The Sun. — London, England, 1834-06-24 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THI Bank S ock - 3 per Cent. Red ....9i4 3 per Cent. C0n5.......... shut 34 per Cent . Ditto Red 98 %% New 3'4 per Cent 3 per Cent. Ann. 171. 1 6 4 per Cent. 18'2i Assent • - Ditto Dissented....... - Bank LonfrA nn. to expire 17 1 1-16 00.10, 1859 l7 1-16 Jan 5, IA6O shut Jan, 5, 18.41 Aprils. 181 4 0 — Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OP FOREIGN FUNi)S THIS pitY . Ay , oNt & mom. A,istnan Bonds 1(1034 l'e r " ..asi Welt& .... — 2 B B •Itrian Rond....- ........ ..... 974 i , ~,K u s At.i.0uiit........,„.s 4R Ditto Account n 7 4, 7 , . i "Zfecognese 'BMWs 7814 Biatilian Bonds .4t , . i Ditto ACcount 7t 1 - Otto Account ..... -... ........1N fktto Neiv Bonds ...rx 84 B terms Ayres Bond, . VII Ditto Acc0nnt......78 14 8 54 Ditto Accour: .. -. ~... :13 Prunian Bonds lolti Cll.!La,^ 11 '.....nt5...............;3214 3: - Ditto Bonds, 1 1 192 pi ~ ''''...." Atxtonnt.......• • . ,rl3 , Russian Bonds, 18.22.. IPA% ~t unbian Bonds .......5....2914 ' Ditto Account s ~5.... 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The discussion in the Commons on the Irish Tithe question led to no decisive result ; for though there was a division, and a majority of 261 against Mr. O'CoNNELL's resolution, the Toccrfltd opinion of the House on the appro priation of church property remains exactly the same as it was on Mr.WARD'S motion, and it is :;ingular enough, that in the division, parties tvho are directly opposed to each other on the jnestion should have voted on the same side, and that ninety-nine of those who are agreed with MittiVers should have voted against them. There Is little or no difierenCer between Minis ters' and Mr.O'CoNsIELL's party, as to the appropriation of the Surplus Church property, and if there could have been any doubt on the subject previously, it was completely removed by the declared sentiments of Lord ALTHORP. tord JOHN RUSSELL, and above all, of Mr. ELLICE last night. They stated in language as clear as words can convey, that after the Irish Protestant clergy shall be provided for, the surplus shall be applied to such moral and religious purposes as the Legislature shall judge meet, yet, after the declaration of two of the Ministers, Mr. SHAW and Sir RO BERT PEEL taunt them with a want of man liness and a culpable equivocation in explaining their sentiments. They call upon them to speak out, yet in the same breath declare that their intentions and those of the member for Dublin are precisely the same. One would have thought that the secession of Mr. STANLEY and his party was a sufficient proof of • the intentions of the Government, and no reasonable man can doubt it. The high church party certainly have no doubt on the subject, and we can account for this out cry about want of manliness and equivocation solely from a wish on their part to make the people believe that there is some secret—some mysterious plot hatched by Ministers against the Established Church. This is one way of an noying a Government ; but what is of much more consequence, it is the most effectual way of exciting the two parties against each other, and kindling anew the flame of agitation and discord, not in Ireland only, but in every part of the empire. If the Tories succeed in this, will' they be one step nearer their darling object, the recovery of political power ? Without they change their principles—with out they falsify all their' professions with rcgard to church reform and the appro priation of Church property, they will be fur ther removed from that object than ever, and will find that by opposing the rational and just measures of the present Government, they only contributed to increase the power of their bittcrost enemies. If the Winchilseas and Rodens persevere in their wild schemes of agitating the Protestants of the north, another party will agitate in the south, and we shall at last have Ireland reduced to exactly the same state in which it was when the Duke of WELLINGTON declared, that, of all the evils which can afflict a country, none was so great as a civil war. We can see no other alternative. Owing to the length of the debate, we have not room at present for further observations on this important subject, and can only call attention to the speeches, and more particularly to the speech of Sir R. PEEL, in which, with admirable consistency, he blames the government for not protecting church pro perty in Ireland, while both the former govern ment and the present have, with 30,000 men, tried this in vain, and expresses his dread of the appropriation of the surplus, while he at the same time declares that, if properly distri buted, it would not give more than 3001. to each clergyman ! Is there a public assembly in the kingdom but one, where the assertion would have been hazarded that Poland had fallen a sacrifice to I her excess of toleration? Such ignorance of history could not.hairs escaped detection . in the rawest mechanical institution—in the ru t and remotest corner of the kin is -, 1 0111 . - Th ere i s not a trades' union to scorn i nut would not have laughed any brother ,who had so exposed his wretched lack of information. What Poland victimto religions toleration POland, the pride of the north, the glory 'of the Slavonic 'flame, the bulwark of Christendom against the Turk, the saviour of the ungrateful viper that has since stung her ; while Poland gave reli gions 'reedom, in the most ample form, to every inhabitant of her fertile and ex tensive plains. Poland a prey to intes tine dissension, the scorn and slave of her ancient vassal the Muscovite, since she de parted from the_ principles of - toleration and established one dominant sect to tyrannize and trample- on every dissident - , converting half her population into factious rebels ready to con federate with any power hostile to her haughty and intolerant priesthood. Had the slightest tinge of political Or historical knowledge per vaded the dense medium that surrounded the speaker, might it not have occurred to him be fore hereferred to-such an illustration, that the opposite fate: . of the Muscovite was fatal to his argument fioln - experience. Slave as he has ever been, the 14ruscovite has always practised religious toleration.' Mahometan, Christian, and Pagan enjoy equal rights under his iron - sceptre. This single principle has maintained him against every imported vice, every inherent de fect in his constitution. It has raised him in little more than a century from being the vassal of the Tartar, the Polander, or what not, to raise his Imperial Crown to a level with the most ancient and civilized nations of the world. --...411M......