The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-08 00:00:00

ttIIOOL FOR 'fHI BLIND.

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The ponlkc J!ave kilo wit, bet:nose they have
etTiy. d;thi• P'rea,nreS alriided by this oth:e
tr,on the Mus.cal , its one.
resting fatuily. Tio...petfotniaoces to. .4 no..
sit;, every Frtday; nave log grati-
fied the taste of the lover of harmOny, anti Chal-
k ng.ed the, judgment of the severest critic BLit
it was only oil "l'oesday•hisi,. that the- wtiole ta-
lent of the school, vocal. and Instrumental, was
brought into one foci's; in all its inigbi!tide, and all
its beautiful prceisiolr; to the deltgls;_, and we
say aSt9o4lllllelli, of a
_large a,,d splendid
auditory. The public musical eXatoinations, which
had taken place in the town, on the Logierian
system, had suggested a Similar display of the
ela.ss system, as Practised at the school for the
blind ; and we do not hesitate tti assert, that
the. pyrfornia»ce out ''Tuesday brat willtank as the
very finest which the town of Liverpool can pro-
Once. The pitpile had all litchi instruments brought
into the large music room, so that hesnles the
organ, there: were twelve barpsichords,'one piano.
torte, and the kettle drums, with the powerful
choir of singers. The pertorrnances were—a vo..
hint Writ of Ilatidel's, by thirteen performers ; the
comitti i(.11 anthem, in full chorus, by all the music::
and singers; an examination of the pupils indivi-
dually, to-their kooWledge of all the major and.
Itiluor keys, and their inharniOnie transitions; aft
instrumental duet of TherdoieStnitlt'S, by 24 per-
formers ; lie chatint Denim,” Jackson's • Music;
anexauiivatron oldie pupils on the thotough bass,
the fundamental eboitads, and their inversions;
rondo of tonssek's.atzrangemcia, by one of thepupik,
who is now the organist of Sr.' Mark's Church,
blit \is yet too young to leaVe the schoot; Martin
Luther's hymn, Sung as a solo by a yoting female,
who has only had eight months instruction, and
who accompanied herielf: on the piano ,forte;. it
.was sung also in full chorus, the trumpet notes
Of the organ, and the skilful management of the
kettle-drums, producing a fine effect ; .an examina-
tion of the • pupils on the fundamental discords
.kind" their inversions ; Rule Britannia, a rondo,
Dussek's arrangement, by one of the pnrils, now
orgaoist.of St. Michael's, Toxteth-park ;,a recita-
tive and air, by the yOung- female before men-
tioned ; and in conclusion the hallelujah chorus,
in its fullest manner. The delightful ffect of the
whole was such, that we,Will venture an opinion,
that there'wss not one feeling among the ctimpany
nogratifiell, except the Wish to make known their
coidial approbation, by the mode, which the
custom of the place 1.01.61d5, of l(,ud and careering
plaudits. ,We can miike no distinction. in ow praise
where all was 59.excePent ; thevocalabilities of the
young women, the fine voice of the principal
bass .sitiget, apol the merits of all, are too welt
known to treed our cologium. The performances
did equal credit to !be:pupils and to the talen's
and application. of their instructor, Mr. Ilandford,
who, we will here state for the' information. tit
strangers, is liimself blind, and :vas educated in
the school. We hope the public will soon again
be indulged with anothar musical day, and %%e
cannot retrain.from,soggesting, that it the music-
-11,1)1 or some large room ,conld be obtained,
11011- stib,cribers charged for admission, a concert
of this description would be very productive to
the charity The one we have 11.41 tuight have
ranked movg3t the attractions of the'musical
tival.—(Licerpool ;Idt:eraser, Oct. 6.)

CAMBRIDGE, OGT. G. —M ess rs , George Wad-
dißgton, Janes Wigraur, William Moody, Richaid
Sheepshanks, Edward B. Elliot, and Wtn.Whewell,
Bachelors of Arts, of Molt y College,•were on
Wednesday' last elected Fellows of that Society.
On the Ist instant, Mr. K. 3.llaggerston was
elected, by the Master and Fellows of Trinity
Collece, Solicitor' to that Society, in the room of
the late Mr. IL White.
IMPROVENIENTS IN I'.INCOLN'S-INN.-10
to the Vice-Chancellor's Court, and the Gas-
lights, there is now erecting a species of Piazza
from Liocolirs-Jon Hall to al-le Vice-Chancellor's
Court, which will enable tile-Barristers to go front
one Court to the other, in all weathers, while it
adds to the beauty of the buildings. phis }'iaz2a,
and the improvements connected it, will be
completed in readiness for the November Tenn.
• Swo3 the, year Isol, a Danish
ship came into Ihe Cape at GOod Elope in conse.
(pence' of .springing bleak off time Brazil coast.
On examination it was found that she had been
struck by a sword fish, time snout of which had pe.
netrated the bottom, where it still remained, bar-
ing snapped close to the prank on the-exterior side
of the vessel. In the 'same year a small Engl sit
ship came into Table 13:Ay,' having rectived in the
Southern Atlantic a stroke front a sword fish, which
buried part of its bony snout so deep in the stem
post, as to impede the acti.)n of the rudder.
CHILD ItUIiNT- To Ingoi!ition IN ai
taken yesterday before flucir Lewis, Coro-
net., at,the Bear, in Bear-street,Leicester-square-,
on the body of Thomas, son of Mr. Richards, of
Cecil-street, St. Martin's-lane, who was burnt to
death onAionday last, . He, was about two years
of age. Him and another child were'pl4ing by
the fire, '.llO person. being with them in the room,
When the deceased's clothes caught fire.-7-Vrdiet,
" Accidental Death."

There is a considerable quantity of counterfeit
coin novV, in circulatiOn. It consists mostly of
shillings, »filch are tolerably. well executed.
A most akrming.and wanton outrage was, in
the dead of the tight- of Situ' thly 'se•onight, com-
mitted on the dwelling-house of the Rev, SAMUEL
FIELD, at Westbury,dpon-Tryin, near Bristol, by
some atrocious villains discharging one or more.
gut,s, loaded tvith small shot, into one of the
chatobee-windows, therehrendangering the. lives
of p,lrt of the family. The Principal Athabitants
of the parish have offered H re%vaid. of 1001. and
upwards, for the discovery of tl:veepsic't eir)ieet;e•alytoio
rlsle
ofl
this ibile a°stt cnecess.

• .0„ 11101.-11.ing one'of-ibe.phwder-initls, si-
(l at Ore, dear Feyershatn, blew up with a
dre,„ifid.cxptosimi, which Wets heard eorid telt 'win)*
; three men:were imfortiintflY in the
(nil!
.fr the tiruc,!,who weie blot% tit. pieces in, a
„jos' juelanciiiily manlier.. A few FlllUtiteS before
it happolittl fi e non mo,r provideutrally • I, tt
the mill, with fiCe blirreis vf powder, who would
01.her.wis-e htLY4 shawl-Abe sitamisiug tate of their
cowpanions.