The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-04 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Gazette de France, dated Oct. 2.)
FRONTIERS OF TURKEY.
(PRIVATE CORRESVONDENCE.)
ORSOVA, SEPT. 10.—All the accounts that, we
receive here from the south of..Tnrkey state, that
the armaments are actively continued, and that all
the Zaines and Timariotes IF' are marching, and that
the militia in the towns are assembling. The Pachas
of Bitoglia, Pristina,• and Sahinichi,—the Beys- of
Uskup, Yenidge, Seres, &c., have already sent con-
siderable bodies of troops to Thessaly and Livadia ;
and according to all appearance, the Greeks, who
have risen in those districts, -will not find safety_ex-
eept in the Morel', under the •protection of your
troops if they can get there. On one side all the
Governors are strengthening the fortresses, and the ,
smaller ports, where corn and flour come in abutal-
ance by the river. The works will not cost morel
than those at Belgrade, because tht -poor Greeks
ho are employed only receive their food. • • •
The Jews and the Catholics. in Bosnia have ob-
tained an exemption by money. As for the interior
of Servia, there is nothing new since my last let-
ters; and the Servians do not stir. The Papas have,
indeed, made some disturbance in the environs of
Lilo, but the prompt cutting off of some heads ,soOn
restored order ; besides, almost all Bosnia is itt
and there are armed corps of observation all along
the Senior' frontiers from Zwornick 'to the plains
of rsova, where it is said there is a camp of 4,000
or 5,000 'med. The faults of the Vizier Abditraman
bad excited .discontent and divisions, and forgot that
the Bosniaks will be masters at home; but the
Porte has settled every thing, and all now goes on
The Russian armies have something else to,
do than to assist the Servians, and the most that
can be DM said is, that -they have riot.. TO say the.
truth, nobody understands their plan for the cam-
paign ; for since they thoUght fit to leave the for-
tresses, or, at least, the greater part of them,•it
would have been proper to march • forward without
stopping, and not g 6 and take repose-at Odessa ;
and if it is through • moderation that •the .Emperor
Nicholas acts thus, so much the better ; but it _Was
not worth while to put all Europe in motion, and
to endanger so many Christians.
Pants, OCT. I.—A French vessel has arrived at
Toulon, bringing news from NaVarill of the 10th of
September. At that time 6,000 Egyptians were
already embarked ; the arrival of transports was ex•
petted to embark the remainder of Ibrahim's army.

(From the Journal des Debuts.)

PARIS, OCT. courier has brought fresh dis-
patches from General Maison : they are dated the
7th of September, from the camp of Petalidi. The
situation--of the troops was quite satisfactory. There
were in the hospital only 36 patients.
The General-in-Chief had on the 6th reviewed all
the troops in camp at Petalidi. Their appearance
was quite superb; and, according to the remark of
General Maison, one would have thought on seeing
them that he was present at a review on the Champ
de Mars.

The negotiations respecting the surrender of the
fortresses still continues. Already, according to the
most recent accounts (of the date of the 10th of
September) from Admiral de ldiguy, the embarka-
tion of the Egyptians had commenced ; but the
su,A
number of transports not being frcient for • the
some delay.
troops, that operation had experienced o
The division expected in a few days to be marched
under the walls of Nayarit,.
. _._ .

The Gazette des Tribunaux of the 30th of 8,i,t.1
has the following :
" Letters from Rome state that two students .of
the School of Fine Arts, baVing used some expres-
sions against the Jesuits, in which were found allu-
sions injurious to religion, expiated in a cruel manner
this imprudence, real or pretended. ,A young painter
was condemned to a dungeon, where. he remained
three days and three, nights in irons, handcuffed to a
felon. He was afterwards sent to a monastery, from
which he is not to be liberated until he has confessed
and received the communion. The other, who is a
student of the architectural school, was arrested in
the streets, and no one had any knowledge of what
became of him, except that a priest had stated to
some of his friends that he was in a place of safety,
and that he would remain there until he came to his
senses.

