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beyond my pretensions or deserts, and one I believe, surrounded
by many difficulties. But I shall not shrink from them, and
the kind feelings with which your hon. house have determined
to grace my departure, ought to satisfy any colony that I have
been an honest man, one determined to pursue his duties fear-
less of all consequences.
" Let me, gentlemen, repeat the deep interest I shall feel in
this colony, and I pray heaven to bless all your legislative
measures, and to increase your happiness and fortunes."

His Excellency, the formal business of the tidy being
now over, rose, shook hands warmly with the Speaker,
and hospitably invited the members to partake of some
refreshment.

The affairs of Spain become daily more and more im-
portant. Our recent intelligence informs us, that five or
• six embassies are broken up. Naples, Sardinia, Russia,
Austria, Prussia, and Holland, thus withhold their re-
cognition of the reigning government! The Madrid
journals, at least La Revista and Gaceta, make no re-
serve in stating, that the ambassadors of three of the
powers were required to demand their passports ; this of
course amounts to a virtual declaration of war on the
part of the mob-military aonstituteri government. As a
proof of the strength of the exaltados, or extreme move-
ment, or, in plain English, the republican party, they
had attempted the restoration of the Landaburian Socie-
ty, under another name, " Regenerators." This society
led to the former revolution, subsequent to its formation
in 1822; and as we are well acquainted with the•doc-
trines and principles it then propounded, we may give
our readers a little insight into the workings of the prime
movers and the names and objects of that society, with
which, from personal opportunities, and inteccourse with
highly intelligent Spaniards, we have long since become
familiar. We have no hesitation in pronouncing it to be
the most desperately jacoblnical association in Europe,—
it is the club of the "exaltacion," a term of impassioned
zeal which the English language does not sufficiently
'Convey in one word.- The exaltados are the extreme
dicalS of Spain. This club has been suppressed by
'rOYal ordinance published in the Gaceta tor the preseni.
..:Mendizahal reigns:supreme dictator; and the falsehoods
put forth by the military reports, respecting the defeat of
Gomez by the Brigadier Alaix, appear to be the work of
the crafty Jew financier, to delude the. people of the ca-
pital. It is now established beyond doubt, that Alaix
never came 'up with Gomez ; but that he met with a party
of raw Carlists following in his rear, whilst Gomez with
his regular troops was four or five leagues in advance,
and unable to give assistance; but this trick of Mendi-
zabal had the effect of raising Spanish stock in the
French capital, and so far answered his purpose. Not a
word of the repulse at Requenda is stated in the last ac-
counts; and if the Carlist General had approached this
old fortified town, it was most probably a feint to draw
off the attention of the "constitutionalists," as we sup-
pose we must now designate them, in compliment to
Lord Palmerston and his friend Mendizabal! What a
picture of imbecility does our Spanish policy present to
view I Were we wrong in our assertions lately, in our
exposition of continental affairs, when we warned Lord
Palmerston of the results? The question of interven-
tion on the part of France in the affairs of the Penin.
isula, has been decided in the negative, as we predicted

would be. The subject received its final consideration in
a private Council held last week. This we pledge our-
selves to be the case; and the French minister commu-
nicated immediately to the Spanish ambassador the
grounds on which the government of the King decided
against anything more than a formal recognition of the
remaining. authority of Christina, without reference to
any course the English - government might think fit to
pursue. France has thus finally absolved herself from all
participation in the quadruple treaty ! This decision
cannot fail to produce a serious effect upon the cause of
the Queen Regent, or rather of her ministers; whilst
the base decrees of sequestration which have been re-
cently promulgated will inevitably have produced in-
creased adhesion to the cause of Dun Carlos as the only
hope of restitution. . •

The French Government could hardly have been ex-
pected to involve itself in difficulties through which it
could not see its way; and yet the decision of that go-
vernment 'cannot fail to weaken the prospects of- the
reigning party, left to its own resources and to be sup-
ported by sequestration and forced loans, with a large
portion of the population voluntarily supporting the
cause of Charles the Fifth and the law of hereditary male
succession, despite of Ferdinand's abrogation thereof, to
gratify the vanity of a designing woman, led on by a
faction ; whilst another powerful party are clamouring
for a republic, and threatening extermination to all who
oppose them, and several of the provinces and cities dis-

