The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-15 00:00:00

WELSH POOL MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

Since the days when Kings and Princes used
to preside at the Bardic Meetings held in Wales, nothing hat
occurred to inspire the ardent and patriotic feelin's of the Cam.
brians equally to the Povsyt Elated('lA which was held at
Welsh Pool last week.

Tinstekr.
Early in the morning the bells rung a rnetory peel, the heralds
went round, and gave notice by sound of trumpet, that the
Bards were about to assemble in congress. By 11 o'clock, the
Town Hall( which had been extended toonehundred and five feet
for the purpose), was filled with the fair maids of Cambria, and
beautiful Saloplan lasses. The Noble President, Lord Clive,
t tok his seat, supported b_y the Earl of Powys Lord Hill,
Lard Delammt, and their Ladies, and a number of other illus.
t iaus personages. Lord Clive, in a very excellent address, stated
the object of these meetings, which were to promote Welsh
literature, poetry, and music, to encourage modern genius, anti
to unite the natives of the principality in the bonds of good fel-
lowship.—The several bards then recited stanzas, which they
had composed on the occasion ; and the Committee appointed to
judge of the merits of the different compositions sent in, on the
subjects proposed by the Society, delivered their adjudication,
and the several candidates were invested with silver medals,
ik.c. The different ceremonies of' chairing the bard, &c. were
relieved by the performance of the Band of the Horse Guards
(Blues), which attended on the occasion from London, and the
Welsh harps.—ln the evening a Concert was performed, and
so attractive was the bill of fare, that the spacious hall was com-
pletely filled. To enumerate the different pieces would occupy
more space than we tan afford ; suffice it to say, that Miss Ste-
phens quite enchanted the company, M iss Carew delighted them,
Mr. Vaughan and Master Smith charmed them, Messrs.
Smith, Collyer, Parry, and Rolle, exerted thenutelves with
the greatest success, while Lindley and Nicholson by their in.
imitable talents, astonished and enraptured all. The Band
(ably led by Mr. Tomlins), consisted principally of amateurs
from Shrewsbury, with Messrs. Lyon, Daniels, Harper, and
Lindley, jun., from London, and the nand of the Blues. The
solo players were Mr. Nicholson, flute; Mr. !d ley, violon-
i cello; Mr. Davies, pedal harp; 3lr. Parry, on the flageolet,
end Mr. Tomlina, on the violin.

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a hat t the Interest It created was intense, Pardillularly as the
conductor led on some of the Blind Minstrels. After a very
fair trial, the Silver Harp was awarded to Henry Humphreys,
of Welsh Pool, and he was invested by Lady Lucy Clive with
the prize, amidst the enthusiastic plaudits of the audience._
Previously to this ceremony, the Pennillion singers sung, with
the Welsh harps, after the manner of the Ancient Britons, for
a silver medal. Eight candidates appeared, whom Mr. Parry
arranged, four on each side of the harper. After singing once
around, the four best were placed again who sung once each;
then two were placed, bat they informed Mr. Parry that they
were neighbours and did not wish to contend. As soon as this
was made known, the kindly feelings of the honest Cambrian*
were rewarded with universal cheering, and the Noble Nest-
dent begged to present another medal, in order to foster that
praiseworthy friendship which existed between the two yo.
calists. The poor fellows shook each other heartily by the
hand over the emblem of harmony (the harp), which made as
much impression on the company as ever a Siddons or a Kern-
ble dicl.—A blind man who sang wery well had made a strong
impression, Mr. Parry brought him forward, and Lord Clive
announced that Lady Delamere wished to present him with a
medal—(Shouts of applause)—The exiacy of the dark child of
son; knew no bounds, he clapt his hands and capered ahem the
orchestra, to the infinite delight of the company. Miss
Stephens, Mies Carew, Lindley, Vaughan, and indeed all the
professors from London were present, and declared that they
had never been more entertained ; the scene was alto.
gether a novel and as interesting one. After sonic excel.
lent speeches from the President and the Noblemen around
him, and addresses from the Committee, &c. the Eilted4ilid
closed with " Goa save the King," in full chorus. In the
evening a second Concert took place. and the whole of the
evinent performers, both vocal and instrumental, exerted
themselves with the utmost success. An universal regret
pervaded the morn, that a severe hoarseness prevented Master
Parry from singing. but his little friend Smith most cheerfully
sung for him, with Miss Carew, the excellent duet of " Tell
me, gentle Stranger," which was rapturously tywrgd.

