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ane late Can ms Ecclesiasticr, and the Civil 
and. Municipal Statutes, relating to this sub- 
ject; also with Physical and Chemical Notices, 
principally ex'racted from the Writings of 
Vica vp’ Azyi, and Prof. Sc. Prarrowt, of 
Modena ; revised and enlarged by F. Pas- 
cALIs, &c. M w-York, 1823. 8v0.—Accord- 
ing to the anthor, in summer and autumn, 
when Fahrerheit’s thermometer sometimes 
stands at 90°, the filthy, though impercep- 
tible exhalations, that rise from the tombs, 
must contribute greatly to the raging mala- 
dies that often depopulate parts of the city. 
He offers a plan for a general burial-ground, 
or polyandrium ; accompanied with calcu- 
lations, by which the inhabitants of New- 
York have been so forcibly struck, that 
Dr. Pascatts has, already the proud satis- 
faction of seeing a flourishing city adopt his 
idea.—We hope that, ere long, this will not 
be a solitary instance. 
HAITI. 
Official Notices relative to the Negocia- 
tions of the French Government with the 
Haitian, for the basis of a Treaty acknow- 
ledging the Independence of Haiti. Port-au- 
Prince, 1824, 21st of Haitian Independence. 
Sm. 4to.—The documents published by the 
Haitian Government ought to be preserved 
with care, and will furnish instructive mat- 
ter in the history ofan epoch, in which these 
people of another hemisphere have passed 
from slavery to civilization. This is a moral 
and political phenomenon, revolting to our 
prejudices, but consolatory to humanity. 
We still look upon them with interest ; 
lest, hoping too much, we should be 
painfully disappointed. Much must still 
depend upon the talents of a few indivi- 
duals—upon a succession of characters, 
Theatrical Review ; and Music. 
(June I, 
which chance may deny them; but the 
best wishes of every good man will hover 
over-their proceedings. The wisdom of the 
negociations referred to may, perhaps, be 
questioned, and afford ground of congratu- 
lation on a result that has left every thing 
upon its former footing. The right of the 
Haitians to independence, like that of all 
other people, cannot be questioned ; the 
strength by which it can be sustained has 
been proved. ‘The only object of negocia- 
tion, on their part, was a treaty of commerce. 
On any question of indemnities, it was not 
to the tribunals of France that they ought 
to have appealed, but to the arbitration of 
disinterested states. On the part of Haiti, 
the negociations have been conducted with 
honour and upright firmness. 
««In 1814, they would have imposed the absolute 
sovereignty of France—in 1816, they would have been 
content with a constitutional sovereignty—in 1821, 
they only demanded a feudal superiority—in 1823, 
under the negociation of General Boyer, they satisfied 
themselves with the reclamation, as a sine qud non of 
the indemnity before offered. By what return of 
domineering spirit would they induce us, in 1824, to 
submit to an ezterior sovereignty ?—But, on whatever 
side we view this proposition, it appears equally 
injurious, and hostile to our security; and, for this 
reason, we reject it.” 
In the same page, we read this remark-. 
able note :— 
«This is the second embassy we have sent, after ; 
repeated invitations, and it is a second time suddenly ~ 
dismissed because of the alleged insufficiency of 
our agents.—We confess that our agents have never 
been authorized to accept terms diametrically oppo- 
site to those before mutually agreed on. But is it their . 
fault, if, at the moment of final arrangement, the 
French Minister chose to change his mind?” 
THEATRICAL REVIEW; AND MUSIC. 
KING’S THEATRE. 
FBNHE tragic opera of Semiramide was 
revived here on Friday the 20th, with 
great splendour of scenery and decoration, 
and, what is of more importance, with a 
brilliant concentration of vocal and dra- 
matic accomplishment. Madame Pasta, 
Madame Vestris, Signor Remorini, Signor 
Porto, and Signor Garcia, form such an 
assemblage as we are not often favoured 
with—and supported, as they were, by re- 
spectable underlings, well-filled chorusses 
and the customary plenitude of the orches- 
tra, with “all pomp and circumstance to 
boot,” it is no wonder that the house, full 
to excess in every part, where absolute excess 
is not by private privilege precluded, should 
have resounded with frequent plaudits, 
bravos, and encoras. There was also a very 
effective novelty, in the garden scene of the 
first act, a chorus of feet, it might be called— 
a select portion of the corps de ballet which 
accompanied not only the vocal chorus, but 
several of the movements of the voice of 
Semiramide herself, and had a very happy . 
effect. We have often wondered that this 
union of song and dance—this harmonic 
sympathy of the ear and eye—has not 
been appealed to on an extensive scale ; 
and can easily imagine a species of melo- 
drame, yet untried, that should combine 
together the attractions of the opera, the 
ballet, and the pantomime, which could 
not fail to captivate the voluptuous taste . 
of the times. But the chief attraction was 
Madame Pasta herself. With the splen- 
dour of Catalani, in the dazzling career | 
of her first popularity, full in our remem- | 
brance, in this her most favourite cha- 
racter, we may still say, that we never 
were more delighted with Semiramide 
than on the present occasion. The style 
of Madame Pasta is different, indeed, both 
in song and action, from that of her prede- 
cessor ; but, though different, not inferior ; 
and, from its originality, it assumes at least 
anapparent preference. Her voice combines ~ 
in an eminent degree, power and sweet- 
ness, 
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