puting the authority of the government altogether. Such
a condition of things has not existed since the reign of
terror in a neighbouring state ; and the Regent may be
said to have been left without any party of real respecta-
bility or moral worth whereon to rely ! We have infor-

popish and radieal faction, oath aspiring to destroy the
independence of the British monarchy—one genera
burst of indignation would have echoed through the
land ; but thanks to God, we have fully discovered the
black iniquity of that cdmpact, which has been made
with an alien power for the covert and treasonable pur•
pose of destroying the balance of power existing, as yet,
in the three estates of this powerful realm. Shall this
atrocity be permitted ? We call upon our fellow-coun-
trymen of every rank, to stand forward, and free them-
selves from the stain of being either the passive or the
active agents in such political turpitude. We enjoin
them, by all they hold dear, as Englishmen, to read the
treasonable speech of Mr. Barratt, recently delivered at
the mock justice association in Dublin, to ponder it, and
then say whether we have appealed to their understand-
ings or to their hearts, on shallow premises. There let
them read the lesson of moral depravity, unmasked—of
base ingratitude unblushingly declared—of treason in de-
sign, with daring hardihood avowed, by the leading in-
struments of a faction in Ireland, fostered by the respon-
sible advisers of the Crown, as the only prop of their
authority ; and reflect, if ever anything; more glaringly
anomalous existed in the government of an enlightened
community ! We say to you—men of Englandthe
cause is common—the .danger is common, unite with us
against it ; and waiving all minor differences, respond to
our call. The sentiments expressed at the constitutional
meeting at Birmingham, are truly English, and they
must tell throughout the kingdom. The sentiments ex-
pressed and cheered at Dublin, are not truly Irish—the
majority of the Irish people must and will repudiate
them ; but in the mean time we have to maintain the in-
tegrity of the empire—to uphold the laws—the consti-
tution, and the Protestant throne of Britain, or nobly
perish in their ruins !

Mr. E. L. Bulwer and Mr. Daniel O'Connell haveeach
addressed their constituents. The former gentleman, as
he is the least notorious, (saving as a novel-writer,) we
give the honour of the first seat at our table, especially
as we consider him by far the least mischievous person-
age of the two, both in design and execution. This
constitutional representative of the wealth and intelli-
gence of the second borough of the empire heads his
proclamation —" The Lords, the Government, and the
Country !" The object of the worthy member for all
Marylebone is ostensibly to heal the breach between the
rival cabinets of Circus-street and Downing-street, and
to prevent the consequences which the defection of our
friend Feargus is calculated to produce in the Whig-radical
camp, Mr. Bulwer tells'the elite of the Whig• radicals that
" mere passive union is not a thing easy to maintain;
that there must he some living principle, as it were, in-
fused into a body, the different parts of which are, for
any length of time, to act and move together." One
would imagine that Mr. Bulwer had just taken a hint
from Dr. Carpue, the anatomical lecturer; for his illus-
tration of the theory of volition is in point. The next
chief article of grave advice runs thus :—" Since a party
policy and a decided policy is pursued against the go•
vermnent, let a party policy and a decided policy be
pursued in the government. No favour is to be expected
from the lords—all power should be taken from the
tories!" We have tried over and over again to compre-
hend this logic, and we must leave it to our readers and
the erudite of Marlebone to expound it until a little
more patience and a little more leisure. Now for
the great, great 0. He has addressed his "be-
loved" of Kilkenny in a new and fierce proclama-
tion against tithes; but, as we cannot furnish his epistle
to-day, it would be unfair to fight with shadows; for this
most equitable, upright, anti-alien patriot never assails
any one behind his back, and it would be most ungentle-
manly in us to do so ; therefore we promise him a short
story, open fighting, and fair play.

We really have neither time, space, nor inclination to
notice at length the shallow speech of the Lord Lieute-
nant of the Whigs—we cannot bring ourselves to write—
of the King of England, in addressing the Lord Mayor
of Dublin, at the late inauguration. It is a third-rate
effort of oratory, put forth for the purpose of smoothing
down the proposed popish corporations, but which sinks
into entire insignificance, after the lucid and powerfully
argumentative speech of the learned Recorder. The
latter embraces mighty objects, and disposes of them
with powerful effect, and strength of reasoning, sustained
with classic and legal erudition. To compare these two
addresses, would he to unite the distant Poles. Lord
Mulgrave's is a drawing-room diatribe of manoeuvring
sounds and soft rhetorical flourishes, replete with fine
sophistries, and dressed up with the addition of a small
page from Numa Pompilius ! An effort to break down
the fine oration of Mr. Shaw, by puffing the flimsy trash
of an unmeaning congeries of undefinable principles,
under the cant term " popular privileges," could
have been expected to end with no other result. Had
his Excellency possessed the least share of common dis-
cretion, he never would have attempted this display,
under which he has entirely broken down—by observing
silence he would have preserved dignity—by his attempt
at oratory, he has exposed his own vanity, and ignorance
of all constituted law—at least, the law of England, and
splendidly exhibited the utter worthlessness of Whig
government !

