The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

ATtusic.

PINTO'S CkSZONET4, new& edited by Thomas
Oliphant, Esq.—ln pro.lucing a new and elegant edition of
the Canzonsts of George Frederick Pinto, the accomplished
Secretary of the Madrigal Society, has done a good service to
the public. These beautiful compositions once generally
admired, but almost forgotten by the present generation,
were the work of one who, but for his untimely death, would
have reached the very summit of the musical Parnassus. Pinto
was of Portuguese extraction• but his family for several
generations, bad resided in England. Thomas Pinto, his
grandfather, who Wag an eminent violinist and concert-leader,
married the celebrated Miss Brent, the pupil of Dr. Arne,
and the greatest English vocalist of her time. George
Frederick Pinto was born in 1755 ; and, his father having
died very young, he was in his childhood frequently under
the care of his grandmother, who lived to a great age, and
to whom he was indebted for an excellent education. Having
exhibited a musical precocity not less wonderful than that of
Mozart, he was, at eight years old, placed under the care of
Salomon, by whose instructions he became, while yet a boy,
a violinist of the highest powers; end he acquired almost
equal excellence on the pianoforte. His violin performances
Peoll became the most attractive features, not only of
the metropolitan concerts, but of all the festivals and
other music-mectiugs throughout the kingdom. We still
remember some of those perrormauccs, and can never
forget the effect which he rave to the concertos of
"Viotti and other great masters of th it day, by his rich and
beautiful tone, his fire and enthusiasm, and his grand and
expressive style. During this period he produced many
admirable compositions, both vocal and instrumental; and
in particular, a number of songs and canzoncts, which were
to be found on the pianof rte of every accomplished amateur.
In person he was singularly handsome, and his pleasing man-
ners and joyous temper made him a general favourite in
society. Ile was thus tempted (though not, as has been
untruly said, into vicious habits) into a gayer life than he
could safely indulge in at his Fears: he fell, consequently,
into a decline, and died in Ibo 6, in his twenty-first year.
His intellect was strong and cultivated i his dispoeition
singularly humane and generous; and, in regard to his
character as a musician, it was said of him by Salomon, an
acute observer, that, had he lived and been able to resist
the allurements of society,England would, in him, have pro-
due( d a second Mozart. Pinto's canzoncts are numerous,
consi-ting of two sets, besides many which were published
singly. Six of them have been neat): edited by Mr. Oliphant;
and we hope he will, in the same manner, revive the whole
of these charming pieces. The .e now befere us are : " Dear
is my Little Native Vale," and " Mine be a Cot," the poetry
by Rogers; " A Shepherd loved a Nymph so fair," the
anonymous poetry of which has undergone some alterations
by the editor ; " Little Warbler, cheerful be," the words of
which have also been improved; " Soy, lovely Youth,"
the words translated from Ovid by Pope ; and,
"In that Heart so good, so pure " imitated from
the French by Sir John Moore. In their composition, the
youthful artist seems to have taken the canzonets of Haydn
for his model. They have considerable similarity in their
form and construction, their unity and symmetry of design,
clear melody, and rich but simple accompaniment: but the
resemblance goes no further, Pruto's ideas being emiacatly
original. In many passages, too, he appears to have anti-
cipated the style of a later day than his own ; two of them,
is particular, " Dear is my Little Native Vale," and" Little
Warbler, cheerful be," in the treatment of the subjects, the
strain of the melody, and the rich imitative accompani-
ments, must remind every body of the best modern German
songs, especially those of Schubert. They are by no means
difficult, either to sing or to accompany; and any well-
educated musical lady may render them a delightful treat,
both to herself and to her friends.

rbe Drama.
ADELerir.—There vas produced at this theatre
last nizht, after the performance of " Eugenia Claircille," a
new extravaganza called " The Jockey Club." It may be
said, without exaggeration, that criticism cannot do justice
to such a production. The pictorial powers of language
are appropriate to the description of excellence and merit;
garlities that are essentially dull and coarse, can only
resented to the mind in vague and general terms. An
"simulation of epithets may suffice to tell the disgust of a
Titer, but cannot impress the reader with an adequate sense
of repugnance at boisterous stupidity, pointless jestings, and
furtive ribaldry. To witness such a piece is, to use a phrase
of Mr. Carlyle's, "enough to make the jackasses weep."
Comic situation, droll incidents, and other elements of fun,
arc to be found in life at Newmarket, but they must be looked
for among those who, but for Newmarket and such places,
would have no characteristic existence. The author of the
" Jockey Club" takes all his characters down from London,
and when he gets them there leaves them to themselves,
without bringing them into collision with genuine New-
market worthies. Thus, a company of pretentious small
tradesmen, headed by a hairdresser, go down to Newmarket,
dress in green coats, and scarlet cheek trowstre ; wear green
veils; and call themselves " The Gent's Genuine Jockey
Club." Then a French marquis, supposed to be a man of
rank, the proprietor, too, of a first-rate race-horse, mistakes
these low-mannered and low-minded fellows for members of
the real jockey club, and his equals in station ; dines with
them on that supposition ; and suffers his horse to be ridden
by an obese gentleman represented by Mr. Bedford. instead
of by a real jockey. Further, a lady of rank and fortune,
also from London, gives her hand to a coxcomb of nineteen,
another metropolitan, who has bad the effrontery to make her
the stakes in a match which he has ridden. Indeed, one is
almost inclined to wonder at the ingenuity with which the
author has contrived to keep his London party out of the
way of every one else. It were a waste of time to detail the
action--plot it cannot be called—of a play, written only, it
should seem, for the purpose of exhibiting Mr. Bedford in
the costume of a jockey, and Miss Woolgar dressed as an im-
pudent boy about town. The actors did their best for it,
and out of indulgence to them it was tolerated by that por-
tion of the audience which had a right to judge ; and the
announcement that it would be repeated was greeted with
very resolute plaudits by that portion of the audience on
whom there rested the duty of overbearing any opposition
to its success. We venture to predict that at the best it
will be very short-lived.

illitbseedtp sal Clerical pets.
Canalizes; Oev.lß-Ihe Rev. R. Pledps. D.D., Master of Sidney
Bireed prokerg Cords, IS. ambeines, and Mr. J. C. Adams,
M.A., It. Jskinsa, t7ao bilnrilisd *editors of acenunls foe 11144.7.
At a ategreolee holds: any the following were elected:—The
11100. iha glesChelledler. Divinity : Rev. R. Phelps,
Millesater of Miff Sow. Law : Rev. a. H. Banks, LL.D.,
rbrde J. B. Hoed, M.D., Corpus Christi College.
Balder Na Regent : Prokanor 0. E. Coyne LCD? St. Catherine's.
I Moor Isgerst : Rev. 0. P. Rem?. al. Jahn's.

Panswanvera—Rev. J. C. Derlm I.‘') M. Mary's Cur. Dceolhcook
Dublin.—Very Rev. Dr. Murray, to be cicse-Gellecsi 0, the diocese of
Ardagh.
Sim or Sr. MIAPIT.—The Right Rev. The. Fowler Short. P.D.,
Lord Bishop of Sador and Mann, has been app. tai
to the vacant see
of St. Asaph. This prelate, in addition to his "antwsitin with the
Chrbtlan Knowledge Society and the Goalie' Propagatim. SocietY, Is
a vicaprealcat of the Church Missiomay Soeiety, of the th,dreh,_
Pastoral Aid Society, and of the he
for P:omoting
nanny among the Jews. Dr. Short has for some time past supeni:-
tended the diocese of St. Asaph during the indispo•itian of the late
bishop, and is well known in that part of the principality.—Lierrpooi
As Beets...warmest. Domeier, of which the Rev. R. J. Healield has
been appdnted Incumbent, has been created in, the township of 1311+ton.
The district contains a topuLition of about 4,400 persons; it is
bounded northwards by Union-street, liigh-street, and Church-street,
and in a southerly direction by Binton-brook and a portion of Sedgley-
pariah, Oxford-street and the Birmingham Canal forming its eastern
and western limits. An address has been issued urging the erection
of a church foe the district.
RISIONATION Or rot VICLA Or BRADFORD. —WC understand that the
Rev. Dr. Scoresby, the vicar of Sic parish of Bradford, has resigned
his charge—a step which it has been raid he has for some time con-
templated. It b, stated that the Rev. John Barna, of at. George's,
Macele,liekl, will succeed the rev. doctor at Bradford.—J ork.ehae
Gazelle.