The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

(PROM OM OWN REFORMS.)

WORCESTER, Ti
The "festival of three choruses" for 11157 atm-
menmd to-day under the moat favourable auspices with
regard to weather. The rehearsal was industriously pro-
ceeded with last night at the College-hall, when the tend-
chorus and principals were employed hum sin to ten &dock.

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pert Formes wu the only absentoc.
Carrioges began to roll into the "faithful city ' euly this
musing, bringing visitors for the opening emirs at the
cathedral. Worcester has always been celebrated for the
cleanliness and order of Its duets, the gaiety of
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Its shore, and the beauty of it. women. TO-dai
fully sustained its chancier ;with respect to the lot two
attribute', but am to the fleet coign opera Lions which
have been carried on throughout the tong summer have been

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detrimental to order sad cleanliness in the thoroughfares,
every street having been unpaved and excavated for the
purpo.c allaying down sewers and water-pipes in connexion
with some new works order the Board of Health Act.

The mayor (Mr. Wearer) invited the corporation and city
rosgistrites to broadest with hint at the Guildhall this
morning, and to accompany him to the cathedral afterwards.
The imitation was however entirely civic, and did not ex-
tend even to the stewards of the festival. The corporation
attended the cathedral In the usual civic etate,end wore re-
mired by the Very Rev. the Dean and Canons at the groat
door of the nave. The SNOW was appointed for l I &cloth,
end at that hoar there was a very fair average attendants,
though it fell short of the attendance on the drat morning
of the lest Wereseter festival (1854) by nearly

200, the number priest to-day being sag 1.011. spinet
1,307 in 1854. The met curious feet in asehaden with
this is, that the felling off has occurred meetly where the
greseset Woman was rapeeted—via" in the sillimilence in
the ukase, the tickets of shreds. be which yet star rend
Deng Ism this yer bees edseell Y yin% heads&
does s baps Wenders of he grim. The elleadere in
the slim Wry was miplllB, WWI BB la 1181. Prom
the samba el tickets hiss be he eraleries, brever, it is
yelp midi that, WSW of baring to report • falling off
the sompiew ea the swami proem* we shall have to
annousee es ineemm. Amen these present today were
Hari farteretrallm Wimp of Warner, lady Beenchmap,
Lord Samar end she Toy Pin. the Dena tad family,
ltr A. Weellma esti Lip Woodford, Sir W. Smith,
the ROI Hem. lb Jells Pakingtoa, M.P., end
Lady Paltry" Mr. J. 8. Pakington, end Lady
Dien Pakington, V. Wheeler, Esq. (high sheriff),
sod Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Urn, M.P., and most
of the stewards. Armor the atrial dewy present braid,,
the Bishop sad DIM, Min the Yea. Archdeacon Sandford
Revs. Caere J. LWeed, FortiestramlG.B.Lowle, ender
following buss eery erase : Rev. W. H. Haveryl, H. J.
Heaney J. D. Collis, and A. B. Lerman The Rev.
Mr. Fowler intoned the service, end the sewed rem was
read by the Rev. T. L. Wheeler, precentor.
Divine erre was copra with • shorty on the organ
by Mr. Amon, organist of Oloseester Cathedral. As has
bees noressey, the well-worn, though beautiful, service—
pier, esepoeses, end duets for the Vend* and Jefilate--
ed were spar employed, the pore chat being can-
powder the fried by the Be.. W. H. Harvest, a wil-
lows& comparir of drab music, who is • resident here,
owl barmy area of he cathedral. The new chaat hes soots
his bormare lan; and the maser "amen "lathe response
Oil with tLBSmg Beet. The great morel feature la the
roandag service of cram was the Pe Dees. Handers con,
politica were he • forgone. battle (Donley.) waa again
employed, thus mrstaining the old rule, though, we cannot
saderrad why earth* new sight sot be attempted in
thie way. The solo parts wan taken by Mir Dolby, Mr.
Moran Park Mr. Weiss, and Mr. floor. Mien Dolby
wag the opening solo, . 0 God, re praise Thee," and the
coneisdiss be td air, "Lad. in Thee," with her usual
geed Ora am& we laded her voice was rather weaker
don we bad heart it. The year, "The glorious com-
pany," wee seermeed be Mr Gilbert, Miss Palmer, Mr.
Most= Smllk, eel Mr. Thorns The belles are new to these
hirer end lostried sew limier; her @hey were but im-
yelleetly bard, otherwise it west et well. Mr. Thomas rng
sine,.Thes!mt relLig gallery," adorible bemired
proreed • tolling sleet, sotwithstanding the occasional
veers at that most emeostrollable of instruments, the
irsemei. The trio "Thou ere at the right hand," by
Wm Dolby, Mr. M. Smith and Mr. Weise, was a great
beat. The adagio finish (unaccompanied) " We believe that
hoe shalt erne," was enoisitely given, the three trees
birdies together in most attired hammy ; the Sots
.Ilwaschaa, 0 Lent," woe the gas of the anthem. Mr.
War had evidently take some trouble in preparing himself
err it, sod the malt wssa molt !niched performance. The
armee gersolly was well rendered ; • few more tenon
sot User however would bar orb the choir more even.
Alter the stollen of the day, re snag by the whole choir
the Bird prim, new make, to the Ise old " Giottoester"
tre. There were der two anthems sae Meritheohn's,
. Hese my prayer," sad a new anthem . Slag, 0 Hearn,"
eamposed far this festival by Dr. Miry. Mrs Hepworth
erg he sole perm 1a Mesikasechsfe anthem am
erre* se re gave it an the weeks of her delta as a
pane eager at Gloucester fermi last year. Dr. Elvey's
new asthma Is not very remarkable, though It contents two
sir seise: "The Lord will card Zits," for • contralto
(Mr Parr), and " Instead of the thorn," for a terror (Mr.
theth). Thin anthem coseloded the morning service
sees err two o'clock. The sermon wee preached by lite
Bar. Cents Lewis. from Luke 4, v. 16.
This rain we have the Seat concert at the College Hall,
the scheme ix which I. the beat of the work, it Maude&
the "Laxly" fragment by Mendeleeohn, Hutton's new
mists "Robin Hood," rd • rerellastoos selectioa. A
hip serlser of tickets ere taken. To-morrow morning we
Ws Ss "W.
Rh loyal Higher' the Doke of Cambridge will arrive
bin t e evorag, probably in time to attend the fist
comer

The collection for the charity at the Edon of the coital...l
this leaning amounted to 269 L 10s., being 141. more than
on the tint day of last festival.