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INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. MATTHEW WYATT has finished and set up in his gallery the principal figures of his monumental group, for the inspection of the subscribers and their friends, and we recommend the lovers of art to pay them a visit.

The ROYAL ACADEMY's exhibition has closed since our last Number, with

the receipt of a tliousand pounds more, it is said, than any former year.

Mr. CROME, an eminent landscape painter of Norwich, has recently paid the debt of nature. He was a respectable artist, a worthy man, and the master of the following well-known painters: His son, Mr. J. B. Crome; Messrs. M. W. Sharpe, J. Starke, Vincent, and others who are called by the name of the Norwich School.

NEW MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

Number I. of a Series of Sonatas for the Piano Forte, with an Accompaniment for the Violin (ad libitum). Composed by Andrew Romberg. 4s.

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HIS sonata (in G major) comprises three movements, the first of which is in common time of four crotchets (Allegro con spirito), the second in triple time of three crotchets, (Larghetto), and the third in common time of two crotchets, (Allegro scherzando). The general scope of the piece comprehends considerable excursion and variety of idea, as well in the comparative styles of the different movements, as in the passages of each, as contrasted with themselves. The opening thought of the introductory matter is bold and nervid, a diversity of well-conceived and elegant turns, and transient modulations, present themselves, as the movement proceeds, and the ear is very pleasantly led to the soft and soothing relief afforded by the seasonable change of both key and measure, in the Larghetto, which is in E flat, major. The currency of the conceptions in this movement is connected, mellifluous, and refined the execution, if not brilliant, is expressive; and every bar may be said to carry a meaning with it. The theme of the Finale, if not remarkably novel, or marked with identical character, is lively and agreeable; and the annexed passages are judiciously conceived and incorporated. The violin accompaniment is ably arranged throughout, and more closely and artfully blended with its principal than such super-additions always are. It is but justice to Mr. Romberg, to say, that, summing up its various merits, we think very highly of his composition, and hope its circulation will be such as to encourage his extending his undertaking to many numbers.

"Di Piacer mi balza il cor," arranged as a Rondo for the Piano Forte. 2s. 6d.

This is the eighth number of a work published by Mr. Preston, under the title of "Dramatic Airs, from English, Italian, German, and French Operas," and for the production and conduct of which, he has engaged a variety of distinguished masters. The pages before us are prepared by Mr. M. P. King, and the taste he has displayed in his additions to, and decorations of, one of the most admired melodies in Rossini's favourite opera of La Gazza Ladra, would alone sufficiently prove his qualification for an undertaking like the present. To what extent this publication is intended to be continued, we do not know; but the musical public will be interested in its prolongation. "Fancy dipp'd her pen in dew." A Song, written by Mr. C. Dibdin, composed by Mr. John Whitaker. 28.

This ballad, the words of which are from Mr. Dibdin's Metrical Romance

of" Young Arthur," is in two verses, and forms an attractive, if not a particularly novel composition. The ideas are tastefully turned, and the cadences are specimens of easy and graceful conception. The piano-forte accompaniment, and introductory and concluding symphonies, are worthy of the melody, and do credit to Mr. Whitaker's imagination and judgment. Twelve Sonatas for the Piano Forte, with an Accompaniment for the Flute or Violin. Composed by J. Bottomly. 4s. In a publication professedly intended for the exercise of juvenile practitioners, it would scarcely be fair or reasonable to look for any thing more than the brief emanations of unrestrained fancy, and passages, accommodated by their the infant hand. These recommendasimplicity, to the limited capability of tions we find in Mr. Bottomly's sona

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tas; and are of opinion that they will prove highly useful to novitiates on the instrument for which they are designed. The accompaniments are applied with tolerable skill, and the combined effect is reputable to the science of the composer.

A First Set of Three Sonatinas for the Piano Forte, by W. Sherrington. 4s. Of this little work (judging by the present specimen) we are disposed to augur favourably. Without meaning to imply, that any extraordinary praise is due to Mr. Sherrington, we see merit enough in this his opening Number, to entitle him to the thanks of piano-forte beginners; and think that his undertaking will probably prove considerably useful. It is no trivial advantage, to initiative publications, when their passages not only lie convenient for the juvenile hand, but are so constructed as to connect improvement with pleasure, and to lead with certainty to that excellence which all practice ought to have for its object.

"La Rosa," a Waltz, with an introduction for the Piano Porte, by J. L. Neilson. 1s. 6d.

