The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-12 00:00:00

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rence of this festival they had fired their weapons,
to their intense delight, but to the extreme horror
and fright of many ladies present. The priest an-
nounced, however, that they might give one
"7yrw," at his Majesty's departure. The caution
seemed scarcely necessary, judging by the propriety
with which these men conducted themselves, but
no doubt his reverence thought that the demonstra-
tive tendencies of his countrymen were not to bo
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some with dancing saloons and other arrangements
by which these wretched panderers to vice entrap
the unwary, and the moment the poor soldier, tared
with the forced inaction of camp life, sets his foot
beyond the lines, his case seems desperate." From
that time Mrs. Daniells, meeting with every en-
couragement from the General commanding, and
assisted by many officers, has worked with unceas-
ing assiduity ; and now the fruit of her labours is to
be seen in the hail which has just been opened near
the South Cavalry Barracks. The foundation-stone
was laid on Feb. 11 by the E irl of Shaftesbury,
and the work has been just nine months in hand.
The main hall of tue building is intended to accom-
modate 800 persons. It also contains a library,
reading-room, coffee bar, soup kitchen, class-room;,
and the like ; and it is intended also to establish a
sewing class, where soldiers' wives will be employed
in making clothes, which will be sold at a little
over cost price. Yesterday, at 3 o'clock, there was
a special service, which was largely attended, when
a suitable opening address was delivered by the Rev.
W. Pennefather, of Barnet. Special services are
announced to take place during the present week,
in which the Earl of Cavan, Lord 11. Cholmondeley,
Lord Radstock, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Col.
Travers, Capt. Trotter, Capt. Fishbourne, the Rev.
Dr. Rule, Mr. R. Baxter, and Mr. Richd. Weaver
are expected to take part.
The half-yearly inspections of troops have been
going on vigorously at Aldershott during the past
fortnight. On Friday, the 2d inst., the Royal
Dragoons, under Lieut.-Col. Wardlaw, and on the
following day th© 6th (Carabineers), under Lieut.-
Col. Sawyer, were inspected by Major-Gen. Hodge,
C. 8., commanding the brigade of cavalry. On
Monday the Major-General inspected the 13th
Hussars, under Lieut.-Col. Jenyns, C. 8., and it is
gratifying to find that the gallant officer expressed
himself highly satisfied with the training, discip-
line, and degree of efficiency exhibited by the whole
of the troops of the brigade. On Monday and
Tuesday Brigadier-Gen. Bates inspected the 2d
battalion 90th Rifles, under Col. Rigaud. On Tues-
day the Ist battalion, 6th Regiment, under Colonel
Lowe, C. 8., was inspected by Major-Gen. Brook
Taylor. On Wednesday the 73d Regiment (Lieut.-
Col. Jones) was inspected by the same officer; and
on Tuesday Gen. Taylor inspected the 37th Regi-
ment. The other regiments which have been in-
spected during the week, and in every case with
the most satisfactory results, are the 3d Buffs ; Ist
battalion, 24th, Lieut.-Col. Wodehouse ; 59th,
Lieut.-Col. Lodder ; 64th, Lieut.-Col. Shute ; 87th,
Lieut.-Col. Murray ; and the horse and field bri-
ides of Royal Artillery, under Col. Gambier, C.B.

!About 10 minutes before 12 his ML jesty arrived,
and was received at the entrance by the wardens
of the church, Messieurs B. Melee, Etienne A.
Rath,. and Emmanuel Mavregordato, wif;-1 'Messrs.
Yenta Etienne Ra ii, Etienne Franghiadi' Antoine
Mavrogordato, Eustratio Etienne 'ltalli,.lS:athieu
F. Mavrogordato, C. Geralopulo, and Stamaii M.
Zizinia, with whom were also Mr, A. C. lonides,
Greek consul-general at London ; Mr. D. N. Gena-
copulo, Greek consul at Liverpool ; and Mr. S. .N.
