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to dM pt. . te . ~ • ...-: ~-. 1 ; \ ((,( .. • . /..., violin players; and a little five yeartoW ArUine rino, who has surprised all hearers by his e4ecu tion of a concerto of Maurer's. They are said to intend proceeding to Vienna. AMERICAN OPINION OF ENGLISH BALLADS. `\ •i L S\ CONTRACT FOR IRISH BISEF AND PORK. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, July 30, 1831. ICH E COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL ." LING Ids MAJESTYS NAVY, 4-c. do hereby give All ' . I 7.< 1788. 101 Ire, That on Tummy, the 13th day of Sarramsaa next, they wilt be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the supply to this Department, of a quan ity of IRISH SALT MEAT. Equal to 4,000 Navy Tierces of BEEF; and 12,000 Navy Tierces of PORK ; On separate Tenders, all to be cured in the ensuing Season, to be delivered, seven-eighth parts thereof in Tierces, and the remaining one-eighth part thereof in Barrels, into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, in such proportions as shall hereafter be agreed upon ; one half thereof by the 28th day of February, and the other half on or before the 31st day of May, 1832 ; to be paid for as usual, by; Bills without interest, payable sixty days after date. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office, or by applying to W. Alves, Esq. Agent for the Victualling at Cork; or to the Collectors of his Majesty's Customs at Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; and to the Secretary to the Postmaster-General at Dublin respectively. No Tender for a less quantity than s►all be equal to 300 Tierces of Beef, or to 300 Tierces of Pork, will be ad mitted ; and each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed; and must be accompanied by a Letter, signed by two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering, in a penal Sum equal to one-third of the amount of the Contract, for the due performance of the same. It is to be expressly understood, that the Tenders for the Beef are to be distinct and separate from those of the Pork. The Person who makes the Tender, or some person on bis behalf, must attend to answer when called for. IL WALLER CLIFTON. THE LATE JOHN ABERNETHY, SURGEON, F.R.S. &a. &c. &c. THE MEDICINES which that great genius discovered for the cure of all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, and Bowels, may now be procured by the public at a very moderate charge, with full instructions for their use, viz—his ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, and his STO. 3IACHIC DIGESTIVE PILLS, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each box; and his APERIENT MEDICINE at 2s. 9d. and ss. each bottle. The above Medicines are prepared only by Dr. Cum, formerly a pubil of Mr. Abernethy, and who has for the last fifteen years invariably adopted their use with the most astonishing benefit to his patients. Dr. U. has appointed J. Fleming, Chemist, 8, Holborn Bars, London, hie sole Wholesale Agent, sad from whom they may be procured retail ; and likewise at most respectable chemists in Town and its vitinity. N.B. Ask for ASSINESIIT'S PILLS IN MIZTURE, as prepared by Dr. Uson. CHOLERA MORBUS CURED BY MORI SON'S UNIVERSAL MEDICINES ONLY.— The President and the Board of the British College of Health, New-road, King's Cross, London, on referring the British Public to their former statement of the undoubted success of the Universal Medicines in stopping the ravages of the Cholera Maims in the Baltic, as given, verbatim, from Mr. Id. Gardner, their general Agent for the County of Durham, (who had supplied several Baltic vessels with the Medicine), beg leave to lay before the Public another letter, received this day hum the same gentleman, contain. ing a still more corroborative proof of their full efficiency on this devastating scourge : " To Messrs. Morison, Moat, and CO. " Gentlemen,—Having received a letter from Capt. Lang ley, of the trading vessel Joseph, of this port, who lately arrived at Hull from Riga, I transmit you a copy, which you will feel to be your duty to publish to all the world. Dear Friend,—Respecting the Universal Medicines of the British College of Health, which you so fortunately provided me with at Sunderland, I have every reason to be lieve, and, indeed, I am convinced that they were the means of preserving my own life as well as some hundreds more at Riga, a great many of which I was an eye witness to. " ' Ou my first arrival at Riga, I commenced taking the Pills as a preventive, or preparation for the attack, to stay its violence if assailed; by which means a free passage through the body prevented the infectious air from producing that fatal cramp in the stomach and limbs which has caused the death of thousands. On the 28th of May, however, I was most violently seised with that dreadful disorder, and for the tire four hours was in