The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-09-14 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, Strruista n.

The Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Pavilion at ►alt.
past three o'clock this afternoon. His Royal Highoras hu
aparttateuts is the house teeently vacated by the Duke at
York. This is Not the first visit the Duke of Cambridge has
honoured us with, the Royal Duke has been here unre before
at least, on a visa to his Majesty, the. Prince of Wales.
His Royal Highness appears in the enjoyment of excellent
►ealth : a merry peal hum the church bells gave a wekome
litt his arrival. . _ .

The Marquis of Salisbury was again at the Royal York
Hotel on Tuesday, where, as before, he wits visited by Ike
Ring'. Physician in Ordinary, Sir M. J. Tierney, Sart. who
had the satisfartioa its find his noble patient se greatly im-
proved is health, that he had nu h.-sitation is pressasciat
him very pronsisiegly convaleaceut. His Lordship Isis since
departed fur town.
Colonel and Mos. Lewis, Major Prague mad Mr. Ricardo,
are the last departures from the York Hotel.
The Theatre last 'sight was elvrinily and nemerously al-
tended. The performance., The Way to wet Married, and
7 he Liriegralet,were at she desire of Lord Charles Illlassers;
his Lordship and party were lii the right hand stage box. TIN
Ring'. box was eiceopied by Sir Eduard and Lady Blakeney,
and the °Seers of she 7th Fasileers. The Comedy, as s
whole, p►esented us with a species of " so so" performance:
the Farce waa admirably ',acted. Raasell's Sharp is aAO
d'oeuvre. Ton sad Jerry again step forward, to anuiree tM
public ibis eveaiag, and no doubt is entertained of t►eir
en CIVIL --
Yesterday Mr. Tierney, the son of the Member of Parlia.
metre, met with an enpkassat accident, hot whirh, provi•
dentially, was isaattended by say serioos rem quences
spirited horse in • g.g dashed off with him on the Grand
Parade, making for the interior of the lowa. Oa reaching
the wall of the Palace-gardens, Mr. Tierney lister Women
out of the carriage, and imeemded in per ',alio% his fall to
the earth, by taking firm bold of the dwarf fence on the top
of it; the conseqiirlice was favourable. Horse and gig ia
end were stopped, and without mischief to either.

Lord Gleraa ley line arrived at the Waterford
Hotrl, Saekedlr-rtreet,

HEREFORD
GEAND MUSIc4L FESTIVAL.

The meeting or the three choirs of Worcester,
Gloucester, and Hereford, commenced at the latter
city last Tuesday, under the direction of Dr.
Clarke Whitfield, Professor of Music of the
University of Cambridge. It attracted an as
of the principal Nobility, Gentry, landed
proprietors, and others from all parts of the coon.
try, not excepting the metropolis. The perform.
once commenced with the Church Service," when
excellent sermon was preached at the Cathedral
f the Rev. James Gsrbett. Prebendary of Hinton,
from the 9th chapter of Lamentations, 9d verse,
We are orpigas and fatherless, oar mothers are
riders." _

The Rev. Gentleman stated, that this was the
96th trie ;;;; ial meeting, and to the year 1804 the
county of Hereford took the lead of Gloucester and
Worcester in the amount of the collections fur the
benefit of the widows and orphans of clergymen of
three dioceses, and he trusted that upon this
occasion they would retrieve their character. He
urged many forcible and excellent arguments to
vioduce • liberal collection, which had the desired
,ffect upon one Gentleman, who, we understood,
we 501. to the charity. The whole of that day's
Ilecta amounted to upwards of 1711.
The absence of the worthy Bishop of this
Diocese was much regretted, owing to his in-
disposition from a cold, which his Lordship caught
when travelling in Shropahire to perform the cere.
mony of confirmation in the different parishes ap-
pointed for that purpose. The absence of his Lord.
ditp was also much lamented on account of his be.
ing one of the Stewards ofthe Meeting. and especially
A he had very generously anti handsomely volun-
teered to serve, one being deficient in the usual
number of six.

The Cathedral was extremely well filled at an
early liner, end much confusion arose at the en-
nese, rot want of previous arrangements.
A eery superior hand was engaged for the fes-
tival, both vocal and instrumental, priocipally from
the Italian Opera, the King's Concert, and other
pnocipel concerts in London.
The mantic commenced with the universally ad-
mired overture to Esther, followed by the grand
Dettingen It Deem. The psalms and service were
chsuated by the full band. An anthem, corn-
pored for these from!. by Dr. Boyce, " Bless-
ed it he who considereth the poor ad needy,"
the solo and verse were admirably given by Miss
D. Travis, Messrs'. W. Knyvett, Vaughan, Rolle,
and Bellamy. The latter was admirably accompa-
nied in " Thou art the Kiag ttf Glory," by Mr.
Harpur on the trumpet, whom duet with Mr.
Hyde, jun. for two trumpets was awfully sublime.
The performance concluded with the Coronation
Anthem, " Zudoek the Priest." The band was
ably led by Mr. Cramer. Among the principal
instrumental performers were Mr. Marshall (prin-
cipal second violin) ; Mr. H. Ashley (violin) ;
Messrs. Lindley and Crouch (violoncellos) ; Messrs.
Anfosai and Taylor (double bass) ; Messrs. Mack.
Wash sad Tully (bassoon•) ; Messrs. Griesbach
sod Sharp (hautboys); Messrs. Wilman and Mahon
(daritimes) ; Messrs. Harpur and Hyde, jun.
(trumpets) ; Messrs. Petrides (horns) ; Mr. Mar-
'tont (trombone) • Mr. Jenkioson (double drums) ;
Mr. Mallow of Glousester presided at the organ ;
Mr. Clarke of Worcester at the piano-forte.
In Ow evening there was a grand miscellaneous
concert at the spacious new Shire Hall, when, in
additiow to the above vocal performers, Mrs. Sal.
mon and Mats Stephens made their appearance,
and were warmly greeted by the audience. The
delightful piece of " Adis and Galatea" was most
Intrably performed. The choruses were very cor-
rectly performed by an assemblage of able and
effective performers. The Scotch sir " 0 Waly,"
harmonized by Dr. Clarke Whitfield as a glee on
the occasion, was encored. It was sung by Miss D.
Trans, Messrs. W. Kuyvett, Vaughan, and Rolle.

OLD BAILEY SE§SIONS.,
iamty, terming' 13.

Themes Pries. who hands charged with the wil-
ful murder of Elizabeth Martio, was placed at the
bar.

As he approached the bar he waived fiii hands
shoot. and in a loud tone of voice uttered some
unintelligible sounds. He appeared about 90 years
of age. His countenance exhibited all the appear-
ance of idiotcy. From his infancy he had been con-
sidered of weak intellects. and the aged female
with whose murder he stood charged had had the
care of him.

Mr. Justice Bssir told the Jury it was their duty
on this occasion to inquire not whether the crime
had been committed, but whether the Prisoner was
of sane mind at the time.

Ann Shelton examined by Mr. ANDRIMS.—
Witom lodged with the deceased Elizabeth Mar-
tin on the Bth of June. the day on which the fatal
event occurred. Witness always thonght the Pri-
soner not in his right mind. Lie would frequently
dance about the room and laugh at the pictures.
From the whole of his conduct the witness did not
think him capable of distinguishing right from
wrong. She stated various instances of extrava-
gance in his conduct on which she founded h•r
opinion.
Sarah Jackson had known the Prisoner five years.
She always thought him a silly, stupid boy, but
had not observed any symptoms of insanity till
about three weeks before the death of Mrs. Martin,
when one day be came to her and told her he had
been out all night; she told him to go home; he
shook his head, said it would not do, and went
away ; on the following morning he came again
and looked very wild and dirty; asked him
where he had been, he replied he had been sleeping
in the fields all night near the Two Sisters (a public-
house at Islington) ; witness reprimanded him, and
he left her in a very wild manner. He afterwards
called on her again, and among other extravagan-
cies he said he had got • prime of 14,0001.. and
Ilsat it would not do for him to go home when he
might be ■s rich as a King's son; he uttered other
extravagancies, and appeared unwilling to go home.
He said Mrs. Martin was very cross to him, and if
he weut home he heard that he should be tried and
hanged.

Ur. Cotton, the ordinary of Newgate, stated
that in the performance of his duty he had seen the
Prisoner three or four times a week, and from whet
he had observed of his conduct, he conceived him
to be an idiot, and quite incapable of regulating
his conduct.

J. Pocock Holmes, surgeon of Newgste, stated
the Prisoner to be a complete idiot, and incapable
of answering to an indictment.
Mr. ADOLPHUS said he had other witnesses, but
he thought it unnecessary to call them.
Mr. Justice BUST summed up the evidence, and
the Jury returned a verdict, finding the Prisoner
home.

Mr. Justice BM directed that he should be de.
tained till his Majesty's pleasure should be known
concerning him.
The nog young man was then withdrawn
from the bar without uttering a syllable.

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