The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-28 00:00:00

CONCERT.

The Melophonic Society gave a concert last evening, at the
Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square, when Handel's
serenata of Acis and Galatea, with a short miscellaneous selec-
tion, was performed. 'Miss Fanny Russell did not sing nearly
so well as we have heard her—she positively mangled the very
sweet recitative and air, " Hush ye pretty warbling choir ; '
she was much better in the trio of " 'the flocks shall leave the
mountains," with Mr. Simmons and Mr. Shoubridge ; and her
last song, " The rocks where coral grow," was exceedingly
well sung. Miss Cubitt was in capital voice, and sung charm.'
ingly. We have seldom heard that very sweet air, " Would
you gain the tender creature, softly, gently, kindly treat' her,"
better executed ; it was all sweetness, and was sung with admi-
rable ta<te. Miss Cubitt was most deservedly euc.red in this,
as well as in the air in the miscellaneous:selection, " The Bird
and the Maiden." Mr. Shoubridge sung the recitative and air of
" Love sounds the alarm " exceedingly well. If this gentleman
would be a little lass stiff, and a little more animated, his sing-
ing would he much more pleasing ; his voice is good, and his
comprehension is good, and we do not see why he should not
always sing well. Mr. Simmons's recitative, and air, "0,
ruddier than the cherry," was admirably sung. But by far
the most charming thing of the night was the beautiful Italian
duet, "La riu pura," (Gabussi), which was sung by the
Misses A. and M. Williams ; the ease with which these ladies
accomplished this difficult duet, and the harmony which they
instilled into it by the beautiful combination of their voices
are indeed indicative of great acquirements, and well did they
deserve the rapturous encore with which this piece was met.
The well-known' Italian air, "Al dolce canto," (Rossini),
was tolerably sung by Miss Porter; and Miss Thornton exe-
cuted one ur two airs remarkably well.
The hall was crowded to excess, and the concert went off
with great eclat. We have nothing further to add save that it
was announced for repetition next Wednesday, amid consider-
able applause.

WOOLWICH.

INSPECTION OF TUE ROYAL ARTILLERY AND EXPERIMENTS

IN THE MARSHES.

At a late hour on Tuesday evening intelligence was re-
ceived at the garrison that the Master-General of the Ordnance,
General the Right Hon. Sir George Murray, G.C.B. and
G.C. H., would visit Woolwich on Wednesday forenoon, and
inspect the whole cf the gallant corps of which he is Colonel.
At an early hour yesterday morning the garrison presented a
scene of activity, orders having been issued that the varty de-
tached fur experiments in the Marshes should be on the ground
at nine o'clock, and the battalions of the Royal Artillery, in
heavy marching order, on the parade ground by ten o'clock,
and the three troops of Royal Horse Artillery, and the three
field batteries, by eleven o'clock, on the upper common, where
they were to be stationed in readiness to receive the Master-
General.

Shortly after ten o'clock Sir George Murray arrived on
the parade ground, attended by Lieut.-General Lord Bloom-
field, G.C. B. and G. C. H., Commandant of the garrison and
Colonel of the Royal Horse Artillery ; Major-General S,r
Hew Dalrymple Ross, K. C.B. ; Colonel J. E. Jones, Assi4-
taut Adjutant-General; Colonel R. Jones; Lieutenant-Colonel
Blachley ; Major Sandlands ; Brigade-Major Cuppage, and
Captain Henry Wm. Paget, 51ith Regiment, Aide-dc-Camp
to the Master-General. On the approach of General Sir
George Murray, the whole of the battalions previously formed
in line, received their Gallant Colonel with the usual salute;
he afterwards, accompanied by his staff, rode along the whole
extent of the line in front anti in rear. The battalions tin n
marched at slow and quick time, and afterwards returned to
their barracks.

About eleven o'clock General Sir George Murray and his
staff proceeded to the upper common and inspected the Royal
Horse Artillery and field batteries. These branches of the ser-
vice marched past at slue and quick time, and the Horse Art it.
lery at full gallop, and performed the other usual evolutions in
a manner to the entire satisfaction of their Colonel. The time
occupied in the various manoeuvres of the Horse Artillery and
field batteries was about an hour and a half. At the conclusion
of the exercises the Mater General expressed to Col. Dyneley,
C. 8., who commanded the Horse At finery, and to Col. Cleve-
land, who commanded the field batteries, his approbation of
the soldier-like appearance of the officers and men, and the
precision with which they acquitted themselves in their various
duties. At half-past twelve, General Sir George Murray, ac-
companied by his staff, and several of the officers relieved timn
duty, with the female relations and friends of the Master-
General and the officers, in carriages, proceeded to the Rotunda,
to examine that extensive depositary of ancient and modern
arms and models connected with naval and military warfare.
The Master- General, after leaving the Rotunda, visited at the
residence of Major-General Sir Hew D. Ress, and then re-
turned to town.

