The Sun.
London, England, 1803-02-07 00:00:00

THE OLEE.CLUB.

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Ost Saturday the Gi_te'Llub t!;f:.1:-
ing this Season at the ,Crown and A r.Cjior 4';t
in the Strand.: this'keing the day
,pppoirpied- fjr-
the new President' to-tike the Chair, it) ;iic, coon),
of the late worthy:and inuch hirnenq L'lvident_pr.;
ARNOLD, an unecTinrnik flume ors fle ring toptc,',
place every ticket to which the mectir2
came in. It was the most hntrerou atten4rd
of any we reeollift' foc ntlie nnr of yezars.`pist,.
so initch so that an .:addition4 table viaS 6ligeti to;
be laid: As soon as dinner VY lig announced STS 64%4
Gaaot.ta &took, Esq. took the Cbairt'.agre.eAly 14
e!estion at .the. ast Maeting.! After dinner
celebrated canon of. " Nair " tvaA
of-coitrse and at such a meeting we' have no
occasion-to say With. great effea. The, regular
stock glee'of " Glorious Apollo" Mowed. .
CHAR t. es Wm our, Est-1. the .Vice.Presldent, then
proposed the. health of the new Presitlent, which
was received with nnboanded applav,e; it w;;;.;
drank with. three . times three.

The worthy President returned thanks in nn ,
appropriate speech, and said, he felt frisnstlf ex-
[tensely flattered by the honour done him in being
,eleoed President of one of the first Nititsical,"So.
clerics this Country:, could boast, and he shouhl
make it his study to prove himself :worthy their
choice. Ile, concluded with proposing the health
of the. Vice-President, CHARLES, WRIGIT,
which was draok with three times three:
The most. delightful Glee of We a .a-a'a, "'S'weet
Harmony" was sung, by Master &sum and. Messrs.
GORE", NIELD, and J. B. SALE,, ,Mr. kairvitws
senior, presided at the Piano-Forte. The old but
much admired Glee of the lace tor.. Alt N ; " Sweet
Muse," was sung by. Mpsrs. and
CHARLES KtitirErr, .iNtat.o and LEETE. The
tn.)3t enchanting Glee of Mr. Wi t.I.IANi KNYVRTT'S,
which gained .the Pripce of Wales's Prize Medal
last year at the Harmonic Society; was most de..
lightfully sung by Mr. WI L t KNY VETT,
NIEL!), and T. Wmettv accompanied on the
Piano-Forte by Mr. KNy v Etre ,Senior ; it WAS
rapturously encored.. WCEBE'q master Glee of
e, When winds breathe soft," for five i-oices, afforded
a great treat to the Amateurs and Lovers of soutidt
harmony. It was most correaly sun eby Master
Ssirrst, and Messrs. Wri,st, MELD, ELLIOT and
T. WELCH. The celebrated Glec'cf " Blow War-
der, Blow,"` coristiosed by Dr. CALt,corr, wad"
sung by deSSTS. GORE, CH. KNYVETT, 'and B.
SALE. The lovely 'Glee of LINLEY'S " Let me
careless,'.; was sung by Master SMITH; and Messrs.
GORE, Niar.n, Kt YVETT and SALE i it received
the applause it merited. A great number more of
the first rate Glees were given, and when we say
they were sung by the following Perfprmers, there
will be no doubt but they were given in the first
style: the three KNYyETT9, MELD, WELCH,
GORE, LEETE, J. SALE, DIGNI.IM, PA.; GutiE,
SPOIIFORTH, EVANS, and SALE, who was the Con-
duetor of the evening. We were sorry to observe
he laboured under a severe cold and hoarseness.
Mr. DIGNuM entertained the Company with ir
" Lovely Woman," and " Father and I," and se- 1
veral other excellent Songs in his best manner. At
nine o'clock the Company separated, highly gratified
with their harmonithas treat.