" The arrival of the new Ambassador from France
is impatiently expected. Let us hope that the acts
of severity similar to those. from which he so long
delivered the young Magalion, will excite his solici-
tude mid active exertion,;'

(From the Conatitutionnel.)
BARceLOSA, SEPT. 21.—A pretended conspiracy
against the Captain-General and the Governor ha*
spread consternation in our city. The whole garri-
son is in motion, and the Guards; -stationed at the
gates of these two functiOriarie.=, have been increased
to a battalion. These movements haVe been made•
merely to furnish a pretext for the arrest of several
officers (iudO immediately nidos), who are sent off
to the citadel and to Monhtjoui, where they are most

mili
These are the soldiers whom every bolder of a
tary fief is bound to furnish, completely armed and equip-
ped, whether on foot or on horseback, in a number pre4
portioned to the annual revenue of their fief.

LONDON.
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1828.

The French Papeis possess no additional news

from the Russian or Turkish armies. The ar-
rival of the Emperor NICHOLAS at Varna had

not been known at any of those places from
which news is usually received. But a short
time must supply this information, as well as the
knowledge of events consequent upon a move-
ment of such promise. That the Russians will
attempt the capture of Varna by storm soon after
the arrival of the EMPEROR, may be relied on if
they consult their own honour as well as safety.
That important fortress once in their hands,
would give a new character to the war in more
ways than one. It would infuse fresh courage into
the army generally, besides setting some 30,000
or 40,000 men at the disposal of the EMPEROR
for prosecuting the siege of Shumla—which also

might be assailed with more chalice of success
limn the renewed animation of the soldiery. But
all this depends upon the success of his efforts
against Varna. If he has troops enough, his
success is certain—if he has not, he cannot

hope to conquer.
Judging from the slow progress of the cam-
paign, we arc led to think that the Russians
have set out with a palpable exaggeration of

their numerical strength. We were told over
and over'again, that the armies on the frontiers of
Turkey, ready to cross the Pruth, exceeded three
hundred thousand men—and taking them at
this number, we were led to believe that suc-
cess ►rust not only be certain, but rapid.
Subsequent accounts, however, reduce their

number to half their boasted strength,—and
events bear out that calculation ; for it is impos-
sible but the Russians must have crossed the
Balkan before this, if their army consisted of
three hundred thousand veterans, besides the
reserves forming in their rear. But the Russians
have deceived the world in the outset of their

proceedings— and, as a just consequence, now
find that they deceived themselves. However,
they must take Varna at whatever cost, or forfeit
all claim to military enterprise. They now
begin to perceive that their plan of campaign was
111-digested and worse executed. With an army
lof about 150,000 men they invaded Turkey, ex--

tending their line of operations for upwards of 400
miles along the Danube—and besieging fortresses
of such numb„ and strength, as would fully
employ the whole army of invAsiOn to reduce
them. This ambitious extension of their forces
served only to expose their weakness, without
enabling them to capture any fortress of conse-
quence except Brailow, which lay in the imme-
diate line of march, and could not be safely left
unmasked if not unsubdued. Had the Russians
possessed an army of 300,000 men, as they
stated, at the moment of invasion, they might
have ventured to besiege the fortresses, while a
sufficiently disposable force proceeded directly
against Shumla and Varna—or even attempted to
mass the Balkan, which movement, by its rapi-
dity, would have paralysed the Turks, and led
to a successful termination of the campaign.
Or, again, as their strength was confessedly
so small, they should have proceeded boldly,
.and at once, with their main force against Shumla,
;laving their right flank protected by a disposable
force, while their left was secured by the sea,—

and'having mastered the main difficulty of
,the
campaign, the minor ones would fall as a matter
of course. But they have perceived their error :
let us wait to see how they will extricate them-
selves out of their dilemma Their reinforce-
ments have joined or are about to join—and they
now feel that something must be done, and 'that
speedily. -

We understand that the young Queen of
PORTUGAL ,will. arrive at Grillon's Hotel, on
Monday, at two o'clock. At one o'clock the
Portuguese and trazilian Embassies will be in
readiness to receive her MAJESTY. It is un-
derstood that Lord LUCA N'S house, near Staines,
has been taken as a residence for her MAJESTY
and suite.

