The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-17 00:00:00

MANCHESTER FESTIVAL.

MANCIIET7EII, TIICTRSDAY.—HanzIers erltorio of " The
Messiah," attracted this morning to the Collegiate Church a
most numerous and fashionable assemblage. After the grave
and solemn overture, Braham opened with his manly declama-
tion in " Comfort ye my people." Mr. Machin was assigned
" Thus saith the Lord of Hosts," and " But who may abide,"
in the first part ; the air, " Thou art gone up on high," in
the second ; and the recitative and air, " Behold, I tell you a
mystery," and "the trumpet shall sound," in the last. Mr.
Terrail's counter-tenor was scarcely audible in the recitative
and air " Behold, a Virgin," and " Oh, thou that tellest." It
should have been given to Mrs. A. Shaw, whose pathetic ex-
pression in the exquisite air " He was despised " is beyond all
praise. Her natural pathos made a deep impression and pene-
trated the hearts of the audience. Mrs. W. Knyvett had the
affecting air " I know that my Redeemer liveth," allotted to
her, and succeeded in working upon the sensibility of the au-
dience. The " Hallelujah" was magnificently done, and the
whole interior of the temple during its execution presented
the most imposing appearance. The company, of course, were
all standing, and the breathless attention and solemn awe
which prevailed whilst the entire resources of the orchestra,
and the energies of the:vocalists were called into requisition,
inspired " thoughts to ascend to heaven." The glorious
" Amen" terminated this most successful performance of "The
Messiah." Great disappointment was of course experienced
from the absence of Malibran, who, however, made the most
desperate attempt to keep her engagement. She actually
came to the church, but on her arrival was seized with hyste-
rics, and was taken back to her hotel.
Friday Morning, Four o'Clock,
We presume last night completing the series of concerts
was the reason that the Theatre Royal was mote crowded than
on any former occasion. The Duke of Brunswick, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness V Westminster, Lord and Lady Wilton,
Lord C. Thynne, W. T. Egerton, Esq., and many families of
distinction in the county were present. Hundreds of persons
were compelled to leave, not being able tosfind places even in
the lobbies, for the purpose of hearing. The excellent arrange-
ments of the stewards prevented confusion, and there was little
difficulty in getting to the reserved seats.
The indisposition of Malibran caused some alterations ; Mrs.
H. R. Bishop taking her part in the quartett " Mi manci la
voce ;" Miss Clara Novello in the finale to " Fidelio ;" and
Caradori Allan in the duet with Lablache. The solo, "Oh !
dolce incanto," was omitted. De Beriot's concerto was finely
performed, and immensely applauded. There were no less
than four encores in the second part ; namely, one of Corelli's
variations, at which no person should feel surprised, Madame
Caradori Allan in " Should he upbraid," Ivanoff in " Vivi
tu," and Caradori Allan and Lablache in " Con pazienza."
Mademoiselle Assandri and Mrs. H. R. Bishop had a very
narrow escape of being compelled to repeat their respective
airs. Ivanoff's triumph was complete in " Vivi tu," and the
northern judges were in extasies, having had previously little
opportunity of hearing him to advantage. Sir G. Smart con-
ducted, and Mori led the band. The latter, supported by Mr.
and Mrs. H. R. Bishop, Begrez, and Richardson, the flutist,
gives a concert at Tunbridge on Monday next ; at Maidstone
on Tuesday ; Rochester Wednesday ; Canterbury Thursday ;
Ramsgate Friday ; Hastings the succeeding Monday ; and
Dover Tuesday. There is one more performance at the Col-
legiate Church this morning, and the festival terminates to-
night with the fancy dress ball, upon a scale of unexampled
splendour. Malibran is now somewhat better.

