what much enhances its Cherries." The melody is natural, and value is, that the editor "has laid it universally a favourite; and we see no down as a rule to give the authority, reason which militates against its being where possible, for every quotation he has reduced to a form convenient to solo made." In fewer than three hundred singers—it forms a very pretty ballad, but small, but closely printed pages, between there is too much repetition-it becomes four and five hundred articles present monotonous. themselves to notice.

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"Sul Ali alfin di Zeffiro," a Canzonetta, by
D. Crivelli.-Willis.

"Jamie's o'er the Sea," a Scottish Ballad,
by W. Kirby.-Chappel.
"You say they never mention her," com-
posed by Miss A. H. Melville.-Willis.
"I roam where the Moonbeams are stream-
ing," the Poetry by J. St. John, Esq.,
composed by W. H. Plumstead.-Goulding.
"The Heart of the Hunter is glad," a Duet,
set to two Tyrolese Melodies, by M. Du-
nois.

"Meet me to-night," by C. F. Horn, sung
by Miss Paton.

To the first and last of these songs we

"Come buy my Roses," arranged by C. F. give our most cordial approbation; in

Horn.-Willis.

There is more façade about Mr. Cianchettini's "Lover's Vow," than any of the other songs in this list. There is an evi

their several styles they are most excellent; Mr. Crivelli's canzonetta is too highly finished for the multitude; but we hope that the late dirty attack, which has

placed that gentleman before the eyes of the musical public, will give a popularity to it which its own unobtrusive merits would probably not have acquired. Horn's song is decidedly the most effective out of all the multitudes with which he has lately inundated us. No. 2 has the quaint- || ness of the Scotch music, without its beauty. Miss Melville's song is pleasing; so on the whole is Mr. Plumstead's, but he has borrowed the subject from an Italian song, well known to all opera goers, and has entirely destroyed the effect of the poetry by his endless repetitions of the words.

HARP.

Melange for the Harp, on Airs in Mosé in
Egytto, composed by Theodore Labarre.
Op. 28.-Chappel.
"Follow, follow, o'er the Mountain," with
Variations, by T. P. Chipp.-Callcott.
Mr. Labarre has embodied in one piece
the favourite Duet and March, the Prayer,
and The Finale, to Mimauca la voce.
Dal tuo stellato, from its original construc-
tion, is particularly well adapted to the
harp, and the other movements are equally
well arranged for the peculiarities of the
instrument; the whole forms a
pleasing lesson.
Mr. Chipp's variations
may, as practical exercises, be very well,
but as compositions they are sadly com-
mon-place and mediocre-just on
a par
with Cardon's Oh vous dirai-je, and the
old-fashioned stuff of thirty years standing.

PIANO-FORTE.

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"Il Mezzo," a Sonato for the Piano-forte, composed and dedicated to T. Attwood, Esq., by J. B. Cramer. Op. 74.Cramer and Co.

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AN opera of the late Mr. Cobb's, entitled The Pirates, after suffering various emendations, and being re-christened Isidore de Merida; or, the Devil's Creek, was produced at this theatre. As far as the author and interpolators are concerned, the opera is contemptible: a mere tissue of absurdity, without humour, passion, or invention. Don Isidore de Merida is the betrothed husband of Donna Julia. He is compelled to put in his vessel at Malta, in consequence of injuries it had lately received in an encounter with pirates. At Malta, the Don unexpectedly meets with his "lady love," and her Giacuno, her guardian, who endeavours to cause his nephew, Rophino, a sea captain, to supplant Merida. Circumstances transpire which prove that Giacuno is leagued with a set of pirates, and that in fact the vessel which attacked Merida's ship was commanded by Rophino, and is the property of Giacuno. On this, MeWe are delighted to see that Mr. Cra-rida makes known to Giacuno, that unless he mer has returned from dressing up other will give up to him the Donna, he will depeople's ideas to a regular composition of nounce him as a pirate and a robber. his own. There is no one in England feigns a consent to this, and lures Merida to a remote part of the island, called The Devil's more competent-we may venture to say, no one equally so: some of his earlier Creek, for the ostensible purpose of delivering the lady into his hands. Here, however, Roproductions, long as they have been inphino and his crew, lying in wait, seize upon mates of our portefeuille, are still amongst Merida, and bear him away in their boat, our most favourite délassements. The which, a storm rising very opportunely, is suppresent sonata presents no appalling dif- posed, with all on board, to go to the bottom. ficulties; at the first glance it even ap- Merida, however, escapes, and in the disguise pears easier than the common run of of a Savoyard, with several others, visits his mispublications of the day; but the delica-tress, where, by means of a story told, through cies of expression required to do justice the agency of the figures of a magic lantern, to it, can only be executed by a performer || finds means to assure the lady of his preservaNo. 37.-Vol. VII.