Accounts from Madrid of the 21st Septem-
ber state, that at Seville great alarm prevailed in
consequence of having learnt officially that the
fever was on board of some ships at anchor in
the Bay of Cadiz. The Authorities, to prevent
the discontent of the people, caused several
French merchant ships, which had arrived from
Martinique, to put to sea immediately, and all
the disposable troops which were at Seville set
off for Moguen, to form a cordon sanitaire. A
quarantine has been established for all ships
coming from Cadiz and Gibraltar, who wish to
enter the Guadalquiver. The steam-boats from
Seville to Cadiz have also ceased going alto-
gether.

As stated in our paper of yesterday, the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland has issued a Proclamation
for the suppression of such assemblages of per-
sons as have lately taken place in Ireland. These
assemblages are stated to have taken place in
certain counties, and are termed, " Meetings of
large numbers of his Majesty's subjects, consist-
ing of persons, both on foot and on horseback,
coming together from various and distant parts
and places, acting in concert, and under the com-
mand of Leaders, and assuming the appearance
of Military Array and Discipline, or exhibiting
other marks' and symbols of illegal concert and
union, to the great danger of the public peace,
and to the well-founded terror and dread of his
Majesty's peaceable and well-disposed subjects."
And his Excellency says further, that Govern-
ment have received information,• that in other
parts certain persons have been passing through
the country, promoting and inciting such assem-
blages of large bodies of the people for no pur-
pose known to the law; but no particular parties
are specified, so that the Proclamation applies
equally to the Protestants as well as Catho-
lics. This, we think, is wise, as •it exhi-
bits no predilection for either party, but deals
out the law equally to both. The Catholics
will thereby see that the Proclamation of his Ex-
cellency is not exclusive, but meant for all whom
it may concern. The more violent portion of
the Protestants expected that Martial Law—
that only effective remedy in their estimation—
would be proclaimed, and that a free licence to
butcher and destroy -would be given to the •
bands of intolerance—but, thank Heaven, &yam
disappointed in their evil wishes. The Catholics
may have acted imprudently in making such de-
tnoustrations of public feeling, but it was the
burning intensity of their wrongs that drew them
together to 'sympathise over their national degra-
dation, and in -such moments it is not wonderful
that partial ebullitions of feeling should take
place in a temperament of mind more alive to
angry recollections than dispassionate reasoning.
But the LORD LIEUTENANT has issued his
Proclamation that such meetings are illegal—and
the Catholics will obey him ; in fact, they have an-
ticipated his Excellency's warning by their discon-
tinuance of the same, and in so doing, have de-
prived those who wished for blood and civil war
of an opportunity to gratify their unholy passions.
The Proclamation is couched in temperate and
conciliatory language, well adapted for promoting
the ends it has in view—the peace arid.
well-
being of Ireland. Let us hope that this is only
the harbinger of that great measure—which
can alone ensure the tranquillity of Ireland
—and the prosperity of the Empire—Catholic
Emancipation—a measure which to be just, we
cannot refuse-4o be safe, we cannot delay.

Quebec Papers of the 3d ult. and Montreal
of the Ist, have been received at the North and
South American Coffee-house. The following
are the principal contents :—On the 2d ult. his
Majesty's ship Challenger,Capt.n TZCLARENCE,
after a voyage of ten days, arrived from Halifax,
having on board Sir JAMES KEMPT, G.C.8.,
appointed to succeed his Excellency Lord DAL-
HOUSIE, as Governor in Chief and Commander
of the Forces in British North America. The
usual salutes were fired when the frigate arrived
in the harbour. At noon Sir JAMES KEMPT
landed under a salute, accompaided by Cap-
tain FITZCLARENCE, and was received by
Lord DALHOUSIE, who conducted him to
the Castle, attended by a troop of Volunteer
Cavalry, and a Guard of Honour from the
Grenadiers of the 15th Regiment; the Mem-
bers of Council at present in town were in at-
tendance to pay their respects. Lieutenant-
Colonel YORK and Capt. HAMILTON, A.D.C.
arrived in the Challenger; and also Lieutenant-
Colonel COOPER, Military Secretary, in the
Colonial brig Chebucto. The harvest had
proved so short in Upper Canada, that the
Lieutenant-Governor, Sir P. MAITLAND, was

HAY MARKETS—(At per L-ad cf 36 Trusse.)
ST. JAMES'S.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 15 to £3 0
Best Slew Meadow-Hay 3 5 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 15
Clover Hay 3 15 6 0
Oat Straw XI 12 to £1 161 Wheat Straw 1 16 2 0
A good supply, and a dull trade, at Thursday's prices.
SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £3 0
Best New Meadow Hay 3 5 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 4 10
Clover Hay (extra tine)...Xs 15 ... Generally 3 10 5 5
Oat Straw £1 Bto £1 :4 I Wheat Straw 112 1 16
Straw's. Per load lower than last quo'ecl ; prices of Hay sta-
tionary. A good supply, and a dull trade.

