The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-13 00:00:00

HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
HEREFORD, WEDNESDAY.—We continue our ro-
port of yesterday's proceedings. There was no fea-
ture of attractive interest in the morning's music.
The Dettingen Te Deum was not given in the solo
parts with that perfection which we were led to ex-
pect. This was manifest, too, in the quartett, " The
glorious company." There was a perceptible im-
provement in the Jubilate, and the magnificent gloria
patri was especially. remarkable. The band is not a
large one, but was excellently Balanced; the chorus
proved a highly efficient body; The anthem was
Dr. Boyce's "Blessed is he." Miss M. Williams and
Mr. Hobbs pleased much in the duet, "The Lord,
shall preserve him;" and Mr. Lockey and Mr. Phil-
lips also gave much satisfaction in the other duet,
"Here shall soft charity repair." Miss M. Williams
also rendered the solo, " I was eyes to the blind,"
with great sweetness and effect.
At the conclusion of morning prayers the Bishop of
Hereford delivered a sermon on behalf of the charity
for the relief of the widows and orphans of the clergy
of the diocese.
The morning's service closed with Mendels
sohn's anthem, "Not unto us," a composition which
does not rank among the highest of the composer's
productions. The collection at the doors on behalf of
the charity amounted to 2371.
At the evening concert there was about an average
attendance, the room being about three parts filled.
The scheme was an attractive one. Mendelssohn's
overture, " Melusine," opened the concert, we believe,
for the first time, at these festivals. Beethoven's can-
tata in praise of music followed. We believe this was
first set to a poem entitled "Der Glorrieche Augen-
blick" (the glorious moment), for one of the enter-
tainments given to the allied sovereigns at Vienna in
1841, when it was performed with great success.
Subsequently the music was adapted to a poem
called " Preis der Tonkunst." Both band
and vocalists did justice to the music. On
Madame Castellan making her appearance in the
orchestra in the recitative and air, " Whence art
thou, power of music ?" she was warmly received.
Mr. Willy's violin obligato was beautifully given.
The Misses Williams, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Phillips
also distinguished themselves. Haydn's canzonette,
" Now the dancing,sunbeam play," was very chastely
sung by Miss Poole, and tastefully accompanied on
the pianoforte by Mr. Dove, organist to Worcester
Cathedral. The remainder of the concert was made
up of a selection from operas and other popular
works. Of these the great feature was Madame
Castellan's " Casta Diva," in which the prima donna
would have been encored had not her audience con-
sidered the arduous nature of the task which such a
repetition would have imposed. Miss Poole was
encored in Glover's song, "'Twas a beautiful night,"
and the concert was brought to a close about mid-
night, after which there was a ball, which was kept
up for an hour or two longer.

CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday, Mr. M. H. Wakley
held an inquest, at the Three Jolly Gardeners, Hammer-
smith, on view of the body of a fine full-grown male
child, which was found in a water-closet in the Mall,
Hammersmith. It appeared from the evidence of Jane
Robin, a married woman, residing next door to the Ship
Tavern, on the Mall, that about eight o'clock on Monday
evening last she discovered the body of the deceased in
the pan in the water•closet, at the back of her house.
She called in a police•constable, who bad some difficulty
in extricating the body, in consequence of the head
being jammed tightly in the pipe, which clearly proved
that considerable force must have been used. The wit-
ness added that on the previous Thursday evening a tall
female of dark complexion, dressed in half-mourning,
waited in witness's shop for upwards of two hours. She
had a bundle in her possession, which she endeavoured
to keep concealed; and after she had returned from the
water closet witness noticed the bundle to be consider-
ably smaller. She appeared very ill, and said she had
come from Turnham-green. Sergeant Hancock, 10, T
division, said that a female answering the description
given by Mrs. Robins, took furnished lodgings, a few days
since, at Turnham-green, and she was seen to leave the
house with something very bulky under her arm. The
landlady was suspicious that she had purloined some of
the bedding, and on searching the room traces of the
birth of a ehild were found. The female had not since
been seen or heard of. The jury returned a verdict of
" Wilful Murder against some person or persona un-
known."

SOUTH AMERICA.—LivERroor, TUESDAY EVENING.
—The Seraphina,. Captain Taylor, brings dates from
Rio Janeiro to the 27th of July, and from Pernambuco
to the 4th ult. At Rio exchange was quoted at 25d. to
25id.; freights were unaltered. At Pernambuco, ex-
change stood at 25d.; freights were nominal at id. per
lb. for cotton, 355. per ton for bides, and 255. per ton for
sugar in bags.

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