POCKET-PICKING AT THE BALL ON MONDAY, AND APPRE-
HENSION OF FOUR WELL-KNOWN THIEVES.—On Monday even-
ing last, during the dress ball at the Theatre and Assembly
Rooms, Lord Blaney had his pocket cut and 401. taken from
it. Mr. T. J. Trafford, of Trafford Park, was robbed of a
gold snuff-box ; Mr. W. Garnett, jun., of a purse containing
some gold ; and several other persons had their pockets picked.
The police were informed of these numerous thefts, and, of
course, their whole vigilance has been taxed to the utmost to
discover the perpetrators. On Tuesday morning last, when
the covered avenue leading from the church gates to the
church was in a crowded state, the attention of Mr. Diggles,
the deputy-constable of Salford, and Mr. Andrews, the de-
puty-constable of Bury, who were on duty at the Collegiate
Church, was drawn towards two men, who appeared to be
lurking in the avenue. Mr. Andrews observed also a third,
who seemed to be intently watching him. They were then
joined by a fourth man, upon which Mr. Diggles directed the
attention of Mr. Thomas, our deputy-constable, to the men.
They, however, finding themselves observed, made a rush out
of the avenue, turned the corner of Cateaton-street, and made
a circuit into Hanging-bridge, where they were taken by Mr.
Thomas and the other officers. One of the men exclaimed,
on being collared, " Don't hold me up to the flats, use me as
a gentleman ;" the officer (we believe Mr. Diggles) complied
with his request, and offered his arm to him. They were all
taken into the Church, and immediately recognised by se-
veral gentlemen there, as having been at the dress ball on
Alonday evening. They had each of them chains round
their necks, which, on examination, proved to be made of
a base metal, lackered so as to resemble gold. They were
brought up at the New Bailey on Wednesday morning for
examination. They gave their names John and Thomas
Jones, John Wakeley, and William Attwell. The above
statement was given as evidence by Mr. Thomas : and Mr.
Diggles and four officers from Liverpool were present who
knew the prisoners. One of the Liverpool officers, named
Ainsworth, identified Attwell as having made his escape three
years ago from the Ormskirk constable, who was conveying
him by coach to Kirkdale, under a commitment for three
months, for picking pockets at Ormskirk fair. The pri-
soner Wakeley was in custody two years and a half ago, on
suspicion of robbing two Scotchmen of 1101. by persuading
them to allow him to deposit their money in safety, pre-
tending to wrap it carefully in paper, and at the time, by
a dexterous movement, substituting farthings instead of the
sovereigns taken away. Attwell was seen on the Aintree
course at the last races, in company with known blacklegs. I
Mr. Thomas said that he knew two of the prisoners in Lon-
don.
They were men of bad character. When they were
taken they all said they came from different places. It was
found, however, that three of their hats were bought at the
same shop. Mr. Thomas had received information that the
whole four had been at Warwick races, and had come from
thence to Manchester. None of them would give anyinfor-
mation as to where they lodged. Thomas Jones pretended to
describe the situation of the street, but so unintelligibly that
nothing could be made from it. James Sawley, one of the
Manchester- beadles, said that he was on duty at the ball on
Monday night, he observed the two Joneses and Attwell come
out of the theatre without hats ; they went behind some
coaches, where they were joined by two other men ; they
must have gone back again unperceived to fetch their hats.
Thomas Jones then asked Sawley what time that was, and,
on being told about eleven o'clock, he said if the magis-
trate would send to his lodgings he could bring evidence
to show that he was in bed at 10; but, as stated above, he gave
such a rambling description of the situation of his lodgings that
nothing could be elicited. Attwell described himself to be a
resident at Walworth, in Surrey; he was a post-horse keeper,
and the amount of his duties was due on the 12th of this month.
He should consider it a great favour if the IV.agistrate could
discharge him, as, if he was not at home by a certain time, he
should be fined. The four prisoners were remanded to Sa-
turday next, and Mr. Foster stated that they might, in the
mean time, send for any witnesses they thought proper. We
understand that John Jones is a returned transport ; he came
back three years ago, having been abroad seven years. Two
London pollee officers are coming down to attend the fancy
dress ball, and they will no doubt have a thorough knowledge
of the prisoners. The dialect of the prisoners is decidedly of
the London kind ; and their manners seem to be such as apper-
tain to what is called the " swell mob" of the metropolis.

