The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-26 00:00:00

NORWICH FESTIVAL.

I FRIDAY MORNING.—The ball presented a most brilliant ap-
pearance last night ; every seat was occupied, and hundreds
were obliged to content themselves with standing-room. The
living representatives of the old Norfolk families occupied
the principal seats in the patron's gallery. The Wodehouses,
Astleys, Keppels, Windhams, Harbords, Gurdons, and
Folkeses, were all present. Whig and Tory members, Lords
acd Commrns, united in the support of this magnificent fes-
tival. The Norfolk men are proud of it, and with good rea-
son, since it has produced more compositions of excellence
than any similar meeting. The advantage which they possess
in their town-hall is immense ; its space, which is within a few
feet of the nave of Westminster Abbey, both in width and
length, affords ample room for the display of performers as
well as hearers to the greatest possible advantage. By crowd-
ing and packing, the orchestra might contain 100 more per-
formers, but here every one has room to do his duty with con-
venience and effect. The erection of galleries, instead of the
beautiful amphitheatrical form here adopted, would easily ad-
mit of 1,000 additional hearers, but such an arrangement
mould destroy both the architectural symmetry of the building
and the comfort of the audience. The hall now seems the ve-
nerable and appropriate place of assembly for the nobles and
gentry of a large and opulent county, and the respectable inha-
bitants of an ancient city. The concert began with
Beethoven's magnificent sinfonia in C minor, which was
received with more enthusiasm than we anticipated.
Ivanoff and Lablache sang the well-known duet from
William Tell with great effect, and Madame Cara-
dori was equally successful in the popular cavatina from La
Sonznambula. Miss Rainforth elicited great and merited
applause for her execution of the scena from Der Freischutz.
The first act concluded with T. Cooke's quintet and chorus,
The shades of the heroes "—a clever composition; the burst
of the chorus was magnificent. A trio of Corelli's was beau-
tifully played by Lindley, Crouch, and Howell.
FRIDAY EVENING.—The performance of this morning com-
menced with a sacred cantata, part of which was performed
last season at the vocal concerts for the first time in this
kingdom. The principal vocal parts were ably sustained by
Madame Caradori, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Shaw, Miss Hobbs,
Hawkins, E. Taylor, and Phillips. The festival concluded
with Handel's unrivalled Israel in Egypt.

Ole Bull, Mori, Megrez, Curioni, Bishop, Richard-
son, and Mesdames R. Bishop, Degli Antonj, &c., gave a
concert at the Guildhall, Canterbury, on Thursday evening, to
a crowded and fashionable audience.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire are on
their visit to their estates at Hillsborough, county Down.
Lord Lyndhurst has returned to George-street,
Hanover-square, from a visit to the Duke of Wellington at
Walmer.

Earl and Countess Poulett, who have been on a visit
to the Duke of Wellington at Walmer Castle, have arrived at
their seat, Hinton St. George.
The Countess of Darlington has arrived at Snettis-
ham Hall, Norfolk.

The Earl of Mexborough and Lord Pollington have
been during the past week enjoying the sports of the field at
Carlton, near Lincoln.

The Hon. Lady Blayney arrived on Saturday at the
London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Antwerp. Her Lady-
ship purposes remaining in town a few weeks ; after which she
will proceed to her residence, Castle Blayney, Ireland.
Count Pozzi di Borgo, on his way from Switzerland,
stopped at Neufchatel on the 11th inst. Ashburnham House
is in a state of preparation to receive his Excellency, who is
expected to arrive in a few days.
The Marquis of Waterford and his brother, Lord
John Beresford, in the Gem yacht, while cruising in the Me-
diterranean last month, landed at Minorca, to visit Viscountess
Ingestrie, their Lordships' sister, who arrived there in the
Tyne frigate. _ _ _

Another specimen of the larva of the death's-head
moth was captured last week by a farmer, near Nottingham, and
placed by him in the hands of Mr. R. Bakewell, curator of the
entomological department of the Bromley House Natural His-
tory Society.—Nottingham Review.
Baron Lotzbach left town for Ostend, on Saturday,
in the General Steam Navigation Company's well-known fast
and favourite steam-packet Earl of Liverpool.
The remains of the late Baroness Rayleigh were
removed from the Duke of Leinster's mansion, Carlton-ter-
race, on Friday, for interment.

