The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-17 00:00:00

MUSIC.

SIX ANTHEMS, adopted I'm. the WORKS of HAYDN,
140VELLO, WEBBE, sen, &c., and a MORNING and
EVENING SERVICE, composed by the late Wm.
RUSSELL, Mu% Hae. Oxen. The whole arranged by
Wm. PATTEN.

It has been said, and certainly not without
reason, that we are not a musical people. And
why is this ? Are we so very differently con-
stituted from other nations as to render it i►n-
possible for us to be so ? We think not. Again,
then it is asked, " Why is this ?" We are
afraid we must reply—from the all overpowering
principle of self-interest, that desire of gain which
absorbs all those finer feelings which are neces-
sary for the production in the first instance, and
for the due enjoyment in the second, of real
classical music. To what else can we attribute it
that such men as MesSrs. Clementi and .J. B.
Cramer, the very pillars of the profession, have
so far descended from their high station as to
become music-sellers and composers of trashy
quadrilles, &c. but that it brings more money ?
To what else is it to be attributed not only that
all speculations for the improvement of the art,
more or less fail, but that nothing is to be got
by supporting them ? Were there any mode by
which the public generally could be made to feel
that they had an interest (Anglice , gain !) in
the advancement of the art, they would (how-
ever little they might in the first instance be able
to appreciate it) patronize liberally, and then.
artists would feel that they also had an interest
(gain) in it ; they would continue to write classi-
cal music, the public.taste would be improved, and
thus reciprocal benefit would be derived from it.
As it is at present a first-rate professor composes
an opera or other work of sterling merit,—its
worth is acknowledged and talked of, but when
published (a . select few excepted) there are no
purchasers, it consequently languishes, and in a
short period dies. A bungling pretender vamps
a vulgar melody, gets some fashionable female to
sing it (upon payment of 201.! !), and it be-
comes the rage and fashion of the day, is seen
and heard every where, even those whose better
sense would lead them to reject it being carried
away by the torrent, and thus the national taste
is formed and nurtured.

We have been led into these reflections by
observing how few original compositions for the
church or the chamber there are in comparison
to arrangements. This again is solely owing to
the above-mentioned (money-getting) cause,
which prevents the mind from being in that clear
unoccupied state necessary for invention, (to say
nothing of want of time) but which does not pre-
vent
it from sticking together in a variety of
shapes the inventions of others. Have we not
such names as Attwood, Crotch, Novello, Wes-
ley, and a variety of others, and will it be said
that they cannot write ? Yet how few, compa-
ratively speaking, are their original compositions,
while of arrangements we have abundance.
There must be something wrong, something
" rotten in the state of Denmark ;" as if arrange-
ments will pay, surely as good original composi-
tions would. Be this as it may, the fact at pre-
sent is as we state it.

Mr. Patten's selection is good. Indeed,
with such a fund as Mr. Novello's stores to
select from, it could not be otherwise. There
are three anthems selected from V. Novello, one
from Haydn, one from Webb and Dr. Cooke,
and one from Leal Moreira, all of them excel-
lent. The opening one " Praise the Lord," for
four voices, is one of the best, but we give the
preference to the second, " Lord we pray thee,"
arranged from Haydn. In this Mr. Patten ap-
pears not to have been so attentive as i❑ the
others, there being one or two errors of the press,
and a positive fault in the harmony of the ac-
companiment to bar 7, page 7, at the word
" follow," where, instead of the mine being, as
in each of the other three instances, accompanied
by a 6-5 3, it has a common chord upon the
bass note following in diatonic succession a com-
mon chord upon the preceding bass note, thus
making consecutive fifths and octaves, an error
which the youngest tyro in harmony would have
avoided. It is true the C following the Bin
the bass does not rise with the treble (it falls to
the octave below), but Mr. Patten must or
should be aware that a juggle of that sort to
cheqt the eye does not make any alteration in
the sense. All the others are compositions of
merit, particularly the Amen chorus from Dr.
Cooke (No. 3), and Hallelujah chorus (No. 4)
from Novello. No. 6, " Rejoice in the Lord,"
is also a sweetly flowing melody, and sings well.
The effect of the transition at bar 5, page 28,
on the words " He loveth righteousness," is ex-
cellent. It is followed by a spirited Hallelujah
chorus, which winds up and concludes the whole
with effect. The Morning and Evening Ser-
'vices by the late Mr. Russell, though good, are,
we think, hardly worthy of his great reputation.
The double chaunts which close the volume are
useful, but have nothing particular in them.
Upon the whole, great praise is due to Mr.
Patten, for the taste and judgment evinced in
the adaption of the words, and (with the above
exception) for the correct and handsome manner
in which the work is brought out. We can
safely recommend them to all lovers of cathedral
music.

