The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-20 00:00:00

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T EVENING Oct. 20, 'flicir
NIo, es' Srvauts will perfor the Tragedy of
t perform the OTHELLO.
' I'l'o, Mr. Kean ; and Desdemona, Nr,s
l/ hi Ilartrey (late Miss Smith).
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h I'llhe added, the Melo-Dramatic Romance of
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GOLDEN CROSS, CHARING - CROSS, AND BELLE
SAUVAGE, LUDGATE-HILL.
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GENERAL OFFICES FOR TRAVELLING.

THE f6llowing ROYAL MAILS set off from
the above Offices every Evening, by command of the
Postmaster-General, vie. '
DUBLIN, Waterford, Cork, and all parts of Ireland,
HOLYHEAD, Bangor, Caernarvon, St. 4saph, and all
parts of North Wales.
MILFORD HAVEN, Haverford-West, Carmarthen, Bre-
con, Monmouth, and ;all parts of South Wales.
CHESTER, Namptwich, Stafford, Litchfield, and Nor-
thampton.
WISBEACH, March, Charteris, and St. Ives.
CAMBRIDGE and Ely.
NEWMARKETaIIra ndon, Swaff ham, and Fakenhaus.
BURY ST. EDMUNDS, _&c..
NORWICH, by Newmarket and Thetford.
NORWICH, by Colchester, Ipswich, and Scole.
WORCESTER, Pershore, Evesham, and Moreton.
GLOUCESTER, CHEINENHAM, and Burford.
OXFORD, every Evening at Eight o'Clock.
LUDLOW, Lenbury, and all parts uf Shropshire. "
YARMOUTH, Lowestoft, Beecles, Yoxford, and• Wood-
bridge.
HULL, Scarborough, Burlington., and Beverley.
BARTON, Waterside, GaniShorongb, and Brigg-
LINCOLN, Sleaford, Bourn, Peterborouge, and Stilton.
And the following Royal Patent, and other Coaches, on the
newest and best constructiona.
Also is added a list of Cities and Principal Towns, to which
Passengers are regularly conveyed ; a reference thereto will
save much trouble to Travellers and Persons having baggage
or parcels to send.
LIVERPOOL New Light Coach, out only one night
(car-
ries four inside only), through Warrington, Northveich, Mid-
dlewich, Sandbach, Uttoxeter, Burton-upon-Trent, Meac-
ham, Hinckley, Lutterworth and Northampton, Sunday,
Wednesday, and Friday Mornings, at Six ; performs the jour-
ney in ne; hours, well lighted and guarded throughout.
LIVERPOOL Royal Coach,' throtikh Warrington;'Knuts-
ford; Cangleton, Newcastle, Stone, Litchiield, ramworth,
Minn-stone, Hinckley and Lutterworth Tuesday,- Thursday,
and Saturday mornings, at Six ; travels with extraordinary
velocity ; only one night on the rohd ! well lighted and guard- •
ed the whole of Abe journey.
YORK New and Elegant Post Coach every Morning at Six,
through Tadcaster, Ferrybridge, Doncaster, Bawtry, Ret-
ford, aewark, Grantham, and Stamford. From York, Pas-
sengers are forwarded with the greatest facility to Edin-
burgh, Berwick, Newcastle, Althrick, Shields, and Sunder-
land, Durham, Darlington. Northallerton, Thitsk, and Eas-
ingwold, Glasgow, Dumfries, Carlisle, Penrith, Brough, Rip-
pun, Borough Bridge, Knareshorough Harrowgate, and all
parts of the North.
HINCKLEY, Atherstone, Lutterworth, and Northamp-
ton Coach every 'Morning 'Six, except Monday, and every
Evening. , •
SHREWSBURY and North Wales Cheap Coach, through
Shiffnall. Iron Bridge, Wolverhamptan and Birmiugham
every Morning,
HOLYHEAD, Bangor; Capel Cerig, Llanwrst, Cernioge
Mawr, Corwen, Caernarvon, Conway, Oswestry, and all parts
of North Wales, every Morning.
BIRMINGHAM New Coach, called Tile Crown Prince,
through Stony Stratford, Lemington and Warwick, every
Morning at Four, and arrives the same Evening at Ten.
PARRGATE, Chester, Stafford, and Litchfield. Post-
Coaches every Evening.
WiSBEACH, March, 'Charteris, and St. lies New Coach,
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings.
LITCHFIELD, Tamwarth, Rind:ley Atherstone, Lutter-
worth and Northampton, new and exeel lent Coach, 'Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Six.
• CltEvrEs-FIAM New Day Coach, through Frogmill,
Narthteach, Burford, and Oxford (carries four inside only),
