The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-30 00:00:00

ELLA'S REUNION MUSICALE.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
Major Stephens, honoured Mr. Ella with his presence yester-
day, to hear the boy-violinist, Joachim, lead quartets and
quintets. One of the latter, by Mozart, in G minor, which
we recorded some weeks ago as a masterly trial of sight
playing, was beautifully interpreted ; the frequent recurrence
of minor ninths, in the lovely phrases which pervade the first
movement, were accented with nerve which touched the very
heart of the auditor ; whilst the adagio was given with finely
sustained and beautifully modified tone, expressive of the
tenderest sentiment, admirably contrasted by the sparkling
and elegant soft allegro, in which his abandon and tempo
rubato elicited frequent interruptions of approbation from
the Royal Duke and the distinguished artists. This quintet
was succeeded by the fifth quartet of Beethoven, in A, con-
taining the most perfect thema that ever emanated from a
great composer, in the variations of which Joachim revelled
in every variety of style—of bowing, fingering, postimento,
and expression. In both these pieces he was ably seconded
by Messrs. Goffrie, Hill, Guynemene, and Hausman. The
seance terminated with a solo on the violin, composed
and executed by Monsieur Sainton, a French artiste, who
some years ago gained a first prize at the Conservatoire.
For faultless intonation, and mastery over most complicated
music, he may fairly take his stand with the other eminent
violinists now in London. The piece we heard him perform,
we suspect, is better calculated for a large room, as he quite
overpowered us by the force of his tone, which has all the
breadth of Lindley's tone on the violoncello, and produced
partly by physical pressure. We shall be anxious to hear
him in some other style of music, although that which was
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were well pleased to witness the hearty greeting
of the Royal Duke, with the Gallant Lord Saltoun, whose
aspect bespoke him nothing the worse for his Chinese expe-
dition. There were also present their Graces the Duke and
Duchess of Roxburghe, the Earls of Cawdor and Falmouth,
the Dowager Lady Rivers, and the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the
Ladies Saltoun, Macdonald, Quentin, De Bathe ; Sir G.
Clerk, Sir A. Macdonald, one of the Maids of Honour in
Waiting, and about sixty other amateurs, well known for
their musical attainments—not omitting to mention the ac-
complished Mrs. Sartoris, who seemed to share an equal de-
light with Mr. Ella, in perusing the score of Mozart's quintet.
Amongst the eminent artists we observed Costa, Dobler,
Sivori, Rousselott, Puzzi, Kialmark, and Dragonetti. As
these reunions are strictly devoted to a species of music ex-
cluded from the programmes of the speculative concerts of
the season, we hope to see other eminent artists follow the
generous example of Mendelssohn, Ernst, and the prodigy,
Joachim ; and whilst they obtain golden opinions from the
million, before their departure from our shores, they will have
bequeathed to a " fit audience—the few "—a legacy of musi-
cal intellectuality for the quiet enjoyment of English ama-
teurs of refined and cultivated tastes.

REMOVAL OF THE STRAND UNION OFFICE3.—The
Guardians of the' Strand Union have decided upon remov-
ing their offices of business from Surrey-street, in the Strand,
to premises near the Police-court, in Bow-street. This de-
cision has been forced on them, as the Duke of Norfolk, the
noble owner of the property, has objected to having offices
of business, of a description such as is included in the affairs
of a Poor-law Union, carried on amongst his tenants. No
doubt this has been represented to him by his agents, as
being inimical to the highly respectable inhabitants of the
neighbourhood, as the constant applications at the office—
the disreputable and noisy characters who apply—the obscene
and low language used, and the almost daily breaking of
windows, cannot but be a nuisance of great magnitude.
The new offices are to be in a large house next door but one
to the Bow-street Police-court, and next to Covent-garden
Theatre—and although it is not so commodious as the excel-
lent premises in Surrey-street, yet for the transaction of busi-
ness it will be much preferable. The station-house being just
opposite, will have a great effect in preventing riotous appli-
cants, and in all cases coming before the Magistrate of the
Police-court, immediate applications can be made to the parish
authorities for information. Petty sessions will be held as
usual in the offices, by county magistrates, for the hearing of
affiliation cases, appeals against rates, &e. The removal will
take place almost immediately.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.—
Yesterday, about one o'clock, a deplorable occurrence took
place at Blackfriars-bridge, which ended in the almost instant
death of a lad named James Keen, aged ten years, the son of
a shoemaker living in Plough-court, Fetter-lane. At the
time above-stated, the attention of the police on duty on the
bridge was called to a truck, on which were six men in a
tipsy state, who were being drawn with ropes, of which the
deceased had one, down the declivity of the bridge on the
Surrey side. The velocity with which they descended the
hill was too much for the boys to control, and when opposite
Silcock's wine-vaults the truck struck against young Keen,
who was unable to get out of the way, and being thrown
down the wheel passed over his neck and severely lacerated
the face. He was taken up streaming with blood, and con-
veyed to the surgery of Mr. Doubleday, in the Blackfriars-
road, but he was found to be quite dead, arising from frac-
ture of the vertebra. The men were taken into custody, and
the body removed to Christchurch workhouse to await the re-
sult of an inquest.
ARRIVAL OF THE GIBRALTAR MAILS.—SOUTHAMP.•
TON, MAT 29.—At half-past seven o'clock this evening the
Peninsular Company's steam-ship Little Liverpool, Captain
Evans, as rived at her station in the docks, from Gibraltar,
and landed her mails, which will be forwarded by the two
o'clock, a.in., train to-morrow morning; the dates are Gibral-
tar, May 19 ; Cadiz, 20 ; Lisbon, 22 ; Oporto, ; and Vigo,
24. The Liverpool has thirty-five passengers, a full cargo
of fruit, and some specie. The Great Liverpool, Captain
M'Leod, will leave the docks for Alexandria on Monday, the
3d, instead of the Ist of June. The Royal West India mail
packet, the Trent, will go out of dock on her outward voyage
to the West Indies on Monday next. Our intelligence from
Portugal to the 22d brings an account of the further proro-
gation of the Cortex to the eLnediroiaf Sheapdtermethuernr.
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from Almeida, and 300 of those of BonlJlm, who had surren-
dered on terms, had been sent to the Azores, ultimately des-
tined for the coast of Africa.
SUICIDE.—Mr. Baker yesterday held an inquest at
the London Hospital, on the body of ussanah Day, aged 86,
a widow, residing at 24, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate: Her
son said that she was very much afflicted with spasms in the
stomach, and that at times they were so painful as to drive
her to distraction. On Friday morning he went out with
some work he had finished, leaving her in bed. On his re-
turc, to his great surprise, he found her sitting on a chair
covered with blood, and on close examination he found that
she had severed her throat with his razor. He procured as-
sistance, and she was promptly taken to that hospital. Mr.
D. Carter, house-surgeon, said deceased was admitted with a
wound in the throat, four inches long and two deep, and
completely dividing the wind-pipe and gullet. It was im
possible for her to survive, and she died in a few hours.
Verdict, " Temporary insanity."