ments he prevailed upon the prince to consent that he should make proposals from him to the Constable. The latter faithful to his promise to Bassompierre, who had warned him of the offer, sharply replied, that his daughter was already engaged, and that he had the honour of being great uncle to the prince, which perfectly contented him. (To be continued in our next.) A NEW COMPANY. "I have ventured Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders." "Methinks it should now be a huge eclipse HENRY VIII. OTHELLO. It has been, not unjustly remarked, that this may be demonstrated "if not the age of improvement, the age of novelty and speculation," and I really think that any one who attentively considers the state of things at the present crisis, will arrive at the same conclusion; unless indeed the musing meditator chance to be the unhappy holder of unsaleable Poyais Bonds, and other trash, which induces him, against an inward conviction, to resolve the fact otherwise. That the happiness of mankind has had little weight in the establishment of speculations formed and tortured by a popular frenzy is, I think certain, unless indeed from this rule I except certain Fish and Fowl Companies, by which the grosser particles, the mere flesh and blood, the body corporate, have been promised great advantages, at present realized only by Scrip Shares at a great reduction of value. The fact was really this, the sitting director of the Fish Company, did not choose to walk to Billinsgate to purchase the commodity by which the fortunes of the shareholders were to be made, nor was the chairman of the Fowl Company so great a goose, such a 66 rara avis" as to wander through Norfolk in the hopes of purchasing turkies, &c. below par. But this is digression. It is the mind which I particularly mean, no company has been established to call its energies into exercise, or to advance the colossal strides, which intellect is making in this country. Willing to direct the stream of mad speculation in somewhat like a rational channel-and willing to benefit mankind at large I lay my claim before you.-" May I, Sir, request your cooperation." The company I propose to establish, will embrace all the advantages I have named,—it will in a great measure banish crime. "Emollet mores nec senet esse feros,"-in short it will renew, if not the age of chivalry, the golden age itself. And what can this mighty engine be which proposes such benefits? It is, Sir, to the formation of a "Metropolitan Music Company" that I look for such a consummation-a company formed for supplying the inhabitants of this vast metropolis with concords of sweet sounds—and I think you will agree with me, that the present is a most favourable moment for its introduction. Witness the musical taste which is gradually extending itself to every class of the community, from the patrician noble, who revels in its charms in his concert-room, to the plebeian cobbler, and "harmonious blacksmith," who delight to hasten to their club, and steep their senses in forgetfulness, to the scrapings of a violin, (I had almost said fiddle,) played by some itinerant musician, witness the recreated savoyards, or the announcements of musical prodigies in almost every street-or again, the necessity which absolutely prevails, that every Miss, whether of high or low degree, should understand the whole theory of music-to the prejudice very often of Mr. Lindley Murray, and the sampler of days long gone by. I will ask whether these do not constitute auspices which augur most favourably for the success of my undertaking. One poet has termed Music "A Heavenly Sphere-descended maid, "Friend of pleasure; wisdom's aid." Another has beautifully said, that "Music has charms to soothe the savage breast." May I not consequently indulge a hope that Mrs. Fry's visits to Newgate will be curtailed of their fair proportions, and that the calendar will become lighter and lighter, till it ceases to exist altogether. Happy, thrice happy, times! Days desired by a Campbell, a Brougham, and a Birkbeck-days when "senseless souls, and soulless senses," shall be no more. But adieu rhapsody, I must descend to plain matter of fact detail, and though in its present infant state, any thing like exactitude would be impossible,-I shall have it in propose to my power to allord you some slight idea of the means I use for practically proving the advantages of the institution. It has been suggested by a friend of mine, that an application to the Dean and Chapter for the use of St. Paul's, would not be disregarded— we will suppose it attended with success. I would there erect an organ of gigantic proportions, to act by steam. my readers will doubtless recollect a delightful breeze at the west end of the churchyard, this would suit my wind instruments capitally,) I have fixed on the monument for the alto, and the Custom House for the base movements; an application would then be made to government