Lord St. Helen's, who 40 years ago was our Am-
bassador at St. Petersburgb, now in his 83d year, says he
cannot live out of London ; and, in accordance with that
opinion, resides in Grafton-street during the whole of the year.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is about
to honour the city of Bath with his presence at a Grand
Masonic Festival.

Hastings is at this time much attended. Being free
from the cheaply carried steam company, it is very select in
its visitors. The walks and rides are delightful. No bathing
place ezibits more beautiful or diversified scenery.
It is said that Lord George Bentinck is a winner of
nearly 15,0001. on the St. Leger.
Owing to the extensive alterations in Drury-lane
Theatre, its opening will be deferred, we hear, till next Mon-
day. Amongst other improvements, the orchestra will be in-
creased to nearly one hundred performers, and will be led by
Mr. T. Cooke.

The Count de Pont Farcy, a French nobleman, re-
siding in Jersey, has introduced a sew species of cabbage, from
La Trappe, into that island ; it has 15 heads from the one
stalk, weighs about nibs., and is of a particularly delicate
flavour.—Jersey Patriot.

THE MANCHESTER FESTIVAL.—We under-
stand that, so far as at present ascertained, the receipts on this
occasion will be somewhere about the following amounts :
Sale of tickets
Sundries, principally cash received for tickets at the
doors
Exhibition of the ball-rooms, Saturday
Ditto, Monday

Donations

Total
in addition to the above there are several sums yet to be re-
ceived—amongst others, the proceeds of the Floral and Horti-
cultural Society's exhibition at the Town Hall on Monday
week—which may together amount to 2001. or 3001. more.
We hope, also, to have many more donations to record.—
Manchester Guardian.
DEATH OF MADAME MALIBRAN DE BERIOT,
AT MANCHESTER.—It is with feelings of the most poignant
sorrow that we announce the death of this distinguished and
highly-gifted vocalist, who expired on Friday night, at the
Mosley Arms, Manchester, after an illness of nine days. From
Tuesday night she continued getting worse, apparently sinking
into a state of stupor, with a pulse becoming more and more
languid, and with other symptoms of an alarming nature.
About two o'clock on Thursday afternoon she becameinsensi-
ble, and her general condition so alarmed her medical attend-
ant, Dr. Bellomini, that, after suffering considerable anxiety,
he determined to call in some skilful surgeon, with whom to
hold a consultation on the case. Accordingly about seven
o'clock that evening he sent for Mr. William Lewis, of
George-street, who, from the state of her pulse 9d her insen-
sibility, was strongly impressed with the conviction that she
could not recover, and, in short, that she was then fast sinking
under her malady. Dr. Bellomini, we understand, asked Mr.
Lewis whether, in his judgment, Madame Malibran's state of
pregnancy materially affected her in relation to her disorder ;
and Mr. Lewis, we believe, gave it as his decided opinion that
it did not, as she was in an early, and not, as has been stated,
in an advanced state of pregnancy. Since the hour already
mentioned, this highly-gifted woman gradually declined, with-
out rallying for an -instant, except once on Friday morning,
when she took a little liquid (barley water) from her husband.
At nine o'clock on Friday night not the slightest hope was en-
tertained of her recovery, and, indeed, her death was hourly
expected, and the melancholy event took place precisely at
twenty minutes before twelve o'clock, up to which time she
continued to sink without regaining her facultiep for a moment.
Madame Malibran de Beriot was 28 years old, so that she was
in the flower of her age, as well as in the zenith of her reputa-
tion, when the hand of death fell upon her. When the above
intelligence reached Liverpool it caused a feeling of general
gloom and despondency, heightened, perhaps, by the way in
which Malibran's name was mixed up with the forthcoming
Musical Festival. In consequence of this distressing calamity,
the new opera of St. Paul will be obliged to be withdrawn, the
deceased lady and Mrs. Wood having the principal vocal parts
assigned to them.
The lamented death of Madame Malibran does not
at all interfere with the present arrangements of Drury-lane
Theatre, as she was not to have appeared there till next May.
On Tuesday the foundation-stone of a new Roman
Catholic Church, at Tiverton, was laid with much pomp by
Miss Chichester, assisted by the Roman Catholic Bishop,
Dr. Baines.

We are happy to learn that the accomplished lady
of Mr. Drummond, the Under-Secretary for Ireland, is reco-
vering from her late dangerous illness.