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encouragement of engraving drawn up by the Chalcographic Society, met again, after several prior meetings, on Wednesday the 16th at the Clarendon Hotel, when the plan was finally arranged, and ordered for publication: of which, our limits this month will only permit a short abstract, and is as follows: 170 shares of one hundred guineas each, which will raise a sum of seventeen thousand guineas, to be invested in the funds by the trustees. This sum, with the interest, will enable the engravers 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

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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 remarks 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.

REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.

Sweet Charity;" a Glee for five Voices, as sung by Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Bianchi, Messrs. Braham, Vaughan, and Bellamy. Composed by T. Attwood, esq. 25.

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IIIS glee is set a la ballata, in two verses. The melody is as pleasing as natural; and the adjustment of the bass and inner parts, is at once ingenious and scientific. In a composition necessarily so simple in its style, Mr. Att. wood has rejected all affectation of point and imitation, and judiciously confined himself to the plain harmonization of the upper part. The whole is well compressed in the piano-forte accompaniment, which will prove no unwelcome accommodation to juvenile practitioners. The favorite Air of "Hope told a flattering Tale," with Variations for the Violin, and an Accompaniment for the Piano-forte, (ad libitum). 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 instrument 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. To those families in which both the violin and piano-forte are practised, this little production will be found very accept

able.

"My Henry shall return again;” a New Bal lad for the Piano-forte. The Music composed by Jobn Parry. 1s.

The style of this little ballad is charac terized by a due simplicity, and the expression, 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;" a Canzonet for two Voices. Composed by J. Clarke, Mus. Doc. 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 Bailad. Compared by J. Whitaker. 1. 6d.

"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 en which the poet rests his effect have not been neglected by the composer, nor are the bass and piano-forte accompani ment ill adjusted.

"When Simmer's Sun;" a Duet, sung by Mrs.

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Atkins and Mr. Taylor, Composed by Mr.
Davy. 1s.

Mr. Davy has more strongly tinged the present melody with the Scottish style than most imitators of the Caledonian bards; indeed, with very few exceptions, it is pure Scotch, and goes far to prove the versatility of this ingenious composer's imagination. Perhaps however" When Simmer's Sun," as Mr. Davy has managed it, is rather a dialogue than a duet, the two parts being taken up more in succession than combination."

Invitation to the Bee;" a Glee for four Voices, as sung by Mrs. Bianchi, Messrs. Goss, Harrison, and Bellamy. The Words by Charlotte Smith. The Music composed by Thomas Attwood, esq.

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"The Dead Robin," a-Ballad. Composed by Dr. John Clarke, of Cambridge.

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This little ballad is set with considerable pathos. The melody is sweetly expressive; and the general effect is that of simplicity and nature. The introduction of the minor third in the second verse, ought not to escape our partiMr. Attwood has given to these charming, and will not be lost upon the auditor cular notice; it is fraught with mean ing words a melody and combination of of real taste and feeling. parts perfectly suitable to the subject, and that do as much credit to his fancy and science as to his taste and judgment. Where the poetry is faithful to nature, and the music is modelled from the poe try, the production must be good; and such we pronounce the "Invitation to

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The Cricket;" a Ballad. Written by Mrs. H. West, and inscribed to Miss Pole. The Music by J. Parry. 1s. 6d.

The melody of this ballad is highly appropriate to the sense of the words, that is, to what sense they have; and the pia, no-forte accompaniment is highly analo. gous to the subject, especially in the concluding movement of each verse.

No. 2, of a Series of analyzed Fugues with Double Counterpoints. Composed for two Perform ers on one Piano-forte, or Organ, by A. F. C.

"Tis Nothing but Love;" a favourite Song, with an Accompaniment for the Piano forte. Composed by John Whitaker.

1s 6d

The simplicity of this little ballad will not fail to recommend it to the notice of the lovers of natural and unaffected me-lody. The notes move to the words and the ideas of the author, the sentiment, and successfully enforce

The lovers of musical curiosities will be glad to learn, that, in a few days, Mr. Parry, the composer of several favourite ballads, and agreeable exercises for young piano-forte practitioners, will publish a rondo, under the title of "The Persian Dance," in which will be introduced an imitation of a small pipe used by the shepherds in Persia, somewhat resembling the English flageolet, and described to Mr. Parry by his Excellency the Persian Ambassador.

