The clouds hung o'er the ocean. 'Let us haste the object which the projectors of this excellent More than the world our thoughts. And see how fair, very different: we believed, and we still believe, Low hanging in the cradle of the sky, 'Let them glide Shall wend through all things, and find all things still that the letters of Lord Winchelsea and Mr. wise there would be always a danger of some explanations taking place which would bridge over the chasm. We do not at all wonder that Lord Winchelsea, believing all this to be necessary, and yet knowing how utterly hopeless it must be to expect such a state of things in a metropolis where commerce, politics, or pleasure, are constantly drawing together men of the most opposite opinions, should not have been so sanguine about the results as were some of the other projectors of the institution. If his Lordship of Winchelsea be right-if It may possibly be in the recollection of some King's College rest upon a negative foundationof our readers, that, about six months ago, we upon the mere fact of its being unlike the London divided the supporters of King's College into University;-then we say most decidedly, his three classes, the first consisting of those who Lordship's letter is a deathblow to the project. had been stirred up to the undertaking merely by The institution, having no self-sustaining princidislike of the London University and its authors; ple-having nothing for which it is in itself valuthe second, of those who had adopted the mistaken able, must depend simply upon the support of notion that the separation of religion and theolo- opinion-of opinion at all times transitory and gy implied an indifference to the former; and the accidental, but then most, and most deservedly, last, of those who, rightly perceiving the real so, when it is an opinion that is held together wants of such an institution, from the inadequacy only by spite and rivalship. A system of credit of the London University, from its principle of so sustained would be shaken-would be overset excluding one branch of knowledge, to commu- by the smallest breath of rumour. An apple-wonicate all the teaching which it was desirable man fainting away at the corner of the street, should be communicated to the inhabitants of the produced a run upon a rotten bank ending in its metropolis, were qualified to lay down the PRIN- failure; and the announcement that Mr. Quintin CIPLE of the new college, and to bring it to per- Dick, (we beg the apple-woman's pardon for the fection. We did not deny-we could not deny comparison,) means to withdraw from an instituthat, along with much pure benevolence and soundtion built upon such a principle, might be more wisdom, there was, in the motives in which King's than enough to overturn it. Our faith is, that it College was originated, a leaven of weakness, has another principle-that it has a positive foundand, what was worse, a leaven of uncharitable- ation to stand upon, and that these attacks against ness, which might tend to corrupt and deprave it by its supporters, by sweeping away the imagithe education communicated there. But we con- nary foundation, by showing the real foundation, tended, that these bad elements existed but did and by thus compelling the builders to rear their not predominate,—that there was a strength and edifice upon it, will mightily strengthen that which solidity in the other parts of the mass which must they are meant to destroy. in time give them the ascendancy, and that, even if this were not the case, there is so little sympathy between these principles of spite and dissension and the principle of education, that, the moment the last was brought into play, they would disappear. Our prediction has been fulfilled sooner than we expected. Who hath sought and found. Still, therefore, will I himself with King's College simply because he love To track the wood-nymphs over hill and grove : Where some sweet spirit of love still makes its home; And, on the mountains wandering, I will hear Of earth and air, the waters and the sky! It is avowed in Lord Winchelsea's letter, with the straightforward honesty which distinguishes all that nobleman's declarations, that he connected believed its principle to be in opposition with that of the London University. This statement is made in the broadest manner: his Lordship does not affect to conceal that from the very first there was nothing particularly pleasing to him in the principle of King's College-he had always doubts about the advantages that would result from it; but it was not the principle of the London University-he imagined, though he could not exactly tell why, that their principles were in opposition: he hated the one, and therefore he embraced the other. He has now discovered that there are one or two points upon which the supporters of King's College are not at issue with the supporters of the University. He is hence led to suspect that the Well knowing that, principles at work in the two institutions may not be exactly the reverse one of the other; and therefore he deserts King's College. Now, in all this we think his Lordship is perfectly logical. If we grant him his premises-if we admit that the business of the founders of King's College was, as many of them at the commencement of the undertaking both asserted and believed, to rear their institution upon the non-adoption of the admitting principle of the other University; then, undoubtedly, every approximation, in point of feeling, between the members of the two bodies, upon any subjects, but above all upon any subject even remotely bearing upon religious toleration, does expose the new institution to eminent risk. In that case, its security would consist in its supporters being totally separated in feelings, in interests, and in pursuits, from those of the rival body; nay, there must be an utter suspension of all personal intercourse between them,-other And all created things, with me partake A brotherhood between us, so compact SECEDERS FROM THE KING'S COLLEGE. WITHIN the last two weeks, three personsand one of them of some celebrity-have signified to the secretary of King's College their intention of withdrawing their patronage from that body. It was with great regret, and not without considerable surprise, that we heard fears expressed by persons of credit and respectability, that these pompous secessions may tend to defeat It is not our purpose to explain at length what is the ground whereon we believe this institution really stands, and in virtue of which it is entitled to public support. We have no occasion to recapitulate what we have said so often in former articles, that the condition of including in their system of education all branches of science was that which the new institution would be required to fulfil, just as the principle of including all classes within the scope of their system was the condition which the London University would be required to fulfil. Nor is it necessary for us to show, that neither Lord Winchelsea nor that brace of brothers bold,' the two Messrs. Dick, have even affected to accuse the founders of King's College of departing from this principle, or that there is the slightest more reason to suppose that any one of these sciences will be