sets out erery Morning, except Sunday, at Six, and arrives
early the same Evening at the Piow Inn, Cheltenham.
OXFORD New Post Coach, called The Defiance, every
Morning at Eight.
NORWICH rery last Coach, through Newmarket and
Thetford, every Evening at Seven.
YARMOUTH, Lowestoft, Beocles, Yoxford, and Wood-
bridge Telegraph, every Afternoon at Four o'Clock.
IPSWICH and Colchester, every Afternoon at Four and
Seven. •
CAMBRIDGE and Ely New Telegraph Coach, erery
Night, and Carriages to all Parts of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex,
and Cambridgeshire.
FARENHAM, Swaffham, Brandon, and Newniai ket ele-
gant. NeW Coach, the Lord Nelson, Tuesday, Thursday; and
Saturday Night at Six 'O'Clock's Sunday at Five. '
• LYNN Post Coach, Tuesday, Thursday, arid Saturday
Mornings at Five o'Clock.
SOUTHAMPTON and Lymington elegant new COaeb,
every Morning (except Sunday) at Five o'Clock. Packets
sail to the Isle of Wight on the arrival of the Coach. Parcels
are conveyed to all parts of the Island.
WINCHESTER, Basingstoke, and Hartford Bridge very
fast Coach, every Morning at Five o'Clock. • •
TUN BRIDGII and Tuubridge Wells newand easy Coaches,.
every Morning.
TUNBRIDGE Wells near Post Coach (carries four inside
only) through Tunbridge, Sevenoakes, and Riverhead, every
AfternoOn at Four o't lock, Sunday excepted. -
BURTON upon Trent Post Coach, through Meashaier,
TwycrOss, Athelston6 Hinckley, Lutterworth, Welford, Nor-
thampton, and Dunstable, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
Mornings, at Six o'Clock.
BRISTOL, Bath, Melksham, Darizes. and Marlborough
new and eXceltent. Post Coach (carries four inside only) every
Afterin:on at Five, well lighted and guarded throughout.
This Conveyance is incontrovertibly superior to any on-the
Western Road. • ,
EXETER, Plymouth, and FahnoutliCoach, called the Bal-
loon, every Morning at Seven.
SEVENOAKS, Riverhead, and Bromley Coaches, every
Morning.
HASTINGS, Bate], Rohertsbridge, Flinneell, and Tim-
bridge expeditions New Coach, every Morning at half-past
Five.
PORTSMOUTH and Gosport Telegraph, every Morning
and Evening at Five o'Clock.
PORTSMOUTH, Horndean Petersfield, Godalming, and
Guildford New Coaches, 'every :Nlorning and Evening at Five
o'Clock.
PORTSMOUTH NeW and elegant Post Coach, the Duke
of Wellington, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings,
at Eight o'Clock.
EXETER and Taunton Coaches, every ,Morning and
Evening.
WELLS, Bridgewater, and Taunton Coaches, every Morn-
ing and Evening.
PLYMOUTH and Falmouth very fast and cheap Coaches,
eyery Morning and Evening.
BURY and Newmarket Post Coach, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday Mornings, at half-past Five.
BATH and Bristol Coaches, to Bath in 14 Hours, every -
Morning at half-past Four o'Clock, and Eveniug at Five.
LEWES, Uckiield, Maresfield, :tad East Grinstead Coaches,
every Morning at Eight o'Clock..
BOGNOR, and the Rocks, a Bathing Place on.the Sussex
Coast, much admired for its flue Sands, a new Coach, every
Morning at Six.
CHICHESTER, Midhurst, and Haslemare, new Telegraph,
Coaches, every Tuesday, Thursday, apd Saturday Mornings at
Six.
CHICHESTER New Coach, through Duncton and Pet-
worth, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings at Seven.
ARUNDEL New Coach, through Duncton, Petworth, and
Little Hampton,Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, '
at Seven.
MAIDSTONE, Mailing, and Wrotham Coaches, every
Morning at Five and Nine o'Clock.
FOLKSTONE, Hythe, Sandgate, and Ashford Coaches,
every Morning.
• DOVER, Margate, Ramsgate, Deal, and Canterbury
Coaches, every Morning at Six o'Clock, and Evening at Five.
Extra Carriages always-readv for families or parties.
BROMPTON, Chatham, Rochester, and Stroud Coaches of
every description, at Six and Nine in. the Morning, One at
Noon, and half-past Five in the Evening.
GRAVESEND, Northtiect, and Dartford Coachea at Six and ,
Nine in the Morning, One at Notin and Five in the Evening. t
Extra Coaches always ready.

