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dices of his art ; to labour to distinguish his productions by that 

 pure and permanent expression, which may be felt in every age ; 

 and to disdain to borrow a transitory fame by yielding to the 

 temporary caprices of his time :" for " the fame of the artist must 

 altogether depend upon the permanence of the expression which 

 he can communicate to his work ; and the only expression which 

 is thus permanent, and which can awaken the admiration of 

 every succeeding age, is that which arises from the nature of form 

 itself, and which is founded upon the uniform constitution of 

 Man and of Nature*," Such views sliould also be his guide in 

 coloming ; for fashions may vary, and the manners and habits of 

 nations may change ; but the principles of colouring will always 

 be the same ; — they are founded in the " constitution of Man and 

 of Nature," and may, at any time, be elicited by tiie unbiassed 

 powers of reason. 



LXVI. A further Account of tlie Exhibition and Harmonic 

 Effects of' t lie Rev. Mr. Liston's large EoharmonicOrgan 

 with Compound Stops. By A Correspondent. 



To Mr. TiUoch. 



Sir, - — x\t the time I drew up in great haste, towards the end 

 of last month, a few particulars, which you have done nie a great 

 favour in so promptly inserting at p. 213 of your last Number f, 

 as to Mr. Liston's novel and grand Organ then exhibiting, I 

 Mas unaware that Professors and Amateurs would so suddenly be 

 deprived of the high gratification they were increasingly re- 

 ceiving, in flocking to try and hear it, by the necessity which 

 has occurred, sooner than was expected, of taking to pieces and 

 packing up this Instrument, to send it on board the Castlereagh, 

 Capt. Younghusband, who is to convey it to Calcutta, with Mr. 

 John Alsager, a very intelligent young Organist, who had been 

 selected by the congregation of Presbyterians or Scotch Church 

 at Calcutta, to superintend Messrs. Flight and Robson's opera- 

 tions in building this Organ, and Mr. Liston's in tuning it ; in 

 which latter, and essential operation, Mr. A. has perfected him- 

 self, as well as become expert in the use of the pedals, and who 

 from the z^ai and abilities he manifests, is likely to do great 

 credit to the disjernment of the parties in selecting him. 



So here, contrary to all which might have been anticipated, 

 from the rooted aversion still shown by the Scotch Congregations, 



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