taught inadequately than there was six months ago, or that the one science of theology which will particularly distinguish King's College from the sister University, will not be taught according to the doctrines of the Church of England. What we are anxious, therefore, to impress upon the minds of our readers, is, that King's College, having had at its origin one valid claim to public support, and not having forfeited that claim by any event which has happened since, has a still further title to the support of Christians and of Churchmen, from the circumstance of its being deserted by those who supported it upon a false ground, and who, if they had continued in alliance with it, might have twisted the College into conformity with their dangerous views. There is in this country a certain class of men whose sect we can indicate in no way so well as by calling them the ANTI-ISTS. These men hold no opinion except so far as it is in opposition to some other opinion. The only touchstone by which they can judge whether an article of faith belongs to them or not, is by seeing whether it is the reverse of an article held by their opponents. Reversing the philosophy of Touchstone, the country is to them good merely because it is not the Court-a town life desirable merely because it is not a shepherd's life. They are not Churchmen, but anti-Dissenters, not Protestants, but anti-Glory to the valet who had the honour of arrang- attack.' To those, then, who look upon King's College as valuable for the protection which it will afford to Christianity and Churchmanship, we say, that the circumstances to which we have alluded must cause unmixed satisfaction. Henceforth it will rest upon its own merits, not on the demerits of its opponents. Those who joined it from motives. of strife and opposition, are deserting it: those who value it as a place for communicating sound knowledge and religious instruction, will press to its support. The honestest and the wisest men in England will now look with affectionate interest on its progress; and this, we hope, will prove some compensation for the loss of the patronage of Mr. Quintin Dick. EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF [Concluded from page 222.] THE portraits-if deservedly, is another question-hold the most conspicuous, although not the best, situations in this exhibition. The first which attracts attention on entering the Great Room is that of His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence,' No. 131, H. E. Dawe, a picture which must claim the praise of those who look for high finish in a work of art. When we mention finish, we would, of course, be understood to mean polish, since we have not yet forgotten the admirable lecture read to us by Mr. Haydon, on the subject of finish in a picture, on the opening of his exhibition in the Western Exchange. That lecture, as found at length in the descriptive catalogue of the present display of Mr. Haydon's pictures, we recommend to the perusal of all amateurs; advising them, moreover, should they desire an illustrated explanation of the two different significations in which the term finish may be applied to painting, to view, as nearly as possible one after the other, and to compare The Chairing of the Members' with 'The portrait of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.' This latter picture is treated in a truly court-like manner,-smooth, and clean, and perfectly nice. Strong contrast, when not inharmonious, is ever delightful. Turn we, therefore, from prince to plebeian, from the picture of Mr. Dawe to that of Mr. Hawkins, No. 40, Portrait of Henry Williams, Esq.' Not the Grand Monarque, that prince of fops himself, could desire a happier illustration of the distinction between court and bourgeoisie than is presented by this pair of portraits, viz. the one we have just dismissed, and that which now more particularly occupies our attention. Ye gods, we beseech ye, multiply to our artists such patrons as Mr. Williams, who sits for his comely likeness, satisfied and cheerful, with flattened locks, smoothed to a peak on the forehead, and with crossed arms! And when it becomes our lot to be honoured by having our resemblance taken for some high occasion,-when it shall be called for by our numerous readers to decorate the wrappers of our monthly parts, as a substitute for the elegant vignette of the Attic Acropolis which now holds that distinguished place,-grant, O Jove supreme, that we may find the artist who, either from taste or submission to the will of his employer, will consent to compose his subject with the appropriate fidelity displayed in the portrait which we now are contemplating! The Portrait of R. Mott, Esq.,' No. 54, J. Lonsdale, is an exception to the generality of likenesses here exhibited: it is a spirited picture. The Portrait of the Hon. C. A. Murry, No. 85, by the same artist, is not by any means so successful a performance. The portraits of James Montgomery, Esq.,' Author of The World before the Flood,' &c, W. Poole, No. 8, of William Jerdan, Esq., No. 238, J. Moore, and of H. Bell, Esq., the first who brought the steam-boat into practice, No. 231, may be noticed, as forming a curious and somewhat ludicrous combination, when comprehended in one view by the visitor, placed near the fire-place, with his back to it, at an angle of forty-five degrees, or thereabouts. The pictures, as far as far as we have the means of judging, are good resemblances. The friends of Mrs. Mitchel, and the admirers of Miss Phillips, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, will be as gratified with the portraits of those ladies, Nos. 473 and 479, both painted by T. Meyer, as the fair subjects themselves must have been with their flattering likenesses. The portrait of John Adolphus, Esq., No. 'There was a pensive softness in her eye, The Sisters, a Sketch. W. H. Bellawy, Esq. expression. With this we shall close our notice of the portraits. It will be a more welcome task to cull a few spirited landscapes, and pieces of character, left unnoticed in our last number. First of these, 'Scene near Etrata, Normandy,' No. 125, J. Wilson, well merits attention. It is not in the least degree inferior to either of the out last week: it is quite equal to the very best of productions by the same artist, which we pointed them; and, both in composition and colouring, has a very delightful effect. Landscape, with a stormy sky,' No. 101, F. 'The ProA. Lee, is very clever and masterly. fligate's Return from the Alehouse,' No. 89, E. Prentis, is, in many respects, skilfully conceived; The story is well told by the two principal figures: they have both very appropriate character and expression; and the feeling displayed in the treatment of the female is truly touching; the taste shown in the other parts of the picture is not so good, and savours much of vulgarity. Mr. Poole's Far from Home,' No. 20, and No 166, Studies from a Mulatto Girl,' Nos. 124 and 137, are delightful examples of sentiment, and fidelity to nature. 'A Scene in the Campagna di Roma,' No. 166, J. Hollins, is a brilliant little landscape, glowing with all the warm sunny effect of the inspiring climate of Italy. A Venetian Girl,' and Girls Spinning,' are two other very pretty cabinet pictures in a similar style, by the same artist. 