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« And art thow- then; celestial spirit, 
flown?” an Elegy (written by a young 
lady) on the much. lamented death of the 
Princess Charlotte of Wales, composed 
by R.W. Evans. 2s. 
The piety expressed in the words, 
and: the expression intended in the 
music, of this elezy, ave recommenda- 
tions that will not be overlooked by the 
admirers of the character to whose 
memory the composition is dedicated. 
The sentiments of the poctry have evi- 
dently been felt by the composer; and, 
a few lapses in the accent excepted, 
we find the composition worthy of our 
favourable report. 
“Le Carnival de Venise,’ a favourite Air. 
arranged as a Rondo jor the Piano 
Forte, by Augustus Voight. 2s, 6d. 
Mr. Voight has prefaced this pleas- 
ine composition with a very agreeable 
and appropriate introduction. The 
rondo itself is novel and striking in its 
subject, and worked into a piano forte 
exercise, with considerable address. It 
certainly my be practised with much 
advantage to the juvenile finger, and 
cannot be heard but with pleasure. 
That elegant and expressive instru- 
ment, the piano forte, from the period 
of its invention to the present time, 
has been in a constant progress towards 
perfection, but its present high state of 
excellence, owes more, perhaps, to the 
spirit and liberality of the house of 
Clementi, Collard and Co. than to any 
other source. The recent improvement 
this distinguished firm has produced, 
is derived from what they term the 
Bridge of Reverberation. The advan- 
tage of this brédge is, to give the strings 
the effect of being fixed, like those of a 
harp, to the sound-board itself, instead 
of their being checked by their im- 
mediate aitachment to a solid sub- 
stance. By this contrivance, not only 
amore rich and equal flow of vibration 
is produced, but the whistling is ob- 
viated of the large steel strings so com- 
mon in grand piano fortes. This bridge 
also converts those portions of the 
strings lying beyond the original 
bridge, to the. augmentation of the tone 
produced from the main body of the 
instrument, by the Harmonic Swell. Ut 
is but doing justice to distinguished in- 
Medical Report. 
[Feb. 1, 
genuity, to inform our readers, that 
this novel and important improvement 
of the piano forte, was devised and ex- 
ecuted by F. W. Collard. 
DRAMA. 
CovenT GARDEN.—The preceding 
‘month has been auspicious to the inter- 
est of the Covent Garden managers. 
The “vile, Young’s Hamlet, the ex- 
ertions of Listou and Miss Stephens in 
the Comedy of Errors, Miss Hallande’s 
Macheath and Miss Stephens’s Polly, 
over and above all the magie attractions 
of Harlequin and the long renowned 
Mother Bunch, have drawn numerous 
and brilliant audiences. This panto- 
mime is, perhaps, as neat in its changes. 
and asstriking in its scenery, as any 
that has appeared at either house for 
many years. The borders of the sandy 
desert, the castle of polished steel, and 
the domestic representation of Black 
Heath, are particularly imposing, and 
perfectly worthy of entertaining other 
connoisseurs than those of from three to 
four feet high. 
Drury LANeE.—The talents and in- 
defatigable industry of the lessee of 
this theatre, continues to support its re- 
spectability, in spite of the partial 
failure of Giovanni in Ireland (the in- 
tended substitute for a Christmas pan- 
tomime) to make powerful stand against 
the high-strained efforts of the rival 
house. To the rich and spirited acting 
of Ellis‘on and Munden in Secrets 
worth Knowing, and Kean’s truth and 
energy in Richard, Macbeth, Othello 
and Lear, have been added the interest 
of a new original play, in thiee acts, 
called The Pirate, founded on the no- 
vel of that name by Sir Walter Scott. 
Considering the difficulty of compress- 
ing the materials of three volumes into 
as many acts, and the hurry in which 
this piece was prepared for representa- 
tion, we ought, perhaps, to wonder that 
Mr. Dimond, the editor, and that 
Messrs. Rooke, Cook and Wilson, the 
musical composers, acquitted them- 
selves so reputably; and that some of 
the scenes, especially those of the Ex- 
terior of a Castle, the Cabin of the 
Pirate’s Ship, aud the Sea View, are so 
well conceived. 
MEDICAL REPORT. 
REPORT of DISEASES and CASUALTIES occurring in public and private Praetice 
of the Physician who has the care of the Western District of the City Dispensary. 
HYSIOLOGICAL facts, when obviously 
and immediately tending to practical 
good, cannot be too highly appreciated. Of 
this nature, and therefore deserving of every 
encomium, is the discovery recently made by 
M. Magendie respecting the power of mo- 
derate 
