The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-04 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LLOYD'S—(Teus D►Y.)
DIAL, Ocr. S.—Wind N.W.—Arrived and sailed the Mary,
Tom, from London, for Quebec; Eden, Smith, ditto, for Cadiz;
Swift, Artie, from Malaga, for London ; Emerald, --, from
Jamaica, ditto. The outward-bound have sailed.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 3.—WQ N.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Diamond, from Lisbon and Milford; his Majesty's ship
Thetis, from Rio, sailed Aug. 14. Passed the Mangles, the Corn,
from Sydney, sailed May 14, and from Rio, Aug. 5 : left at the
latter place his Majesty's ships Wellesley and Doris. The Wood-
bridge, Lamb, is ordered into quarantine, and the Warrior,
Brown, released, and conic into harbour. Sailed the Mellish,
Vincent, for Madras ; Juliana, Allen, for St. John's. Remain at
Spithead the Midas and Albion, for New South Wales.
FALMOUTH, Ocr. 2.--Wind N.W.—Sailed the Sedulous,
Goldsworthy, for Newfoundland ; Liberty, Brown, for St. Mi-
chael's ; and Assiduous, Brand, for Lisbon.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Despatch,
Crabb, for Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. I.—Arrived the Marmion, Ewen, from St.
John's ; Elizabeth, Wilson, from Miratnichi.
Ocr. 2.—Arrived the Dublin, M'Donald, from Quebec; Crisis,
111‘Fie, from Miramichi.

The Arethusa, Hume, sailed from Halifax the 29th ult., but
put back with loss of bowsprit and other damage, having run foul
of au American ship.

The Atlantic, Scott, from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, has been
captured by the Brazilian squadron, and sent to Rio.
The Lewis, Barnes, sailed from Portsmouth New Harbour on
the 28th ult., but put back with considerable damage, having
been run foul of.

The George, from the West Indies, for Belfast, is totally lost on
the Copelands.

BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL
(YESTERDAY.)

The annual Grand Musical Festival, for the benefit of
the Hospital, took place yesterday, under the most favour-
able auspices, at Birmingham. In order to show the rising
attraction of these popular meetings, we subjoin a scale of
the receipts of 1823 and 1826, trusting, at the same time,
that the present receipts may be equally satisfactory in
point of progressiveness:—
First Day, 1843. First Day, 1556.
Admission to Church, £304 17 6 Admission to Church, £320 5 0
Collected afterwards 424 1$ 54 Collected ditto.. 060 t) 4

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When we say that much of the Church music intended
for the different days, comprise the names of such gifted
composers as Handel, Hadyn, Mozart, Arne, Beethoven,
&c., it is not speaking too highly in praise of the Festival
to say, that it is f
filly worthy the journey that we made
from London to witness it.

The first performances were given last night in the shape
of a miscellaneous concert at the Theatre Royal; on
which occasion Mozart's Sinfonia (Jupiter) was sung in
fine style by the whole assembled chorus. Rossini's duet
of " In' Abbraccia," selected from Il Tancredi, was parti-
cularly deserving of mention, not only from the spirited
manner in which it was sung by Braham, but also from the
vivacity with which he was supported by Miss Bacon.
Miss Stephens, in the well-known air, " Rest, Warrior,
rest," reminded us of the pathos of her " Auld Robin
Gray," more especially in the exquisite tenderness of her
allusion to the warrior's dream. As the words of this
ballad are in themselves deserving of attention, we subjoin
theirs for the reader's amusement :
He comes from the wars and the rod field of fight,
He comes through the storm and the darkness of night;
For rest and for refuge fain to implore,
The warrior bends low at the cottager's door.
Pale is his cheek, there's a gash on his brow,
His locks o'er his shoulders distractedly flow,
And the fire of his heart shoots in fits from his eye,
Like the languishing lamp that just &thee to die.
Rest, warrior, rest.
Sunk in silence and sleep in the cottager's bed,
Oblivion shall visit the war-weary head ;
Perchance he may dream—hut the vision shall tell
Of his lady love's bower, and her latest farewell.
Farewell ! Illusion and love chase the battle's alarms ;
He shall dream that his mistress is lock'd in his arms;
He shall feel on his lips the sweet warmth of her kiss!
Ah! warrior, awake not—amelt slumber is bliss. Rest, warrior, rest, " • '
In the second act Miss Traria attempted Moore's " Harp
that once through Tara's Walls;" the execution, however,
watt indifferent; whether it was that she had got a cold
we cannot say, but there was a huskiness in her voice very
perceptible in the higher tones of " Thus freedom now so
seldom wakes." Madame Caradori, Signor Curioni, and
Signor de Begnis, infused great spirit into Rossini's " A
qual Colpo," more so indeed than the trio itself is worth.
Mr. Bmham's battle song, " Oh! 'tis a glorious sight to
see," from Oberon, was animated; but perhaps he fancied
that the day of Weber was gone by, for his manner had
certainly lost something of that stirring energy which was
conspicuous during his performance in the opera at London.
Madame Caradori (accompanied by herself on the piano
forte) sang a pretty air, entitled "Ca m'est egal," but, in
consequence of the French music possessing little of ex-
pression beyond a lively prettiness ; she had no room for
display. On the whole, the concert was very delightful,
and as well attended as its excellence deserved. The festival
will continue some days longer, of which we shall give
ample Particulars.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Ocr. 2.—To-day being
Michaelmas Monday, the election of Mayor and
Sheriff for this ancient Borough took place, according
to a long-established custom ; when Archibald Reed,
Esq. was unanimously chosen to the honourable office
of Mayor, for the fourth time, and Alfred Hall, Esq.
Sheriff; for the second time. The ceremony termi-
nated with the usual grand civic dinner, the ringing of
bells, &c.

