The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-06 00:00:00

EVENING SU.

FARRINGDON. STREET CH ORA L
SOCIETY.
We made a late attendance at the Public Concert of
i
Choral and Madrigal Music, which was held thcliar'n-
alley School-room yesterday cveniog, and were so tar
delighted as to wish that we had been ear4ier.
In common with many chi' the arts, music la descend-
ing from the elevated tripods which she once occu-
pied, and instead of'haling hei fair and festal presence
monopolized alone by Royal Academies and courtly
cliques, begins to walk in engaging familiarity among.
all classes of the children of men. thie6mo
pass—and only the last few years have effected it—the
beauty of the vox humane and its first capaLilities
were known but to a limited few, and the sweetness
which the larynx comprehended in itself, was, among
the people at large, little doveloped. But by the forma-
tion of musical societies, such as the one in question,
good natural powers have bcen trained by masters into
tuneable ortler, so that the I-O:0 has, in many instanoes,
been enaL:ed to conduct itself through the pluasing
windings of a song, or the more intricate evolutions 4P;
the choir.

On casting our eyes over last-evening's programme,
we were surprised to see that -p.ames, which some twenty
years back were strange even'm,the more occult culti-
vators of the science, were even here, inter pupillores,
becoming familiar as household words. Nay, net names
alone, but strains and harmonies.. A. chaste composition
of the German Gluck opened the evening's vocal display,
and Danby was made to Warble his hymn to the
(Eolian lyre." The amatory' odes of TAnd,',Nlornington
were very charmingly executed. " Cynthia,phy song
and chanting," b. 7 the captivating musician Giovanni
Croce, was sung with «pal taste and delicacy. One
female voice attracted our attention in part:Jailer ; rang
with a clear sweet tone, and in more energetic parts,
topped the whole concert choir. The united efflirts of
the band also, told admirably in the soft effusion of
Festa's " Down in a fkavery vale." lndecd the sotto
voce parts throughout were very winningly managed.
To see su much simplicity (*splayed in the. pursuit
and cultivation of the science is itself attractive,
and we must confess that clear and simple enun-
ciations of airs and ballads, please
.the ear far better
than the unmeaning bravuras of operatic flights. We
would any (lay rather listen to the singing of the lint•
white in the broom than to the the ordered trill of any
petted song-bird. An excellent plan is adopted, also,
befisre every chant. tiny precentor stands up, and
distinctly repeats tho words, ere they are rendered vocal
by. the choir. The credit dne to the ,organ;Ter and ma-
nager of the 100 voices which comp(ise the choral body,
;and the praiseworthy manner in which the whole recipro-
cates his attention by improving ou his instructions, ask
for great praise.
Counting the terms by twenties, there must have been
about 300 persons corupthiing, last evening's audience.
The pleasure evinced l,v. their countenances, and their
culls for repetitions of many channts, were themselves the
best testimonies to the evening's concert.

TO NON-ELECTORS.
110 W TO GAIN A VOTE, AND USE IT WITH-
OUT INTIMIDATION.

Every Reformer Who is excluded from the list of
voters, and does not possee44ho necessary qualifications
to get his name on the re„eistef,'may ns efleetually contri-
bute to the return of a Reform Candidate as if he had a
votet for himself; and that vote was protected from inti.
midation by the ballot, if ho will examine the list of
voters, which may be seen at the house of any overseer
'at all reasonable hours, any day before the 15th of
August, and make a note of the name and address of
any Tory that appears on- the register and is not in
every way qualified. lie should immediately forward
the information, with ground of objection, to some active
Reformer or Registration Committee, who will of to
him ; and if he is unable to prove himself qualified, will
be excluded from the register, the onus of proof lying
entirely with the person objected to.
Thus the Tory vote struck off will be on. gained to
the cause of Reform, and given as secretly, if r more
so, than a vote given by the informant under the protec-
tion of the

Surely the thousands in the metropolis excluded from
the franchise, and those who have been compelled to
sacrifice their consciences, and submit to the most shame-
ful as well as shameless intimidation, will avenge them-
selves upon their intimidators, and thus regain the vote
their private inter t compelled them to give against
their own holiest conviction.

