The Sun. — London, England, 1834-06-26 00:00:00

HIS- SIDESItY'S LEVEE His Majesty held a Levee yesterday afternoon at St. James's Palace. The Rev. J. E. Tyler presented to his Majesty a sermon preached before the Elder Brethren of the Trinity house: The Rev. Mr. Tyler was presented by the Marquis Camden. His Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by the Lerd President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the three Principal Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary at War. - Certain matters were referred to a Committee of the Privy Council, and some Reports of the Judicial Com mittee of the Privy Council were approved of. The Hon. W. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The King gave audiences to Earl Grey, Viscount Pal merston, the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Albe marle, Viscount Combermere, Lord Hill, and the Hon. Edward Ellice. Lord James O'Bryen and Sir J. Reynett were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. At the Levee there were present—the Russian and French Ambassadors ; the Neapolitan, Prussian, Nether lands, Danish, Portuguese, Greek, and Saxon Ministers ; the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, the Dutch Special Minis ter, the Lord Steward, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Commander of the Forces; Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Captain of his Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the House hold, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Master of the Ceremonies ; Sir Henry Halford, President of the Royal College of Physicians ; the Master of the Robes ; the Honourable Captain Poulett, Aide-de-camp in Waiting ; the Marquis of Thomond, Colonel Sir Charles Thornton; and Colonel Wynyard, Aides-de-camp to the King; the Dean of Hereford and the Rev. T. F. Foord Bowes, Deputy Clerks of the Closet; Sir Phillip Sidney, Equerry in Waiting ; Lieut.-Col. Bouverie, Silver Stick in Wait ing; the Governor of the Bank ; Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Board of Customs ; Master Graves, Page of Honour ; and the following : _ Dux Es —Newcastle, Wellington, Buccleuch, Beaufort. MARQUIS—Camden. EARLS—Surrey, Warwick, Winchilsea. Loans—Ramsay, Crofton, Prudhoe Rolle. SlRS — Yarde Buller, Edward Dering, John Rae Reid, Bart., M.P. ; W. Geary, Bart., H. Smith, H. Brydges, G. PhiHipps. Hon. Captain George Campbell, R.N. Sergeant at Law, D'Oylv. BisHoPs--Exeter, St. David's. Rev. Dr. Causton. DocToas—Gordon, Abercrombie. REV. MEssiEv as—Francis Lunn, J. Brown, A. Mor gan, R. T. Tyler. "MksszEtras —Sanderson, M.P., W. H. Hoare, Wilkie, R. A., E. Roche, Francis Lloyd, R. Blencowe, Singleton, R.. Biddulph PhiHipps, Isted, Henry Spencer Cooper, White, Bentham, Patteson. _ _ ADMlRALS—ilonyman, Maitland, Sir T. Malcomb, Fleming. GENERALS—Sir W. K. Grant, Sir T. Molyneux, Bart., Sir J. Hamilton, Horsford. CAPTAINS, R.N.—E. Sparshott, W. Burnaby Greene, Sir A. Maitland, L. Davies, Aitchison, 0. V. Harcourt, P, Fisher,.W. Symonds. 'COLONELS—EIiot, Gabriel, Sir A. Frazer, Cooper. ,COMMANDERS—OrISIOW, H. Nurse. lifi:tois- , -Anderson, H. Caldwell. Lieutenant Richardson, R. N. CAPTAINS—Braham, H. Maxwell, Blencowe, Saw bridge, Gaynor. LIEUTENANTS—Symonds, Jenkinson, Frazer. Cornet Molyneux. _ ENSIGNS—W. W. Powell, A. Hill. The following presented addresses and petitions to the King : The Duke of Wellington—Addresses to thank his Majesty /or the sentiments expressed by his Majesty in his speech to the Archbishops and Bishops on the 28th May last. The Duke of Newcastle--Addresses and petitions for the preservation of Church and State, from Annesley, Attenborough, Barton, Bole, Carlton, Mansfield, Nor well,Plumtree, Lenton, South Markham, and Buckfast . leigh, in the county of Devon ; and Addresses thanking his Majesty for his most gracious speech to the Bishops, • from Ripon, Yorkshire ; Dudley, Staffordshire ; Not ting.ham, and its vicinity ; and Corporation of East Ret : ford. The Bishop of Exeter—An Address from the Protes •tant inhabitants of St. Peter's, in the city of Cork, . thinking his Majesty for his determination to uphold the Church, and relying on his paternal care that the pro- ply given for' the maintenance of the Church in Ireland and the numbers of its ministers be not di- "niinished; also an Address from the inhabitants of the `perish -of ETminster, in the county of Devon, to a j,simibtr effect. !. • Sir 7 .lohn Yarde Buller—A loyal Address from the -inhabitants of the parishes of Brixham and Churston Ferrer's, in the county of Devon, in favour of the Este- Alished Church, signed by 257 persons. Mr: . Sanderson, M.P.—An Ad&ess from the Corpora tion of Colchester. Lord Prudhoe—An Address from the lay inhabitants of Seddon, in the county of Northumberland, to thank his Majesty for his gracious speech to the Bishops. Sir' Henry Smyth—An Address from Colchester and its `Ticinity, thanking his Majesty for his most gracious and constitutional declaration 'to the Bishops. The Earl of Winchilsea--Loyal Addresses, expressing un bolinded satisfaction and gratitude for his Majesty's gracious declaration to the Prelates of our Church, of maintaining inviolate the religion of the Church of England and Ireland, and ardent attachment to the in • stitutions in Church and State, from the eastern part of the.county of Kent ; from Harkurst and its vicinity, Kent; from Chittern, St. Mary's, Wilts ; from Chit tern, All Saints, Wilts ; from Bu r y St. Ed mun d' s , Suffolk ; from Swisby, Derby ; from Great Stanton, Durham. Earl of Warwick—An Address from Warwick, thanking his Majesty for his gracious support of the Established Church. or Anderson, of Havering Grange, a Magistrate and ty-Lieutena n t of Essex—A loyal Address from the Gentry, Clergy, and other inhabitants of the parish of }layeri ng , in the liberty of Havering-atti-Bower, in the county of Essex, thanking his Majesty for his late seasonable declaration to maintain inviolate the integrity of the Protestant Church as by law established. Lord Rolle—Twenty-one Addresses, signed by 3,000 per : sons, to the same effect. From the inhabitants of Tewkesbury, and from the town of Chepstow, to the same effect. Address from the city of Wells and its vicinity ; the city of Hereford ; the Mayor, Aldermen, and Assistants of the borough of Leeds ; the inhabitants of Romsey, in • the county of Southampton; the Archdeacon and Clergy .of the Archdeaconry of Colchester ; the inhabitants of certain parishes in the county of Somerset ; the Mayor and commonalty of New Sarum ; the inhabitants of the Par4h of Ford, in the county of Northumberland ; the „Inhabitants of Shepton Mallet, in favour of the Este -61611%4 Church. The following were presented to his Majesty : Ler a Ramsey, by the Duke of Buccleuch. Sir-E. Derin g , by th e M arqu i s C am d en. Mr. Serjeant-D'Oyleb by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. F. Lloyd, High Bailiff of Birmingham, by Viscount Melbourne. Rev. Brown. by the Right Hon. C. Grant. Lord Crofton, on his marriage, by the Duke of Argyll. Mr. R. B. Phillipps, by Sir H. Brydges. Sir W.' Geary, Bart., by the Marquis Camden. Mr. H. S. Cooper, by the Duke of Devonshire. Lieut.