Frangopulo, Greek consul at Manchester. The Mi-
nisters of the Greek Church in England, the Archi-
mandrite Morphinos, the Archimandrite Stratoulis
of Liverpool, and M. Moro of Manchester, attired
in their magnificent satin robes, richly adorned with
gold and silver, and, preceded by two white- sur-
pliced boys bearing enormous wax tapers, also pro•
ceeded to the entrance of the church to receive his
Majesty. The Archimandrite Morphinos bore a
copy of the Old and New Testament, enshrined in a
magnificent binding, and carried reverently across
the breast.
His Majcsty,who was attended byCouut Sponneck,
Baron Guldencrone, Lieut.Fanch, Lieut. Lett], Dr.
Philemon, and Professor Koeppel], was conducted
to the position assigned to him, when the service
immediately began by the choir, conducted by
M.
N. Covas, chanting the Psalm of David—Ls sees
Miry Ws6 OE6s ' Hpew (" Who is so great a god as
our God ?") After which a mass of St. Chrysostom
was chanted, and then portions of the Evangelists
were read by the officiating minister. A short pause
ensued, and then the officiating priests, preceded.
by the boys with tapers, entered the body of the
church (which was kept clear of the congregation),
bearing the sacramental elements and a richly-
adorned cross. The service altogether was marked
by much splendour of ceremonial, and the hymns
and other portions were beautifully chanted. The
effect was very grand, even though unaccompanied
by any instrumental music, as such is forbidden in
the Greek Church, where singing is universally in
use. Three prayers were also offered—one for his
Majesty by the Archimandrite Morphinos, the second
for all the faithful by the Archimandrite Stratoulis,
and the third for those who died in the cause of
independence by M. Moms. A beautiful Hymn to
the King was also sung. At the conclusion of the
liturgy the grand Te Deum burst from the choir, and
almost electrified the congregation by the marvel-
lous grandeur of the music and the ability with
which it was executed. The words were the same
as in the "Te Deum laudamus," sung in our
own church. The service was concluded by the
benediction from M. Morphinos, when the King
quitted the church, and was conducted to the door
by the deputation who received his Majesty at his
entrance, preceded by the officiating ministers.
There was no ebullition of feeling on the depar-
ture of the King, as might have been expected from
the permission given by M. Morphinos; but outside
the church in London-wall there was an immense
crowd assembled, partly composed of Greeks, but
the greater portion were the residents of the locality.
Some cheering took place, but it was not of a very
enthusiastic nature on the part of the English, who
were, we hope, restrained by a feeling of the sacred-
ness due to the day, and the Greeks, for whom
every allowance must be made under the circum-
stances, were too few in number to be very effectual
in their cheering, though their loyalty was abun-
dantly manifest.
The rle Deuni, the Hymn, as well as some of tl.e
other pieces of sacred music, were composed expressly
for the occasion by M. Covas, the master and leader
of the choir, and from the general satisfaction they
gave he is to be congratulated on his success. M.
Coves, through diligent study, has been able to com-
bine in the compositions the impressive tunes of the
ancient sacred music of the Greek Church with the
harmony of the new European school, which is a
very difficult work, and deserves every praise. We
understand that he has dedicated these works to his
ellenic Majesty.

Te Deiuu at the Greek Church.

The small but important community of Greek
merchants in London manifested their fidelity to
George 1., the second King of Greece, by causing a
grand 76 Daum to be sung yesterday in honour of
his Majesty at the Greek Church in London Wall,
on which occasion the King kindly honoured his
subjects dwelling in London by his presence.
The church is a small but well-built edifice in the
Byzantine style, having a high vaulted roof. It was
erected about 20 years since by the Greek residents
of London, who bought the ground and expended
altogether about £20,000 in the work. In order to
accommodate a tithe of the applicants for admission
a gallery was erected at the end of the church oppo-
site the altar, but the other arrangements were, we
believe, the same as on ordinary occasions, except
that the pillars supporting the gallery on either side
were entwined with white and red roses, intermixed
with gilt laurel leaves, the same means of decoration
being continued round the arches above the galleries.