MURDEROUS ATTACK BY A
HOUSEBREAKER.
About seven o'clock this morning n man with the
front part of his clothes completely saturated with. blood, .
which had flowed from an extensive wound on the left
side of his neck, and in a state of extreme weakness and
exhaustion, presented himself at Rahere's Ward (the
accident receiving ward for the week), at St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, and was directly admitted and had every
requisite assistance rendered him, and after he had KOMO-
what recovered himself he made the following state-
ment :—His name is Thothas Spencer, cabinet-maker.
Last night he left , London en foot, intending ,
to sleep at Hendon. At, twelve o'clock a little
beyond Hendon Church, as he was passing a six-
roomed cottage by the rued side, with a small garden
before it, enclosed by iron railings, he heard the break-
ing of Glass, and saw a man in the act .of throwing up
the sash of one of the parlour windows—that on the right-
hand side of the hall door, and called tohim, " What are
Ton About there ?" The man directly ran up to him say-
ing, " D--n your eyes you what is it to you, and
the same instant made a sweeping blow nt his neck,which
struck him on the left side of the throat, just under the
jaw bone ; the fellow then ran off in the direction towards
Hendon Church. Fearing that the man might have
some confederates with him, he did not wait to give any
slam im the spot.rhut_ran off in the direction towards
town, and on his way he met with two poliCeineic fti
whom he gave information, and his name end address,
but declined their offer to procure him surgical aid.
After walking for nboncen hour, he became so limit front
loss of blood, that he WAN OblißCd to lie down in a livid,
where he became insensible, end remained so until be-
tlszeen four and five o'clock, when he came-U. himself,
and, with the greatest difficulty, succeeded in walking' to
the Hospital.

The limn who nttacked him is about 5 feet 9 inches
high, wore n fustian jacket via a black hat. and seemed
very active, but Spencer cpttlfi not distinguish his fen-
tures. The wound is not considered at present to be
likely to lend to a fatal result. Spencer says that he.
thinks that he discerned a clasp knife in the man's hand
when he struck him ; he noticed that there were inside-
shutters to the parlour windows, which were closed.

AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR ON, WORMWOOD
SeIIUBBS, ATTENDED 'MTH SERIOUS CONSEQUNNeIip._

