travels, engagements, presents, and charities, places the emoluments la vished upon public performances on the Continent at an elevation far beyond any thing that this country bestowed even upon her own, her favorite Billington, in the height of the rage with which that great singer was followed after her return from Italy. During her stay here, it was said that Madame Catalani had earned more than 40,000l. She left this country seven years ago, went to Paris, where she enjoyed the patent of the theûtre Italien, with an annual allowance of 7.000l. from the court, and engaged the first composers and singers, who, when Catalani did not sing, had little attraction: she therefore quitted Paris.

At Berlin, her success was completed by a letter of acknowledgement from the King, written with his own hand, accompanied by the grand medal of the academy. At Hanover, the Duke of Cambridge received her "with the amenity which distinguishes him." She gave a concert for the poor, and was crowned at the theatre. From thence she went to Stutgardt, where her singing made such an impression on the King, that, just previous to his death, which happened soon after her arrival, he pronounced her name. At Munich, the Queen embraced her (we almost wish for the moment to have been the Queen) and recommended her to her daughter, the Empress of Austria. At Vienna she gave Concerts at the Redoubt, and 3,000 persons (at a high price of admission) are said to have been present at each of them. The Emperor presented her with a superb ornament of opal and diamonds, and the magistracy, to manifest their sense of her charity, struck a medal. to her honour.

At St. Petersburgh, though the price of admission was fixed at twenty-four roubles, hundreds were nightly disappointed of seats; and at length Madame Catalani gave a concert at the Exchange, when 4,000 persons were present. The receipts of this evening were bestowed upon 200 unfortunate families. Their Imperial Majesties embraced her at parting, and loaded her with rich presents, consisting of a girdle of diamonds and other or

naments. In four months she realized 15,000 guineas, and refused an offer of 10,000 to give ten concerts in Poland, in consequence of fear of the climate. She also sang in more than forty other cities and towns, and frequently appropriated the receipts of concerts to the poor. Madame Catalani has determined on retiring (after a short time), and with this view has refused various offers in Italy, being desirous to conclude her public career in England, where her first great honours were obtained. She now purposes to make a tour in Great Britain and Ireland, and to return to London next spring. Such have been the respect and the profits which have attended this wonderful creature. In private life her manners are amiable and exemplary. She is the wife of M. Vallebrèque, whom she first met at the house of General Lasnes in Portugal, and has two children, a boy and a girl.

Mrs. Dickons has retired from public life, and is residing in France.

Signora Corri is gone to Italy with her father and a younger sister, Angelina, who made her debut last season, at her benefit concert.

The King's Theatre, it is reported, is engaged by Mr. Ebers, and Rossini will come to England to compose for the next season.

There have been two provincial meetings since our last report, at Worcester and Chester; the former of which was unfortunately attended by the death of Mr. Griffiths, a bass singer, in an apoplectic fit, during Mr. Vaughan's song of "Gentle Airs," in the church. This professor was amongst the few living who sang at the Abbey.

The publications are a little more numerous at this season than usual. Twelve Monferrinas for the Pianc forte, by M. Clementi. A Monferrina is a dance peculiar to the state of Monferrato. They are of an extremely singular construction, and to us entirely new. They are all in six-eight time, and consist of a major and minor movement. They partake of the graceful character of the waltz, but want its simplicity, and are capable of much expression; in this respect alone they are difficult.

The tenth number of the Operatie Airs is by Holder, upon a very pretty

air of Bishop's, My Native Highland Home, from the Slave. A very agreeable flow of melody is maintained throughout the piece, which is animated and brilliant. The introduction, however, is rather commonplace.

A Tema with Variations and Waltz, by the same composer, is in the smooth style of the former but less difficult. The variations present nothing novel in their construction; they are, however, agreeable, and the young performer may derive from them both pleasure and profit.

A Fantasia for the Pianoforte, by Gladstanes, is in a scrambling, unconnected style, with but little to attract the ear. It ought to be remembered that the word Fantasia is not a licence for every sort of extravagance: composers are too apt to consider it as a sanction for every excess of the imagination.

No. 10 of the Quadrille Rondos, by Calkin, is lively and agreeable. The cadences are, perhaps, rather awkward, but the subject is pretty, and keeps up the spirit of the piece.

Adeste Fideles with Variations for the Harp, by Dussek. There is, perhaps, more sameness in compositions for the harp than for any other instrument, and in the piece before us this defect is very apparent. Arpeggios constitute the principal features of the variations under the form of the triplets, (ascending and descending). quadruplets, &c. &c. The air is, however, well preserved, and its sweetness will not fail to recommend the lesson, united as it is with a certain portion of brilliancy and facility of execution.

Introduction and Polacca Duetts for two Harps, or Harp and Pianoforte, by Chipp. This is a very agreeable and easy composition, and in every way suited to a concert de famille.

present month are, the overture to Il Turco in Italia for the piano-forte, by Watts; Mozart's overture to Il Seraglio, with a flute and violoncello accompaniment; the overture, sinfonias, marches, and chorusses in Handel's oratorio of Hercules, adapted for the organ or pianoforte by Dr. Crotch. Some of these adaptations will be found particularly useful as voluntaries.

