The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-05 00:00:00

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'.

N inteniperate Letter, signed S WEBB!
haling .appeared in The Tithes newspaper ache 25th
of it becomes necessary to state, that the. Meeting
*f this Society, to which that Letter refers,—belil for the pur-
louse of taking intaConSideration a Report, industriously cir-
tulatcd, that this body had approved of a New System of Mu-
sical Educatiort,:—;was attended by the following eighteen
Members*, vi:l;iliessrs, Dance, Neate, Griffin, Ayrton, Att-
w.,ooll, H. Smart, Kalkbreitner, Bishop, f-lorsleY, Novelle,
Potter,. Latour, talt(in,.Ries, lc. Lindley, C. Meyer, a: ..d
Watts CI Reiolutioit -passed at that Meeting;
tatticli appeared in the
.principal Morning and Evening Pa-
lters of the 222 d. 23d, and 2.4t1e0f November, was carried with
say one (assenting voice. - • •
it is also -necessary to repeat, that several Meinhers oftbis
Ifoeiety, amongst many other persons, did attend Exhi-
intim' at the Argyle Romps, in order to witness ti-,e
it ts...w moda teactiing Music, who previously agreed to give
.zio immediate °Onion relative to that subject ; they therefore-
rilluifested nine of The usual signs of displeasure ;it the-Sys-
tematic Errors, Which they, observed, nor at the fiults which
the pupils,-:--traiUddler the IntrpeSes of pUblic
committed : while, for 'a, similar reason, the applause that
;;they: bestowed Was—paiteness, was good-nature, towards
the pupils, but c'ertainly Out judgMent- in favour of the new
_.•
Method,
This S'aci';zty; not being instituted for the-ptirposes of con-
Atoversy, havc'rehictatilly proceeded thus far in noticing the
"report and ietteile.which the. fiiregoing remarks allude; and
-.laving now perforined what tifey conceive to he 'a -duty .riw-
itig to that. Vdblic, who have solnobly supparied them in their
-efforts to improve
,the Musical -Art, they withdiaw from all
:future discussion upon the subject—in which resolution they
,are 'confi-med, by learning that a Coottuittee of the Principal
.!./.'rofessors of Music in London, are engaged in preparing
'some remarks,upou the New System, Which will fjrthwith be
'Published.
Oigned)

W. DANCE, F C. MEYER,
F. CRAMER,. W AYRTON,
C. WEICHSEL, H. SMART,
WM. CROTCH, • G• E. GRIFFIN,
R. H. POTTER, • THOS. WELSH.
WM,' HORSLEY, mos. ArrwooD,
FEED. nits, C. NEATE,
Ti. NOVELLO, T. LATOUR,
JOSH. CALKIN, - W. SEIERINGTON,
G. WATTS, R. LINDLEY.
W. WATTS,
,ArgyteThiouis, Dec. t, ► 8 17.

* Of the forty-three members of which this Society con-
ties, eleven, at least, are either abroad. in the country, or
confined by indisposition ; and it May not be irrelevant to
• observe., that eighteen members constitute a very full meet-
ing of the ,Bodie and that upon the important occasion the
last Election ut 'Directors, nu more than that number were
•
present.
•

Tr HE NOTICE being expired, which the
-..111. COMMERCIAL HALL WINE COMPANY gave to
their Friends and the Public, to furnish themselves with
PORT WINES' at OLD Pi: ICES, the Company• take the
earliest opportunity of stating their present Prices for Wines
at the following favourite Vintages:—
Ports of the Vintage of 1815, 425. ad: per Doz.
Ditto. the Vintage of 1812, 4Gs. ad. per Doz.
Ditto the Vintage of 1808, 505. Otl, per Dtiz.

• And it is certaiwthat•the Wines of 181.5 and of 1812 must
be still further-adVanced, and the 1808 will soon all be in
the hands of private .individuals.—['he:' Company return
thanks to their very numerous, independent,- • and respect-
able F'riends• for all their Favours, and recommend-the fol-
10iitig White Wines as worthy their Notice t—
per Doz.
Fine Old soft and high-Ravnured Sherries 463.0 d.
Ditto ditto • East India, matchless • 605..0d.
• Tenstriffeoif full Madeira flavour - • 48s. 0(1.
'BroAti Madeira, very old - - -50 s. Od.
• West India Madeira - - - -68 s. oth
Fast lridia dittcymatchless ' - -84 s, Ott.
The Company alo offer the following Cape .Wines as
being distinct in quality from any other that have been
• offered, excetit what -has lately been -sold only by the
• Company,.
White Cape Stein Wile - -
•• White Cape Wine,l he finest Madeira Grape
{ transplanted, and the o 1 way of producing the
• Wine iinproved by experimental high cultiva-
tion 'Of the Grape Lands and- superior process .-
in' rackingnod meliorating - -. • . 345. Od..
C. C. Cape, the only- parcel•ever imported,
made from Grapes, -selected pirposely from
different,Vine Growers,•• who are. the most •
noted for the high•cultivation of their_Grapes,
and its what is termed the Stunt-Vat. Wine,
being kept • by the Wine• Makers •for the pnr-
pose of improving New .Coarse Wines
Red Pontiac, in French hot les, and far su-,
'wrier ti most French Wines , -
Cape.—This Wine is from the Ma- ,
deira 'liana Grape transplanted, and produces
a dry full bodied • high _brilliant coloured
I 'Wine - - -

-30 s. 04i.

- 465. Od.

- 365. Od.

- 425. Od.

ko," Skiuucr-Orcet, and 340, Oxford-street; London.

BURG.
RA'CKERMANN4 of the .Srratit,i,. 'ha, the.h.;•
nour tb infirm the Public, that he has just published.
several new Plates, of the above ILLUSTRIOUS PeAISON-
AGES, after the highly-esteemed Paintings by A. CHALON,
WA. Whole Lengths, engraved by H. Ideytnr, 425. per P,tit ;
large Heads. Its. and small Heals, 7s. per
Also a most eurrecV View of the Interior of the Royal Vault
at Windsor, from a Drawing by F. NASH, price, in Cn-
lours,.;ts..

This Day was published,
In Three Volumes, .price
MANDEVILLE; a Tale of tli Seventeenth
Century in England.
By WILLIAM GODWIN.
" And the waters of that fountaia; were bitter ; and they
saidi Let the name of it be called Marah."
• - Exodus, Chap. xv.
Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh : and
Longman, Hurst, Rers„Orme,*and Brown, London.

MR. ABERNETHY'S NEW WU LK.• -
This t)ay were publi,lo-d, in ! Volume, Bro. price es. boards,
11101- I-WM(II,O(4ICA L LECTURES, exhibiting
a General View of Mr. Hunter's Physiology, and of his
Researeht;s in Comparative Anatomy, delivered before the
Royal College of Physicians,_ in the Year 1817.
By JOHN ABERNETHY, &c.
Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's and Christ's Hospitals.
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,
London.

Of whom may be had,
The Surgical and Physiological Narks of John Abernethy,
F.R.S. &c. complete in 3 vols. Bvo. Price 21. hoards, consist-
ing of—Part. I. On the Constitutitinal Origin, Treatment of
Local Diseases, and on Aneurisms, 7s.—Part 11. On Diseases
resembling Syphilis, and On Diseases of the Urethra, 6s.
—Part 111. On Injuries of the Head, and Miscellaneous
Subjects, 7s.—Part IV. On Lumber Abscesse and Tu-
moors, Bs. Au. Int:wiry into the Probability and Rationality
of Mr. Hunter's Theory of Life, 4s. ; and an Intro-
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Hunter's Opinions respecting Diseases. 25..,

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