The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-21 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1863.

NEW NOVEL by the Author of "COUSIN GEOFFREY."
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
LEFT TO THEMSELVES.
By the Author of "Cousin Geoffrey," &c.
" A very touching story. It is one of the most clever
boot s of the season."—United Service Mag.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

REMEMBER, WE SUP AT EVAN S'
EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK alter Alfred
Mellon's Promenade Concerts.

That the performance was the best during the week has al-
ready been recorded. The solo singers (Madlle. Tietjens,
Miss Palmer, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Sims Reeves, the mem-
bers of the chorus and of the orchestra, all strove their very
utmost—a proof of the high esteem in which Mr. Benedict
is universally held.

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On the whole the Norwich Festival has been a real suc-
cess—artistic as well as pecuniary. There were two or three
drawbacks to contend against, and among otherg the indis-
position of Miss Palmer, which obliged the committee to
telegraph to London for Miss Lascelles (who sang all the
contralto music of "The Messiah") and should teach them,
on a future occasion, not to rely with confidence upon a
single English contralto, more especially when such im-
portant oratorios as "Elijah" and " The Messiah"—to say
nothing of entirely new works—are in the programme.
Both in the " Joash" of Mr. Silas, and the "Richard Coeur
Lion" of Mr. Benedict, Miss Palmer had responsible parts
allotted to her. She did her best, it is true, to get through
them creditably; but had it not been for the ready acqui-
escence of Miss Lascelles it is possible that the contralto
music in " The Messiah " (Mademoiselle Trobelli, notwith-
standing) would have had to be omitted. It is the general
opinion that the great oratorios of Mendelssohn and Handel
(including " Judas Maccabmus," on Monday) were never
more finely executed in St. Andrew's hall. They also drew
the largest audiences, the attendance on Wednesday morn-
s "Immanuel," and
a
ing, when the new sacred drama of " Joash" was backed up
by selections from three settings of the " Stabat Mater,"
miscellaneous
besidesisce
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asncee
onue from
selection M r.
of Henry
pieces L e
fromsl Leslie'
Handel, Cherubini,e '
and Beethoven—being the most considerable of the week,
as the subjoined table will show:—

ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC for 1864. Price 6rl.
Fiftieth Thousand. Contains a full Report of the
Action for Libel and Verdict gained by the Editor. Stinging
reply to the Critics of the Press. Letters from H.R.H. the
late Prince Consort to Zadkiel
London : G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand, London.

THE SECOND GRAND EVENING
CONCERT
of
THE ST. CECILIA'S CHORAL SOCIETY
Will take place in ST. JOSEPH'S BALL, Tottenham-road,
H'S
BALL,
On TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 1863, at 7.30 p.m.
Conductor—Mons. LEMAN.
The services of 8) eminent executants have been secured.
Special Tickets on application to Mona. Leman, as above.
Front Seats, 28. ; Body of the Hall, is.

-
Patrons. Hall.
Monday evening.. _.,. 26i .. 958
Tuesday evening..
Wednesday morning .. 97 .. .579
Wednesday evening .. 138 .. 958
Thursday morning .. 219 .. 1,174
Thursday evening .. 65 .. 1,179
Friday morning .. .. 313 .. 1,284

FGYPTIAN HALL.-MR. J. K. LORD,
F.Z.S., Nightly in his popular Entertainment, entitled
" AT 110.31 E IN THE WILDERNESS."
Admission-55., 35., 25., le.

T " OXF OR D
e, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry R. Pishop's THE SLAVE and Halevy's
MUSKETEERS (first time in England).
Principal 'Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full-band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean dm.
Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene,
W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson.
Also, a Performance by Herr SCHALKENB &CH on his
wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHEbTRE, contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments.
The HALL hIS just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.
Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ;
private boxes, lOs. 6d.