PATENTS LATELY ENROLLED,

MR. JOSEPH MANTON'S, (DAVIES STREET,
BERKELEY SQUARE,) for Improved
Time-Keepers.

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HIS invention consists in a machine for time-keepers to act in vacuo, and it is so constructed that they may be wound up in vacuo, without admitting the external air. We could not, without the aid of plates, give such a description of this instrument as would be intelligible; we shall, therefore, content ourselves with an account of the good effects to be derived from it. "The advantages,"

says the patentee, "of time-keepers going in vacuo are, the unequal pressure of the atmosphere will be prevented; for when the air is heavy, the vibrations of the balance or pendulum are retarded, when the air is light, they are accele rated; but by these inventions of timekeepers going in vacuo, the vibrations of the balance or pendulum will be more uniform; the sea-air, damps, and dust, which are so injurious in rusting, cor roding, and clogging the movements of the time-keepers, are totally excluded.

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The oil in vacao will be also preserved in a more uniform fluid state, and not so liable to be glutinous as when exposed to atmospheric influence. Great care should be taken to have a good air-pump 80 as to exhaust the air as much as possible; for the more perfect the vacuum, the more correct will be the motion of the balance or pendulum.

These inventions of time keepers to go in vacuo, and to be wound up in vacuo when required, without admitting the external air, will be of great advantage in being applied to clocks or watches. The form, or shape, and manner of constructing or making the apparatus of the instruments, or machines, or the materials or the substances they are made of, for containing time keepers, clocks, or watches in vacuo, may be varied; also, the materials or the substances, or the form, or the shape and manner of constructing or making the instrument or machine for winding time-keepers, clocks, or watches when in vacuo, may be varied, provided that no external air is admitted."

MR. A. F. DE HEINE'S, (EAST SMITHFIELD,) for Improvements on Printing and Stamping Presses.

Instead of applying a screw for the power, Mr. Heine applies two sectors, or a sector and cylinder, or a sector and roller to move one against the other by a single or compound lever. In the figures attached to this specification, we have a representation of the head of the piston, under which is the platten or dye; in the centre of it is a hole, in which the spindle moves by a lever. Another figure shews the moveable spindle with two opposite sections. The lever, whether single or compound, is fixed to the spindie, and by means of it the piston will be depressed as in the common screw, with this difference, that as the descent of the piston decreases in velocity, the power must increase in the same proportion: in the screw the descent is equal, consequently the power is equal. This motion may be reversed, by putting the opposite sectors at the top of the piston; and the cylinder or roller on the moving spindle, will produce the same effect. In case the power is applied to a fly-press, it may be adapted to it by putting the part that acts instead of a screw, through the hole in the head of the press, and fixing the fly-lever above the head of the press; then, by turning the spindle by the fly-lever, the sectors

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will act in the manner of a screw with an increasing power. The sectors, and the part which comes in contact with them, must be made of iron, steel, brass, or any other hard substance; steel, or iron case-hardened, is best esteemed by the patentee.

MR. PETER WARBURTON'S (COLRIDGE, STAFFORDSHIRE,) for a New Method of decorating China, &c. with Metals, which Method leaves the Metals, after being Burned, in their Metallie State.

In the application of this invention, the patentee employs gold, silver, and platina, in three methods. First, he takes an impression from a plate of copper; the oils are rubbed with a boss into the figure engraved on the plate; the plate is then cleaned, to take off all the oil except what fills the part on which the figure is engraved; a substance composed of glue and isinglass, called a bat, is then applied to the plate, and the impression is taken off by means of a boss or roller. This impression is transferred from the bat to the earthen-ware, china, or glass, and the preparations of gold, silver, &c. such as are employed by painters to produce metallic appearances, are laid on the earthen-ware, china, &c. with cotton-wool, or any other substance fit for the purpose: it is afterwards cleaned off, and put into the oven or kiln, in the usual way. In the second method, when the figure is charged, and the plate cleaned, Potter's printing-paper, previously sized, is applied to the plate, and the impression taken off, and transferred from the paper to the earthen-ware, by means of flannel, and other fit substance. The metallic preparations are then applied, and the vessels put into the kiln. By the third method, Mr. Warburton mixes such preparations of gold, silver, and platina, as are made use of by painters to produce the metallic called burnished gold and silver, and appearances steel lustre, with the necessary oils. This mixture, in a liquid state, is then laid upon the figure, engraved on a plate of copper, or any substance on which an engraving can be made, and rubbed in with a dabber: the plate is afterwards cleaned with a piece of leather, called by printers a handcuff or a hand boss. Potter's printing-paper, being previously sized in the usual way, is then applied to the plate, and an impression of the figure is taken off by means of a Potter's