Yesterday morning, at six o'clock, a hostile meeting took
place on Wormwood Scrubbs, between Henry—, rise.,
and Captain Anthony —, residing in Stataford-street,
Lambeth. At six o'clock precisely Mr. L. arrived en the
ground, accompanied by his seconds, and in a few
minutes afterwards Captain -8., with his seconds. Ita-
medintely afterwards the ground was measured at 1G
paces, and the hostile parties took up their positions and
tired without either shot taking effect. The seconds im-
mediately interfered, and used every endeavour to obtitia
a reconciliation, but without effect. They fired a second
time, when Captain B. received his antagonist's shot in
the fleshy part of the right thigh, and fell to the ground.
A surgeon being in attendant*, extracted the ball in ten
minutes afterwards with probes, and he was removed to
a carriage in waiting, ityEl, accompanied bv his seconds,
proceeded home, previouilw which the [motile parties
shoo!: hands. It did not transpire what was the cause.of
the meeting.
FURTHER EXPRRIMZNTS WITH PERCUS•
SION SHELLS.—WOOLWICH, Auo, s.—Several other
parties, in addition to the gentlemen who'recentiy made
experiments with percussion shells in the Marshes at
Woolwich, having applied to the Master-General and
Board of Ordnance to be permitted to 'mike further. ex-
periments with shells constructed by them, their reeeests
have been complied with, and the experiments will take
place immediately after the hay crop is got in, which
will depend on the state of the weather. There are au,
about 20 acres to cut.
THE HALIFAX MAIL STEAMER, Li IrmE)bßl:.
POOL, THURSDAY.—At one o'clock 30sq=
steamer, Columbia, Captain Jodkins-,.
ca vine her Ma-
upwards or one hundred I,"seng°Td the United :talcs,
jesty's royal mail. bags for Canadiaz
under the care of Lieut. Jobncers lt.fgrdenui:'pel ;et with
ers on the tops of the ter-
minus For some time a numilier
em-
ployed in the erection 9f,
of men have-been
for the purpose of
of. the Greenw:%eilthli
pure water, it having been
the machinery.
abeahrenery".
There are a e
f Crowdon ,•,
station on t T
here are people in the "'mid
;., CANDOV—• k it v •
to despise candour, to uo. uponas s.
sdstiits-)Pncpoeillvyeicornmgni:iiit(lnst'e(o7rtessnigi,heitei:n
itreensr. jatfitterirTertailisdt
elwreem-ea,stredbenpeant
the
New
Cross
who sect
tuld evincing. ignorance of human
I racteristiestrength and inte 'Thy •
of conscious 3,
cnp-
But surely openness is the most obvious atty.
the
nature. But
wealiness,
oti r
eyesouezorrc,e attritlititey andcametishin;76at design.
ctsa
Ile a-;
iif
he helivred, that there is not a single honest high-
minil.4l man in the world, is right so far as one in: 17_
riduid is concerned—that is, himself. Ho who knave
from his own consciousness that there is one, will not be
I slow to believe there are others."
FEMALE EDUCATION.—Womefi, such is their

- _
unfortunnte style of education, harard every thing upon
the east of the die ; N.hen youth la gone, all is gone.
No lumina creature gives his admiration for nothing ;
either the ept ihust be charmed. or the understanding
grntitied. Every human being must pnt up with the
coldest civility, who has neither the charms of youth nor
the wisdom of ago. Neither is there the slightest eoln7
miseration for decayed accomplishments; no man monrns
over the fragments of a dancer, or drops a tkar on rim re-
lies of musical skill.---Sydney Smith.

POETRY IN HUMBLE LIFE —A htboutcr in
a hayfield in this county, the other day, in reply to a
clergyman's remark, that n great deal of work remained
le be done' said Oh, yes, Sir, but Timo is young at
present." .It. was then nine o'clock 'in the morning.—
Northampton Mercury.
The improvements in the Green-park give much
satisfaction. The surface of the Park, which was uneven
with ninny, hillocks, has.been levelled, end henna youni!
trees have been planted. There are three excellent
gravel-walks just finished, one running parallel with
Constitution-hill to Ilydc-park-corner ; :mother across
the Park, leading to the same place ; and another
i7t
parallel with Piccadilly. The plantations are protected
to prevent them f..om ban;; injured, and the Park, which
rowed and by no means inviting, is now a place of
healthy and agreeable recreation.
anti
four:ttit f A fish called the Sea Devil was caught off Bark-
in;six fiesewit
long
feet and Wipers. It is uuw lyingatthe
Gun, lattekwali.

SECOND EDITION

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR-
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LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG. 6.
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600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all pi
400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.sh. 101
300 " 32!. lool.sh. 260
..... Croydon. Average3ll.2s 10d. sh.
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600 131. Derby lool.Bh . 120
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GRAND :MORNING CONCERT.

(THIS DAY.)

