The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-04 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICE.

SOME ANCIENT CHRISTMAS CAROLS, with the
TUNES to which they were formerly sung in the WEST of
ENGLAND. Together with two ancient Ballads, a Dialo-
Tue, &c. Collected by DAVIES GILBERT, F.R.S. F.A.S.
he Second Edition. Bvo.

The first edition of the Christmas Carols hav-
ing been so favourably received by the Public,
as to call forth a new one, we are happy to find
that, during the interval the highly-respectable
Editor has not been inactive, but has collected 12
more of these interesting vestiges of " times now
passed away, and of religious feelings superseded
by others of a different cast." To these Mr.
Gilbert has now added some ancient Ballads, &c.
They consist of " The Three Sisters ; the Three
Knights ; a Dialogue between the Husband-man
and the Serving-man ; Account of Joan Saunder-
son, or the Cushion Dance ; the King shall enjoy
his own again ; and the llelston Forey. The tunes
both in the treble and in the bass, are printed
without alteration from,the existing copies."
The Cushion dance, " used to be performed,
not only at Christmas, but on all other festive
occasions ; and it is said to have .continued in
fashion however strange such a fashion may ap-
pear, to about the time of the Revolution." A
contemporary publication noticing this highly-in-
teresting work says,—" The Editor need not have
stopped at this period, for we can assure him the
Cushion Dance did not then stop ; but was within
a few years, and is perhaps at present, the conclud-
ing sport of the Christmas banquet in the North
of England, though the song was omitted. The
custom there was for a gentleman to begin danc-
ing with the cushion, generally a pillow, which
after some time he dropped at the feet of a young
lady, and fell on his knees upon it; the lady fol-
lowed his example, received a kiss ; and, taking
up the cushion, danced also, and then dropped it
to some gentleman, fell also on her knees, and thus
invited him to salute her; this mode was con-
tinued through the whole of the company."—
The following is the account of the Dance given
by Mr. Gilbert
" The dance is begun by a single person (either man or wo.
man), who, taking a cushion in their hand, dances about the
room, and at the end of the tune they stop and sing, This
dance it will no further go.' The musicians answer, ' I pray
you, good Sir, why say you so;'—Man. Because Joan Saun-
derson will not dame too.'—lifusicians. She must come too,
and she shall come too, and she must come whether she will or
no.'—Then he lays down the cushion before the woman : on
which she kneels, and he kisses her, singing, Welcome, Joan
Sanderson, welcome, welcome.' Then she rises, takes up the
cushion, and both dance, singing, Princum Prancum is a
fine dance, and shall we go dance it once again, and once again,
and shall we go dance it once again.' Then making a stop,
the woman sings as before, ' This dance it will no further go.'
--Musicians. ' I Pray you, good madam, why say you so ?'—
woman. Because John Sanderson will not come too.'-- Mu-
sicians. 'He must Come too, and he shall come too, and he
cinuushstio"nnbieefore a man, who keeling upon it, salutes her ; she
singing,' Welcome, John Sanderson, welcome, welcome.' Then
he takes up the cushion, they take hands, and.dance round the
room singing as before. And thus they do, till the whole com-
pany are taken into the ring; and, if there is company enough,
make a little ring in its middle, and within that ring set a chair,
and lay the cushion in it, and the first man sat in it. Then
the cushion is laid before the first man, the woman singing,
This dance it will no further go ;' and 'as before, only instead
of Come to,' they
sing, Go fro ;' and instead of Wel-
come, John Sanderson, they sing Farewell, John Sanderson,
farewell, farewell ;' and so they go out one by one
,as they
came in.—Note. The women are kissed by all the men in the
ring at their coming and going out, and likewise the man by
all the women.

" The following extract from Seldon's Table Talk is given
in Brand',s Popular Antiquities, as republished by Mr. Ellis,
2 vols, 4to, 1813, vol. ii. p. 85:—
• The Court of England is much altered. At a solemn danc-
ing, first you have the grave measures, then the corrontos and
the galliards, and this is kept up with ceremony ; at length to
French-more (it should be trench more), and the Cushion
Dance, and then all the company dance ; lord and groom, lady
and kitchen-maid, no distinction. So inour Court in Queen Eli-
zabeth's time, gravity and state were kept up. In KingJames's
time things were pretty well ; but in King Charles's time, there
has been nothing but trench-more and the Cushion Dance.' "
The Learned Author thus 'notices the intro-
duction of ballads :

" After the time for religious carolling had passed away,
and more secular festivities came to assume their turn, ballads
constituted a main article in the catalogue of amusements re-
sorted to by our ancestors ; of these the Editor has partially
recollected two, bearing strong marks of antiquity. They
have ceased, for many years, either to be recited or sung, yet
the notes are £ortuna4ely preserved ; and -if one of them is
known in the northern part of the island, it may have suggest.
ed a much more finished composition for the Lay of the Last
Minstrel."

