230 Etiharmonic Organ at Calcutta. — Cicero de Republica, 



•which its productions have been hitherto exhibited to the pubHc, 

 rendered it absolutely necessary that some means of doing better 

 justice to the talents of the country, and of cultivating a more 

 intimate connexion between the patrons of this fine art and its 

 professors, should be devised. 



A great portion of the time of British engravers has, of late 

 years, been applied to the illustration of literature ; but the most 

 exquisite performances in this way are scarcely produced before 

 thev are locked up in the cabinets of the curious, never to be 

 looked on but by a choson few. The best proofs of works on a 

 larger scale, meet with no better fate. These facts apply, in a 

 greater or less degree, to every style of engraving ; so that en- 

 gravers themselves are, in many instances, unacquainted with what 

 is passing out of their own departments. Such an institution as 

 the present was therefore much to be desired ; and we are happy 

 toadd that the plan has met with the highest encouragement from 

 those of the nobility and gentry who are most conversant with 

 the fine arts. 



EUHARMONIC ORGAN AT CALCUTTA. 



The friends of harmonic improvements will regret to leam, 

 that the liberal views and intentions of the Elders and Congre- 

 gation of the Scotch Church at Calcutta, which induced them 

 to purchase one of Mr. Liston's improved Organs, and to take 

 out Mr. John yllsager as their Organist *, are likely to be frus- 

 trated bv the sudden death of that gentleman, from a stroke of 

 apoplexy, which occasioned him to fall lifeless from his seat, while 

 performing before the congregation ! This melancholy event hap- 

 pened many months ago, and we regret to mention a report, 

 which we hope will prove untrue, viz. that the elders, despairing 

 of the opportunity of quickly supplying Mr. Alsager's place, had 

 employed some organ-builder who is resident there, to cut down 

 this fine and uvique Instrument into a common organ, having 

 only 12 sounds in its several octaves. 



CICERO DE REPUBLICA. 



After being bi.ried for ages in obscurity, a copy of this tract, 

 so long sought for in vain, has been found by M. Maio in the 

 library of the Vatican. 



VETERINARY ART. 



The following recipe is given in an American paper, as an ef- 

 fectual cure for a horse having a film, as it is called, over his 

 eyes. 



" Take a little clean hog's lard on the end of your finger, rub 

 it well in the quadruped's eye, once a day, for three or four days 

 in succession, and the film will be removed effectually." 

 • See our 49th Volume, p. 266, and vol. 53, p. 395. 



