J 824.1 New Music and tke Drama. 



Tlic Comet, which became visible in 

 tilts country a few days after Christmas- 

 day last, passed its pcriheliou, or nearest 

 I>oint to the sun, about the 22d of De- 

 cember; iu tiie thirteen days tiiat fol- 

 lowed, to the 4th of January, its appa- 

 rent motion amongst the fixed stPrs was 

 at tiie averatfe daily rale of 1° 31'; 

 tJience to tiic 12lh, its motion averaged 

 1° 58' ; and so raj/id was the further 

 increase of its speed, that between the 

 inorniflg of the 12tb and tiie evening of 

 the 23d of January, its apparent motion 

 was2«36' per day, and the real daily 

 motion in its orbit, as viewed from the 

 sun, 112 minutes per day, being nearly 

 double the velocity with which the 

 earth revolves round the sun, altiiough 

 this latter amounts to nearly one million 

 and a half of miles daily ! Its apparent 

 course is amongst the stars which sur- 

 round the North Pole. M.Schumacher, 

 M. Mossotti, and several other astrono- 

 mers, are engaged in calculations which 



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will enable us, in a future Number, to 

 record the chief elements of this comet's 

 motion. 



Steam Navigation in the East Indies, 

 The Diana steam-boat, buiit in Mr, 

 Kyd's yard at Kiddcrpore, near Cal- 

 cutta, was launched on tiie 12th of July 

 last, and on the same day made, on the 

 majestic Ganges, the first trip ever per- 

 formed in India by the aid of steam, 

 between Calcntlaand Chinsurah; which 

 she successfully and most pleasantly 

 performed in six hours and a half. Col. 

 Krefting, the governor of Serampore, 

 and suite, were amongst the highly- 

 respectable company on-hoard. 



Coal 171 Syria. — A stratum of coal, of 

 considerable thickness, has been disco- 

 vered in Syria, a few miles inland from 

 the coast, and a pit or mine has been 

 opened, from whence the Pacha of 

 Egypt is preparing to draw supplies for 

 the steam-boats which he is intending 

 to employ on the Nile and its branches. 



NEW MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. 



Moimfs Celebrated Grand Symphony, 



adapted for the Piano-Forte, with Accom- 



' paniinenls fur a Flute, Vinlin, and I'ivlon- 



' cello, (ad liliifum,) by S. F. RimLuuU. 6s. 



TO do justice to this composition, 

 (one of Mozart's most capital pro- 

 <iuctii)ns) as an adaptation for the piano- 

 forte, required no ordinary degree of 

 discernment and address. To render 

 the cflect as striking as the character 

 and powers of a single instrument 

 would i)ernHt, and preserve as much of 

 liieoriginal design of the author as such 

 an arrangement allowed to be practica- 

 Ide, demanded not only a thorough in- 

 sight into the nature of bis plan, and a 

 conception capable of following its ex- 

 tent, but a readiness of management not 

 possessed by every master who nnder- 

 takes a similar task. It is after a very 

 i^lose and vigilant inspection of this 

 modified edition of Mozart's Grand Sym- 

 phony in G minor, that we pronounce it 

 to Ije judiciously and tasteiuUy exe- 

 cuted ; and that, while we express our 

 apjirobation of the performance, simply 

 as regarding its beauty and fitness as a 

 ^•iano-lbrle piece, we consider the stylo 

 of the ac'companying arrangements as 

 evincing an intimate accjuaintancc with 

 the qualities and provinces of the several 

 instruments introduced, and as declara- 

 tory of ]Mr. Pimbault's entire compc- 

 tnn(;(! for the no easy task with which his 

 talents, taste, and ex|icricnce, have Lad 

 to cope. 

 Monthly Mag. No. 303. 



Overture to the Opera of Olello ; arranged at 

 a Duett for two Violins. Composed by 

 Rossini. 2s. 



This publication, viewed as what it 

 simply is, an exercise for violin practi- 

 tioners, may claim our favourable no- 

 tice. All that, with such slender means, 

 could reasonably be expected to be 

 achieved, has here been eSTccted. The 

 two parts are well worked into each 

 other, and exiiibit frequent instances of 

 ingenuity and contrivance. Wherever 

 either the first or second violin could 

 produce double notes, they are uniformly 

 given; and, although, less or more, the 

 absence of a bass is constantly felt, the 

 hainiony is so judiciously supplied, and 

 a certain fulness of effect ^o regularly 

 and successfully attended to, that the 

 ear must be very fastidious that will not 

 listen to the performance of this duett 

 with at least a degree of comiilaeence, 

 if not with the highest gratitication. 

 Favourite Airs selected from Rossitd's cele- 

 brated Opera La Donna del iMgo ; m'- 

 ranged us a Divcrtimcnti for the Piano- 

 Forte, by John Purlcis, 3s. 

 The airs selected for the publication 

 now under our eye, are " Vieni O 

 Stella," " Zaci, lo voglio," " Scendi nel 

 piceol legno," and " La mia s[>ada." 

 Mr. Purkis (one of the gentlemen, wc 

 believe, whose talents contribute to the 

 gratification of the fie((uentcrs of Messrs. 

 Plight and llobson's Apollonic per- 

 formances) lia.s not only succcssnilly,but 



