The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1826-09-11 (London, England)

MUSICAL MANIAC. Usios.lUl4.4A few day. elle**feette wit triwwwftwel"  ________ office with the signature of " Meekee," and addressed tn the sittir Magistrate, the purport of which was a request that his %ash! would be ood enough to order one cf the watchmen belontono ,I'. the Vauxhall trust to deliver up some keys to the writer which' the former hail in his possession, and which were late the property oy4 gentleman who had committed suicide in the parish of Lox, ' The Magistrate, Ina Swahey. Esq. being unacquainted with tl; circurnetances and ure of the caee, directed the writer of de letter to attend at the office and make the application In person. o'.l Saturday, Mr. Meths attended accordingly, and stated in ratier.;,l terms that he lived at No. 33, Southampton-street. Strand,and th the object of his application to the Bench tees for the pew '4„y property of value. &Leered U 5 compelling a watchman to deliver tip the keys of a wardrobe s 4 au escritoire in his house, late the property of Mr. Illad;:rte chorus-master of Drury-lane Theatre, who cut his throat about ~‘ weeks ago in Vauxhall watch-house, where he had beet, confined for impropriety of conduct during a tit of ititoxieation. The appi, cant said that the deceased gentleman resided with him precious .t his death, and when that unfortunate event took place in St. ThernW's Hospital, he (the applicant) applied to have the keys of the w,,,. wriehrisenhhco:httnedheld them (the imehn.i pc. remptorily refused, and the present mode he considered the only ope re"huuti° tirhe4 of making him. Mr. SWANEY (to the applicant)—Where are Mr. Black's ?ch. troobehamind tiontshe may ? The have died fittest ssess pedeo oern f.s to certainly haven) propeny l tha Mr. Meekes said that it Was cot the behalf of the relations a h., deceased lodger that he applied. The Magistrate observed that he could not interfere in the pus, ness. or give any directions respecting the keys, but he was con. winced that if application was made for them in the proper way, through the authorities of the licopital in which the deceased died, they would be delivered up. On receiving this advice, ail in the office expected to see the asa pliant withdraw, but he remained immoveable berme the req.'. crate's table, and at length broke out into a rhapsody on the talot. of the late chorus-master of O)ury-lane Theatre, and in the near breath exclaimed against the 31agistrate for not investing him with the power and authority to seize the keys from the person oho held them. He then commended his own genius ass onnposerof music. i and contrasted some of his musical compositions with those or 1 Ilandel, Mozart, and Bishop, which did not prises half the et-1 traordinary powers of genius. iti comparison with his. But, ailed he, emphatically placing his hand on his breast, ‘• what cuts me to the heart is. that with all my knowledge and perfeciinn in thew. when I semi its a composition in the expectation of its being broalh't forth to the astonishment of the world—it is rejected—nay neglected, and lies on the shelf unheeded, and the compositions of men wanly i 3 ferior in point of abilities are received,' encouraged. and applauded. This fact, he said, " atom showed the bad taste of those whops. sided over the musical departments of this country." The llagistratc having listened very patiently to the enlarger, at length interrupted him by requesting that he would wake his exit, as there was a vast deal of business to attend to that coming. Mr. Meekes, however, stood his ground, anti cortinued bowing and scraping to the ground without showing any disposition to retire. He then commenced in another strain. and, in the most incoherent manner, proceeded to applaud the works of Shakspean, io the midst of which, as it was evident the poor man was deranged, lie was gently led out of the office.  p