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OCT. 7 1536.

THE MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

Tuesday morning, the first day on which the actual business
of the festival might be said to have commenced, was ushered in
as beautifully as the most ardent anticipator of amusement and
pleasure could have desired. The morning was mild, refresh-
ing, and delightful, the sun giving radiance, sprightliness, and
joy to the scene which the principal streets of the town at an
early hour began to present. Lord-street, Bold-street,tand the
neighlinurhood of St. Luke's Church were thronged with gaily
dressed parties, either going to the announced performance at
St. Luke's or promenading about to observe those who were;
whilst the bells of the church, by their merry peal, gave a
business-like air of bustle to the whole scene. Mr. Whitty
and a strong body of police were stationed around the church
to prevent confusion and destroy the hopes of harvest by the
light-fingered gentry, one or two of whom were early observed
paying especial attention to a lady's gold watch, as she entered
the church.
The announcement for the morning was a sermon, to be
preached by Dr. Gilbert, principal of Brazenuse College, Ox-
iord, with a musical service. It was our intention, in addition
to a description and critique of the musical part of the service,
to have given a verbatim report of the sermon, which we have
heard was a most excellent one. We were, however, denied
admittance at the dour, unless we could produce a ticket, which
we were not aware was necessary. On applying at the proper
quarter, either to obtain or purchase a ticket, we were told that
unless we purchased a set for the whole of the performances we
could not have one. Having already provided ourselves with
tickets for the major part, we did not choose to do this. Our
readers must accept this excuse for not fulfilling our intention ;
it is the loss of the public, not ours. We are indebted to the
Courier for the following description and critique of the morn-
ing's musical service:—
The service commenced with the •
'"Psalm xii, from the Rev. H. Kennedy's Church of Eng-
land psalm book.
•"fune, Barton—From the parochial psalmody of Greatrex.
" Quartett—Miss Birch, Mrs. A. Shaw, Messrs. Bennett, E.
Taylor, and Chorus.
The Venite and Psalms for the day were chanted.
" After the first and second Lessons, the Te Deum,'and
'Jubilate,' set to music by Dr. Nares, were sung by the principal
singers, Ssc.
" The Principal Singers and Chorus.
"AFTER THE THIRD COLLECT—Anthem—SOLO, Mrs. Wood.
' 0 Lord, our Governor.'
" Bacons THE SERNION—Anthem, Madame Caraduri Allan
and Mrs. W. Kuyvett, Hear my Prayer.' Kent.
AFTER THE SElMON—Anthern—` Plead thou my cause.'
Mozart.
" The solo parts by Miss Birch, Mrs. A. Shaw, Mr. Braham,'
Mr. H. Phillips, and Chorus.,
" Sir George Smart presided at the Organ."
The service was announced to commence at eleven o'clock,
but long before that hour numbers of the congregation; all the
individuals of which were admitted by ticket, began to assem-
ble. By the hour appointed the church was filled, the space in
the aisles as well as the seats being occupied by a respectable
congregation. The Rev. Rector Brooks officiated at the read-
ing-desk.
The service was opened by the choir giving the 41st Psalm,
in the second phrt of which, Mr. Braham was to have joined in
the quartette with Mrs. Knyvett, Mrs. Shaw, and Mr. H Phil-
lips. The rumours which had been for the last two days preva-
lent in the town, of the illness of this gentleman, were now con-
firmed, and a general feeling of disappointment and regret pre-
vailed throughout the assembly. The Psalm, however, was
given with exceeding precision, Mr. Burnett taking Mr. Bra-
ham's part. The emphatic chorus,
•‘ Let therefore Israel's Lord and God,
From age to age be blest,
And all the people's glad applause,
With loud amens expressed," •
burst forth, and was carried to its conclusion with striking
energy and effect.
After this followed the Venice, which was chanted by the prin-
cipall singers. No happier combination of the spirit-stirring
with the solemn could possibly exist, than was displayed in the
music of this beautiful chant. The effect of the trumpets and
trombones when they burst forth withahe concluding chorus
was exceedingly vivid and effective.
The 29th cicapter of the Book of Job was the first Lesson
appointed for the day: after which followed the "'l'e Deum."
Never was this hymn of praise given in a manner more emi-
nently calculated to raise the heart to an ecstacy of devotion.
With excellent taste, the singers departed not from the classi-
cal simplicity of its construction, which combines the majesty
of the Roman chant with the dignified and subdued solemnity*
which the gradual advancement in the science has superadded.
Its sudden pauses, where the music dies away into awful still-
ness, succeeded by a burst of praise, which seems again to
pause from the want of adequate power of utterance: andanon
the quiet and sweet commencement of supplication, increasing
in ardour as it proceeds, rolling fugue on fugue till the air
seemed burthened with harmony,—all these were given with a
gracefulness and distinctive force, which, while it occasionally
reminded us of the " water from, the source," made us feel
grateful, also, that generations had arisen with imaginations to
conceive, invent, and develope, and Flowers to wield such sub-
lime, though, in truth, simple harmony.
The second Lesson for the day was the 25th chapter of the
Gospel according to St. Matthew. The impressive manner in'
which the Rev. Rector Brooks read the service seemed to be felt
by all present. The solemnity of the subject which follows
from the commencement of the 29th verse, was much enhanced
