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OCTOBER 1, 1853. Pusic. THE MOZART POSTHUMOUS SCORE MSS. 1r is not, perhaps, universally known that Mozart died in Vienna in great obscurity and almost poverty. As the French revolution was then raging 0790 in ita greatest intensity, the funeral wok place with such privacy that when, of late years, the plan for a monument of his was made, the spot— nay, even the locality—where he might have been buried, could not be ascertained. Already during Mozart's lifetime he hail been connected with the great musical firm of Andre, at Offenbach on the Nlaine, at whose house Goethe also had been a guest. When, therefore, the late Hofrath Andre died, there came forth a collection of •.-111 original MSS. of the principal compositions of the great musician. The heirs wish to dispose of this treasure, on which they put the comparatively small value of 15,000 Rhenish tiorino 040014. This collection is most important, on more than one account. Many of the MSS. have never been published ; and this relates not merely to some youthful productions or incomplete morceaux, lint to perfectly matured and completed musical eompo sitions. Some works out. of the present collection had been published of late years by Messrs. Andre, and proved to be perfectly classical produc tions—such, in fine, as Mozart could not have issued perfecter during his lifetime. On time ether hand, it is clear that a thorough correction and revision of the works of Mozart ought now to take place, as in the various editions, made at so many different places and offices, a number of typo graphical errors, mistakes, and mutilations have crept in, which cannot he corrected too soon. On ell these accounts it is most desirable that the Mozart Manwieripts be purchased by some great institution, to be accessible to the inspection and use of the musical public of all the civilised nations of the world. It is a fact uncontrovertible, that the historical art culture, so to speak, of many of our younger composers and amateurs is, at present, a rather in sufficient one, and hence, therefore, a study of the complete works of such a surpassing talent. the only possible antidote. Still, the stigma is undeniable that these MSS. have remained half a century _ insed. M. Hilliger, a musician of Frank fort, has, within these few days, published a specific catalogue of the posthumous Mozart MSS. f hie may there learn with astonishment that amongst those there are still two operas 0!) and three theatrical sonatas, eleven sonatas for the organ, with the ac• companiment of other instruments, a litany, with choruses and airs, S - c., which await a long-delayed publication, and which would not only fully repay the expense of that purchase, but add to the honour 4 , f any institution acquiring such a valuable treasure. foreign Ott, Xittnturt, 41. ATRENB.--EXCAVATIoNA AT THE Acaorous. —The French Government have, of law, ordered some ex cavations to be made on this classic spot, which were confided to M. nettle. Up to the present time the citadel which contains the Parthenon bad but one entrance, rudely built and hidden, as it. were, in ono of the lateral walls. Now the Acropolis possesses a majestic gate, at the feet of the Propylees, opposite the Pyraus and Salamis. The sight of the Aem polio also has been much improved by these works. A wall, formerly built by the Turks, and which COM pletely concealed the Propylees, has been demolished, end thus the ancient wall has come to sight: it is of white Pentelic marble, decorated with friezes and cornices. Two Massive structures (towers) are at the sides of the doors, and in the middle opens a Dorie gateway, which corresponds with the great porticoes of the Propylees. It is from