The third book of selections from Himmel's Fanchon, by V. Novello, as duets for the pianoforte. We have already mentioned the great beauty and elegance of these duets-this number scarcely equals its predecessors, because the subjects are not altogether so beautiful and interesting.

The vocal department of composition is by no means distinguished by any considerable accessions. Hark the wind with sullen roar, a trio, and No time is like the present, a song, by J. Watson, are admirable-for their absurdity. The trio is indebted to Mr. Bishop's Fast into the waves, but the song owes no obligations to any body, except indeed it be to the poet, who has added incessant and evanescent as rhymes to present, to our already numerous stock.

The Christmas rose, a duet, by Mr. Dannelly, promises something at the beginning, but the close is boisterous and barren. This, like the said rose, is both in and out of season.

The wounded negro boy, is, we earnestly hope, defunct, dead of his wounds. So may he himself be at rest, and all honest passengers be no more disturbed by his dolorous wailings.

The parting moment fast drew nigh, is too chromatic to be pleasing.

Among the arrangements of the

Summer, by Sir John Stevenson, is by no means equal to his general productions. Its principal fault is a total want of character. It twinkles like the "many twinkling leaves" of the season it celebrates, and to about as much purpose.

The Rose of affection, from the same hand, is just a pleasing pretty ballad. The poet has fallen into a curious rhetorical error, when he talks of "the soft hues" of a promise never fading from his mind.

We would earnestly recommend Pope's "Verses by a Person of Qua

lity," as a serious study to every honest gentleman who designs to show his passion" in rhyme." Love, if we may trust to the instances of most of our " Ballad mongers," is become a terrible affliction, but one remove from ideotic imbecility. Oct. 20, 1821.

Italian Literature.-Professor Barbieri, of Milan, who has already distinguished himself as a writer for the stage, is now employed in publishing a selection of the best modern dramas of Italy, and translations from the most celebrated theatrical productions of Germany and other countries. A 12mo. volume, generally containing three pieces, appears monthly: in the first are translations of Delavigne's Vêpres Siciliennes, Kotzebue's Count Benjowsky, and a comedy from the pen of the editor himself, entitled Il Terno al Lotto. In the higher departments of science and philosophy, many productions have appeared that show the Italians to have shaken off that apathy and torpidity which have hitherto prevented the south of Europe from attaining the rank enjoyed by its northern rivals. I Catechismo Agrario, by Caro Pollini, Member of the Veronese Society for the Promotion of Agriculture and Trade, although a small volume, is one of considerable interest. The writer treats in a plain and perspicuous manner of whatever is necessary to be known by the husbandman, and has been very favourably mentioned. He has, however, little that can be termed original, most of what he says having already been communicated to the public by Re and other Italian authors on agricultural topics. The Collezione dei Classici Italiani, publishing at Pavia, proves by the success which it has received, that, attached as they are to the lighter and more elegant arts, the Italians do not neglect the more abstruse branches of science, nor are averse to studies which, from their dryness and speculative nature, present so little to captivate the imagination, or to allure any but those who are decidedly reflecting. In this respect, therefore, Italy may be allowed to be not at all less active than her neighbours. Among the works already given in this collection, is a translation of Kant's Critic of Pure Reason. Signora Luna Folliero, of Naples, a lady who addressed an elegant patriotic ode to her countrymen, delineating in powerful language and glowing colours the advantages of the "New Constitution," has written a treatise on the Physical and Moral Education of Females. Salvadore Fabbrichard, manager of the Teatro Florentino in the same

city, has offered a prize of 200 ducats for the best comedy or tragedy that shall be sent in the course of the present year. A collection of Poems by Mali, published at Naples under the title of Poesie di un Amico degli Uomini, &c. breathes a warm patriotic spirit, indulging in lofty anticipations of freedom, but his hopes and his prophecies have since been frustrated. In many places the author speaks in high terms of commendation of several men of rank, who, like himself, prefer the independence of their country to the privileges annexed to a nobility depressing to the community in general, and hostile to its interests. La Storia della Filosofia Greca, by Dr. Sacchi, of Pavia, is a work of considerable interest and information, in which the author displays great erudition, and throws considerable light upon a difficult subject. There are four volumes now published: the first contains the History of the Ionic and Pythagorean schools; the second, that of the Italic; the third, of the Eleatic ; and the fourth, an account of the Herac litic and Sophistic sects. Professor Ressi, of Pavia, has published a work on political economy, entitled Dell' Economia della Specie Humana, in which he expounds very perspicuously the theories of Quesnay, Smith, Stevard, and Ortes; and adduces the various opinions of Malthus, Herrenschward, Lauderdale, Sismondi, and Lichtenstein. Another work relating to the philo sophy of politics and government is Sull Administrazione della Giustizia Penale neʼ Governi Costituzionali, Napoli, 1821, on the Administration of Penal Justice in Constitutional Governments. The author, Francesco de Marco, enquires into the real principles of penal justice, and, in explaining the nature of constitutional government, he deduces the necessity of trial by jury; pointing out, at the same time, the various forms which modern nations have given to this method of trial. This work will be found to display an intimate acquaintance with modern juridicial knowledge. The Neapolitan press has also ushered forth to the world a project for a system of universal public instruction, Saggio d'Istruzione Universale e Publica, by Nicole Corelli, Professor of Chemistry. This publication, which was dedicated to the National Par