THURSDAY.
.A gand selection of Sacred Music was perfortnad this morn.
tag in the church, which war crowded with persons from all parts
of the principality and the adjoining English counties. The or-
chestra consisted of an hundred performers, amtthe whole per-
formance was of the first order. It elicited several trains
from the London Professors, who had no Wee that such a se-
lectionmplished amid the 'Welch mountains.—
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laid on with all his might, to the no small entertainment of the
congregation. (Q. Does he contract for keeping the windows in
repair?) J. J. Jones, Mus. Doe. took the organ (as well as the
pianoforte at the concerts), and acquittesi himself with 'the greatest
credit. Miss Carew sung a new anthem, which was intended
for Master Parry, with an obligato accompaniment for the
violonoello, we need only add that Lindley was theft. Miss
Stephens gave " Let the bright Seraphim" (with Harper's
trumpet), with her %aunt expressive powers: in short, all
did well, and not a single mistake or interruption occurred
during the festival, which was entirely under the direc-
tion of Mr. Parry, and who received the public and
private thanks of the President, Vice-Presidents, Sub-
scribers, and the Committee: the urbanity and good feel-
ing which pervaded the whole orchestra, tended greedy
to promote the interest and effect of the performers.—
After the Church Performance, about two hundred Gentle.
men dined in the Town Hall, Lord Clive in the Chair, sup-
ported by several Noblemen and Persons of rank and fortune.
Messrs. Parry, Smith, Collyer, Rolle, and Master Smith
attended, and sung several songs, duets, and glees, to the great
gratification of the company. The Noble President appeared
like the father of a numerous family ; he gained the esteem of
all who had never seen him before, by his affable demeanour,
and strengthened the regard of those to whom he wits already
known. An apology was made for the absence of Sir W. W.
Wynn, who ism the Highlands ofScotland. C. W. W: Wynn
did not attend, in consequence of the death, of a daughter.
These circumstances were a source of great
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fete at Powys Castle on Friday night; all the world was there,
and the magnificence of the scene was grand beyond descrip-
tion. Paine's Band from London was stationed in the long
room (one hundred and forty feet), and quadrilles were danced
with great spirit; the tine Band of the Blues was in the
hall. About one o'clock the company sat down in va-
rious apartments to a most costly supper. Gunter and
his corps had been there for a long time, and any thing that
could be produced or procured adorned the tables.—The Lon-
don performers were invited, but only Mr. Parry and Miss
Carew were present, who must hare been highly gratified by
the marked attention of the Noble Host and beautiful Hostess.
It was fairy land, and all the Company declared it never was
surpassed in any pert of Europe.

TIM EARL. OF MAR.—Friday last having been
the day appointed for the Earl of Mar's visit at Alloa, at an
early hour the utmost bustle prevailed amongst the inhabitants
in making preparations for his reception. The number of
spectators was greater than within the recollection of the oldest
inhabitants t perhapo no less than thirty thousand persons were
present. When the carriage appeared on the opposite shore all
eyes were fixed on the spot; and no sooner had the steam-boat
left the shore, with the carriage on bead, than a large gun,
which was stationed to the west, was fired, the bands imme.
diately striking up "Oh 1 ye've been la o• comin'." This
WAS an interesting moment, and recalled-the memorable land-
ing of the King at Leith. The fire was answered from the
wood-yard of llir. Bald to the east, and kept up all the time
of crossing. The boat having now reached the opposite shore,
Lord Abercrombie immediately sprang over the bulwarks, and
weloomed the old Earl and his two daughters, by heartily
shaking them by the hands. The horses being taken from the
carriage, a great many sturdy fellows pulled it from the boat
to the elid of the pier amidst the loud huzzaa of the multi.
tuda, where it remained till the whole line of procession bad
passed it, and with which the Earl was highly delighted,
although at times he appeared to be overcome with the distin.
guishing honours he was receiving. The Earl is a fine looking
old man, about $4 years of age, snd, in general, kept smiling
to the crowd, many of whom approached the carnage, and
shook hands with him. The whole procession, with the Earl
in- Its train, pmeetded tip .the iligh-street, and through the
other streets leading to Mat-street, where it entered a grand
triumphal arch erected there, and bearing the following in-
eription :—" Alloa hails her ancient Lord." During the whole
of the way the carriage was guarded on each side by three of
the gentlemen on horseback mentioned above. - Having ar-
rived- at the Tontine, at the top of 31w...street, the Earl was
received by his friends, and the several incorpomtiona dispersed
to their different lodges. The day was fine, and notwithstand-
ing the immense crowd, not a single accident occurred.—
(Scots-man.)
Count Dr Fonntx, Director of the Museum of
the Louvre, has presented to the King of France a silver statue
91 henry the Foutth, when nine years of age, as bode Utile.