this spot that we may judge of the great plan of the monument of Mnesicles. The immense staircase, which reached up to the top of the Acropolis, had a width of in feet, of which the last steps have been found. It is only since the late excavations that the Propylees have appeared in all their old splendour; and we may now %Vs,/ them without being obliged to go to the hills of the Museum or the Pnyx. From the road which leads to thenewentxance, we see their white columns tod the grand trapezium of their doors. It is now only that the whole plan of these splendid structures can be duly appreciated. A largo marble table erected at the entrance of the Acropolis, contains the following inscription : " La France a &convert la Porte de l'Aeropole. lea mures, les tours et les i-icaliers. 1853. Beule." yolklit.—ANTE nay% t lIIEN.—At the meeting of the German naturalists held at Tubingen, l'io• fessor Frau dilated on the most ancient. animal and human inhabitants of the Swabian All). He flrit Averted to the fact, that a popular work on the se condary strata of the Swabian hnd spread a eneral interest among the pea-unt population (!) of that district, so much so that children sought after petrifactionb ; anti the most rare Tecimens might be THE PRESS. found in the humbleiot habitations. The cotwtry is very rich in Paleotheria t tapir like annuls's), so touch s o that iu one single excavation 20.000 teeth have been found. Great interest Was excited by the exhibition of the skulls of two antediluvian men t Ur-Nlettschenh which presented a strange strneture of teeth. Alla conformation of skull far different front that of the Or Cassian race (!). lint there are to he riallid Of a human race still older than this ; and there are teeth which have been found in the seams of ore littlin-erzen) of these mountains. Professor Frans stated that he saw no WaSoll Why at this most re title period of the globes formation. men should not have as well existed. are there e‘isted all conditions for his life and SllSienlinee. PARIS At•CIWINV OF• ARM—This branch 44' the Institute of France has decreed the prizes of paint ing for this present year, but no tiNt great pnze was considered to have been desericil. 'the littltioct prti►- posed was Christ driving the money-changers out of the Temple. The second grout prties were given to pupilsof MM. Delaroche and Flandrin. The tion of all the tu•t objects to which prizes Were de emed by the Academy. conjointly w ith th e ,p ee i menu sent by the Academy pupils at Rome. will Is' exhibited during this week in t h e /wale of the Eisele des Beaux Arts. AGGREOATE MEETING or GERMAN NATI itAtisTs.— On the 19th Sept. this association. instituted in Ist3 by ()ken, and being the prototype of all others of the sante kind, began its meetings at Tubingen. On the receipt of the member's tickets, a well-compiled description of that town outtl its environs seas handed to the savants—a custom which deserves commen dation. The principal memoirs read were—Quenstedt on the geognostie position of Wurtemburg ; Schulz on the development of the science of natural history up to the middle of the sixteenth century ; 11r. Moll on historical medicine, dc. MME. STOLTZ. who in at present singing at Flu rence, has been engaged for the next season by the impresario Giaeeone. MAIE. CABEI., n young Belgian artist, will shortly make her dibut at the Theatre Lyrique at Paris. Roger and 9lme. Tedeseo have made their rentre at the Opera in Mt yerbeer's Prophet. Temberlik and Mme. Lagrange have left for Petersburg. and will lie followed by Lablache. birth!. rgalde has left for Nice and Italy. A Niw DRAMA in the 9111110 strain as the Pak* de Marbre, and called The Hells qf Paris, has been per formed in Paris. It is by Roger de