'An Eastern Girl feeding Kids,' No. 187, J. Y. Hurlstone:-A certain grace in this picture pleased us much at first; we fear, however, that the effect is more owing to an agreeable association connected with the arrangement of the hair and head-dress à la Sibylle, than to any original merit. "A girl Peeling Turnips,' No. 204, A. Fraser, is quite a misnomer, since it happens that the maiden is not peeling turnips. That occupation, it is true, she would be engaged in, were it not that through the widely opened window, by the side of which she sits, she feels the soft influence of the balmy air of spring, and of the bright sunny aspect of nature, is affected herself with a congenial sentiment, seems conscious of the besoin d'aimer, and thus has her thoughts distracted from her turnips. Who has not felt the Who will not be reminded of the feeling on viewunsettling yet delicious effects of such a day? ing Mr. Fraser's picture, which is truly a delightful little production? The Water-Colour Miniature and Print Room has never been the least interesting part of the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists. On this, as on former occasions, it abounds in clever and spirited productions in that branch of painting, followed with so much success and superiority by our English artists. In our former article, we mentioned the clever drawings of Mr. Stanfield and Mr. Roberts; besides these, Mr. Boys has several pieces which well deserve to be mentioned with applause. Among them are Hindoo Temples at Bernares,' No. 509; Abbey St. Armand, Rouen,' 520; and Scene on the Beach at Trewville, Normandy,' No. 526. Mr. C. F. Tomkins treads close on the heels of Mr. Boys. His productions have, perhaps, less vigour and freedom than those of the last mentioned artist, but they are very effective and brilliant. The principal are Two Views on the French Coast,' No, 535, and Charenton, near Paris,' No. 766, a drawing full of effect. Mr. G. Cooper shines in another style, and in the treatment of different subjects, generally architectural views-some of them are of Italian origin, others are drawn from English sources. We may mention as most attractive, The Pantheon,' No. 527. Malmsbury Cross,' No. 553. View on the Arno, near Florence,' No. 630, very rich. The Arch of Titus,' No. 724, and 'The Descent from the Capitol,' No. 756, both views in Rome. All are well finished and accurate drawings, with a very agreeable effect of colour. received; her general capabilities and manner more nearly resemble Caradori than any other singer; her Mr. Ince shines in his views of The Royal voice a little more round and powerful; but her style not so finished and perfect. She reached up to the Palace at Stockholm,' Nos. 715 and 754. The Margate Jetty,' No. 541, and The French Pos-highest E flat exceedingly well; which effort, when successful, always commands applause. tillion,' No. 600, are clever productions of J. Atkinson. Mr. Rochard's sketches have great boldness and freedom, although his females, as to costume, are perfect caricatures;-the fault of the mode, perhaps, rather than of the artist. Of the prints, many of them, such as Mr. Turner's Temple of Jupiter,' by Pye, and the painting, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, of his Majesty, engraved by Finden, and so much in request, are well known, and have already been noticed in our Journal. In the Wreckers, No. 805, from the picture by Stanfield, engraved by Quelley, we have a mezzo-tinto worthy of the original. Cologne, 1775. J. Kernott is also splendid. A small Landscape, after Bonnington, by N. J. Cooke, is a delightful composition, treated with great effect and clearness. The Sculpture Room presents little that is attractive. The Batter and the Bowler statues in marble, Nos. 830, and 832, are subjects too humble for this elevated art. The Bust of Sir Humphry Davy will not fail to be regarded with interest. It is sculptured in marble, by Mason, after a bust in terra cotta, by Mrs. Dame. The head is fine, and far from being devoid of general character of a high and pleasing cast. The particular execution, however, is very indifferent. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. MESSRS. Weichsel and Attwood, two of the most talented and respected members of the musical profession, were the leader and conductor of the fourth Philharmonic Concert, which took place on Monday, April 6. It commenced with Beethoven's eccentric and difficult sinfonia in A, (7th op. 2, which was performed at the sixth concert last season, see Athenæum,' No. 30, page 475.) It certainly was not in one of Beethoven's lucid intervals that he composed this unmeaning, noisy, and unaccountable piece, the whole of which is certainly not worth the immense trouble and fatigue of performance, excepting only the middle movement, the allegretto. This, too, is tinctured with whimsicality, but being rather striking, original, and effective, (and always well played at the Philharmonic,) generally deserves and obtains an encore. (The erudite and clever Dr. Crotch has adapted this movement as a duet for two performers upon the piano-forte, the publication of which was noticed in The Athenæum' last year, No. 31, page 492.) The last movement was surely written for the sole purpose of fatiguing the orchestra. One performer says' sauve qui peut ;' a second talks of Sisyphus and his ever-returning stone; and a third, of the fabled boys and frogs. In the whole sinfonia the sublime approximates the ridiculous so closely, that we can only wonder it is so frequently chosen for performance. No. 2. Duetto All' idea di quel metallo, Signor Donzelli and Signor De Begnis, from Rossini's charming 'Il Barbiere di Seviglia.' This was the gayest, merriest, and most brilliant vocal effusion ever witnessed at a Philharmonic concert. Donzelli exhibits best in dramatic pieces; he is not the legitimate good singer or musician we could wish him, or that, with his excellent capabilities, he deserves to be; but in this duet, and other such compositions, he shines (as well as De Begnis) to the greatest possible advantage. No. 3. Concerto Corno, Signor Puzzi, composed by Belloli. As might be expected, this was an exhibition of extraordinary merit; Puzzi being, undoubtedly, the finest performer upon the horn that has ever yet been heard. Although a very little man, he has the spirit of a giant! he always displays a cool and enviable confidence, which carries him through difficulties that others would scramble over, or flounder in the midst of. Puzzi is still decidedly unrivalled. No. 4. Scena Mademoiselle Blasis, Salvo al fin,' by Pacini, who was a pupil of Rossini's, and who, as a true disciple, professes to imitate his preceptor. Salvo al fin' so nearly resembles Pacini's very favourite and pleasing 'I tuoi frequenti palpiti,' that it would be impossible not to recognise its author after the first half dozen bars. Mademoiselle Blasis made her first appearance before a Philharmonic audience, and was well No. 5. Sphor's very clever and interesting overture to Pietro von Abano,' was exhibited for the first time as a public performance, and received deserved applause. This we predicted upon its being rehearsed at the trial night, last