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jseveral otlier public Institutions of less new energies on the press and genius of 

 note. Tiie Military School lor Mutual Portugal ; and the publications, within 

 Instruction, to whicii are admitted the the two last years, have been trebled, 

 children of citizens, bad 2518 scholars besides the increase of journals and 



in 1818, and this number has much in- 

 creased since. The Royal Academy 

 of Sciences at Lisbon has publisiied, 

 annually, memoirs not less learned 

 tlian useful, on every branch of human 

 knowledge. The Portuguese have 

 lately formed several literary Societies, 

 among which arc. The Patriotic Lite- 



newspapers. 



UNITED STATES. 



A work will soon be published by 

 Mr. John D. Huntkr, of New-York, 

 nnder the title of 'Manners and Cus- 

 toms of several Indian Tribes located 

 west of the Mississippi ; including some 

 Account of the Soil, Climate, and 



rary Society, and the Society of Encou- Vegetable Productions, and the Indian 



mgement, at Lisbon. The annual Materia Medica ; with the History of 



average of books printed in Portugal, the Author's Life during a residence 



between 1805 and 1819, amounts to of fourteen or fifteen years among 



ninety-four. But liberty has conferred them.' 



NEW MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. 



Haydn's Celebrated SympJwnies, con- 

 tinued from those performed at Solo- 

 mon's Concerts. Adapted for the 

 Piano-Forte, by S, F. RimhauU. bs. 



THE present symphony (No. 16,) 

 is accompanied with parts for a 

 tlute, violin, and violoncello ; and 

 forms, in the shape it is here presented 

 tothepublic, as pleasing an exercise for 

 the instrument to which it is adapted by 

 the taste and ingcmiity of Mr. Rim- 

 bault, as any thai, for a considerable 

 time, has passed the press. It consists 

 of four movements,— an Adagio, in 

 common-time, of four crotchets ; a 

 Vivace, in triple time, of three crotch- 

 ets ; a romance, (allegretto,) in com- 

 mon-time, of four crotchets ; and 

 a minuet, (allegrelto.) These move- 

 ments the judgment of Haydn, in aid 

 of his genius, has disposed in so ef- 

 fective and felicitous an ordci% as to im- 

 part to each a new and added worth. 

 As more depends on what may be 

 called the seriutim of the difl'ereut 

 portions of a composition than most 

 masters are aware of, so no composer 

 was ever better acquainted with the 

 valuable secret of securing this advan- 

 tage, tlian was Haydn. His move- 

 ments, sweet, novel, and surprizing, in 

 themselves, always derive some exter- 

 nal advantage from their relative dis- 

 position, an<l serve to throw an ad- 

 junctive light on the comprehensive 

 powers of his conception. To say 

 that, in the (iresent piece, we find this 

 ample display of the various powers 

 of the greatest composer of modern 

 times, is to give it a commendation 

 that will not fail to recommend \i to 



the attention of piano-forte practi- 

 tioners. 



Ode to Spring, a Pastoral Glee. Com- 

 posed by Mr. Samuel IVebbe. 2s. 6d. 

 This publication, the words of which 

 are by Mr. 11. Good, of St. John's 

 College, Cambridge, comprizes four 

 movements, which, by their diversity 

 of style and character, throw over the 

 general cilect an animation and an 

 interest, which cannot but give it con- 

 siderable currency among the ad- 

 mirers of part-s'mging. Not limiting 

 himself to the variety of trio and duett, 

 Mr. Webbe has so mingled the lights 

 and shades of his composition, as to 

 produce that relief which forms one of 

 the most attractive features of this spe- 

 cies of musical production ; and which, 

 in g'ee-comijosition, whether serious 

 or comic, we should be glad to see 

 more generally attended to. The 

 piece before us assumes to be pasto- 

 ral; but, we scarcely think it suffi- 

 ciently simple in its east to come fairly 

 under that description. It, however, 

 possesses considerai)le merit of its own 

 kind, and has no slight title to the po- 

 pularity we wish it. 



Number I. of Popular Airs; arranged 

 with Variations for the Piano-Forte, 

 with an Accompaniment for the Flute, 

 by J. Ross, esq. 'is. 

 If the present specimen of this pub- 

 lication may be received as an 

 earnest of the merit and value of the 

 future numbers, it will prove useful to 

 the jjublic, and honourable to the 

 talents of tliC projector. The subject 

 of the number botore us is the popular 

 melody of " We're a nodilin," which 



Mr. 