Beauvoir and Lambert Thiboust. It is a success. A GRAND PomoLooma. Exult:twos is to take place at Naumbourg between the 10th and 1:Ith of October. South tiermany. Bavaria, Wurtemlierg. Baden, and Alsace have sent their produce. JoIIANNt WAGNER made her What at Viemot iu ftellini'a Romeo. Her success was not rater great. dime. Marlow, on the contrary, who played the part of Juliet, was called bair times—after her death. IT is affirmed that Mme. Goldschmith, late Jenny Lind, proposes to return to the awe. A tiat.AT MuSIcAL FESTIVAL will take piece at Carlsnthe on October 3, with the orchestras and choruses of the theatres at Darmstadt, Mannheim, and Carlsruhe, all under the direction of Fran/ IT is stated that the basso. M. Formes. will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Areon, an actress at he Berlin theatre. Tilt; LAwsos OusEavATuav Puma has been aug mented by a munificent subscription of '2OO guineas from Prince Albert. On Tuesday last the aggregate amount of donations exceeded 7:NW—leaving only 2,300/. to be collected. A CONVENTION OW L IBIURIANN bait been assem bled at New York, "for the purpose of conferring togs titer upon the means of advancing the prosperity and usefulness of public libraries, and for the sug gestion and discussion of topics of importance to book collectors and readers." _ . THE EMPEROR „ IoF ItUbSIA had decided thnt the ukase which interdicts the Jews from e‘tabli , liing themselves in the towns on the eastern show of the Black Sea dues nut apply to the srel. of the haraisu (Tnlmudists). _ _ - ------ ----- THE EMPEROR or ArsTRIA has conferred the Cro4lll of the chevalier of the Hungarian order of St. SW phen on 31 ujor de K urger, to whose exertions is owing the discovery of the Illingariaii regalia. . A SCRMAUINE rixoß %Hi has - been projected to connect an Diemen's Land with Australia, in con nection with a line to Melbourne. SwEntsit 11‘11.WAVs.—Mr. Lionel tiisls,rne, civil engineer, in the service of lox, liender,on, and company, has arrangc.l a contract with the Mahno Railway Society. according to which lie has engaged to deliver them by the 12th of January, P 454, on pay ment of 2,0001., complete sections and estimates for, 1. A railway line from Mahal' in Sweden. through Lund, south and east of Ringsji*b towards .16nkOping ; 2. A line from Lund, west and north.west of Ringsjii to Lake Fiala; 8. A line from Ystiul, to h.. connected with the one from Mah o n. to Finja lake ; 4. A line from Liebiogbarg toward* Liapja. rAr, •,,i,., 'fur I.llnaing singithir diaeovery has been made en the small Danish island This little spot is situated 141 wesen the islands of Thor.en g a nd Fuhnen. some people. obsening near a le% holes in the ground %etersl coins lying about, com incliced digging up the soil close thereto, when. to their surprise, they found the remain: of a leathern bag, which had been decorates) with gull oraiments. in which, and round shout it, were a iniatiiity of broken necklaces mil lancelets of silver of very etiri tttt s workmanship, and vs) pieces ll' . silver coins. These coins in part cemented on th e ~hverse aide the bust Of some person, with the inscription, " Adel red Rx Anglo:" and on the reverse a cross, with an inscription which AS yet has not been made out. It is thought these coins lielongi•il to some IN►rtiun of the " 1)&41(4/eh " imy wlkiell King •• I.'