DEURY-TANE THEATRE,

Mr. Eliason, enCoura-cred by. the success of the Evening
Concerts D'Ete, has beenreduced, at the request of
several of his patrons, to try the experinient of giving a
morning promenade concert in addition to the usual
evening performances. Accordingly, at one o'clock this
day the indefatigable Jullien gave the prelimi-
nary flourish of his baton, and the performances
commenced with Rossini's master-piece, the overture to
Guillaume Tell. At this time the attendance was rather
scanty, but company continued to come in during the
whole of the first part, and at its conclusion the audience
was such, as we should hope would induce Mr. Eliason
to continue these delightful morning entertainments.
The theatre was lighted up. and decorated with flowers,
&c., precisely as at the evening performances. In addition
to overtures, quadrilles, waltzes, &c., we had the whole
of Locke's music to Macbeth, admirably performed ;
a solo on the Cornet-a-piston by. Herr. Koenig, and an-
other on the flute by Richardson. Koenig is a model
for all solo players. There is nothing like trick or clap-
trap about his performances, no exhibitions of mere
tours de
.force, nothing which, while it attracts the ap-
plause .of the unlearned, makes the learned smile ;• but
every thing is done with science, taste, and judgment.
Nothing could exceed the manner in which he executed
his solo this morning. It is indeed agreat treat to hear this
young man, Richardson. The other solo performer of the
morning, taking for his theme.the air of 'The Swiss Boy,"
executed a series of variations of surpdssing brilliancy, and
evinced his complete mastery over all the difficulties of
his instrument. The theatre, although not cro*ded,
was very well attended, and the audience was more select
than ati the evening concerts. Altogether, we think
we may fairly congratulate Mr. Eliason on the success of
his experiment, which, we hope, he will, ere long, he in-
duced to repeat. ~