a deplorable state, but, thank God, trom the precautions I bad used, the noxious air passed through my body, w ith very slight attacks of the cramp, and 3 tew strong doses of the Universals soon restored me to health. All my men (except one who was too timid to take the Pills with sufficient strength, from the fear of being too viokntiv purged, who died in a few hours), took the l'ills night and morning, and were saved. " ' To satisfy the poor fellow who died I got him some medicine on shore, but it took no effect in the least, as he ceased to exist soon after, first becoming cold as a lump of ice and of a dark blue colour. I cannot think the Cholera infectious or contagious from the touch, as none of us were affected from handling the corpse. " 4 I lett Riga on the Bth of June, and got down to Bauldra the same day, all well, but on the 10th the mate and a boy were both taken ill with this dreadful disease, and, for six days, were in a distressing state, but with a close and powerful application of the Pills, were restored to full health. I am happy to say I have every reason to believe that this Medicine alone is all-sufficient to stop the ravages of this dread (Aril, but that its powers are best applied at an early stage, or as a preparative. "' The value of the Medicine was in the highest estima tion at Riga, and great lamentations were made at the scanty supply that could be obtained from me and the rest of the vessels who had supplies from you. Had I had .1100 worth more I could have sold them all, even to the French doctors that were there.' •• The %hole of the letters that have come to Sunderland from those vessels which had supplies of the Medicines out, •peak with the same raptures of their efficacy. " I remain, Gentlemen, "Your humble servant, " 3IICHAEL GARDNER." " Bishop Wearmouth, Aug. 1, 1831." The `. Vegetable Universal Medicines" are to be had at the College ; at 31r. Field's, 65, Quadrant; Mr. Chappell's, Royal Exchange; Mt. Walker's, Lamb's Conduit passage, Red Llbn-square ; Mr. Avern's, Gill -street, Limehouse; /It. Bennett's, Covent Garden Market : Mr. Haydon's, Yleur.de-Its court, Norton Falgate; Mr. Hulett's, 147, Itatcliffe Highway ; Messrs. Norbury's, Brentford ; Mri. Stvpping,'Clare Market ; 31essrs. Salmon, Little Bell-elleY, and at one Agent's in every principal town in Great Britain; -the Islands of Guernsey, and Malta; and throughout the abide of the United Stites of America. CONTRACT FOR IRISH B VICTUALLING-OE THE COMMISSIONEI LING Ids MAJESTY'S NA That on Tummy, the 13th day wilt be ready to receive Tenders and treat for the supply to this city of IRISH SALT 11 Equal to 4,000 Navy Tlerci 12,000 Navy Tierces of P On separate Tenders. all to be cure to be delivered, seven-eighth parts the remaining one-eighth part thee Alajesty's Victualling Stores at De Plymouth, in such proportions as upon ; one half thereof by the 28t1 the other half on or before the 31s be paid for u usual, by: Bills v sixty days after date. The Conditions of the Contras Office, or by applying to W. Alv Victualling at Cork; or to the Co Customs at Limerick, Belfast, and to the Secretary to the Poster respectively. No Tender for a less quantity ti Tierces of Beef, or to 300 Tierce, mitted ; and each Tender must sp at length, and be delivered hefts day appointed; and most be ace signed by two responsible Perste bound with the Party tendering, to one-third of the amount of th performance of the same. It is to be expressly understood, Beef are to be distinct and separate The Person who makes the Tei his behalf, must attend to answer AL IP THE LATE JOHN ABERI F.R.S. &cc. &c WHE MEDICINES whic MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1831. BANK OF ENGLAND, Ist September, 1831. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND, do hereby give Notice, that THURSDAY next, the Bth Instant, being appointed for the Coronado'. of their Majesties, the Offices for the Transfer of the Public Funds, and for the Delivering of the Di'ldend Warrants, will be shut on that day. The Court of Directors recommend that Bills and Notes due on the Bth Instant be Paid on the 7th Instant, and they will for that purpose give Directions to their Clerks to pre sent them for Payment on the 7th Instant. In order to facilitate the Public Business, the Court of Directors will meet on WEDNESDAY the 7th Instant, instead of THURSDAY the Bth Instant, in the next week. JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. which Committees I was member, which septets too clearly testify the melancholy feet of the rapid and continued de cline of those manufacture& In the woollen trade, in the year 1821, when the pro tecting duties existed, forty-five woollen establishments were engaged in the liberties and environs of Dublin, giving bread to 10,271 persons, of those bat twelve remained in 1829, and but partially employed ; the cotton manufacture at large, it was