The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-01 00:00:00

£958

£BB4

Of the above 8841. the members of the corporation
of Worcester, who attended the festival in state on the
first morning, contributed 231. The collection at
Gloucester last year was 8621., and at Hereford, in
1849, 833/. Worcester, however, always realises the
largest collection. I► is anticipated that when the
general accounts come to be made up they will show
a considerable deficiency, which would have to be
made good entirely by the stewards but for the pre-
science of the managers, who have secured a guarantee
Rind from the public amounting to nearly 8001. The
attendance at the morning performances, compared
with those at the morning performances of 1848,
showed the following result :

_
1851.
Tuesday morning
Wednesday morning
Thursday morning 739
Friday morning

1848.
1,497
1,400
602
970

4,441 4,469
The falling off, therefore, in the attendance at the
morning performances was trifling, but it is at the
evening concerts that there has been such a decline in
point of attendance.
In connexion with the festival the following
strange letter has been published in to-day's Wor-
cester paper :
" Tibberton, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, Aug. 25.
44 My Lord,—On Saturday afternoon I received a card
from the Mayor of Worcester, inviting me to
breakfast on Tuesday next. The invitation seemed to
take it for granted that I was going to attend the Musical
Festival. Unless your Lordship, who I perceive is pre..
sident, can show me that such an assemblage of opera,
and theatre performers within the walls of the cathedral
is not making God's house of prayer a den of thieves, I
must, as I have hitherto done, avoid such a mixture of
sacred and profane persons and things, for I know it to
be contrary to God's most holy word, to the teachi
the primitive church, and of the United Church of rng of
rag.
land and Ireland.
" I write to thank the Mayor for his courtesy (be-
lieving that, with many excellent persons, he errs in
ignorance), but declining his invitation, and it is my in-
tention to publish this letter early to-morrow morning.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord, praying God to
give you grace to remove all scandals from your diocese,
" Your Lordship's faithful, sorrowful, and most humble
servant and presbyter,
"Lucius ARTHUR, Curate of Oddingley.
" The Lord Bishop of Worcester.
" P. 5.—1 direct my messenger to wait for an answer,
if your Lordship should see fit to send me one. "L. A.
" Through some mistake he has not met me here as
I expected. Worcester, Tuesday morning."

CHARGE OF CREATING AT BRIGHTON.
Another application was made on Saturday for the
reception of bail in the case of Staden, who is charged,
together with Broome and another, with cheating as
Brighton, under circumstances already known to the
public. On Wednesday Mr. William Brisket Davies,
attorney, of No. 6, Swan-street, Trinity-square, applied
to the Lord Chief Baron, at his chambers, in Rolls'-
gardens, Chancery-lane, for the issuing of a writ of
habeas corpus to bring up the prisoner, Charles
Staden, before his Lordship, in order that bail might be
tendered on his behalf. The writ of habeas corpus was
ordered to issue, and made returnable at the chambers of
the Lord Chief Baron on Saturday, at two o'elook.—Mr.
Sill, of Tavistock7row, Covent-garden, attorney for the
prosecution, attended accordingly at the Lord Chief
Baron's chambers, at the time named. On appearing
before his Lordship, Mr. Sill said he wished that every-
thing should proceed with regularity, and he should
be glad, therefore, to know who the party was who at-
tended for the prisoner.—The Lord Chief Baron in-
quired of that gentlemen, and he replied that he was
clerk to Mr. Davies.—Mr. Sill said he apprehended
that Mr. Davies should have attended himself.—The
Lord Chief Baron: Certainly, where is Mr. Davies 7
The clerk replied that he was gone to bring the bail.—
The Lord Chief Baron: Where are they? why are they
not in attendance?—The clerk said they were gone to
get refreshments, and would be there immediately.
'The Lord Chief Baron—Why are they not here? It
is now ten minutes past two o'clock.—The clerk said
they would be present in a few minutes.—The Lord
Chief Baron said he should not wait; they should have
been in attendance.—The clerk again repeated that the
bail would be immediately present. The Lord Chief
Baron, however, said he should not wait for them, and
added, "Go to the magistrarts; go to the magistrates."
As his Lordship was leaving, b,:r. Sill said that four ap-
plications for bail had already been made before the
magistrates without success, and ho expressed a hope
that the prosecutor should not be put to further expense
in attending before his Lordship, and that another
habeas would not be issued.—The Lord Chief Baron
said that none should be issued by him, and immedi-
ately retired. His Lordship had scarcely left his
chambers when Mr. Davies, attended by the proposed
bail, entered the outer office. He was accompanied by J.
Broome and Staden, the latter being brought up by the
gaoler in obeditnce to the writ of habeas. The Lord
Chief Baron, however, having gone, nothing could be
done, and the parties left, Staden to be re-conveyed to
Lewes Gaol.