The receipts of the six ordinary performances, morning
and evening, amounted to £4,080, to which must be added
£370 for the preliminary cheap concert in the evening of
Monday (" Judas Maccaba3us") ; £350 for the ball, which,
though not so numerously attended as was desirable, passed
off with great spirit ; and the amount derived from the sale
of books and donations, which cannot yet be precisely
calculated. Then there is a reserve fund of something less
than £2OO from the last festival. It is therefore expected
that considerably upwards of £5,000 will have been
placed at the hon. treasurer's disposal, in which case it is
hard if at least £l,OOO does not go to the Norfolk and
Norwich Hospital and the other charities, In spite of all
that has been said about the cathedral, most people be-
lieve that were oratorios to be held within its walls, the
receipts, if not actually doubled, would be at least 50 per
cent. in excess of what has lately been the average ; and
that some attempt will be made to obtain it for 1866 is more
than probable. The Dean is said to be very friendly towards
the festival; and it is notorious that any of the chapter—
Canon Heavyside—preached an eloquent sermon in its behalf
just before the commencement of the present meeting; while
the bishop—who objects to all such means of obtaining
charity, and will not sanction them by his presence, even
at the morning performances at St. Andrew's-hall—has no
voice in the disposal of the cathedral. To conclude, our
acknowledgments are due to Mr. Roger Kerrison, ex-hon.
secretary, and M. G. Elward Simpson—both members of
the sub-committee of management—for useful attentions
and undeviating courtesy.

CANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order
ki to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds,
Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, "THE GHOST," from the picture Gallery to the
Concert Ball, where a new and elegant stage is erected,
affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal-
cony, and body cf the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr.
A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im-
provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH
EVENING, at Ten o'clock.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, Sze. ; Unsworth (the modern
Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c.

POLYGRAPHIC HALL.—Tbe First
Entertainment in aid of the NATIONAL SHA Kw_
SPEARE FUND, under the sanction of the National Shake-
speare Committee.
Vice-Presidents :
His Grace the Archbishop of York.
His Grace the Duke of Manchester.
The Earl of Carlisle.
The Earl of Stanhope.
Alfred Tennyson, Esq., Poet Laureate.
Charles Dickens, Esq., ize.,
The opening. night, Monday, September 21st, 1863, of Miss
HERAUD and Herr KRKEGER'S celebrated Shakesperian
Entertainment i lu,trative of the Passions, interspersed
with Descriptive Music by J. C. Beuthin, Esq. solos by:miss
Of the principal
Mabel Brent, Mr,. Beuthin, Herr Bonn, Mr. Pag,e, Mr. Sted-
man, and Signor Nappi. An efficient Chorus and Band.
Private Boxes, One and Two Guineas each ; Reserved Seats,
sEtriegehtt;
trand; Ticketsa:l
3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, is. Doors open at Half past
Hall,Seve ;lief commence
Musicsellers.
mlNe"nileeliamat-

pOLYGRAPHIC HALL-MISS HERAUD
and Herr KRITEGER'S celebrated SHAKESPE:
RIAN ENTERTAINMENT Illustrative of THE PAS-
SIONS, interspersed with Descriptive Music, Tuesday, Sep-
tember'22d, and every Evening, at Eight ; Saturdays at. Three.
by J. Beuthin, Esq. Soios Miss Mabel Brent
_Sirs Beuthin. Herr Bonn, Mr, Page. Mr. Stedman, and Signor'
Napiii. An efficient chorus. Booking, &c., at the Hall, King
wiflian-i-street, Strand, from Ten to Five, or Tickets
of
Musicsellers.

ARGYLL ROOMS. Windmill-strePt.
Th se el pant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redec3rated.
Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of master concerts cele-
brity. The band ,s selected from the Cry-tal Palace, the
Italian Operas, and the Householq Troops of her Majesty.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, l s.
Manager-31. GRENET.

ROYAL ALHAMI3RA PALACE. - Great
Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR
NICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear Every
Evening.

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The screw steam storeship For, Master Com-
mander Thomas C. Pullen, from Woolwich, which
arrived at Plymouth on Friday afternoon, left on
Saturday with stores for Pembroke.
The iron screw steam storeshipWye,Master Com-
mander Valentine G. Roberts, in Plymouth Sound,
has received her powder preparatory to going to
sea.

