76 Medical Report. [Aug;, l, 
tag; and are of opinion that they will 
prove highly useful to novitiates on the 
instrument for which they are designed. 
The accompaniments are applied with 
tolerable skill, and the combined effect 
is reputable to the science of the com¬ 
poser. 
A First Set of Three Sonatinas for the 
Piano Forte , by W". Sherrington. 4 s. 
Of this little work (judging by the 
present specimen) we are disposed to 
augur favourably. Without meaning to 
imply, that any extraordinary praise is 
due to Mr. Sherrington, we see merit 
enough in this his opening Number, to 
entitle him to the thanks of piano-forte 
beginners; and think that his undertak¬ 
ing will probably prove considerably 
useful. It is no trivial advantage, to 
initiative publications, when their pas¬ 
sages not only lie convenient for the 
juvenile hand, but are so constructed as 
to connect improvement with pleasure, 
and to lead with certainty to that ex¬ 
cellence which all practice ought to 
have for its object. 
u Fa Rosaf a Waltz , with an introduc¬ 
tion for the Piano Porte , by J. L, 
Neilson. 1.?. Qd. 
La Rosa is a tasteful and pleasing 
little composition; and, as here pre¬ 
sented to the public, forms an inviting 
and eligible piano-forte exercise. Mr. 
Neilson’s introductory movement is 
attractive and appropriate, and his 
treatment of this waltz is simple, natu¬ 
ral, and judicious. Meant as a trifle, 
it would claim no further observation, 
were it not one of the most agreeable 
trifles that lias, for some time, come 
under our notice; but we should 
not be just to Mr. N.’s deserts, were 
we to omit to recommend his publica¬ 
tion to the attention of all young prac¬ 
titioners. 
44 O came you o'er the barren moor," com¬ 
posed by Mr. John Whitaker. 2s. 
The melody of 44 O came you o'er 
the barren moor,* 1 is smooth, natural,, 
and expressive. While the words (by 
Mr. C. DIbdin) are creditable to the 
genius of their author; the music is 
characterised by a pleasing chain of 
weil-conceived passages ; and we have 
no doubt of this song’s favourable re¬ 
ception with the lovers of good vocal 
composition. 
THE DRAMA. 
Cgvent Garden.— At this theatre, 
the representation of Henry the Fourth 
has attracted and deserved many 
crowded audiences. The exhibition 
of the Coronation , introduced into this 
play, is of a most splendid description, 
and has afforded the highest satisfac¬ 
tion to the public; but especially to 
those acquainted with the parade and 
costume proper to so grand and dis¬ 
tinguished a ceremony. Nothing that 
could contribute to the characteristic 
magnificence of, such a spectacle, has 
been omitted by the taste and liberality 
of the manager. 
Drury Lane. —Since our last, a 
general meeting of the subscribers to 
this theatre, has taken place, for the 
purpose of receiving the annual state¬ 
ment of accounts, &c. &c., when it ap¬ 
peared that tile debts of the establish ¬ 
ment had been reduced from 92,4001. 
to 39,8001. On the subject of the per¬ 
formances at this house, we have the 
satisfaction to say, that they have pro¬ 
ceeded with all their usual eclat, and 
realized that favourable change for the 
manager which his indefatigable en¬ 
deavours so fully merit. Tile new 
farce of the Spectre Bridegroom , from 
the pen of Mr. Moncrief, has proved 
amusing by the eccentricity of its hu¬ 
mour ; and the return of Mr. Kean 
from America has gratified every ad¬ 
mirer of tragic representation. A co¬ 
medy is under preparation, the object of 
which is, to introduce a fac simile of 
the late inauguration. 
MEDICAL REPORT. 
■Report of Diseases and Casualties occurring in public and private Practice 
of the Physician tuho has the care of the Western District of the City Dispensary. 
C ROTON-oil, Colchicum seeds, Prussic 
acid, Tincture of Lytta, Spirits of 
Turpentine, and Galvanism, are the present 
— 44 tubs for the whale,” says the captious 
sceptic, who is reluctant to recognize any 
solidity or absolute g’ood in medical 
science and practice. 44 While nothing, 
however, (the writer has said in another 
place) is more easy than to be^ceptical, 
nothing, in many cases, is more repre¬ 
hensible and, during the course of the 
past month, he has actually ascertained, by 
his 