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printing press, and transferred to the earthen-ware, china, or glass, intended to be decorated by means of a rubber. The paper is then taken off, leaving thereon the impression, and it is afterwards put into the oven or kiln in the usual way. Gold, silver, and platina, must be printed upon the glaze of ear then-ware and china; gold, silver, and platina, printed upon earthenware, china, or glass, in burning, burnishing, and in all other respects, are treated in the same manner as gold, silver, and platina laid on with a pencil, are treated. In printing with gold and silver, Mr. W. has found the first and second methods the most advantageous: in printing with platina the third method is the best.

MR. DE ROCHE'S, for Improvements in the

Art of Brewing.

These improvements, as they are denominated by he patentee, consist: (1.) In a method of colouring porter by malt only, without losing any of its fermentable substance, by means of roasting the skins or husks of the malt after they have been separated from the ground malt. (2.) In making from the malt, vinegar and malt-wine, almost entirely deprived of essential oil. (3.) In making wash for distillation, in such a manner as to obtain a spirit which shall be more neutral than that formed by the common process. The method is first to separate by the mill the skins of the malt, which are to be roasted to a coffee colour, and which being then mixed with the malt in the proportion of thirty-one pounds of roasted skins to a quarter of malt, will give a fine colour to porter. The colour is extracted from the roasted skins either by mixing them with the ground malt, previous to its being brew ed, which will hinder the ground malt from having so great a tendency to clot together, or by infusing them in the cis

tern of cold water, by which means the colour will be extracted, the water will be rendered 'more proper for brewing, and it will fiiter very clear; or by making an infusion of the skins in warm water, or even by boiling them in water; or, lastly, by first moistening the skins as long as they will imbibe any water, and then mixing them with beer which is already made, and stirring the whole together, once a day for about a week. This last method is the most efficacious, and it will at the same time clarify the beer. The principal part of this dis covery is, that the roasted skins will of themselves colour porter to any tinge, or they may be used in connection with, and in aid of, any other colouring mat

ter.

Vinegar and malt-wine should be brewed from pure ground malt, carefully separated from the skins: they will, unquestionably, contain a less quantity of essential oil than at present, because this oil resides chicfly in the acrospire, which will be separated at the same time; the parts which are separated may be used to colour porter. The spirit distilled from wash brewed in the same manner, will also be more neutral or clearer than at present.

The only apparent difficulty in this method of brewing is, the care that must be taken in order to prevent the ground malt from clotting together. In brewing porter, however, the admixture of the roasted husks diminishes the cohesion of the inalt; the same end is obtained by adding the roots (commonly called maltdust) of the malt to the flour thereof, which also gives the beer more flavour. But there will not, in any case, be any danger of the ground malt clotting to gether if the water is put first into the mash-tun, and the ground malt sifted into it, or by any means put in a dvided state, which may be very easily executed.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS IN MAY.

As the List of New Publications, contained in the Monthly Magazine, is the ONLY COMPLETE LIST PUBLISHED, and consequently the only one that can be useful to the Public for Purposes of general Reference, it is requested that Authors and Publishers will continue to communicate Notices of their "Works (Post paid,) and they will always be faithfully inserted, FREE of EXPENSE.

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY.

TREATISE on the Breeding and Manage. ment of Live Stock; comprising cattle, sheep, horses, asses, mules, pigs, goats,

deer, rabbits, poultry, bees, fish, &c. &c. To which are added, Direct ons for making butter and cheese, curing hams, pickling pork and tongues, preserving eggs, &c. &c.

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with an Appendix, containing Tables of Prices in the Live and Dead Markets, some extraordinary Sales of Cattle and Sheep, and other particulars. By Richard Parkinson, 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 4s.

Every Man his own Cattle-Doctor; being a concise and familiar Description of all the Diseases incident to oxen, cows, and sheep: with the most simple and effectual method of curing each disorder through all its stages. By Francis Clater, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

ANTIQUITIES.