by the evident tone of feeling with which the reader himself
was imbued. His delivery of the verses, " For I was an hungered
and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was
a stranger and ye took me in, naked and ve clothed me, I was
sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me,"
with the subsequent appropriate verses to the conclusion, was
solemnly and appropriately emphatic, and met with a respondent
feeling in every breast susceptible of emotion. His reading of
these passages was not tinged with an affectation of that peculiar
eloquence usually denominated fine reading, but it was charac-
tensed by simple pathos and dignity which accorded with the
subject.
The tone of mind into which this led the congregation was
finely adapted for the reception of the "Jubilate." The effect
of the verse " For the Lord is gracious," where the music is
gradually softened, and dies away to almost nothing, succeeded
by the magnificent choral burst which accompanies the words
"Glory be to the Father, and to the. Son, and sto the Holy
Ghost," &c.,—the trombones and drums mingling with the deep-
bass of the organ, and assisting the superstructure of tones
which is built thereupon, had a most magnificent effect.
After the third Collect, Marcello's anthem and chorus, " 0
Lord, our God," was sting by Mrs. Wood. The task was diffi-
cult to express in words the effect which she produced, and the
death-like stillness which pervaded the congregation, told that
the feeling was general. She seemed bent upon giving in all
its force, with the music, the feeling of the words which she'
uttered, and the consequence was, that her performance was
not less characterised by correctness,. than by vivid expression.
One fault we have to find with her, and it is one of which she
will have some difficulty in divesting herself, as it is one of habit,
arising from her professional engagements having obliged her
more frequently to exercise her vocal abilities in opera than in
church music. We ellude to her having, to a very trifling de-
gree of certainty, displayed, in this instance, too much action.:
This, however, necessary it may be in operas, and that it is so,
cannot be denied, is altogether out of place and inaomissahle
in a choir formed for the performance of sacred music. We
trust this hint will not be thrown away upon her.
Immediately before the commencement of the sermon, Kent's,
anthem, " Hear my• Prayer," was sung. The ripening duet was
given by Madame Caradori Allan and Mrs. W. Knyvett. The '
rumours that have been prevalent of the effect which the news
of the death of her friend Madame Malibran had on the mind
and health of Madame Caradori seem to be fully borne out by
her altered appearance, the chance in which since we saw her
in Manchester during the festival which was recently held in
that town, is most striking. Her solo, "Take heed unto me,"
was well given; but those who may have heard her praises as a
vocalist sounded by the breath of fame, must not take this as a
criterion whereby to judge of her abilities. She was evidently
out of voice, and lacking in that energy and animation which
gives so powerful an effect to her efforts in Italian music. Mrs.
W. Knyvett gave the recitative, " My heart is disquieted," with
that simplicity which belongs to the school in which her style
was formed, and of which she is the only representative. The
concluding duet and chorus were well performed.
The Reverend Dr. Gilbert seems to be a minister possessing
more meekness than energy, and more learning than eloquence.
He founded his discourse upon the 34th verse of the 13th chap-
ter of the Gospel by St. John,—" A new commandment give I
unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, love
ye also one another."
In the course of his sermon, the Rev. Doctor said that differ-
ferent opinions had arisen as to the propriety of such obser-
vances as the present. It would be rash, he thought, to make
their religion forbid that which the heart felt to beinnocent ; at
the same time he would guard them against taking the license
thus accorded and suffering it to lead them into the dissipation
of over indulgence. We were all imperfect, and some were
disposed to see faults in the religion of others that they could not
in their own. He trusted they would examine their own hearts,
and see that in all things they were governed according to the
precepts of Christ, who had commanded them to love one ano-
ther. Speaking of the charitable institutions of this town, the
rev. doctor said it might be truly averred, that their fame had
gone through the land. If this mart of commerce sat as a prin-
cess amongst us, she also marshalled us in charity. The deaf,
the dumb, and the blind alike had their misfortunes alleviated,
and the immortal spirit was approached through the avenues
that were still left open. The rev, divine closed his sermon by an
exhortation to his hearers to endeavour so to form their hearts
after the precepts of Christ, that their charity should arise from
the feelings that he himself had inculcated—their love for one
another, even as he loved them.
Mozart's beautiful anthem, "Plead my cause," was then
sung by Miss Birch, Mrs. A. Shaw, Mr. H. Philips, and Mr.
Bennett, the last-named gentleman undertaking the part which
had originally been allotted to Mr. Braham. The animating
chorus, " I will give thanks," was splendidly delivered. No-
thing; could exceed the precision with which the choristers
went through the different parts of this difficult piece, or the
effect which was produced by a combination so perfect and
strikia„es
At the close of the service a collection was made at the
doors, the plates being held by Lady Eleanor Hopwood,
the Hon. Miss Wilbraham, Mrs. Brooks Mrs. W. Earle,
and Airs. J. Langton. The collection amounted to £lll. 13s. 6d.