computed, maintained 20,000 persons, and the silk trade about 3000. In the summer of 1829, of what still remained of those who derived their maintenance from those manufactures, 3 289 persons in the silk trade; 1,100 of the cotton trade; and 1,193 of the woollen trade, making altogether 6,451 persons, were totally out of employment, and in the ex tremist state of destitution. England has her Board of Trade, sitting in London, Scotland has her Board of Trustees, for trade, manufactures. fisheries, and improvements, established , in 1727, shortly after bet union with England. and Ireland would derive the vnaaest beside by web a Bawd being assablished as wand principles, divested of those evils and abuses which have destroyed the good effects of former Boards in Dublin. Such a body, continually sitting in the metropolie, under the controul of the Lord Lieutenant, would simplify and lighten Irish affairs in the Imperial Parliament, which often appear so little known or understood. A British Parliament would not oppose, they would, it should be thought, rather encourage so desirable an object ; for, as it is complained of, that Irish business occupies so much of the time of the house. the information that English members would thus be put in possession ot;would save much time in explanations and dis. cussion. It would. beside, prove a desire to promote Irish iu. retests, and in doing so, support the general interest of the molted kingdom. There are vast natural resources of wealth that Ireland abounds in, even surrounding Dublin, that could be made applicable to the wealth of the state, the benefit of society, and the employment of the population, yet to be brought forward, which a Committee or Board, sitting in Dublin, can alone develope with effect. The words of Mr. Pitt, in another put of his speech, on the Union again recur, and appear to apply with a peculiar coincidence to die present eventful crisis. "if ever," he says. " a period should come. at which a separation of the interests of the two countries should unhappily arrive, it will not take place in consequence of any want of conciliation or kindness on the part of Great Britain." The granting a Boast. of TRADE, so much required, would be the beat proof that the British Government and the British people possess those kind, wise, and excellent principles so delivered by Mr. Pitt ; it will convince the people of Ireland, that the real desire to remedy the evils under which she suffers, is felt by Great Britain. PRICE SF.VENPENCE. the landhoider, that he runs the risk of paying the tithe twice, if any slip occurs on his part; for the trite may perish in the contest between both ; that I may call • ne payment of the tithe ; and should the landholder b. in any respect in fault, he will have to pay it over again in money. Q. oth.—ln what state is the tithe of oat., here, ba!let. wheat, &c. to be given, on the lodge, or in the stook or stack, and how long he can leave it on the farmer's land. Is corn acres subject to the same rule? A.—Here again, as there is no custom. I can only stat e the principle as to oats, here, barley,wheat, &c. namely. that it may be let out by the landboldcr.when the produce Jr•rtls a state of just comparison between the teeth and the other nine parts, and then by the 7th (leo. I if. c. 21, s. 1, the tithe owner has the right to make the produce up into stacks on the field, therefore the division should take place before that period of the promos; and in my opiniun, when the produce is in sheaf, and when the tenth sheaf could be sepa rated from, and compared with the other nine, and the re ceiver may make it up in nook', or otherwise on the field, and whits the saw may rentals and be preserved so long as the corn, hay, or any pan of them may remain undrawn by the owner. Such Is the enactment. but if kft longer, the common law principle, to which I have already referred, then comes into force, and gives the Landholder on action for the trespass, or a power of removal, but not of appropria tion. Corn acres are subject to the same rule. Q. 9th..—A form of notice concerning sheep and lambs, and at what age are the lambs to be given, whether at their birth, or what age ? A.—No notice. in respect of sheep or lambs, is necessary in this case ; when titheable at all the lambs should be tithed when dropped; but in this case, as I apprehend the rector may be left to make his claim, they are not priedial, but mixed tithes, and cannot be recovered in the Ecclesias. deal Court, that being confined to prawnsl tithes, that is to the direct produce of the land. These mixed tithes might be recovered before magistrates, but they would be at liberty to refuse the claim, if they thought proper, as contrary to the custom of the place ; he, however, would recover them in Chancery. Q. 10th—Farmers residing in the parish, and owning land in another parish, and shearing their sheep in said different parish, are they titheable where they reside, or where the sheep are shorn A.