----... When the last accounts left Lisbon a num ber of Carlists were waiting at Aldea Gallegos for embarkation; they were mostly desirous of going to Hamburg. Considerable violence had been manifested against them by, the inhabit ants, and it is said four persons had been killed or wounded. Lieutenant Colonel WYLDE, of the British Artillery, was at Aldea Gallegos for the purpose of rendering them assistance. Don MIGUEL sailed from Cascases Bay for Genoa on the 6th inst. in the Stag, accompa nied by the Nimrod. The Paris Journals of Sunday are filled with little else than election matters, which, it seems, bid every where fair to turn out in favour of Ministers. DANIEL'S EPISTLES.—No. 1. TO THE . RIGHT HON. E. J. STANLEY. "He (Mr. O'Connell) hail often bad a wangle with the late Right Hon, Secretary far the CGlonies (Mr.- Stanley). He had no wish, hbwever, to revive that; grid he only reverted to it in order to assure the hou4e that he now flung from him everything like a feeling of irritation. The Right Hon. .Gentleman was at. tached to public lite—he had amb=tion, and some Hon Memhe-s speculated on coming into power utider' his wings."—t ide O'Connell's speech last light. • Tho' you quizzed: me where er you were able, While the House"hailed your wit with a cheer, Tho' with both your-legs cocked on the table, You've a dozen times shown me your rear ;• Yet since you've bid - Althorp defiance, ' You've made rue most ample'arnends, - So come, let's strike up an alliance, Oh, come, let's shake hands and be friends. To boldly throw off each Whig trammel, Yet affect to look shy upon Pat, What is't but to swallow a camel, And strain at a poor little gnat? I'm none of your frantic debaters, Whose doctrine to anarchy tends, No, sooner, I'd live upon taters! So, come, let's shake hands and be friends. Why, why should we kick up a pother, Like termagant husband and wife ? Why daily keep leading each other Such a cat-and-dog sort of a life ? We've both the same ends to achieve, To both the same duty extends, Viz., of place the base Whigs to bereave— So, come, let's shake hands and be friends. Hark ! the Tories are shouting and leaping To think they've got such an ally, But soon shall be sighing and weeping, When we craftily bid them good bye ; We fight not for such silly elves, We look to more rational ends, Like Sawney, we look to ourselves— So come, let's shake hands and be friends. On, Stanley, I long to be battling For office, with you in the van, Not a joint of my Tail but is rattling At thought of so novel a plan ; On then, with our daring endeavour, And no matter whom it offends, Let our watch-word be " office for ever 1" But first, let's shake hands and be friends. • In the House of Commons, a few nights since, Mr. O'Con. hell cnmplained, in bitter terms, of Mr. Stanley's " insolent ha. bit of rockb g up hls legs on the table." t Mr. 0' Connell& mode of pronouncing the word "potatoes." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols continue, as for several days past, in a languid state, and opened at the price they left off yesterday, 92% % for the Account. In the early part of the morning Spanish Stock bad,a very gloomy appearance ; it left off yesterday at 474 and'receded to 46%, after which a re action took place and they went up again to 47 3 / ; Portu guese Stock may be quoted at 78 q. No arrivals as yet from Portugal. HALF-PAST ONE. The Savage sloop of war has arrived from Lisbon at Falmouth; abe sailed, we hear, on the 9th instant, and brings accounts of an attempt made to assassinate Don Miguel when marching down to go on board, which was frustrated by Captain- Lockhart, who knocked the man down. All was tranquil, and every thing going on in a regular train. All 3liguelite property is held sacred, and those who choose to enter the army are received. Consols continue steady at 92 1 ,4 buyers for the Ac count, with little or nothing doing at present. In the Foreign :slarket a great deal was doing in the early part of the day. Spanish Stock, which has fluctuated from 47,/ t down to 46 1 ,4, is up again to 473f i ; at present it may be quoted at 47 1 ,4 4. Portuguese steady, at 781 4 to 1,4. THREE O'CLOCK. ---- Consols for the Account, 92% CLOSING Ili 10ES.—VOUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2161 India Stock _ 3 per Cent. Red 9l Ditto Bonds 22 prn 3 pet Cam. Cons South Sea Stock . ..... .....-. 3t per Ccnt. ........ - 91 Ditto Old Ann Eel lP per tint. 8ed......... tr,44 - Ditto Now Ann N...,tw i d per Crot l l ,O Ex. Bills, lOcil 4B pm per Ccnt. Assented... 100 :Ytto 4'o l 4B pm Dissented... lull Ditto Small 48pm. Lone .Ann. to expire Bank S. for Acc. .4,, IMO Pi consols fur Opg P24 0 , 1 1559..... ......... i 7 1 -16 India St. for Opg 269 .11111. 18611........ .... FOREIGN Austrian, 5 percent....... 11.14 i B 'lgian, 5 per cent 9B Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 3,1 Chilian. 6 per cent-- ... Columbian, 6 per cent -, Ditto 1824..- ........ Dinah Greek, 5 per cent 354 Mexican 5 per Cents, INS 35 Dittos per Cent.. 1825.-- 45 Peruvian e per Cent , FUN lIS. Portuguese, 5 per cent 78 Ditto, Reg. Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian Minds, 5 per cent: 11 ( 4 Di, to, Metallic ......... I Spanish, 5 per 47 4 Ditto, .. . French 5 per Cent.— —t. —c. Exchange ....... --f --c. French 3 per car',..„ Dutch, lj per 501 Ditto S per fi; REAL DEL MONTE COMPANY, AS IT TS IN AIF,XICO AND LONDON.—( MANN, CORNHILL. ) We have perused this little work, which appears to us to contain a full and highly interesting statement of the affairs of this mining speculation. The details are said to be taken from official documents, and appear fully to bear out the views of our correspondent on last Friday. Every proprietor ought to have this com prehensive statement of facts in his possession. ROYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL. (THIS DAY.) This Gran d ..t tor first day of. the ran M usic al Yerformanees in Westminster Abbey, the greatest interest was excited, and all the avenues leading to the Abbey were thronged at an early lidur by eit*Els df well-dressed, people. At twelve d'clook Maj e sties, accompanied by their :Usual Slate . attendants, left St. James'sP.alaCe. . The Royal cortege, consisting of eleven carriages, was escorted by a large body of the- First Regiment of Life Guards. . Pall Mall and the line of road to the Abbey, was thronged with per , sons, and the fineness of the day . contributed not a little to enliven the scene, The Royal Horse Guards - (Blue), kept the . und,,- and throughout the whole line of road their. Ma jesties Wert lduilly cheered. A Guard.of Hdnour, consisting of a detachment of. the. Foot Guards, with the band in their . State uniforms, was -sta tioned opposite to the grand entrance, and pre, sented arms as their Majesties and suite entered the Abbey. 'ln the carriage with their Majesties we observed the Princess Auguita and the •-Prince Of Saxe.Meiningen. His Majesty looked particu larly well, and seemed .much . delighted „vrith, tlie cordial reception he met from. his loyal subjects._ His Majesty entered the abbey a few .minutes after twelve o'clock, and took his seat in the royal box, accompanied by the Queen, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, the Princess Sophia, and his Officers of State. Their Majesties appeared in excellent health, and excee sively gratified as every body must be -with the performance. The crowds of _beauty and. fkisilioo that . thronged the Abbey had a most beautiful -effect, indeed it was one of the most splendid sights we ever witnessed, and. the, arrangements reflect the greatest Credit on theie who had the conduct of them, every thing passing off with the greatest regularity. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India StocA ....... Ditto Bopds 24 it pm South Sea Stock 10324 lld Annuities 89% New Ditto .1 per Cent Ann. 1751 — ET Bills, £ 49 48 pm. Ditt0...... `.OO 5 49„, pm. - 4 Ditto Small Ditto Commercial..., .. ... pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cons. tbr Account ••• " 59 ...... FIRST PERFORMANCE. It is wholly unnecessary, at this period; to kd vert to the overpowering interest created amongst the musical public of the metropolis, indeed we may almost say of the whole kingdom;by the perform ances now in progress in that magnificent edifice, Westminster Abbey. Since the much talked, and much written of, celebration that took place in the year 1784, generally known as the " Commemora tion of Handel," no musical festival has taken place in London, although in the provinces such meet ings have long been known, and have on many oc casions been got up on a scale of expenditure and of magnificence which even a metropolitan under taking could scarcely be, expected to surpass. I n London, however, since the period referred tifz o such experiment had been tried, while in the inte rim music had advanced, in regard to the facilities afforded by its immensely improved condition in practical matters, to a pitch offering every assurance that a festival now, on a scale of grandeur com mensurate with the occasion, would form a most splendid era in the history of the science in this country. . _ _ At the festival in commemoration of the cele brated composer we have mentioned there seems to have b 'en, as far as we can discover from the a. 6. counts published at the period; a difficulty in col lecting the number of musicians required to fill the orchestra and chorus fully competent to support their several stations, and we should not be surprised to learn, were it possible to ascertain that fact at this late period, that a great number of the performers who held their instruments in the orchestra were mere men of straw, and that in the choruses, num bers of the supposed singers were dunabies in every sense of the word. Not so now ; so far from any difficulties being interposed by a dearth of talented performers,' t was impossible to find room for third part of those who actually applied for engage; ments. In order to prevent ill-will amongst the professional gentlemen, and to avoid losing the' ser vices of the numerous applicants whose claims were absolutely unanswerable, the committee were Under the necessity of inconveniently crowding the spice assigned for the performers, and the orchestra prei, seated a mass of musicians; whose souls were " in arms and eager for the fray," such as, we are ma tale, was never before collected together in thii country, and we verily believe, with only 'a teal exceptions, has never assembled amongst our neigh: hours of the Continent, of whom, it must be al lowed, we are mere imitators in most matters con= nected with music, but to whom, in the instance of periodical musical meetings such as the present, we are infinitely superior. This crowding together of professors, however, by no means, in our opinion; added to the general excellence of the performance; Had there been fifty musicians less in the orchestra, so far from the apparent mass of sound being dimi;. nished, it would have, probably, been much in creased. The performers, standing almost in con tact, had no space to exert themselves efficiently. The tones of their instruments were deadened by the clothes of the performers impeding vibration. We believe, by the skill with which the arrange ments were conducted, the whole of the vast body of performers, amounting to six hundred, were provided with copies, but many of them were scarcely able to see their parts from the situ ations in which they stood. Dozens of vio linists were unable to " draw a long bow :” the violoncellos were tipping their neighbours' in struments continually ; the trombones were in danger of flooring the ranks of clarionets below them when they threw out their tubes in descending the gammut ; the double basses were digging each other in the ribs with their elbows ; and the horns were " pouring their pensive souls" beneath each other's coat flaps ; while the choristers, male and female, were screaming and bellowing into one another's ears. Amongst the stringed instruments " notes of linked sweetness" could not by any possibility be " long drawn out," and the sounds of the whole, instead of being by " distance made more sweet," were rendered comparatively feeble and thin by the garments of the thronged musicians, and the drapery with which the galleries were lined and festooned. From all these causes combined, there was some little disappointment amongst the audience that the volume of sound emanating from so numerous a body of practitioners was by no: means commen surate with the anticipations they had formed. The organ, however, laboured under no such disadvan tages. Its tones came forth clear and strong, and seemed to be unreasonably loud. Even in the most powerful. crash and roar of the instruments and chorus, full sonorous tones were heard above all. Indeed, with all due deference to the deservedly eminent musicians, who in turn took their seats before the keys and pressed the pedals with their feet, we think the performance would have lost none of its effect if the use of this instrument had been more limited. We in truth heard too much of the organ. If it had merely been introduced in the leading off the choral fugues, or solely as an accom paniment to the voices when moving independently of the band, the effect, in our opinion, would have been far more perfect and more characteristic than it was. " Doctors," that is, Music Doctors, may dif fer with us on this subject. We had much rather attribute, however, the undue prominence given to this department of the performances, to the very natural professional anxiety of the gentlemen or ganists to do their duty, than to an overweening anxiety to distinguish themselves beyond their fel lows. Another point may be also remarked. The ac companiments of the orchestra to the recitatives and airs appeared sadly feeble. The contrast be tween the full band, chorus, and organ, and the very few instruments that were allowed to take part in these accompaniments was much too great. The solo voices were heard, even where the singers were of inferior rank, more clearly than we should have expected in so large a building, and seemed to be more powerful than was necessary for perfect com bination and good taste, by contrast with the lead ing instruments of the accompaniment. The violins sounded thin and weak in these accompaniments ; and had we not in other situations formed an inti mate acquaintance with the rich tones of Nicholson, Wilman, I'latt, the impression conveyed by their performance now would have 'been, that- , those gentlemen, on their respective instruments, were, though sweet in quality, deficient in fulness of tone. There are soiree ether Matters to which we must take occasion tb allude in the progress of these per forraances, and which would lead us too far at pre sent. In regard, however, to the effect, there is one point to which it would be an act of extreme injustice to the whole body of professional gentle men present if we did not notice it in terms of un qualified praise. We allude to the great accurac y —and there was scarcely an exception to prevent our remark applying in -the most general sense—with which every piece was executed, and that entirely without rehearsal ; for the . " rehearsals" so called, which took place on Tues day, were as much a public performance as the one we are noticing, and at the private rehearsal on Thursday evening, only three pieces were_ tried. We have had the good fortune to he present at Festivals at York, at which we uhhisitatingly say a spectacle was..affohled far'. surpassing_ that at West minster Abbey, in point of extent and magnificence. The band _at York, in several of the departments, the meetings -that have taken,place, was far more extensive than the one now assembled here. The edifice itself being far more capacious e afforded-room for more ample accommodation for an orchestra and choruses, while at the same time the area of the chancel of the Minster, and the galleries erected in it, accommodated a much more , extended amount of visitants. In all these matters, the meeting at Westminster is decidedly inferior 'to that at York The power of the band and choruses, notwith standing the great absorption of `souna, supposed to arise from the orchestra belizig erected imme diately under the great tower, was in the aggregate, to our thinking, far greater than at' Westminster Abbey. There was more of that closeness, that apparent damping and smothering Of the sound, and deficiency in brilliance -and clearness—in purity, if we may so express ourselves, of the tones given out. Still, in regard to accuracy and precision— in crispness, as the musicians call it—the perforp a/lees at the Abbey are confessedly 'superior to those at York. This is not at all surprising, when we reflect how large a number of the situations in the orchestra, as may be seen on reference to the printed list, are filled