The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-14 00:00:00

2 HE MUSICAL 111011'2 FLIES.

HANOVER-SQUARE.—The current number of this
excellent magazine opens with a very spirited coin-
position by Sydney Smith, entitled " Happy Me-
mories," which, in the hands of ordinary players,
will well repay the study. Virginia Gabriel's
song, " A Farewell," is plaintive and pretty,
but with respect to Mr. Cooper's new
air to Moore's " Nora Creina," we don't think it
an improvement on the original. M. Bergson con-
tributes a dishing piece, " Bergeronnette," which
will find particular favour with those who admire
foreign dance music. The number is a very good
one, and shows that the untiring editor, Mr. Lindsay
Sloper, is ever on the search for novelty fur his
patrons.
BOND-STREET—contains Jesse Williams's"Niblo"
Waltz, and Mr. F. Nlusgfsre's " Tournament"
Galop as the instrumental portion, the remaining
pages being occupied with a pretty song', entitled
"Sweet Echos" by Douglas Murray, and
Sister's Parting" by Mr. Charles Blamphin. The
ballads this month are of more than average excel-
lence, and besides being particul irly good, they are
so arranged that a moderate register of voice is
only required to sing them, a virtue of rather rare
occurrence at the present day.

EXETER he pianoforte piece this month
is by W. F. Taylor. It is entitled " Reverie Re-
ligieuse," and is marked by careful study and
graceful melody. The new hymn is entitled " God
of Israel," the composer being Mr. C. Barry ;
and Mr. G. A. Osborne contributes a beauti-
ful song, " Let me be remembered for what
I have done." Stephen Glover enriches the num-
ber with a duet, "The Life Stream and the River,"
which, with an effective piece for the harmonium,
make up a very attractive number.

BEETHOVEN'S SONATAS. —The complete and beau-
tiful edition of the sonatas of the great composer,
edited by Pauer, and published by Messrs Angener,
of Newgate-street, has already reached a third
edition, but that is but a very small criterion of
the extent the actual circulation will be, as it is
without doubt the best and most conve-
nient vo*me of Beethoven's sonata's yet issued.
It is so admirably printed that it is much
to be preferred to the ordinary sized score, as by a
judicious arrangement of space the size of the
notes are not diminished, and by the adoption of
the large Bvo. size more than the usual quantity of
staves are printed on each page so that the per-
former is not called upon to turn the leaves so fre-
quently, au arrangement that all players will highly
appreciate. The price for the volume compared
to that usually charged for the sonatas singly
is woads:rfully cheap, as for half a dozen shillings
a volume of music of one of the greatest com-
posers that ever lived can now be obtained, an
opportunity of which thousands will take ad-
vantage.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.

Wind, N E. ; fine.
Arrived, Nov. 13—Taurus and Maas, steamers, from
Tonning ; Blonde, steamer, from Dunkirk.
Arrived, Nov. 14 —Alfen, from Stockholm ; Danmark,
steamer, from Konigsberg ; Greatham Hall, steamer, from
Mogador ; George Emil, steamer, from Boulogne; Ger-
mania, steamer, from Hamburg; Dolphin, steamer, from
Antwerp ; Penelope, from Sannesund ; Wijbren Romer,
from Embden ; Belle of the South, from Havre ; Tyro, from
St. Vallery ; Gem, from Rotterdam.
Sailed—Agamemnon, for Port Phillip ; Baldoa, steamer
for Malaga; somerset, steamer, for Antwerp.
.DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Wind, N. by E.; moderate, thick.
Passed, Nov. 13—Harriet Agnes, screw steamer, from
London for Malta.

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