EPJtESENTATION OF CORNWALL.—Sir Wm.
Molesworth, for whose enlightened political principles we feel
respect, has publicly announced to the electors of the Eastern
Division of Cornwall, his intention to retire from the repre-
sentation of them, in the expected contingency of a dissolution
The timid and irresolute Whigs of the count have taken of-
fence at the earnestness of Sir William, and 'lave plainly in-
dicated their hostility, grounded, it is said, on the Hon.
Baronet's avowal that he is resolved to support a Reform in
the House of Lords. " The Whig gentry of our county, who
have gradually become more and more lukewarm in their sup-
port of me (says Sir William), and who were compelled alone
by the temporary necessities of their party, reluctantly to as-
sist in my return, have now given such intimations of their
future intentions as can only lead me to count on their influ-
ence being actively used to prevent my return." To confine
within legitimate channels the aristocratic influence, the Bal-
lot is imperatively necessary. " With the Ballot, lam con-
vinced we could defeat any combination of Whigs and Tories ;
and I should rejoice in setting both at defiance." Sir Wil-
liam counsels his constituents to elect no man who will not
pledge himself to vote for the Ballot. " That question (he
justly observes) is now the test of liberal principles. He
mocks you, who talks of freedom of election, and at the same
time refuses to protect you by secret suffrage. He neither
deserves the name of a liberal, nor the support of liberals, who
will consent to leave you at the mercy oki your landlord, when
so easy a remedy can be obtained."
THE TOWER OF COMARES.—From the Court of
Lions we retraced our steps through the Court of the Alberca+
or Great Fishpool ; crossinr, which we proceeded to the
Tower of Comares, so called from the name of the Arabian
architect. • It is of massive strength and lofty height, domi-
neering over the rest of the edifiee, and overhanging the steep
hill-side, which descends abruptly to the banks of the Darro.
A Moorish archway admitfed us into a vast and lofty hall,
which occupies the interior of the tower, and was the grand
audience chamber of the Moslem monarchs, thence called the
Hall of Athbasgadqrs, It still bears the traces of,pasrmagr7f-
fieence. The walls are richly stuccoed, and decorated with
Arabesques ; the vaulted ceiling of cedar-wood, almost lost in
obscurity from its heighf, still gleams with rich gilding, and
the brilliant tints orthe,Arabian pencil. On three sides. of
the saloon are deep windows cut through theimmense thick-
ness of the walls„ tbe-balconies of which. look down-upon tile
verdant ;;alley of the Darro, the streets and convents of the.
Albaycin, and command a prospecA of the distant Vega..--:'
From Washington Irving's
.Alhambra, 'Standard Novels,
Vol. 49. . _

_ .
• Mr. Charles tloward, one of the witnesses exa-
mined before the Commons Agricultural Committee, who be-
sides ()N
between 1,000 and 2,000 acres and in the
bsiedsetspfr
alrtthoifNorkshire, has been an agent in other properties,
stated in. his evidence that since 1833 the state of the tenantry
in Howdenshirc has been becoming gradually worse ; that he
knows a number of farms of 100 and 200 acres altogether aban-
doned and lying waste, and that to the ~xtent of 50,000 acres
altogether ; that 20,years ago the tei of the same dis-
trict were a flourishing body most of them opulent, while
those who now remain are dreadfully poor, and, as a body, in-
solvent.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PORTUGAL.
REVOLUTION IN LISBON.
THE CONSTITUTION OF 1820 PROCL•IMED.

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 16, 1 A. m.—The Manchester
steamer, M'Kellar, master, arrived about two hours since
from Spain and Portugal, bring intelligence from Lisbon
up to the 10th inst. of the Constitution of 1820 having
been proclaimed in that city on the night of the Bth, and of
its having received the assent of the Queen as early as twn
o'clock on the morning of the 9th. We have just convered
with some passengers, per _Manchester, and we are informed
that all passed off most quietly, and without a disposition,
on the part of the military, to be in the least degree dis-
orderly.
M. Varzeller has arrived passenger in the steamer, and
is the bearer of despatches from the Portuguese Govern-
ment and our Ambassador.