January; and that it will become a stock piece, and be very frequently performed, there can be no doubt. It went beautifully, and long dwelt upon the minds of all auditors of good taste-a decided proof of its being good music in every sense of the word; it finished the act with eclat. No. 6. Mozart's perfect, delightful, and grand Jupiter' sinfonia in C, went as well as usual, and it would be as impertinent and ridiculous to attempt a criticism of the composition and performance, as to offer an analysis of Hamlet's soliloquy, or 'Thomson's Seasons.' The last movement was played a little too fast, the leader's warmth and enthusiasm leading him into rather too hasty a conclusion. No. 7. Aria, Signor Donzelli, Il mio tesoro,' from Mozart's 'Don Giovanni. "This song has been so eternally hack nied by all the tenor singers, Curioni, Begrez, Garcia, Torri, Sapio, Braham, &c. &c., that it was one of the last that our new singer should have chosen, or that the directors of the philharmonic concerts should have submitted to. As Donzelli by this means placed himself in prominent and palpable comparison with all the above contemporary vocalists (and many others,) we must add, that his credit is not increased by the attempt; his fine, and undoubtedly, su perior voice, to the whole of these, attracted attention; but his performance was by no means so chaste and perfect as to place him above his compeers in other respects. No. 8.-Quartetto, two violins, viola, and violoncello, Messrs. Spagnoletti, Watts, Moralt, and Lindley. Beethoven's very beautiful quartett in F, (his first of Op. 18,) was extremely well performed, but rather too long for a concert-room. It is highly creditable to the regulations of the Philharmonic Society, to introduce a violin quartett at every performance; but it certainly is a species of composition more particularly fitted for a small room and limited audience; when well exhibited, it presents a specimen of the most beautiful and perfect instrumental writing. Haydn, when solicited to write a quintetto, refused, replying that he could not find a 5th part.' No. 9.-Terzetto, Quel sembiante,' Mademoiselle Blasis, Signor Donzelli, and Signor De Begnis, from Rossini's L'inganno Felice.' These singers well assimilated together, and created a pleasing, lively, and bright performance; it is too much the custom for some musical composers, some grave doctors, some caustic reviewers, (all would be great men of the old school,) to affect to despise the playfulness of Rossini, and call it nonsense; but let any of them try to deserve and obtain his popularity. The concert concluded with Cherubini's romantic and favourite overture to Lodoiski; and, perhaps, it may be well to hint to some of our unlearned readers that this overture to Lodoiski is quite a different thing from the old hacknied favourite of Kreutzer's, performed in this country to the dramatic piece of that name. The veteran, evergreen, and ever-respected Weichel, still retains all his excellencies as a professor and gentleman; and, in fact, evinced upon this occasion more animation, more enthusiasm, than we ever remember; and we have been present at most of the performances, for a period of nearly thirty years, excepting only when he exiled himself from us. Half of the number of philharmonic concerts for the present season are now over; and, in consequence of the intervention of Passion and Easter weeks, the fifth performance will not take place till Monday, the 27th of April. GUILDHALL CONCERT, To the Editor of the Athenæum. SIR, Fielding has some where or other set about proving that a man would write the better on any subject by knowing something about it. Some persons there are who think this a self-evident proposition, and who read Fielding's demonstration of it merely for the sake of the dry and delightful humour with which he proceeds to the point proposed. But allow me to observe, that if it be an axiom zo clear that no argu ments are needful to enforce it, it is a principle very frequently forgotten, and I wish particularly to recal it to the attention of a critic who furnished the observations on the Guildhall Concert in the last number of The Athenæum. At this distance of time and on this subject, it is not worth while to indulge in any long analysis of his extraordinary brief sketch.' I will therefore only notice one or two mistakes of this very learned gentleman. No. 23.-Duetto, Madame Caradori and Madame Pisaroni, Lasciami! non l'ascolto,' from 'Tancredi.' This, says the critic, did not go well: the piece would have been better, if performed by male and female voices, instead of two so similar. The great similarity that exists between the voices of Pisaroni and Caradori, must have struck every body who has ever heard the two; and every body who has witnessed the performance of Tancredi,' whether in England, France, Italy, or Germany, must be sensible of the egregious blunder which [for want of this gentleman's advice] has up to this moment been committed in not assigning the part taken by Pisaroni to a bass or tenor voice. Now to another point,-No. 21.-Terzetto, Madame Vigo, Miss Wilkinson, and Signor Donzelli, says the writer, and so said the programme; but every one present, save this experienced critic, observed that 'Cruda sorte' was really sung by Madame de Vigo, Madame Pisaroni, and Donzelli. The critic looked only at the programme, and his observations on the performance are sadly out of place. Pisaroni and Donzelli must understand one another pretty well by this time, seeing they have been singing together for some time past at the Opera in Paris, and have not gone very ill together 'in harness' even in London. But the animadversion was probably intended for the lady who was absent. And here I cannot but allude to the remarks on the song Lord to thee,' which I read with some surprise in the columns of The Athenæum.' The criticism was apparently copied from another journal, which has signalized itself for some time past by its clumsy and illiberal attacks on Miss Wilkinson-a young person not less deserving of admiration for her professional talents, than for a degree of modesty and simplicity of manner which, even though united to very inferior ability, I should have thought calculated to disarm the rage of criticism. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, W. The article to which this letter refers was received from a gentleman on whose professional ability we place considerable reliance, and who, we are convinced, can only have been betrayed by carelessness into the fault with which our correspondent reproaches him. In spite, however, of this conviction, and of other reasons, which, if we choose to allege them, would extenuate our fault in the opinion of all who are acquainted with the management of weekly papers, we are anxious to make the most full and unreserved apology to Miss Wilkinson for the erroneous criticism upon her perform ances at the Guildhall. We can hope that the extremely high, because the just, language in which "The Athenæum' has always spoken of her talents will be an excuse for this oversight; and we are rejoiced to think that her fame is too well established to suffer from any (even just) remarks upon an isolated performance.