The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-24 00:00:00

CONCERTS OF ANCIENT MUSIC•

The seventh end last but one of the Ancient Concerts, at Hanover-
square last night, was the longest and most tedious selection of the sea-
son, and did not terminate till near midnight, at which time by far the
greater part of the visitors had taken their departure. The last chorus,
in tact, was performed to nearly empty benches. The Directors of the
evening were his Grace the Archbishop of York and Earl Fortescue,
and there were present, in addition to those two distinguished persons,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her It. H. the Duchess
of G!oucesti -, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Cawdor, Lord
BurgherFh„'..% Re. Mr. Mori led the band, in consequence of the all'
sence of i r. 1,. Cramer, occasioned, we are sorry to hear, by the death
of one of his so.is. The Concert commenced with a selection from
Haydo's Creation, upon which we have no room to remark; but are
compeli:d to confine our remarks to such compositions as seemed
to require severally a distinct notice. A selection from a service
(mass) of Sebastian Bach ought to have been omitted; it was very
poor stuff indeed, and, as we remarked, set the gentlemen °f
the orchestra tittering! Mrs. A. Shaw sung her very best, but
the music consigned to her was most un-vocal, if we may u"
allowed to coin an expression for so particular an occasion. A glee of
Jackson's " Go feeble Tyrant," was in strict keeping with the words, for
it was about as feeble a composition as we ever had the, ill fortune t°
hear, although well sung by Mrs. Knyvett, Mrs. Bishop,
Messrs. Bennett,
and Parry. jun. Mr. Phillips gave " Arm, arm, ye brave I" in his best
and most effective style. A new debutante, a young German
lady, made her first appearance, in a selection from Mozart's
Don Giovanni, the celebrated recitative of Donna Anna, '` rr,
Ottavio, son morta," with the Aria " Or sai chi l'onore.
She was most successful, and evidently made a great impression on
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her noble auditory. She has a rich-toned soprano voice, and sang Wl'
the recitative, and the very difficult air, extremely well. Mrs. Shav:,
sung Beethoven's recitative and air, " Ah perfido" and " per pieta:
and again spoiled it, by transposing the composition, and injudiciously
t 0
cutting out a portion. We must, however, do Mrs. Shaw the justice n
say she sings it exceedingly well ; but so fine and classical a composition
should be 1, ft free from the hands of the spoiler, and if it does not suit
Mrs. Shaw in its original state, it would be wise and just in that JA n
Y d
leave it to those whom it may suit. Signor Ivanoff sang in the secl,,
act with his usual, almost too great, intensity of feeling, " A to fra tant
of Mozart. Mrs. Bishop in " Grazie vi rendo," with the song
er
compir," sang with remarkable fine taste; indeed we never heard her
to so great advantage as on this occasion. Mori's violin
HaPadel,
ni-
ment was excellent. The chorus " How excellent thy name," Man
was splendidly sung to, as we have already stated, almost Dare wall
y
The eight and last of the Ancient Concerts takes place on Wed"e'ja
next, the 30th instant.

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MORE FORGERIES of the STANDARD.

Since the parsons' organ was caught in attributing to O'Connell
Bence wWch he never delivered, and abandoned by a leader of its PalthYp
for that forgery, we had some hope that it would find honesty Was
better policy, and give up its propensity to falsify, as a bad game. '—
vain, however, did we expect reformation in such a quarter ; the
creature's at its dirty work again." From the Standard of Friday We
take the following mendacious howl :

" There was ;clear majority of 23 English Members against the Mi-
nistry, and also a clear majority of 13 Irish Members against the Mi-
nistry. If this be a triumph to Lord Melbourne and Mr. O'Connell, it
is a triumph over the British nation= more particularly over the people
of England, but we had almost said they deserve it, while they continue
to be cheated of their votes by such persons as the Lemons, Puseys,
Ben( tis, and the rest of the black-is-white' men.

" The victory, however, has not been won only over the British nation,
the, people of England alone are not trampled upon-the Protestants of
the empire are also led as objects of contempt in the train of the great
conqueror Mr. O'Connell. In the list of the majority we read the fol-
lowing names:-1. Archbold; 2. Ball; 3. Barron; 4. Barry ; 5. Bellew
6. Blake; 7. Bodkin; 8. Bridgman; 9. Browne; 10. Bryan; 11. Cal-
laghan; 12. Chester; 13. French; 14. Howard (Philip) ; 15. Lang-
dale; 16. Maher; 17. Nagle; IS. O'Brien; 19. O'Connell (Danicl)(the glorious majority)-20. O'Connell (John); 21. O'Connell (Morgan
John); 22. O'Connell (Morgan) ; 23, O'Connell (Maurice); 24. ()Ter-
rall ; 25. Power (John); W. Power (James) ; 27. Redington ; 28. Roche
(Edmond); 29. Roche (Wm.); 30. Roche (David); 31. Shell ; 31. S°:
mers ; 33. Stanley (Massey); 34. Talbot (Hyacinth); 35. Woulfe ; "'
Wyse; 37. Lynch.

" Eighteen Papists to spare after forming the glorious majority.
" The•above are all undoubted Papists, but we believe that we Are
entitled to add to the list—

" 38. Evans (George); 39. Evans (Sir George De Lacy).
" 'The Hero of Hernani certainly professed the faith of "tome at hi'
outset in life.

" 49. Macnamara ; 41. Smith O'Brien; 42. O'Callaghan.
" There, gentlemen Whig-Radicals, look at the muster.roll of your
Romish auxiliaries. Exult over us, British men (Englishmen Par'
cularly), kick, spit upon, trample upon us, all Protestants.
Victory by such allies won, •
You must be proud to think upon." re'S
So honest lago you tell the people of England that Lord Lisnlo
brother, the Hon. C. O'Callaghan, is an " undoubted Papist," and6:d
too, is J. P. Somers, and Hewitt Bridgeman—and you veraciously a
to the list George Evans, Smith O'Brien, and Major Macnarnara :--
" The force of I—g tan no further go."
"It is needless to refer to the unconstitutional distinction w-h a
ch
made between the representatives of Ireland and the rest of the TOPr
—in a British Parliament, the tendency of it, to force the people upon
agitating Repeal, is obvious.—Dublin Pilot.

Mr. John Round, M.P. for IVlaldor, paired a' 01„
favour of Sir Eardley Wilmot's motion with Mr. Ric► hard 11,Pd/0
Member for Berwick.

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It appears that several Members were taken b'r suri:
prise by the early division on Sir E. Wilmot's motion, many of
were friendly to the measure. Among the latter was Mr. Villiers, ",,„°,,
seconded the motion. It appears that having expected a very late u;d
bate, and having wanted to leave the House for a short time, he I:
paired oiT with Mr. Blake, M.P. for Newport, till ten o'clock, 3n", the
division having occurred before that hour, he was unable to vot e.
Col. Gore Langton paired off with Mr. P hilliP
M.P., for Poole, in favour of Sir F-ardley Wilmot's motion fax the ; '1"
mediate abolition of negro apprenticeship.
DRURY LANE THEATRE.--Mr. Parker, of ttie,
Free List Office, takes his benefit, we understand, at this theatre
Spectre, and the popular new Opera-Buffa entitled Dia
this evening, on which occasion will be performed the piny of "e
add to the attractions of the evening, the celebrated dance of tvire
Tarantella" will be introduced from the Gipsey's Warning. We 113- 'e
attention 0
no doubt that the house will be crowded, l'Jr Mr. Parker's
and courtesies. have long made him popular among play-goers. #
Arrived from the Great Western steam ship, tCw
Ivatt's Royal Gloucester Hotel, Clifton Hotwells :--Lord W3lle:.
Butler, Judge Crane, Colonel Webb, Mr. and Mrs. P. Bowles, Char'
ti
Duncan, Hughes, W. Meade, Mr. and Miss Hamilton, Miss
Messrs. Agnew, Albers, Bigelow, G. Brusle, Bannister, Chatiwic/‘;fr
pen der, Curtis, B. Dupuy, Don, Dureberry, Dwyer, Dean, 11°""-0:
Harris, M. Jones, J. Labadie, Lynch, H. M`Kin, Munroe, deste. 'llO
Niles,
Ord, H. M. Prevost, Penney, Porteus, Stoddard, Shaw. oif
A vacancy having occuircd in the situation t,e
Organist to St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, a trial of skill took place °flires•
organ of that church on Wednesday before three professional uclP't lje
Out of nine candidates three were returned in the following order, st.
best performers, viz. : Mr. Joseph Goss (brother to the organist e`
Paul's), Mr, Forbes, and Miss Richardson. ree
Sir John Tyre'', M.P., was thrown from his
last week, and his leg was seriously fractured by the fall.
THE NEW ORIENTAL ROMANCE, <r NOV. I
new romance, by Mr. Quin, cannot but prove accePl
from the circumstance of its subject being so completely removed
el
our
' the common highway of the novelist. Eastern story, too, bas mar
on our esteem, inasmuch as the publications of its class, known t ,°v
literature, from Rasselas down to Morier's last, have been sPecislL pep'.
titled to the admiration of both the critical and the un-critical. s
Quin is quite an Oriental story-teller—love and war are his tlierilewe
rapid adventures and quick-shifting scenes hurry through his rearrnLices
—he leads his reader from the wilds of the Himalaya to the gorgeous Pal o°
of Agra : his characters are now disguised as Al Raschid, end ,
tes
Viziers and Emperors. His minute knowledge of Oriental habits enab
him also to give that minuteness of description to his action and drettna_re
persona., which imparts to the whole a sense of reality, as if one were
reading no ingenious fiction, but some chronicle faithful as the Mein°
of Aurungzebe.--Norming Herald.
SAVINGS' BANKS.--We understand that tilt"
practice of workmen and domestic servants investing their savings
in
Government annuities is on the increase, and that St. Clement Danes
Savings' Bank alone has paid to Government upwards of' 40,000/. iu
,I*t
the space of three years, of which above 4,500/. was for the quarter
ending the sth ult. We are persuaded that if this facility
for old age were generally made known through the country, it vinnoe
be much more extensively adopted, for the money paid in is in ctna-
entirely lost. If the party do not live to receive the annuity, or be u
ble to continue the monthly or yearly instalments, the whole amount
paid in is returned; so that by a payment of 455. a year (or little more
than l Od. a week) from the age of :21, an annuity of 20/. a year is se
cured for life after attaining the age of 60; and with regard to im'cie
diate annuities, it appears that the terms allowed by the Act of
Parlia-
ment are advantageous to persons of small means.—Morning Paper: ,
THE is SIRIUS" STEAM- SIIIP.—ThiS vessel,whlClZ
had the honour of being the first steamer that made her voyage across
the Atlantic, came up the River on Monday night, and moored off the
took.
East-lane Stairs, Bermondsey. Tuesday she began taking in her s
of provetd
of fuel. and during the week she will receive 400 tons of coals, in aciy
lion to what she will take in at Cork. She leaves the River on Saturday
for Cork, and will starsfrom the latter place on We.:nesday next on her
seco u 1 voyage to New York, and it is anticipated that she will make
her
heat voyage to America and back in a much shorter time than the last.