—The tithe of fleece belongs to the parish in which the land lies whereon the sheep were fed. Q. 11th—What description of reclaimed bogs are free from tithe, and how long ? A.—hog, by which reason or means of drains, banks, walls, or dykes, shall be improved or converted into arable or meadow land, shall be exempt from tithe for any licutp, flax, or rape for seven years after the time of improving or taking in thereof, provided it never paid tithes before.-sth George IL c. 9. Q. 12th—No church being in the parish, and divine ser vice given at a farmer's place, where the curate lives, where is the legal notice to be served ? A.—The notice should be served in every possible way that could secure its information at the curate s residence, addressed to the rector, at the proctor's, and a notice should previously be sent to the rector in town, or served personally, on him. If the intention of the party to give the tithe in kind, the effort to give fair notice should be candid and bona fide, because any unfairness would be deemed a ground in the Ecclesiastical Court to order a composition for tithe, after the tithe had been lost in the contest. I mean any unfairness either as to notice or the setting out, or the op portunity of receiving. Q. 13th.—It is required to know can tithe..givers notice tithe-receivers, to take their tithe of each different crop as they come in different seasons ? A.—Of course the notice must vary in time on the Cf. &rent crops according to the different gessoes. (Signed) JOHN FINLAY, 2, North Cumberland -street, Dublin. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE. The following letter appe — 1 . 7 1 77 — red a morning paper of Sa turday :—" I see in a wait lately published by Mr. Its. Wilson of his Travels in the Holy Land, Egypt, &c. he alludes to the horizontal needle of Cleopatra at Alexandria, which had many years ago been presented by the Pasha to England, and censures the late administration for its negli. gence in not bringing it to this country; adding, he had lately received intelligence from Alexandria, that in coast quence of it being thus neglected, the pedestal had been 1 barbarously broken in pieces, and removod as materials to repair the harbour; that the column might also be sacrificed' in this manner, and the tablet which had been placed under it by the British army with an inscription of their valour on the spot, had come to light. Having lately been in Egypt, lam enabled to confirm Mr. Wilson's statement, and ex press my sorrow with all travellers that this noble object should have been so very long neglected. I may add, that the tablet has been secured by the British Consul, and now under his roof; and further, that the French, who were complimented with the other column, in an upright poai. tion, have not followed our lazy example, but are using quick work in taking ,it down, and a vessel is expected to arrive there daily to convey It to France, as it is intended to set it up in the capital. Now I should be glad to know what measures have peen adopted by our present enlightened Government to bring this stupendous and unrivalled trophy to this country, and should it be erected in London, it would be calculated to keep alive that effectual blow which was given by the English army to the ambition of Napoleon.— unquestionably, it would have been more to the honour of the late Government in advancing a small sum to convey this mighty obelisk to Britain, to which it belongs, than lavish ing thousands on useless buildings, and palaces, and gew gaws, which must ever remain monuments of their folly and extravagance, and excite the ridicule of every one who be. holds them. If the Government does not see the expedi. ency of turning their attention to conveying the needle in stantly to England, I trust some of our spirited members in the senate will bring this subject forward. The thing is no trifle, but is of the deepest importance to the British army and navy, whose blood has been shed on the spot, as well as to those who value their important services in the land of Egypt." TRADE. Estracts irons a Letter to the Right Hon. Earl Grey, proposing the Appointment of a Board of Trade for Ireland. By JONATHAN SISSON, Esg. I can, says Mr. Sisson, state of my own knowledge, that it was (amongst other causes) in consequence of the want of attention in the Legislature to Irish interests, that the cry fora Repeal of the Union has been raised ; for, bad the great injuries that Ireland received through the loss of pro tecting duties, bounties, &c. and finally completed by the introduction of French and foreign manufactures, been at tended to in time, and a remedy proposed, the principal foundation would have ceased to exist on which that ques tion has been raised ; but instead of this course, legislative enactments have continued to be