La Rosa is a tasteful and pleasing little composition; and, as here presented to the public, forms an inviting and eligible piano-forte exercise. Mr. Neilson's introductory movement is attractive and appropriate, and his treatment of this waltz is simple, natural, and judicious. Meant as a trifle, it would claim no further observation, were it not one of the most agreeable trifles that has, for some time, come under our notice; but we should not be just to Mr. N.'s deserts, were we to omit to recommend his publication to the attention of all young practitioners.

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COVENT GARDEN.-At this theatre, the representation of Henry the Fourth has attracted and deserved many crowded audiences. The exhibition of the Coronation, introduced into this play, is of a most splendid description, and has afforded the highest satisfaction to the public; but especially to those acquainted with the parade and costume proper to so grand and distinguished a ceremony. Nothing that

could contribute to the characteristic magnificence of such a spectacle, has been omitted by the taste and liberality of the manager.

DRURY LANE.-Since our last, a general meeting of the subscribers to this theatre, has taken place, for the purpose of receiving the annual stateinent of accounts, &c. &c., when it appeared that the debts of the establishment had been reduced from 92,4001. to 39,8001. On the subject of the performances at this house, we have the satisfaction to say, that they have proceeded with all their usual eclat, and realized that favourable change for the manager which his indefatigable endeavours so fully merit. The new farce of the Spectre Bridegroom, from the pen of Mr. Moncrief, has proved amusing by the eccentricity of its humour; and the return of Mr. Kean from America has gratified every admirer of tragic representation. A comedy is under preparation, the object of which is, to introduce a fac simile of the late inauguration.

MEDICAL REPORT.

REPORT of DISEASES and CASUALTIES occurring in public and private Practice of the Physician who has the care of the Western District of the CITY DISPENSARY.

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his own opportunities of observation, that the medical professor who shall indolently or ignorantly reject the proffered benefits of the above-named agencies, will deprive himself of valuable auxiliaries in the warfare he is waging against disease and death.

The reporter is too old, he thinks, to be deceived by empirical, or taken captive by enthusiastic representations respecting the virtues of drugs; and when he hears the laudatory accounts which some pour out, of the hydrocyanic acid, he thinks of the consumption curers, and Digitalis administrators, of some twenty years since; a granum salis admission, however, of alleged powers, is very different from an unreserved acquiescence in all the dicta of ardent experimentalists; and fox-glove, though destitute of the antiphthisical properties formerly ascribed to it, is nevertheless a potent and valuable medicinal.

But to the present subject. Four instances have occurred within the last fortnight, in which the Croton-oil has proved of essential service. The first was the case of a boy who had taken poison, in whom it became necessary speedily to act upon the bowels, and half a drop of this singular medicine almost immediately effected the purpose, after other cathartics had been administered in vain. The second case was one of spasm of the kidnies, which soon yielded to the same dose of the drug in question. An old lady was, thirdly, cheated by a drop of this oil put into some bread, who obstinately refused every thing in the shape of medicine; and, lastly, a little subject, almost suffocated under the deadly grasp of croup, has been restored to life by merely rubbing the tongue with the cork of a Croton-oil vial.

With respect to Prussic acid, the very few trials which he has instituted, do not authorise quite so favourable a report: from the accounts of others upon which he ought to rely, the reporter, however, is still inclined to think, that it is possessed of considerable efficacy; and in one very

recent case of menacing phthisis, he found its soothing and quieting properties conspicuously evident. Two instances of violent, and before invincible tooth-ache, have immediately yielded to the topical application, or rather touch, of this acid.

Of the Colchicum seeds, it were sufficient to say, that so respectable an authority as that of Dr. Williams, of Ipswich, continues to report highly in their favour; and the present writer, although sometimes unsuccessful with them, has, at other times, found their efficacy in old rheumatic cases, proved in a most convincing and complete manner.

Tincture of Lytta was lately administered under the reporter's direction, to a child, apparently dying of hydrocephalus ; the kidnies were violently excited, the symptoms indicating effusion upon the brain soon gave way, and the child has, unex pectedly to all, recovered.

It must be scepticism indeed, that would refuse to subscribe to the vermifuge virtues of Turpentine-oil; it is not, however, to the expulsion of worms, that the virtues of this drug are limited. The writer is accustomed to prescribe it in many nervous affections, which, either in their commencement or course, implicate especially the first passages; and he has very recently seen its efficacy manifested in a case of child-bed fever.

As the virtues of Colchicum seeds might be safely received upon the testimony alone of Dr. Williams, so might it be sufficient to say of Galvanism, that, in habitual asthma, it is recommended by Dr. Wilson Philip. The reporter has lately had an opportunity of witnessing those important experiments which shew the restoration of suspended nervous power by the galvanic influence, and from which Dr. Philip first inferred the utility of that influence in some disordered conditions of the respiratory organs -an inference which has been fully verified by the result of practical investigation. D. UWINS. M.D. Bedford Row, July 20, 1821.

