GERMANY.

The celebrated composer, LouIS DE BEETHOVEN, having received offers from a foreign government, three of the principal Lords of the court of Vienna united to settle upon him an independency of 4000 florins. In return, Beethoven has bound himself to fix his residence in some city of the Austrian dominions.

The number of Journals, political and economical, published in the Austrian dominions in 1810, was twenty-five: I. PAPERS IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE.

1. The Vienna Gazette, by authority, the property of the family of VAN GEHLEN, who have been the patentees for many years, and pay to Government the sum of 26,000 florins. The number printed is nearly 4,000 copies. It is published on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 2. Notices of Vienna, published at the Office of Information.

3. Price current and Course of Exchange.

4. The Presburgh Gazette, for the kingdom of Hungary; 5,000 copies are printed of it.

5. The Gazette of Pesth and Offen; 3,000 copies are printed.

6. The Gazette of Gratz, of which 3,500 copies are printed. Every Saturday a Supplement is added, containing articles of geography, statistics, history, domestic economy, &c. with critiques on works.

7. The German Gazelle, published by the Post-office at Prague three times a week, and sells about 1,300 copies.

8. The Gazette of Brunn, accompanied by lists of works announced for publication, &c.

9. The Salzburgh Gazette prints 300 copies.

10. The Transylvanian Messenger, 200 copies.

11. The Sheet of Advertisements, published at Lemberg.

12. The Cracovia Gazette.

13. The Links Gazette, supported by from 8 to 900 subscribers.

14. The Gazette of Clagenfurt, 450 copies.

15 and 16. Two Gazettes of Laybach, 400 copies..

II. GAZETTES IN OTHER LANGUAGES. 17. Europa latina, cum genuina versione Ephemeridum Neovidensium, Auc

* From the Literary Panoranja.

tore Stephano Roscuman; published at Vienna.

18. Ephemerides Statistico-politica Belnayanea Posonienses, quibus additur Neovidensis, at Presburgh.

19. Magyar Kurir; the Hungarian Courier, edited at Vienna.

20. Hazai Tudositasok, another Hongarian paper, conducted at Pesth.

21 and 22. Two Gazettes in the Bohemian language, published at Prague, and supported by about 500 subscribers. 23. An Italian Gazette, published at Trieste.

24. Osservatore Triestino, the Trieste Observer.

25. Gazetta Krakowsha: a paper in the Polish language, published at Cra

COW.

FRANCE.

Mr. ROBERTSON, whose name has been already before the public as an aerial, traveller, in Denmark, has invented a speaking automaton, which he is now exhibiting in Paris. It already articulates distinctly, in French, the words 'Papa,' 'Mamma,' and Long live Napoleon, the friend of peace!' and its powers of language are described as daily increa

sing.

The chemists of Paris have recently

made two curious specimens of prepared writing-paper, of which the following are the processes:

1. Take gall-nuts and sulphate of iron (copperas) well pulverized; rub them dry on paper which is not smooth or hotpressed. The paper will assume a grayish tinge, owing to the powder which is attached to it, and which will adhere sufficiently to bear folding, &c. In order to trace characters on this paper, it is only necessary to use a pen dipped in water, or in the mouth, or even a pointed stick, and the characters will become black and legible. The second process is described paper is washed in the materials of which ink as differing from the first, in so much as the is made, and then dried. It is of a yellowish colour, and the characters are written on it in the same way. Paper books, or albums, of this description, are now manufactured in great abundance at Paris, and they are in considerable request.

ITALY.

A magnificent edition of PERICLES, printed in quarto, has lately issued from the press of the celebrated Bodoni. It is edited by his Highness M. de Dalberg, Grand Duke of Franconia, an associate of the French Institute.

NEW

AGRICULTURE.

A SEQUEL to the Address to the

Practical Farmers of Great Britain, on the important Subject of the Horseshoe Husbandry; by R. Worthington, M.D. &c. 2s. 6d.

An Invitation to the Inhabitants of England, to the manufacture of Wines, from the fruits of their own country; by R. Worthington, M. D. 1s. 6d.

