2nd s. No 114., Mae. 6. '68.] 



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Erba. The whole of this book Handel has used 

 up in the second part of the Israel and elsewhere. 

 In the British Museum is a book, left by the late 

 Mr. Groombridge to that institution, the whole of 

 which Handel has used up for the " Judas Mac- 

 cabeus," and elsewhere. The March is verbatim. 



On last Friday, at the rooms of Messrs. Put- 

 tick & Simpson, a MS. Gloria, in Handel's own 

 hand, was sold for a large sum, written for eight 

 voices and two orchestras. It is dated July 13, 

 1707, not alia cappella, and shows he was not then 

 well practised in eight-part writing. There was 

 also sold a trio in his own hand of three move- 

 ments, dated Naples, July 12, 1708. The first 

 and last movements have been published ; but the 

 second movement has not, and in my mind shows 

 Handel was not then well settled in counterpoint, 

 for the subject of the fvgue departs from the hey, 

 there being a ratio admitted which creates a new 

 centre, and destroys the one he had started with. 



Of the Israel in Egypt, I contend the first 

 chorus bears internal evidence of two handwrit- 

 ings : Handel's, and that of another. The second 

 is his own organ fugue. The third is by Stradella. 

 The fourth, made up of Stradella. The fifth, 

 Handel's. The sixth, his own organ fugue. The 

 seventh, founded on Stradella. The eighth by 

 John Casper Kerl. The ninth, He led them through, 

 from the Dixit Dominus ; and But the waters over- 

 whelmed them, from the II Trionfo del Tempo ; and 

 the last founded on Stradella. Thus far the First 

 Act. It would not take Handel many days to com- 

 pose an oratorio after this fashion. 



Of the Second Act : The horse and his rider 

 is founded on a fugue with four subjects, by 

 Krieger. The Lord is my strength, Erba ; He 

 is my God, Erba ; / will exalt him, evidently 

 Italian ivriting, and not by Handel ; The Lord 

 is a man of war, Erba ; The depths have covered 

 them, partly Erba, and in Handel's new style, of 

 which Mattheson speaks ; Thy right hand, Erba ; 

 And the greatness, Handel's new style ; Thou 

 sentest forth thy wrath, Erba ; And with the blast, 

 Erba, and Handel's new style; The earth swal- 

 lowed, Erba ; The people shall hear, Handel's new 

 style, the added parts from Stradella. 



In the Royal Library is the Magnificat in 

 question in the handwriting of Handel, not per- 

 fect ; no signature, no date, and full of alterations. 

 I have not seen this MS. All his other choral 

 MSS. in the Royal Library, written at Rome and 

 Naples in 1707 and 1708, are clear and in his 

 usual style, so that the style and condition of this 

 MS. must be taken into consideration. The 

 chorus He spake the word is by Stradella; the 

 chorus Egypt was glad is by Kerl. If a man 

 would take two choruses bodily, he would take a 

 dozen. There are those who say Handel could 

 write alia cappella, and that the Magnificat is his 

 composition. I have opened the question, and 



reserve my argument. There is ample room for 

 inquiry. H. J. Gauntlett. 



8. Powys Place. 



SALE OP AN ESTATE OF KING JAMES 11. 



The document, of which the following is a de- 

 scription, came into my possession lately through 

 the kindness of a legal friend : — 



" The Estate of the late King James in the County of 

 Kildare, consisting of the Farms and Lands following, will 

 be Expos'd to Sale at Chichester House, Dublin, on Thurs- 

 day the 15*1^ Day of April, 1703, by Cant [auction] to the 

 best Bidder." 



The document is apparently a rental containing 

 the various denominations, number of acres, yearly 

 rent, dated 1702 ; real value per annum, upset 

 price, tenants' names, quality of land, and estate 

 or interest allowed. There are five denomina- 

 tions in Naas Barony, seven in Kilka and Moon 

 Barony, four in Ophaly Barony, nine in Claine 

 Barony, five in Carbury Barony, one in Connel 

 Barony, and two in Ikeathy and Oughterany Ba- 

 rony. The number of acres contained in the whole 

 is 8359a. Or. 36 p.; the yearly rent amounted to 

 1519Z. 10*.; the real value to 1535Z. ; the upset 

 price to 26,452^. 10s. The number of tenants was 

 eighteen, and, with the exception of " Theobald 

 Bourke," their names are decidedly English ; one 

 only, " Jacob Peppard," is described as " Esquire." 

 Each lot generally contained one "good stone 

 house," slated or thatched, and sundry " cabbins," 

 which are generally described as being " well 

 fired aad watered." The half of Bally Doolin, in 

 Carbury Barony, is the only place described as 

 " wood." Newland, in Naas Barony, parish of 

 Killisher, possessed an old castle. On the lands of 

 Bally Cargy, Barony of Kilka and Moon, are the 

 ruins of an old fort. At Ardrigh, same Barony, is 

 an " eel weir in which salmon are caught in the 

 season," in the parish of Timahoe. Claine Barony 

 is an old church and castle in the parish of Carrie. 

 Carbury Barony is an " old strong castle of Kinne- 

 fad " out of repair. Various mills, plantations of ash 

 trees, orchards, and gardens are mentioned in other 

 parts of the estate. No, 31. " Whitestown and 

 Boycetown " will be " sold for ready money Eng- 

 lish." Henry Colly of Coonagh, Carbury Barony, 

 is allowed a "yearly chiefry of 5s. and a barrel 

 of oats." And Narraghbegg, Ballinc^rgy, Tallants- 

 town, Rathscaldin, and Ardrigh, Barony of Kilka 

 and Moon, " allowed to John, Earl of Kildare, 

 suit and service at the Mannor Court of Kilka, 

 and a yearly chiefry of 2^. 13s. 8<Z." Who had the 

 benefit of this large estate from 1690 or 1691 up 

 to 1703 ? and for whose benefit was it then sold ? 

 Fbancis Robert Davies. 



Moyglas Mawr. 



