The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-07 00:00:00

MUSICAL 1' E iTI VAL.

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BIRMI7.SGIikIK, OCT. G.—The performa—or
The,Mrsairt la, that grand and affecting master-piece 1, os
immortal Hamm, drew. an overtlouin audience t"
Church yesterday. The opt:lying by Vaughan was most 'lel'
Mrs. Salmon, Al iss Stephens, Messrs. Knyvett, and Mr"
linty, animated by a laudable ambition, endeavoored.to ,
tat
and never was the sacred sahjact delivered with greateie;w
and judgment. The powerful wind •instfunients of to/
jesiy s Baud rendered the effect of the Choruses ataios„.;
much for many of the audience. We cannot give a
proof of the admiration they excited than by stating 104
vend of the Choruses were repeated by desire of the r4tiotit
the Hun. Hennea4e I, ge,,who acted for his hrother,v
worthy and munificent neighbour, the Earl of 'Dayton-044,,
The' collection and admission. at the Chinch-door' wa''7"7„.:'
Os.-Williaml -4 Rolfe, Esq. (an elderly Gentleman of Bir"d01
ham, eminent for his unostentatious liberality;) un bis arll to'
in the Chancel Gallery, finding it much crowded, s'ell,3ife
'me of the Stewards, "Get me a good place, and 1 will;03,
you MI." So liberal an ofer could not he resisted • a "oe
tion was procured' in an instant, and the worthy-Zd
man as quickly put into the hand of the St ewaril'a 1001, ,'„ 1
of England•Bilf.—ln the cvening the dreSs Ball at the
tie was so crowded, that even that spacious Assembly-g.,
was not sufficiently large to contain the company. The Lich'
money receised was t;781. 151.
This day is the last of the performances, and promise' 'lief
beral supply fur our General Hospital as any of the fur,
ones.

The conduct of our Police has been most admirable, 119'164
Mr. Payne, Chief Constable, Adkins, Head Police Officer' o,
the other Officers. Not an individual among the 0003 0
who have attended the Festival has beLit molested,
present, have any depredations to any ntut been coio;rw
ted ; but good urder and regularity has attended us tbro°l
out.

MEDICAL FRIENDSIIIP.-LA facetious physiciaiiii;
well known in town, lately observed, that ',,
never said in company " 1 drink
,our health!
but "_arty service to you."
COURT OF KING'S BENCII.—ThiS morning -br
expected trial of Mrs. CARLILE, and others., v 3;
vending blasphemous and seditious pamphlet
was postponed to a future clay.
AFFAIR OW Horiotia.—A meeting took Place
on Thursday evening, near Islington, bet's') ;
Mr. K. an English Gentleman, and Mr.
Gentleman from Ireland; originating in a politic;;,,
misunderstanding. After exchanging shots 11'
out injury, their friends interfered, and the °
ter was made up..
tes'
An article from Vienna, of the 21st ult, stB7d
that Prince TS-HEFWERTINSKI had arrived tile;
with dispatches, announcing, that the El?,
Mr ALEXANDER could not leave Warsaw be'°o
the 20th instant. Hostilities, it is said, WO LL„.,-
not commence against Naples until after the ":
terview of the two Emperors ; but, in the inetlif
time, all official conimuuication with that courw'o,
is to remain suspended,
.and it 1, to be placedili,
a state of quarantine', as if infected with t
plague. '
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE entertained a 131:,et
party of his distinguished friends, yesterdaY,'
,his seat at Chiswick.
left
Yesterday afternoon, Lord' CASTLEREACJI -
town for North Cray.
Yesterday, the Duke of NEWCASTLE entertaint:
ed a large pally of Peers at his house in o'l.
man-square. 40;
A letter from Carlow contains the folio, of
remarkable sentence Our country is rrDto
growling under the weight of God's goodhelje.
us ; the corn is so abundant, it is generallf ra
!levet!, that there will not be money tO.pur.ch3,;.4
half of it, nor storage to. contain
Herald) at
The spire of Bow Church, Cheapside, i 5 rj
lengt'4 completed, and the punch-bowl be t.
round it, which bas, so long excited public

tention, is struck. v t°
country gentleman, who had been allure cs
town by the promise of a place made to bin) b' i 5
nobleman, being at length tired out, went t° •
patron, and told him that he had at last rot
place. " I rejoice at it," said his Grace : vet
where is it ?" ' In the Gloucester coach,' rePd
the disappointed expectant.