1 823.] 
a discovery and preparation of a mucilage, 
or slackening matter, to be used in painting 
or colouring linen, woollen, and cotton, 
_ cloths, and silks, in cases in which gums, 
mucilages, and other thickening matters, 
are now employed. Communicated to 
him by a certain foreigner residing 
abroad. 
William Caslon, the younger, of Burton- 
crescent, proprietor of gas- works ; for cer- 
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tain improvements in the construction of 
gasome ters. 
Edward Eyre, of Sheffield, fender-manu- 
facturer; for an improvement in the mann- 
facture of fenders, of brass, iron, or steel. 
Jacob Perkins, of Fleet-street, engineer; 
for improvements in the mode of heating, 
boiling, or evaporating, by steam, of fluide, 
in pans, boilers, or other vessels. 
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The celebrated Medley Overture to the Siege 
of Rochelle ; in which are introduced the 
popular Airs of “‘ Hearts of Oak,” “ Lira, 
Lira,” Se. Composed, selected, and ar- 
ranged for the Piano-Forte, by W. P. R. 
Cope. 2s, 6d. 
NHIS publication (occupying seven 
’ pages) comprises no fewer than 
five different movements ; and, for the 
greater diversity of these, some are in the 
major, and others in the minor, key. 
The piece is obviously intended more 
for the use of young practitioners, whose 
power of execution it is calculated to 
promote, than for the gratification of 
more advanced performers and critical 
amateurs, whose taste, nevertheless, it is 
far from being unqualified to suit. The 
passages of the original matter, speak- 
ing generally, are of a cast denoting that 
respectable degree of talent which we 
have so often acknowledged in Mr. 
Cope; and, the style in which ho has 
given the adopted airs, is creditable to 
his judgment. As a practice for the 
instrument for which it is intended, this 
production forms a desirable addition to 
the juvenile student's collection ; and, as 
an amusement, or divertissement, for 
more cultivated ears, will by no means 
rove unacceptable. 
he Words and Music of a Select Portion of 
Psalms and Hymns, used in Portland 
Chapel. 2s, 
These melodics, some of which are 
harmonized for two, some for three, and 
others for four, voices, are selected with 
a tolerable degree of judgment. They 
are all, indeed, less or more popular ; 
and, independently of the particular use 
for which their assemblage was de- 
signed, they will not fail to form an ac- 
ceptable acquisition to libraries of sa- 
cred music. Among those of them with 
which we are superiorly pleased, are 
the melodies of “O 'Thou to whom all 
creatures bow,” by Haydn; “'To bless 
thy chosen race,” by Millgrove; “ Ye 
boundless realms of joy,” by Dr. Miller ; 
“Glory to thee,” by Vallis; and “Jesus 
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Christ is risen to-day,” and “The Lord 
my pasture shall prepare,” both here 
said to be by Carey, but the first of 
which emanated from the fertile mind of 
the late Dr. Worgan. 
Number II. of Monro’s Gleaner, or Select 
Flute Miscellany. 2s. 6d. 
The present number of this little work 
consists, like the first, of airs, duetts, and 
trios ; and, to the credit of Mr. Monro, 
the selector, they are judiciously chosen. 
Many of them are great and deserving 
favourites with the public, and the 
greater portion are not less eligible exer- 
ciscs for the young flautist than if they 
had been composed expressly for his 
practice and improvement. ‘The move- 
ments are from various masters and ya- 
rious countries; and, while some are 
given as solos, others are arranged as 
duetts. On the whole, the, Gleaner 
demands our approbation, and we ae-. 
company that approbation with our 
wishes for its encouragement and 
success. | 
Rousscau’s Dream, an admired French Air ; 
arranged, with Familiar Variations, for 
the Piano-Forte or Harp, by S. Poole. 23, 
This air, as pleasing as it is simple in 
its style and construction, was well 
suited to the purpose to which Mr. 
Poole’s ingenuity~bas turned: it.» The 
four variations of which he has made it 
the foundation, are conceived with taste; 
and, in regard of execution, form that 
climax which is beth natural and agrec-) 
able. In the adjustment of his passages, 
Mr. Poole appears to have every-where 
consulted the convenience of the juve- 
nile hand, as well as the disposition of 
the young and undisciplined ear, whieh, 
like the infant palate, prefers that un- 
spiced sugary sweetness, rejected by 
experience and maturer taste, as insipid 
and unsatisfactory. The whole is re- 
commended by a smooth, easy, airiness 
of manner; and, to those ears which 
have not been rendered fastidious by 
age, or high-wrought cultivation, will, 
we 
