The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-09 00:00:00

THE POLES.

A number of Poles on half-pay as officers of the
Piedmontese army applied to M. Cavour's Govern-
ment to be allowed to enter on active service during
the war. M. Cavour, who probably was unwilling
to offend in the slightest degree the Emperor of
Russia, declined accepting their offer. It may
.be
prudent as a politician, but how does he reconcile
this refusal with his large sympathy for "oppressed.
nationalities ?" Is the right of the Poles to national
independence inferior to that of the Lombards .

MUSIC IN TIIE FASHIONABLE CHURCHES OF THE
UNITED STATES.—One of the most remarkable features in
the progress of the metropolis is the increase in the number
of edifices for religious worship. Nor is this all, Con-
sidering our youth as a nation,. we may safely challenge
comparison in the matter of religious architecture with the
leading European cities, if we except St. Peter's at Rome,
the Madeleine and Notre Dame in Paris, and the grand old
cathedral at Rouen. Archbishop Hughes' new church in the
Fifth Avenue will probably compete with either of them, if
he does not become involved financially, like the builders of
the cathedral at Cologne, which has been almost at a stand-
still, in an unfinished condition, during several centuries.
In the essential points of securing the comfort, and we
might almost say luxurious ease, of the worshippers, ourur
churches exceed anything except the rival chapels. Our
0
republican sinners are certainly taken to grace by
thorny
softest and
maca-
damised road, instead of the rough and
o way which
the Scriptures tell us of. The carpets
equally soothing nature, the
thickest material, the cushions invite taoresweet repose, the
sermons are frequently
prayer and hymn books in fact no means
of the printer's and bookbinder's arts, and
ogfi aun• and glitter with all the wealth
attraction for the l
which like other delicate
con-
servation of the fashiona_blesou ,
is left untried to secure every proper
he wealthier churches for first-
The competition amaosng_
en
been
commented upon by the
articles, must be handled with care and kept right side up.
class pulpit talentlihteraotuftre,
or law, or medicine, or any
journals.
the metropolis bringing from the
it requiring more than the usual modi-
cum o brains, we .
thout the slightest regard to
the best parsons, without other sfpecialAspuinrsu
find
provinces They are paid and lodged and feted like princes,
expense.-•young and old, vie with each other in
while all the ladies,
testifying, by appropriate cadeux their de • voti
en to the
guardian of their souls. The music, too, is a most interest-
ing feature of the metropolitan church. Some dozen or
more churches employ the best musical talent, vocal and
instrumental, reinforced on special occasions by volunteers
from the ranks of the principal operatic artists, and in a
quiet way there is as much rivalry and competition in the
choirs as in the eoulisses. Not only do the opera artists sing
but the opera composers write for the Church, as they have
always done in Europe ; so that Lorenzo's Dow's snot—that
if Satan did get nearly all the souls, that was no reason
why he should monopolise all the best tunes—has come to
be generally acted upon. We have given an account of the
religious music of the metropolis as one of the current
topics of the day, and in the belief that it will be found
generally interesting. It proves beyond doubt the rapid
progress of our churches in one of the most important aids
to the propagation ot the Gospel. Where, a few years ago a
few discordant instruments, a shrill soprano, a weak tenor,
and a growling bass would lead off an inharmonious congre-
gation, whose voices fell over each other like sheep scram'
bling out of a gate, we find now well-trained choirs,
educated directors, and splendid organs—the inusit se
of a fashionable church costing almost as much as ul
bronchitis,
sation preacher himself, including his occasional
which no medicament short of foreign travel Will
Xeiv York Herald.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by
J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ?
supported by the company.
Followed by CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Mr. J. Rogers
and Miss F. Hughes.
Alter which, THE MAID AND TETE MAGPIE.
Commence at 7o'clock.

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("I ANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS
kJ GALLERY, Westminster-road.--Open at Seven.

EVERY EVENING during the week will appear
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,

oonsistinb of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette,
and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
EIGHT years.

The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi-
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
and Belgium.
They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and
ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments.