The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-15 00:00:00

Handel Festival.

It is expected that a greater number of excursion trains
;rill rim into London from all parts of the country for next
tidaY week, the 23d inst., the day of the Great Rehearsal
of the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace, than on any
Previous occasion; arrangements having been made for this
13,P°se between the directors of the Palace and the follow-
'"g eleven railway companies, viz.: the London, Brighton,
and South Coast ; the South Western; the South Eastern ;
,ite London, Chatham, and Dover ; the Great Western ;
;ll' °London and North Western ; the Great Northern ; the
and
; the Great Eastern ; the Manchester, Sheffield,
"'" Lincolnshire ; and the North Eastern.
1. Trains will run from all the principal stations on these
i'aes between 30 and 100 miles from London, at unusually
felv fares, to include conveyance by the Brighton line
r°lll London to the Crystal Palace and back where needed,
the railway
as admission to the Rehearsal. In concurring with
e %away Companies in this arrangement, the object of
thef directors of the Crystal Palace Company has been to
°l'd to persons residing in distant parts of the country
niNt the same facilities for attending the Festival as are
kvailable to residents in the metropolis.
lins, the entire charge for the day excursions from
Lotions between Northampton and Watford, on the
Ch them
and North Western line, will range from ss. 6d.
c." 478. 6d ; from Dover and Sevenoaks, on the London,
poritttl'am, and Dover lino, it will be either ss. or 6s. ; from
smouth, Salisbury, and Southampton, on tho London
.and South Western line, 7s. Gd. ; from Brighton, Worth-
g, &c., 68. ; and from Oxford and Cambridge day excur-
til's 'will run at corresponding rates. A considerable
°lll of church choral associations and institutions have
intimatedri, their intention to avail themselves of these trains.
22,-; he excursions for the longer distances will start on the
f returning on the 24th. As an example of the low
:res that will be charged for distances beyond 100 miles
icroln London, the following may be cited: From Bangor,
fiirnarvon, and Aberystwith, 18s. 6d. ; from Lancaster,
hirvi,el.l)°ol, and Manchester, 165.; from Chester and
4enhead, 14s. 6d. , from Leeds, 14s. ; from Hereford,
f-,„°4l°.nr, Shrewsbury, Rugeley, and Burelem, 13s. 6d. ;
Clein budley, lls. ; and from Birmingham, 10s. 6d. These
keis will include conveyance from London to the Cry-
eta' Palace and back, as well as admission to the rehearsal.
ftesides the excursion trains for the rehearsal day, most
t°. the railway companies have undertaken to issue return
tlhe'et availablo from Saturday, the 24th inst., to Saturday,
July, so as to embrace the three days of the Festival.
The directors of the Crystal Palace, to avoid the chance of
7n3r error, have advised country residents to gain precise
information from each company's own bills.
ItT}.le rehearsal will commence at one o'clock precisely.
nWill be an epitome of the whole festival, comprising por-
ins of the works to be performed on the Monday, Wed-
sd a3r, and Friday of the succeeding week, viz., "Mes-
in," "Israel in Egypt," and a selection from Handel, s
.458 t important works. The solo artistes engaged to take
imrtt, in the rehearsal and at the festival are—Mdle. Adelina
at Ara dtun eR ud ersdorff, Madame Lemmens-Sherrington,
MadameC Parepa, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Simsßeeves,
'r• Cummings, Mr. Weiss, Herr Schmid, and Mr. Santley.
That those who have never witnessed the effect of these
!Feat musical celebrations may form some idea of their
extent, it may be stated that the orchestra is double the
vficlih of the Dome of St. Paul's, and that at one perform-
knce of "Israel in Egypt," at a previous Handel festival,
itirwards of 37,000 persons were present.
' The tickets for the rehearsal are now on sale in London
1L2.78. 6d., but two days before the festival they will bo
withdrawn, and the price increased to half-a-guinea. It
"-1 thus be seen by the excursion rates as above that very
%era]. terms have been placed within reach of country
kraTll2 sale of tickets for the festival days has been very
-"at• Additional seats are being made.

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