The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-09 00:00:00

ABERDEEN MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

The inhabitants of Aberdeen and the numerous visitors
have during last week been delighted by a display of musi-
;cal talent such as no town in Scotland, excepting Edinburgh,
la's hitherto witnessed.
The ball in the County Rooms, with which the amuse-
ments of the week commenced upon Monday night, was
Cinder the patronage of the Countesses of Airlie and Erroll,
Viscountess Arbuthnot, Lady Harriet Stuart Forbes, Lady
Bruce, Lady R. D. H. Elphinstone, and the Hon. Mrs.
'Forbes of Brux, and was attended by about two hundred of
the most select and fashionable company. Many of the
Officers now stationed here attended in the full Highland
uniform, which, with the richness of the Ladies' dresses,
formed a scene of the gayest and most delightful descrip-
tioy At twelve o'clock the company sat down to supper,
...,alAancing was afterwards resumed, and kept up with
viz at spirit till past two.
TUESDAY.

The selection of sacred music performed in St. Andrew's
CluTel on Tuesday morning commenced with a Corona-
tion Anthem from Handel, in which the burst of the full
choir was magnificent. Part the second consisted of a
selection from Haydn's beautiful Oratorio of " The Crea-
tion," which was most admirably executed.
At the Ordinary in the County Rooms on this day about
one hundred ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner, the
Right Hon: Lord Forbes in the chair, and Lewis Crombie,
Esq., croupier.
On Tuesday evening the
.Concert at the Theatre was
thronged. The glees were sung with the most admirable
precision and accuracy.
WEDNESDAY.

The performances of this day commenced with the cha-
racteristic chorus from Sampson, " Awaken the Trumpet's
Lofty Sound," which was executed with infinite spirit and
effect. Some miscellaneous pieces of great beauty followed,
and the first part concluded with a selection from Schneid-
er's Oratorio of the " Deluge." Beethoven's noble, chor us,
" Hallelujah to the Father" (from his Oratorio " The Mount
of Olives"), which was given with great effect, concluded
the second part. The third commenced with a selection
from Mozart. " Laudate Dominum," sung by Madame
Stockhausen, and the organ accompanied by Mr. Baker,
were both excellent. The performances concluded with a
selection from Handel's " Israel in Egypt," that had all the
sublime and terrific effect at which that composer aimed.
On Wednesday evening the Concert in the County
Rooms displayed an overflowing attendance of beauty and
fashion. One of Mozart's finest symphonies formed the
opening piece, and a great variety of the various descrip-
tions of music followed.

There was an Ordinary at the County Rooms on Wed-
nesday, in the same manner as the day before.

THURSDAY.

The performances consisted of Handel's 1! ne oratorio,
" The Messiah," which was given with the inimitable ac-
companiments of Mozart.

In the evening a concert of Miscellaneous Music was
given at the theatre, which was exceedingly full, and could
scarcely accommodate half those who applied for admit-
tance. The overtures to " Der Freisehutz" and " Masa-
niello" were very effectively performed, and the variety of
music which delighted the ears of the audience was succes-
sively received with great applause.
The whole of the musical arrangements, and the admi-
rable order and precision with which the performances have
been executed, reflect the highest possible credit upon
Messrs. T. Cooke and E. Taylor, who acted as leader and
conductor.

Thursday evening a Grand Dress Ball was given in the
County Rooms, which were filled with elegant and fashion-
able company. The dresses of the ladies were of the most
rich and splendid description ; and, besides the officers sta-
tioned here, who were in full regimentals, a number of the
Noblemen and Gentlemen present wore uniforms, or the
Highland costume. Among the company were—

The Duke of Gordon in his Lord Lieutenant's uniform, the
Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Tweedale, the Earl of
Aboyne, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord and Lady Arbuthnot,
Lord Saltoun, Lord and Lady Stormont, Lord Forbes, Lord
_TI.IcIdo, Lady-Parriet Stuart Forbes, Lady Claude Hamilton,
Lady Mary Keith, the Hon. William and Mr. Keith, the
Right Honourable Sir R. Gordon, the Hon. Captain William
Gordon, M. P., the Hon. Fox Manic, Sir Frederick Linton,
the Hon. D. G. Hallyburton, M. P., Sir Alexander Ramsay
koviiniart., Sir R. Dalrymple. Horn Elphinctono,
Bart., Sir Patrlck WttiKer, Lrenertn.—minamom....
M. P., William Gordon, Esq., (of Fy-
vLady Bannerman, A. Bannerman, Esq. M. P.,
and Mrs. A
Bannerman, and
B. C. Urquhart, Esq., and Mrs. Urqubarti
and
e), Gladstone,Sir Esq.,
(of Byth), Robert-Grant, Esq., (of Monymusk), J. R. Jones
(of Netherdale), and nearly all the gentlemen of this and the
neighbouring counties.
At one o'clock the company sat down to supper ; after
which dancing recommenced, and was kept up till past
three. T.'Gladstone, Esq., M. P., was acting steward of
the ball.