Archæologia; or, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity, Vol. II. 11. 11s. 6d.

ARTS, FINE.

Thomson's Seasons; illustrated with engravings by Bartolozzi and Tomkins, from original pictures by W. Hamilton, R.A. imperial 4to. 41. 4s.-with the addi. tion of four large Engravings, by the same artist-royal folio, 81. 8s.-super royal, with proof plates, 101. 10s. A few copies of the imperial 4to. edition, with the plates finely coloured, 151. 15s.

The Works of William Hogarth, elucidated by descriptions, critical, moral, and historical. To which is prefixed some account of his Life. (To be completed in six monthly parts,) Part I. royal 8vo 12s.

Rowlandson's New Caricature Magazine, er Mirror of Mirth; being a collection of original caricatures drawn and engraved by T. Rowlandson, esq. No. I. (to be conti. nued every fortnight,) royal folio, 2s. 6d.

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

The Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. XIX. Part II. 15s.

The New Cyclopedia. By Abraham Rees, D.D. F.R.S. part XXVIII. 11.

BIOGRAPHY.

Illustrations of the Lives and Writings of Gower and Chaucer, collected from authentic documents. By the Rev. H. J. Todd,

M.A. F.S.A. 8vo. 15s.

Drakard's Life of Colone! Wardle. 2s. Cromwelliana: a Chronological Detail of Frents in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged, from 1642 to 1 death with a continuation of other Transactions to the Restoration, compiled from a valuable and tearce Collection of more than 100 Gazettes within that Period; folio 11. 15s.

BOTANY.

Principia Botanica: or, a concise and easy Introduction to the Sexual Botany of Lingus. Containing the genera; their mode of growth (as tree, shrub, or herb); the known number of species to each genus; where principally native; and the number indigenous to the British isles: arranged in a fabular form, under each class and order; and digested alphabetically under several generic distinctions. The third edition, corrected and enlarged, by R. W. Darwin, esq. brother to the late Dr. Darwin. 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

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EDUCATION.

An English Latin and Latin English Dictionary. By the late Rev. Wm. Young. Stereotype edition. 8vo. 12s. bound.

A New School Atlas, consisting of twentyone Maps carefully extracted from those engraved under the direction of Mr. Arrow. smith, for Mr. Pinkerton's Modern Geography. 12s

The Orator; or Eloquent Fxtracts, in Prose and Poetry; comprehending Oratorical Specimens of the Eloquence of popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. To which is prefixed, a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery. With an Appendix, containing Outlines of Gesture. By James Chapman. 5s 63.

Hindoostanee Philology, Vol. I. compri sing a Dictionary English and Hindoostanee, with a grammatical introduction: to which is prefixed, a copper-plate, exhibiting a comparative view of the Roman and Oriental characters used in the Hindoostanee language. By John Borthwick Gilchrist, LL.D. late of the Bengal Medical Establishment, and Hindoostanee professor in the college of Fort William. With many additions and improvements from the Calcutta edition. By Thomas Roebuck, esq. of the Madra Infantry. 4to. 41. 14s. 6d.

True Stories, or Interesting Anecdotes of Young Persons; designed, through the medium of example, to inculcate principles of virtue and piety. By the Author of "Lessons for Young Persons in Humble Life," &c. 12mo. 38. 6d.

Greek Idioms, exhibited in select passages from the best Authors, with English notes, and a parsing index. By the Rev. Wm. Neilson, D.D. 8vo. 5s.

Lectures on the Elements of Algebra. By the Rev. B. Bridge, professor of Mathe matics at the East India college; royal 8vo. 10s. 6d.

HISTORY.

Hume's History of England; with Smollet's Continuation. Stereotype edition. Vol. I. (to be completed in 16 pocket vols.) Ss. 6d.; fine paper, 4s. The same, in 8vo. 3s. and 3s. 6d. ; royal 8vo. 4s. 6d. per Part.

of Modern India, in which that History is The Supplement to Mr. Maurice's History brought down to the close of the year 1788. 4to. 11. 1s.

Period till the present Time; embellished with The History of Lincoln, from the earliest cipal public buildings, curiosities, &c. &c. in nearly twenty wood engravings of the printhat ancient City. 7s. 6d.

St. Bartholomew. Collected from unpubThe History of the Parisian Massacre of lished manuscripts, and other authentic

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