ROBBING THE LORD CHANCELLOR.---011
Tuesday night the Loan CHANCELLOR'S carriage, while
waiting at the entrance to the English Opera House, in the
Strand, was robbed ,'f the following articles :—viz. a large
fur cloak, and a child's ditto; a bundle, containing a suit
of clothes, a shirt, two cravats, and a silk handkerchief,
all marked with his Lordship's name, " Lyndhurst;" a
lady's riding hat, a basket, and a lady's bag, shawl pattern,
containing a topaz brooch, a pocket-book with papers in it,
a tooth- pick, and a purse with between one and two pounds.

A PROCLAMATION,
BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT-GENEJIAL AND GENERAL

GOVERNOR OF IRELAND.
_ .•
:ANOLESE,A.

Whereas in certain counties in this part of the
United Kingdom, meetings of Inge numbers of his
Majesty's subjects have ben lately held, consisting
of persons both on foot and an horseback, coming
together from various and distant parts and places,
acting in concert, and under the command of leaders,
and assuming the appearance of military array and
discipline, or exhibiting other marks and symbols of
illegal concert and union, to the great danger of the
puhlie.peace, and the well-founded tenor and dread
of his Majesty's peaceable and well-disposed subjects.
And whereas, we have received information that
in . other parts certain persons have been passing
through the country, promoting and exciting the as•
semblage of large bodies of people for no purpose
known to the law, to the great terror of his Majesty's
subjectS, and the endangering of the public peace and
safety. And whereas the meeting and assembling
together in such numbers and in such manner as
aforesaid, and thereby occasioning such dread and
terror,' and endangering the public peace, is a mani-
fest offence and an open breach of the law, and such
unlawful assemblies ought, therefore, to be suppressed
and put down.
And, whereas, many well-affected, but unwary,
persons may be seduced by divers specious pretences
given out for holding of such assemblies, and in ig-
norance of the law, to frequent the same. We,
therefore, the Lord Lieutenant-General and General
Governor of Ireland; being resolved to suppress and
put down such illegal meetings, and to prevent the
recurrence thereof, have thought fit to issue this
Proclamation, solemnly and strictly warning all his
Majesty's liege subjects from henceforth to discon-
tinue the holding or attending any such meetings or
assemblies as aforesaid, and do charge and earnestly
exhort them, to the utmost of their power, to dis-
continue all meetings and assemblies of a similar na-
ture, and thereby to prevent the danger and mis-
chief consequent on the same; and, being deter,
mined and resolved strictly to enforce the law and
the penalties thereof against persons offending in the
premises, do charge and command all Sheriffs,
Mayors, Justices of the Peace, and all other Magis
trates, Officers, whom it may concern, to be aiding
and assisting in the execution of the law, in prevent-
ing such meeting and assemblies from being held,
and in the effectual dispersion and suppression-of the
same, and in the detection and prosecution of those
who, after this notice, shall offend in the respects
aforesaid.

Given at his Majesty's Castle of Dublin, this Ist
day of October, 1828.
By his Excellency's command,
Dublin, Oct. 2. F. LEVISON GOWER.