-Colonel Eliot, by the Master-General of the Ord- Dr.--Abercrombie, by Sir H. Halford. Rev. F. Lumley, by the Earl of Surrey. Mr. R. Blencowe, by the Marquis Camden. Lieut.-Colonel Gabriel, by Sir H. Taylor. J. Hamilton. Mr. W. H. Hoare, by Lieut.-Gen era l Sir Captain Bl encowe , by the Marquis C Lieut. Symonds, Royal Engineers, by his father, the Sur veyor of the Navy. "r• Gordon, by Sir Henry Halford. Li !". Jenkinson ! , on being appointed Second Lieutenant x ;in the Rifle Brigade. tr . E. Roche, by Viscount Althorp. Contmander Onslow, R. N., by General Sir H. Taylor. Lieut.. Richardson R.N , Vice-Admiral Fleming. Captain Braham, y General Salmon. Captain E • SParshott R.N on appo intment to H.M.S. rin chelter, by Rear -Admiral t he Hon. Sir Bladen Capel. Captain W. Burnaby Greene, R.N., on promotion, by Sir James Graham. Mr. Bentham, by Sir H. J. Brydges. Captain H. Maxwell, on promotion, by the Adjutant ' General. Lieut. Frazer, on his return from abroad, by Colonel Sir A. Frazer, K. C.B. Ensign,W. W. Powell, on embarkatio n for the Mauritius, W. Home. E g Alfred Hill, by Colonel Hill. , p - "ITI oN OF PARTIES.—A letter in the Perthshire Actoert• e gives a list of 37 isolated re turns which h oe i t s ak r en lace since the last general election. The members to each of analysis of these gives the following the three parties, Tory, Whig, and Radical, viz-- Radicals, 5 • Tories, 12 ; Whigs, 20, Majority of Whigs over 'Tories, 8 ; over Radi cals, 15 ; over their combined opponents, 3. Out of th e 37 seats vacated, 30 were occupied by Whigs, 5 by Tories,. and 2 b y Radicals. Th e have there fore only gained in strength by 7, and the Radicals by 3 —no v ery gre a t proof of a reaction in favour of either extreme, in the course of two years, considering the means Parlia by - which some C onservatives manage to slip into anent. ' • • PORTSMOITTII, APRIL 28. The present is to acquaint you that this morning early her most faithful Majesty's frigate the Duchess of Braganza, made her appearance in the offing, bear ing the flag of the brave Admiral Count St. Vincent. This soon got rumoured through the town, and the whole of the inhabitants that could leave their homes were seen flocking in all directions to the place of de barcation. A deputation went off in a handsome barge, and met the brave admiral and his family coming on shore, accompanied by the captain of the ship. The barges hove to, and gave three cheers. They then proceeded to the King's stairs, which were crowded with persons of all classes, anxiously waiting to receive him. So thronged was the High-street, that the gallant admiral could scarcely get through the crowd ; and never since the landing of Nelson, have we witikessed such a scene. The windows were crowded with the fair sex, waving their handkerchiefs. On the gallant admiral's arrival at the George, we noticed many of the heads of the town, and a nume rous body of free voters, all desirous of paying their respects, and welcoming him home. Among the nu merous visiters we observed Lord Farnborough, Sir R. Williams of the Charmer, and many distinguished officers of the navy and army. The bells have been ringing all day merry peals, and altogether the town has been a gay holiday. The Duchess of Braganza is a remarkably fine frigate, manned entirely with Portuguese, and we understand come home for the purpose of proceeding to Brest, to convoy home the Portuguese ships of war lying there, which were some time ago taken from Don Miguel, and now returned to the Queen. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, the Prince and Princess Hohenlohe, Countess Howe, the Earl of Denbigh, Sir Andrew Barnard, &c., rode out on horseback yesterday for two hours. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, visited the new palace in St. James's Park, yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by the Prince and .Princess Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Flora Hastings, dined with their Majesties yesterday. The Princess Augusta and a select party also dined with the King and Queen. The Duke of Cumberland, the Duchess of Glouces ter, and the Princess Sophia, visited their Majesties yesterday. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria droVe in the Parks at an early hour yesterday morning. At the Queen's Drawing-room, last Thursday, Mr. Charles H. C. Plowden was presented to her Majesty by Sir John Woolmore. LINES WRITTEN AFTER HEARING THE CHORAL MUSIC AND CORONATION ANTHEM IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, JUNE 24, 1834. It is full fifty years since I heard last, Handel, thy solemn and divinest strain Roll through thy long nave of this pillar'd fane, Now seeming as if scarce a year had pass'd ; And there He sat, who then wore England's Crown, The pious Father—for the soul of Prynne. s Had not reviv'd, to judge these scenes a sin— He who was long to silent dust gone down, A man of sorrows, tho' a King. And there, In graceful youth, stood the same Kingdom's Heir, He also to.the dust gone down—and now The Diadem shines on his living brow, Who then was part of that fair progeny, On which a mother gaz'd, and with a sigh, Bless'd as she gaz'd, and some sad melody Stole to her heart, and fill'd her eyes with tears. When I look back on the departed years, And many silent summers pass'd away, Since youth, beneath the jocund morning sun, Panted, with ardent hope, his race to run ; Ah ! not unmindful that I now am grey, And my race almost run = in this same fane, I hear those Hallelujahs peal again, Peal and expire, and while upon my ear, The mighty voice swells, jubilant and clear, I muse amid the holy harmony, On thoughts of other worlds, and songs - which never die. W. L. BOWLES. Prynne, the Puritan, who wrote folios against profane anthems and Cathedral music. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Hon. Henry and Mrs. Westenra, and Mrs. Scott Waring, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the Continent ; Sir Henry Fane, Bart., at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Oxford ; Mrs. Frankland and fa mily, at Symmon's Hotel, St. James's-street, from their seat in Surrey ; Lady Sevaitre, at Batt's Hotel, Dover street, from India ; the Hon. Mrs. Addington, at ditto, from Richmond Park ; Edward Lucas, Esq., at ditto ; from Ireland; Mrs. Davis, at ditto, from India; Captain lind Mrs. Gordon, in Regent-street, from Essex; Viscount Hawarden, in Grosvenor-street, from Ireland ; Major Hare, in Dover-street, from Brighton ; Edward Dixon, Esq., and Mrs. Dixon, at the Berners Hotel, Berners street, from their seat, Ashwood House, Dudley ; Mrs. Grazebrook, at ditto, from ditto ; Admiral Gosse lin and family, at ditto, from their seat, Benger Hall, Herts ; Mrs. Birch and Miss Birch, at ditto, from Bath ; Captain Wil kinson and Miss Wilkinson, at ditto, from Walsham-le- Willows, Suffolk ; Sir George Crewe, Bart., at ditto, from his seat, Culke Abbey, Derby; the Rev. G. Osborne, at ditto, from Stamford ; the Rev. A. Hanbury, at ditto ; George Courthope, Esq., Mrs. and Miss Courthope at ditto, from a tour • Mr. and the Mrs. Hon. Bethel Courthope , in Park-lane, from Bath ; Lady Frances and Miss Wright Wilson, at Chelsea Park, from Drayton Lodge, Hants ; Lord and Lady Corry, at the Carlton Hotel, from a tour ; the Hon. H. K. Craven, in Charles street, Berkeley-square, from a tour ; Count Medorn and M. Tolstoy, at Ashburnham House, from Paris ; T. H. B. Estcourt, Esq., M.P., in Harley-street, from Estcourt, Gloucestershire ; Sir William, Lady, and the Misses Boothby, in Grosvenor-street ; Hon. Frederick Craven, in Charles-street, Berkeley square, from a tour ; the Prince de la Moskowa, at the Hanover Hotel, from ditto. DEPARTURES. 11. Dover, Esq., and Mrs. Dover, from the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, for Norfolk ; C. Egerton, Esq., and Mrs. Egerton, from ditto, for ditto ; Thomas East wood, Esq., and Mrs. Eastwood, from ditto, for Lancaster; the Bishop of Bangor, from Warren's Hotel, Regent street, for the Palace, Bangor ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gray, for Leamington, Warwickshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Church and family, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for their seat, in Wales ; the Hon. Mrs. Lindsay, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Scotland ; Sir Colin and Lady Halkett, from ditto, for their residence in George street, Hanover-square ; Mr. and Mrs. Macgillivary, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Brown, from ditto, for Ire land ; Mr. and Mrs. Harding and family, from ditto, for the Continent ; Captain and Mrs. Hare, for Leamington, Warwickshire. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Earl and Countess of •Glasgow, Lord Carrington, Hon. and Rev. Dean of Leighlin, Admiral Sir J. Coffin, Acl. miral Hollis and family, General Sir Charles Dalbiac, Sir John Walsharn, Sir J. Hamilton, Colonel D'Arcy, Colonel Lee, Lieutenant-Colonel Kennett, Major Pinck ney, Major Symms, Rev. R. Boulther and family, Rev. J. Cattell, Rev. Francis Ellis, Rev. E. Dent, Rev. W. H. Peacocke, Rev. George Peacocke, Rev. W. W. Holland, Rev. Mr. Aworth, Rev. 4. Austin and family, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, Rev. J. W. and Mrs. Carey, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo, Rev. E. Eckley, Rev. W. Maunsell, Rev. Dr. R. H. Graves, Rev. Mr. Harcot, Rev. Anthony and Mrs. Chester, Rev. H. B. and Mrs. Campbell, Captain and Mrs. Addersley, Captain and Mrs. Watson, Captain and Mrs. Rownham, Captain Chamberlain, Captain Heastop, R.N., Captain Clayton, Captain Stephens, Cap tain Gordon, Captain Peacocke, Captain Foote, Captain Hughes, Captain Westnard, Captain and Mrs. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Love, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Youle, Mr. and Mrs. Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Prior, Mr. and Mrs. King, Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. Jervis , Mr. and Ire. Man_ field, Mr. and Mrs. England, Mr. and Mrs. Thorngrove, Mr. and Mrs. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Green, Mr. Mrs. and the two Misses Pyne, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Gregson, Mr. and Mrs. Grand, Mr. and Mrs. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Mr. Acock and family,Mr. D. E. Mr. Macnamara, Mr. A. Spearing, Mr. Gosport, Mr. E. Henriques,Hutchins Williams, Mr. Maskell, Mr. S. Ridgway, Mr. Williams, Mr. John Ennis. FASHIONABLE CHANGES. Sir Joshua and Lady Paul and suite, for their seat, Bal lyglan, county Waterford ; Mr. Allen, from this town for Wales ; Mrs. Aufrere and Gibbings, for London, &c. THE DEATH OF MOSES.—The Fourth Part of Weston and Martin's Illustrations of the Bible, to be published July 1, price ls., will contain eight engravings, accompanied with descriptions from the following striking subjects :—Joshua commanding the sun to stand still—The rod of Moses turned into a serpent—The destroying angel—Miriam stricken with leprosy—Death of Moses on Mount Nebo— Jacob's daughters trying to comfort him—The cup found in Benjamin's sack—and Amalek overcome. ROY-AL MUSICAL PtSTIVAL. (THIS DAY.) Shortly before twelve o'clock their Majesties, the Princess Sophia, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Victoria arrived at the Abbey, escorted as on Tuesday. During the progress of the Royal party from St. James's they were most enthusiasti cally cheered by the populace. His Majesty, who appeared to be in most excellent health and spirits, was highly gratified by the attention of their loyal subjects, whose salutations he returned with apparent great gratification. A few minutes after twelve o'clock, their Ma jesties, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and several other members of the Royal Family, entered the Royal Box opposite the Orchestra, immediately upon which the per= formance• commenced. The performances commenced this day with the coronation anthem of Handel, "The King shall rejoice," which with semi-chorus and chorus that follows went off remarkably well. In fact, throughout the day, the known chorusses have gone as well as it was possible for chorusses to go. A comparative failure or two has been made in those with which the singers are generally not so well acquainted. The effects that were produced by this and the other chorusses to-day, and at the rehearsal yester day, from the immense volume of sound emanating from so large an assemblage of choristers and so powerful an orchestra, was tremendous. The