A manuscript copy of the Dirge is to be found in the British Museum. It was presented in the year 1849 by Vincent Novello to the Musical Antiquarian Society. His father, Giuseppe Novello, in 1770 resided in Oxford Road, and probably worshipped in the Sardinian Chapel, where Vincent, born in 1781, became a chorister boy; this may account for his possession of the manuscript of the Dirge. It is in the handwriting of a copyist, not an autograph, and has many errors. It is not complete; at the commencement there should have been ten bars of instrumental introduction, which are only indicated in the manuscript by rests. The pencil marks of figured bass are in the handwriting of Vincent Novello; there are also pencilled names of solo singers--Swiney, Fitz, Lanza, Guich^{d}, Novello. The music is admirable, and opens with a chorus for treble, alto, two tenors, and bass, to the words "Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna." The pathos of this quintet, admirably expressive of the text, cannot be praised too highly. The words "Tremens factus sum ego" are set as a solo for a bass voice, in the style of many cathedral anthems of the period. The manuscript, evidently intended for the organist, gives the necessary organ-bass part; this solo, in the key of A minor, leads into a short chorus in C major to the words "Quando Coeli morendi sunt." A solo for a tenor voice to the words "Dies illa, Dies iræ," exhibits Arne's skill in writing vocal music, and is a very touching and effective piece of work; it is followed without a break by a chorus, "Dies Magna"; the next movement is a soprano solo, "Requiem æternam," in E major, a charming melody, with Italian fiorituri. A short chorus, "Requiescat in pace," concludes a composition which is a very fine example of Arne's genius, quite worthy of publication and performance. The British Museum possesses another manuscript of the composer to Latin words, "O salutaris hostia," which looks like an exercise in fugue writing, not intended for Church performance. It may have been sent to the "Catch Club" in competition for a prize. It has already been stated that Arne deserted his wife in 1756; what their relations were in the succeeding years can only be surmised. She was regarded by her contemporaries as a good and injured woman, and her husband was notoriously a profligate. Some few years ago a number of autograph manuscript documents came into the possession of the present writer, which throw a light on the unhappy condition of things as they existed in 1770. On the 22nd of November in that year, Mrs. Arne's Attorney sent the following letter to Dr. Arne: "SIR,--I am employed to institute a Suit in the Commons on the Complaint of your wife against you.