CORN AND BULLION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—At the present period, when events are deter-
mined more by the prices of Corn and Bullion, and when
the minds of men are regulated by the price of Conso's, I
am disposed to give you a little information upon these
subjects,-,not for the purpose of stock-jobbing, but to
prevent, if possible, the public from being deluded by those
men who create an alarm, to produce a panic in the money
market, &c., to their profitable advantage. Now, Sir,
yesterday we hear of the advance of Corn ; again the public
begin to bewail the rise in bread ; things look black, and
every thing forebodes a bad winter. Admit all these ex-
pectancies to disturb a man residing a few miles from the
metropolis, unconnected with speculations of the day, to
hint I would give one hint—that many of these difficulties
are produced by the conduct of certain individuals, who,
by an operation upon the Corn market, where, by pur-
chasing a few quarters of wheat at a high price (and the
higher price they give the better), produce a fall in Con-
sols; so that, by risking a few pounds upon the Corn
Exchange, they realize a few hundreds upon the Stock
Exchange. At the present moment I am aware of the
existence of such an operation.
Now as to Gold. We are repeatedly told that Bullion
bears a 'profit by being exported to Harnburgh, and that
sovereigns will leave the country, and money become
scarce. To these croakers pay no attention. For they
do not, in their calculations, give the expenses of export,
which neutralize the profit ; nor do they tell us " how the
gold-is paid for :" is it in gold or paper? by imports
certainly not. The Customs' List wilt prove this.—
Nor can it be for corn that gold goes out; for front
themselves I find that there is no corn on the Con-
tinent. Then do we give the gold away? If gold
is wanted really, the Bank will, at the present mo-
ment, sell the speculators the metal in bars at 3/. 17s. 9d.
per oz., and to any amount, and realise upon this sale 3d.
per oz. ; and we all know bars are better conveyed than
sovereigns. As regards the affairs in the East, suppose
it should turn out that the possession of Greece by the
French army, and the entire evacuation of the Morea by
the sailing of Ibrahim and his hordes, and they sailed on
the 9th of September, should be considered as the complete
fulfilment of the Treaty of 6th July (and I think it really
completes the independence of Greece) has not the Emperor
of Russia a right to say " I have been one-handed fighting
for Grecian independence, with my allies, and conquered,
and my other hand has fought the Treaty of Akermann ;
and having completed my compact with England and
France, I now demand a neutrality, whilst I work my own
cause against Constantinople ?" Why should the blockade
of the Dardanelles be objected to? We are lookers on to
advantage ; for, whilst our magnanimous allies are wasting
their strength, financially and physically, we husband our
resources, our men, our money; our sinews at rest gain
strength, and so we obtain a negative victory over those
who we are taught to believe would triumph over our
weakness ! Oh ! the inventive faculties of man--to what
an extent are they exerted to produce or bring, to use a
very common though expressive proverb—
" Grist to the mill."

Ireland!—another bug-bear of the day—bad as it may
be, is not so bad as they would make it; nor, indeed,
would it be even as it is if not for the secret underhanded
sycophancy and abominable intrigues of those persons who
should exercise a nobler system of example and advice. I
would have written mere fully and explicit upon these
subjects but I have not time, nor do I think it is worth
while, for I am quite sure a few days only are required to
restore that confidence which alone works all things to-
gether for good.

The Duke of WELLINGTON left town yes-
terday for the seat of the' Earl of WESTMORELAND, at Ap-
thorpe, Northa►nptonshire, where his Grace is expected to
spend a few days with his Lordship. A party of Noble-
men and Gentlemen are expected at his Lordship's resi-
dence, in order to have a few days' shooting.
The Russian Ambassador had an interview
with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the office of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street.
Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD has left town for
Norfolk, on a shooting excursion.

Mr. DAWSON, the Secretary to the Treasury,
has returned to town from Brighton.

The Duke of SUSSEX is expected at Eaton
Hall to dinner this evening. The Noble Host has invited
a distinguished party to.meet his Royal Highness; among
whom are Colonel BLAIR and the Field Officers of the
Regiment ; and it is expected that his Royal Highness will
spend several days at the Hall, and have the freedom of
the city presented to him. It is also expected that he will
attend the Whig dinner next week. -