A potato plant was taken up a few days ago
by Mr. HENRY PIPER, of Harrington, and the almost in-
credible number of 166 potatoes were found at its roof !

UNPUBLISHED FRAGMENT BY ROBERT
BURNS.—About sixteen years ago there resided at Mauch-
line a Mr. ROBERT MORRISON, cabinet-maker. He was
a great crony of BurtNs, anti it was in Mr. 11loanisoN's
house that the poet usually spent the " mitis o' the day"
on Sunday. It was in this house also that he wrote his
celebrated Address to a Haggis, after partaking liberally of
that dish, as prepared by Mrs. MORRISON. There has
lately been put into our hands a detached vetse, written by
Buasts, and presented by him to Mr, or Mrs. MoamsoN.
It was much prized by them as a relic of the bard, and is
certainly curious, as it seems to be a fragment of a poem
which be never gave to the world, on the interesting sub-
ject of-his Highland MARY. It is in a different measure
from his only two compositions addressed to her, and
therefore cannot have been meant as an addition either to
" Ye banks and braes and streams around!" or to the lines
beginning, "0, Mary, dear departed shade !" The verse
is as follows, and the reader may rely on its authenticity :
No more by the banks of the stre;unlet we'll wander,
And smile on the moon's dimpled face on the wave,
No more shall my arms cling with fondness around her,
For the dew-drops of morning fall cold on.her grave!"

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FASHIONABLE INTET,bIeNCE.

ARRIVALS.

The Duke of Somerset, at his house in Pat k.lane, from I,is
seat in Devonshire; the Marquis of LansdoWile, at Lausdowne
House, Berkeley-square, from his seat,. Bowood Park, Wilts ;
Lord and Lady Brudenell, at their house in Hereford-street,
from Dublin ; the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, in Ireland,
from a tour; Lord Althorp, at his seat, Wiseton Hall, Eawtry,
Yorkshire, from Mr. Coke'„ seat in Noriiilk ; Mr. and Mrs. Mor-
land and Mr, Henry Minimal, at liawLins's Hotel, Dover and
Albemarle-streets, front Kent ; Captain Sandys, at ditto, from
Lancashire; Mr. and Miss Kirwen, at ditto, from Cheltenham ;
Sir Archbold Christie, Bart. at Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street,
from Chatham ; Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, at S 3 mmons's Hotel
(late Jordan's',, St. James's-street, from Brighton; Col. Weston,
at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Bath; Mr. and Mrs.
Fitzgerald, at ditto, from their seat, near Seven Oaks, Kent ;
Captain and Mrs. Green, in Brook-street, from Cheltenham ;
Captain, Mrs. and Miss Griffiths, at their house in Welbeck.
street, from Cheltenham.
DEPA RTURES.
The fluke of Rutland, for Belvoir Castle; the Duke of Man-
chester, for Kimbolton Castle ; Lady Stuart de Ilothsay, from the
Earl of flardwicke's, St. James's-square, for Paris ; Lady Julia
Howard, from Park-street, Grosvenor-square; lor the Priory,
Hefts; the Earl and Countess of Bradford, from Shropshire, for
their seat, Castle Bromage, Birmingham; the Earl of Ashbuni-
ham, at Grillon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat in Sus-
sex ; J. Calvert, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Calvert, from their seat in
Hertfordshire, for Mrs. Kemp's scat in Surrey ; the Dowager
Marchioness of Salisbury, from Arlington-street, for Hatfield ;
Lady Charles Fitzroy, from Piccadilly, for Lancashire ; Mr. and
the Misses Scruton, from Hawkins's Hotel, • Dover and Albe-
marle-streets, for Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Shotten, from ditto,
tin Liverpool.

A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, Downing-street,
which was attended by the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earls
BATHURST, ROSSLYN, and MixrtuEEN, Viscount MEL-
VILLE, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir
GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER,
Mr. HERI:IES, and Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD.

. The LORD CHANCELLOR joined his col-
leagnes about half an hour after they had asseinlile(l. The
Council sat in deliberation about two hours and a half.

M. MANUEL DE GOROSTIZO, the new Mexi-
can Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign
Office with the Earl of ABERDEEN. The Noble Ear!,
after the interview, visited the Duke of WELLINGTON at
the Treasury.

The Governor and Deputy Governor of the
Bank of England attended yesterday at the Treasury, and had
a conference with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.

Viscount MELVILLE and Mr. Secretary
PEEL visited the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday.

A deputation of coal-merchants, headed by
Mr. HORNE, had a long conference yesterday morning
with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER at the Treasury.

The rectory of Oldham, and rectoral tithes of
6,000 acres thereto belonging, late the property of N.
Nicnom.s, Esq., deceased, were consigned to the hammer
on the 3,1 inst., and were purchased by the Rev. JoHN
Oane, Rector of Winslade, for the sum of 15,000/.-

The EXIT. CHARLES MACKERETH has been
instituted, by his Grace the Archbishop of YORK, to the
Vicarage of Alidd!eton, on the joint presentation of the
Venerable Archdeacon WRANGHAM, the Rev. ARTHUR
CAYLEY, and Dr. Taros. SMITH ; and also to the perpe-
tual Curacy of Old Ryland, on the presentation of GEORGE
WomnwELL, Esq., of Newburgh Park, both vacant by
the death of his father, the Rev. MICHAEL MAcxEurrn, of
Thornton.

We grieve to observe, from unquestionable
authority, that an order has arrived from Windsor, not only
to suspend the preparations at the Pavilion for the KING'S
reception, but to proceed in putting the Palace back into
the same order in which it is usually kept in the SOVE-
REIGN'S absence, as his MAJESTY'S Visit to Brighton has
been postponed to au unlimited period.—Brighton Journal
His Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, on
his return to his seat at Avington, was waited upon by a
deputation of the Corporation of Winchester; a compliment
which his Grace returned by visiting the Mayor and Alder-
men the next day, accompanied by the Marquis of CII.LNDOS.

The Earl and Countess of LONSDALE, ac-
companied by Miss THosirsoii and the Hon. G. O'CAL-
LAGHAN, arrival at White:given Castle on the evening of
Tuesday week, and left for Lowther again on Saturday
morning.

The son and heir or EDWARD STANLEY,
Esq., of Ponsonby Hall, near Whitehaven, was christened
on Thursday last. The sponsors were the Right Hon.
the Earl of LONSDALE, the Right Hon. the Lord Bishop
of Duarrior, and Lady BECKWITH. The distinguished vi-
siters, atnoragst whom were the Earl and Countess of LONS-
DALE, the Lord Bishop of DURHAM and his Lady, Miss
THOMPSON, the Hon. G. O'CALLAGMAN, &c., amounting
to nearly twenty, afterwards sat down to a sumptuous din-
ner, consisting ofevery delicacy which the season afforded.