The llelston Forey is considered as a speci-
men of Celtic music, and is to be heard in Ire-
land and in Wales, when the people dance round
their bonfires, originally kindled in honour of the
summer solstice, although now dedicated to St.
John.

" In Corn wal it is almost peculiar to the town
of lielston, where a Forey was annually cele-
brated up to recent times, with all the panto-
mime of a predatory excursion into the country,
and a triumphant return of the inhabitants danc-
ing this air. Some shadow of the festival is even
still preserved in the more elegant amusements
of the Bth of May, but with its nature totally
changed, and its name obscured, by a fanciful
allusion to Greek or Roman Mythology."
We feel confident that the public will duly
appreciate the merits of this collection, and join
with us in acknowledging our obligations to the
learned Member of Bodmin for the rich dish he has
set before us ; and we hope that as they " afford-
ed him in his childhood" delight, " when the,
festivities of Christmas Eve were anticipated by
many (lays of preparation.,.and prolongett through,
several weeks by repetitions and remembrances ;"
he will now, in the prime of his intellectual
vigour, devote the little leisure which he allows
himself from more important duties, in pursuing
these interesting researches.

It is reported that our naval officers generally
have received orders to repair to their respective
quarters.—(Atorning. Paper.)

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 3.

At the Court at Brighton, the 31st of January, 1824, Pre'

sent, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
siunirrs APPOINTED BY NIS MAJESTY IN COUNCIL, rot

THE YEAR 1824.
Bedfordshire—Sir R. H. Inglis, of Milton Bryant, Bart.
Berkshire—Sir Charles Saxton, of Circourt, Bart.
Buckinghamshire—P. D. P. uncombe, of Great Brick-hill,
Esq.
Camb' and Hunt'—George Thompson, of Somersham, Esq.
Cheshire—Peter Langford Brooke, of Mere, Esq.
Cumberland—Thomas Henry Graham, of Edmund-Castle,
Esq.
Cornwall—John Samuel Enys, of Enys, Esq.
Derbyshire—Samuel Oldknow, of Mellor, Esq.-
Devonshire—B. B. Dickinson, of Tiverton, Esq.
Dorsetshire—George Garland, of Stone, Esq.
Essex—Nathaniel Garland, of 3lichastow-Hall, Esq.
Gloucestershire—T. J. L. Baker, of Hardwick-Court, Esq.
Herefordshire—W. C. Hayton, of Moreton-Court, Esq.
Hertfordshire—Patrick Hadow, of Colney Chapel, Esq.
Kent—Fiennes Wykeham Martin, of Leeds Castle, Esq.
Leicestershire—Edmond Major, of Blaby, Esq.
Lincolnshire—William Edward Tomline, of Riby Grove, Esq'
Monmouthshire—John Partride, of Monmouth, Esq.
Norfolk—Theophilus Thornagh Gurdon, of Letton, Esq.
Northamptonshire—William Abbott, of Moulton Grange, Esil
Northumberland—Edward Gollingwood, of Dissington Halls
Esq.
Nottinghamshire—William Charlton, of Chilwell, Esq.
Oxfordshire—Stanlake Batson, of i%lixbury, Esq.
Rutlandshire—John Morris, of North Luffenham, Esq.
Shropshire—John Wingfield, of Onslow, Esq.
Somersetshire—E. Jefferies Esdaile, of Cothelstone House.
Esq.
Staffordshire—Edward Sneyd, of Byrkley Lodge, Esq.
County of Southampton—Walter Long, of Preshaw, Esq.
Suffolk—John Fitzgerald, of Bredfield, Esq.
Surrey—Florence Young, of Camberwell, Esq.
Sussex—Daniel Rowland, of Frant, Esq.
Warwickshire--Robert Middleton Atty, of Snitterfield, Esq'
Witahire—Sir Edward Poore, of Rashall, Bart.
Worcestershire—Sir C. S. Smith:of Hardiston-house, Bart.
Yorkshire—Sir J. Nan de Bemyde Johnstone of Hackness, Bt
SOUTH WALES.
Carmarthenshire--George Morgan, of Abercothy, Esq.
Pembrokeshire—Orlando Harris, of Ivy Tower, Esq.
Cardiganshire—John Scandrett llarford, of Peterwell, Esq.
Glamorganshire—John Bassett, of Bonvilstone-house, Esq.
Breconshire—William Augustus Gott, of Penmiarth, Esq.
Radnorshire—Hugh Vaughan, of Llwyn Madock, Esq.
NORTH WALES.
Anglesey--John Owen, of Trehwfa, Esq.
Carnarvonshire—Sir David Erskine, of Plas Isa, Bart.
Merionethshire_Athelstan Corbet, of Ynsymaengwyn, Esq.
Montgomeryshire—Samuel Amy Severne, of Rhosrgooch, Esq'
Denbighshire--Richard Myddelton Lloyd, of Wrexham, Es4l'
Flintshire—Robert John Mostyn, of Calcot Hall, Esq.
Palace at Brighton, Duchy of Lancaster, Jan. 31, 1824.
The Kinq has been pleased to appoint John Entwistle, ‘"
Foxholes, Esq. Sheriff of the County Palatine of Lancaster for '
the year ensuing.

