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our fears, it would be Davidge, we may trust to his reputation in the theatrical world. The Queen's Theatre is still kept open, though for what reason it is difficult to divine, seeing that the lowest of low prices will not tempt any body to visit it. Oh, for the palmy days of Zarah, and the elegant and accomplished Mrs. Nisbett! when there was a good company, good prices, and crowded houses. In those days, it was really a pleasure to visit this little theatre, whereas now, all is weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable. The most illustrious and constant visitor of the private boxes is the landlord himself, a builder, or some such thing, who is occasionally seen there indulging

in a comfortable glass of hot grog, much to the envy of the few unhappy, half-starved stragglers in the pit. Such an orderly set of people too, as they are! the poor souls sit sneezing and coughing, with blue lips and pinched noses, stupified by the performances, and yet unable to sleep from the cold of an empty house, and the abominable stench of the sewers. But we have comfort in store for

the people of the neighbourhood. Ward, of Drury Lane, is building a decent theatre in the Queen's Bazaar, which will be ready for their reception in April. And with these glad tidings, we conclude

our theatrical notices for the month.

SOCIETY OF BRITISH MUSICIANS.

THE two first concerts of this society took place respectively on the 11th and 25th of January, in Hanover Square. The establishment and success of the society is one of the numerous proofs of the progress of musical taste and intelligence in this country. The programmes display an array of names of persons at least highly talented, if not of first rate eminence. The compositions have been selected with excellent taste, and to support them we have had Miss Birch, who has made a most successful début-Wilson - Mrs. Geesin (a fair chanteuse of high merit), Leffler, Leoni Lee, Bradbury, Miss Howard, Westrop, Wills, a grove and a grave in the shape of Blagrove and Musgrave, George Wood, Hatton, Moxley, and others of vocal and instrumental celebrity, and all under the direction of Mr. Rooke, who if he be the Mr. Rooke of Newman street, long afore known to us, is without doubt a person of first rate musical ability, not only in performance, but in composition, and that too of the highest order. We have heard portions of an opera of his at once thinking and delightful, embracing every order and form of harmony, from its grandest and most lofty to its softest and most fairy-like romance. Under all favourable auspices and the most admirable management, the two concerts that have transpired

could not fail of being musical festivals, at which the guests might make sure of enjoyment. Symphony, Glee, Cavatina, Trio, Quartet, Air, Recitative, Scena, Song, Solo, Ballad, and Overture, succeed each other in all the attractions and fascinations of entrancing variety. Our space forbids us to particularize as we could wish the respective shades of talent which presented itself, where all had some; but we must not refrain from making favourable allusion to the two Overtures of Bennetti and Griesbach, in the second concert, nor to Holmes's execution in playing his own Concerto. Miss Dickens (is she not a sister of Boz?) sang prettily from the Village Coquettes, and Miss Birch with the beautiful chastity which is the chief ornament of her style. The compositions chiefly selected have been from Hullah, Holmes, Macfarren, Bennett, Pyne, Blockley, Calkin, Reed, Allen, Barnett, Nielson, Cipriani, Potter, Litolff, &c. We will add to this notice that they have received general justice, and that the lovers of excellent music, excellently performed, whether vocally or upon instruments, can go no where with greater certainty of what they love to call a treat, than to the Concerts of the Society of British Musicians. The next Concert takes place on the 7th of February.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

BOOKS IN THE PRESS. "Letters from the South," by T. Campbell, Esq., author of " Pleasures of Hope."

"Human Nature," by the author of "Tremaine" and "De Vere."

"Johnsoniana; or, a Supplement to Boswell's Johnson:" being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson.

"Parish Sermons," on the Lessons, the Gospel, or the Epistle, for every Sunday in the Year, and for the Principal Festivals. Preached in the Parish church of Hodnet, Salop. By the late Reginald Heber, M. A., Rector of Hodnet, and afterwards Lord Bishop of Calcutta.

Some Account of the Private Life, Manners and Customs, Religion, Government, Arts, Laws, and Early History of the Ancient Egyptians; derived from the study of the hieroglyphics, sculpture, paintings, and other works of art, still existing, compared with the accounts of ancient authors. By J. G. Wilkinson, author of "Egypt and Thebes."

"History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," by Edward Gibbon, with Notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman, Prebendary of St. Peter's, and 12 vols. Vicar of St. Margaret's, Westminster. 8vo. To be published in monthly volumes. Poems, Original and Translated, by Charles Percy Wyatt, B. A.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

On the 3rd inst. in York Terrace, Regent's Park, the Lady of the Baron de Torre de Moncorvo, late Portuguese minister at this court, of a son. On the 1st inst. at Harborne, the Lady of D.Wakefield, jun. Esq. of a daughter. On the 7th inst. at the Vicarage, West Tarring, Sussex, the Lady of the Rev. J. W. Warter, of a daughter. On the 8th inst. at Cheltenham, the Lady of Captain Forbisher of a daughter. On the 17th inst. the Lady of C. T. Warde, Esq. of Westoon House, in the Isle of Wight, of a son, still-born. On the 14th inst. at Castle Hill, High Wycomb, Mrs. Rumsey of a daughter. On the 15th inst. Mrs. J. Ormerod, of Halliwell Lodge, near Bolton, Lancashire, of a son. On the 14th inst. at Hatfield, the wife of the Rev. B. Peile of a daughter. On the 17th inst. in Portland Place, the Lady of B. B. Williams, Esq. of a son, still-born. On the 17th inst. in Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, Mrs. W. S. Browning of twins, one still-born. On the 17th inst. the Lady of H. Hendricks, Esq. of Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, of a son. On the 16th inst. at the Vicarage, Tottenham, the Lady of the Rev. E. Vaux of a daughter. On the 21st inst. at Coptford Hall, in the county of Essex, the Lady of Henry Arundell, Esq. of a son. At Paris, on the 14th inst. the Lady of Major-General Sir Neil Douglass of a daughter. On the 24th inst. at Leyton, Essex, the Lady of the Rev. C. J. Laprimaudaye of a son. MARRIAGES.