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worst days, may have a very lively idea of Mr. Cooper, who, in face, voice, and figure, bore a striking resemblance to the illustrious Mr. P. The audience seemed well inclined to hear Mr. Cooper-but he proved too much for them-resignation gave way to laughter, laughter to hiss

tion. His mistress, however, being considerably agitated, awakens the suspicions of Giacuno, Merida is seized; an attack is instantly commenced by his friends outside; Giacuno and his myrmidons effect a retreat, and are mysteriously conducted by the author on board the Pirate's ship, where, in the next scene, Merida is be-ing, and the tragedy was concluded in the held fighting like an enraged lover, and a good sailor. Victory, of course, declares for the Don, and the opera concludes.

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The principal attraction of the evening was the re-appearance of Mrs. Fearon, who played a soubrette. This lady brings with her a great musical reputation from Italy, and assuredly acts up to the highest expectation. Her voice has an astonishing power. its tones (sometimes amounting to shrillness) astonish rather than delight whilst, at intervals, there is, as it were, an under-current of melody and feeling, which rescues her from the charge of being merely a scientific singer. Her success was most complete; and we have no doubt the lady will prove most attractive. Miss D. Paton sang prettily; we would this young lady had not that mincing affectation, which obscures almost every thing she attempts. Miss Grant acquitted herself of her allotted music with much sweetness; never, however, did we behold a lady so perfectly inanimate-it was music from a statue. Braham threw all his wonted spirit into the music of Don Merida. We have seldom seen Harley, who on the present occasion played a "comic" servant, so unfortunately grave; he endeavoured to lash himself into humour, but certainly failed. The music of the opera is to be divided between Storace, Braham, and Mr. T. Cooke. Its general characteristics are liveliness and power: without any great claims to originality, it is some way beyond mediocrity. The success of the opera is almost wholly to be attributed to Mrs. Fearon and Mr. Braham.

Mr. Macready has been going through a range of characters among these, Hamlet, in which he treated the town with new readings, "signifying nothing." We admire Mr. Macready, but rarely in Shakspeare. We suffered Miss Love as Ophelia-it was Ophelia, as an opera-singer on stilts. May we never again be so persecuted!

A Mr. Cooper, from the American stage, has appeared as Macbeth. It is reported that the gentleman is an old friend and dramatic associate of Mr. Price; we think the manager did not display himself as a perfect Pylades by submitting his Orestes to the well-merited laughter of the audience. Mr. Cooper had not persecuted us above five minutes, ere we were fully convinced of his utter inaptitude for Macbeth, or, indeed, for any thing higher perhaps than DunThose who remember Mr. Pope in his

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"most admired disorder." As is ever the case, the Witches at least two of them, performed by Messrs. Gattie and Sherwin-were made extremely comic. Where Wallack came not in contact with Mr. Cooper, he played Macduff with considerable animation. Mrs. Bunn, as Lady Macbeth, was more than usually successful.

COVENT GARDEN.

MADAME SALA, a "some time" pupil of Signor Velluti, made an appearance as the Countess Almaviva, in The Marriage of Figaro. The lady's voice is one of considerable sweetness, and she manages it skilfully, if not ambitiously. She was very well received; but has not repeated the part. We would operatic performers had somewhat more religion towards the great masters of their art. Madame Vestris, not thinking Mozart sufficiently attractive, introduced, as Susannah, I've been roaming, which, we are glad to state, to the honour of the audience, was strongly condemned.

Mr. Kean has again appeared; and, we are glad to say, with every indication of invigorated health. He has played Shylock, Sir Giles Overreach, and Othello, in the latter of which he was ably supported by Young and C. Kemble, as Iago and Cassio. Of Mr. Kean's Othello criticism cannot speak too highly; it is at once the most imaginative and the most-profoundly beautiful piece of acting on the English stage. Young's Iago was a master-stroke; in every way worthy to stand with Othello. The Cassio of Mr. C. Kemble is too well known by its innumerable beauties, to demand a lengthened notice. Miss Jarman played Desdemona very sweetly. Mrs. Faucit was the Emilia: Mrs. F. would be more clever were she less of the virago.

FINE ARTS' EXHIBITIONS, &c.

THE COSMORAMA.

AT this agreeable and instructive exhibition, the view of the Interior of St. Peter's, at Rome, has been removed to make room for The Tchoultry of Tremel Naik, at Madhourch, in Hindostan. This view, curious and striking from the character of its architecture, exhibits the interior of a magnificent Caravanserai, or free inn, built, partly from ostentation, and partly from devotion, by the monarch whose name it bears.