-ED.] THE DRAMA. King's Theatre. THE pretty opera, La Gazza Ladra,' which we have heard supported by the powers of the finest singers in the world, was produced on Thursday night, with a English audience Signor Bordogni as primo tenore of very fair and creditable effect, and introduced to an the piece. To this gentleman's qualifications our many readers who have visited Paris will be no strangers; he has frequently and long been attached to the operatic list of that city, and has obtained there a certain degree of popularity, in spite of some vocal infirmities, which would appear to strike at the root of all scenic renown. His voice is a high tenor, of a fine and gentle intonation, but so soft and weak as to extend with difficulty over the vast space which it is expected to fill. He is a good musician; but the delicacy of his singing is not obstructed by any gratuitous show of science,-a great praise in these latter days, when music is dressed up in millinery, and its whole form buried beneath puffing and trimming. The effects of a slight indisposition which had prevented him from attending the rehearsal on the day before, were still strong enough to check much of his energy; but those who heard him will allow, that want of spirit or expression is not amongst the sins of Signor Bordogni. Signor Zuchelli sustained the part of Ninetta's father, a part rendered famous by the performance of Filippo Galli; and Pellegrini threw a great deal of comic force into the doltish and amorous magistrate. To complete the catalogue of débutants, we should not forget, however reluctant we may be to remember, the experiment of Miss Josephine Bartolozzi, as a representative of Pippo. Her paternal name, and consanguinity with some of our most established favourites, added to the theatrical advantages of a striking face and figure, were promises in her favour, which, we are sorry to add, have been realised by no commensurate performance. Would not Madame Schutz have consented to appear once again in a character, which, though subordinate, served, nevertheless, to add a fresh laurel to her well-acquired wreath? As a recruiting party had evidently gone out on a metropolitan excursion, and enlisted some of the idlers whom we regret to find in that character, why should they not have made their number complete, and so remove the only blemish of this entire performance? Lastly, with regard to Mademoiselle Blasis, her acting was admirable throughout, and towards the catastrophe, most impassioned and picturesque. Our judgment of her vocal powers has already been pronounced; she combined on this occasion the two great accomplishments of a theatrical singer, and produced, on the whole, an effect which we have not seen equalled in the part of Ninetta. At the end of the opera, she was rapturously called for, and made her obeisance to the audience amidst thunders of applause. Looking generally at the performance, we cannot avoid being struck with the great animation and correctness of the dramatic department. Each of the dramatis persone seemed to forget the inveterate maxim, that operatic singers are automata in all respects but with regard to their throats; on the contrary, arms, legs, gesture, attitudes, expression, feeling, passion, were employed as though probability were considered of some weight, and scenic illusion a matter not too low even for the artistes of the King's Theatre. Massaniello,' in all its glory, sent us home, dreaming of the adage, Vedi Napoli e poi mori.' Drury Lane. MISS PHILLIPS, who still persists in repeating her representations of Lady Townley, because the Manager requires it, finding, we suppose, that it draws',-appeared on Monday week in a character in which she has been long desired by the elder votaries of the stage, principally to assist them in forming an estimate of her acting talents, by comparison with their recollections of her two distinguished predecessors in the same character-Belvidera. For our parts,-and we say it without any disparagement to the by-gone heroines,-we think this an unfair and inapplicable test; and one that will only be resorted to by those who have no conception in their own minds of any character but what is reflected from representations they have already witnessed. If theatrical excellence is a mere thing of tradition, an art of imitation, and a Lady Macbeth is to be praised for being Siddonian, rather than Shakespearean;-if any variation from established emphasis, or difference in look or gesture, is to be condemned because it is an innovation on established usage, without any inquiry about its agreement with nature, we see no reason why any young woman of six feet high, good form, striking features, and commanding voice, may not, by the teaching of those who are admitted to have the most accurate recollections of the precise manner in which the Siddonses and the O'Neils were wont to receive and give rebukes, to supplicate and answer suppliants, to kill and be killed, be made the most perfect of actresses, and give entire satisfaction to the most reverend bencher of Lincoln's Inn. But, though we have no inclination unduly to depreciate the stage-business, or to dogmatise on technicalities which we do not understand, we do think that, as something more is necessary to enable a man to write a tragedy than Schultes's 'Flowers of Fancy,' so the elocutionist, the attitudiniser, and the stage-manager, are not sufficient to make a Juliet or a Desdemona; and we further think, that, as a man intended by nature to be a dramatist would require no ready-made similes to help him out, so a woman, designed by the same controller of the cast' of life to embody his conceptions, would require no other aid than her own unassisted powers. What we have most anxiously desired for Miss Phillips, ever since the opening of her career, is, that she might escape the fate of being made an actress ; and that she can afford to do this, the satisfactory manner in which she conceived and executed a part entirely new, and consequently untrammelled by traditionary gestures and readings, and the rapidity with which she has run through many of the list of tragic heroines-a rapidity equalled by its excellence, and which would not have been possible had she depended on her instructress-have yielded substantial proof. Her Bel videra-one of those parts in which the actress, to be natural, has often to struggle against the extravagance and want of keeping of the poet-was not inferior to her other performances: the tender scenes with her husband were given with deep feeling and distressing truth, and in the mad scene, where feeling is out of the question, she displayed a good judgment; and, if the phrase be applicable to the case, did not 'o'erstep the modesty of nature;' but, though satisfied with her performance, we could not help wishing the tenderness had been that of Desdemona, or the madness, that of Ophelia. Do, Mr. Price, give us Othello and Hamletbut Ophelia sings. Can Miss Phillips sing? FOREIGN VARIETIES. STATE OF CRIME IN FRANCE, &c.