At Oakley Park, Suffolk, on Tuesday, the 5th of January, by the Hon. and Rev. William Henniker, the Right Hon. Lord Henniker, of Major House, to Anne, daughter of Major-General Sir Edward Kerrison, M. P. At Oddington, on the 4th inst. by the Rev. William Sweet, Escott Charles Agustus Amey, Esq., 51st King's Own Light Infantry, to Cecil, second daughter of the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Gloucester. On the 10th inst. at Marylebone Church, by the Hon. and Rev. Frederick Butie Percival, eldest son of Percival Walsh, Esq. of Oxford, to Emily, youngest daughter of Edmund Tufton Phelp, Esq. of Coxten, Leicestershire. On the 29th ult. at Bodminton, C. W. Codrington, Esq. M. P., to the Lady Georgiana Somerset, daughter of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort. On the 29th ult. at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, the Rev. F. Wickham, M. A., Fellow of New College, Oxford, to Louisa, daughter of the Rev. E. Chaplin, of Camden Town. On the 3rd inst. at Grustling Church, near Hastings, by the Rev. R. W. Close, the Rev. N. J. Richmond, to Eliza, daughter of Major Close, Royal Artillery. On the 30th ult. at Llanidloes, North Wales, by the Rev. John Meredith, M. A., William Hunt, Esq. of the island of St. Vincent, to Mary Lloyd Price, third daughter of T. Price, Esq. of the Green, and J. P. for the county of Montgomery. On the 3rd inst. at Chichester, the Rev. W. Potter, of Witnesham, Suffolk, to Harriet, daughter of W. C. Newland, Esq. of Chichester. On the 5th inst. at Caerleon,

January 31, 1837.

T. Hooper, Esq. of Torrington Park, Hunts, to Catherine Price, of the Priory, Monmouthshire. On the 5th inst. at Rooss, Yorkshire, the Rev. C. Hotham, to Lucy Elizabeth, widow of the Hon. and Rev. H. Duncombe, and daughter of the Rev. C. Sykes. On the 7th inst. at Liverpool, J. Ewart, Esq. of Fortes Green, Finchley, to Anna, daughter of Captain J. Pech, late of the 9th Foot. On the 31st ult. at the British Ambassador's, Florence, T. T. Fawcett, Esq. of London, to Mary, daughter of R. Edmonds, Esq. of Hatcham, Kent. On the 18th inst. at St. George's, Hanover Square, Lieut.Col. E. H. Bridgman, son of the late Hon. and Rev. George and the Lady Lucy Bridgeman, to Harriet Elizabeth Frances, niece to the late Lady Hertford and Lady W. Gordon.

DEATHS.

At Murrell Green, on Wednesday, the 11th of January, Major-General the Hon. F. C. Cavendish, K.C.B., Colonel of the Royal Dragoons, second son of the Earl of Besborough. On the 14th instant, of apoplexy, the Rt. Hon. Lord Audley, aged 56. At Bromley Hill, on the 18th instant, the Right Hon. Lady Farnborough. On the 20th ult., at Edinburgh, the Lady of Sir John Nasmyth, Bart., of Posso, Peebleshire; and at the same time and place, her second son Stewart Nasmyth. On the 28th ult. at Heydon Hall, Norfolk, aged 29, Emily, wife of W. L. Bulwer, Esq. On the 29th ult. at Morecut House, Birmingham, J. Johnstone, Esq. M. D. aged 68. On the 29th ult. at the Adelphi Terrace, the widow of Sir Joseph Banks. On the 30th ult. the Rev. H. Crosby, aged 68. On the 1st inst. in Chelsea Hospital, Field-Marshal the Right Hon. Sir S. Hulse, G.C.H. governor and commandant of that establishment, and Colonel of the 62nd regiment of Infantry, aged 91. On the 1st inst. at Spaw, Berks, the Rev. G. Wylde, aged 76. On the 4th inst. J. de Grenier Fonblanque, Esq. Bencher, of the Middle Temple, and formerly M. P. for Camelford, aged 77. On the 21st ult. at Aberystwith, Viscountess Bolingbroke, wife of Henry Viscount Bolingbroke, and daughter of the late Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart. On the 29th ult. at Richmond, C. Ramsden, Esq. M. P. On the 6th inst. at Segnicol, Gloucestershire, Sir C. Cockerell, Bart. M. P. for Evesham. On the 1st inst. at Kensington, Capt. W. Maxfield, of the Indian Navy. On the 3rd inst. at Leamington, Mrs. Lefanu, sister of the late Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan. On the 10th, at Thornham, Suffolk, the Right Hon. Mary Dowager Lady Henniker, relict of the late John Minet Lord Lord Henniker, aged 61. On the 11th, at the Vicarage, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, Frances Catherine Sandford, relict of the late Right Rev. Bishop Sandford, of Edinburgh. On the 16th, at Lant House, Dorset, the Right Hon. Viscount Weymouth. On the 24th, in Harley-street, Janet, the wife of James Lewis, Esq., of Clifton, near Bristol. On the 23rd, at Brighton, Elizabeth, the wife of the Right Hon. Sir John Bayley, Bart.,

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