passed, to the great preju dice of Ireland, while scarcely a voice has been raised against them in the Imperial parliament. But, my lord, the enactments already specified, relative to manufactures, are not the only evils of which Ireland has to complain. The acts of what are called assimilation, made between (treat Britain and Ireland, are another cause of the existing distress ; and however England may now suffer under local grievances, those sufferings would be much increased, but for the great consumption of her manufac tures in Ireland, creating employment in Great Britain to hs consequent decrease in Ireland. It was assimilating riches with comparative poverty, establishments complete in all respects with buildings, machinery, cheap fuel for steam, vast and long-tried experience, abundant capital, resident landlords, with establishments in Ireland, that, in compa rison, generally speaking, scarcely deserved the name—airs fined capital, fuel at nearly three times the price to that of English and Scotch manufacturing towns, a heartless race of absentees, who, (if dwelling on the Continent) drained the United Kingdom of its wealth, without contributing to the support of the state, or the indigent inhabitants of their native country. " The rich, and they that have an arm to check, The license of the lowest in degree, Desert their office, and themselves intent On pleasure, haunt the capital, and thus To all the violence of lawless hands, Resign the scenes their presence might protect." By such preposterous acts of assiwilitation, the natural consequences have occurred to Ireland that would happen were the small and great beast to be loaded with the same burden, or was the little skiff that skims the coast, to at tempt the distant voyage with the well-equipped and stately vessel. _ _ Assimilation acts (so called) have, by an excise duty, de-1 stroyed the glass manufacture of Ireland ; its glass houses are mostly in ruins, or converted to other purposes. Of Irish salt-works, the same may be said, and which was the great support of the Irish provision trade. Irish fishery bounties have ceased this year, for the encouragement of ; that interesting pursuit. The Irish linen trade is fast re ceding to England and Scodand—the encouragement pro mised by Mr. Pitt, to retain that staple manufacture in Ire land, as the very basis on which the measure of Union was fixed, appears to have been forgotten by his successors. The Irish paper manufacture has been reduced to about one third of its former trade, the few public establishments remaining in Ireland are now supplied from England with stationery ; and the circulation of a large annual sum in Dublin is, in consequence of the removal of such establish ' ments, transferred to the metropolis of Er.gland. Six or seven extensive sugar 'manufactures which existed in Dublin, are altogether given up, as well as several other manufac taring pursuits. Nor is it an argument to be supported, that Dublin alone has been injured by the enactments referred to. Silk, cotton, l and woollen manufactures, were extending north, south, and ' west of Dublin. the linen trade was extending from the north to the south and west of Ireland, where market houses were erected 3n several market towns, and other re munerating and interesting pursuits alluded to, were ex tending to the harbours, and spreading over the face of the country. The assimilation of Irish currency with British has been another cause of poverty to a large class of the people of Ireland; it has decreased the income of many, without au equivalent; it has facilitated the sale of English manufac Sure in Ireland, and acted in the reverse way on her exports, whil e it has also removed a barrier of inconvenience, if not of loss, which, before that measure, existed against remit tances to the absentee, and has consequently proved an en., couragement to absenteeism. As to the falling off in Ireland, 1825, of the silk, cotton; and woollen manufactures, it is too notorious to argue on fur a moment ; accounts have been laid before the Royal Exchange Committee of Dublin, in 1826. and again, before the 'Mansion-house Committee of 18211, of both of TITHES. Legal Opinion, instructing Tithe Payers in the leot mode of setting oast their Tithe to Tithe Reesiocrs, to their Praetors, or Tithe Mansion. Q. let.—lt is required to know what is defined by a law combination of tithe payers against the parson, and when do they incur the penalty ? A.—A combination of tithe payers against the parson is the agreement of two or more parishioners, for the purpose of obstructing any tithe owner in drawing his tithes, or in letting oe selling them to the best advantage, and who, hay. ing entered into such an agreement, shall write, publish. or placard, or cause to be so done, any paper threatening dc. mage to any tithe owner or farmer, or with an intention to terrify any tithe owner or farm e r from taking tithes In kind, or setting or selling his tithe to the best advantage, or with an intention to procure any combination of parishioners to hinder any tithe owner or fanner from taking in kind or setting or selling to the best advantage; such conduct Is punishable in • pawky alive peands, by the 29th Oea ll.e. 12, a. Q. 211:—Alegal form of notice, requiring of the tithe re ceivers to attend and receive their tithe ? A....