The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-26 00:00:00

" But oh, what heart can t.)ach,
What hionan yoke can reach,
me sacred organ's praise?
Notes inspiring holy love, • •
Notes that wing their heavenly ways,
To rend the choirs above."

Ttl -DINNEft.
At' five o'clock, the company having adjourned from
the Cathedral, about 200. friends and supporters .of
the Society sat down
.to dinner in the great rocin,
Merchant Tailors' Ball the Right Hofl. the Lord
, .
Mayor in the Chair.
.
'Among the distinguished persons present , were—
his Royal. Highness the...Duke:of Sussex, his .Grace
the Archbishop of ./York, Earl Gower, Lord Chief
Justice Abbott, the Bishop- of London, Justice Gaselec, the Bishops of Durham arid St. I)avid's,
Alderman.l3irch,
.Mr. Jtmioe Bayley, the Bishops of
Lincoln, Salisbury; and St, Asitph, Mr.. Sheriff'
Kelly, Alderman Brown, the Bishop of Chester, Mr.
Justice Parkalte Bi:3110$ of ,4atls-und Nl'ells• Exciter,
Oxford, 'Cloncester, Ely, Llandaff, and Chichester,
Mr.' Sheriff Crowder, Alderinsn Magnay, Rev. C.
&c. '
The ch3.innan- was sui.iported, on his right by the
Duke of Sussex and the &shop of London, and on
l~tis'left by the Arehbish6p of York and Eatil.Gower.
The cloth having ficen withdrawn, and Non Nal:
Dominc sung by the PrOfesSional Gentlemen present,
the usual toasts were drunk, and some excellent lees
perforined by Messrs. llawes; East, &c. The Duke
of Sussex in returning thanks after his health had been
drunk, expresSed` in strorg terms his determination to
adhere to, and support the Established Church, and
to advance the interests of this Institution:
At the rehenrul £lO6 15 6
At the Ferfinlnunce
231 7 0
466 7 0
At the dinner

- Being e deficienty Tot
•*Bg4 9 6
as compared with last year's re-
ceipts, of 1301. 75., 7d.
At eight o'clock the Chairman left the chair, and
the company separated,

'The grand triennial Nusic Meeting at Birmingham
is
erformance
to take place this year. There are to be four daya of
take place on the 3d, 4th, sth, and. 6th of Ocsober.
miler to the York festival last year, to
p,

appall to those " in th power of whose l'w.nd it. was
to do this good."
This festival may almost be considered as a com-
memoration of Handel, as, well as that of the "-Sons
of the Clergy," .as it is only upon this oceasion'that the
public have an opportunity of hearing some of his most
splendid and immortal productions, collectively, in a
cathedral. of the- Metropolis. They commenced on
this occasion with the Overture to Esther, already no-
ticed. ,:rhe
Psalms, being part of the 119th, the fre-
uent breaks gave an opportunity for a repetition of a
splendid " Jubilate, the effect of which was most
highly wrought. After, the first lesson, the Dettingen
Te Donn was given with great effect, and which
would have , been heightened by the introduction
of female voices ; but that not being allowable on
this occasion, the soprano parts were taken by the
boys of the different choirs. There was a harsh-
Uess in " Cherubim and Seraphim continually do
that is not so observable elsewhere. Mr. Phillips
sang.. the solo, " Thou art the King of Glory, Christ,"
with great taste and judgment; and Mr. Harper strumpet
accompaniment was beautiful. Mr.. Vaughan gave
When thou takeet upon Thee to deliver man " with
all that ability which ,distinguishes that gentleman's
efforts on all occasions.. The chorus!. " 'When Thou
hadst overcome the sharpness of death," 'was very
powerfully, executed. The trio for double choir,
-" Thou sittest
,at the right hand of God," had great
merit; and the trumpet, after " 'We believe that Thou
shalt come to be our Judge," was really. what Handel
intended it—an awful indication of what has been so
powerfully expressed by Dryden :
e So when that last and dreadful hour
This crumbling pageant shall devour,
The trumpet shalt he heard on high,
The dead shall lire, the living die,
. And muido shall untune the sky."
.Mr. Phillips's " Vouchsafe,
.0 Lord, to keep us !"
was tenderly given .; arra Mr. GOulden is entitled to
Much praise, for his able performance of " In Thee
have I trusted." The concluding chorus, " Let me
never be confounded," gave a spendid termination to
this lofty monument of the' genius of. Handel.
After the
,fecond lesson, the Jubilate and Halle-
lujah Chorus Was finely perforthed. The anthem was
that of Dr. Boyce, composed by him expressly for this
Charity, " Lord, thou hest been Our refuge ;" the
solo parts, by Messrs. Vaughan,' Salmon, and
Goulden, were finely given, and the children's voices
harmonized very beautifully in " Remember, 0 Lord."
We think the conclusion as highly wrought as some
things of Handel himself. After the serinon, Handel's
Coronation Anthem was given with great precision.
The effect of the rest between the phrases " God 'save,
the King," " Long hive the King," can only have its-
due weight.in a cathedral. Mr. GreatOrex conducted,
with that steadiness for which` he is so much
inguished, and the organ was most ably played by Mr.
Attwood. Mr. Cotton Reeve led, and was supported
'by a numerous and powerful band. It is impossible
to overlook Mr. Harper's merits ; in these perform.
ances he had much to do, and was eminently ',success-
ful. He is himself a host in Handel's music, .where
so. much judgment and discrimination are necessary,
upon an instrument which Handel has placed so
prominently in many of his pieees. What good, reason
has England to congratulate herself On. being the
country in which Handel produced' ao many of his
splendid works, for,how much has he 'added to every
thing that is sublime in church music I
At the conclusion:; the Bishop of. London gave his
benediction, and the congregation separated under
the powerfainfluence produced on their feelings by
the grand and sublime eff'ect of devotion so accom
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introduced' into 'the Western churches by St. Ambrose,
about.
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b
Great Christ, a
somem d tim
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WAS. nat introduced into England by St
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and unproved by Si, .DtiuStan, who
frequent in this
Augu;tir
eminent musician, and who introdueedvatls.ie orgnn into
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who
churches and convents, which became
ehimo that
country during: tenth century,
instrument has .been ably pourtrayed by •
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