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timber the urgent wants of the French 
navy, rendered ftill more prefling by the 
alarming extent of their recent lofles by — 
fea. The three points principally infifted 
on in the report for the reparation of the 
damages already fuftained and the vre- 
vention of new ones are: In the firft place, — 
the effectual fencing of the forefts, and 
the eftablifhment of a few veterans in their 
 precinéts as infpectors and guards. Se- 
_ condly, the vigorous execution of the de- 
crees tor the planting the fides of the high 
roads, and of thofe ancient laws which 
prohibit the ufe of oak timber in the con- 
Atruétion of pofts and railings. Thirdly, 
the encouragement to be given to the fub- 
ftitution of coal to wood for fuel. 
Thole members of the Inftitute who 
were charged with the office of preparing 
replies to a variety of queries propofed by 
the fociety of Rouen, relative to the arts 
and manutactures carried on there, have 
already delivered in to the committee of 
papers, the following. memoirs: ‘* On 
the culture.of Tobacco,’” by Dupuy: 
“(Qn works in Straw,’’ by Lenormand : 
<* On Tanning and drefling leather,’ by 
Review of New Mujfical Publications. 
461 
Quefné, ‘On linen and woollen cloth,” 
by Gervas, Parie, and Pouchet. 
A difcovery of fome importance to bo~ 
tanifts and gardeners has been made by 
ANTOINE-NICHOLAS DUCHESNE, Pro- 
feflor of natural hiftory at Verfailles. 
Linnzus, Tournefort, and botanifis in ge- 
neral, have ranked the afparagus among 
the hermaphrodite plants; Profeffor 
Ducuesne, however, from an accurate 
examination of the various plantations of 
this vegetable in the neighbourhood of 
Paris, has found it to be in faét dizcious, 
thote individuais which bear berries hav- 
ing abortive ftamina, and thofe which 
have perfect ftamina being deftitute of 
piftilla, or at leaft having only abortive 
ones, He has obferved that the male 
plants. throw up a far greater quantity of 
fhoots than the females, though not quite 
equal to them in fize: in the formation, 
therefore, of afparagus beds, he propotes 
that the male plants alone fhould be fe- 
le&ed, which may be eafily done, by not 
moving the plants into the beds where 
they are to continue, till they have flow- 
ered once in the feed-bed. 
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REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PURLICATIONS. 
T. HE Mouth of the Nile, a Mufical Entertain- 
ment, compofed ty "I. Atwood. 6s. 
Goulding, Phipps, and D Almaine. 
‘© The Mouth of the Nile’ comprifes 
an overture and fx airs, in moft of which 
we difcover much of the livelinels of 
fancy and charatteriftic propriety gene- 
rally predominant in Mr. Atwood’s com- 
pofitions. The overture is profeffedly 
adapted for the harp or piano-forte: and 
its fecond movement, which confilts of a 
pretty theme in 2-4 allegretto, with va- 
Tiations, forms an improving exercife for 
practitioners on either of thofe inftru- 
ments. ‘¢ The Proclamation,”’ fung by. 
Mr.Simmonds, and which opens the piece, 
is conceived with admirable fimplicity ; 
and, ** When the world firft began,” 
fung byMr. Townfend, is perfeStly adapted 
to the flyle of the words. ‘Ah think 
when hottile fleets prepare,’ fung by Mr. 
Incledon, po#efles much imagination and 
judgment; and the accompaniment is par- 
ticularly expreffive and mafterly, and dif- 
plays much familiarity with ftage effe&. 
“I’m as fmart a lad as you’d with to 
Hee,” funz by Mifs Simms, is a remark- 
ably pleating little melody, and gives to 
the words a moft engaging animation. 
The fucceeding duett, fung by Mr. Faw- 
cet and Mifs Simms, is pleafingly ima- 
gined ; and, ‘*In the. midft of the fea,’ 
“MONTHLY Mag. Na, XXxIx, 
fung by Mr. Fawcett, and * Now liften, 
my honeys’”’ fung by Mr. Dibdin, jun. 
the laft of which concludes the piece, are 
pleafant airs in their kind, and full of 
character. ‘Che words of the ** Mouth 
of the Nile,’ are the produétion of Mr. 
T. Dibdin, and_evince confderable ta- 
lent in this fpecies of writing. The hu- 
mour, wherever the author with a patri- 
otic contempt of fa&t, has given full {cope 
to his imagination, is at once ftrong and 
pointed. 
Tbe Grand March of the Hampflead Loyal Affe- 
ciation, as performed by the Duke of York's 
band, compofed, and dedicated to Fofab Bsy- 
dell, Commandant of the Corps, by TV. Effex. 
~ ¥Ss Longman and Clementie 
This march, though /cored with great 
addrefs, and ably adapted for the piano- 
forte, is not altogether conceived with 
that martial fpirit which we have noticed 
in fimilar produCtions from the fame au- 
thor: neither is it deftitute of ftrength 
and boldnefs, fince feveral of the paflages 
poffefs much force and animation of effect. 
Britifh Valour, a March, and the Soldiers Foy, - 
a Quick Step, compofed for Ne. II, aud III. 2f 
the Military Magazine, By Mr. Bulby. 
When pericdical publications have for. 
their object ufeful and /ea/onable informa- 
tdon, it eannot bur afford us peculiar - 
coe, a pleature 