The Substance of a Lecture delivered at the Free-masons' Tavern, Great Queen street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, in the presence of the Royal Dukes of Kent and Sussex, the Duke of Bedford, &c. &c. on the 2d of 6th month (June), 1812; by Joseph Lancaster. 2s. 6d.

ASTRONOMY.

Evening Amusements, or the Beauty of the Heavens displayed, for the year 1813; by W. Frend. 12mo. 38.

ARITHMETIC.

An Introduction to Arithmetic, in which the Four Principal Rules are illustrated by a variety of Questions, Geographical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous; by Richard Chambers. 1s. 6d. bound.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of the late P. Melville, esq. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Pulpit, or a Biographical and Literary Account of eminent popular Preachers. Vol. II. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Life of the Marquess of Wellington, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, &c. &c. With copions Details, Historical, Political, and Military; by Frances L. Clarke. 8vo. 123. 6d.

COMMERCE.

Papers respecting the Negociation for a Renewal of the East India Company's exclusive Privileges; printed by order of -the Court of Directors for the information of the proprietors. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Practice of the Customs, in the Entry, Examination, and Delivery of Goods and Merchandise. 8vo. 18s.

DRAMA.

The Comedies of Aristophanes; translated by Cumberland, Fielding, Young, Dunster, and by a Member of Trinity College, Cambridge. The whole illustrated by explanatory Notes. 8vo. 12s.

EDUCATION.

Conseils à ma Fille; ou Nouveaux Contes, par I. N. Bouilly,. Auteur des Contes à ma Fille, with plates. 12mo. 6s. bound. The Parents' and Tutors' first Catechism of the Dawnings of juvenile Knowledge; gratifying and stimulating the earliest symtoms of curiosity in young minds, and leading by the easiest and simplest means to an acquaintance with useful facts in common

Lex Mercatoria; or, a complete Code of Commercial Law: being a General Guide to all men in business; by the late Wynd. ham Beawes, esq. Considerably enlarged and improved; by Joseph Chitty, esq. 2 vols. 4to. 31. 13s. 6d.

A Reply to the Calumnics and Misrepresentations contained in a Charge to the Grand Jury at Madras; by W. Douglas Brodie, esq. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The Charters and Letters Patent granted by the Kings and Queens of England to the city of Bristol, newly translated, and accompanied by the original Latin; by the Rev. S. Scyer, M.A. 4to. 11. 78.

nion for the Year 1813; containing Answers to the last Year's Enigmas, &c. &c. 2s. 6d.

MEDICINE.

An Account of a Case of Recovery, after an extraordinary Accident, by which the Shaft of a Chaise had been forced through the Thorax; by J. Maiden. 3s. 6d.

A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-shot Wounds; by S. Hunter. vols. 8vo. 248.

Engravings to illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of the Human Body; by W. Baillie. Imp. 4to. 81. 8s.

A Catalogue of Medical Books; containing the most modern and approved authors.

The London Dispensatory; containing the Elements and Practice of Materia Medica and Pharmacy, the whole forming a synopsis of Materia Medica and Therapen tics; by Anthony Todd Thomson, surgeon. One large 8vo, vol. 16s. boards.

Surgical Observations on Tumours, and on Lumbar Abscesses. 8vo. 6s.

Elements of Physiology; by A. Richerand. From the French by G. J. M. De Lys, M.D. 8vo. 12s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Peep into High Life; or, Fashionable Characters Dramatized ; by Timothy Tickler, esq. late master of the ceremonies at a certain Great House.

A Portraiture of Hypocrisy; or, a Narrative of Facts, supported by letters and other documents. 2s.

Remains of the late Rev. Richard Cecil, M.A. with a view of his Character; by Josiah Pratt, B. D. F.A.S. Fourth edition, pocket size, with a fine portrait by Facius, after Russell. 7s. 6d.

The Annual Register; or, a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the year 1811. 8vo. 188.

Marottes à Vendre, on Triboulet Tabletier; a choice and unexceptionable Selection from the ancient and modern French Facetim. Foolscap 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Onniana, or Hora Otiosiores; by Robert Southey, esq. 2 vols. 12mo. 128. The American Review of History_and Politics; No. I. to V. 68. each, sewed.