by professors of first-rate talent. This remark, however, applies only to the band. The choruses, as it appears to us, were better sustained at York. The choristers at the Abbey are an almost heterogeneous mass, col lected from all parts of the country, the main body composing the groundwork being Londoners, chiefly, perhaps, from the theatres. At York, on the con trary, the chorus was composed of residents of the East, West, and North Ridings, with no slight sprinkling of the deservedly esteemed choral singers of the adjoining county of Lancaster, all conversant from their infancy in the practice of oratorio music. The firmness and compact strength of these voices, accustomed to be brought together on similar occa sions for many years, and their peculiar excel lence in Handers choruses, nearly all of them known to them almost by rote, have been long ac knowledged, and have been on every occasion sig nally observable 'at the York, Manchester, and Liver pool meetings. The remark has often been made that no leader of inferior talent or erroneous judg ment, no band of deficient skill, could force them to deviate from-" the even tenor of their way ;" that they were " like a brick-wall," and would sing the music they were put to at the time they had been used to practice it, in spite of the caprice of con ductors, or the whims of leaders, and would give their own version of Handel's music, traditionally received from their ancestors, unsw lyed. by modern prejudices, uninfluenced by technical Considerations. Allowing every merit to the choristers at ale Abbey, in firmness and unity of sentiment and action they were decidedly inferior, when singing the composi tionspf Handel, to the vigorous and unsophisticated body : of provincial choral performers assembled at York. - - One word is due to the talent and industry of the gentleman who fills the arduous part of con ductor at this festival. Sir George Smart has added another wreath to his well-earned laurel's. We . are, certain. there is , not -a gentleman at present in the profession who could have succeeded so well in overcoming the difficulties with - which ..this func tionary has had to contend, either in completing the necessary preliminary arrangements, or by his ability in conducting the performances, insuring the success of those arrangements. The leaders on the first day were Signor Spagnoletti and Mr. Cooke ; at the organ Mr. Attwood and Mr. Novello. Having thus far confined ourselves to noticing such matters connected with the general subject as appeared to call for remark, we shall now proceed, as far as our limits and the shortness of the time al lowed us will permit, to make an observation or two upon some of the pieces performed. The public rehearsal, as we make no doubt most of our musi cal readers are aware, of the first performance, took place on Friday morning last. We purposely ab stained on that occasion from going into any de tailed statement, reserving ourselves for the more important occasion of the performance itself, on this morning. The following is the programme : PART I. Th• Coronation Anthem Handel. Haydn's Sacred Oratorio, THE CREATION. Introduction—Representation of Chaos. Recitative—Mr. Bellamy, " In the beginning." Chorus—" And the spirit." Recitative--Mr. Vaughan, " And God saw." Air—" Now vanish." Chorus—" Despairing, cursing." Recitative--Mr. Bellamy, " And God made." Air—Miss Stephens, " The marvellous Work." _ . Chorus—" Again, the ethereal vaults." Recitative—Mr. H. Phillips, " And God said." Air, " Roll- . , ing with foaming billows." Recitative—Madame Caradsri Allan, " And God said." Air— " With verdure etad." Recitative—Mr. Hobbs, " And the heavenly host" Chorus— _ " Awake the harp." Recitative—Mx. Braham, " And God said, Let there be light." Air, " In fplendour bright." Trio---Mils Clara Novell°, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. J. B. Sale, " How day unto day." Grand Chorus—" The heavens are telling." PART 11. Recitative—Madame Stockhausen, " And God said, Let the waters." Air, "On mighty - pens." Trio—Mrs. H. R. Bishop, Mr. F. Robinson, and Mr. H. Phil lips, " Most beautiful appear." Recitative—Mr. E. Seguin, " And God said, Let the earth bring forth." Air, " Now heaven in fullest glory." Recitative —Mr. Sapio, " And God created man." Air, "In native worth " Tiio—Miss Clara Novello, Mr. Vaughan, and Mr. W. Robin son, " On thee each living soul." Chorus--" Achieved is the glorious work." Recitative —Die. Hobbs, " In rosy mantle." Duet—Mrs. H. R. Bishop and Mr. E. Taylor, " By thee with bliss." Chorus—" For e►er blessed," &c. &c. Duet —Mrs. W. Knyvett and Mr. H. Phillips, " Graceful con sort." Recitative —Mr. Hobbs, " Oh, favoured pair I" Chorus—" Praise the Lord :" PART 111. SELECTION FROM SAMPSON. Overture. Recitative —Mr. Vaughan, " This day a solemn feast." Chorus—" Awake the trumpet." Recitative —Mr. Braham, " 0 loss of sight!" Air—" Total eclipse." Chorus—" 0 first created beam." Air—Mr. H. Phillips, " Honour and arms." The Dead March. . _ Air—Miss Stephens (11;;;;obligato, Mr. Harper), " Let the bright seraphim I" Chorus—" Let the celestial concerts." Handers celebrated " coronation anthem," the opening piece of this day's performance, was judi ciously chosen, if it was intended to astound th e audi tory a t once by letting them hear the t remen d ous effect of so larg e a combination of vocal an d instru mental force as was nowpresented. Th ere ma y h e those, however , w ho think with ourselv es , that if this development had been . postponed t o a l a t er part was, the p e u 7m in p p a o n s y session of were, in the course of the (lay , the interest of the whole wou ld not h ave the whole capabilities of th e oc c asi on , as far as grandeur of minutes, %- co mbination and power went. In these particulars so u f ff a er v e e d i.y . , A l.o s v it there was nothing more to look for. The loudest report was