The front of the gallery erected for the occasion was
draped with crimson cloth, and decorated with gilt
ornaments, and in the centre was the following in-
scription, " l'ic;)pytos Buo-tXti,s row tXXipiow—Zirruo,''
("Live George King of the Greeks.") Besides the
decorations already alluded to, at the top of the
pillars and between the arches were the flags of
England, Denmark, and Greece entwined, the Greek
flag in the centre. As a further and symbolical
sign of welcome, though somewhat a novel mode to
English eyes, the carpet with which the floor of the
church is covered, and also the steps leading to the
altar, were strewn with laurel and bay leaves and
sprigs of rosemary. The altar-screen of the church
is ornamented with some beautiful paintings of
scriptural subjects in accordance with the usual
custom in the Greek churches, where graven images,
with the exception of that of the cross, are not
allowed, but where pictures aro freely displayed,
and are held in such high honour that they are
lavishly ornamented with gold and precious stones.
In front of the altar were two beautiful gilt stands
holding three tall wax tapers, while behind these
were fixed two silver censers or lamps.
It had been proposed to erect a throne for the
accommodation of the King, but on this fact be-
coming known to his Majesty, he, with becoming
modesty, declined to assent to this arrangement, and
expressed his intention to stand during the service,
the
in accordance with the orthodox practice of
Church in the kingdom of Greece, one of the three
branches of " The Holy Orthodox Catholic and
Apostolic Church." Thus, then, it resulted that the
only arrangement made for the King's aceomoda-
tionh rug on the
-
was the placing of a simple earth
floor of the church in front of the pillars supporting
the gallery to the left of the altar. As we have in-
timated, the applications for admission made to the
members of the committee were exceedingly nume-
rous, but, with a view to the proper accommodation
of those to whom the favour was granted, the
number of tickets issued was very limited. The
principal portion of the ladies were assigned places
in the newly-erected gallery, while others were
accommodated in one of the side galleries. The
spaces beneath two of tho galleries were occupied
exclusively by gentlemen ; while the gallery on the
left of the altar was also devoted to the use of the
male portion of the congregation, it being custo-
mary in the Greek churches to separate the sexes
amongst the gentlemen present were M. Thorben
de Bills, the Danish Minister in London ; Count
Putiatino ; Mr. Hazlewood, chairman of the Greek
bondholders. The following members of the Phil-
hellenic Committee were also present :—The Earl of
Coventry, Vice-Admiral Burney, Mr. Jas. Wyld,
MX., Mr. J. F. Maguire, M.P. (vice-presidents),
Mr. John Locke, MX., Mr. J. Pope Hennessy,
M.P., with the Hon. Secretary Stephanos Xenos,
and the Secretary Mr. J. F. O'Brien. The only
gentleman who wore the Greek costume was M.
Chivas, of Cephalonia. The point as to dress was,
as we understood, decided by his Majesty, who had
suggested that simple English costume would be
more desirable than the gaudy Greek habit. Among
those present was also M. Eugenius Popoff, the
priest of the Russian Church in London, wearing a
clerical robe, and displaying the insignia of several
orders and other decorations. He, however, took
no part in the ceremony.
As the doors had been opened at 10 o'clock,
the majority of the congregation were in their
places before 11, shortly after which hour the
ilrcl►in►andrito Murphinos, the officiating miniater
of the church, appeared at the centre opening ef the
altar-screen, from which a gorgeous screencyr,.?
he
drawn aside, and recited some portionadul'y the
psalms and some short prayers, in w
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riedlier of the
was assisted by M. Agathides, the
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and °This Ebert service
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lasted about a quarter ofan hour, when the Priest
and the buzz of
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retired within-the altar-screen,
a. In a short time afterwards
versation was renewed
tired, and requested those e
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Tom Cooke and the Rival Musicians.

AN AMUSING ANECDOTE, rnoiir A CLEVER NEW MUSICAL
AND DRAMATIC WEEKLY REVIEW CALLED THE
" ORCIIESTRA.”
"Mr. T. Cooke respectfully informs thoseladi es and gentle-
men who may require his opinion of their musical ability,
voice, &c., that his terms for such information arsons guinea."