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel's refusal to disclose his
intentions as to the policy he 'intends 'to pursue on the
meeting of Parliament,i was praised by the Tiraes as the
very perfection of statesmanship. He''" did not want to
have. Conservative measures talked about, but to have
them caeried," was the justification urged by our Con-
teinporary in behalf of the expectant PKen-iier's studious
concealment of his contemplated.proceedings. The tables
are now turned. Rpbert4i'eels matchless wisdom.. is
stiddenly convertpd: into consummate folly; anti 'the'
boasted strength of the par derived from its numberS
.• •
and its Unity, is now in danger of disunion, destruct-
tion, and defeat ! The occasion of this sudden change;
from the 10. triumphe to iaehrymose complainings and'
predictions, is found in the arrangenient entered into by
Sir Robert Peel, as,the leader of the Tories, by which
the Right Hon. G.,Shaw Lefevre is to experience no
-opposition to his re-ejection as Speaker of the new Par-
liament. This, 'the only intimation which Sir Robert
Peel has deigned to make as to his future intentions,
has spoiled the hopes of the cormorants, who were look-
ing for a return of the good'old times ; when, regardless
of expense to the public, pensions were bestowed on men
in every respect fit for service, in order that their posts
might be conferred on others, less qualified, but whose am-
bition must be gratified, or their cupidity satisfied by the
exchange. Taking it for granted that theoldregime of Tory-
ism was to be the governing principle of the proximate
Government, the Timei was magniloquent on the Speaker-
ship. If ever an intention to depart from the "good
old rule" was contemplated in any quarter, the Thun-
derer having uttered his voice, and announced the
necessity of displacing Mr. S. Lefevre, Sir Robert
Peel must of course succumb to an authority
so commanding ; especially as the Standard had
declared—doubtless upon competent authority—that
" the re-eleetion of Mr. Shaw Letevre was never fur
an instant thought of by the Conservatives, who are
quite aware that any such step would be taken as a proof
of weakness and disunion of their party !" With one ex-
ception, the whole Conservative Press either ridiculed`
the idea as improbable, or denounced it as mischievous.
The Times, regarding the removal of Mr. S. Lefevre as
a settled thing, strenuously urged its necessity, that it
might claim the credit of having effected it. Sir Robert
Peel has confounded the oracles : though he has not
stricken them dumb, he has again changed their lauds-
tions of himself into reproaches, and has set them at
loggetheads among themselves.
UOVRIER.—Our friend of the ilerald was yesterday
, ,
ratner triumphantly jocose at our expense in. the matter
of the Speaker of the new House of Commons, that is to
be. Our readers will remember that, we, introduced them
some 'days since to an official corps spic-and-span new
from the laboratory of our respected Contemporary, on
which occasion we took leave to object to some of the
agencies employed in the compound, or rather, perhaps,
we ought to say in strictness, to the proportions in which
each were made to enter into the composition of the
whole Raring our reasonable misgivings respecting
the veritable character of this prescribed officiality in
some of its parts, ive did not hesitate to signalise' our
objections ; and cirnorigt others, we intimated very strong
'suspicions that the Speakership of the new House of
Commons would not be disposed of and continued in the
person of Mr, Shaw Lefevre. We gave our rea-
sons moreover on subsequent occasions why such
a nomination would be, not distasteful only, but disad-
vantageous to the Members who constitute the majority
of the House about to assemble ' - and whilst rendering
justice in courteous, and, we hope, unexceptionable'
terms, to the past demeanour and services of the gen-
tleman in question, we did not hesitate to intimate our
doubts .whether ho eonld safely 13. = Pntri,qied hit tV,o
absolute authority now vested in the chair for nomi-
nating the first and virtually all other Committees for
the trial-ofclispated elections. - Our friend of the Herald
appeared subsequently to be infected With some suspi-
cions about the authenticity of his own statement, the
responsibility of which was then,adroitry disclaimed and
discharged upon the head of some respectable and un-
known (that is unpublished) Correspondent. Now, how-
ever, that one of the, prognostications haiarded has turned
out a prophecy fulfilled, our Contemporary exultingly
appropriates all the if not of second sightedness,
at'least of superior penetration, to himself, and leaves
the original diScoverer with almost as little scruple in
the back-ground- as Americus Irespusius when he made
free to give his name to a world whose existence was
first proclaimed by Columbus.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WAR-OFEICE, Audusx 6, 1841.'_
Scot's Fusilier Guards—J. W. Hay, Gent, to be Ensign and
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lyttleton, who retires, Aug. 6.
2d Regiment of Foot—G. Burgh, dent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Oldham, promoted, Aug. 6.
21st Foot—Lieut. E. Edwards, from 30th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Wrixon, promoted, Aug 6.
23d Foot—W. P. Campbell, Gent.' to be Second Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice A. J. Campbell, promoted in
the Royal Canadian Regiment.
2.5 th Foot—T. L. Mayne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Taylor', promoted, Aug. 6.
26th Foot—Ensign E. G. Whitty to be Lieutenant, v ithout
put chase, vico Staff, deceased, July 18 ; G. N. Breden, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Whitty, Aug. 6.
30th Foot—Lieut. J. W. Shawe, from the half•pay of the
18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Edwards, ap-
pointed to the 21st Foot ; Ensign T. W. Wilkinson, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sbawe, who retires ; E. A.
Whitmore, Gent, to be Ealsign, by purchase, vice Wilkinson,
Aug. 6.