made, and the most effective shot fired at the opening of the , battle. Many pieces that followed consequently -appeared, through contrast, to fall short in =energy and spirit. The anthem was played and sung, almost as well as we ever heard, it. The opening by the violins was neatly given, notwithstanding the large number of bows and fingers employed, and the burst of chorus, aided by trombone, trumpet, and drum, was terrific. With the exception Of the abbve, the two first parts of. the Oratorio comprised Haydn's Crea tion: Thb instrtiinblital introdubtion; intended as a representation of 'Oha'os; was played with accuracy: We cannot, however, say that we considered it so effective as when we have heard it on some other occasions. Consisting, as it does, of a number of i detached flashes from solo instruments, and present ing no grand combinations requiring the aid of so large a band, it seemed to us- rather inappropriate to its situation, It is more .a musical curiosity than any thing else it was curious even here; but we cannot help saying less effective than when heard simply as the introductory movement of a theatre oratorio; In the recitation' which opens the ora torio, " In the beginning," the veteran Bellamy, as was the case with most - of the singers at starting, appeared to be at a loss to suit- the power of his voice to the capacity of the building. *He sang lnueh w l e o ll ud i e n r t t u tt n a e n . was n e ec c e h a o s r a u ry s , „: a A nd nd no th t particu larlyespirit; went well considering. There was a little want of firmness at the commencement ; the effect of the band at " Let there be light' was trefnendbus, and had not its full power already been heard in the an them, the audience must 'have -been actually elec trified. " Now vanish," :by Mi. Vaughan, was weak in the extreme. 'ld the air, "" The marvel lous work," our old favourite Miss Stephens made her debut on this :occasion; She appeared to be oppressed with a Sense of the. , arduousness of her situation, and as diffident as when shefirst, many years since, appeared before "the public.- Her voice still retains its beautiffil quality Of lone, but if we were to say she sings as well as ever, we should be guilty of most egregious flattery. The chorus that fol lows theair was given with its fullest effect. The recitative, " And God said let the waters," with the air, " Rolling with foaming-billows," were sung by Mr. H. Phillips. We are bound to say we have heard this gentleman with much greater pleasure than on this occasion. There was a tameness and a want of light and shade about this performance, and the voice was not well thrown over. We must premise, however, in making this and other re marks, that to persons situated in different parts of so large an edifice, the estimate in regard to power and energy might be different. In the air, the mel lifluous tones of the Messrs. Platt and Rae's horns, in the beautiful accompaniments the composer has adapted to it, were heard to very great advantage ; as were the flute of Nicholson and the oboe of Cooke. The next piece, " With verdure clad," introduced Madame Caradori Allan, the prima donna, we presume, of this day's celebration. This lady also appeared at a loss to suit the power of her voi c e to the building. The air was sung very chastely, and with great feeling and purity of tone, but the singer was occasionally rather out of tune. She, moreover, introduced a cadence, which, if Haydn had heard it, would have driven him stark mad. Ii is a pity great singers will not confine their love for display to the theatre or the concert-room ; in such a situation as this, and in such a composition, it was sadly out of plaCe. Mr. Hobbs, in " Awaken the harp," showed good taste, and no deficiency of judgment, and his voice was much admired. Mr. Braham, to whom the next recitative and air were assigned, ‘‘ And 'God said, Let there be light," and " In splendour bright the rising sun," showed himself a veteran - in more respects than one. There seemed to -be about lir. B. none of that fid getty anxiety that seemed :to parvade the rest of the singeri, with scarcely a, single exception. He was firm and bold at - the 'very Ontstart,'seemed at once to catch the proper notions - of the extent of tle building, arid filled it readily with his noble without appearing to :labour - or to - eiert himself more than ordinarily. :Many reports have lat terly been spread abroad 6f the alleged failures of this long popular vocalist. On this occasion there was no failure, and, What probably contributed not alittle to his success, there appeared to be no apprf , hension of failure. He sang the splendid compo sitions in question as finely its we ever heard him at any period of his life, and if it had been . his first appearance before the public, instead of after an unprecedentedly long career of popularity, trium phant success must have Crowned hiS efforts. We could imagine the overpowering burst of applause that would have followed btit for the sacred-charac ter of the edifice. " The heavens are telling," the concluding chorus of the - first part of the Creation, often as we have heard it, seemed to acquire new beauties ; its effects' were awfully magnificent, and exclamations of astonishment burst from a thousand , voices. Hundreds of those who call themselves musicians, present on this occasion, must have felt , themselves to be very little people indeed at hearing this transcendent composition given in the style it now was. Madame Stockhausen sang the recitative that commences the second part, with the air, " On mighty pens the eagle," very chastely and beautifuly, much, we apprehend, to the sur prise of many who - supposed her talent to be confined to the singing of Swiss melodies and their equally light compositions. She is a lady of very considerable merit, and we rejoice much at the opportunity the festival has afforded of making that