The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-25 00:00:00

EISTEDDVOD.

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Yesterday morning the Grand Cambrian Concert
and Eisteddvod of the Cyinmrodorion Institution; iSS'.
held at the Freemasons hall, Great Queen-street:--the
Right Hori. Lord CLIVE acting as President for- the
day. Th e receipts `of the Annual Concert have .here- ' '
tofore been appropriated to the 'objects of the Society,
but on this occasion the members had, in compliment
to the exertions of Mr. PitititY, who has been a gra-
tuitousand indefatigable promoter of its interests .sittce
-its formation, given up tha: proceeds for that gontle-
inan's benefit. The hall was crowded to excess ;,,the
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organ gallery full, and even that which is geuerajly
appropriated to the military bands, and is close tp theceiline. boasted the presence of a number of elegant.'•
females. --
The business of the day being opened by the Noble
Chairman, the Concert began with an effective intro-
duction, in which a number of Welch airs were intro-
duced as solos by IttiinEy on the violoncello;.
CH01;111024 on the flute, Moat on the violin, Muster •
PARRY on the harp, &c. &c., and the applause which
followed each of these performances was as great as
was deserved. Mr. ATKINs had a. fine. bass solo
which was well managed, and tile effect washeight-
ened by the striking of a gong,. Mr. NICHOLSoN
gaVe a solo on the flute,, enriched by the 'introduction of
the air of Liwyn On or the Ash Grobe, better known
as " Cease.your Funning," sung in theßeggar's
and we never heard him to greater advantage ; IVliss.•
STEPHENS, in " Oh merry row. the bonny bark," .per-,
fectly. delighted the audience; and BRAHATI snix,
Saw ye the blazing star," with a power and effeet
which produced a rapturous encore. Miss Povtie,
and TERRAIL sang the duet, « Fairy elves their
watch are keeping," very sweetly; and Mr. PAnitY..
sang an appropriate national song, MIMI afforded to
the company an opportunity of testi6ing its -sense of
that gentleman's services in their 'hearty peals of ap-.
plans*. The concert .welit off with great spirit,
heightened as it was by some' excellent singing.
The Secretary (Griffith Jones,. Esq.) read the Ite7,
port of the Committee of the Cymmrodorian, and an-
nounced the following prizes to the successful candi-
dates in the department of literature.
To the Rev. William Propert, the author of the
best Essay, in English, On the several Invasions of .
Britain, and their -Effects on the Character and Lan-
gume of the Inhabitants"--The first silver Medal.
10 John Vaughan Lloyd, who was described as
‘, the Byron of Cambria," for the best English
Poem,— flie.subject, « Owen Glyndwr"—The second
silver Medal.

To Robert Davis, for the best poem on the same
subject in Welsh-21. 2s.
In regard to this prize, there appeared to have been
several candidates, but none of them had evinced suffi-
cient merit to entitle them to a medal.
To Joseph Hughes, Samuel Roberts, and John
Jones, students of grammar schools in Wales, the
authors of the best Essays in Welsh on Calondid—
Courage—each a silver medal.
Only one of the successfill candidates in literature
appeared personally to receive the reward of his ge-
nius. The others were presented to Sir W. W.
Wynn, Bart. and Griffith Jones, Esq., to be by them
forwarded to the gentlemen to whom they had been
awarded.

At the conclusion of the Concert, resolutions of
thanks to Lord Clive, Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart.,
Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., the Duchess of Northum—
berland, and the female visitors, were carried by accla-
mation. It is needless to add, that these high per-
sonages were present ;'as also were Lords Kenyon,
Prudhoe, and I.)ynevor, Hon. Rice Trevor, and, in-
deed, all the first families of the Principality..