Lord Viscount Middleton has directed that employ-
ment should be given to one hundred of the poor of
Middleton, in levelling and repairing the roads ap-
proaching to that town, at his own private expense.
FlRE.—This morning, about two o'clock, the
neighbourhood of High Holborn was thrown into alarm by dis-
covery that the premise* of Mr. White, bookseller, of 26h, was
on lire. This is the fourth time within ten weeks ; and Mt.
Taylor is the individual who caused the servant of a lodger to be
taken to Marlborough-street, on suspicion of being the offender
on two of the occasions. Circumstances have occurred since the
last previous attempt, which was on Monday fortnight, which
induced the neighbours to look with a jealous eye on the proceed-
ings of Mr. White. He was consequently taken into custody on
suspicion of being himself the incendiary. Further particulars
are given in our Police Report.

HORRID AFFAIR.--A female named Elizabeth
Oswald, in the i.ervice of a writer to the signet in Forth-street,
was suspected by the family to have been secretly delivered of a
child, which she had found means to conceal. On Friday evening
she admitted to a fellow-servant that she had delivered herself the
communicated to her master, who
night previous--but refused to say what had become of the in-
fant. This information was
doestztiiiniedvaatoinhtaha me
have thean te allowed to remainl
matteri investigatet on
in the
the
following day.
house,
and
a police officer stationed to prevent any communication with her.
On Saturday morning, about four o'clock, the family were alarmed
by a continued moaning from Oswald! room, and on the policeman
going to it he found the woman,lyingln bed with her throat
dreadfully
cut, and the blood flowing copiously from the wound.
Medical assistance was immediately obtained, and after some time
the bleeding was stopped. She. was conveyed tC/ the Royal Infir-
mary, and we understand that there are expectations that she may
survive. A search took place on Saturday morning, when the
child was found dead in the woman's trunk, wraps up in several
towels. An investigation of this affair is to take place to-daY.--
Edinburgh -Hooding Courant.

CORN-EXCHANGE—(Tuts Day).
There has been a considerable addition to the arrivals of Mon-
day, chiefly of Flour and Foreign Oats. Wheat remains AS last
reported, with scarcely any sale for middling qualities. Barley,
Beans, and Pease, each maintain Monday's terms. The sale of
Oats is very slow at the rates lad reported.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. flaw.
English 9,t00 qrs. 1,400 Va. 4,000 qrs. j
7.soesekS.
3700.;
171:0805130

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

MANSION-HOUSE,—(Trus Dloi9

William Williams, the apprentice 'to Mr. Wadham, the prin-
ter of Abchurch-lane, was brought up on a charge of felony.
Mr. Wadharn said, that latterly various quantities of his types
had from time to time disappeared. At length, suspicion fell
upon the prisoner, who was an out-door apprentice, and his lodg-
ings were searched. There, two presses, the one for copper-plate
and the other for letter-press printing were found, together with
a quantity of type and apparatus, which belonged to his master.—
Remanded.

A summons was applied for against the Walduct Company,
which the Lord Mayor refused, though he acknowledged the ease
was a gross one.

GUILDHALL-7(MB DAT.)

A Boi.n THIEF.—Wm. Baker was charged with stealing
various articles of wearingapparel out of a lodging house in Ship-
court, Old Bailey, the property of John Hollis, a fellow-lodger.
The prisoner went to the house last night and enquired for lOclg-
ings ; he stated that half a bed would do for him, and after having
been accommodated, and his bedfellow had left the room this
morning, he opened Hollis's chest, took out a shirt and put it on;
he brought down stairs his own dirty one which he gave to the
landlady desiring her to wash it ; he then went back to the room
and packed up two large jackets, a pair of small-clothes, &c. be.
longing to Hollis, in a handkerchief, which he deliberately
walked off with at nine o'clock. He was fully committed.