-The following is a draft of the notice proper to be served on this occasion by the parishioner on the clergyman : o'clock, June, 1830. RLIVERIND Sra,—Be pleased to take notice, that i in. tend and will (the weather permitting) on the day of commence to let out and deliver the tithe on my oats, which grew and now remains on the lands of in the townland of in your parish of Timahoe, in the county of Kildare., and that I shall continue so to do on each succeeding day (Sundays excepted) until the entire shall be let out and delivered, when and where you are hereby required to attend in person, or by your proctor, to receive and draw the tithe of said oats to be laid apart for you for that purpose, and to see the same fairly laid out and carried off the land by such person or persons as you shall employ, who shall have full permission to enter and carry away the same according to law. (Sired) To the Rev. A. B. an his Proctor L. N. or Manager. Q. 3d..—How many days after the notice has been served is the tithe receiver to attend ? A.—There is no fitted time within which the tithe owner should draw; that poled is variable, and must depend on the state of the weather and nature of the crop ; be is en. titled to as much time as is necessary for the perfect curing a it, and if he leaves it longer on the ground he will be liable to an action at the suit of the farmer for the incon. venience which it may be the cause of. Q. 4th.—lf the lithe receiver do not attend in due time to receive his tithe, what is the farmer to do with it ? A.—The landlord may let the tithe rot on the ground where it is first let out. Or, after the expiration of rea sonable and proper time for saving it, should it then become a nuisance to him, he may remove it to other ground where it shall be equally safe, but he is in no case to appropriate it of suffer it to be injured. Q sth.—How many farmers can notice tithe recei vers, each succeeding day, to draw tithes on the same days ? A.—lf there be any convert or confederacy to annoy, it would be a matter indictable at common law, independent of the statute. Every landholder should act individually, and according to the exigence of his own particular case, and without concert with any other ; and although every land holder has a right to act so no two landlords can combine to act so ; and thus acting individually, the notices on the tithe-owner for the same day may be small or may be great, and in either case would be legal, but in neither case could it be legal, if the coincidence of the notices were produced by concert. Q. fith.—What delay in the giving out of tithes is lawful ? A.—lf the landholder serves his notice at ten o'clock on Monday morning, he should be ready and prepared to set out and deliver at ten o'clock on the next Wed. neaday. The time is to be reckoned not from the date, but from the serving of the notice, and the notice should be ecived by an intelligent person, who should mark and be able to prove it. Q. 7th.—ln what state it hay to be given, whether, when cut down in the swarth, or in the mall cock ; alto, what time the tithe.payer is to keep the same for the parson,—or has the parson a right to dry the hay on the farmer's land ? A.—lf there bad been a custom in this parish, the answer would be to follow the custom ; but as from the tormer'e good understanding with the rector, no taking uff tithe in kind seem. to have been in practice, I cannot resort to such a criterion; therefore, I ant of opinion, that in respect to tithe of hay in this parish, it should not be tithed in toe swarth, but in that mute advanced state, when it is praeti• cable to make a comparison between the tenth and the other nine parts. The parson has a tight to dry the hay on the landholder's land, for its removal otherwise would not be available to him to have the benefit of his tithe of hay ; and the landholder is ender the obligation to afford him the accommodation of the land until it be fit for removal with mit loss. In a ease of this kind, not usual in practice, the landholder should set bona fide and liberally in his accom modation to the tithe owner; because I feel bound to warn HARMONICON, September. This interesting monthly present to the musical amateur continues to be conducted with the abi lity and liberality which we have had occasion so often to notice. The following remarks on mu sical style and taste are excellent—we say excel lent, because they are founded on good sense, and not the mystifications