A Catalo me of esteemed Italian Works; including Teatro Italiano, Daute, Leonardi de Vinci, Vite de Pittore è Scultori, Tasso, Varchi, Galileo, Machiavelli, Bembo, &c. &c. just imported from Milan. 1s.

A Letter to Henry Cline, esq. on imperfect Developements of the Faculties, and the Treatment of Impediments of Speech; by J. Thelwall. 8vo. 78.

Asiatic Researches, or Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal. Vol. II. 8vo. 188.-or 4to. 21. 28.

The Harleian Miscellany, Vol. IX. (heing the first supplemental volume), Royal 410. 41. 48.

Historical Reflections on the Constitution and Representative System of England; with reference to the popular propositions for a Reform of Parliament; by James Jupp, esq. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Choice of Ministers; the Conduct of the Opposition, with reference to the Claims of the Catholics, considered; toge ther with an Answer to sundry statements in the Edinburgh Review on that subject; by an Impartial Observer. Ss.

A Declaration and Protest of the Catholics of England; with the names of the noblemen, bishops, clergy, and laity, who signed it, and the proceedings and corres pondence of their committees and bishops thereon. 5s.

A Key to the "Delicate Investigation;" or, a Recipe for all our National Calamities; by Esculapius. 18.

Speeches, delivered on publie Occasions during the Election at Liverpool; by G. Canning. 2s. 6d.

An Appeal to the Imperial Parliament, upon the Claims of the ceded Colony of Trinidad to be governed by a Legislature and Judicature; by J. Sanderson. 2s.

The Letters of Vetus, Part II.; being those that were published between July 1st and Nov. 10th, 1812; with a Preface and Notes. 8vo. 5s.

SCARCE BOOK, reprinted.

A Spiritual and most Preciouse Perle, teachynge all Men to Love and Imbrace the Crosse, as a most swete and necessarye thinge, with Preface, &c., by Edwarde Duke of Somerset, uncle to King Edward VI., first printed in 1550, now reprinted with a new historical and biographical preface, 5s.-large paper 10s. 6d.

THEOLOGY.

On the New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine, as revealed from Heaven; to which are prefixed some observations concerning the new Heaven and the new Earth. Translated from the Latin of the Hon. E. Swedenborg. 3s. 6d. and 2s.

The Wilderness and Solitary Place clad for the Light of the Gospel; a Sermon preached at St. John's, York, for the bencfit of the Bible Society; by the Rev. James Richardson, A.M. 2s.

The Travels of St. Paul; in Letters, supposed to be written from a Mother to her Daughter; by Mrs. Sandham. 18mo. 2s. 6d.

Tracts designed to inculcate Moral Conduct on Christian Principles. Vol. I. containing Nos. 1 to 12 inclusive. 2s. 6d.

England Safe and Triumphant; or, Researches into the Apocalyptic Little Book and Prophecies, connected and sychrono

Concerto for the Piano-forte, with Accompani ments for a full Orchestra; composed by Lewis van Beethoven, esq. 10s. 6d.

Concerto comprises three move◄

a familiar acquaintance with the powers and characters of the instruments employed. It would be a high gratification to us to hear the performance of this dis

only mark them as distinguished from each other, but as regarding passage with passage in the same movement.

To

say

that none of the ideas are outré, hard, forced, would almost be to deny that the piece before us comes from the announced master; and not to declare our admiration of the originality, boldness, animation, and delicacy, of large portions of the composition would be to withhold the acknowledgments due to the distinguished powers of the author. Many of the passages bespeak a highly f wid conception, are brilliant in their execution, and formed to rouze the dullest ear.

The accompaniments are constructed with considerable ingenuity, and display

cd band.

"The Dawn;" a Glee for Four Voices; composed and inscribed to Thomas Busby, Mus. Doc. Cantab. by Dr. John Clarke, of Cambridge. 2s. 6d.

This glee, which comprizes two move◄ ments, is written in a style every way worthy the long-acknowledged science and ingenuity of the author. Melody breathes her spirit throughout, and many of the points are peculiarly happy. The change of the time at the line, "Fancy thus with cheering ray," is judicious and the division in the last page conveys an idea of rural bilarity, at ouce characteristic and attractive. Were the merits of Dr. Clarke, as a sound and ingenious

musician,

musician, less known to the public, we should say that this composition would procure to his name instant and very distinguished respectability.

