The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-11 00:00:00

IVOIWESTER FESTIVAL.

WORCESTER, Saturday.—The festival of the three
choirs was brought to a close last night by a full-dress
ball at the Guildhall, which was attended by about 300
of the elite of the county.
The results of the festival in a pecuniary point of view
have been most gratifying, the receipts at the doors or
the cathedral fur the benefit of the charity for the relief
of the widoa s and orphans of clergy of the diciceses of
Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester ha ling been as
follow :—First day, Tuesday, 2551. ; sP:eond, Wednes-
day, 3231.; third, Thursday, 1841. ; fourth, Friday,
242/. ; total, 1,0241. This has never been exceeded
'laral cities but on two
at either of the three cathe
occasions.
The authorities have 87,pressed great annoyance at a
statement made in yest'zrday's Times, that " there have
been a great man; robberies. The loss of watches,
chains, jewels, &'.., is constantly proclaimed by thetown
crier," &c. T:nis statement is utterly untrue. The
police super'Antendent of the city declares that not a
single pin's worth of property in any shape has been
stolen daring the festival, and not one robbery has been
reported to the police.

On this farm is the celebrated Copperberg, which has
appeared on our maps for the last seventy years, and
whose riches are quite astounding.
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From the "Springbok" I took a trip to the borders
FIRE AT GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL.—SATURDAY.,.-The of Bushman land, where several copper mines have also
greatest consternation was occasioned in this city about lately been discovered.
nine o'clock last night, by the zincing of the fire bell and The mountains here begin to diminish in size, until
an alarm that the venerable and universally admired the whole country stretches out into one interminable
cathedral was in flames. The rumour proved correct, bare granite plain, upwards of 3,000 feet above the sea
though happily the timely discovery of the catastrophe, level. To this country the Namaqualand farmers inva-
and the prompt measures adopted to subdue the
flames, riably trek with their flocks and herds after the first
the sacred pile has been saved from what at one time rains of February, March, or April, where they find rich
threatened total demolition. Some parties walking in pasturage for their cattle, which fatten in an incredibly
the College-green observed a strong light in the cathe- short time. They return again in May or June to
dral, which quickly extended, and presently every win- plough and winter at their homes.
slow on the south side was illuminated by flames. On I next visited the mines of Prince, Collinson, Wat.
accesst being obtained to the building it was found that sOn, and Co., at a place near " Tweefonteitn," now
choir, were
throne, and the seats in front of it in the! called Concordia. These are also exceedingly rich, but,
f_e_.i.re,rwere in a blaze, but that the fire did not extend unlike the other mines I had visited, had something of
ertn . The engines of the city were quickly brought the appearance of immense lodes running in an easterly
to the
ei
banalnadlsao tfeelergeranphini:3Thessage was despatched and westerly direction ; yet, from their length, breadth,.
Ch-'stpeno-t,
d g • In the meantime the and depth seemed inexhaustible. Here I saw some Or
mayor, Mr. Walker, an a feeiv of the respectable trades. the richest and most beautiful specimens of copper
men of the Cone e- having procured a few buckets pyrites, of water, and sogmegrCe' threw the blank on the
means, and by the aid of peacock, and malachite, &c., that I had any-
ank ets, saturated the latter, and where met with. For miles around this favoured spot
burninga woodwork, and by this strong indications of copper everywhere appear ; and a
ceeded in smothering few buckets of water, sue. large village is in the course of construction, in which
flames. Had the andfireeatbal finallyd extinguishing the hundreds of happy families may yet reside. Much
peapeetneth later in the night, it is activity prevails here, as well as at Phillips and King's
not improbable that
(which is full of tirnh,er, plain ande mchaogirniofifeethneticathedral mines, but more in the way of building than of mining,
would have been drnitroyed ; for, in con y carved) as transport to the coast is not at present to be obtained,
long drought, the tity of Gloucester is astegtuheinseteimofe ttleD3- evelnreagtrveetrtyhhaitghprices.
tally unsupplied with water. The canzeorokf circumstances would not permit me to
the fire is at. visit Steinkop and the Orange River, though so near to
tributed to the carelessness of some
themen who had both, as many of the richest mines are, lam told, about
been employed in th e day in varnishingcarved work i those localities, some of which at the latter place are
in the choir, the cathedral service here bait g suspended 1 being worked to great advantage.
in consequence of the holding of the
" Festival of the i Namaqualand has hitherto been considered by the
Three Choirs" nt•lVoree,ter• The chapter are making colonists as an arid, worthless waste ; but fortunately
for UP, Sir Harry Smith, a few years ago, extended the
an investigation into the matter.
of bread has been lowered by
The price
Plymouth, St"elmuse, and Devonport, to ls. ld. the thus was this contemned country included within the
I surpasses Di
81b.. loaf. The Union Bread Company. and the Mill colony.
Society are selling at 2d, a loaf under the price of the , In an agricultural point of view, no park, ef the colony
amaqualancl, for in favourable seasons 6Q and
bakers.