LISBON, SEPT. 10, HALF-PAST 11, A.M.—The Consti-
tution of 1820 was proclaimed this morning, and agreed to
by the Queen, subject to the modification of the Cortes.
The Government were taken by surprise, and the troops of
the line, upon whom they relied, were the first to side
with the National Guard, particularly the sth Cacadores,
of which his Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand is Colonel.
The Viscount da Sada Bandeira, and Count de Lumiares,
have received her Majesty's commands to form the new
Ministry.
Symptoms of a disturbance were manifest yesterday,
about 3 P.M., when the Terceira steam-boat, from Oporto,
bringing the Opposition Deputies from the northern pro-
vinces was entering the Tagus ; groups of people assembled
on the different wharfs, and as the public were prohibited
from letting off rockets by an edict from the Civil Governor,
dated the 7th inst.—evidently done to prevent their friends
from welcoming them on their arrival—they stationed boats
on, the river, and did so as the steamer approached.
At 4 P.M. the representatives landed at the Praca de
Commercio, where a large concourse was awaiting them
with a band of music, playing the Hymn of 1820, which
they preceded in procession, all wearing white hats.
Vivas were frequently given, and at intervals " Viva a
Constituciao de 1820" was distinctly heard. They passed
through to Rua Augusta, followed by the Commandant of
the Municipal Guard, when all of a sudden they shouted
vivas for the Constitution of 1820, and requested the Com-
mandant to do the same, who answered " Viva a Carta, e
a Rainha." An ill-natured fellow, from a window, threw
a bottle at him, and the populace began to pelt him with
stones. During the affray his horse was stabbed, and he
was at last under the necessity of taking to flight to save
himself. At sunset the drums of the National Guard beat
to arms, some of them assembling in the barracks, and up to
10 o'clock everything was still without the appearance of
a tumult, and it was not until that hour that some secret
clubs met, that a revolution was determined upon, which
they very quietly carried into effect by drawing up an ad-
dress to the Queen, couched I am told in very respectful
language, expressing their loyalty to her person, and point-
ing out to her that the critical state of the nation demanded
the Constitution of 1820; and a total change of the Minis-
try, which was presented to her Majesty by a deputation,
composed of an officer chosen from each corps, at the
Palace of Necessidades, at four o'clock this morning (where
her Majesty arrived from Cintra last evening), which her
Majesty assented to, subject to the modification of the
Cortes, when they meet. Immediately afterwards Don
Thomas de Mello Bryuer, one of the Lords in Waiting,
was sent to the Rocio-square, where the National Guards
and troops of the line are under arms, waiting the result,
then commanded by General George de Avillez (Viscount
de Requego), but had been during the night by an ex-de-
puty, Manoel Soares Caldeira, Colonel of militia, to ac-
quaint him with her Majesty's determination (when the
Castle of St. George, and the Portuguese ships of war in
the Tagus fired a royal salute), and to request that he
would order the soldiers to their respective quarters ; but
they resolved upon first marching to the palace, where they
gave enthusiastic vivas to the Queen and Constitution of
1820, and peaceably retired.
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The Manchester steamer, by which this goes, sails at
mid-day., Not a proclamation is yet out, and I fear I shall
not be ablo to get you a copy of the address in time for her.
FOUR O'CLOCK, P. M.—The Manchester has been de-
tained until five o'clock ; letters to be put into the bag at
four, which just affords me a moment to enclose you a
hurried translation from the supplement to the National
(just out) of the address, and her Majesty's assent
thereto, viz. :

" The loyal National Guard and garrison of Lisbon di-
rect themselves to your Majesty to request you will as-
sent to their votes, and to those in general of the Por-
tuguese nation, to provide a remedy for the evils by
which this magnanimous nation has been unfortunately
carried to the brink of the most horrid abyss which can
only be saved by the immediate proclaiming of the Con-
stitution of 1820, with such modifications as the consti-
tuted Cortes may think best.
" And we cannot help beseeching your Majesty to choose
a Ministry and councillors that. will promote the well be-
ing of the magnanimous Portuguese nation, the Constitu-
tional throne of which your Majesty fills.

