The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-07 00:00:00

THE MUSICAL MONTHLIES.

HANOVER SQUARE.--No. 11 of this attractive
magazine is of more than average goodness. It
opens with a very pretty reverie for the piano, by
Walter Macfarren, entitled " Flower de Luce," not
too difficult for ordinary performers, and the com-
panion piece, a brilliant mazurka de salon, by
Henri Roubier, is a very praiseworthy composition.
The latter, doubtless, will be the favourite, as there
is plenty of ornamentation in it, although, to our
taste, too much repetition. The songs this month
are " The Butterfly and the Flower," by Alberto
Randegger, and " Twenty Years Ago," by E. L.
Hime. The words of the first-mentioned are from
the Italian of Francesco dall Ongara, and al-
though well translated, yet, as a whole, the
song will scarcely be appreciated except -by
very sentimental young ladies. The latter ballad,
however, does not take such a high flight, but it is
notwithstanding one that will generally please, and
as the air and accompaniment are both melodious it
will secure numberless admirers. Doubtless, the
talented editor is fully occupied with examining the
manuscripts submitted for publication, but a con-
tribution from his own graceful pen in the pages
of his magazine would be highly welcomed by every
supporter of " Hanover Square."
BOND STREET.—The present number of Ithis now
very popular magazine is decidedly a good one.
It opens with a delightful contribution by Mr. C.
Coote, entitled the " Rosetta Valse," and one that
is certainly destined to become popular. Then we
Dave an very3a r o beautifulld Land n
tL
ballade aby y Thomas,
"Thei
which is, in
fact, quite a gem of melody. Mr. Robt. Coote gives
us a very dashing and enlivening schottische, en-
titled " The Brtliday," and the concluding
contribution, a song by Harry Clifton, en-
titled " It's not the Miles we Travel, but the
Pthaicnegsthatiiiil]s'" is m
This composer
is deservedly a very great favourite, because all his
caeny, ai
anl3' one of the best
day.
songs have about them a pleasantness and good
published for
humour that is positively infectious,rt but the song
now under notice is perhaps one of the best amongst
his very best, and of itself it is well worth more
than three times the price of the magazine in which
it is published, a fact that is somewhat remarkable
nowadays, when the greatest trash, by the aid of
an attractive illustration, i 3 so frequently foisted
upon the public. The publishers of Bond Street
well sustain the promises they made at starting,
for certainly up to the present time nothing but
that which is really good and worth publication has
yet appeared iu this very excellent musical monthly.
EXETER HALL.--The new sacred song this month
is by Stephen Glover, and is entitled " Forsake Me
Not." Arranged in a very easy key, it is within the
range of an ordinary voice, and, on account of the
melodious setting, it will be cordially welcomed.
The solo pianoforte piece, "Introduction and
Gloria from Haydn's first mass," by Boynton
Smyth, is particularly good, and John Hullah's
hymn tune, " Speed Thy Servants," and Mr. E.
Clare's epitaph, "He whom Heaven did Call Away,"
will both highly please the patrons of this maga-
zine. The piece for the harmonium, by E. F. Rim-
bault, is founded on C. M. Von \Veber's Agnus
Dci," and, to our thinking, it is of more than ordi-
nary goodness. The number for S3pt3mber is, in
fact, au excellent one.
Messrs. llopwood and Crew have just published
a very delightful set of quadrilles by Mr. C. Coote,
with the attractive title " After Dark." They em-
brace all the popular melodies now the rage of Lon-
don, but dealt with in a manner that entirely robs
them of all vulgarity. Mr. Harry Clifton has also
made a fresh addition to his list of humorous ditties.
" I'm Seventy-two" is really a capital song, and his
last new duet, sung by the composer and Miss Fanny
Edwards, is just the sort of thing that is so rare at the
present time, viz., a witty, comical composition, that
can be sung amidst the private circle with the cer-
tainty of pleasing all and offending none, however
fastidious.

Messrs. Boosey have also just published a " Song
of Welcome" to Prince Alfred. The words and
music are by " An Englishwoman," and if the sub-
ject is rather past date, the music is of such a qua-
lity that we hope to meet with some further com-
positions from " An Englishwoman."

EMIGRATION FP,OM TILE PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—
During August there sailed under the act to the United
States twenty ships, with 8,333 passengers, of whom, 3,007
wore English, 219 Scotch, 1,514 Irish, and 2,623 foreigners,
the remainder were cabin passengers, whose nationalities
are not placed upon the emigration list. Six ships went to
Canada, with 1,516 passengers, of whom 800 were English,
4 Scotch, 36 Irish, and 671 foreigners. Of ships not under
the Act there were eight, with 901 passengers: to Vic-
toria three, with 139 passengers ; to Queensland one, with
30 ; to Canada one, with 69 ; to China one, with 6; to
Africa one, with 20 ; to the West Indies tee, with 13 ;
and to South America five, with 131 ; making a total of
23 ships and 1,296 passengers. The total exodus from
Liverpool durisg the past month- was 18,154 persons,
against 12,57'5 for the same mouth of last year.