-Though it might lead to melancholy reflections, it would inevitably ensure useful results, if our Secretary of the Home Department were to follow the example of the French Secretary for the Department of Justice, and annually publish a detailed Report of the Administration of Criminal Justice.' It is not long since such a report, as regards France during the year 1827, was submitted to the attention of the French public; nor is it because we deem it unworthy that of our own countrymen, but from the limited space to which we are restricted, that our notice of it will be found so summary. It would appear that the proportion which the number of persous committed for trial bore to the whole population of France, was, in 1826, 1 in 4,557; and, in 1827, 1 in 4,593. Of one hundred individuals accused of crime, the proportion was twenty-eight prosecuted for offences against the person, and seventy-two for offences against property. The comparative numbers of persons brought to trial, condemned or acquitted, for the two countries, during the year 1827, were, so far as official returns are before us, as follows: Whilst looking at the return for our own country, it should be remembered, that every branch of criminal jurisprudence in France being subordinate to the Department of Justice, that return is deficient in an account of the number of criminals convicted of minor offences under the sentences of our magistracy, without which, indeed, no perfect comparison can be instituted. The dispatch of criminal causes during the year, required, throughout France, the holding of 377 sessions of assize, which lasted altogether 3,958 days, averaging ten days and a half to each session; and the number of witnesses examined was 47,933. The individuals confined in the larger prisons, and the central houses of detention, amounted to 18,890; of whom 13,388 were men, and 5,502 were women. Of the total number, 6,172 only were able to read and write; two-thirds of them, therefore, had never received any sort of education. A melancholy proof that ignorance, like idleness, is the parent of vice! ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU AND GRIMSEL.-In the beginning of August last, a celebrated naturalist of Solothurn made an attempt to ascend the far-famed Mountain of the Jungfrau, or Virgin of Switzerland. In spite of every effort, he was not enabled to ascend higher than what is termed the Red Valley, the elevation of which is about eleven thousand feet. The peak of the Jungfrau itself soars 11,490 feet above the sur face of the Lake of the four Cantons, (Vierwaldstädter See,) and 12,840 feet above the level of the sea. Though baffled in this attempt, the enterprising traveller, a few days afterwards, set out with some chamois hunters from Grindelwald, with the intention of crossing the intervening glaciers and icy-wildernesses, and ascending the Grimsel. So perilous an exploit as this had, probably, never been before adventured. His In England and Wales, &c., the convictions amount to rather more than 78 out of every hundred prosecutions; and, iu France, to nearly 84 out of every hundred. The acquittals, on the other hand, amount to more than 21 out of every hundred prosecutions in the English, and to somewhat more than 16 out of every hundred in the French Courts. CHINA-ITS NAME.-This empire has no specific appellation in the vernacular tongue, a circumstance which must be ascribed to its isolated position between the sea on the one side, and deserts on the other; for the Chinese, in the absence of all objects of analogy, consider their monarchy as an empire per se. As for Tonchin, Japan, and Hindoostan, they regard them as nothing better than countries tenanted by savages; nor are their ideas of Europe one iota more exalted. Each dynasty bestow their own cognomen on the Chinese dominions. Under the reigning family it is styled Ya-tsin-que, or kingdom of great purity;' whereas, under the preceding line, it was called Tayming-que, or the kingdom of high splendour.' The name by which it is known to Europeans would seem to be derived from the Chinese salutation, Tsin, tsin! implying, Whatever thou desirest!' an expression of good-will with which they greet one another when they meet. It is natural that strangers, who were ignorant of their language, should be thus induced to denominate them Chinese, or Sinese. SCIENCE IN RUSSIA.-In one of the last sittings of the Academy of the Arts and Sciences of St. Petersburg it was resolved, that a sum of ten thousand roubles (nearly 5001.) should be appropriated to the purchase of the manuscripts, copper-plates, and herbarium of the late Marshal Von Biberstein. The Academy also approved of the application of a similar sum towards the first year's expense of an Archæographical Journey through the Russian dominions.' This important enterprise is intended to commence during the present spring, and is intrusted to the care of Counsellor Strojeu. The same meeting gave its sanction Zoological Museum was deficient, and which had been to the acquisition of a collection of birds, in which the brought from Dorpat by M. Ménétries. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. In the press, Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe,' wife of the Right Hon. Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bart., ambassador from Charles II. to the Court of Madrid. Written by herself, now first published from the original manuscript. To which are added, Extracts from the Correspondence of Sir Richard Fanshawe. Nearly ready, Journal of an Embassy to the Court of Ava,' from the Governor-General of India, in the year 1827, by John Crawfurd, Esq., late Envoy, with a Geological Appendix, by Dr. Buckland and Mr. Clift, and a Botanical one by Dr. Wallich. The new edition of Burke's Improved Peerage and Baronetage for 1829,' compiled from the communications of the nobility addressed to the author, and including the baronetcies of Scotland and Ireland, appertaining to more than two hundred ancient families, (whose lineage is given exclusively in this work,) with upwards of 1,500 plates of arms, will be ready for delivery in a few days. Mr. Oliver has in the press, and nearly ready for publication, 'The History and Antiquities of Beverley.' LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED DURING THE WEEK. The Philosophy of History, 8vo., 15s. Father Butler, the Lough Deay Pilgrim, 18mo., 3s. 6d. Vindicia Ecclesiæ, or the Church and her Companions, 8vo., 6$. Taylor's History of Wieford Rebellion, 12mo., 3s. The Protestant Companion, 12mo., 5s. C This day is published, in post 8vo., price 8s. 6d., LOUDS AND SUNSHINE. London: printed for Samuel Maunder.-Also, MONTGOMERY'S OMNIPRESENCE of the DEITY, Eighth Edition, 78. 6d. Mrs. GODWIN'S POEMS-'The Wanderer's Legacy,' &c., 8s. 6d. CONVERSATIONS on GEOLOGY, with Engravings, 78. 62 CHRISTIANITY, PROTESTANTISM, and POPERY COMPARED, 78. 6d. And, in the press, the third edition of MONTGOMERY'S UNIVERSAL PRAYER, &c., 73. 