23 MARCH 1839, Page 16

In the Morning Herald of Saturday last, it is impossible

not to enjoy the fun that is made of a notice of some concert, which appears there, wherein we are introduced to anew composer of the name of" haber,"— a song of whose, it seems, was creditably sung by a "Miss Woodgat ;" mid are moreover made acquainted, for the first time, with the musical genius of Captain Back ! He is familiarly called " Back," by our con- temporary ; though, as he has recently been knighted, we believe, this makes the impropriety the greater. It would appear that the gallant Captain has developed an extraordinary talent fin. 'fugue-writing since his last return from the Polar regions !—Mu.sieal World.