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

HERE is little of novelty to present to ble augmentation of the national stock of Tthe public, at this time, as an agricul tural report. The different crops upon the ground have improved since our last, from a favourable change in the weather, whilst yet there has been a considerable want of solar heat. Late high winds also, may have had some degree of ill effect on the wheats under the flowering process. Nevertheless, all the crops appear in a prosperous and thriving state, and very probable at harvest, to afford a considera

corn, pulse, and roots collectively. The stock of roots was great, and the late rains will draw up a large aftermark. The hops are much mended, and will probably be a far greater crop than was expected. The growth of seeds this year has not been so successful. Tares will be a good crop. Fruit is in far greater abundance than the early season promised, apples being the chief exception. The late rains have drawn up the turnip plants to a size and substance

substance to defy the fly. Live stock, both fat and lean, has declined in price still farther since our last, with a chance to encounter the usual autumnal fall. Wool has experienced a trifling amendment in price. The crops generally, in Ireland and upon the Continent, are reported to be of good promise.

Smithfield :- Beef 3s. 10d. to 4s. 8d.Mutton 3s. Od. to 3s. 10d.-Lamb 3s. 6d. to

5s.0d.-Veal 3s. 6d. to 4s. 8d.-Pork 2s. 6d. to 5s. 4d.-Bacon 3s. 2d. to 3s. 4d.-Raw Fat 2s. 19d.Wheat 36s. to 64s.Barley 22s. to 20s.-Oats 18s. to30s.-The quartern loaf in London 91d.-Hay 70s. to 90s. Od.-Clover do. 70s. to 105s.-Straw 28s. to 42s.-Coals in the Pool 30s. Od. to 43s. Od.

Middlesex, July 25, 1821.

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Premiums of Insurance...Guernsey or Jersey, 10s. 6d.-Cork or Dublin, 10s. 6d.-Belfast, 10s. 6d.-Hambro', 10s. Od. Madeira, 15s. Od.-Jamaica, 30s. -Greenland, out

and home, 6gs. to 10gs.

Course of Exchange, July 25.- Amsterdam, 12 18.-Hamburgh, 38 8.--Paris, 25 70. Leghorn, 47.-Lisbon, 501.—Dublin, 91⁄2 per cent.

Premiums on Shares and Canals, and Joint Stock Companies.-Birmingham, 5601. Coventry, 9701.-Derby, 1351.-Ellesmere,661.-Grand Surrey 601.-Grand Union, 231. Os. -Grand Junction, 2151. -Grand Western, 31.--Leeds and Liverpool, 3151.-Leicester, 2901. -Loughbro', 26001.-Oxford, 6401.-Trent and Mersey, 18101.-Worcester, 241.-East India Docks, 1681.-London, 1021.-West India, 1761.--Southwark BRIDGE, 171.-Strand, 51. 5s. Royal Exchange ASSURANCE, 2301.-Albion, 421. Os. Globe, 1221. Os.-GAS LIGHT COMPANY, 581. 10s. City Ditto, 1041. At the Office of Wolfe and Edmonds'. The

The 3 per cent. Reduced, on the 27th was 761; 3 per cent. consols, 753; 5 per cent aзvy 109

Gold in bars 31. 17s. 9d. per oz.-New doubloons, 31. 14s. 3d.-Silver in bars 4s. ¿d.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BANKRUPTCIES announced between the 20th of June and the 20th of July, 1821: extracted from the London Gazette.

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Betts, J. T. Aldgate, teadealer. (Lang, L.

Cann, W. Oakhampton, ironmonger. (Poole and Co. L.

Cardwell, C. H. and Smith, J. Wath upon Dearne,

York, flax spinners. (Alexander, L. and Pigot,
Bolton upon Dearne.

Cazzer, J. Maker, Cornwall, innkeeper. (Leach,
Plymouth Dock, and Makinson L.

Clengh, J. and R. late of Leadenhall-street, linendrapers. (Dawes and Co. L.

Coates, H. Bradfield, Essex, farmer. (Cocker, L. Consitt, R. and Co. Hull, merchants. (England Hull, and Roper, L.

Coombes, J. Lower Shadwell, cooper. (Gatty and Co. L.

Cooper, W. Beeston, Leeds, victualler. (Battye, L. and Hargreaves, Leeds.

Cotterell, J. Worcester, timber-merchant. (Cardale and Co. L.

Cox, R. A. jun. and Co. Little Britain, bankers. (Swayne and Co. L.

