MUSIC.
I. First Notturno for the Pianoforte.
2. Introduction and Rondo, on BLEwtris Cavatina " Come again."
3. Pastorale for the Pianoforte.
FIELD'S return to his native land was most opportune. Every new performer of celebrity on any instrument is sure to exercise some in- fluence on the public taste. HUMMEL'S appearance was beneficially felt ; and, beino.p followed by that of FIELD, we may hope for "reviving reason and returning sense" as connected with the pianoforte. The capers and vagaries of CZERNY and HERZ have had their day, and the favourite pupil of CLEMENT! has reappeared among us to assert and vindicate the supremacy of his great instructor. The above pieces are 'his lighter efforts, but they all bear the marks of that refined taste which bespeaks the school whence they sprung. The Pastorale forms a part of the concerto which the author played at the Philharmonic : it is an exquisite little morceau, and richly deserved all the applause it received.
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