merit more generally known and appreciated. It is unnecessary, and indeed impossible at present, to go through the whole of the performances in the way of critique ; we must, therefore, confine our remarks to a few of the remaining points that appear more particularly to call for them. The recitative " And God said, Let the earth bring forth," with the air " Now Heaven in fullest glory shone" was sung by Mr. E. Seguin. This vocalist, we imagine, was never heard to so much advantage. His voice, even in this large edifice, sounded full, rich, and powerfully ; and what he had to do was given with great judgment and taste. Mr. Sapio also will have added considerably . to his professional reputation by the manner in.which he gave the air " In Native Worth." Miss Glara Novello, - Mrs. Bishop, and Miss Turner, with Mr. F. and Mr. W. Robinson, in several of the con certed pieces sang very chastely and with much good taste. Mrs. W. Knyvett also wa s in fine voice, and acquitted herself with more than her accustomed excellence. Indeed at such performances as the present she may be considered peculiarly at hoe. The duet (Adam and Eve) with Mr. Phillips, was quite a feature in the performance. theto quite w as as much in in its love in fa with infancy e In the third part (the selection from Sampson),a the overture, we think , gave little satisfaction to any one unless he happened to be so inveterate an ad mirer i ofsthatHandel as overture in his day, and a vefy infantile production the present one is. Although performed in a style that Handel himself could never have anticipated, it was not at all t o our t aste. W e h ear d i n the three four movement a great deal of the " belching and brattling," as an old writer has it, "of some half' dozen French horns," and the loud music of haut boys was very discernible amidst the din of violins and basses. The minuet was more effective, but still common-place enough. We were much amused by the motions of a party of elderly gentle men, all in black, who nodded their heads most sa piently when this air was played, after having sat through the whole of the Creation in a state of apparent apathy. The exhilarating chorus " Awake the trumpet's lofty sound," supposed to be sung by the priests of Dagon, was performed with great power and animation. 1-larper's trumpet ap peared to be just such a may tial instrument as in the olden time cheered up the Philistines, either at the feast or in the battle field: Mr. Braham's " 0 loss of sight" and Total Eclipse" were given with the deepest feeling and pathos. There was nothing aproximating to failure or decay. The choruses were well sustained throughout ,. and Mr. Philips's " Honour and Arms," to. th4istt . who like. tie song, which we confess we do not, must have been a great treat. We have room to mention the " Dead March," from Saul, and " Let the bright Seraphim." The former was well played, and particularly effec tive. The trombones and large tower drums were splendid. Some liberty, however, appeared to liars been taken with the composition by some clevef young gentleman or other, for though we noticed the flutes as usual, we did not heif thtlorns.in the place we have been accustomed to them. In thg air mentioned, Mr. Harper played with more than his usual. excellence. We regret, however, we can ' cot say die same of nisi Stephens 1 antiety, want of practice, or something else, detracted from het performance most materially. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 24. HOUSE OF CO112'A16178), The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter put twelve o'clock. The Edinburgh Police Bill was read a third time and, passed. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Colonel WILLIAMS wished to address the house on a breach of privilege of which he had to complain. The SPEAKER said the hon. member could not make his complaint until the house sat for general business. Colonel WILLIAMS said he should resume the subject alt the proper time, but he thought it ought to be. heard 1: The 6.5 earn t c rK i t said if the hbit: member made his statement at the morning s itti ng the h ouse rate to no decision upon it, and he would have to restate his cow-. plaint at the evening sitting. PRISONERS' COUNSEL BILL. • The house then resolved into a committee on the Pri-' Boners' Counsel Bill.—Mr. ROEBUCK, chairman. Mr. POULTER evressed a hope that the hon. mein:, ber for Liverpool•, Mt. Ewalt, would withdraw his in tended proviso -that. the -prisoner's counsel should not be' allowed to address the jury, unless the counsel for the pro secution, addressed them. The hon. member intimated that if the proviso was persisted in, he should divide th house upon it. Mr. C. W. WYNN- said the whole clause was 0b..- jectionable. Mr. EWART said he bad consulted the best legal au thorities before he determined to propose this prcviso. Sir W. RAE explained the law of indictment and evidence in Scotland. He thought it very extraordinary that in England a man could not have a counsel to defend him when tried even for his life unless he had the means of paying him himself, while the prosecution was provided with counsel. Lord HOWICK thought that the house, if it did adopt' the proposition before it, would not secure the intended object. He admitted that it was doubtful whether a jury, in a long and complicated case, consisting only of collateral evidence, would be able to arrive at so satisfactory a conclusion as they would if a concise and consecutive state ment of the facts was first made by the counsel for the pro secution. He would rather confine the bill to the declara tion that the process in cases of felony should be similar to that in cas. s of misdemeanor, than to meddle with the present law of evidence. If the mode of cross-examina tion now practiced should be found not to be the very best for eliciting the truth, subsequent improvements might be made, founded