The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-17 00:00:00

WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL

WORCEVFER, SATURDAT.
The "Festival of the Three Choirs" was brought to
a termination this morning. At about the time when the
market carts were 'winging their weekly freights into the
city, the carriales of the gay votaries of Terpsichore were
bearing them homewards. The ball last night was not at-
tended so largely as had been anticipated, the party mum.
tering about 1110, although they did not represent by
many the number of guinea tickets actually disposed of.
The ball was held at the Guildhall, which was tastefully
oorated for the occasion. This building, which has the
repute of having been designed by the architect of St.
Pees, is much and deservedly admired by visitors.
It was stated in the introductory notice of the festival that
there would be daily morning service in the choir of the
cathedral, at which the aaeociated choirs would assist in the
performance of the musical portion of it. The first of these
services ban already been noticed, and we have only. to add
that on Wednesday, the second morning, the service eras
Onsley in A, and the anthem, Aldrich, " 0 give thanks."
On Thursday Dr. Wesley's fine service in E was
ngiven,
with Green's anthem. " 0 clap your bands. On
Friday (yesterday) the service was Croft's in
A, anthem, Boyce, "0, where shall wi.dom."
Theme services were all well attended, and as collections
were made after them at the cathedral doors, a consider-
able sum was thus added to the charity fund. With
regard to the amount realised for the charity by this
festival, it appears that the figures supplied daily to mew
the officials were not quite correct. The following
represented as the actual amounts received :—Tuesday,
MU. 19s. • Wednesday, 3121. tin. 10d. ; Thursday, WX;
Friday, 2251. 12s. • ' total, 1,2151. 17s. hOd., as against
1,0641. 13a. bd. in 1863. There are also other donations
expected, which will no doubt swell the amount to at lease
1,300/ . which will be the largest collection ever made for
the chirity, we believe, at any one of the 143 meetings of
the three choirs. The attendance shows an increase of no
leas than 2,560 over 1863. It should be observed that the
whole of the collections are always appropriated to the
charity without any deduction on account of the expenses
of the festival, which, until last year, generally exceeded
the receipts, the expenses being made good by the stewards.
Latterly, however, there have been frequent surpluses. As
far as can at present be ascertained, the liabilities of the
stewards will fall short of the receipts by some 500/.,
which will", to the funded property of the charity. The
receipts for the sale of tickets have been over 4,500/. The
stewards may therefore be congratulated on the glorious
results &Mauled, and it must be satisfactory to the new
hoe. see., Dr. Williams. that his arduous labours have
been crowned with a success even exceeding that which
waited upon his immediate predecessor, the late Rev. R.
Serisant. We are glad to hear, moreover, that Mr. Town-
ahead Smith has already secured a capital list of stewards
for the Hereford Festival of next year.

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