The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-20 00:00:00

MUSIC.

GAILY CHAUNT THE SUMMER BIRDS.
THERE LIVES A YOUNG LASSIE.
A PIRATE'S LIFE, WHAT JOY FOR ME.
The music of these lays is of an agreeable
character, and of perfect simplicity. It is of the
old English school of ballad, that school which
is now but too much under-rated and neglected.
The poetry is of the average order of merit. The
first song is of a very cheering, lively, cast,
and not too much encumbered with science.

Mr. G. R. DAWSON and his family have
been some weeks rusticating at Brighton .I: Mr. Law-
RENCE and Lady JANE PEEL are also at pres nt resident
there.

OPENING OF MR.IRVING'S NEW CHURCH.
—Mr. laviNG's new church in Newman-street was
opened for the first time last night. The Rev. Gentleman
was assisted on this occasion by the Rev. Mr. ARMSTRONG.
In an address to his congregation, Mr. IRVING said that
the Lotto, for the trial of his people, had cast them out
upon the streets and highways, and there, under the canopy
of Heaven, they had administered unto the people. The
LORD had given them that house without their seeking it,
and, by the mouth of one of his servants, HE had told
them " to flee from the infidd rover (alluding to Mr.
OWEN'S room in Gray's-inn-lane)." Mr. IRVING added,
that from the beginning to the end the new church had
been the work of the Loan, " and now to the LORD let
it be devoted." Two of the gifted ladies spoke in the
tongues in the course of the service, and the effect of their
manifestations was greatly enhanced by a kind of accom-
paniment i
rif,tir,ovof
whichtoh was .nee s ofte nteb
performedaews tcongregation,he The most int.
baptism of Mr. layttio's
byMr. ARMSTRONG.
During the prayer which preceded this ceremony Mr.
IRVING stood at the bottom of the flight of stairs leading to
the pulpit, holding the child ; near him stood the sponsors,
and above the Rev. Mr. ARMSTRONG. The child was
baptized by the name of EBENEZER. Afterwards a tall
venerable-looking individual, with a bald held (whom we
understood to he Mr. DrtuatatoNn), spoke in the tongues.
Mr. DRUMMOND has belonged to Mr. IRVING'S flock for
some time, hut has had the gift vouchsafed to hint very
recently. The service concluded by a prayer and a hymn.
The church, we believe, was formerly anexhibition,room
for the pictures of the late President WEST. It is neatly
fitted up, with a gallery for strangers. The persons en-
dowed with the gift are placed in a kind of recess, elevated
behind the pulpit, with the elders on the right and left.
The building will contain nearly as many hearers as the
church in Regent-square.
DREADFUL FIRE AT MORTON LODGE,
NEAR STOCKTON-UPON-TEES.—This capital mansion, the
property and residence of the Rev. T. M. Ronn (which
has lately been advertised for sale), was entirely destroyed
ascertained, though no doubt it was purely accidental ;
by fire on Friday morning. The cause is not accurately
the servants had been up late in the laundry, hut had all
retired to bed, as they thought, in safety. About 3or 4
o'clock of the above morning Mrs. RUDD awoke rather
unwell, and on proceeding to the drawing-room was met
by a volume of smoke, which so alarmed her that she in-
stantly ran and roused Mr. Runn anti the family generally.
On approaching the staircase the volume of smoke was so
dense that Mr. an'! Mrs. RUDD were compelled to creep
down the stairs. The utmost exertions were used, and a
great part of the valuable furniture was saved. Fire-
engines were brought from Stockton with all possible
speed, but too late to save the building, which fell a com-
plete sacrifice to the fury of the blast-impelled conflagra-
tion. No part of the property was insured.—Leeds
Intelligencer.

1 experiencedoth of l a s
at
month
theE D
provinceF U L So TR f O
Otranto,Nl . O!I L i n
Naples,
a
DREADFUL
lees,
violent tempest. It is described in the Journal of the
Two Sicilies as quite uncommon in that part of the world,
and only to be compared to the extraordinary hurricanes
which sometimes occur in the southern latitudes of
America. In the midst of a deluge of rain and hail, which
fell on the villages of Montesano and Depressa, a furious
whirlwind arose, which extended in length towards N.E.
over a distance of 15 or 16 miles, but had its fatal vehe•
mence confined to within 300 paces in breadth. In
its course it tore up, broke in pieces, and scatter-
ed nearly all the olives which covered two-thirds
of the space within which it raged. Many houses
in the little communes were damaged, and almost
the whole of those which composed the village of
Diso were destroyed. The village of Otranto also suf-
fered severely. At length this dreadful tempest, after laying
waste the land, spent the remainder of its rage amidst
the waves of the Adriatic, carrying along with it in its
vortices, and depositing in the sea, uprooted trees and
wrecks of habitations, as trophies of the extraordinary de..
vastation which that region had sustained. What first
arrested the attention in the points through which the
tempest passed was, the traces which
the fury of the winds
had left of masses of olives driven into the distant ocean.
The damage done to the country is estimated at 300,000
ducats ; the loss of the buildings is not yet calculated.
But what is still more to be deplored is the loss of life.
In Cecummola and Curfignano four persons were killed ;
in Diso, two ; in the village of Otranto, under tile ruins
of their houses, 29; and in all the different places 63 te-
verely wounded. This account does not include a great
number of cases of more slight contusions,—Giornale
delle Due Sicilie, Oct. 2.

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