At a certain Philharmonic Society there were a Mr. Mud docks
(nom de guerre), and Popkins (font de bataille), who were
exceedingly jealous of each other's singing; so jealous
were they, that many of their musical reunions used to end
in very wt-musical dis-unions; they were always quarrel-
ling with each other ; always impertinent with each other;
and if they dared, would undoubtedly knock each other
down, every Monday and Thursday evening, on which
nights their " Choral Club" met. Such conduct, of course,
could not escape being noticed by the other " mem-
bers," who were most anxious to reconcile them, but
all attempts were ineffectual. However, one night,
when their mutual rage was at its highest, one
of the directors came forward, and. said, "Really, gentle-
men, this disturbance cannot be allowed. Pray, be quiet;
do not set such an example." "But, sir," replied Mud-
docks, " this gentleman (pointing to Popkins) says he can
sing better than me, why (tapping his bosom), tho
idea is preposterous. He has no voice ; 'tis
like a mustard spoon rubbed against a worsted
stocking. He can't sing a note." "Pooh, pooh,
pooh 1" chimed in Popkins, with a lisp and most
surprising sang livid, "Now, what do you know about it,
when the moment you open your mouth you put your foot
in it ? You a singer ; why, the idea is ridiculous—non-
sensical—immensely impertinent." Muddocks, who could
not restrain his wounded feelings, burst forth,—" I bet
you ton pounds, sir, that I am the better singer of the two.
and Tom Cooke shall decide." " Done, sir," calmly replied
Popkins, " I bet you ten pounds ; and by this means let go
put a stop to this confounded bickering." With that, they
jumped out of the room ; jumped into different cabs
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arrived at 92, Great Portland-street, Cooke's residecrto
they knocked at the door, then jumped into the hall, a; to
their horror saw the notice. But they had gone todated to
recede; so they sent in their cards; were in
treguinea;
Mr. Cooke ; explained their business ; agreed toitan
paid it; when Mr. T. Cooke sat down to the maniacs."
his opinion of the merits of these two "muse h I than the
o to give
Muddocks, the basso, who had more of thr'ied. With the
bass, in his voice, was the first to be
je,t be approached
dignity and grandeur of a John ,Kerog on the piano the
acal phrase right ;
the instrument, and gracefullY r"his month, and began
song of "The Sea," he opened of A flat, awfully
howling and bawling it out in the
uchuiv
out of tune, no time, and difficulty, stifled his
whilst Mr. Cooke, who, restrire, what curt of a singer
saddocks, the moment his
feelings, soon seeing, oLuweat on with the aecompani,
Muddocks was, trancit::l,ivvilich was in C. At length they
ment placed before
came to the cca.c°l6:rap' tuously ay,xious for Dfr. Cooken--
was over, was Pre" much pleased with 's
wee evidently his perfor-
other gentle-
man Cooke reminded him that the
mance. id before he could f
man must be I'
Popkins with a s orm a comparison;
eattBtortsplaceney ; and
lan° t"e Popkins had a sort
when "le, a lisp, a smirk,
quietly placed on the
and great: id-tit-English ball
ad of " Early one Morn-
ing." Now of counter-tenor voice, but
certainly wore of the "sounter" than the tenor, so that from
" Early one Morning,"
been "Early one atternoo " •
it might have
his style of sina,ing,
n, or evening, or night; but at
the conclusion
he had this advantage, he instinctively felt
he was not quite so bad as his vocal adversary Muddocks.
After the examination had been passed, you may be sure
they were naturally anxious for Mr. Cooke's opinion. Cooke
was placed in rather a delicate position—to give his candid
opinion was c • ertainly not a pleasant thing, especially on
this oe,easion. they drove Lim to it—they would
have it; they insisted; and after much hesitation, Mr.
Coolie's opinion was as follows " Mr. Muddocks, after
matureconsideration, and as you insist in having my opinion
with regard to your singing, my candid opinion is that you,
sir, can't sing at all I and as to my opinion of your singing,
Mr. Popkins, why, I can only say, you are the worst sin:.;•er.
I ever heard!" And so ended rather an amusing Beene
be.
tween these two amateurs and T. Cooke. But let _,
o
me t;e
a!
that Mr. Popkins, the worst singer Cooke ever hoar,_etter`
the wager of ten pounds, as he undoubtedly wali, a d
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singer than Mr. Muddocks, who couldn't Ping at
Cooke got a good laugh and two gnineae I