Lord ELDON, Qn the elevation to the highest
rank in the Peerage of the present head, or representative,
of the House of Temple and Chandos, observed, that there
had already been a SHEFFIELD Duke of BUCKINGHA3I,
and now they had got a Brummagem Duke of Buckint
ham.---Leeds Intelligencer.—An old joke rather cruelly
revived by a paper in the interest of Lord CHANDOS.
Sir JOHN DOYLE, who arrived at Falmouth
on Friday, from Lisbon, by the Stanmer packet, dined
here with Admiral Earl NOKTHESK on Tuesday, and left
shortly afterwards for London. His suite arrived here
yesterday by the Bristol steamer. They report that the
city is tranquil, but any person who presumed to speak in.
favour of the young QUEEN, or the Constitution, was sure
to be incarcerated, and, in consequence, the prisons were
quite full. We understand that the beautiful horse pre-
sented to Don 1111cuat by our KING has been poisoned, by
order of the .old QUEEN, and ordered by her to be cut up in
quarters, to annoy her son, with whom a dreadful rupture
appears certainly to have taken place. Letters by the same
conveyance state that the public mind was quiet at °parte.
Plymouth Journal.

NIANCHESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL'

(FROM OU It OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

MANCHESTER, FRIDAY 15IORWIND, 1.11.
Of the second concert (an extra one), got 01/
order to satisfy the increased desire for adniittaa'e.
on the part of the-public, little can be Said that!!
at all gracious. The programme contained a Plena'
ful stock of the ballad-mongering trash, thist hey
prevailed to far too great an extent throughout an' be
concerts. There is a time for everything. l
vocalists appeared to be all at sixes and sevens; std
inverted, at their own capricious fancy, the enfuet
order of the performance. The Italians did °°,
assist and, if the tale be credible that is °
them, John Bell is merely treated es he 0414 t°
be by these insolent rretendera to exclusive Aro
riority—whose chief characteristic coniisla
utter disregard to all the sympathies of our astureci
save that ardent desire to he intimately deqUainte
with Mr. Bull's purse ; and truth to say, he istit°,.te
e
liberal of its contents to foreign artists than '
deems it to be requisite to those of his own metal,
who are daily becoming their superiors in evelo
possible particular. The Theatre was tolerably Ne
filled, and the Church, on the Thursday moron
was literally as full as possible. The " Messi°l4
Handel, with a part only of Mozart's beautiful'',
companiments, was performed in a mantle' eveti.
~
way worthy of the inimitable professors that any°;
took the arduous duty. Their splendid efforts to
give the best effects to the delicious conceptioal °
' Handers greatest admirer, were superlativelf
cellent. But why the accompaniments in questi°:
were limited to the first portion of this stutfeol°l,
-
production, it puzzles us to "conjecture. At 11°I.
even nearly the whole were made use. of. Manch;
ter we were led to expect was the very hot-bed, of
liberality in musical ideas. Should another I'o°7'
occur this must not be.
We are almost afraid' to looklat our como3Fll,ii
they are so numerous and so generally in the s!ii
of praise, that it is almost impossible to find te,
sufficiently adequate and varied enough to oiresid
the delight that was imparted, -although we Wig
have wished that Braham had " reined in" a liti;
more in the opening, or recitative, " Comfort i1:0
Miss Love was, again successful in the contra"i'
song, " Oh! thou that tellest ;" the wind lost'''.
ment arrangements to which produced a most e•ll'
chanting effect. Mr. H. Phillips never conceived
or executed the solemnly grand piece of mu'i%
declamation " For behold ! darkness," with rn°r-
dignified energy, or exquisite judgment; he is be:
coming a model par excellence for our too emitters!'"
vocalists, that it is most. desirable they should imitetej
It is astonishing that the simplest of all mugica4
O agencies, and by far the most effective (as it P
to be quite indispensible), is, not more attended -t°
We allude to the lights and shadows of the arty °
their equivalents, pianos and fortes, or, we raigb
say, the pianos only—for, Heaven knows, th
fortes arc treated with unbecoming respect, as 0
as unjust partiality! Why, for example, were theft
effects thrown heartlessly away, that might Of
been obtained at such a small expence 'of trouble 1;
the Chorus of " For unto us ?" Mozart mlO%
if we mistake not, the original composer's. itie"
coincide with our assertion, the commeneedn
ought to be kept under in tone, until the passl4
at the word " wonderful ;" but no, one. systeo f
unmitigated bawling distinguished the execution Q.z
this Chorus, as well as many besides; the intrfil!!‘
merits of which deserved a better fate, aedtifturso;t:acoliolriftrp:4lll,l
ferent treatment. We will now enumerate 60;
" .His yoke is easy, and his burden is light t" ill! to
it neither appeared to be light or even easy, PT'
th
in
tieitotresid.te-iti,th,oesrmiaul:teolysstyhhioeen throughoutth'bhoircnhetiolteuhrecgoerria:
si
pah!), intended to express, the most: bitter grief '
pathos; it was no more attended to than its pret;
sors ; and the fugue, therefore, " And with P-11
stripes," did not conic out with that bold relief tkst.
ffo
the contrast we have pointed to would have a-r
to its execution. Bawl, bawl ! shout, shout !
the'order, almost uninterrupted, of all the Cite
This evinces a deplorable lack of those reqUi°itfas
for which a conductor is most responsible,
our weak minds, demands a speedy remedy.; that;
is easily susceptible of One can surely net be double;
The present " march of music" will do sonictilift
towards a " consummation so devoutly to
wished ;" but an independent determination on. ti'
part of Directors of Musical Festivals would B,e;
complish much more, and let them look to•it