for the hire of those public buildings, now in disuetude by Mr. Hume's exertions, in these I would fix the other instruments necessary to complete the over-powering majesty of the whole. These sounds would be conveyed through a main pipe. from which smaller ones would issue for the purpose of supplying the subscribers to the undertaking, by means of a syphon the music is admitted, in a full tol, or a soft and thrilling melody-or is excluded altogether as the will of the party may dictate. The reinement I took occasion to allude to, will gradually occur, the advantages are open to every mu, the quantity consumed of course varying the charge-as the de of juices which I shall lag before you in a more advanced stage at the business, will plainly show. The peer for instance, seated in how magndicant salon, will have sounds wafted to his enthralled anlahating sens, though by magic impulse. That happy kaca of the Gómminaity who patronize scarlet curtains and yellow To comulagge, Som The Avet floor-and whose drawing-rooms, 12 feet Kochy Hands, or thevenhouta, communicate with folding doors.— Ill do. B 4&hight their neighbours in the Row, not with a row, Kom thy based by the discordant sounds of a violin and fute, but de en Hy 4 lightint music; the mechanic, too, his daily labours took 24 of wallowing in drunkenness and brutality, will sit plied whas the company "discourses most eloquent music," It is true, but now happy tenements. ADD #mushing and incalculable advantage which, I trust, I 44 za maling zou in some measure sensible of-it would the existence of a difficulty which I Fe withholt from you Fort Fraxedially relieve, if not remove altogether. I mean Tow My ď Butributing proper tunes to each district, that air " which would sound remarkably well in Park Lane, would possibly be obnoxious to the plodding cits living eastward of the Bar, to render this still more evident, I will lay an example or two of its application to the subject before you. "The soldier tired of war's alarms," would not exactly suit the meridian of the Horse Guards, nor would the venders of capillary restoratives, in the shape of bear's grease, &c., delight to have their ears assailed with- Time has not thinned my flowing locks." To remedy these grievances, I would lay on to the former, "How happy the soldier who lives on his pay," and to the latter, Money is your friend." Again, how would Messrs. Murray and Colburn like to hear, "When all the attic fire was fled."-Not much I fear. 66 But these evils after all are trifling, when compared with the apposite measures I have selected. To the King's Bench I have awarded, "I owe you one."-To the Fives Court and its honourable precincts, "There was a jolly Miller."-I propose supplying the Alpha Cottages, Paddington, with "In my cottage near a wood," laid on in the highest story, that being the only point which nature's loveliness, and green-wood trees, are to be discovered. The inhabitants of the Strand will admire, "Down by the river.”—And the judaical inhabitants of the eastern regions, "Miss Levi, Miss Rachael, Miss Moses."-Mr. Trotter of Soho Square, as a large consumer, shall have, "Let England be Europe's Bazaar," set to tune precisely for his use. The merchants of Broad Street will rejoice in hearing, "I know a Bank.”—And "across the downs this morning”—and the artificer of wearing apparel in the place of the "Devil among the Tailors," shall have, "The British Lion is my sign," which will most likely suit his purpose better. But I might go on for ever— -from what I have cited you will observe the relative positions of my question. I shall only mention an important byelaw of the company,-when I shall leave its fate in your hands, trusting that your philanthropy will induce you to give it all the publicity in your power. If a deputation of six respectable inhabitants of any district, using the 6-inch conductor, apply to the secretary, stating their wish to have music adapted for any particular purpose, laid on for that day, that their request be acceded to in conformity." * Money, a celebrated perruquier and dealer in "Circassia's creams," &c. C By this means ladies and gentlemen of Candlewick and Barbican Wards, wishing to oblige their neighbours with a quadrille, can have their desires gratified, by the proviso I mention. The insertion of this letter will much oblige me, and I feel convinced that the utility of the Company will even out-run my most sanguine expectations,-that its advantages will not be confined to the present generation, but that it will in future ages be hailed as a most important blessing. Will the Editor of the " Literary Lounger" refuse to share my laurel crown? THE THEATRES. JOE MUNDEN has left us at last, He's gone where the fevers are yellow. Charles Kemble yet stalks on the stage, Nor will Egerton "give up the ghost," Sir, A new reading made in Othello, And Pearman, whose notes aro so mellow. The Ks, little Keeley and Knight, |