MR. PERRY'S ORATORIO.
IT is not our custom to notice musical performances before they have taken place, much less to deal in the " puff by anticipation :" but the announcement of an Oratorio by an English composer excited some curiosity to examine the score, especially as the author's name is little known in musical circles. Mr. PERRY has derived the subject and the words of his Oratorio from MII.3IAN'S Fall of Jerusalem ; and it is due to him to say, that his composition bespeaks a much more than ordinary degree of talent for this the most arduous of a musician's labours. The names of the persons ergaged for its performance on Wednesday night, are a sufficient assurance to the public that what- ever of excellence it possesses will be brought out ; and we trust that the attempt will meet with the success it deserves.
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