The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-17 00:00:00

ANCIENT CONCERTS.

the sixth Concert of the above series, took place last night at the
aoover_square Rooms, under the direction of his Royal Highness the
Duke
of Cambridge. Her most gracidus Majesty, the Queen, honoured
the Concert with her presence, and was enthusiastically cheered by the
assembled throng outside, both on her arrival and departure. The de-
4toostrations of loyalty within the room, however, were not so pointed
a, without; the company stood up on her entrance into the Royal
hol, but no cheering whatever took place. Her Majesty remained
throughout a long, and in our opinion, somewhat heavy performance.
There were also present amongst other distinguished visitors, his Royal
highness the Duke of Cambridge, her Royal Highness Princess Augusta,
her Royal Highness the Princess of Cambridge, the Duke of Devonshire,
Lord Burghersh, Earl Cawdor, the Bishop of London, &c. &c. The
Concert opened with the " Coronation Anthem," which, we need not
'a?, was finely performed, for if we were not so at the Ancient Concerts,
*here could we expect to hear it in perfection? Pergolesi's " Cujus
4niMarn" was splendidly sung by Rubini, and " Quam Moerebat"
tNually well by Lablache, with the duet " Quest est homo," by the
:" gentlemen named. These parties, with Grisi and Tamburini,
v4nit here void] the express permission of M. Laporte, who, how.
tr 7 chary be may be of granting that permission on ordinary
b,,,q°555, it seems cannot refuse the high behests of the Noble
hire of the " Ancient." The duet " No, non credo," from Cima-
matrimonio segreto," by Mrs. Alfred Shaw and Signor Tam-
/414, did not go quite so well as it ought. " Non piu Andrai," by
Gris;:he, was peculiarly effective, " Let the bright Seraphim," by
c0n11,4.".,3 not so, although aided by Harper's inimitable trumpet ac.
to the", anent. By the bye, why was this well-known song consigned
sr, atonands of a foreigner, when we have several English singers who
°f th te to
sin-
gitin a style far superior to that of Grisi ? The first part
Don concert concluded with the Finale to the first act of Mozart's
select? Cliovanni," which we certainly never expected to hear in this
gi,in t°h, and have to congratulate the Noble Directors on this further
Dart c)4,,way of" ancient" prejudices. It went very well. The second
ther hn the concert opened with the superb overture to• Anacreon, of
\Nre-4"it'l, Played in the most admirable manner that can be conceived.
It R'
Willi4,l also Guglielmi's " Gratius Agimus," beautifully sung by Mrs.
Bishop, and delightfully accompanied on the clarionet by Mr.
bras
4148ras, the leader of her Majesty's private band. A Trio of Cur Mi,
`'hetti Played in great perfection, by Messrs. Lindley, Crouch, and Dra.
(lervs 6de The concert concluded with a chorus of Handel, from " Dry-
The next meeting will be on the twenty-third instant, the
'4%4 taking place now on every succeeding Wednesday.
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day:,,,Dl: 4L CuatosirY.—At the Northampton Dinner, at which Earl
in' tan' Presided, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, yester.
tortaineaddition to a
selection of songs, glees, &c , the company were en-
l'orn,e,. by a singular novelty. Mr. Charles Tully, the eminent per.
rzeco,i: on the French-horn, played several solos on that instrument,
taste, fanVng himself with the guitar! Ile displayed very considerable
two Well as great ingenuity in the perfect command he evinced over
adtni trurnents at once. The pure open tone of his horn was much
airs ed, unincumberecl as it was by artificial shifts and stoppages. The
selectedno were, Bellini's March from Puritani, the beautiful air " Oh
Ttll never mention her," and Weber's Huntsman's Chorus. Mr.
!Xeit make no doubt, judging from the extraordinary sensation
he
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this
an occasion, will be often called upon to repeat his extraor.
erformce.

?.lathe following names were yesterday placed in our
It,: Tories—we should have said doubtful :--Sir G. Heathcote, G.
irte, Lord G. Lennox, Lord A. Lennox, W. Long, W. Noel.
hei;"rtElV IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.—This morning,
iroeZt,he Queen's birthday, there was a grand review of the household
Genet " ni St. James's Park, before the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Hill,
triebral balbiac, and their respective staffs. As it was generallyru.
a Breed that her Majesty would herself review the troops on this occasion,
o'eL:ek.concourse of people were assembled on the parade as early as nine
The
bereh Earl of Leicester's birth-day was celebrated at
wthe am. on the 7th inst., where about 120 of the gentry and occupiers
eight beighhourhood met at the Assembly Rooms, to do honour to th
e
8515 3flwriii anniversary of this greatly venerated nobleman. In con.
iletai,;e of the serious illness of his lady, Mr. Brampton Gurdon was
Astleyett in town and the presid. nt's chair was taken by Sir Jacob
tqcis I, who came from London to be present at the festivity.—A -
;eircury.
1,48 on I ROBERT PEEL'S COMIC POWERS.—But it
e°o‘u n,,the Tory side of the House that the effects of Sir Robert Peel's
was ,-""te acting were on this occasion most visible. There, there
the gamPierrect tempest of agitation. had a stranger chanced to enter
oh th etY at the time, there would have been no resisting the conchs.
4ecoun'ttthe Tories were all labouring under the influence of some im-
,hat :118ht t,:ale agency. For some time they literally "roared out" their
eh- ; and dozens of them, whose voices were never before heard in
"'Rs. showed that if they were not orators, it was from no want of
*ith ed. AS for their bodies, again, they moved backwards and forwards.
kree, :f3'ing celerity, their heads vibrating as regularly between their
"h(1 the backs of their seats, as if they had all been moved by
I,lll'_ver!,/ body in the House laughed :
°'o:latighed who never laughed before,
rir is ti',";s " those who once had laughed, now laughed the more."
annher l' all. lam confident that had the celebrated weeping philo-
fr,, joionfinan!iquity himself been present, lie could not have refrained
ileoriehdiountaonisgtienartsli,e and
universal laugh. He would, for the moment, have
given full play to his risible faculties. In truth,
flying being could have heard and Seen Sir Robert Peel,. without
for the at a tangent into a violent fit of laughter. It was fortunate
leh,e
Per
that it is no part of his duty to call the House to order
hav,h has been thrown into a state of merriment ; for he could not
omejsetr formed that duty. Even his gravity was upset ; while the poor
nor "„of the House, whose duty it is to see that there be no laughter,
ord„. Other noise among strangers, instead of being able to keep
the ' were linable to' preserve it amongst' themselves. They joined in
0 general l
f angh ; they committed the very offence, for the preventio.n
I°o4kl ~ on. the part of others they are appointed and paid. Indeed. it
ecisely as if everybody had been striving to gain some prize
best ad been promised to the party who should prove himself the
IV% r• Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons :