The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-11 00:00:00

HANDEL MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT THE

CRYSTAL PALACE IN 1867.

Handel died in the year 1769, and it is oertain that
the death of the greatest mosteian the world ever
saw will be commemorated in various countries ?y

ceutenuy celebrations; and it is u a preparation for
such a celebration in England, on a scale of unprece-
dented magnitude and grandeur, that the proposed
festival of next year is designed.

Coesidering (cape Mr. Howley) what Ina already bees
asnompllehed with Handel's choral male la Busload, and
the facilities now moieties for an unparalleled canal ezhi-
Wien is the metropolis, it M felt that Hooked ought not to I
meaty a secondary position in any commemoration, in what-
ever coustry bald. Cossiderieg also that Zealand was
Headers weary by adoptive ; that he resided in it for more
than fifty yearn; that itsZeglasd, and for Neglishmee, and
is the English Lineage, all his great metaphase, his I
Oratories, were written; that those gnat works lave I
nowhere boss so studied and pmformed as in
Maglead ; it becomes an imperative duty, in re.
memo to his paha, that London, the metropolis
wash matalas the mime of tat gnat mastecie,
as well as the mere enduing records of his fame—the M5B.
of his immoriel wake, should pre-emisestly easel in any
C0111•10111111061a Ind* sin be sessetted by the occasion.
This 'Meld be painkekstr the ems et owed, the Gamut,
grawdesm, aml port/diem of Ito cabal:el eddbbioa. The
faded scold is one et Its nos Impales* footeoes,
it did sot inhibit Handel'. pales to satasidel tbseessio on
nee • web es would be winced le la ells[ yens see proper
uftilesit by Al* le obit pew had boss assiusi

Arena jam asadieraihme the limed Harmonic
Sesiety at this early period bare taw the calif tot in
head ; adtbey have prejested the Shilhai to 1867,
cot only u calculated in itself to ezeitereat interest,
Has a preliminary to the Oast Umamemore•
limy whisk guy solve some ire imesathil
le erases of the aomniemoratiaw itself.
Mr. Bewley takes aeasidarable pales to vindicate
e claim of the Sawed Harmais &misty to take the
Hthl
Ilead is a great asthaal lismeastratisa in honour of
Mandel. Forage this was barfly weemeary, ter the
claim of this great usduty amass he questioned far a
Ilmotunt 1 but the view whisk be gives of the labours
of the society darb.ig its azisamies of stouter of a
century, and of their immeese Macaw IS all pro.
gyms of mimic la &glad, mill as ilea interesting
even by those who have as weed d Wiwi esaviation
on the subject. Without follirqsaft, r. Bewley
through his statements as this we ;Imes-
don a remarkable statistical feet, d the
twisty years preceding Jane, 1864, the Seared se-
miotic SoMety hu given, in Exeter Hall, 844 amaserts,
which hare been attended by 860,000 —a
greaternumber thaahsveaMsededtMmasieal lastivals
amd muds meetia2=iten aide rovincial. in the
United linden the great Handel ome-
measeratlese in Molester Abbey the Festivals at
Ilismiagbam, Norwich, Talk, Idielmrgh, dm) from
the year 1764 to the pretreat year 1868 fechisive, all
taken Welker. And it mast be added, that, of the
344 puteneasose aburrammtiosed, one-half—or 172
—have esesisted el didiv erateries of Handel; a
dream t's/a the eases remerkabie whoa it is knows,
that " foe nearly ban a notary prior to the eats-
blishment of the Seared Hermeale Eledety, scarcely
any instance can be feud of the public performance,
in anything like eompletsmes. of any of the oratorios
of Email except the Afeemisk." Mr. Bewley is well
entitled to appeal le sash lasts as these, as throwing
light *pea tbe satualei labowledge sad pasties al
choral music la the glossal deg.

Lass (te sop,). vast, bet iwosed•beenag pows eV.
I Model Me at he weren't, be dwell pinelbe. mg wee
lin Ms seeposi Whist may a Allege is Iwassiblee se Teta-
skis, now Ulm the Ind le shad posissouresss. sod it
lime hp swop pen el the osonasy. lu_l Bsreacele
liseisdee gerend I set fa Inland di.. bot is all puts
where omit le keens, sedebes wider tab orssales, sad
bap in set Misr the abets et modal knowledge. se
weak d die 'maple set by the parent wisp.

Tim Mooed kosiatitio &misty, this, may rest
aseeseil that their right to awry their wegnifloent
essloot huts smoselioa b bsysid quoin, and that
we ethos power either will es sea • enters to interfere
with tbsoo.

They entertain vast conceptions on the abject.
IMr. Bowley says, very truly :
To thaw who have shwa *artful attestsa to the seljret,
it must be tolerably apparent that to attempt a eetropolitaa
festival at a scale of orchestra 'welt to is witnessed at the
eoeterts of the Sewed Harmoole &misty, or at the ectuatry
feedwis, as at priori seastltated, would fall to eight tit*
altsedlow desirable ea web as eteisies. • festival in Lea-
den Is She prose dap meet predate tho brooder sad
vended AWN is .sable it asoassafolly I. oasmisto with
what may ha toned ovasrday coessreasee.
esserdsaes with these views, it is bashed that
the- ersicestra shall cassia of two Wend Anna
engem king DUO to each of the feel, drawl yams
that the Meter uesstal bead shall need= about Morse
kandreter=es—vis., lit Alan SS arch of
"
sod Amide Insenwith quihrepis
witillainstrusents, the in& veal and inemimeatel
strength thus Wag Ewe diumend Mao hundred
Plrkquerk tetistlnt with " Ike mat powestal toga
that as be hulk far the oamdes'
This Fed beat, with the Mona aw=
whin eon as amiss will lung together,
a locality of osamolesvastwomi. Os ible had
theresit of tbe el tbe asemittes (the
details of which on given) is this stated by Mr.
Bowley
It ay be said is flow week et the result of
observation sad taisakinii" ad with full keoterree. of
the apabilitise of Wesemiabs Ablw, OR Paul% West-
minear.kett. flasess.ball, SL theese'ell, Liverpool. sad
sapriliesrato4Lirli=railbet itaxerithirenetrood ofortlitate eoarcr
o, as
of swedes, k adoptod for the ;w-
-pm* of the peoperd oaa= mad farther. that tie
Cpresent eatailita the pea mind insoles of tie
Crystel
In this *sin we entirely stem; feeling eon-
visaed that the Crystal Palace is the only plea where
the Festival of next summer and the essasaLet-
brake eon posibly be held. The only other
stenos whisk regains to be mentioned at meat is.
that the coudnotoeship of the Festival 0(1867 has
been offered to and accepted by Mr. Costs.