The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-30 00:00:00

loathely articulation of the precursive horrors of
the earlier and fouler among the fearful plagues by
which the land of Egypt was stricken—the abound-
in.rg frogs, and the incalculable multitude of blains
and blotches disfiguring the human and brute crea-
ti‘on alike. It is the one isolated solo in the first of
the two parts of this astonishing Oratorio. After
the bounding accompaniment to the apparition of
the frogs—came the swarming accompaniment of
the k,xpening of the great Double Chorus then fol-
lowing, "He spoke the word--and then came all
mannt'r of flies." Thereupon came the first great
crashin,g triumph of the day, the Hailstone Chorus,
with its gleaming, flashing, thundering cataracts and
inundations of hail and fire streaming down and
along the ground ! Nothing again could be grander
than the sombre, muffled, awful intonations—as if
imparting horror at the unutterable tribulation—of
the great chorus next in sequence, " He sent a thick
Darkness—even a darkness that might be felt."
Succeeded as this marvellous chorus is immediately
by the next one, " He Smote all the First-Born;"
it precludes all possibility of any decorous demand
for the repetition of the former of the two. So that
the choral chaunt of darkness passed as usual with-
out the chance of being encored. " But as for
His People," longer than the majority of
these great choruses, won its due proportion of
applause—its length alone precluding it from re-
petition. " Egypt was glad when they departed"
passed without a hand of approbation—accepted
seemingly as alone worthy of passing note, as com-
memorative of the relief of the Egyptians at the
passing away from the midst of the Israelites. A
startling effect, however, was—after a very judicious
pause—produced by the two Grand Double Cho-
ruses, first of all " He Rebuked the Red Sea," and
then, yet more declamatory still, " He led them
through the deep as through a wilderness," joining
on with it almost, " But the waters overwhelmed,"
all but secured to itself an encore—being reluctantly
followed up in the hearing of many by the twin
choruses closing the First Part of the Oratorio,
" And Israel saw that great work," " And believed
the Lord ;" both from Exodus. As nearly as
possible, one hour after the commencement of the
First Part, the Second Part began, that is, at a little
after a quarter-past four o'clock, with the Double
Chorus of " Moses and the children of Israel," and
of " I will sing unto the Lord"—the close of the
latter producing a truly wonderful effect. The duet
between Madame Lemens-Sherrington and Madame
Rudersdorff " The Lord is my strength," brilliantly
though it was in the rendering of it by those accoin-
plished artistes, was chiefly deserving note as intro-
ductory to the grand and massive double chorus,
" He is my God," and its sequent chorus " And I
will exalt him." The rest of the Oratorio, compris-
ing within it some of the choicest morceaux among
the solos, including Mr. Sims Reeves's " The Enemy
Said," and Madlle. Adelina Patti's " Thou didst
Blow"—passed off with acclamation.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
STOCKBRIDGE RACES-THIS DAT.

Blackdown •
Sydmonton
Ackworth ,

STEWARDS' PLATE.

Six ran.
TROY STAKES.

Robin Hood
Student
Chibisa
Dead heat between the first two. Twelve ran
Robin Hood walked over, and stakes divided.
HASTINGS PLATE.

Historian
Audax
Cedric
Fifteen ran.
UXBRIDGE PLATE.

Attache
Viceroy
Catalogue
Five ran. Dead heat between Viceroy and Catalogue