6d. No. 8, New Burlington-street. On Saturday, the 25th of April, Mr. Colburn will have the honour to publish the First Number of a new Weekly Paper, to be called THE HE COURT JOURNAL. The leading and peculiar object of this Paper will be to supply what has long been felt as a desideratum in the Higher Circles of the British Metropolis. Its pages will furnish a mingled Record and Review of all matters and events, (political subjects alone excepted,) which are calculated to interest that class of readers who come within what is understood by The Court Circle,' Such will be the peculiar but by no means the sole object of The Court Journal.' It will, in fact, embrace every feature which favourably distinguishes the most approved Literary Journals of the day. The Conductors deem it unnecessary to put forth a formal Prospectus. Their work, when it appears, will speak for itself; and it will do so in a manner which will render it impossible for any one to mistake the nature of its resources; and the class of patronage under which it is ushered into the world; or to doubt that these are such as were never before possessed by a public Journal. The Court Journal' will appear every Saturday Morning, handsomely printed on a quarto sheet of 16 pages, containing 48 columns, price 8d, or stamped for circulation in the Country, free of postage, 1s. Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsvenders, and by the Clerks of the Roads. Communications for the Editor may be addresed to the care of Mr. Colburn. TRAITS of TRAVEL; or Tales of Men and Cities, by the Author of High-ways and By-ways.' In 3 vols. post 8vo., 31s. 6d. The NAVAL OFFICER; or Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay. In 3 vols. post 8vo. TALES of MILITARY LIFE; containing Vandeleur and Gentleman Gray. By the author of the Military SketchBook.' In 3 vols., post 8vo. CORRAMAHON and the NORTHERNS of 1798; a Series of Tales, by the Author of To-Day in Ireland.' Dedicated to the Marquis of Lansdowne. In 3 vols., post 8vo., 11. 11s. 6d. ECARTE; or the Salons of Paris, 3 vols., post 8vo. The CARBONARO; a Piedmontese Tale. By the Duke de Levis. In 2 vols., post 8vo., 185. The PROTESTANT; a Tale of the Reign of Queen Mary. By the authoress of De Foix,' and the White Hoods.' In 3 vols., post 8vo. We earnestly recommend it to the perusal of all those who take an interest in the Catholic Qustion. The incidents of the tale follow one another in breathless rapidity, according to the hurried and fearful nature of the times which they illustrate.' -New Monthly Magazine. Also nearly ready, The SCHOOL of FASHION. In 3 vols., post 8vo. 'Nothing exceeds in ridicule, no doubt. A fool in fashion but a fool that's out.' ROMANCES of REAL LIFE. By the author of 'Hungarian Tales,' 3 vols. The DAVENELS; or a Campaign of Fashion in Dublin. In 2 vols., post 8vo., 188. STRATTON HILL; a Tale of the Civil Wars. By the Author of Letters from the East, Tales of the West of England,' &c. In 3 vols., post 8vo. The SECTARIAN; or the Church and the Meeting-house. .In 3 vols., post 8vo. H' IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of BRAZIL having been graciously pleased to grant to Dr George Such, a LICENSE to FORM a PUBLIC COMPANY for WORKING MINES in the province of MINAS GERAES, one of the conditions being, that native Brazilians should, if they wished it, be admitted to a participation of the advantages conceded under this license, and Dr. Such, in compliance with this condition, having, by advertisements in the public journals at Rio de Janeiro, required such Brazilians as might be desirous of possessing an interest in the Company to apply at the office of Messrs. Naylor, Brothers, and Co., in the said city, where books were kept open for the purpose of receiving applications during a period fully sufficient to fulfil the above condition; and the said Dr. Such having also given notice, that native Brazilians might, if they wished, apply for shares through their authorised agents in London; now, this is to make known to .such agents as may be empowered to demand shares in the names of their Brazilian principals, that they are to apply at the office of Messrs. Loughnan and Son, at 23, Coleman-street, ' on or before the 35th of this month, on which day the books will be closed, and no subsequent applications for shares will be received. London, April 11, 1829. MR 8, New Burlington-street. R. COLBURN has just published the following INTERESTING WORKS: MEMOIRS of the EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. By MADEMOISELLE DUCREST. In 2 vols. post 8vo., 218. French, 168. 'A curions and entertaining piece of domestic biography of a most extraordinary person, under circumstances almost unprecedented.'-New Monthly Magazine. An extremely amusing book, full of anecdotes and traits of characters of kings, princes, nobles, generals, &c.'-Morning Journal. SECOND VOLUME of the MEMOIRS of the 'WAR IN Svo. SPAIN. BY MARSHAL SUCHET, DUKE D'ALBUFERA. 128. French, 10s. 6d. TWELVE YEARS' MILITARY ADVENTURE in THREE QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE, or Memoirs of an Officer. Among other distinguished persons who have a prominent place in this work, are, the Duke of Wellington-Lord MintoSir Thomas Picton-Sir Rowland Hill-Sir Samuel Auchmuty -Sir John Hope-Sir Lowry Cole-Sir Thomas Graham-Sir William Beresford, &c. &c. In 2 vols. 8vo., 248. The Fourth Number of the UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL and NAVAL and MILITARY MAGAZINE, for April. The QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, and ART. No. 9, Edited at the Royal Institution, by W. T. BRANDE, Esq. BURCKHARDT'S TRAVELS in ARABIA; comprehending an account of those territories which the Mohammedans regard as Sacred. In one vol. 4to. 21. 128. 6d., with Map and Plans. Published by Authority of the African Association. SIR FRANCIS MACNAGHTEN'S VIEW of the CATHOLIC QUESTION as it relates to IRELAND. In 8vo. ss. 6d. Dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Wellington. TH SPITALFIELDS DISTRESS.-GUILDHALL. HE Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London having granted the use of Guildhall, on Saturday morning, the 2d of May next, Handel's SACRED ORATORIO of the MESSIAH, with the additional Accompaniments by Mozart, will be performed for the Benefit of the SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS. The Perform ance, under the direction of Sir George Smart, will be on the same grand scale as the last Concert at Guildhall. The Doors to be opened at half-past Ten, and the Perform. ances will commence at Twelve. Single Tickets, 15s. each (or three Tickets taken at one time, 21.) to be had at the Mansion-house; of the Secretary, Mr. R. Brutton, No. 37, New Broad-street, City; at Seguin's Library, No. 12, Regent-street; the principal Music Shops; and at the Hall-keeper's Office, Guildhall. By Order of the Lord Mayor and Committee of Manage. ment. ROBERT BRUTTON, Secretary. No. 37, New Broad-street, City, April 11, 1829. ENERAL MINING ASSOCIATION; for GENERAL ciation. Notice is hereby given, that the Deed of this Association, prepared and approved by the Directors agreeably to the stipu lations of the Prospectus, is now ready, and lies for Signature, at the Office of the Association, No. 10, Ludgate Hill. The Agents of absent Shareholders may obtain, by application, at the Office of the Association, printed forms of instruments acceding to the Deed, which will have to be sent to such absent Shareholders for their signature. Notice is also hereby given, that before any parties can be admitted to sign the Deed, and register their Shares, the scrip HE MANUAL of SCIENCE and LITE-receipts of which they are holders must be left by them at the Office of the