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the Kingdom. Where may be had, Dr. Sibly's Lunar Tinc-
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N. /3, To prevent Impositibns in future, the above Medi-
cines have " C. W. Saffell " written upon the wrapper of each
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THE SUN REVIEW.

(No. XLV.)

dfnecdotes of Music, Historical and Biographical ; in it Se-
ries of Letters from a Gentleman to his Daughter. By
A. Button, A. M. 3 'Vols. I2mo. Longman, Hurst, Rees,
Orme, and Brown, 1814.

The familiar epithet of ANECDOTES prepares us
o.expect a work of that description Which may
be taken up at a vacant hour, laid aside, resum-
ed, again dismissed, and again called on to fur-
nish our leisure with entertainment, till even three
well-sized volumes shall have poured their stores
into our minds, alvd- prepared us for a repetition
of the same course of reading, and nearly the
same amusement. When the subject, 'too, on
which these anecdotes arc to hinge is Music—a
subject so fruitful .of inforination,pleasantry, and
story—we have cause to redouble the fervour of
Our expectation, and to feel determined against the
slightest-leaning of mercy, should the tll-fated
Author, in an evil hour, battik our critical vora-
Luckily for Mr. Burton, we ,are, in the
present instance,. so well satisfied with his per-
formance, that he is in no danger of suffering
From our disappointed hopes such angry revilings
as are likely to flow from men ' who came to a
feast, and find that it wants the first of its vowels.
OE the three volumes now on our table, and

'city.

