The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

ORGAN PERFORMANCE.

On Friday evening the eminent organist, Mr. Rea,
gave a second performance on the instrument built by
Messrs. Bates and Sons, for St. Paul's Church, Charles-
ton. The organ is of considerable power, and also good
in quality, especially in the softer stops, and it is pro-
vided with three rows of keys and a pedal board, with
four distinct pedal stops, exceeding two octaves. The
programme on this occasion was the following :

PART I.
Prelude and Fugue in E Flat
Andante—from Pianoforte Duet

Seb. Bach.
.. Mozart.

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor Mendelssohn.
Aria—from the Creation Haydn.
Overture—Midsummer Night's Dream Mendelssohn.

PART 11.

Sonata, No. 2..
Andante
Counterpoint on a Chorale and Fugue,
on two subjects Seb. Bach.
Aria—from the Messiah Handel.
March
Beethoven.
March
Mendelssohn.
Finale—God Save the Queen.
The overture to the "Midsummer Night's Dream " is
well known to the musical world as one of the most re-
markable productions of Mendelssohn's exuberant fancy,
and Mr. Rea's execution of this difficult overture was a
wonderful performance, embodying, as it did, with rapid
and unfailing certainty of manipulation and a judicious
management of the stops, the leading effects of a grand
orchestra. The counterpoint on a chorale by the re-
nowed Sebastian Bach, with the canto fermo on the
pedals, is a very fine composition, although but little
known in this country, and it was played with great
accuracy and finish and a thorough appreciation of its
delicious and expressive combinations. We cannot
withhold our commendation from the excellent per-
formance of the other pieces in the above choice pro-
gramme, as it is but justice to state that Mr. Rea main-
tained throughout his very high reputation, and evi-
dently gave unbounded satisfaction to a very numerous
audience.

Mendelssohn.
Haydn.

PERFORATED POSTAGE LABELS.—The cause of the
public not having been supplied with perforated postage
labels long ere this, is owing to the circumstance of the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue having been obliged
.by the recent stamp act to issue the new penny receipts
on the 10th of this month ; and as they had properly de-
termined to apply the perforating principle to these
stamps also, the attention of the stamp department at
Somerset-house has been entirely engaged for the last
three monts endeavouring to prepare such a stock of per-
forated receipt stamps as will be sufficient to meet the
expected demand. As soon, threfore,. as the present
pressure has been provided for, the public will be supplied
with perforated postage labels.
JACK'S £60,000 LEGACY. —THE HERO OF THE
LRANDER.—The man Black, who was discharged from
her Majesty's ship Leander, 50, Captain King, on the SOUTHWARK.—John Impey, a journeyman baker,
plea of having come into a fortune of 60,0001., turns out residing in Surrey-row, Blackfriars-road, was brought
to have played off a successful trick upon the authorities before Mr. Combe, charged with committing an assault
and others, by which he succeeded in not only getting on Sarah Lemon, a lodger in his house.
his discharge from the service as before stated, but also The complainant, a dissipated-looking woman, who
in obtaining some ready cash, in anticipation .of his is well-known to the officers of the court from her
badly-acquired wealth, and which he soon dissipated, habitual drunkenness, which has caused her to be sepa-
leaving the persons whom he had promised to befriend rated from her husband, a respectable tradesman in the
out of his fortune to make the best they could of the Borough, stated that she had lodged in the prisoner's
hoax.— Plymouth Mag, house a fortnight, and on Thursday evening his wife went
THE REPRESENTATION of WINDsoR.—Oo Saturday it with another female to the Surrey Theatre. Previous to
was currently reported at Windsor that Lord Charles her going she asked complainant whether she would be
Wellesley is about to resign his seat for the royal burgh. kind enough to wake her husband up at eleven o'clock,
It has been understood, for some time past, that his lord- as he had to go to work at that hour. Witness knocked
ship will not offer himself for re-election, in the event of at the door at the time, and finding that he did not bear
a dissolution, but no sufficient cause has been assigned her she entered the room and aroused him up when
for his retirement.at the present moment, unless a mili- be suddenly seized her by the throat with one hand, and
tary appointment abroad, or private arrangements, with the other indecently assulted her in such a rough
should be considered incompatible with the due discharge manner that she was compelled to go to St. Thomas's
of his parliamentary duties. The report, for divers rea- Hospital. As the prisoner was doing so his wife
sons obtained considerable credence, and the leaders of came home. She called in a constable and gave him into
both parties within the borough are making active ar- custody.
rangernents to meet the probable contingency. Mr. Walter Tyrell, one of the dresser's at St. Thomas's
TEE PENNY RECEIPT STAMP.—For all payments Hospital, said he attended complainant on Thursday
amounting to 40s. and upwards, after to-day (Monday), night, and, after examination, he could discover no
a receipt must be given on stamped paper, or an adhe- marks of violence, nor anything to show that any as-
sive stamp must be affixed. A " Queen's head" will be sault had been committed.
treated as an evasion. The adhesive stamp must be The complainant stated that the prisoner hurt ber
obliterated by the name or initials of the person giving very much, especially about the neck, and she had a dif-
it, so that it may not be twice used. The penalty for j ficulty in walking.
not defacing a stamp is 101., and for using a stamp twice The prisoner declared that he never hurt her at all,
20/. It is necessary to caution the public, as it is the ; and it was all false about any indecency having been corn-
intention of the Stamp-office to proceed against persons witted. The real facts were as follow. His wife went
for giving receipts on unstaroped paper, or for otherwise with a female friend to the theatre, and she asked the
infringing the new law, and to give part of the penalty t nplainat to knock him up, as he had to go to work at
to the informers. Last year, the number of receipts is- • eleven o'clock. Instead of doing so, she entered his room
sued to the public was 5,290,661, and the net revenue and pulled him off the bed, when he jumped up and
was 180,4911. It is now anticipated that by reducing thanked her, at the same time telling her that she de-
the duties, and fixing the sum at 40s. and upwards,
served a kiss for being so kind. He kissed her, and
there will be a large increase in the amount to be derived while he was doing so his wife returned home, and
from receipts.
as soon as she entered the house the prosecutrix
HALflux, Oct. I.—Trade in this market continues j tnirned round and accused him of indecently assaulting
dull and unsatisfactory, without any clear prospect of her.
immediate improvement. Very little can be done in I Mr. Combe—You did not expect your wife home,
either pieces, yarn, or wool ; and the price of the latter then, did you?
is inclined to give way a little if buyers would come for. :Prisoner—No, I slid not ; but all I did was to have a
ward, but they quite hang back, and seem to anticipate 449 in the dark. (Laughter.)
further reduced rates, 1 Combe-.Well, you have acknowledged having a