singers, from having become accustomed to each other, sang much more firmly together than on the first day's performance, and took up the points to gether with much greater tact. Occasionally the female voices were a little flat, but when we hear the principals so frequently guilty of the same in accuracy, we have no right to complain. By-the bye, we may here advert to a remark we found it necessary to make in our report of Tuesday's per formances, that the principal singers were deficient in quality adequate to the occasion. We have heard this explained in a way that seems very satisfactory. The immense volume of the chorus and orchestra, and the scarcely imagi nable effects produced by the combinations they produce, throw all the principals completely in the shade ; the ear is not satisfied with what they do ; their defects are discernable to the most unprac tised ear. This festival will inflict a stain on the reputations of most of them they will not easily re cover. The performances this day were a miscellaneous selection for the first part, and Handers sacred oratoria, " Israel in Egypt," for the second and third. After the anthem, the first piece was' Mo zart's " A te, fra tanti affanori,"' from the "Davide Penitente," sung by Signor Rubini. This piece was announced as being the first time of its perfor mance in this country; and indeed all those with whom we have conversed, have acknowledged they never heard it in public before, and that from its novelty as well as its beauty, they derived a plea sure from it . they could not have contem plated receiving at this festival. Rubini sang with very great good taste and correct expression. His voice. did not sound very powerful, but we think he could have made more of it if he pleased. He is a good musician, and the judgment -he dis played in his mode of singing this song was highly creditable to him. The wind instrument accompa niments to this song, with are put in Mozart's un rivalled style of sitting, were deliciously played. We arc unable to devote the space we could wish to this day's Oratorio, and must, therefore, limit ourselves to the mention of a few of the more pro- niinent pieces. In " Angels ever Bright and Fair," Miss Stephens sang as well as we ever heard her. ' Her voice sounded clear and powerful, she displayed great feeling, and altogether it was one of the best executed pieces, if not the very best, of the day. In " Luther's Hymn," Mr. Braham sung with all his pristine energy and exquisite taste. The trumpet accompaniment was finely played by Harper ; the 'trumpet notes, however, occur much too frequently, and the effect would be far superior if they were li mited to once or twice in the course of the hymn. Mademoiselle Gueletta Grisi failed utterly in the " Quoniam to solus" (from Haydn's second ser vice.)_ Her execution was ineffective, and the power of voice inferior, apparently, to that of the second rates engaged at this festival. People 'who had only heard of her as the. Prima Donna of the Italian Opera, looked at each other with astonishment. The cause of the failure appeared to be her leading off the movement faster than was suited to the character of the composition. At all events, she totally failed, whatever was the cause. In Israel in Egypt, as we have said, the chorusses were splendidly per formed. The " Hailstone Chorus," and " The Horse and his Rider," as these two composi tions are technically called, both produced an effect perfectly astounding. In the second part, the recitative and air " Now the Magicians," and " All Human Power" were beautifully sung by Miss Romer, as well as the duett in the third part, " The Lord is my strength." In fact so much sa tisfaction was given by those young ladies that some of the greater names will have full right to be jealous of them. The duett " The Lord is a man of war,"by Messrs. Phillips and Machin, was also well sung, particularly by the last mentioned gentleman, who indeed appears to take the lead. The chorusses however, were the main feature of the day. To hear them in the style they are now done at the Abbey is a treat of the value of which no adequate idea can be formed. In other respects, so far, we think the festival has been sadly deficient. We have unfortunately no Billington or Catalani, and nothing in the same line, which compared with them, is not the mere shadow of a shade. The following is the Programme : PART I. Coronation Anthem—" The King shall rejoice."—Handel. Aria—Signor RUBINI, " A tanti affanni," (Davide Penitente) —Mozart. Chorus—" Glory to God." Solo—Mr. VAUGHAN, " Holy and merciful Father." Quartet—Miss C. NO.VELLO, Miss H. CAWSE, Mr. VAUGHAN, and Mr. E. TAYLOR, " 0 Lord, have mercy upon us." Chorus-:-." God is great in battle."—Beethoven. Recit. and Air—Miss STEPHENS, " Angels, ever bright" (Theodora)—Handel. From Haydn's Second Service. Chorus--" Kyrie eleison," the Solos by Madame STOCK HAUSEN, Miss MASSON, asd Signors RUBINI and ZUCHELLI. Solo—Signor ZUCHELLI, " Qui tollis," Violincello obligato, Mr. LINDLEY. Chorus and Fugue, " Et vitam " Recit. and Air—Mr. H. PHILLIPS, " The snares of death," Bassoon obligato, Mr. MACKINTOSH (Thanksgiving)— Sir J. Stevenson, Recit.--Miss BEM, " Matrons and virgins, and 0, who can tell," Violin and Vlolincello obligati, Messrs. WEICHSEL and LINDLEY (Joshua)—Handel. Luther's Hymn—Mr. BRA HAM, accompanied on the Organ by Mr. H. IL BISHOP, with Trumpet obligato, Mr. HAR PER. Air—Mlle. GIULIETTA'GRISI, " Quondam to solus sanc tus."—Haydn. From Mozart's First Service. Chorus—" Credo." Quartet—Miss ROMER, Mr. HAW. KITS, Signor RUBINI, and Mr. SALE, "Et incarnatus est.° Solo—Madame STOCKHAUSEN, " Agnus Del." Quartet —Miss ROMER, Mr. HAWKINS, Signor RUBI. NI, and Mr. SALE. Chorus—" Dons nobis." PART 11. Handel's Sacred Oratorio, ISRAEL IN EGYPT. Recit.—Mr. F. ROBINSON, " Now there arose a new King." Solo.—Mr. HAWKINS, and Chorus, " And the children of Israel sighed.," Recit.—Mr. VAUGHAN," " Then he sent Moses"—Chorus, "They loathed to drink." Recit.—Miss MASSON, "This the magicians did ;" and Air—" Their land brought forth frogs..' Recit —Miss ROMER, " Nor the magicians ;" and Air— " All human power now failing." Recit.—Mr. F. ROBINSON, " The plague now ceas'd ;" Chorus—" He spake the word." Recit.—Mr. VAUGHAN, " Yet Pharoh still exalted." Chorusesr" He gave them hailstones," and "He sent a thick darkness." Recit.—Miss CLARA NOVELLO, "Three days thus o'er" leading into;. Recit. (accompanied)—" Hail ! holy light." Choruses—" He smote all the first born of Egypt," and" But as for his people." Recit.