DIED—On the 6th inst., at Upleatham, Rear-
Admiral the Hon. George H. L. Dundas.

The anniversary of the Earl of Eglinton's birth
was celebrated on Monday, when a number of gentlemen
dined in the King's Arms, Irvine, and a numerous party of
farmers also dined in the Eglinton Arms Inn. Three different
parties dined in honour of the occasion in Kilwinning, and
one in Ardrossan.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
SPANISH BONDS.—It is calculated that less than
six months ago the average price which had been paid for all
Spanish Bonds in England did not exceed 15/. on which the
present price offers a profit of nearly 200 per cent.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DUBLIN.—Under one of the
acts of the late session, the Commissioners of Public Works
(whose labours have been so highly beneficial to Ireland) are
empowered to expend fifty thousand pounds in insulating the
Four Courts, building a Nisi Prius and Rolls' Court, and
other necessary improvements, amongst which, we presume,
chambers for solicitors will not be forgotten. We anticipate
that these works will be forthwith set in operation..,--Evening
Packet.

CURIOUS SERMON.—At the church of St. Kathe-
rine Cree, Leadenhall-street, provision is made, under the
will of Sir George Gager, who V3s Lord Mayor in 1646, for
a sermon to be annually preached on the 16th of October, in
commemoration of his happy deliverance from a lion, which he
met in a desert as he was travelling in the Turkish dominions,
and which suffered him to proceed unmolested.
The Ranters at Middleton, near Manchester, have
commenced shaving clubs in various parts of the town, the
money collected for shaving to go towards the erection of a
new chapel.—Leeds Intelligencer.

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A few days ago one of the officers' tents, at the
Camp of St. Omer, was set on fire from the accidental fall-
ing, during his absence, of a double-barrelled gun which was
loaded and went off, and the shot from which was heard by the
sentinel to whistle by him. As the wind was calm the flames
were prevented from catching the other tents, but this was en-
tirely consumed with all it contained, except the mattresses.

Emigration from the Clyde to the United States
and the British colonies has been going on slowly for this
sometime back, so much so, that a vessel sailed lately from
Greenock for New York with only eighteen passengers, and
emigration may be considered over for a season. From all
quarters we hear of preparations for emigrating in the spring
to a great extent, and that, too, by people of capital.—Edin-
burgh Courant.

A family at a country-house near Lyons having
missed a silver tea-spoon, conceived it possible that it might
have dropped accidentally into a hole which was close to an
oven. This recess was accordingly probed, and after drawing
out several fragments of china, some decanter stoppers, and
the steel clasp of a purse, the ost spoon was brought to light.
As during the operation a lizard of the larger species made his
escape from the hole, it might have been supposed that the
cream which remained hanging to the spoon had attracted the
cupidity of this reptile, but the discovery of the other articles
leads to a conclusion that it possesses the mischievous propen-
sities of the magpie.
Pheasant shooting commenced on Wednesday, and
many sporting parties have been invited by the nobility and
gentry who have preserves to partake of the amusement. The
birds are remarkably strong on the wing, and are abundant.
It was imagined when the sale of game was legalized that game
would become scarce ; but this is not the case, as the eggs are
now spared by those who formerly destroyed them, and par-
tridges were never so cheap as they are at present.— Worces-
ter Herald.

AN AFTER-DINNER ANECDOTE.—At the Lord
Mayor's dinner on Tuesday evening, when the toast of " the
Primate and Church of Ireland" was given from the chair, Mr.
Thompson, a corporator of the old true-blue school, and by
trade a butcher, stood up, and in a loud voice exclaimed—"
hope that none but a real Protestant. Clergyman will speak
to the toast of the Primate." A gentleman who sat beside the
corporation victualler called out—" Hear Mr. Thompson
speaking on behalf of the prime-meat." This jocose play upon
the words excited a hearty laugh, in which Mr. Thompson
Inraself most cordially joined.--bublin Morning Register.