liament, owed its birth to certain appearances in the political horizon that promised the dawn of a brighter era, but which have since passed away. Besides the general views which he here takes of the subject, the author proposes the establishment of a committee of jurors, whose object should be the improvement of all arts and sciences. Under the title of Memoric Storiche, &c. we are presented with a biography of Count Vincenzo Dandolo, and an account of his various works. Compagnoni, the author, and intimate friend of Dandolo, exhibits his merits in chemical knowledge, and the testimonies which foreigners have paid to his acquisitions and labours in this branch of science.

Germany.-A pocket edition of a series of translations from the most classic writers of foreign countries is now publishing in Germany. Among the works already published are, Voltaire's Candide and Charles XII, Moliere's Tartuffe, Shakspeare's Timon of Athens, and Lord Byron's Poems.

Denmark.-A literary discussion respecting the merits of northern and classical mythology has lately excited much attention. Baden continues to attack the system of northern mythology, and has himself been attacked in return by his opponents, the advocates for it, among whom are Professor Finn, Magnusen, and others, who accuse him of not comprehending the spirit of the mythology which he labours to explode. He has, however, the artists Eckersberg and Hoyer on his side. On the other hand, the three greatest poets of Denmark, men of indisputable genius, and perfectly indigenous in their taste, have given authority to the anti-classic party, and have borrowed most freely from the stores of the Edda. So far as this is done with discretion it is commendable, but exclusive systems of taste are desirable neither in literature nor in art.

Numismatics.-A Greek silver medal, lately found among the ruins of Antiochia, and brought from Aleppo to Paris, has the head of Demetrius Soter, king of Syria, and that of a female. It is singular that no other medal of this monarch presents the two heads. M. Hauetroche, in a recent work, proves that the female head is of Laodice, the sister and wife of Demetrius I; and that this authentically confirms the conjectures of Visconti respecting a fine Cameo (published in his Iconographie Grecque, pl. 43, no. 27.) representing both those personages.

Steam Vessels.-These vessels are now employed in the Adriatic. One (La Carolina) goes regularly every second day from Venice to Triest. Another (L'Eridano), passes regularly between Pavia and Venice, and with such celerity that the voyage is accomplished in 37 hours. Not

long since a steam-boat ventured to sea in a viclent tempest, when no other vessel could, to the assistance of a richly-freighted merchant ship.

Armenian Journal. A Journal in the Armenian language is now printed at the Armenian convent at Venice. This publication, the contents of which are chiefly translated from the Italian journals, has a very considerable circulation throughout all the Levant. At Constantinople it has many subscribers, and has even found way into the Seraglio. The Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia avail themselves of it very extensively, for the political bulletins which they are obliged to draw up every week for the Grand Signior.

Nubia.-M. Gau, of whose travels we have before spoken, has commenced the publication of them under the title of

New-discovered Monuments of Nubia. on the banks of the Nile, between the first and second Cataracts, drawn and measured in 1819." The works which have hitherto appeared respecting this very interesting country, afford but very little intelligence respecting its architecture and monuments of art.

Even the plates to Belzoni's book are devoted chiefly to the bas-reliefs in the tombs of Thebes, and what antiquities of Nubia are represented are not given with architectural precision. M. Gau, on the contrary, confines himself exclusively to Nubia, and has delineated every subject with the greatest exactitude and correctness. Of the principal buildings he gives plans, elevations, sections, and details, and the bas-reliefs are represented both in outline and coloured; and all these plates are upon the same scale as those in the magnificent French work on Egypt, to which the present publication is intended as a supplement. M. Gau gives the representations and admeasurements of twentyone different monuments, upon 60 plates, ten of which are coloured; and these are all engraved by the same artists as executed those in the French work: consequently the uniformity of the two works, in this respect, will be preserved. The text, which is in German and French, and written by one of the most intelligent and erudite antiquarians, will be published with the twelfth and last number. M. Gau's drawings elucidate in the most satisfactory manner the origin and progress of architecture throughout that region, where it took its rise in Nubia or Ethiopia, matured itself in Egypt, and attained its acme at Thebes. They represent the temples situated farthest to the south, which are probably the most ancient of any, and are entirely excavated from the rock. Nearer to Egypt these temples are only half sunk into the ground, and in the neighbourhood of the first cataract they are found completely above ground.