The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-06 00:00:00

-TUE WORCESTER MUSICAL

FESTIVAL.
forTille festival, annually held at either Worcester, Here-
to'', nr Gloucester, commenced yesterday at Worces-
Land judging from appearance, it is likely that the
!gate proceeds will be considerable. We need
ltp
e i"'Y remark, that the profits arising from the periodi-
e,Uniereof the three choirs are devoted to the benefit
the widows and orphans of the poor clergymen con-
ed with the respective dioceses. Jenny Lind was
itireeted at the commencement of the preparations, but
11;"ligh the nightingale, in the first instance, promised
r services, her subsequent arrangements with Mr. Lum-
tf;Y compelled her to abandon her intention, much to the
orPpointment of the committee and the probability
influence upon the subscriptions. However, the
lellity has been got over as well as circumstances
14?ttld admit of, anti Alboni has been engaged instead.
irides this exquisite contralto, Madame Castellan,
t`tl! elder Lablache, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Lockey,
and in the list of vocalists, as well as Miss Dolby
4
eft the Misses Williams. The band, a very large and
li7Vient one, has been selected from the chief metropo-
en orchestras; and the chorus singers are gathered
the 42 the local societies, in conjunction with the elite of
, London professionals. The leaders are Messrs.
th:lY and Blagrove, and the conductor Mr. W. Done,
the erganist of the cathedral, upon whom has devolved
the general management of the festival. The nave of
fitted cathedral has been appropriately and conveniently
up for the sacred performances; and the College
Ne for the evening concerts. The musical service of
aterday consisted of Handel's; Dettingen Te Dean,
Jubiate in D, and Mendelssohn's 66 As pants the
the sermon being preached by the Dean of the
Tor ,_"sei after which a collection was made at the doors
benefit of the charity.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
6_4 little sentimental piece, called Time tries all, bas
e—oZt brought out at this theatre, with a success not in-
tev nlensurate with its merits. The subject is a hack-
ti'de" one—that of a young lady who rejects an honest
ofhet "ell-meaning lover through the impulses of coquetry,
her
at length brought to a conviction of the real state
ads mind by the remorse she experiences when she
isektelhie youth she has insulted and discarded on the eve
eiitt.Arriage with another. In depicting the vicissitudes
ng involved in h contrasts as these, Mrs. Stir-
s ea "a 8 no equal, ands her vivacious frivolity in the pre-
-404 ease, coupled with the bitter agonies of retribution
ver, Pentance, are but fresh proofs of her histrionic
kr4atility and power over the sympathies of an audience.
hia• Leigh Murray aids her with equal cleverness, and
the neat, -manly elocution is well suited to unfold
v.. etufferings of neglected and abused affection. A
e4iZning exquisite and a priggish clerk are amusingly
dby Mr. F. Vining and Mr. Cowell. The
ti;:e, We need hardly add, has been quite successful, and
to-,...eath4 we believe a Mr. Courtnay—a name new
"uttrop,ilitan fame--was called before the curtain on
a, °ntitty when the piece was first produced, to be
fPO'
uded by the spebtators. Besides this drama a new
What
has h'eon added to the list of novelties, entitled
vi,"4l to Eat, _Drink,' and Avoid, turning upon the ner-
d-118 terror of An old gentleman who fancies he is in
an.
Fez' of being poisoned by a servant who has left his
4,-„P`eY• The inejdithts are broad and improbable, but
are made divier Ling by the tact of Compton, Emery,
-"lva Cowell, enforcud by a Mrs. Tellett, who pro-
eLltes to become an available actress in bagatelles of
'4B class.

•
Viscount and 'Viscountess Palmerston entertained
14 dinner last e vetting, at their residence in Carlton..
gardens, a select circle, including his Excellency the
tkurkish Minister a,:id Princess Callimaki, his Excellency
i'Le Prussian Minis • and Madame Bunsen, his Excel-
-I.llleY the Belgian / riisister and Madame Van de Weyer,
Salver, Sir
and La ‘dy Mary Wood, Sir Henry Lytton
OPiver, Sir August us Clifford and Miss Clifford, Mr.
tridieus Banks, M r. T. Wyre, &c. On Monday the
Viscount and Viscountess had a party, when the
ra-
mi:roan..er circle compris, ?.d her liighness the. Princess B
1 "Oc his Exceller,:cy Baron d'Andrian, his Excel-
/113eY Count Ludolf, ;be Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord
°ldea. Lord and Lady Holland, Lord de Manley,
Mandeville.
Seaford and AI; ts Hardy, Baron Koller, and Mr.
.111adeville. A small it,-trty assembled after the banquet,
tits Excellency Cheval tier Bunsen, his Excellency M. Van
rVeyer, his Excelle tacy M. Gustave de Beaumont, his
viscountess
Count R4ir eel, Count Phalen, Viscount and
.i.soountess Ebringti al, the Earl Granville, Lord Foley,
"r Henry L. Bulwtrri the Hon. Miss Eden, &c., being
ltralilog the visitors.
s FATAL ACCIDE ST ON THE CITIZEN C., RIVER
ita '
rtAIIER.—Mr. held an inquest yesterday at the
gltratn Cheyne-wa! tk, Chelsea, on the body of William
Howard, age ;d 23, helmsman of the Citizen C,
-wki„.._aro-boat, who me t with a singular accident whilst
that on
William 1 Ilitehell, the mate of the vessel, said
the 011 Saturday a vetting last when the boat reached
.140 Ladogan Pier, :Jhelsea, the word was given to "put
tier astern," to gel t alongside the pier and land pas-
sengers. At such times it requires great force to hold
the tiller and whil a the deceased and a boy were en-
deavouring to govt rn it, the wheel flew from their grasp,
end one of the ham dies catching the deceased under tto
Vaistcoast, and wb irling him up, flung him completely
overboard. His body was not found for an hour. Wit-
ness attributed the a.zcident entirely to the great pressure
of the water. He h: ad himself sometimes been unable to
pvern the wheel wt ten the vessel was put astern. Ver-
ots "Accidental j hag)."