Dalton, J. Bury, Suffolk, surgeon. (Leech and

Co. L.

Draper, W. Maldon, Essex, watchmaker. (Law

rence.

Dyson, E. Well-street, Jermyn-street, dealer. (Russen, L.

Edwards, J. Gough Square, (Macduff, L.

Essex, W. Paddington, wharfinger. (Hartley, L. Farley, T. Ratcliffe Highway, linendraper. (Hutchinson, L.

Fea, J. Hull, broker. (Shaw, L.

Figes, T. and Co. Romsey, Hants, brewers. (Slade, L.

Forsdick, J. Euston Square, Pancras, builder. (Stratton and Co. L.

Goodluck, W. R. Burton Crescent, Middlesex, broker. (Taylor, L.

Golding, H. Lower Thames-street, wine merchant. (Lewis, L.

Gray, J. Bishopgate-street-within, silversmith. (Loddington and Co. L.

Griffiths, G. Grantham, timber merchant. (Stocker, L.

Hardwick, S. Birmingham, builder, (Male. Hawley, G. High-street, Shadwell, cheesemonger. (Templer, L.

Hepworth, J. Leeds, cloth dresser. (Hemingway.
Higgs, W. Strand, hatter. (Brumell, L.
Hill, J. Dover, saddler. (Loddington, L.
Hilton, J. St. Martin's Le Grand, sadler. (Mills, L.
Humphreys, E. Swansea, victualler. (Scott, L.
Jordan, P. Whitechapel, druggist. (Dickinson
and Co. L.

Knight, W. G. Batcombe, Somerset, money scrivener. (Miller.

Lammin, T. East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire maltster. (Few and Co. L.

Lee, W. Old City Chambers, wine merchant. (Bolton, L.

Longbottom, T. Keighley, York, machine maker. (Milne and Co. L.

Macmullen, W. G. and Co. Hertford, grocers. (Fitzgerald, L.

Macneil, W. Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, coachmaker. (Pinero, L.

Malton and Wilson, Greville-street, Hatton Garden. (Swayne, L.

Marr, R. C. Rathbone Place, linendraper. (Bourdillon, L.

Mather, E. Oxford, grocer. (Edis, L.
Metcalf, C. Bedale, flax-dresser.

Co. L.

(Watkins and

Medd, T. Staple Inn Buildings, Holborn, draper. (Parton. L.

Mitchell, F. New Malton, corn merchant. (Allen. Mitchel, J. Milk-street, warehouseman. (Ellis, L. Moseley, H. New Road, St. George's in the East, glass warehouse keeper. (Hurd and Co. L. Nibblett, C. Guildford, money scrivener. (Dyne, L. Offer, J. Bathwick, near Bath, slater. (Sherwood, L.

Peacock, J. Bawtry, York, victualler. (Stocker and Co. L.

Peake, W. Sloane Square, linendraper. (Jones, L. Penvold, W. Leadenhall-street, horsedealer. (Shepherd, L.

Perfect, G. jun. West Malling, surgeon. (Brace, L. Phelps, W. Camomile-street, Bishopsgate-street, carpenter. (Williams, L.

Pilkington, R. Mile End Road, baker. (Toms, L. Playfair, T. New Bond street, trunk maker. (Burt, L.

Purchas, R. W. and Tredwen, R. Chepstow, ship builders. (Richards and Co.

Rainey, R. Spilsby, tanner. (Brackenbury and

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Sullivan, P. Stewart-street, Old Artillery Ground, silk manufacturer. (Webster and Co. L. Thompson, T. Langbourne Buildings, Fenchurchstreet, timber merchant. (Hutchinson, L. Tyerman, J. Bristol, haberdasher. (Gates, L. Walsh, J. Barbican, victualler. (Evans and Co. L.

Webb, H. Rochdale, woolstapler. (Taylor, L. Webster, R. and W. Bishop Wearmouth, merchants. (Blakiston, L. and Thompson, Bishop Wearmouth.

Walling, G. B. Basinghall-street, woollen-draper. (Stephen. L.

Whitehouse, T. West Bromwich, miner. (Hicks. Whitesmith, W. Old Fish-street, grocer. (Dimes,

L.

Wilson, H. Crispin-street, Spital Fields, victualler. (Annesley, L.

Yarnold, P. City Garden Row, St. Luke's, taylor. (Reynolds, L.

Yarrow, U. Chiswell-street, shopkeeper. (Stephens, L.

Youden, J. Dover, spirit merchant. (Noakes, Sandwich, and Loddington, L.

Young, J. Ware, Herts, taylor. (Sheffield, L. DIVIDENDS.

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