1803.4 
tmefidation. Themelody wants character, 
and the bafs is for the moft part very awk- 
ward and inartificial. We wifh not, how- 
ever, to difcourage Mr. James Nicholfon 
from other attempts of this kind; it is by 
mo means deftitute of merit, nor is the 
effeé&t wholly without intereft and the pro- 
mile of future excellence. 
Sixty of the moft admired Welfb Airs, colleGted 
principally during an excurfion into Wales by 
the Rev. W. Bingley, 4. B. Gc. The Bafes 
and Variations arranged for the Piano-forte, 
by W. Ruffell, jun. Organift of the Foundling- 
Lojpital. 10s. 6d. 
‘Thefe Airs do much credit te Mr. 
Bingley’s tafte in mufical feleétion. Moft 
of them, we believe, will be found per- 
fe&tly new to many of the lovers of the 
Welth melody. They are all fufficient- 
_ ly marked with nationality of character to 
induce our faith in their being genuine; 
and Mr, Ruffell, by his judicious baffles 
and ingenious variations, has qualified 
them as well for the piano-forte pra¢ti- 
tioner, as the vocal amateur. ‘Toe airs 
are:more than fixty in number, to which 
Mr, Ruffell has prefixed, in a feparate 
page, both the Welfh and Englifh titles ; 
and has, ina few prefatory lines, ftated 
the care with which the fele&tion has been 
formed, and the reafons which induced 
him tocourt Mr. Ruffell’s affiitance. Mr. 
Bingley’s care in the one inftance, and 
judgment in the other, are well evinced by 
the interefting pages of the work. 
8¢ I! Sofpire,” with Variations for the Piano- 
Sorte, compofed and dedicated to Mifs Blan- 
chard, by F. H. Bartheleman. 25. 6d. 
Thefe variations are written with all 
the tafte and contrivance to be expefted 
from fo able and experienced a matter as 
Mr. Bartheleman. They are twelve in 
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number, and not only rife gradually in 
point of difficulty, but diftribute the exe- 
cution equally between the true bounds. 
A violin accompaniment, taking up the 
tema, is oaceafionally introduced, and 
greatly heightens the general effect. 
6 The Brave Recruit,” Sung by Mr. Dignum, 
at Vauxball-gardens. Campofed by W. P. Re 
Cope. 15. ely? 
Mr. Cope has acquitted himfelf in 
The Brave Recruit,’ with fpirit and 
judgment. The {fubject_is remarkably 
appropriate, and the paflages in general 
are bold and expreflive ; and though we 
obferve fome few notes in the bafs that 
might, perhaps, be replaced by others 
fomewhat more eligible, the conftruétion, 
for the moft part, is judicious, and be. 
{peaks the maffer. 
Numbers I. and I. of the Rofe, the Thiftley. and 
Shamrock 3 or, the Gentleman's New Mufical 
Packet Companion, by Theodore Smith, Efg. 
1s. 6d. each. 
This work, which is intended to be 
continued monthly, is.in an c&avo fize, 
and confifts of the moft favourite Englifh, 
Scotch, and Irifh Airs, adapted for the 
German flute. Each number contains 
twenty-four pages, and the fele&tion is 
by no means unworthy the judgment of 
Mr. Theodore Smith. By a young prac- 
titioner on the flute it will be found a 
pleafing and improving companion, and to 
merit the notice of amateurs in general. 
66 The Wanderer," A Ballad, Written and 
Compofed by T. Sanderfon. 1. 
Both the words and mufic of this Bal. 
lad are above mediocrity. An affecting 
tale is told in fimple language, and its 
fentiments enforced by an agrecable and 
well-ftudied melody. 
NEW ACTS OF THE BRITISH LEGISLATURE. 
-4a Analyfis of all the A&s of General Importance, pafed during the 
laf 
Seffion of Parliament. 
a 
s* An A& to enable his Majefty more effec- 
* tually to raife and affemble, in England, 
an additional Military Force, for the better 
Defence and Security of the United King- 
dom, and for the more vigorous Profecution 
of the War.”* (Paifed 6th July, 1803. 
Cap, 32.) r 
2 ieee Lieutenants and Deputy Lieute- 
A. nants of counties, and Juftices of the 
Peace, are authorized to put this A& in 
a SES AE nee Eee Loe en © a BEN 
| * This isthe ftatute generally known by 
“mame of the Army of Referve Act. 
execution in like manner as the Acts re- 
lating to the militia; and the number of 
private men to be raifed in each county 
by virtue of this A& is particularized. 
§ 1-2. 
The proviffons relating to counties are 
to extend to ridings; thofe of hundreds to 
extend to like divifions ; thofe to parifhes 
to extend to townthips. § 3. ' 
At the firft meeting of the Lieutenancy 
under this Aét, they fhall appoint the 
number of men to be raifed in each hun. © 
dred 
