1S16,] Pi-ogress ft/ (he British Legislation in iniC. 247 



the coiTiposition is lolera)>ly free from air which couslitiilcs Ihc theme and 



thuse repulsive abstriiscnesses by which burden of the production, and the va- 



that author's music is too olten dcteri- riations are relcvaiit and natural. Th« 



orated; and the arranijemeiit (compre- aecouipauimeut is chaste, jet tasteful, 



liendiug parts for two violijis, a tenor, a To produce so Rood a general effect, 



vioioucelio, and the piano-forte,) is con- required more than a mediocrity of 



tUicted with a dejjrce of taste and skill talent. 



that docs justice to the claims of such 



a master as that ingenious and sciejilitic Messrs. Flight and RoESOV, in St, 



German, and cannot fail to recommend Martin's Lane, are building a very grand 



the undertaking. organ to go to Calcutta, for a bajitist 



" O Cold uas the Climate ;" a facorite Bat- <'.'"*P£l thtjc; we believe, on the plan of 



lad, sunt; by Mr. Pjjne at the Tluntre 

 Royal Drnry-JLane, and at the Bath 

 Concirts. Is. 6d. 

 Mr. Munro has produced in this Jiltle 



the Rf'v. Henry Liston, as explained in 

 hiti valuable " Essay on perfect Intona- 

 tion ;" from the heariug of which instru- 

 ment, wJicn finished, the amateurs of 



ballad, an attractive specimen of his correct and perfect harmony promisa 



powers in vocal composition. 'J'he themselves a great treat, 



ideas arc appropriate, connected, and The conjpass and extent of this 



graceful; while the general result dc- organ will admit, for the iirst time, th» 



monstrates taste and judgment. practical decision of tlie hitherto con- 



EUzn, an vdvodudinn and air, with rnria- ^"""^^^"^ question, as to whether perfect 



tions for the Piano-forte, tmth an ttccom- 

 payiimi^t (ad lib.) for (lie Flute, orpaUnt- 

 keyed Arinonica. Composed, and dedi- 

 cated to Thomas Ahager, esq., by T. 

 Hunter. 4s. 

 AVe find considerable merit in this 



inteivals, that is, wltJumt temperament, 

 either between the notes or the pipes, 

 on ccnnpmmd tops, (as the cornet and 

 sesquialtera) will be pleasing to thi* 

 ear, or otherwise? And in what de- 

 grees, compared with the ravisiiiujj 



]»iece. The introductory movement is sensations excited in a good car, bj 

 eouccived with a due relation to the perfect harmony on simple stops. 



BRITISH LEGISLATION. 



ACTS I'ASSED in the 5Gth YKAU of the KKIGN of GEORGE THE THIRD, Or 111 tht 

 lOURTH SESSION of tlie FIFTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. 



CAP. LIII. To amend mid revder 

 more effectual three st^'tTal Acts 

 passed hi the fm-ty-eighth, forty-vinth, 

 <ind fifty-scccmd Years uf his present Ma- 

 jesty, fur enabling the Commissioners for 

 the iieduction of' the National Debt to 

 grant Life Amiuilics. — Jutie 20. 



Coraniissicmers may accept long anmii- 

 ties instead of 31. per cents, as the conside- 

 ration of life annuities. 



Cap. LiV. For raisittff- the Sum of 

 Thirteen Milliotis hy Exchequer Hills, 

 for the Service of (jreut Britain, for the 

 Year 181G.— June 20. 



Exclief|iUT Bills may be taken in pay- 

 ment of the revenue, after April 5, JtlJ?. — 

 Baidt may advance y,OO(),()O0l. 



Cap. LV. To amend an Act of the 

 Parliament of Ireland, in the fortieth 

 Y/tar of his present Majesty's Iieip;n, for 

 grantiiiu- the Sum (f five hundred thou- 

 taiul Pounds, fitr promoting- Inland 

 Narioalion, and for other Pnrptises 

 therein mentioned; and to enlarge the 

 J'oKtrt vested in the Directors of nil 



Worhs relating to Inland Navigation in 

 Ireland. — June 20. 



Cap. \j\\. To repeal the several 

 Stamp Duties in Ireland, and also sereral 

 A cts for the Colkct'on anil Mauogeinent 

 of the sai4 Duties, and to grant new 

 Slaii.p Duties in lien thei-eof; and t» 

 viuke more effectual Herniations fur col- 

 lecting and managing the said Duties. — 

 June 30. 



Cap, LVII. To grant certain Rateg, 

 Dudes, and Ta.res, in Ireland, in respect 

 of Fire-hearths, Windmus, 3Iale Ser- 

 vants, Horses, Carriages, and Doj^s, in 

 lieu offoriuer Rates, Duties, ciul Taj:es ; 

 and to provide fur the more effectual Citl- 

 leclion of the said Rates, Duties, and 

 Tu.res. — June 20. 



Cap. LV^Jll. To repeal an Act made 

 in the fifty-first Year of his presLVt Ma- 

 jesty, for alliiieiug the Manifcclure and 

 L se of a Liquor prepared from Sngar 

 fur colouring Porter.— i un(' 20. 



Fritni and' after Ihc 5ih nf Jnly, 1817, 

 n^ brewer; w dealer, or rtlailsr, of beer, 



shall 