—Mr. HOBBS, " Thus with a mighty hand." Choruses—" He rebuked the Red Sea," "He led them through the deep," and " But the waters overwhelmed their enemies." BELtAMY, " God lo6ked forth ;" and Air— " Wave from wave." Chorus—" A ndlsrael saw that great work." PART HI. Duet—Miss ROMER and Mils WOODYATT, "The Lord is my strength." Chorus—" He is any God"—" And I will milt him." Duet—Mr. H. PHILLIPS and Mr. MACHIN, " The Lord is a man of war." Choruses—" The depths have covered them."—" Thy right hand, 0 Lord."—" And in the greatness." Semi-Chorus and Chorus—" And with the blast." Air—Mrs. W. KNYVETT, " Thou didst blow." Choruses—" Who is like unto thee."—" The people shall hear." Air—Miss H. CA WSE, " Thou shalt bring them in." Chorus—" The Lord shall reign," Recit.—Mr. BRAHAM, " For the host of Pharaoh." Recit.—" And Miriam the Prophetess." Solo—Miss STEPHENS, " Sing ye to the Lord." Chorus—" The Lord shall reign." COVENT . -GAAPEN THEATRE. A ballet called the Fair Sicilian, or the Conquered Coquette, has been produced at this theatre. The subject of it is the difficulty which a Sicilian Princess (Mademoiselle Noblet) has in pleasing herself in the choice of a lover. Four Princes sue for her hand. She rejects three of them sans phrase, and will not confess that she loves the fourth, Alemdor (M. Al bert), in spite of the persuasions of her venerable father and her tutelar genius, the Fairy Gracious (Mrs. 'Vining). After endeavouring to overcome her coquettishness by all fair means, of which the most agreeable consists in the delights of the enchanted gardens, the Fairy resorts to the desperate etpedient of driving her by night into a frightful forest, where, in the midst of a more frightful storm, her life is pre served by a most frightful charcoal-burner (Mr. Payne). The forester proposes to recompense him self for his exertions by making her his bride ; his brutality terrifies her, and at the moment when she is reduced to despair, and is repenting bitterly her offences against the omnipotent divinity whose bless ings she had spurned, the scene suddenly changes, and by a very ingenious contrivance the splendours of the Sicilian Court are substituted for the gloom and horror of the charcoal-burner's hut. There is some thing like this in one of Voltaire's romances. The ballet is cleverly arranged, and the effect is increased by some very well painted scenery ; but the principal excellence and the chief attraction is in the acting of Mademoiselle Noblet. Since La Sylphide we have not had a ballet so good as this. Its greatest fault is, that it was begun and ended much too late, the cur tam not falling until nearly one o'clock. VICTORIA THEATRE. Last night Mr. Liston appeared in his favorite part of Mr. Brown, in Mr. Charles Dance's popular farce of Kill or Cure, which is, doubtless, familiar to our readers, from its being so long a standing favorite at the Olympic theatre. Mr. W. Williams ably sustained Webster's part of Mr. Marmaduke Milciman, and Mr. Mitchell and Miss Horton very characteristically sup ported the parts of John, the ostler, and Betty, the barmaid, his wife. The house was well filled. VAUXHALL GARDENS. The spirited proprietors of the e° Royal property," with as laudible a desire to deserve as to obtain public patronage,- have availed themselves of the favourable state of the weather, and of the occasion which has brought such an influx of visitors to the metropolis, to exhibit the famed Vauxhall in all its splendour, for which purpose they have projected three grand Festival Galas, which will embrace all its principal features of attrac tion. The first of these was given last night, and at tracted to these festive scenes a very numerous and respectable assemblage. The coup d'ceil was most magnificent. At the base of the great quadrangle was presented a grand pictorial allegory, which re presented the tombs of Handel and Mozart, over shadowed by an enormous weeping willow, very cor rectly represented in green lamps. There was also a harp of immense dimensions, with other devices, and flowering shrubs were liberally supplied. Captain Ross performed his voyage with undiminished prowess and success, and the fireworks were never exceeded in brilliancy or display. They concluded with a re.• presentation of the Western front of Westminster Abbey,which had an extremely vivid and splendid effect. LOVE-ROMANCE IN REAL,LIFE. Some thirty years ago Lord's cricket gr Jund was a sylvan.spot. On Saturdays it presented a display of all the elite of London Society ; and on one certain Saturday of Saturdays it chanced that the wealthy brother of a noble earl nearest in succession to his peerage, was struck dumb, and deaf, and blind, by the spectacle of a beautiful and elegantly dressed woman, maid, widow, or wife, seated in one of the booths, and surrounded by a party of fashionables. The place was too much crowded to admit of his nearer approach; but his approach was already near enough for the gen tleman to have what is called " fallen in love at first sight." From that moment he devoted himself to the task of discovering the name, nature, and place of abode of his beautiful inconnue. The birth-day, however, was at hand. In those times the Bth of every June beheld London a desert ; and people enjoyed their own roses and strawberries at their own country seats, instead of paying for those of Grange, and Lee, and Kennedy. It was in vain, therefore, that the Hon. Mr. g rilled himself to a turn in the sultry purlieus of - Rotton-row, or stewed himself to rags at the little theatre in the Haymarket; our Romeo soon found himself the " last man" in town—no Juliet was to be seen ; nothing but dusty cauliflowers and yellow green peas. From his residence in May-fair, therefore, he fl e d to his family seat to Brighton, Ramsgate—Wey mouth—wherever people did most congregate—in hopes of discovering and making himself lord of the lady. At length, in the course of the autumn, at Doncaster races, or the Granby at Harrowgate, or the Ship ball at Lincoln, or some other provincial place of entertainment, his eyes were recreated with a second s ight of the same tall shapely form, the same grey eyes and long black eyelashes, the same sweet smile and sweeter brow by which he had been overpowered at the cricket-ground ; and this time he was not only enabled to secure an introduction, but had the satis faction of finding that the beautiful unknown was his equal in birth and fortune, and every way qualified to become his wife. Better still, she even consented to prove her qualification—accepted his hand—and in a few weeks the betrothed lover accompanied the family