good time.
To return to the Chorus, " Lift up your heads
.4
furnished the most gratifying proof (if such We j;
really wanting) that our assertions are correct, 0%
the superior advantages which accrue from a (11g,
attention to the pianos. The " Hallelujah," anoiVr
it was commanded to be played twice, and it
even improved at the repetition. Miss Stephe4l,el
has been in better voice during the entire we
than we ever remember, and has succeeded to P,/
miration in nearly the whole (and that no
quantity) that has been allotted to her; she ",,
peculiarly felicitous in " There were shephectl*,,
" And lo ! the angel," &e. Paton. (who seemo
have contented herself with one song at each of tr
prformances) has wrested the palm of victory, he:,
ever, from both Italian and English. In the trYil
and difficult roulades of " Rejoice greatly":
evinced a singular superiority of jadgmaticprade
by not over-doing, " as some of our players tlu
It was infinitely more successful than at the Pi
Meeting, and afforded a splendid, as well as Ili
conviction, that she has no superior, take het*
all in all, in this or perhaps any other country. 14
will scarcely admit of belief,. but nevertheless -i01;
verity, Madame Catalani was permitted itill!Pc
duce between the parts Ist and 2d an abornine;
trashy Bravura, with a violin accompanitnifj
obligato. It is sufficient to add • that it veue
have puzzled a conjuror to decide whether;'
music, or the vocal execution Of the trier
,
able attempt at composition, was tne most ,te,
crable—it was absolutely most disgraceful. Ltd
Love was deprived of • the most pathetic and utig
passioned air in the whole Oratorio, forsooth, be,
cause Mr. W. Knyvett had barrel-organed it fOl.
nearly half a century. Out upon all such passiolliel
" chastity" say we. Mr. Vaughan is a
,g 'chaste
singer too, it • is said, upon which the
little Isaac" made a bon mot, which was toleralg
exemplified by Mr. Vaughan in the inimitable
citative, " Thy rebuke bath broken his heart," 6
air, " Behold and see." We must not repeat tit
jeu d'csprit. We trust, nevertheless, that h00f.0,,
Joe has pit it into his latest edition. Mr. 81;
Knyvett was au fait in " But thou didst not le, e
his soul in Hell." Mr. Phillips took Mr, Isilie're
'
wood's air " Thou art gone up," the latter g.,t12.4,1?'
man being unwell. His successful effortin:tlo,l
and inspiring air of " Why do the nations," V 16.04
the most decided kind : and the same may be
of Braham's prodigious execution Of the toOst'cli