containing, altogether, 1412 honest pages (for
this is nO'Bookseller'ior I3oakruaker's job), we'
have, in the desultory manner abOve described,
perused so much as to feel ourselves fairly quail-
fied to deliver an opinion to the Public. They
appear to us to be the work. of great diligence and
research ; to be imbued with a spirit of liberality
and candour worthy of an impartial writer ; to be
lucidly acrd ably compiled ; and to contain much
that is highly gratifying, blended with much that
is curious. and instructing. Such a, publication
affords no facility for extract, to enable Readers
to form their own judgment of its merits,' and we
therefore depart from that feature of our plan in.
THE SUN REVIEW, to give`a\general ()Udine of
its character, and of the matter it embraces. • The
epistolary stile is certainly well adapted to a
.sub,
ject of this sort, and the address of the Letters'.
from a Father to.a Datighter, was a sure pledge,',
if pledge were necessary, that it would be treated.
in a way to render it acceptable to the libraries of.
the accomplished and am-sullied Fair Of our n:Ativt:
`l.t has faithfully fulfilled this protnise, and
a more appropriate literary gift- could scarcely,
be prese-iired'to a Feinale Of any rank in life.
Letter First contains an- Introductory ,Essay.
upon the -Music of the Ancients, ~and is followed
by others which enter into particular details re-
specting the Music of the Egyptians, Hebrews,
and Greeks. These are succeeded by a Disserta-
tion on the Music of the early Ages,.; which is
again subdivided into notices of the Musicians and
Poets subsequent to HoMER; the connexion of
Music with -Grecian Games, its progress in CI-a
.early ages of Christianity, and its introductiOn
intoYrgland. We are next treated with a very,
interesting Sketch of the Origin of Modern Lan-
guages to which Written Melody and Harmony.,
were fir,,t applied, and of the general'State of the,
Musical Alt, prior to the invention of Printing,
about 1450. Some specimens of the Chivalrous'
Songs in vogue at this period, are very aptly in-
troduced to enliven this portion of the Work.- A
view' of the state of Music in Italy, with accounts'
of its ceat luminaries, PETRActi and .BoccNcto,
leads us to a similar consideration of its rude ap-
proach to somethin.s; like system in England, and
the rise of our immortal CHAucER, with his con-

temporaries in ancient songs, popular tunes, and
laborious counterpoint. That age when the Bard
and Harper were honoured in the halls of Princes,
and the proudest victories would have been
deemed incomplete, had they not been commerAo
rated by the recording lay of the one, and enhanced
by the soul-stirring eulogies of the other, channted
to the festal instfument.

The invention of Printing produced in Music,
as in every thing else, a wonderful revolution.---
From this period our Author pursues his theme
Closely, and,'under well arranged heads, t/o a re-
cent date. He traces it through the 16th Cen-
tury in Italy, France, Spain, and the' Netherlands,
and dwells at length upon that interesting part of
Our history which was embraced under the reign of
ELIZABETH. The Seventeenth Century is still
more fully treated, and we now arrive at more ex-
tended Biographies of the principal great Com-
posers who flourished.in Europe during that age.
Under this classification the state of the science iu
EnOand is not forgotten. The invention of Re-
citative and the establishment of the 'Musical
Drama, or,Opera,,in Italy, is also described with
a faithful and able pen ; and,- after detailing the
rise and progress of the Cantata, the Sacred
-Drama, Opera Buffa, &c. &c., the Scrond Vo-
lume concludes with a well-written account oc
the previous state of. Music in England, p.nd tbe
introduction of the Italian Opera into these Realms.
It is not our wish, to inquire into the merits or
demerits of this refinement, which has certainly
been the source of much evil, and of much exalt.-
ed pleasure. Under proper restraints, we think it
'night be more entirely deserving of the appro-
bation of the moraliit and man of taste and
science, than it either is_ at this moment, or is likely
soon to be.

The •third volume of these ,Anecdotes brings
down the " eventful history," •from the arrival
of HANDEL, to these our days. It has short and
'candid criticisms upon almost all the- chief,Per-
formers with whose talents we are acquainted--
of many living ornaments of the musical world.,
and of all those who have recently. ..ceased to Hint
mine its hemisphere.
Having restricted ourselves to a brief enume-
ration or index of the contents of these volumes.
we shall not depart front our design to pay e%,ea
such tribute of praise as, th.e laborious And rno4-
torious efforts of the Author seem to claim tro.nx
our justice. To Butt's ey.he has beau tnucl4 in-
debted.; but still his own individual exertion has
done a great deal. The manner in which the
whole work is disposed and written deserves every
commendation ; and we may conclude in one sen-
tence, that it is long without being prolix, cir-
cumstantial without - being tiresome, amusing
without being light, and instructive without being
pedantic. Again we recommend it to our Readers.