This Tchoultry is entirely of grey granite in the form of a parallelogram: it has one hundred and twenty-four pillars, ranged in four rows, and supporting a flat roof. Each pillar is elaborately sculptured, from the base to the capital, on a single block.

us, that, in some of the views, space and distance are indicated beyond what fact would be found to bear out. The beauty of the picture may be thus increased, but this advantage is purchased by the sacrifice of truth.

Windsor Castle, &c.-Six Views of Windsor Castle, and its adjoining scenery, drawn upon stone by Mr. Gauci, have recently issued from Engelmann's lithographic press; and we under

Exclusively of this new picture, the Cosmorama, at this time, embraces the following subjects: A General View of the Ruins of Palmyra The Temple of the Sun in that City-stand that, in completion of the intended series, Mausolea, found in the Valley that leads to Palmyra The Palace of Versailles-The Park at Versailles Trinity Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral The Oriental Village of Buyuk-déré— | Athens Interior of Roslyn Chapel-Interior of the Priory of St. Julian-The City of Edinburgh, exhibiting the Effect of a ConflagrationBridge of Cords, of Penipe, in Peru-Grindel-tannicus, by P. F. Robinson, architect, F.S.A., wald and Glaciers.

Two other new views are in preparation:The Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, and the Interior of St. Peter's, at Rome, by a different artist from the view just displaced, each with varying effects of light and shade.

six more views are shortly to appear. Those already published, are well selected—are worthy of the royal structure, and of the high character of the artist. The publication is in some respects, the more entitled to praise, as its cost is moderate.

Vitruvius Britannicus.-The Vitruvius Bri

&c., is a magnificent work in imperial folio, introduced to the world, under the auspices of our great patron of the arts, His Majesty. The First Part, presenting us with Woburn Abbey, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, accompanied by a well-written historical memoir, is before us. From the elaborate character of the work, the succeeding parts, it appears, cannot be published at shorter than half-yearly intervals. The intention is, that the plans, &c., are to be given from actual admeasurement. In style, the plates resemble those of Hakewell's Italy, engraved by Moses. They possess great merit, and must be deemed eminently satisfactory.

Modern Artists.-Five or six numbers have appeared, very charmingly executed by R. J. Lane, of lithographic imitations of sketches by modern artists. We thus become possessed, at a comparatively insignificant cost, of many of the most valuable gems-spirited copies of them, at least of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Wilkie, Chalon, Stephanoff, Leslie, &c. While such publications afford an exalted gratification to the public, they have the superadded merit of proportionally extending the fame of the original

FINE ARTS' PUBLICATIONS, &c. London and its Vicinity.-In our preceding volume (page 192) we noticed the first two numbers of a work entitled London and its Vicinity to the extent of about Twenty Miles; each number containing four finely-engraved views by George Cooke, from original drawings. The third, fourth, and fifth numbers have since appeared. "Many views of London and the vicinity have been engraved," observes Mr. Cooke, "but in so wide a field there is still abundant room for originality and variety. The unexampled improvements that have been lately made in the metropolis and its neighbourhood, have created new and striking objects for the pencil, while at the same time, the rapid changes that are taking place, make it extremely desirable that the antique points of view should be faithfully taken before they disappear." || artists. Hitherto Mr. Cooke has been very successful in the attainment of his object. The views, in addition to those already mentioned, are as follows: 1. Greenwich; 2. Shoreditch;- 3. Westminster, from Vauxhall ; 4. Exeter Change;-5. Blackfriars Bridge ;-6. Tottenham High Cross; -7. Mill on Wimbledon Common ;-8. Tooting Church ;-9. The Tower of London, from the Excavations for the St. Katharine's Docks; - 10. Canonbury House, Islington;-11. Commercial Docks ;-12. St. Pancras Old Church. In some of the drawings, Mr. Cooke has availed himself of the talents of Calcott, Prout, Harding, Stanfield, &c. The style of engraving is remarkably clear and distinct sharp, yet soft and delicate. It seems to

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Passes of the Alps.-The Fourth Number of Brockedon's Passes of the Alps is in no respect inferior to either of the former parts. The character of the painter, and of the work, is such as to render it unnecessary for us to do more than enumerate the subjects in succession as they are introduced. The present No. contains the following views:-1. The Devil's Bridge, E. Finden; -2. Bellinzona, from Sementira, E. Finden ;3. Ponte Tremola, J. C. Varrall ;—4. Aviolo, Brandard ;-5. The Summit of the Pass of St. Gothard, T. Willmore ;-6. Valley of the Reuss, T. Jeavons;-7. Tell's Chapel, from the Lake of Uri, E. Finden ;-8. Tell's Tower, Altorf, E. Finden ;-9. Map of the Route from the Lago Maggiore, to Altorf.