Drury-lane is said to have taken its name from
Drury House, an edifice at the west end of Wych-street,
built by Sir WILLIAM DRUB}, a celebrated military
officer in the time of Queen ELIZABETH ; the Olympic
Theatre now stands on its site.

Black-eyed Susan has proved nearly as pro-
ductive to the Brighton manager as to ELLISTON at the
Surrcy. RUSSELL is said to have made a great hit in
William, and the tar-like fortitude, disdaining "all snivel,"
with which he meets his approaching death, is so happily
depicted as to elicit the highest encomiums of the Brighton
critics. The piece has attracted crowded houses for the
last fortnight, and will, no doubt, enable the mamiger, to
use a nautical phrase, " to pull up with a wet sail."

Mr. YOUNG, the tragedian, who married the
amiable Miss GRIMANI (long the principal actress on the
Liverpool stage), had by this lady an only son, to whom
he has given a medical education in the best schools both
in this country and on the Continent. This gentleman in-
tends to practise as a surgeon. The father and the brother
of the actor acquired both fame and profit in the city by a
similar pursuit.

We very reluctantly give credit to the report
that a comic actor, at Covent garden Theatre, an old
favourite of the public, who by means of a large salary,
coupled with a life of prudence, has become an independent
gentleman, is the only individual connected with that
establishment who has positively refused to unite with his
fellow-labourers in their endeavours to keep afloat the
theatrical vessel, by depositing with the Treasurer a cer-
tain portion of their weekly incomes, to be converted to the
use of the Theatre in case of need ; and, on the contrary.
to he paid to them at the end of the season. This veteran
comedim, it is said, insists upon the " pound of flesh, the
whole penalty of his,bond."—Morning Paper.

Immediately on its being known in the me-
tropolis that KEAN, the actor, on his way from his cottage
in the Isle of Bute, to fulfil his gratuitous offer of per-
forming a certain number of nights in aid of Covent-
garden Theatre, hail sojourned on the road to play at
Derby, a messenger was despatched froM the rival house,
with liberal offers for an engagement. We have heard the
result ; but We believe CHARLES KEMBLE is in possession
of a letter written by Mr. KEAN, after he had abruptly
quitted the theatre last year, in which be pledges himself
to finish his engagement at Covent-garden previously to
his acting elsewhere in London.—Morniny Paper.

The greatest secrecy is observed by the grand
Curators of the two Christmas Pantomimes at the winter
Theatres, lest one party should purloin any portion of the
plot, incidents, tricks, or scenery from the other. Ihe
painting-rooms and the mechanists' apartments are each
hermetically sealed from all intruders. Rumour speaks
highly in favour both the Pantomimes—the magic
pencil of STANFIELD at one house, and the accurate and
interesting scenery of the GRIEVESES at the other, even
without the aid of FARLEY and BARRYMORE, their usual
foster-fathers, give strung indications of success.
On one occasion, when Mr. MACREADY
was playing in the provinces, BILLY I..AseEr.Lis acted one
of the subordinate characters to his Richard: The tra-
gedian having given offence, no doubt unintentionally, to
LAscm.r.ss, the latter determined on a bit of waggery in
revenge. Having to deliver the words—
" My lord, the Duke of Buckingham is taken."
To which Richard has to reply-
-46 Off with his head."—
BILLY altered the text a little, saying—
.. My Lord, the Duke of Buckingham is taken, and we have
cut his head off;"
Entirely precluding the possibility of reply, to the no
small discomfiture of Mr. MACREADY.

The suburbS of the metropolis are beginning
to experience more than ever the consequences of the
approach of winter, and perhaps the effects of additional
vigilance in the Westminster police. Within one wtek
five robberies a►e stated to have taken place in the han►let
of Hammersmith, and three at the North End. Thong!,
there is double watch at Cannltn Town (i. e., watchmen
from five till twelve, and flout twelve till dayiight), both
houses and individuals in that district meet with awkward
and almost nightly encroac!Unents and interruptions.