On account of the protracted term now required
to complete the works at the entrance of the outer
basin at Woolwich Dockyard, the armour cased
ship Caledonia, on being undocked on Tuesday, the
29th inst., will be transferred to the Victoria Docks
to receive her boilers and machinery, and will after-
wards, according to present orders, be taken down
to Sheerness to be fitted for sea.

The old dilapidated iron paddlewheel steamer
Kite recently brought to Woolwich from Bermuda,
will, from the same cause, be removed to Deptford-
yard (as is supposed) to be broken up; and the
Bloodhound, paid off at Woolwich, from the West
Coast of Africa, is likewise to go to Deptford to
undergo the necessary repairs for recommission and
service again on the coast.
Capt. George Henry Richards was, on Saturday
last, appointed by the Board of Admiralty to be the
new Hydrographer of the Admiralty, vice Rear-
Admiral John Washington, F.C.S., deceased. Capt.
Richards entered the navy in November, 1832,
passed his examination in March, 1840, and after
serving as mate of the Caledonia, 120, flagship at
Plymouth, was promoted to Lieut July. 12, 1842.
As Lieut. he served from the date of his promo-
tion until the close of 1845 in the Philomel, 6,
commander B. J. Sullivan, employed in surveying
service in the Brazils. He was promoted to Com-
mander November 18, 1845, and was employed as
Second Capt. of the Acheron, steam surveying yes-
s,l, Capt. J. L. Stokes, in the East Indies and New
Zealand from October, 1847, until the close of 1851.
He was appointed Second Capt. of the Assistance
discovery ship, Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8.,
February 10, 1852, and was employed in the Arctic
searching expedition until the close of 1854. He
obtained Post rank Oct. 21, 1854, and has com-
manded the Plumper, 12, and the Hecate, 6, em-
ployed in surveying service in the Pacific since De-
cember, 1856. The Hecate, which was some months
since ordered home, arrived at Sydney from the
Pacific Sune 26, and remained in Port Jackson on
July 17. She was to leave at the end of the month
for Batavia.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander G. P. Nares,
to the Boscawen, vice Campion, promoted; Com.
mander Edwin C. Symons and Commander Richard
H. Roe, to be inspecting commanders in the Coast-
guard.

The following promotions were made on Satur-
day :—Commanders Herbert Campion, Thomas B.
Lethbridge, and Josh. Dayman, to be Capts. ;
Lients. Hugh H. Knocker, William A. Smyth, and
Edward J. Brooks, to be Commanders; Alexander
Ritchie, in the Dasher, for the Speedy, and William
Landells, supernumerary in the Asia, promoted to
be first-class assist.-engineers.
The undernamed gentlemen were nominated on
Saturday to naval cadetships :—Reginald R.
Lousada, Keppel H. Foote, Arthur P. Stackpoole,
Richard D. Bushby, and Henry S. Christopher.

worthy of observation that since their arrival in
the Mersey the ships of the Channel fleet have been
supplied with between 2,000 and 3,000 tons of coal
from the ample stores of the Cunard Company, and
that the coal was put on board in such quantities
and at such times as to suit the convenience of the
different commanders.

While the fret has been at Liverpool it has been
visited by great numbers of persons, and as might
have been anticipated, one or two accidents have
occurred among the visitors. On Thursday after-
noon, while one of the steamers plying between the
town and the fleet was alongside the flagship Edgar
considerable difficulty was experience in steadying
the gangway, in consequence of the rapid ebb of
the tide. The passage from the steamer to the
Edgar became dangerous in consequence, and as a
woman was passing across a sudden motion of the
steamer overstrained the plank and broke it. The
woman was thrown into the river, and, before help
could reach her, she was carried a distance of about
200 yards down the stream. A !seaman of the
Edgar, named Henry Crowd, who witnessed the
accident, promptly sprang into the river, swam to
the drowning Woman, and supported her until both
were rescued. On Friday, as Lord Beresford, who
is one of the midshipmen of the Defence, was ac-
companying a party of friends on board, a gentle-
man accidentally fell overboard, and was rapidly
swept along by the strong current. Without a
moment's hesitation the noble middy jumped over-
board, swam to the drowning gentleman, and suc-
ceeded in rescuing him.
Mr. Disraeli on Harvest Homes,

