The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-11 00:00:00

MUSIC.

SOIREES DRAIIATIQUas.—Under this title the publisher
presents to the musical world a selection of airs from the
latest and most admired Italian, French, and German
Operas and Ballets, which being arranged by the skill of
various celebrated masters, as solos for the harp, will be found
as useful as agreeable to professors of, and practitioners on,
that fashionable instrument. The pages before us form
the first number of this work, and consist of melodies from
Boieldieu's admired Opera of "La Dame Blanche," modified
by Bochsa, whose music to the Ballet of " La Siege de Cy-
there," is now delighting the lovers of melo-dramatic com-
position. The adroitness and tact with which the whole
of the present number of this promising work is arranged,
as well with respect to the flute accompaniment as the
principal or harp part, is so woqhy of the ingenious hand
into which the task has fallen, as to form a favourable
omen of the future numbers, and raise an expectation
which we trust their merit will justify.
BOLERO FOR ONE on. Two Voxcns, composed by P.
Verini.—lf we do not think very humbly of this little pro-
duction, neither will it permit us to conceive very highly
of its pretensions. The ideas on which the air is founded
are scanty in number, and in their caste not very choice or
rare. The two voices, however, are legitimately and ef-
fectively blended. The Guitar accompaniment is skilfully
constructed, and the general result must be allowed to be
favourable to the judgment of the composer.
TWENTY-TOUR. MAZURKAS, OR /STATIONAL POLISH
DANCES, COLLECTED AND ARRANGED FOR THE PIANO
FORTE, BY MARIA SZYMANOWISICA.—TheiIe dances, which
are dedicated to the Princess Feodore, and form striking spe-
cimens of the style of Polish Music, were intended to accom-
i'ef attraction,neyare
Pany the action of the " light fantasTthiceirto:h.
slight, but animated and pleasing.
or peculiarity of the ideas on
however, is in the nationality
which their passages turn. If, notwithstanding their oe_
casional variance, they carry with them a general likenees
to each other, that resemblance arises out of the very cir-
cumstances of their being Polish, and argues that they are of
the same family, and proves the genuineness of their origin.
Lover's CONTRADICTION, A SONG, WITH AN ACCOM-
PANIMENT FOR THE PIANO FORTE, COMPOSED BY H. DER-
WoßT.—There is in the style of this Song a degree of
novelty which pleases us much. The thoughts, though
out of the beaten track of modern melody, are neither ex-
traneous nor unconnected, but are at once unexpected and
natural, and so far at lea•,t claim our eulogistic notice, and
the favourable opinion of the lovers of good vocal music.
SEI STUDJ PER IL VIOLINO ; MITSICA DA L. Secant.
find in these movements some ingenious and useful
exercises, which,' indeed, they shooldhave been called
rather than studies, since their object is the improvement
of the hand, and that their practice will more promote the
execution than the taste or science of the learner. The
passages are very various, offer some •of the best opportu-
nities for acquiring facility of performance, and are well
alculated for the main purpose of the publication.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, Aran. E.—Arrived from London,
and passed, the Thomas King, Williamson, for Demerara;
Asia, Ward, for Quebec ; Amelia, for Malta ; and
Valiant, ---, for St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrived,
the C. Hamilton, Dickinson, from New York.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10, SEVEN P.M.-Wind N.W..—
Two ships have just brought up in St. Helen's, one an
American, and the other supposed to be an outward-bound
ship, from the River:

PALmouTH, Aran 9.—Wind S.—Arrived, the Stan-
mer packet, from Lisbon ; Standley, Cciok, from Trapani ;
and Gladstone, Williams, from Leith, for Madeira. Sailed,
the Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon ; and Marquis
of Salisbury packet, for Brazils.
GRAVESEND, APRIL 9.—Arrived, the Jane, Wyler,
from St. Lucia.
Aram 10.—Arrived, the West India, Gulbrey, from
Jamaica; and Alfred, Monkman, from Smyrna. Sailed,
the Princess Vittoria, Matthew, I'm' Manilla ; George, Tel-
cham, for Bengal; John Bigger, Kent, for Bombay; and
Jupiter, Anderson, for Trieste.

The Ardwell, Waddell, from Liverpool, for Tampico, put
into Douglas (Isle of Man), with loss of bowsprit, jib, and
fore-top-mast.
The Leander, May, from Charleston, grounded in the
Prince's Dock Basin, Liverpool, and filled with water.
About 200 bales were landed free from damage.
The Sir W. Scott, from Bultanney (Africa), has arrived
at Liverpool. Ou the 18th of March spoke the Pryra-
cinnes, from London, for Berbice, in Fat. 20. 44., 10ng.37.
Lieut. Corrie, of his Majesty's ship North Star, captured a
Spanish schooner in Bonney River, with 180 slaves on
hoard.

OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.

Nathaniel Cohen was convicted of selling twenty pieces
of counterfeit coin, purporting to be shillings of this realm.
It appeared that Alderson, the patrol, employed a person
to purchase the money of the prisoner, who, it seemed, was
a wholesale dealer. The coin was struck from the die of
the Vauxhall coiaers. The case was clearly proved, and
the Court sentenced the prisoner to twelve months' hard
labour in Giltspur-street Compter.

Sarah Minton, a good-looking young woman, was in-
dicted for defrauding Joseph Morris of a shawl and 13
yards of sarcenet by false pretences.
The prosecutor said he was a silk mercer. The prisoner
came to his shop on the Qd April, and asked permis-
sion to take a particular shawl for her mama to look at,
who, she said, lived at No. 2, Crescent, New Bridge-
street, Blackfriars ; witness offered to send it, but pri-
soner said she would rather take it herself, as her mama
was going out. She then asked to be shown some sarcenets ;
witness showed her some ; she said her mama had heard Mr.
Morris's coloured silks mentioned, and wished to see some
of them. The prisoner then said, she would take the
shawl and be back in a minute, and would leave her muff
and umbrella on the counter ; witness suspecting that the
transaction was not quite fair, followed the prisoner, and
watched her into No. 2, in the Crescent, and she returned
in a few minutes saying, that mama approved of the shawl,
and also wished to take the silk, if there was sufficient for
two dresses, as her cousin wished for one of the dresses.
She also ordered other things to be sent, and a bill to be
made out, and said they would be paid for altogether.
Witness desired his young man to follow her, but did not
attend to the order she had given him. Witness only lost
the shawl and thirteen yards of sarcenet.
At this state of the case, Mr. ADOLPHUS submitted to
the Court, that the indictment could not be sustained. The
prisoner only stated, that r.he came from her mother, and
there was no evidence to prove that she had been guilty of
any imposition. If the prisoner had represented herself as
coming from an individual who did not exist, or who had
not autkorised the prisoner to go for the goods, the charge
might be, but as the present case stood, it could not be
supported.

Mr. Sergeant ARABIX fully concurred in the cogency of
these arguments, and under his direction the Jury returned
a verdict of acquittal.
Before the prisoner was discharged, Mr. Sergeant Ara-
bi') cautioned her against the commission of such an of-
fence as that with which she was now charged. Had she
been found guilty, he said he should have felt it his duty
to order her to be sent out of the country.

Mr. ADOLPHUS observed, that the prisoner was only
eighteen years of age, and had never before been charged
with any offence.

The interest which the respectability of prisoner's appear-
ance had created was augmented by the modesty and feel-
ing with which she demeaned herself.

The above case concluded the business of the Sessions,
and the Court adjourned until thref, o'clock, when the
Recorder will pass sentence on the prisoners who hare been
convicted.