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place for the attention of the cultivated 
ear. 
The Battle of Frafalgar. Cousposed for the 
Piana-forte by T. Watlers. 5s. 
In this piece we find much more to 
censure than to praise. The passages 
fre, for the most part, common-place, 
and in their effect rarely reach the senti- 
ment they are meant to exeite. The ac- 
cent is, in many instances, false to a de- 
«gree that excites our surprize, and ts 
bass, we are obhged to say, is by n 
means judiciously “chosen. 
# Sonata for the Piano-forte, with an Accom- 
panunent fora Violin. Couposed by Dawid 
Bruquier. 3s. 6d. 
This sonata consists of two movements; 
the first in common time of four cr otchets ; 
the second atheme with six variations, in 
two crotehets. © The general style of the 
composition bespeaks an author well ac- 
quainted with the instrument fer which 
he writes; and those who are pleased 
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with a lively sally of thought, and a spi- 
rited airy manner of displaying an idea, 
will not fail to approve the present com- 
position. 
L Esperance, a Sonata for the Piano-forte. 
Comprised by Francis Panormo. 3s. 6d. 
This sonata is comprized in three 
movemeuts, well calculated to relieve 
each other. In the first we find some 
ideas and modulations highly creditable 
to the composer s fancy and science; the 
second is tender and soothing, and the 
concluding rondo is pleasing in its sub- 
ject, and spirited and consistent in its 
digressions. . 
a Cavatina, written 
Composed and dedicated te 
** Remember your Vows,” 
by Mr. Ranzie. 
Miss Incledon, by Charles Edward Horn. 1s. 
Mr. Horn has exhibited a tolerable de- 
gr eé of fancy in this little air. The pas- 
sages are smooth, and easy, and the me- 
lody, taken ensemble, forms an agreegble 
trifle, 
VARIETIES, Lirerary anD PHILosoPHICAL. 
Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domeftic and Foreign. 
% * Authentic Communications for this Article will always be thankfully received. 
—— 
NHE followiag letters, addressed by 
the late Mp. Fox, ‘before the fui- 
mation ofthe late.ministry, to Mr, Pur- 
tres, the Bookseller, will explain his 
original views relative to the entire work, 
ef which a posthumous fragment has 
been recently announced, ander the title 
of “ A History of the early part of the 
Reign of James the Second.” 
—_-_e-__—_— 
Sir, 
I received, a few days since, your’s of 
the 11th. iam about a History of the Times 
immediately preceding and succeeding the 
F.eyolution, but I have made very little pro- 
gress; and, as it is chiefly a matter of anause- 
ment to me, it may be along time before 
i publish, and, of course, the time when it 
muy happen is altogether uncertain. Ishould, 
therefore, be very sorry to heve any thing 
announced upon the subject at present, When 
the work is ii more fs WATARESs: i may give 
potice of it. I am, Sir, 
' Ot. Annes Hill, Your humble oe aig 
Wednesday. oe Pex. 
To Mr. Puiitirs. 
Sik, 
received, yesterday, your's of the 97th. 
J am sorry to say, im answer to it, that your 
information with respect to the rapidity of 
my progress Is wholly sional Tt will be 
at least a year before T shall be ready to pub- 
lish any part of the work, and then it will 
not be, as I guess, more than one quarto vo- 
lume, with a small appendix, which may be 
added to the volume, or printed separately, 
according to the bulk of the volume‘itself. ~ 
I am still unengaged with respect to a 
Publisher, and mean to remain so for some 
time.” I have not given any other person 
any reason to expect that I shall employ 
them. 
I ara, Sir, 
St. Anne's Hill, Your obedient servant, 
Sunday. C.J. Fox. 
Sir, 
Tt am exceedingly obliged to you for your 
letter, with the communication with respect 
to the late Pretender’s Papers. I have often 
heard of them, and I have little doubt, but, 
if they could be obtained, they would prove 
a valuable publication. — ‘But as I have mazy 
years work before me, before Teaa come to tbe 
Bruxswick Reigns, tu which on ly, as Il imagine, 
these papers can relate 3 and, as I very much 
doukt even whether I ‘shall ewer 2a beyond 
the reign of Anne, they are. not to me par- 
ticularly material. I should think, as you 
seem to do, that money would be ‘the best 
meaus of coming at them. lam, Sir, © 
St.. Anne's Hill, Your most obedient servant, 
Lbursdgs. Cid. E 
