The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-26 00:00:00

ROSSINI AND DUPREZ.

We extract from the France Musicale a correspondence
between these great artists :
DUPREZ TO ROSSINI.

"My dear and illustrious Master,—To you am I indebted
for my earliest and deepest musical impressions ; to you
also do I owe a part of my success, owing to the powerful in-
afidunienieraetejny, oaunrdwoofrmksy.
gratitude,
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feel 1 accept
the the dedication of a Treatise that'l have just finished on The
Art of Singing ?' My claims to publish such a work, and to
offer it to you, are :—ten years of vocal and musical study,
pursued
pursued at the school of my excellent master, Chomp;
twenty years' exercise of my profession at the principal
lyrical theatres of Europe, and the constant observation of
the various talents that I have heard during my career. My
work is doubtless still very imperfect; I may be only a
singer, and, perhaps, little or nothing as a composer. If you
wish it, then, I will forward you what may interest you,
perhaps, in my work, and I should regard as the highest
favour, my der.r master, any observations or corrections that
you might be so kind as to make. Honour rne, I beg, with a
reply, and believe in all my sentiments of admiration.
" Paris, Dec. 26, 1845." " Gr. DUPREZ.

" ROSSINI TO DITPREZ.

" Dear Friend,—l accept with delight the dedication that
you have been kind enough to offer me of your new method
of singing; a method which will be worthy of its author.
When one sings as you sing, good lessons are unavoidable.
You have undertaken a great work. I am sure that your
efforts will be rewarded by the unanimity with which your
new doctrines will be received. Accept the sentiments of
gratitude of him who loves to call himself your admirer and
friend, " G. ROSSINI.
" Bologna, Feb. 5, 1846."

BLOOD BOUNDS.—The following feat was performed
on Wednesday morning :—Mr. Bellow, of Adderbury, had
a sheep at turnips doing amiss, so he ordered a butcher and a
labourer to!kill it in the field at midnight, and each take a
clean shoulder in baskets, (leaving all the rest), and start for
a round of three miles of most intricate ground, Mr. Bellow
not knowing one foot of the track. The men started with the
clean mutton at half-past one in the morning. Mr. Bellow at
half-past eight took his blood hounds to the carcase, at which
they smelt, but did not attempt to eat, instantly throwing up
their noses, giving tongue, and away they went, running
through a lot of men who were planting trees, across a turnip
field, through a pen of sheep, and then through a herd of cattle ;
they now mended their pace, until it became smart running,
and ran into the mutton at half-past nine, when the hounds
were rewarded with the meat, and they then showed great
eagerness to be off again. Mr. Bellow, at the moment, not
knowing what it meant, called them in. The fact turned
out that the butcher they had beea hunting• having left the
meat, had gone a mile elsewhere to kill a pig, and the
hounds were on the trail. It will be seen that the hounds
were not put on till eight hours after the meat was removed,
and yet they made a splendid and sure run. Is sheep steal-
ing a safe speculation?-Banbury Guardian.
THREATENED FAMINE ON THE WESTERN COAST.—
We regret to have to state that we have received various com-
munications from parties in whose veracity every confidence
can be placed, representing that there exist the most appalling
prospects of a famine in a few weeks, at farthest, with regard
to a large portion of the population of the Western Coast of
Galway, particularly in the district of Garomna, extending from
Costello Lodge to Lettermullen. All hope of a productive herring
fishery on the Connemara coast has, thr the present season, passed
away, and the expectations formed that by the winter's fishery the
people would have, in some measure, been enabled to bear the ex-
tensive loss which they have incurred by the potato disease, have
been completely disappointed.—Galway Vindicator.
PRICE OF CORN ABROAD.—At Hamburgh, the receipt
of the news of the intended alteration in the corn-laws ad-
vanced wheat 2s. to 3s. per quarter. At Dantzic, the most
sanguine expectations are entertained about the future price
of wheat; and no offers made under 535. to 555. per quarter,
free on board, in Spring. At Stettin, the free trade pro-
posals of Sir Robert Peel were considered as indications of
impending scarcity in Great Britain; 51s. to 525. 6d. free on
board, is the lowest quotation.—Leeds Mercury.
The sum allotted by the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests to the Earl of Haddington for the loss of his interest in the
park of Holyrood is 30,6741. Is. Bd.