to their fine old park in the county of . Weddinn , clothes, cake and carriages were in progress—the diamonds and the special license bespoken—the day fixed 1 The lovely Maria, overpowered by the enthu siastic passion she had inspired looked forward with confidence to a long and happy life as the hon. Mrs. S. ; and nothing remained to complete her vision of bliss but the return from Devonshire of her favourite sister, Harriet, who on recovering from a long indis position, was to officiate as bride's maid and whose letters evinced the greatest interest in her prospect, and the greatest anxiety to become acquainted with her future brother-in-law. .It was the very eve of the wedding. The new car riages, the mechlin, the white satin favours, the white sugared cake, and all the rest of the bridal parapher nalia, were safely housed at park : and the as sembled family waited impatiently for the sound of wheels which was to announce the arrival of Harriet and her elder brother. The lawyers and the settlement were signed and dismissed ; and the bridegroom and his idol were standing together at a window, when, lo ! open flew the drawing room doors, and in flew the in valid. " My dearest Maria !"—" My dearest Harriet !" exclaimed the two sisters, rushing into each others arms. But white, meanwhile, was the bridegroom ? " Half fainting in an arm chair !" " That is the lady to whom I am attached ; that is the lady I met at Lord's," faltered the unhappy man as soon as the aid of hartshorn and sal volatile restored his articulation ; and Harriet was forced to confess that at their original encounter Mr. —'s manifest admi ration had produced considerable effect upon her own feelings, and that he had been the hero of her Devon shire indisposition. The sisters, bearing so unlucky a mutual resemblance, now vied with each other in gene rosity. Each was for transferring the affections or the pretensions of the bridegroom to the other. But eventually it was Harriet who wore the mechlin , and profited by the special license ! For several years Maria " pined inly," and wore the willow; but the green garland became her so well that she won the affections of an opulent Baronet, and became his wife. It is to be regretted that we are not enabled to add, after the most approved fashion of story tellers, that " they all lived very happy ever after wards." But the parties are now no more. Lord's cricket-ground is now the resort of cricketers only ; and reality has usurped the place of romance. LITERATTIRt , DA VID CROCKETT S Lll'E.—London,lt 334 . A work evidently per Med in a con amore spirit, and with a high zest fof feal and adven ture. It is the autobiography of a Xeutucky man, who answers to the name—a fictitious one, we presume—of David Crockett, and is made up of stirring incidents and fresh un varnished pictures of savage life in the back woods of America. A few of the writer's ad ventures border a little on the marvellous, espe cially those with the Creek Indians, but he tells them-with such an earnest air,. and such an utter absence of effect, that we should not be doing him justice, were we to say more than that we have just a slight suspicion of their authenticity. The book is •an exceedingly amusing one, and the style, which is abOut as rough as the edge of a sailor's razor, is by no means the least amusing part of it. THE BOOK OF APHORISMS. Glasgow, 1834. There is much clevern - es, but more shallowness and assumption in this little book, which is nevertheless amusing, if it be not edifying. .The author lays down his dogmas with an air of self-sufficiency, as though he combined the thoughtful sagacity of a Roche foucault with the literary weight and authority of a Johnson. He plays the " Sir Oracle" in every page ; tosses off his " Aphorisms" with an air ; and challenges the world's admiration of his cunning. In a brief, pithy preface, he modestly hints a " if any of my ideas are taken from others." Now we can assure him that scarce more than a dozen, out of his six hun dred and seventy-five aphorisms, have the slightest pretensions to originality ; he has clothed himself from head to foot in borrowed garments ; and if the rightful owners were ever to step forward and claim them, he would be stripped as stark naked as unfig leafed Adam. The well-known O'Doherty of Black wood is a writer whom he has laid under the most grievous contributions. Not content, however, with pillaging his ideas, he imitates also his manner ; but that which is in excellent keeping with the off-hand, reckless character of the Irishman's humour, is very much out of place when proceeding from a flippant and somewhat pedantic Scotchman. We say flippant, because we can scarcely find a single page in which the words " puppy," " ass," " block head," " bore," " liar," &c., are not introduced— just as if the author, embodying the perfection of humanity in his own person, were justified in " cast ing the stone" at others ! In one of his aphorisms he has so happily defined the character of his pre sent publication, that we feel that any lengthened or elaborate criticism is superfluous. " A great deal of what is called wit," says he, " comes under the head of impertinence." In common fairness, how ever, to him, we subjoin a few of his shrewdest and most striking remarks. There is great truth, and so far as we can say to the contrary, novelty, in this aphorism : " Girls have a naughty custom of caressing and kissing children in the presence of young men. I say naughty, not for the thing itself, but for the reason which makes the cunning young creatures do it." _ • • " Never lend umbrellas." This is sound advice, and from the pithy and un ceremonious way in which it is put, is, we doubt not, the result of painful experience. To lend an umbrella io an acquaintance is like lending money to a poet. It is never returned. There arc cases, however, in which it is next to impossible to refuse the loan of one's umbrella, and when such occur, the best way is to lend a cotton one, and go instantly and borrow a silk, by which means you obtain an indemnity for whatever casualties may occur. " I never knew a person with a badly developed head who was a believer in Phrenology." Our limits prevent us from going further into detail. PARTY SPIRIT.