54th Foot_
pur-
chase, vice Li.`,ntenant H.._Brown, to be Captain, by ;:"Parr, who retires; Ensign P. L. C. Paget to
be Lier.‘„,; by purchase, vice Brown; T. Y. Ridley, Gent. to
be ..nsign, by purchase, vice Paget, August 6.
56th Foot—Capt. R. H. Wynyard to be Major, without
purchase, vice Grant, deceased ; Capt. It. Hutton, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Capt. vice Wynyard, August 6.
82d Foot—Major J. Mackay to be Lieutenant wilhout pnr-
chase, vice Marshall, deceased ; Capt. W. Slater to be Major,
vice Mackay ; Lieut. D. Watson to be Captain, vice Slater ;
Colour Sergeant H. Bruce to be Adjutant (with the rank of
Enign), vice Watson, promoted, June 3; L. F. Bernard, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, v. Glynn, appointed to the Rifle
Brigade, August 6.
Rifle Brigade—Assistant-Surgeon E. G. Lloyd to be Sur-
geon, vice R. Ranken, who retires upon half Tay ; Assistant-
Surgeon H. Hadley, M.D., from the 40th Foot, to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Lloyd, Aug. 6.
• 2d West India Regiment—J. H. Hardie, M.D. to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Shirrefs, who resigns, Aug. 6.
Royal Newfouniland Veteran Compinies-=Staff-Sergeant
__
Bold, from the Liverpool Recruiting District; to be En-
si,,ge, 'without purchase Aug - • •
fromoyal setaanfra,dtioanbeßsettgrignieetinn. Regiment--Assistant-Surgeon t-Surgeon .W. Hall,
Ulll4freaAye.llnEant.ta—
'ebßerde,vet'M'ajor Alexander Murray Tulloeh,
Aug. 6:' . to be ,'Major, without purl."•has' e, dated
,t,E*OItANDIIM.....The Christian names of Cornet. Corbet,
of the Royal Regiment of Horses Guards, are Vincent Row-
land, not Ilowland,•as pieviously stated.
' OFFICE 'OF 0111)NANCE, At:Gun. 4.
. Ordnance Medical Des artment—Assistant- Surgeon J. E.
Williams to be surgeon, ufy 23.
AucJsr.s.
Royal Regiment of Artillery..jFirst Lieut. H. S. Tireman
to be Second Captain, vice Bevan, retired on half-pay ; Se-
cond Lieut. B. Willis to be First. Lieutenant, vice '1 ireman,
JOY P!.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
CHARLES TRAPPS, victualler, Abridge, Essex.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
ALEXANDER WETZLAR and JULIUS WETZLAR,
lace manufacturers, Nottingham.
BANKRUPTS.

JUDAH SOWERBY, innkeeper, Leeds, to surrender Aug.l7, at twelve, and Sept. 17, at nine, at the Commissionor
rooms, Leees.' Naylor, Leed, ; Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow,-
Chancery-lane, London.
PETER TA GG, corn-merchant, Tooley-strcet, Southwark,
Aug. 14, at hall past ten, and Sept. 17, at half-past twelle, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-court, official
assignee ; Paruther and Fisher, Fenchurch-street.
ARCHIBALD THO3ISON, merchant, Leadenhall-street,
Aug. 14, at one, and Sep. 17, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankrup'ey. Turquand, official assignee, Copthall-hui!dingq;
Powys, Staple Inn.
UILLIAat JENNINGS, maltster, Bungay, Suffolk. Aug.
16 and Sept. 17, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, ileccle.s.
Clarke and Metcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Margitson
and Hartcup and Smith Bungay.
FREDERICK STUBBS, linen-draper, Caister, Lincoln-
shire, Aug. 16 and Sept. 17, at twelve, at the Lion Hotel,
Brig!". fbrdwick and Davidson, Cate aton-street, London ;
Marris and Smith, Caistor.
HENRY WOOD and ALFRED WOOD, Blackwell-hall
factors, Basinghall-street, Aug. 19, at twelve, and Sept. 17, at
two, at the Court of Bankrup•ey. hitmore, Basinghall-street,
official assignee; Gale, Basinghall-street.
SAMUEL STOCKS, Sen. and SAMUEL STOCKS,
jun., bleachers, Manchester, Aug. 27 and Sept. 17, at twelve,
at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Hadfield, Man-
chester; Johnson, Son, anti
.Weatherall, King's-bench-walk,
Temple, London.
. HENRY GREENAWAY,- painter and plumber, Bristol,-
Aug. 14, al eleven, and Sept. 17, at one, at. the Commercial-
rooms, Bristol. Makinson and Sanders, Elm. court, Miplclle-
temple, London ; Haberfield,

ALEXANDER THOMAS HARWOOD, lodging.house-
Ltepar,"§treatham, Surre, Aug. 1.3, and Sept. 17, at. half.