:STIVAL

tuft' and may be dangerous air in the Oratorio.,,.
nlnietY, " Thou shalt break them with a rod of
i tst°),l4) We are supported in the opinion, that this
NUS
Two „,,g
) got uP iit tul . lendid oratorio would not suffer deterioration by a
a Judicious curtailment. Two instances are soglar-
ir,
admittolq I:l!that we cannot refrain from alluding to them, in the
e iiiiti that 15 14111 t hope that our humble desire to render it the
hied a
pleati. hest. eligible of all human compositions may not be
rush, that 11)0 ill 81dered presumptuous. The first instance occurs
_ , .st all the the air (or double air), "He shall feed his flock,"
ug"°" The Ivllieh is of sufficient duration for the adaption of
ything. , 111_
Su . , .
I sevens, gag I.ie cceedlng poetry, " Come unto him all ye that
elidre 400ur." As it starads at present it is exceedingly
cy, the .. odious,
in
rnans did rio
t s, as the original design of the immortal co:
hat is told 1107
°I L. tr ilis completely frustrated by the first stanzas
she oug bt t° 1711,g executed in the same icer as that of tile last.
NOW
telusive Or ie , it should be a.fourth itiWier in pitch, thereby
ollitia iri nil tt,asilig the biberwise monotonous repetition of a
ttirg; .4lilitig motivo (even unto satiety) most mate-
f our na cf tikll..
I, degtjaillte . 15 Y., The same remark is more or less applicable
' • tore : the air, " I know that my Redeemer lived),"
tlrs'tshetii6sa he . i4istieh., by the way, we were doubly blessed in the
own countrYi
lixe7llng to—first, that it was not butchered by the
riors in eel, )11 undred pounder; secondly, because Miss :, te-
tolerably' We' bi" sang it deliciously. The noblest of Handers
;day
morningi; (I°l t noble productions is surely his " Amen
a " messiah, tit:llB2' Never was human genius more happily
4tiwn forth, to astonish and delight succeeding gene-
s beautiful BC.
marmot ev,eil :41s* While music is appreciated, this one sub-
is that !owe': 14ea conception will stamp the immortal composer's
t 0
it fu 4;011 with deathless fame. The motion of the
idid effort 9
supereminently grand and appropriate;
:onceptioul ° kriet is.
conveys in a singularly distinct manner what
erlativebr el' itAs
8 in
guestioo .t evidently labouring in his noble mind—no less
is
stuiterdou6 .
-44 the awful interminableness of Eternity 1
At 11°14

COVENT-GARDEN.

Mrs. PINDAR (what a lofty poetic name !)
fade her first appearance here last night as the
p9°-sick voluptuous Italian, in that most capti-
41ng but melancholy of all tragedies, SHAKs-
-I,lh.t4ltz:s Romeo and Juliet. The chief defect
this part is that she is thin, and we can no
®ore fancy a thin Juliet, than we can fancy a
'l4 Paste: As a necessary consequence of
ii
thi„
Physical peculiarity, she gave the more
"4144ioned passages of the play in a manner too
titl9l.akin to reason, to convey any adequate
el of the overpowering sensibility with which
trttAKS- PEA RE has deluged this his favourite
illeation. • She seemed afraid of ;oing too far,
w. 14. kept pausing on the rubicon of sentiment,
~"4 she should boldly and unhesitatingly have
't),.'ed it. Juliet is all passion, she breathes
itlll3' the atmosphere of love, and it may be a
(11.trkahle, though by no means singular fact—
tio4, 11110 N has somewhere broached the same no-
itlib)--that few thin people are of ardent or
(iwPassioned temperament. SIIAKSPEA RE has
elt much on Cassius' leanness, " Yon Cas-
-4' bath a lean and hungry look ;" and
;14
i a necessary consequence growing out of
k
ts Physical defect, he has made him im-
Patient of passion, and a disbeliever in the influ-
llee 'of. love. We do not mean to assert that
i
PINDAR'S Juliet was altogether a failure,
140.
-- Simply that it wanted the amorous tempera-
41ent of the Italian. Hence the balcony scene
Passed off' but tamely ; the language did not come
ll'etn the heart—a defect which the audience
l'ere not slow to perceive. Towards the close
tlf,the drama, where the nature of Juliet is al-
t:tether changed, and a cold, blighting grief is
4bst4ute,d. for tile voluptuousness of passion,
PINDAR was more at home, and received
`4\rtaultuous applause. With respect to Mr.
les Mercutio,' as we wish to do all pos-
Yle justice to that gentle Man, we shall content
h4rselves.with saying that it was execrable. The
r4tt
was evidently above him : he was at sea in
L'ety dialogue, and was killed by Tybalt, much
7,,1he satisfaction of the audience ; if for no rea-
`4,P'9 than this, the gentleman who undertook
6
11 all deserves a word. of commendation. The
Nse Was tolerably full.