The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-15 00:00:00

CHORAL_ II ARMONIC SOCIETY.

Symptoms of the near approaCh of the musical season evinced
themselves on Tuesday evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms,
in a concert given by the above Society to their friends and
patrons. The room, although by no means crowded, exhi-
bited a fair amount of highly respectable company, amongst
whom we observed many leading amateurs. The band and
chorus, principally composed of members of the Society, the
former aided by professional gentlemen of ability, did ample
justice to several well-known and favourite compositions, viz.:
—Mozart's Symphony, ;To 1 ; Auber's overture to Masaniello ;
a chorus of Handel ; and two chorusses from Masaniello. In
these pieces the Society evinced a most decided improvement,
the symphony was played with great correctness, and the
overture went off with such spirit as to produce an enthusiastic
and unanimous encore. Miss Birch was the prima donna of
the evening, and gave Donizetti's Cavatina, " Regnava nel
silenzio" and variations on " Cease your funning," in exqui-
site style. Mr. Leffler and Mr. NV. A. King also sang seve-
ral pieces in a very satisfactory style. The remaining vo.
calists were Miss Byfield and Miss Dolby. The band was led
by Mr. Dando, and Mr. Holderness officiated as conductor.
We have only room to add that the Hanover-square. Rooms
have been newly painted, the mouldings newly gilt, &c., and
that the whole has a most chaste and brilliant cffeet. The
work, however, has been so recently performed, that the odour
of the paint is still somewhat offensive to those amongst the
auditory who may not happen to be endowed with strong
nerves.

FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.---On Sunday evening,
about eight o'clock, a fire broke out% at the house of Mr.
Cole, architect and surveyor, No. 10, White Conduit-street,
Liverpool-road, Islington. The fire originated in the bed-
room on the second floor, and was caused by the negl;genee
of a female domestic. For some time past a fine little, boy,
son of the owner of the house, bad been indisposed and con-
fined to his bed in the room mentioned. The servant, a short
time before the fire took place, went up stairs to attend the
little sufferer, but having occasion to come down again she in-
cautiously left a lighted candle on a dressing table close to
the bed side. The bed furniture, in consequenc:. of the proxi-
mity of the candle, took fire, and the whole room was speedily
in a blaze. A young man, named John Gray, passing
through the street at the time, perceived the unusual glare in
the room, and immediately knocked at the door, and gave the
alarm. The female portion of the family were at home, and
the young man perceiving their consternation, and being in-
formed that there was a child in the room, rushed up stairs,
and snatched, as speedily as he could, he child from the
flames in which it was enveloped. Unfortunately relief came
too late, for the poor child was so severely burned that it was
deemed advisable to convey it to St. Bartholomew's Hos.pital,
before arriving at which, however, life was found to be ex-
tinct. By the exertions of the neighbours the fire was pre-
vented from extending itself beyond the room in which it ori-
ginated, and on the arrival of several engines its further pro-
gress was effectually stayed. An inquest was held yesterdny
afternoon on the body, when the Jury, after speaking in the
highest terms of the praiseworthy conduct of the witness Gray,
returned a verdict of—Accidental Death.
ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—A young man,
named Littleton, was convicted at the Middlesex Sessions
yesterday, of having assaulted two police constables in the exe-
cution of their duty. He was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment, and to find securities for his future good be-
haviour.
On Monday last the Rev. William George Max-
well, of Twyning House, Gloucester, whilst shooting in Har-
bour Wood, on his own domain, and getting over a fence, his
gun, the muzzle of which he held in his hand, accidentally
went off, and he received the whole of the charge in his right
arm, shattering the bones and tearing away all the muscles on
the inside as far- as the elbow. The gamekeeper and another
servant, who were in the wood at the time, hearing him call,
ran to his aid, and carefully conveyed him home. Surgical
assistance was immediately obtained from Tewkesbury, and an
amputation was skilfully performed as soon as possible ; but
the effusion of blood had been so great previous to the opera-
tion, that, notwithstanding the most active stimulants were
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administered, he sunk and died from exhaustion within three
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