.thelreit the 'nwhie," at the eimehision of the 10th ventury , sought to compromise the devestating incursn. is of the Danish King " Svc'( Tveskjog,'' Besides these 'stilts there Were others. hearing Byzantine and Latin inscriptions, with busts and bishops' mitres on them. In all there are :10 different sorts of coin found, all of which will be ferwanleil to the Ancient Northern Museum at Copenhagen. Tim inuillwr of literary institutions in union with the Society of Arts n • amounts to :NW During the quartet just completed seventeen institutions have joined the iustillit cc Itsiastical. Tul l'amtornic S PNEN 11114 6,1 nßi•red by the nuke of Newcastle to the IIeV•. I 11. I►RVIos, M.A.. Archdeacon of Melbourne. who i, et present in England. '1 he rev. gentleman has dr•t•lined it. Nrw NEw BISHOPRIC IN APSTHAI.II.—I Ir. Short, likhop of Adelaide, who i. nt yresent in England. has obtained the sanction of her Nlnjemiy's Govenuncitt to the subdivi. sion of 111 the 'Teat' of it bkhomie of Perth. 11'aitt•Ill An,tlnlls. Mica Mullett t•to U t has pm. 'Mord it la►ge sum .if the I'l4llooll and en• dottment of the new Tor Ittanall. o I iw.--The revaluation which the Bishop of I ilasgow plaeed in the Munk 4.1 tho Prentkr Mt, t o t 'll neeepte.l•an d the clergy ere in hops., that the t:piseepal Synod, whit•+ meets at Ed hn burgh on the Feast of St. Michael, may be able to derive means for averting the severance of a rotutection whir+ they +.•li. io to have Liven sloully Webbed. I'ItEFERMENIN ANN) APPOINTMENTs. The lion. sod Ile% . T. V. Sl,..ttittrton, Al A., to the Vicarage of Court 404, With the Vicarage of Weestlotru annexed, solos tttoolle. lire. Arthur Aultii 1.1,11. ost, tv thu Rectory Of ry.loo to•tir l'offiltt). Vic 1:.•,..lo•••pti 4'lllll , lmm. \I.A., to the Viverit;o of Arue , by. near -1.. r. The Rev. John liluilltro, to the R. ctoi.) of y b n u nud i . I 41i. of 111-111. The Re‘. \Vanillin+ Strititoo Attestat, M.. 1., to the Rectory nt itentlt.), near Colchet-ter. The iter. Thomas 11.111.rtp.1)11ioN, M.. 1.. to the Rectory of Cet• more. ' Ilea Woutage. The Itev. Wm Seaton, 1.. the luctiiiihesie of Chris rhumb. stun In euture of crectiuti at l rnnlugtot► Leigh, Laticaaliire. The It.'.. 11, uey Gale, 11.C.1., to the In. titalictie) of the new likeelon ($1 itcy.. l l4lllVll M.A the lieeturt of Somerton, slew 4 . 141 n, suit',.g.. 'l'i,.• 11. v. Fruusri Teettibm, M.A., to the Iteetury of l'ortuil, 'war X. ni.. It , sintlindddrr. I.I~'ANcU M. The Rectory 01 'tin uOO.l, ups". 1.,1ea Wale. by the 'loath of the Ilhestrott llehou, M.A.; %milt 7uol. a year, ht the titit of Mr. it. ilatt. , e, \LP. B t h e 'vat), or Mr. nohow IN rho yor irwiton Mt. Lau. retire biei igloo become riirsiot ; %sr' tlt )Par, awl In the irlft of $h 11. Primitoh, Th.. Revlon' of ch«lahothat, hear hi ihr (Hoer." , nr Oxford, by the (loath of M.A. ; w o rth aux. a Yam% In the Oft 11 thp Earl Ito . tibm Th.• Ilteeti , r) of North a n d lolasbire, by the death or Ili,. 114.‘..1. U1'110..11; worth Kiel. a tear. hi the Olt or 111. how. hor. . _ Tilt. IV'. 11i..15111. Ituedru ISiIIIIIIIT hal% I.4.iuuwl the Peg petimi Curse) of South ti , lowo, w lir Illotekpool. 'l* hero IN aWm "4 as ttb who possesers the Hula of prrowntatloo. The Vieitroge I.llighem, b) the th•lith of the Pm. 3. Sylvestar, M.A. Vittrilt :WOl. a plit, iu tlw gift of iiio . . . . . . Th.• Howie. 'lent. Nortlinuipitie. by the demi, of the Hey. Attuned, ALA. Uurth 1501. a p.m. He t h I ,ln of the Irtta.• theftim ilniOnsitp I , \ FUIII►. Professor l'hillit.F, lurk, for ninny yenta Seers.tiny to this Kritiodi Amisseintsioni, a n d well knouts N% is %Tiler on the geoli,Vy 4.0 1...11111:. iiientissned fig to Ise the new Reinter in I ,0.0 1 .0gy, in the room of the lamented late islisier. Mr. Strieklisnd. Inn nppunitnient is. its the hands. of the V irs-t 'hum:elk:tr. 'f Ise tlistilsoptisheal Humes untl Jlturhi un Ittive Om. beott mvrititmetl. Vie ,Armr. I. l.irstrirbV hronicle stistrs, " upon 'tut Ito, v." that a Ln 1 Up 4.11 the Oth of N.,vettilwr IPo Uwe est Wahl, ), pwativel) et' 7.liu, but Ow the Il i .. plutiti.tion b kept t trkiimperet at the 11. :ual W'arottire.