25 FEBRUARY 1843, Page 12

MUSIC.

We are not without hope of seeing and hearing SPOOR in the course of the present season. He had been applied to by the Directors of the Philharmonic Society to conduct and play at two of their concerts ; but his answer states that the leave of absence to which he is entitled only begins on the 19th June, and that it will be possible for him only to assist at one—that is the last concert, on the 3d July. The Directors have again written to express their hope that he may still be induced to accept the invitation, and once more to gratify the members and sub- scribers of the Society by his performance. Should SPOOR visit Lon- don, there is no doubt that The Fall of Babylon will be performed under his direction.