The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-14 00:00:00

MANCHESTER FESTIVAL.

MANCHESTER, SEPT. 12.—The Festival commences
this evening by a dress ball in the Assembly Rooms. The
principal vocalists arc Madame Malibran De Beriot, Ma-
dame Caradori Allan, Mademoiselle Assandri, Mrs.
H. R. Bishop, Mrs. W. Knyvett, Mrs. A. Shaw, Miss
Clara Novell° Mr. Braham, Mr. H. Phillips, Mr. Ter rail,
Mr. Machin, Mr. Bennett, Lablache, and Ivanhoff. The
band includes every name of note in the profession. We
find amongst the violins, Blagrove, Ella, Tolbecque, Wag-
staff, and thirty others ; tenors, Moralt, Sherrington, Cal-
kin, Dando, and thirteen others ; violoncellos, Lindley the
veteran, and son, Hatton, Lucas, Crouch, and five others ;
double basSes, Dragonetti, Howell, and eight others ;
flutes, Nicholson, Card, and two others ; oboes, G. Cooke,
Keating, and two others ; clarionet, Willman, Powell, and
two others ; bassoons, Baumann, Tully, and two others ;
horns, Platt, Rae, and four others ; trumpets, Harper,
Irwin, and two others ; trombones, Messrs. Smithies, senior
and junior, Bean, and another ; and double drums—making
a total of upwards of a hundred instrumentalists.
F. Cramer is the leader of the morning performances, and
Mori leads the evening concerts, at which De Beriot
mill
perform. Mr. Wilkinson, the organist of St. Peter's
Church, a native of this town, presides at the organ. Sir
G. Smart will officiate at the pianoforte, and the whole
musical arrangements are conducted by him.
To'morrow morning the musical entertainments begin
at the Collegiate Church. After Attwood's Coronation
Anthem, the whole of Haydn's Creation will be done. In
the second part there will be a selection from Mozart's
.Requiem, H. R. Bishop's Cantata of The Seventh Day,
and single pieces by Malibran, Mrs. A. Shaw, and Lablache.
In the evening a miscellaneous concert will take place in
the Theatre Royal. On Wednesday morning the select
tions at the Church will be principally from Handel's
Jephtlia, Solomon, and Israel in Egypt; Spohr's Cantata
of the Christian's Prayer will also be performed, for the
first time in this country. In the evening there will be the
second miscellaneous concert. On Thursday morning The.
Messiah will be presented in its entire state, and on the
same night the last concert will be given. The musical
performances will terminate on Friday morning at the
Collegiate Church, with Beethoven's oratorio of The Mount
of Olives, Sphor's Last Judgment, a selection from Cud-
more's oratorio of Martyr of Antioch, and a few other
gleanings. The fancy ball on the same night will terminate
this great meeting. _ _

Sept. 13, Four o'clock, A. M.
A grand rehearsal took place yesterday morning at the
Collegiate Church, and the result was satisfactory to all
the parties concerned. The ball at the Assembly Rooms
yesterday was numerously attended. The Duke of Bruns-
wick was present, and whilst we write this the dancing is
still going on to Adams's quadrille band with infinite spirit.
Mr. Graham, the aeronaut, did not make his promised
ascent yesterday, owing to a deficiency in the supply of gas.
The Vauxhall Gardens at Collyhurst, about two miles from
the town, were crowded with spectators, and there could
not have been less than 12,000 persons outside the grounds.
At seven o'clock, when all hopes of obtaining a sufficient
supply of gas had been given over, Mr. Graham addressed
the multitude, and requested their indulgence until the next
day, when he positively pledged himself to ascend. This
appeal of the aeronaut was considered to be merely " wild
and. windy words," and • loud demands were made for the
return of the money taken at the doors. The request not
being complied with immediately, the windows of the pub-
lic-house to which the gardens are attached were all broken,
and there were evident symptoms of-further acts of aggres-
sion, when the landlord came forward, and offered the re-
turn of the money, or admissions for the ensuing day. The
compromise was accepted, and the mob then quietly dis-
persed. It is positively affirmed that the Duke of Bruns-
wick, who was on the ground, intended to accompany Mr.
Graham, and it is anticipated that he will carry is resolu-
tion into effect this day. The streets all yesterday presented
the most animated appearance.