The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-29 00:00:00

THE GLPE CLUB.

The member', and friends or this Society dined together on Sa-
turday, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on the occasion of pre-
senting their President, Stephen Groombridge. Esq. with a piece
of plate, ter which one hundred guineas had been subscribed by
the members,. COMIISti• g of a noble silver salver, enriched with an
elegant and appropriate chased banter. Mr. Oroombridge has
been thirty-seven years • member of the club, twenty-three of
which, we understand, he has acted u Chairman, and during the
latter period has never once beets absent. The meetings amount
usually to about ten in the season.
Atter " Non noble Doinine," and " Glorious Apollo," had
been sung in a very superior style,
JOHN lIE•VISIDE. Esq., F.R.S., who presided on the present
occasion. addressed Mr. Oroombridge in an appropriate speech.
Mr. latoostatonot (considerably agitated) replied at some
length. He said he had been tint introduced to the Club ht Dr
Arnold, anti their late Treasurer, Mr. Smith. On the demise of
their Chairman (Dr. Arnold) he had been elected to that situation,
which he had had the honour (tinning for twenty-three years. lie
returned his sincere thanks to the members of the Club for their
Munificent present, and hoped they would continue to prosper, and
that the members might experience uninterruptedly that gratifica-
tion he had long derived from its meetings, which might be justly
considered

"The feast of reason and the flow of soul."
In addition to about twenty professional gentlemen, there was a
very full meeting of members, many of whom joined with powerful
effect in the beautiful choruses. •• Non nobis Domine" was sung
in the finest style by Mean. Welch, Terrail, Hawes, Taylor,
Evans, Goss, T. Cooke, Fitzwilliam, Dignum, Gore, Atkins,
Horsley, Horncastle, Elliot, tioulden, King, W. Littler, and
Masters Bailey and Nicholls. This was followed by " Glorious
Apollo," which is invariably the first glee sung at the club after
" Nun Nohis Asinine." This celebrated glee was written and
composed by file. Irebbe, before the club was coablisheti, and
when meetings were held alternately at melt other's house. front
which circumstance they are appropriately described as" wander-
ing to find a temple for Apollo'.: praise." Mr. Webbe's glee for
five voices eucceeded—
" A gen'rous friendship no cold medium knows.
Burns with onelove, with one resentment glows:
One should our interests, one our pension be—
My friend must hate the man that injures me."—Pore..
The iclees were judiciously selected, and admirably sung.ltt such
• coinbination of talent, and where every performance was replete
with excellence, it is unnecessary,-i-and indeed would be difficult,
—to point out any particular claim to superior approbation. A
more delightful treat, on the whole, we have never experienced.
Among the tither glees given was the following from Moore's
Anacreon—the music by file. T. Cooke:—
" Fill, 611 me, boy, as deep a draught.
As e'er was fili'd, as e'er was quaff'a ;
But let the water amply flow,
To cool the grapes' intemp'rate glow ;
Let not the fiery god be single,
But, with the nymphs, in union mingle ;
For, though the bowl's the grave of sadness,
Oh, be It never the birth of madness !
No; banish from our hoard to-night,
The revelries of rude delight ;
To Scythians leave these wild excesses,
Ours be the joy that soothes and blesses;
And, while the temp'rate bowl we wreathe,
Our choral hymns shall sweetly breathe;
Beguiling very hour along
With harmony of soul and song.
Mmes. Frans, King, Fitzwilliani, Welsh, and Lecte, sang most
admirably and eremively, the words from Ossian—(composed by
Stereml)—
•Some of my heroes are low,' I hear the sound of death on the
harp. Bid the sorrow rise; that their spirits may fly with joy to
Morven'a woody hills; ' bend forward from your clouds,' ghosts
of my fathers! bend ! Lay by the red terror of your course, re-
ceive the falling chief; whether he MCK O from a distant land, or
rises fretn the rolling sea. And oh ! let his countenance be lovely,
that his friends may delight in his presence. Bend forward lino
your clouds, • ghosts of my When, bend !"
Mr. C. Taylor and Mr. Fitarailllam each song a comic song.
Mr. Dignum also ve a song in excellent style, as did Mr.
Collect and Mr. Wesley played a fantasia on the grand piano-
forte. Mr. Lecte presided an conductor of the music.
The following is the inscription on the salver presented to Mr.
Groombridge:—
To
STEPHEN GROOM BRIDGE. Esq. I.R.S.
For thirty-seven years a Member,
And for the last twenty-three years
THE- PRESIDENT
OF THE GLEE CLUB,
Whose unexampled zeal for its interests, and whose love for the
6ciace of Music, never allowed him to be absent
front any one Meeting,
This Salver is presented,
By the Members and Honorary Members.
is a tribute of their pe•sonsl regard end esteem,
May 27. MN.

The morning performance on the Apo llonicon on Satur-
day, by Mr. Purkia, was very numerously and fashionanly
attended. He played a new manuscript March by Weber ;
from recollection, having only heard it performed once, at
the anniversary dinner of the Royal Society of Musicians,
a fortnight ago. The March was composed for that occa-
sion. " Ah, Perdonna," and " I've been roaming," were
encored, and the other pieces went off extremely well.
CORONKR'tI 'NO:EST.—On Friday evening an inquest
was held before J. W. Uttwin, Esq., Coroner, at the Cumberland
Head, Cit v-rinitl, on the body of a male infant. found on the Tues-
day premlinfr. in the privy of the house. No. lU, .larne.s-street.
Old-street. The Jury. alter o few mioutes consultation, returned
a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against some person unknown.

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