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encouragement of engraving drawn up 
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by the Chalcographic Society, met again, 
after several prior meetings, on Wednes- 
day the 16th at the Clarendon Hotel, 
when the plan was finally arranged, and 
ordered for publication: of which, our 
Jimits this month will only permit a short 
abStract, and is as follows: 170 shares 
of one hundred guineas each, which wil 
raise asum of seventeen thousand guineas, 
to be invested in the funds by the trustees. 
This sum, with the interest, will enable 
the engravefs to execute, in their best 
manner, twenty plates in all; ten of 
which will be in the line manner, of 
the size of the Death of General Wolfe, 
by Woollett; six in the stippled or 
dotted manner; and four in mezzotin- 
to. The subjects are to be chosen from 
the works of the most eminent ancient 
and British masters: sixteen of them are 
to be historical, and four landscape. The 
shareholders are to be remunerated by 
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proof impressions from the plates ; and 
a museum, a school of engraving, with 
a fund for decayed artists, form also a 
part of this plan, which shall be more 
fully detailed next month, with some re- 
marks as to its real utility in forwarding 
the higher class of engraving. 
The second number of the ‘* Fine Arts 
of the English School,” will be published 
about the middle of the present month. 
There are nearly ready for publication, 
two highly-finished engravings of the Inte- 
rior of Henry the Seventh’s Chapel, under 
the patronage of the very reverend the 
Dean of Westminster,combining precision 
of perspective representation with that 
species of effect most characteristic of this 
-celebrated and interesting specimen of 
the florid Gothic, and on a scale suffici- 
ently large to admit of much detailed 
architectural information ; from original 
drawings by John Morton, jun. | 
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¢¢ Seveet Charity;” a Glee for five Voices, as sang 
by Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Bianchi, Messrs. 
Braham, Vaughan, and Bellamy. Composed 
by T. Attwood, esq. 25. 
IIS glee is set a Ja ballata, in two 
verses. The melody is as pleasing 
as natural; and the adjustment of the 
bass and inner parts, is at once ingeni- 
ous and scienufc. In acemposition ne- 
cessarily so siinple in its style, Mr, Att- 
wood has rejected all affectation of poiit 
and imitation, aid judiciously confined 
himself to the plain harmonization of the 
upper part. The whole is well compres- 
sed in thg piano-forte accompaniment, 
which wil prove no unwelcome accom- 
modatzon to juvenile practitioners. 
The favcrite Air of “* Hope told a flattering 
Tale,” with Variations for the Violin, and an 
Accompaniment for the Piano-forte, ‘(ad libi- 
tum). Composed by Thomas Powell. “2s. 6d. 
Mr. Powell has adapted his variations 
to this justly favourite air with peculiar 
felicity ; they are of a cast at once suited 
to his theme and to the genius of the in- 
strumest for which they are intended. 
It at the same time is but candid to say, 
that to the accompanying part he has 
given all that was necessary, and no more. 
"Eo those families in. which both the vio- 
lin and piano-forte are practised, this lit- 
tic production wili be found very aecept- 
able. 7 . 
‘6 My Henry shall return again; a New Bais 
lad for the Piano-forte. The Music composed 
by ‘Fobu Parry. 1s. 
The style of this little ballad is charac- 
terized by a due simplicity, and the-ex- 
pression, if not forcible, is correct. A 
pleasant easy flow of thought, no way de- 
ficient in connection, is a just fact of its 
praise, and argues much facility in this 
light species of vocal composition. 
‘* Shall I wasting in Despair 3” a Canzonet for 
two Voices. Composed by ‘F. Clarke, Mus. 
Dec. 1s. 6d. 
Dr. Clarke has set these words with. 
his accustomed taste and truth of expres- 
sion, The change of the mode at the 
words ‘ Shall my cheeks look pale with 
care,” and that of the time at ‘* If she 
think not well of me,” are highly judici- 
ous, and produce effects that cannot but 
strike every cultivated ear, 
“ My Poor Dog. Tray;” or, the Irish Harper's 
Lamentation; a favourite Ballad. Composed 
by F. Whitaker. 18.64. - 
‘* My Poor Dog Tray,” the words of 
which are from the pen of the ingenious 
author of the ** Pleasures of Hope,” is set 
with judgment and feeling. ‘The points 
on which the poet rests his effect have 
not been neglected by the composer, nor 
are the bass and piano-forte accompani- 
ment il adjusted, 
“Wet 