BANKRUPTS.
G. Bryson, Lad-lane, Manchester, warehouseman, to sur'
render Feb. 15, 17, and March 16, at ten, at the Court of Coro'
missioners. Attorney, Mr. J. J. Tanner, Fore-street, Fins'
bury-square.
J. Croswell, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woolstapler, Feb. Lgr
11, and March 16, at ten, at the Office of Mr. W. Jacool
Huddersfield. Attornies, Mr: W. Jacomb, Huddersfield, Ow
Messrs. Drew and Sons, Bermondsey, Surrey.
J. Hughes, Wood-street, Cheapside, tavern-keeper, Feb'
10, 21, and March 16, at ten, at the Court of Commissioned;
Attorneys, Messrs. Ware and Young, Blackman street, Sow'
wark.
T. Vale, Leg-alley, Long-acre, coach-joiner, Feb. 7, 14'
March 16, at twelve, at the. Court of Commissioners. Attar
neys, Messrs. Richardson and Pike, Golden-square.

DIVIDENDS.
March 17, S. Holland and T. S. Williams, Liverpool, 1D46
chants—March 17, S. Holland, Liverpool, merchant—March '
J. Hay and .1. Hill, Borough, High-street, Surrey, linen-ally,
pets—Feb. 21, A. Collins, Regent-street, Oxford-street, cl
pet-duller—Feb. 24, J. Miller, Burlington-arcade bookselk
—Feb. 24, T. Fairclough; Liverpool, slater—Feb'. 28,
Newman, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire,dealer in wood—MvA-
-17, C. Parker, Colchester, Essex, merchant—Feb. 25, J..' Ty,tie
.r
Manchester, warehouseman—March 23, E. Blakey, New Hoed
street, dress-maker.
CERTIFICATES, FEB. 24.
E, West, Little Froome, Avenbury, Herefordshire, milled
T. W. Haley, Basing-lane, wine-nierchant—T. Mitchell, i,,v
ford-street, Cannon-street-road, grocer—W. Thomas, Reg"
street, Piccadilly, stationer—E. Staff, Norwich, brick-makerj
H. Dunnage, Colchester, Essex, miller—T. Hills, Soothe°
Essex, carpenter:__

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
D. Coe and J. B. Williams, New Saturn, Wiltshire, s-eo
nets—S. Davey and S. Norman, Old-street, St. Luke's, Coq •
—E. Atkinson and R. Humphreys, Sloane-street, Chelsea, 11Isr
holsterers—J. J. Holford and Co. London and Lisbon, as k
as respects J. J. Holford—A. A. Hardy and J. COpeland,SP:e
field, Yorkshire, attornies—G. Keyzar and J. Critchley,lP4p
pool, timber-merchants—J. Marshall and Co. Leeds, Y°lo,
shire—J. Rose and W. Wilkinson, High-street, Shoedit;g•
tea-dealers—J. Davies and S. Rogers, Sackville-street, ,
cadilly, warehousemen—J. Smith and W. Roebuck, Sit
ley, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, woollen cloth-manufacture,"t•
--J. Whitley and J. Mason, Liverpool, attorneys—T. On,
head and S. Greathead, olmfirth, Kirkburton, Yorksw",i, •
drapers—C. Jones and W. Forty, Stow-on-the-'Wold, 01°d,cestershire, horse-dealers—H. Martin, and T. Rake, City-Pi:4k
stable-keepers--M. Pulleyn and B. M. Smith, Charles-str'.
St. James's, milliners—J. Vipond and S. Rice, Old Fish-9tra';
wholesale cheesemongers—W. Lambley and A. Lambley,
mingham, cabinet case-makers—E. Archer and F. Williti:y
Worcester, grocers--R. Moffatt and Co. Liverpool, commisl f.
merchants, as far as respects R. Moffatt--T. Handley 203
Lister,Gray's Inn-square, attorneys.

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BIRTHS. of
On Monday, at Dulwic h Common, Mrs. Baugh AUG'
son.
f JOll
On Saturday last, in Manchester-square, the Lady
Moorat, Esq. of Madras, of a daughter.
MARRIED.
Yesterday, at Mary-le-bone Church, the Rev. W. S"
den, eldest son of Dr. Heberden, to Elvira Rainer,
daughter of John Underwood, Esq. of Gloucester-plar>,

DIED.
On Saturday last, at his house, Lambeth Terrace, 05 ip
Woodhouse' Esq., Deputy Auditor of India AceountB/
53d year of his age.
On Friday last, Ann, wife of Mr. Joseph Burditt, of r
gon-place, New Kent-road, aged 59.
On Thursday last, at Dolgelley, Merionethshire,
Matthews, Esq., of Esgair, in the same County.
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