—Those who remember him cannot fail to recollect that the celebrated John Wilks was one of the ugliest men imaginable. Once upon a time, as Wilks was speaking from the Middlesex hustings, a supporter was so transported by his elo quence, as to exclaim—" What a beautiful man he is !" " Beautiful !" exclaimed a bystander, " why he squints confoundedly." " Not a bit more," rejoined the other, " than a gentleman ought to squint." In the workhouse of Epsom there were only nine deaths during the last year, and the aggregate ages of the deceased persons amounted to 710 years. Gloucester Lodge, the house at Old Bromp ton, formerly occupied by Mr. Canning, has been taken for Don Carlos and his suite, who are, we understand, expected in town in a day or two. THE APPROACHING SESSIONS.—The Westminster Sessions commence this day, the Mid dlesex on Monday, the London on Wednesday, the Old Bailey on Thursday, and the Surrey on Monday week. A SCENE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. —CHARLOTTE CORDAY.—AS the cart in which she was seated proceeded towards the place of execution, . a crowd of wretches in the street, ever ready to insult the unfortunate, and glut their eyes withthe sight of blood, called out, " To the guillotine with her !"—" I am on my way thither," she mildly replied , turning towards them. She was a striking figure as she sat in the cart. The extraordinary beauty of her features, and the mildness of her look, strongly contrasted with the murderer's red garment which she wore. She smiled at the spectators whenever she perceived marks of sympathy rather than of curiosity, and this smile gave a truly Raphaelic expression to her countenance. Adam Lux, a deputy of Mayence, having met the cart, shortly after it left the Conciergerie, gazed with wonder at this beautiful apparition—for he had never before seen Charlotte—and a passion, as singular as it was deep, immediately took possession of his mind. " Oh !" cried he, " this woman is surely greater than Brutus !" Anxious once more to behold her, he ran at full speed towards the Palais Royal, which he reached before the cart arrived in front of it. An other look which he cast upon Charlotte Corday com pletely unsettled his reason. The world to him had suddenly become a void, and he resolved to quit it. Rushing like a madman to his own house, he wrote a letter to the revolutionary tribunal, in which he re peated the words he bad already uttered at the sight of Charlotte Corday, and concluded by asking to be condemned to death, in order that he might join her in a better world. His request was granted, and he was executed soon after. Before he died, he begged the executioner to bind him with the very cords that had before encircled the delicate limbs of Charlotte upon the same scaf fold, and his head fell as he was pronouncing her name. Charlotte Corday, wholly absorbed by the solemnity of her last moments, had not perceived the effect she had produced upon Adam Lux, and died in ignorance of it. Having reached the foot of the guil lotine, she ascended the platform with a firm step, but with the greatest modesty of demeanour. " Her countenance," says an eye-witnes3, " evinced only the calmness of a soul at peace with itself." The executioner having removed the handkerchief which covered her shoulders and bosom, her face and neck became suffused with a deep blush. Death had no terrors for her, but her innate feelings of modesty were deeply wounded at being thus exposed to public gaze. Her being fas tened to the fatal plank seemed a relief to her ; and she eargerly rushed to death as a refuge against this violation of female delicacy. When her head fell, the executioner took it up, and bestowed a buffet upon one of the cheeks. The eyes, which were already closed, again opened and cast a look of indignati o n u p on th e brute, as if consciousness had survived the separation of the head from the body. This fact, extraordinary as it may seem, has been averred by hundreds of eye witnesses; it has been accounted for in various ways, and no one has ever questioned its truth.—Memoirs i by the Duchess ql Abruntes. FINSBURY ELECTION. A - meeting of the friends and supporters o Duncombe took place last Light at the Prin :2 of Wales, Banner -street, it. I.ukes, to onside • the best means of securing that gentleman's retu-n for Finsbury. Mr. R. WiLxs, son of the member for Boston, took the a 2 air, and explained to the electors assembled that t h ey w eft called upon to select a fit and prop er p erson to represent them in Parliament. That person, in his opinion, teas; Mr. Duncombe, th e long-tried and st ea dy advocate of the is gaits of the people, who, when mem ber for Hertford, /612 1 , - .ht their battle nobly in the House of Commons against the Tories. (Applause.) Mr. Dueposthe then came forward, and was most warmly received. He understood ;hat a meeting held on the previous night, of the supporte:s of one of his opponents (we understood Mr. Wakley), it was said that he had the support of the government, ..nd that the expenses of his election would be paid out or the treasury purse. He declared, that from whateo;r quarter that statement came, it was a most abomina ble falsehood. (Applause.) The hon. gentleman, after alluding to the bribery which had taken place at. Hertford, and to his own exertions in exposing it, pro ceeded to explain that he was friendly to the claims of the Dissenters, and wi's an advocate for all their civil rights. (Applause.) He was friendly to short Parliaments, and also to the ballot (Applause); and there was one pledge which he thought he ought to give, and which the electors were entitled to receive. ft was this—that, whenever the electors of Finsbury found be had not acted up to those opinions which en titled him to their confidence, or had betrayed the trust they reposed in him, he would cheerfully resign that trust. (" Bravo, Duncombe.") A person in the room said that the hon. candidate would, perhaps, be good enough to define what lie meant by short Parliaments. It would also be satis factory to hear his opinion with regard to the corn laws. Mr. DyNcoing—l am a decided friend to triennial Parliaments; and with regard to the corn laws, I can only say that, as'an enemy to all monopoly, I would willingly vote for a real of those laws. ( Applause.) An elderly gentleman gamed Ward, who was said to be extremely deaf, and. who occupied a seat close to Mr. Duncombe, after referriL•g to a paper which he held in his hand, said he was 'eltesrous in the first place to ask Mr. Duncombe if he was Government can didate (Hear, hear, and laughter), ,lidding, that he had other questions to propose, and he N.: ,. .0ed the hon. gentleman would speak out. Mr. DUNcoMßß—Perhaps, as the gentleman: labours under an infirmity, the better way would be, That I should read his catechism myself, and answer his questions as categorically as I can. (Renewed laugh ter. The