" The citizens who have the honour to address this re-
spectful petition to your Majesty are fully persuaded that
your Majesty wishes nothing so much as the felicity of the
Portuguese nation, anxiously await on the spot where
they are now stationed, that your Majesty will benignantly
accept their request."
BARRACKS OF THE CARMO, SEPT. 10.—Her Majesty
received the deputation with that sovereign kindness and
benignity that characterises her ; and on being informed of
the voice and requests of this loyal people, assented to their
prayer, has been pleased to dismiss the Ministry, and charged
their Excellencies Viscount da Sada Bandeira and Count
de Lumiares with the formation of a new one, the latter
with the Presidency and portfolio for the War Department,
and the former, after being urged by the Queen and His
Highness accepted the portfolio for the Finance Department.
This agreeable news reached the Rocio-square at six
o'clock this morning, and was received with the greatest
demonstrations of joy ; the troops immediately filed off and
marched to the Necessidades-square, where they passed in
military array in front of the palace of their beloved Sove-
reign, in whose countenance unequivocal signs were depicted
how much she sympathised with the general feeling of the
Portuguese. i •
At twelve o'clock, a report having been spread that the
Queen was wavering, in consequence of the advice she has
subsequently received from her late Ministers, who are a
the Palace, all the troops with one accord turned out, and
marched to the Campo de Curigne, and from thence to the
Necessidades, when the Queen appeared at the balcony,
and assured them of her good faith, with which they were
perfectly satisfied, and have just returned to their quarters
again. Not a single life has been lost in the affair ; in fabt,
no fighting took place. Colonel Gil Guedcs, of the first
Cavalry, was'fired at ; his horse was shot under him, and
he received a slight contusion in his arm while endeavouring
to persuade them last night to disperse.
'The Tyrian packet, which was to have conveyed the
mail of this evening has been detained until to-morrow, 11
p.m., to take the speech from the Throne, as the opening
of the Cortes was fixed for to-morrow, which, of course, is
now null and void. I hear it will be a difficult matter to
form a Ministry—every person who has been applied to up
to the present having refused.
Exchange on London at 30, 57 per milree.
The Liverpool steamers arrived yesterday from London
and Falmouth, bringing nine thousand pounds worth of
dollars.

His Majesty's ship Cornwallis arrived on the 7th, from
Plymouth, and the Malabar on the Bth.

FRANCE.

The journal La Pair states that the illoniteur of Friday
will probably contain a Royal Ordinance, appointing M.
Martin (du Nord) a member of the Cabinet of the 6th of '
September. M. Hebert, the present Attorney-General of
the Royal Court of Mentz, will in that case be named
Attorney-Geleral of the Royal Court of Paris, vice M.
Martin (du Nord).
M. Gabriel Delessert, the new Prefect of Police, took'
the oath of office in 'the presence of the King on Wednesday.
M. de Remusat, the Secretary-General of the Ministry
of the Interior,-arrived in Paris on Wednesday.
.Baron Fain, former Secretary of the Emperor Napoleon,
and late Intendant-General of the Civil List, and First
Secretary of the Cabinet of Louis Philippe, died in Paris
on Wednesday, in the 58th year of his age. ,
On the 10th instant, the Prince of Capua anti his Lady
sailed from Marseilles for Malta, on board the steamer
Napoleon.
A telegraphic despatch, forwarded from Paris, on the
10th, to the maritime authorities •of Toulon, ordered the
ships Jupiter and Sufren, aad the frigate Dryads, to pro-
ceed immediately to Port Vendres, to convey to Africa
.3,000 men, collected in that harbour.
General Alava ii preparing to quit the Spanigh Embassy
in P,aris,'and to remove to Tours, without. waiting for his
successor.

M.': de Medem, the First Secretary of the Russian Le-
gation in Patis, istone- to spend a few days w:th Prince de
fialleyrand, at his estate of Valencay.

(Extract from a letter dated Thursday.)
There is yet no Minister of Commerce, no Minister of
War. A Council .was held yesterday at the Tuileries,
presided at by- the King, to decide upon the expediency of
forming a special Ministry of Commerce and Agrieulture,
separate from the Public Works, or of uniting the fordier
with the Ministry of Finance, because the individual at the
head of the latter department (M. Duchatel) is the only
member of the Cabinet acquainted with commercial matters.
M. Martin (du Nord) was unable from illness to attend the
Council. He yesterday .stated to all-his friends, and to
Ministers, that he would enter the Cabinet as Minister for