'EXPERIMENTS IN TIIE RSIIES.-At nine o'clock in the
rtiornin ~ of yesterday, Colonel Cockburn, Colonel Lacy, Lieut.-
Colonels' Dansey, C. 8., W. B. Dundas, C. 8., H. G. Jackson,
J. A. Chaliner, Major Hardinge, K. IL , and A. W. Ilope,
and Captain Grant, of the Royal Artillery, Colonel Love,
C. B. and K. H., commanding officer of the 73d Regiment,
and a number of officers of the Royal Artillery and the 73d
Foot, assembled in the Marshes to witness the firing at a
target erected at the butt, eighteen inches in thickners, and
of considerable dimensions, behind which was erected an iron-
case box, holding upwards of thirty tons of coals. The orders
issued by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to place
boats, for the purpose of warning vessels not to anchor within
the range, will not come into operation until arrangements are
made for that purpose, which will cause a delay of a few
days, and on that account a difficulty was experit n ed yester.
day morning by a brig having anchored in a direct line with
the target. After warning her off, and waiting patiently until
nearly twelve o'clock, practiCe commenced, and some excel-
lent shots wet e fired from a range of 950 yards distant, under
the direction of Co'othel tiansey. Four shots out of the
five fired at that distance entered the target, and one of them
passed through the whole of tl.e coals, about six feet in thick-
ness, and indented the furthest part of the iron case. Various
other distances were tried with 32-pounder guns, and two of
the point blank shots at 400 yards distance went through the
target and coal-box, with considerable indentations on the
furthest side, but not of such a nature as to have had the
slightest effect in injuring the machinery of steam vessels pra•
tected by the plan against which the experiments were made.
It was at one period of the day intended to fire with red but
shot, and a fire was lighted in the morning, and six 32-pounder
shot kept at a red heat all day, but the other fit in; having oc-
cupied until half-pas three o'clock, the firing with red hot shot
was deferred to a future day. In the afternoon Lieutenant-
General Lord Bloomfield, Brigade-Major Cuppage, Major
Anderson, Captain Burnaby, and the Gentlemen Cadets be-
longing to.the first class studying in the Royal Arsenal, and a
great number of naval officers were present, and appeared to
take considerable interest in theresult of the experiments. 'Hie
entrance, and various part of the marshes easy of access, was
kept by detachments of the 73d Regiment.

CARLISLE.--THE RELIEF FUND.—Mr, William
Gore Ouseby,- who, a? well as, the under-named, kindly sent a
donation, last week, to the Relief Fond (in consequence of
seeing in some of the London papers an appeal by P. H.
Howard, Esq., M.P.) spent, we believe, when a boy, some
Bishop
thpe ofstate of his
delicate
years on the banks of the Eden. The liberal gift of the
venerable Archdeacon Goodenough will be deemed a grateful
recollection of the ties which once bound his honoured sire to
neCalCatholic
climate B
by
of Clifton, The unknown
this county. It gratified us also to see a contribution from the
Right this district, who,
health,, tteeotvtt.or
yDh
hear, has
milder, l, la
k os ts.bean thobliged,o
benefactor who forwarded his timely aid through Mr. Peile,
of the Oriental Club, has, we believe, as well as Lord Robert
Grosvenor, no connexion with this county, save that holy bond
of Christian charity which unites all counties, and which, we
trust, may induce other distant friends to lend their succour to
the still suffering and distressed poor of this city.— Carqtle
Journal. [We underttand that any donation forwarded to
Mr. T. T. llailton Treasurer Relief Fund, Carlisle to Mr.
P. H. Howard, Corby Castle, Carlisle; or to the Mayor
of Carlisle, Carlisle, will be gratefully received, acknowledged,
and applied to the benevolent purpose of providing some
note, No. 17,443, whole-
some tooth for the necessitous poor of Carlisle.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer begs to acknow-
ledge the receipt of half of a five pound
to be
placed to the recount of the window-tax, forwarded to him
anonymously.—Downing-strcol, April 27.
INDIA NEws.—Yesterday a Court of Directors
was held at the East India-house, when the Alost Noble the
Marquis of Tweeddale, K. T. and C.B. was sworn in as Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief of Madras, and Sir George
Arthur, Bart., as Governor of the Presidency of Bombay.
The Marquis and Sir George afterwards dined with the Di-
rectors at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, when they
were honoured with the company of her Majesty's Ministers,
and many other distinguished personages.
MAJoit 111urato.—It is with pleasure that we ob-
serve among the list of newly created Knights the name of
Major Munro, of Poyntstfield. The Major has long been de-
serving such a mark of distinction being conferred upon him,
and her Majesty could not have exercised her prerogative in a
way which would have given greater general satisfaction.—John
0' Groat Journal.

A man named Malabirade, of Arthes d'Asson,
(Basses-Pyrenees), aged 64, died a short time back in con-
vulsions. It was discovered by the autopsy of the body that he
was poisoned. His son-in-law has been taken on suspicion of
having given him arsenic in a roasted apple.