hon. gentleman then took the paper and read aloud, " Are you a ministerial candidate ?" To that question he would answer, that if he was supported by the Government it was a circumstance of which he was wholly unaware, and he rather thought Ministers did not wish for his return. ( Hear, hear.) The next question on the. list was this—" Would you vote for the abolition of pensions and sinecures ?" He would answer, " Most cheerfully." ( Applause.) The next question of his hon. friend was, " Would you vote for the separation of church and state ?" With regard to that question, if his hon. friend would only state what he meant by that separation, he should be better enabled to answer him. If, however, his hon. friend meant the overthrow of all religion, he should have no hesi tation in saying that, in that sense, he would not vote for the separation of church and state. The interrogator here said what he meant was, that every religion should support itself, and that no IT-- sou should be called upon to contribute to the main tenance of a church the principles of which he did not profess. Mr. Duecomee—ln that case, what would you do with the revenues of the Established Church ? Mr. WARD—That I would leave to you. Mr. Duecomez—Then I would endeavour to equal ize them. ( Hear.) I would give to the working cler gymen an adequate reward for their labours by re ducing what I call the church sinecures, arid more particularly the sinecures of the church establishment in Ireland. ( Applause.) The hon. gentleman next asked him what he would do with the Poor Law Bill ? In reply to that question he would say that he should oppose a great part of that measure. For instance, he would not give so great a power to the commis sioners. (Hear, hear.) The next question of his hon. friend was to this effect :—" If his Majesty's Ministers got into a dilemma—the malt tax to wit—and went begging and crying to the house, as they did on that and other occasions, would you truckle to them, and help them to keep their places?" (Laughter.) In an swer to that question (said Mr. D.) I would say that I would neither truckle to the minister, nor stop one tear that they might shed. ( Applause.) The last question was rather an extraordinary one, cer tainly, and was perhaps intended for his private ear, but the meeting should hear it, notwithstanding : It was this—" Are you the proprietor, or part proprietor, or in any way connected with any gambling-house or houses in London, Westminster, or elsewhere ?" (Loud and general laughter.) " I do not know," observed Mr. Duncombe, who himself appeared to enjoy the joke, " what could induce my deaf friend to put such a question as this ; but I can safely answer that I am not connected with any gambling-house whatever, and I can only tell him if ever I am I will raise him to the office of groom-porter." (Great laughter.) Mr. Duncombe made a low bow on re turning the paper to Mr. Ward, and resumed his seat. The CHAIRMAN then said—Gentlemen, I have to inform you that Mr. Ward is so satisfied with the answers he has received, that lie is determined to give a plumper to Mr. Duncombe. 111 r. WARD—I like the gentleman's answers very well, but I must say I cannot support him, as I have promised my vote to Mr. Wakley. ( A storm of laughter, hisses, and cries of " shame," followed this most unexpected declaration.) Several gentlemen expressed their surprise at Mr. Ward's conduct, and some persons called upon the chairman to desire him to leave the room. A Mr. Boca then addressed the meeting, and spoke strongly in favour of Mr. Duncombe. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that Mr. Dun combe's political character and past services in Par liament entitled him to the confidence of the electors of Finsbury, and that, therefore, the meeting would do their utmost to secure his return to Parliament. _ _ Mr. JOSEPH SMITH seconded the resolution, which was put, and carried unanimously. Mr. DUN comBE returned thanks, and on leaving the room with his friends, was loudly cheered. On Tuesday last a miscreant named Evison, was charged before the magistratesat Horncastle with having on the Sunday week previous violated a little girl nine years of age, in the Baptist chapel at Horn castle. It appears that Evison was employed to clean the chapel, and he also officiated as teacher in a Sun day school, which was kept there, of which the child was a scholar; and on the day in question, Evison detained the little girl after school hours, under pre tence of misconduct, but in reality to effect his diabo lical purpose. Some difficulties occurring as to the proof of the capital offence, the magistrates committed Evison to Spilsby, to take his trial at the ensuing SC;i sions for the assault.—Lincoln Mercury. Delville, a brush-maker, living at Valen ciennes, was in the month of June, 1828, declared by the Tribunal of Cambray to be a lunatic, but the town refusing to place him in an hospital for the re ception of such patients, and his family being too poor to bear the expense, he remained at large, and lived with his parents. In the beginning of the present year, his father, from his having frequently robbed him, and on being threatened with some act of violeneo from the insane passion of his son, had him confined in the prison, where he remained till the father was on his death-bed, when his mother obtained his release, in order that he might receive the last paternal bless ing. Her piety, however, became fatal to herself. Delville continued to live with her after the death of his father, working occasionally at his trade, but showing frequently absences of mind and irregulari ties of conduct, and occasionally menacing the life of his mother, as he had that of his father. At length, on Sunday last he went out in an apparent state of tranquillity, but was afterwards seen drinking in a public-house, and then at a dance, from which he did not return home till half past 10 at night, which is rather a late hour for the country. Whether the mother reproached him with his conduct, or whether a fit of monomania came upon him, no one can tell, but he became enraged, and seized an iron poker, and struck his mother repeatedly on the head with such savage force, that the blood and brains from her skull flew up to the ceiling. At one in the morning the commissary of polite was called in, and found the poor woman lifeless, and the maniac occupied in making up a parcel of clothes, probably with the intention of making his escape; but the only answer that could be obtained to all the questions put to him was—" II fallait que cela unit."