on experience, without encumbering the present bill. Mr. C. W. WYNNE thought it was unnecessary that any new law should be made to prevent counsel for the prosecution addressing the jury at great length, ap it , was rarely or never attempted; and suggested that the prisoner should first be allowed to answer the accusation himself, and then his counsel to wind up the defence. Sir E. WILMOT believed that those hon. gentlemen who had supported the bill had done so from motives of humanity to the prisoner and a sense of public justice, and he for the same reasons thought the clause wholly objec tionable. He said that in ninety-nine cases out of a hun dred, the counsel for the prisoner did not make an opening speech, but merely examined the witnesses, and therefore he thought it unnecessary that the prisoner's c'ouusel should be allowed to address the jury. The proposed course would mystify the ease, and the judge instead of taking the trouble to travel through all the mazes - of mystification • would enlist the feelings of the jury independent of what had passed before. It would also prolong the 4tratton of sessions, which were already too long. _ • Lord HOWICK proposed that all the words after the word " felonies" be left out, and the words inserted " that prisoners he allowed to defend themselves by counsel, saute • casts of misdemeanor, any law or prietice thereto not= witl standing. " - prisoner t Hetr ' F d . u P ii O ng L t L h O e C s K evm adv m e o r r t th d s to of the his fa sh et ria t v hat aitl; Sl s f e l tted th . e seven persons on the ground of their innocence only. That was a fact which spoke' volumes. ( Hear.) He suggeatede that if the noble lord's amendment was adopted vvithout some wotd c b h e ec i k nju u r izn ins th t e e Lri o so f ne b r e ' i s ng cou b n en se e l fi , hear.) It was , au opinion of high• legal authority, that. full justice could not be done unless the de fendant was allowed a speech after all the evidence had been gone through.' (Hear, hear.) At present the plaintiff and defendant were not on equal terms. ( Hear.) As the prosecutor was allowed a speech, it was nothing but just that the defendant should be allowed a speeclralso, and it would not occupy so much time as was now wasted in cross-examination. Hear.) Mr. EWART explained. One great object of the-bill was to give to the prisoner the . power of reply Upon' the prosecutor. Let there be speech for speech, and. sassOr tor answer, and then let the judge be merely an orbital' between them, giving to neither of them an undue Pre ponderance. He would introduce an amendment to this effect, allowing the statement of counsel to take precedence of the evidence. Sir G. GRAY most fully concurred in the principle of the bill, and he thought that the best me9l§, carrying that principle into effect would be thesadoption.et the bill of his noble friend near him (Lord Howick). With respect to the amendment of the hon. member, Mr. Ewart, it would be quite useless ; for there was a wide dif ference between an opening speech for the defence and the prosecution. Mr. HILL sc rim that it would be impossible o ._ do justice in a inal case, unless the prisoners counsel had a reply, and he therefore fully concurred in the principle of the bill. Sir G. SiRICKLAND entirely coincided in the ob servations of the hon. member for Liverpool, as to the propriety of allowing the prisoner's counsel a reply, as he had himself known many instances in which prisoners - bed. suffered under the present system, of whose innocence there was no doubt, and there was equally little doubt but that innocence would have been established had the. prir soner's counsel the right of reply. if there could not be an equal advantage to must the accused, let tfie preponderance, if there be be in favour of the accused. flear i3 h oLLEß , part of the defence, and the Mr. BERNAL supported the bill, and teohenactencuserded that After a few words from Mr. C as . Mr. POLLOCK berty to defend himself y. ICK said that this amendment was essen tially should rep ly upon this evidence, that in all criminal cases t' ounsel sh uld ha the r no naccusedbovtaeedeocounsel, s p e a l r , a t n y p r s o h a l i u d e l t el d h m t r e n a e t t f he t e ha Ti li : t o ca ste e right of ad ubreyguivperion the whole of the tially different from that of the hon. member for Liverpool, an d m the absence of , the law officers of the Crowns and dentedthr prosecutor's sorn h ellt o h u oae l should endan 3 c with the feeling which the house had upon this subject, he would not offer any oppositi on , b u t s h ou ld w ithdrew his ( Lord Howick's) amendment. - After a few words from Sir E. KNATCHBULL and Sir E. IyILMOT, the clause, as amended, was agreed to. Sir E. WILMOT moved, as an addition to the clause, that at Quarter Sessions, unless the prosecutor's counsel addressed the jury, the primer's counsel should not , have the right of doing so. Sir O. MOSLEY' fully agreed in the advantage of the proposed clause, and thought that unless it was SaPt e4 there would be a great waste of time, especially at Quarter Sessions. Mr. A GLIONBY objected to the proposed a.d.ditions in his opinion it would be better to leave the clause as it stood at present. After a few words from Mr. Godson, Mr. Jgrvis, and Mr. C. Buller— Lord the proviso of the hon. baronet would p - to it than would sooner agree run y practical benefit, yet he the risk of losing the bill altogether. Mr. EWART said the proviso would nullify the bill, as it would make the address of the prisoner's counsel de pend HOW ICK said, that though he ro d d id uct n iv o e t 0 . think f an rein there appeared-- n which several members 25 Against it 32 Majority against the proposal of Sir E took Af part,terF entirely rt hteheh upon desul t oryopusreot conversation, ns,: p i de r er o ds s a e , t c i prosecutor. 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