TUESDAY EVENING'S CONCERT.
In no instance has the committee displayed greater taste and
judgment than in their adaptation of the Amphitheatre for the
holding of the concerts. 'llse size of the building is such as to
insure comfortable accommodation to a much larger audience
than might be expected, even on an occasion like the present.,
Notwithstanding this, the concert of last night was what would
in a common way, be called a full house. It is seldom we have
witnessed a sight of greater splendour than that which the
Amphitheatre presented on this occasion.
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When the whole of the company had assembled, the coup
d' was most magnificent. The pit or parterre presented a
blaze of beauty such as we have seldom seen equalled; the
tasteful dresses of the ladies contrasting finely with the
deep
crimson of the seats and floor. The box circle, which was the
second part of the house in point of price, was but comfortably
filled, but the gallery was crammed to the ceiling.
The following was the order of the performances:—
" PART L—Sinfonia, (in C minor,). Beethoven.
Rect. and Polacca Miss Birch, Go, trifler, go.'„Bishop.
Glee, Mrs. W. Knyyett, Miss Birch, Mrs. A. Shaw, Messrs.
Bennett and E. Taylor,o, by rivers,' (arranged by H. IL
,)
Wilson and Saville.
" Ashpria, Madame Caradori Allan, qnando in regio tale-
mo,' (Ugo, Conte de Parigi,). Donizetti.
" Concerto Violoncello Mr. Lindley .. Lindley.
" Canzonet, Mrs. Wood and Mr. H. Phillips, Haste my
Nannette,' Travers.
" Air, Mrs. Knyvett, Lo, here the gentle Lark,' (Flute
_ .
Obligato, Mr. Nicholson,) • • • •
Bisho9-
Mr-
Bennett, Quartetto, Madame Caradori Allan, Mrs. A. Shaw,
Bennett, and Mr. H. Phillips, Ecco fiero instante,' (Harp
Obligato, Mr. Chipp,). Costa.
" Cantata, Mr. Braham, Mad Tom,
Ole B. Bull.
' Purcell.
" Concerto Violin, M. Ore B. Bull
" Scene, Mrs. Wood, 'Non piu mesta,' (La Cenerentola,)
Rosins.
"PART IL—Overture, ' Der Beherrsher der Geister,'
"Air, Madame, Caradori
Miss B r cuband
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