Association for four days, for the purpose of their being examined. Each individual receipt so left, to bear the signature and address of its owner. G. V. DUVAL, Secretary. General Mining Association, 10, Ludgate Hill, 10th April, 1829. RATURE, and WEEKLY REGISTER of the LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, Part I, price 28., published this day, contains the following amongst other interesting articles: Dr. Birkbeck's Lectures on Fire Escapes, and on the Application of Animal Power-Mr. Dakin's Lectures on Galvanism-Mr. Hemming's Lecture on Pneumatics-Essays on the Study of Mechanical Philosophy-Progress of the Sciences, and pos sibility of their early communication to Youth-Magnetising Power of the more Refrangible Rays-Relation between Colour and Conformation of Bodies-Electric Phenomena in vacuoExpansion by Heat-Gravitation-Education in Spain, by Don P. Mendibil-Metropolitan Improvements: London BridgeThe British Institution-Society of British Artists-National Repository-Internal Wealth of Ireland, by J. Elmes, Esq.Sensitive Plant-Reviews of: Miller on South America-Steam Vessels Journal of a Naturalist-Double Refraction and Polarization of Light-The Menageries-Travels in GuatemalaQuarterly Meeting of the London Mechanics' InstitutionCity of London Literary and Scientific Institution-Southwark Literary and Scientific Institution-Instruction for Spanish Emigrants, Interesting Facts, &c. &c. Published also in weekly Numbers, price Sixpence. C. Wood and Son, Poppin's Court, Fleet-street. Part II. will appear on Saturday, May 9, embellished with a beautiful Copper-plate Engraving of the New London Bridge, from a Drawing by J. Rennie, Esq. This Publication is one of the signs of the times. The subjects of which it treats, and the respectable tone and manner which it assumes, render it fit and instructive reading for all ranks. If such works as this become popular, and form a substitute for the trash addressed to the working classes of society, by the weekly press in general, it will indeed afford a striking evidence of the improving moral state of the popuation.-Athenæum, April 8. LMACK'S ROOMS.-Mr. BUCKINGHAM ALMACK'S COURSE of LECTURES on the PAST and PRESENT STATE of the EASTERN WORLD, in the Great Room at ALMACK'S, King-street, St. James's-square, commencing on MONDAY the 20th of APRIL, at Two o'Clock precisely, and continuing the same throughout the remainder of the week, at the same hour. The following will be the order of the Countries described: It should be observed, that these Lectures are not mere readings of any Manuscript Papers, or even Notes, but are rather EXTEMPORE SPEECHES, descriptive of the several countries named, classified in such a manner as to be perfectly intelligible to those who have never before given their attention to the subject. They have been found, therefore, wherever they have yet been delivered, to be as agreeable to ladies and their families as to gentlemen; and audiences of great numbers, and of the highest rank of society, have attended them, and expressed their most unequivocal and unanimous approbation. Admission to any Single Lecture, Five Shillings.-Tickets for the whole Course of Six Lectures, a Guinea; to be had at Almack's Rooms, King street, St. James's; at Mr. Effingham Wilson's, Royal Exchange, City; at Messrs. Sharpleys, 33, Old Bond Street; at Mr. W. H. Smith's, (next door to the Crown and Anchor Tavern,) 192, Strand; and at the office of The Oriental Herald,' 4, Wellington Street, Waterloo Bridge.Books, containing the Heads of all the Lectures, with a Sketch of Mr. Buckingham's Life, Travels, and Writings, to be had of all Booksellers, price One Shilling. It is strongly recommended that this Sketch should be perused before the Lectures are commenced. R OWLAND'S KALYDOR.-Its soothing, cooling, and ameliorative properties immediately allay the smarting irritability of the skin-assuage inflammationheal harsh and rough skin-remove cutaneous eruptions, and produce a Beautiful Complexion-affords soothing relief to ladies nursing their offspring; and to gentlemen after shaving, it allays smarting the pain, and renders the skin smooth and pleasant, 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per bottle, duty included.- Each genuine bottle has the Name and Address engraved on the government stamp, which is pasted on the bottle A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-Garden. WE EAST INDIA MONOPOLY. TE the undersigned Bankers, Merchants. Manufacturers, and Wool-staplers of Leeds, in the West Riding of the county of York, agree to form a Committee to inquire into the Bearings of the Charter of the Honourable the East India Company upon their trade, and to act in con. junction with the Merchants of the other Manufacturing, Com. mercial, and Maritime districts of the kingdom, in endea. vouring to obtain such alterations in the said Charter as the circumstances of the country may require, when the subject shall again be brought before Parliament: B. Gott and Sons NONDITIONALLY INTENDED VOYAGE. To Parents and Guardians.-Captain T. LYNN, the Honourable East India Company's Service, and now holding the appointment of Joint Astronomical Examiner of Junior Officers of that Service, having obtained permission of the Honourable Court of Directors, proposes to fit out and to command a suitable ship for the purpose of receiving on board a limited number of Young Gentlemen as Pupils, to be INSTRUCTED in PRACTICAL NAVIGATION, NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, and SEAMANSHIP. The Voyage will occupy about six months, to sail as early in the month of May next as is practicable, and to return about the time of the coming afloat of the first of the regular ships in the service of the Honourable East India Company of the ensuing season. Officers of high respectability and known nautical skill will be selected to assist in the desired object. A Surgeon, who has been regularly educated as such, will form a part of the crew. Terms, One Hundred Guineas for each Pupil, including mess expenses at the Captain's table. One-half of the money to be paid down upon making the agreement, the other half previously to the embarkation of the Pupil. In the event of not obtaining a sufficient number of Gentlemen to enable the Advertiser to prosecute the Voyage, the deposit-moncy will be duly returned on or before the 10th of June, 1829. As the entire attention of the Commander and Officers will be devoted to the Instruction of the Pupils, it is presumed that their improvement will be proportionate, and that the system will afford the Students an opportunity of acquiring more information in the course of six months than it is possible for them to acquire in triple the time in the capacity of a junior officer, or midshipman, since their time in those capacities is necessarily so fully occupied in other duties, as to preclude the more valuable ones for their future welfare, namely, Naviga tion and Nautical Astronomy. N.B.-The most respectable references will be required as to the character of the Pupils, also their personal application, at the Office of the Advertiser, 148, Leadenhall-street, where further particulars may be learned; if by letter, post-paid. Early application is indispensable. |