Bushey House. From drawings by Ziegler, in a very slight style, we have seen four coloured prints of Bushey House, the residence of His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence-a view of the Diana in Bushey Park-a west view of Hampton Court Palace and a south-east view of || Hampton Court Palace. These prints, three of them engraved by Duncan, and one by Havell, are respectable of their class.

Lodge's Portraits.-The XXVIIIth Part of this spirited and beautiful national work, completes its VIIth volume. It contains:-1. Henry VIII., engraved by T. A. Deane, from the portrait by Holbein, in Lord Egremont's collection ;-2. Sir Anthony Denny, also engraved by Deane, from a painting of Holbein's, in Lord Radnor's gallery ;-3. James Stuart, Duke of Richmond, engraved by Posselthwaite, from a painting by Vandyke, in the gallery of J. S. Sydney, at Penshurst ;-4. Sir Christopher Hatton, engraved by E. Scriven, from Lord Dillon's picture, by Ketel; and George Lord Goring, by J. Thomson, after a picture by Vandyke, in the possession of Lord Egremont.

Dr. Kitchiner.-A whole-length portrait of the late Dr. Kitchiner, scraped in mezzotinto by

C. Turner, will be valued as an accurate resemblance of the author of the Cook's Oracle, and various other popular publications.

The Golden Gift.-Upon the newly-invented enamelled paper, in a style similar to that of the lately-published views in Rome, drawn and engraved by Pinelli, and printed in gold, Mr. Cooke has commenced a publication entitled a Golden Gift for the Scrap-book and Album. The specimen No. consists of representations of antique vases in the Louvre, Warwick Castle, the British Museum, &c.. H. Moses is the engraver: the execution does him great credit.

John Anderson. In the engraving of John Anderson, my Jo, by Burnett, from one of that artist's own paintings, there is much to praise. The execution is masterly, spirited, and brilliant. In the design, however, we feel somewhat disappointed. The expression, as it strikes us, is not in accordance with the poet's conception: we have sought in vain for the exquisite pathos of the lines

But now your brow is bald, John, Your locks are like the snaw, &c.; yet the picture is very pleasing, and very beautiful.

Literary and Scientific Intelligence.

The election of Davies Gilbert, Esq., M.P., as President of the Royal Society, has been confirmed.

On the 10th of December, the 59th Anniversary of the Royal Academy, the President (Sir Thomas Lawrence) and all the other officers, were re-elected for the ensuing year.

Mr. Todd has presented the Royal Society of Literature with the philological and lexicographical works, which he had collected and consulted in compiling his edition of Johnson's Dictionary.

Mr. Campbell, the author of the Pleasures of Hope, has been unanimously re-elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow.

A deputation of the Russian Academy of Sciences waited upon the Empress-Mother, at St. Petersburgh, on her birth-day in November last, and presented her with a medal, struck in commemoration of her patronage of literature and the sciences for the long term of fifty years. Grevedon, of Paris, has lithographed Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of the Duchesse de Berri.

Haydon has produced a Hogarthian painting of the mock election which lately occurred in the King's Bench prison. It is said to be the finest of his productions.

M. Vander Mælen, of Brussels, is publishing, upon a very large scale, a universal Atlas of the physical, political, statistical, and mineralogical chronology of all parts of the world.

The late Lieutenant Colonel Boden, of the E. I. Company's Service, bequeathed a property

to the University of Oxford, for the creation and endowment of a professorship in the Shanskreet language.

At a late meeting of the Edinburgh Wernerian Society, a curious instrument, called a solar compass, the invention of Mark Watt, Esq., was exhibited. The instrument consists of a circle of magnetised needles, which point to the sun in opposition to the diurnal motion of the earth, as long as the sun is above the horizon.

An American engineer is said to have constructed an engine to be worked without the aid of fire, steam, or gas: it is to perform the work of sixty horses for one month, night and day, at the expenditure of three dollars!!!

A steam-boat of 700 tons, with two engines of eighty horse-power each, navigates the Hudson, from New York to Albany, at the rate of 15 knots an hour.

A fine chain of telegraphs, from an invention of Lieutenant Watson, R.N., has been erected between Liverpool and Holyhead.

The Hecla is fitting at Deptford, for Captain Boteler, for a survey of the Western coast of Africa.

A Mr. Watson has projected a scheme for preventing vessels from sinking at sea: the waste spaces between the beams are to be filled up with cylindrical copper tubes, hermetically sealed.

Upwards of six hundred members have already joined the Zoological Society, in Bruton Street; and great progress is making in the collection of valuable specimens, living and dead.

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