A Grand Symfonia, (originally written for a full Orchestra,) arranged for the Piano-forte; with a Flute Accompaniment; composed and dedicated to Miss Vere and Miss C. Vere, by J. Jay, Mus. Doc. Cantab. 5s.

We congratulate Dr. Jay upon the patient perseverance displayed in his incessant effort at point in this composition: we must compliment bim also on the mul tiplied subjects and complicated contrivance, which demand every exertion of the most intelligent ear to embrace and understand, and which only his own and those of a few real musters are qualitied to enjoy. Were Dr. Jay to ask us whe ther this elaborate production is calculated to please the multitude, we should say no: were he to inquire whether it is entitled to the praise of a learned professor, we must reply in the affirmative. But, acquainted as we are with the doc tor's power of imagination, especially in light and playful composition, we cannot refram from expressing our wish that he may hereafter confine the exercise of his talents to a more generally relishable style. In this way enough has been done to gratify the ostentation of science. Familiar productions will tend to cherish a more profitable fame.

National Melodies, consisting of the most admired Airs, &c. of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; arranged as Rondos for the Piano-forte, by eminent Masters. Each Num

ber 2s. 6d.

We

The subject-matter of the present number of this interesting publication consists of an air of Storace. Overlooking the, anomaly of commencing on the Jourth of the key, the melody is good, though not remarkably attractive. ought not to omit the information that the introductory movement is by Griffin, and is formed from the melody of "Lit tle Taffline," and does great credit to that gentleman's taste and science.

"Forget me not ;" a Glee for Four Voices. Sung by Mrs. Bianchi Lacy, and Messrs. Harrison, Guss, and Bellamy. The Poetry by Mirs. Ofie, to whom the Glee is inscribed by William Horsley, esq. Mus. Bac. Oxon. 25. Mr. Horsley has set this glee alla ballata. It consists of two verses. The melody, if not of the most striking de#cuption, is agreeable, and the parts are constructed with some degree of

In this march and quick-step Mr. Bishop has displayed both fancy and Spirit. The first movement is truly military, and the second is light and animating. As a piano-forte exercise we can justly recommend the publication to general notice. It will not fail to both please and improve juvenile practitioners. The celebrated Glee of the Grey Harper." Sung by Miss Appleton and Messrs. Jones, Pearman, and Barclay, in the Melo-Drama of The Prince; written by C. Dibdin, jun. The Music composed by W. Reeve, esq. 35.

Mr. Reeve has exhibited in this glee much of his well-known fancy and know. ledge of harmonical effect. The parts bear on each other with a just relation, and the melody is popular and novel in

its cast.

Twelve Psalm and Hymn Tunes, (second set ;) composed by C. W. Banister.

25 6d.

The melodies of these little devotional pieces are pleasing, and, if the basses and harmonical parts are not of the first order, in the points of science and contrivance, yet the general effect will sanction our commendation, and render them acceptable to chapel congregations. The Copenhagen Waltz, with Variations for the

Piano forte; by T. Latour, esq. 25.

Mr. Latour has made of this Copenhagen Waltz, a tolerably pretty pianoforte exercise. The digressive matter is not devoid of fancy, nor is the general effect any bad specimen of his qualifi cation for trifling composition. "Mama Mia," arranged as a Duett for twe Performers on one Piano-forte; by M. P. Corri. 15 d.

Mr. Corri has managed this little attempt with considerable success. The two parts have a proper relation to each other, and the general effect is pleasing.

Messrs. Chappell and Co. are issuing proposals for publishing a series of new compositions for the piano-forte; to con sist of at least six Numbers, to be entitled "CONCERTO'S DA CAMERA." Each Concerto is to constitute a Number, and is to be accompanied with purts for two violins, a flute, tenor and base, by Cramer, Corri, Griffin, &c.

The lovers of fine vocal harmony will be glad to hear that the subscription to Dr. Clarke's forth-coming volume of Glees proceeds flatteringly; and that the work will speedily be put into the hands of the engraver.

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