of technicology : In order to form the taste upon the principles of a purely vocal style, we must turn to those trea sures of melody which are discoverable in the Italian and German operas of the latter half of the last century—in Sarti, Gluck, Paesiello, Cimarosa, and Mozart. Rossini is the author now earliest put upon the music-desk—but indjudiciously ; for, though he has composed here and there, exquisite subjects, his novelties of air are made up, too frequently, of surprising quaint or instrumental phrases; and it is only in com pliance with the over-anxious desire of friends to see improvement (as they imagine it) that pupils are hurried into such extravagancies, before they well know what song means. Music of this kind accustoms the hearer not to look closely to the union of sense with sound, but to be satisfied with any words to any tune; and, consequently, to lower the intellectual standard of the art. One test of the genuine goodness and meaning of an air, is its liability to be injured by additions or decorations, at the will of the performer ; this is seldom the case with compositions in the modern school of the Italian music. With Mercandante, Pacini, and others of that stamp, sing how you will —decorate at pleasure—at pleasure add, omit, or do what you list, and the music will sound not the worse ; for we cannot spoil what is already bad, or turn into nonsense that which has no meaning. These composers are like bungling novel writers, who shroud their imperfect ideas and half con ceptions under the obscurity of words, and palm their own stupidity upon the reader. It would be folly to institute any comparisons between the crude notions of such pretenders, and the school of Gluck and Mozart, whose crotchets and quavers, if there were a language refined enough, it would be no difficult matter to translate into words. The following are additional and amusing ex. tracts from this splendid periodical: MUSICAL RIWARDS—PAST AND PRESENT. —lt is said that for his Capuletti e Monteeeki, Bellini received 2000 florins; for his Sinmanbults the same ; and that for two new operas bespoken for the autumn season, and the next Carnival, at the Scala, he is to be paid 20,000 florins. If our six German pianists, Bach, Haudel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, could peep out of their graves, what would they think of such a scale of remuneration ANOTHER MUSICAL FAMILY !—An extraor dinary musical family of the name of Conski Las been giving concerts in Limberg ; they consist of a sister, Eugenia, who sings beautifully ; two brothers, Antonio, and Appnllinarino, .excellei.t —But to avoid the extremity of vulgarity in mu sical taste, the student must eschew the greater part of English • songs— we mean thoso that are born and die in a day ; they are renerally replete with bad accent, bad harmony, and conanan me lody. The more popular the song, the worse it is sure to be ;—there is ale ars some new fashion ia the melody of songs, which strikes the fan:y fa: a week or two, and is then thrown aside and forgotten for ever. Except the airs of Mr. Bishop, are hardly any of native produce calculated to have a favourable influence upon the style ; and as there exists at present no really English taste, the less attention given to this class of music the better. We fully agree in most of the principlss here laid down, but do not allow that a song can become very popular without possessing some intrinsic merit. The critic who gives to Mr. Bishop alone the credit of writing airs that do not vitiate the taste, is imperfectly acquainted with the state of music in England. Most that are produced here (three out of four at least), are dull enough, e e admit ; but when it is considered that many of our performers make a practice of demanding a douceur for introducing a song on the stage, anal that audiences tolerate anything from a faveurito singer, particularly a female one, it ought to ex cite no wonder that our theatrical airs are cont• monly below mediocrity. We, however, eau boast of a few composers, whose productions vin dicate us against the sweeping censure of' th., Transatlantic critic ; and this number is on Ow increase, particularly in the class of amateurs, as our pages will evince.