One of those popular annual gatharings called
" Harvest Homes," which are now so generally re-
placing the old harvest suppers, was celebrated in
Enckinghamshire, on Wednesday, the 16th instant,
on the grounds of Rayners, near Penn, the seat of
Philip R-cc, Esq., who had kindly given them up
for the occasion.

The festival was confined to the surrounding dis-
tricts, embracing portions of High Wycombe and
Penn, and commenced with a thanksgiving service
for the bountiful harvest at the district church of
St. Margaret, at eleven o'clock. The labourers on
the different farms were met on coming out of
church by the militia band, and marched in pro-
cession to a tent erected at Rayners, on a beautiful
spot commanding an almost boundless prospect,
where a substantial dinner had been provided for
them by their different employers. The grounds
were afterwards thrown open to the public, and
cricket, football, and Aunt Sally formed the staple
amusements until four o'clock, when a tea-meeting
was held in the tent for the wives and families of
the labourers of the district, at which between 500
and 600 were entertained, in addition to a large
assemblage of the gentry and clergy from the sur-
rounding neighbourhood, including Mr. and Mrs.
Disraeli, Lord and Lady Curzon, Miss Curzon, Rev,
'l'. Evetts, &c. The meeting was presided over by
Mr. Rose. After proposing the health of the Queen
the Chairman called upon Mr. Disraeli to propose
the next toast.

Mr. DISRAELI spoke as follows :—My good
friends,—l have great pleasure in congratulating
you on the termination of your harvest. I believe I
may say that, on the Chiltern Hills, a finer harvest
has never been reaped. We have not only
had splendid crops of wheat, golden barley,
and exuberant oats, but we have, accompanied
with these advantages, the finest crop of turnips
that I can ever recollect to have seen, and
such a conjunction, I believe, is very rare.
You have topday wisely and properly expressed to
the Giver of all good things your sense of these
blessings. You arc now assembled under this tent
to express feelings of a different kind, but which
in their order are equally becoming to you. There
meetings, somewhat new in our manners in this
country, arc calculated, I think, to produce very
great advantages ; and one of the principal benefits
which they do bring about is, that they cause
all
classes in the agricultural world to mix and meet
together. Here the landlord, the farmer, and the
cultivator of the soil—the British labourer, meet,
bound together by a sympathy of feeling, and all
equally rejoicing in the Lonourable and honest ful-
fi;ment of their labours for the year. I shall take
this opportunity of proposing to you to drink the
health of the first class of the agricultural hierarchy,
the landlords; because I know that nothing could
be more agreeable to the landlords of this parish
than to feel that they possess and are entitled to the
good feelings of those among whom they live. On
the present occasion I shall couple with that toast
name of a landlord who unfortunately does not live
among us, Lord Howe. (Cheers.) Superior claims
in other parts of the country prevent his being a
resident in Penn ; but although he is not a resident
here be is known to all, and known to many by the
signs of his bounty and public usefulness. Although
not amongst us we have at least this consolation,
you who reside in this parish,that he is represented
by son, Lord Curzon. You know that every duty
of a landlord is admirably fulfilled by Lord Howe.
This is proved by the church, the school, and the
cottage ; all of which may be remarked by every
one who know the neighbourhood. I, therefore,
take the opportunity which you give me of propos.
ing that you should drink " The health of the land-
lord of this parish, coupling with that toast the
name of Lord Howe."
Speeches were also delivered by Lord Curzon, the
Rev. Mr. Power, and other gentlemen.

The festivities were afterwards enlivened with
country dances and Sir Roger de Coverly,in which
all classes joined on tho lawn in the front of the
mansion.