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I.a Rose*’'^^:^l‘i'vtrtisement Pastore/Ie. Ccm- 
j[>esed and. dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Ca¬ 
rolina Grenvillef by M. P. King^ esq, 'is. 
Mr. King has displayed in this diver- 
tiseinent much of his known taste and 
conceptive ingenuity. Many of the pas¬ 
sages are novel as brilliant, while others 
are remarkably sweet, and form a variety 
of excellence that speaks very highly for 
the professional merit of the composer, 
and that every cultivated ear will listen 
to with a refined gratification. 
&ran Marcha y Rondoy far a Piano-forte, y 
Flauta. Compuesta par D. 'Juan Parr^, en 
honor de la Victoria ganada en las Piedras 
contra el Tirana Elio., for El General .Artigas, 
A Slmen tos dedica con el mayor Respeso. 
R. L. Is, 6d. 
This march is bold and spirited, and 
the rondo, to which it serves as an in¬ 
troduction, is sprightly and novel. We 
are, however, not disposed to acquiesce 
in the strict propriety of its title. It is 
an air, and a very lively and engaging 
one, but wants at least another strain, 
and, consequently, another return to the 
subjectf to constitute a rondo, 
ede on their Majesties' Coronation^ the of 
September^ 1761- Written by Joseph Brown, 
M. D. SlueerCs Head Lane, Islington, when 
he was Sixteen Tears of Age, and printed at 
the first Printing-press erected in Whitehaven. 
The Music composed by William Howgill, esq. 
Organist, Whitehaven, is 6d. 
This loyal effusion of Dr. Brown, at 
so early an age as sixteen, does great 
credit to his poetical pretensions, and 
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proves that, had he cultivated his talents 
vvith a poet’s assiduity, his powers would 
have given him a high station among the 
votaries of the Muses. The music Mr, 
Howgill has applied to Dr. Brown’s word?, 
bears in many instances evident marks 
both of genius and good design. The 
opening with the bells is judicious: the 
air is simple and natural, and the chorus 
is well constructed. 
A Selection from Handel's most celebrated Worh, 
for One, Two, and Three, Voices. Adapted, 
with an Accompaniment, for the Piano-forte, 
by J. Matutoinghi, esq. is. 6d. 
“ Gentle airs, melodious strains,” and 
other superior melodies of Handei, fuiw 
nish the matter of the pages before us, 
and are so arranged and adapted as to be 
wortlij the known taste and judgment of 
the ingenious compiler. 
The Poor Pedlar Girl," a favourite Ballad, 
sung by Mrs-Dibdin, at Sadler's Weils Theatre, 
in the Aquatic Melo-Drama of the Council of 
Ten. Written by C. Dibdin, jun. Composed 
by W. Reeve, esq. li-, 6d. 
“ The poor Pedlar Girl” is a pleasing 
trifle; adapted to the situation it hohfg 
in the scale of melo-dramatic composi¬ 
tion, and bespeaks a perfect knowledge 
of what was wanting, and of wliat would 
have been superfluously good. 
Air Grotesque for the Pianoforte. Composed hj 
J. Ma'al.toingh:, esq, 35. 6d. 
The ettecr of tliis air, as intended to 
be performed, is brilliant and striking, 
and will not fail to please those who ars 
partial to elegant eccentricities. 
Proceedings of Learned Societieso 
PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC SOCIETIES. 
THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 
LONDON. 
Observallotis on some of the Strata in the 
Neighbourhood of Lortdon, and on the 
Fossil Remains contabted in them; by 
James Parkinsom, Esq. 
whole of this island displays evi- 
JL dent marks of its stratification ha¬ 
ving, since its completion, suflered consi¬ 
derable disturbance from some prodigious 
and mysterious power. By this power 
all the knovvn strata, to llie greatest' 
depths that have been explored, have 
been more or less broken and displaced; 
and in some parts have been so lifted, 
that some of the lowest of these have 
been raised to the surface; whilst por¬ 
tions of others, to a very considerable 
depth and extent, have been entirely car¬ 
ried away. From lliese cicoumstances 
great ditificulties and confusion frequenily 
arise in examining the superior strata t 
the comities iiowever immediately sur¬ 
rounding the metropolis, as well ns that 
on which it stands, having, suffered lea.st 
disturbance, are those in which an inves¬ 
tigation of these strata may be carried on 
with the smallest chance of mistake. 
Heal alluvial Ibssiis, wasiiied out ot 
lifted or original superior strata by strong 
currents, and wliich in other parts are 
very abundant, are rarely seen m the 
counties adjacent to the metropolis. 
This remark is rendered necessary, since 
those Widely extended bed.s of sand and 
gravel, with sandy day, sometimes inter¬ 
mixed and sometimes interposed, and 
which have been generally hitherto con¬ 
sidered as alluvial beds, are iiere assumed 
to be the last or newest strata of tins 
island, slowly deoosited bv a pie-existeuc 
4 . ocean ? 