—Editor. Cllolft Or ST. PAUL'S CAT II EDA members of the cathedral at its foundation were, a bishop, thirty major canons, twelve minor canons, and thirty vicars (vicars choral,) now reduced to six, or, in point of fact, five. The deanery was founded and endowed by Canute ; the dignitit s of magister scholarum, precentor, or chanter, a n d treasurer, were founded, or at least endowed, after the Conquest. Hence it will appear, that when the administration of the revenues of of our cathedrals was in a purer state, thirty voices were not thought too many for the due performance of the duties of the Metropolitan Church When, however, St. Paul's was rebuilt on a much grander scale,—when music was become an art of more importance, and the sacred compositions de manded greater skill and more power—then the number of those to whom its execution was com mitted, who were expected to impart to it all the majestic effect that it was calculated to produce, was reduced to the number of five ! of which, ex perience justifies us in asserting, one, at least, out of the set, is always incapacitated from assisting, either by the effects of age, or front those dis qualifying colds to which singers are necessarily more liable than persons of less delicate vocal or ganization ! Such is the provision made for the performance of the choral service in this vast edifice —the metropolitan cathedral of the British empire ! How, it may be asked, is the evil to he remedied!! We, without hesitation, answer, let the revenues of one of the good livings belonging to the church he appropriated to the endowment of six or eight ad ditional vicars choral ; or, let the superior clergy of the church tax their incomes for the bailie pur pose—they can well afford it. The disproportion between the emoluments of the various members was not so great formerly as at present, we are inclined to believe; an opinion somewhat strength ened by our knowledge of the sums given by Henry IV. to the different members of the cathedral, for singing masses on the anniversary of the deaths of his father, John, Duke of Lancaster, and of Blanche, his mother; namely, to the dean 35 44 ; to each of the principal canons, 20d ; to the petty canons among the twelve, lOs ; to the cicala 411 8d among the six ; and to the choristers, 2s 6d among the eight. Thus it appears that, accoruing to that monarch's notion of an equitable distribu tion, the dean's share should be a fraction more than as 4 to 1 compared to that of a vicar chola!, while at the present moment it is, doubtless, as about 20 to 1. We do not mean to contend in fa vour of the proportions authorized by the act of Henry; modern circumstances justify a far wider difference, but so great a disparity can hardly be defended on any principle : either the dean's sa lary is too large, or the vicar choral's too small. We will not close this article without expressing our deep regret—a feeling which we entertain in common with every disinterested lover of his coun try—that the salaries of any portion of the mem bers of our metropolitan cathedral should, in a mea sure, be made up from monies demanded for chew ing the church, from pence taken for admitting the public to view that for which the public have paid, and which, in point of right, belongs to the nation. If such a practice, a practice of comparatively re cent date, were known only to ourselves, we ought to blush at and abandon it; but when the ill fame of so sordid an exaction is, to our disgrace, bruited all over the civilized world, it is still more incum bent on those who have the power to correct the abuse, to set about the task honestly and manfully, and rescue the country not merely from the charge of illiberality, but from the merited imputation of the most paltry, contemptible meanness, the most indefensible injustice. M. Mounin has submitted to the French Aca demy a plan to prevent shipwrecks. His plan consists in attaching to the sides of the ship leather bottles of a large size inflated with air, which will keep the vessel afloat, even should the keel, or aides, be driven in by coning into contact with the rocks. This Is a good idea, but sm. ceptible of improvement by substituting air vessels f Hancock's Crioutchouc, a substance already applied to so many useful purposes. G itETNA GREEN.—On Wednesday last, a young gentleman from Liverpool eloped with a ycung from the suburbs of York. An attachment seems ti r some time to have existed between this young couple, which, however, met with the decided disapprobation of the lady', friends, and she was accordingly removed to York, und. r the idea of placing her beyond the reach of her lover. Th e young gentleman followed her, again renewed his acquain. mace, and succeeded, ultimately. in persuading the fair one to join her fortunes to his by marrying him on Wednesday morning, at a church adjacent. They proceeded to the church, but they had delayed too lung, and the clergyman refused to perform his office, alleging that it was five mi. notes gone the hour, (12 o'clock), therefore he could no legally marry them ; the amorous youth, determined not to be foiled, returned to York, ordered a post-chaise, and be. fore the elapse of an hour they were on their road to the North. The young ladi, we understand, is heiress to a very handsome fortune. They were accompanied by a younA lady and gentleman, both reddest. of York, who are alio expected to make a match of it beftwe they return. No tiding. have as yet bees baud of tbe feel's% nor that they paned th rough Think the day they eloped. NO. 13,879. te . • i r t I