The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Rom's!' WORSIIIP IN PADUA.—.I never saw anything
so singular as the manner of conducting the service in San
Antonio. Not for a single moment did any one in the
church, except ourselves appear to be quiet: the effect
was more like a promenade concert than a religious cere-
mony. S,iveral priests continued, without pause, to walk
briskly round and round the aisles and choir, bearing some
precious casket, covered by embroidered si►k, and pre-
ceded by a boy in white robes, carrying a book, which did
not, however, seem to be used : each of these priests
walked alone, and was succeeded, at an interval, by the
next, and each had a trimn behind him of fishermen and
peasants, male and female, dirty, ragged and unseemly in
aspect. No one appeared to be uttering prayers, either
priest or people, and all hurried along at a rapid pace.
Women in slovenly gowns and coarse shoes, or a sort of
sabots without heels, with dirty white stockings, their
heads covered with a flabby yellow-white veil, promenaded
with the utmost indifference, some holding the arms of
their husbands or friends, some their children by the hand.
the little girls occasionally looking pretty in their white
veils. A few decently dressed citizens and their wives in
embroidered clean veils, and silk dresses, tripped along,
and occasionally a lady and gentleman dressed with great
assumption of Viennese fashion swept past ; none kept their
seats long, and all bowed and crossed themselves as they
passed the shrine of San Antonio, but I could not perceive
that they were occupied in prayer. Some dirty Franciscans
in coarse brown dresses, lounged after the rest, and several
large dogs roamed about amongst the dense crowd, much
to my surprise; but I understand these animals are of a
race privileged to remain in the sanctuary. All the lime
of this parading the organ played vehemently, and the
singers exerted themselves to the utmost, and when the
priest addressed the congregation from the pulpit, there
was no cessation in the promenade nor in perambulating
of the priests. I could not understand the meaning of all
this, for though I had heard that at Padua the priests are
accustomed to address the people in different parts of the
church, 1 was not prepared for this continuous roaming of
every person within the walls. St. Anthony is said by
tradition to have compelled the evil One to follow him for
ever, in the form of a pig, but whether this movement has
any reference to the legend I have not ascertained.— Cos-
tello's Tour.

A GENUINE YANKEE.—" Halo, my good friend, can
you inform me how far it is to the next house ?" Jona-
than started up—leaned on his hoe handle—rested one
foot on the gambril of his sinister leg, and replied—
" Hullo, yourself! dow'd dew ?—wall, I guess I can,
Taint near as fur as it used to be afore they cut the
woods away—then 't was generally reckoned four mile,
but now the sun shrivels up the road, and don't take
more'n few. The fuss house you come to, though, is a
barn, and the next is a haystack ; but old Hoskin's house
is on beyant. You'll be sure to meet his gals long before
you get there; tarnal romping critters, they plague our
folks more'n a little. His sheep git into our orchards.
Dad sets the dog arter the sheep, and me arter the gals—
and the way he makes the wool, and I the petticoats, fly,
is a sin to snakes." " I see you are inclined to be face-
tious, young man ; pray tell me how it happens that one
of your legs is shorter than the other ?" " I never 'lows
any body to meddle with my grass tanglers, mister, but
seein' it's you I'll tell you. I was born so at my tick-
erler request, so that when I hold a plough, I can go with
one foot in the furrer, and t'ther on land, and not lop
over : besides it is convenient when I mow round a side
hill." Very good, indeed—how do your potatoes come
on this year?" "They don't come at all; I digs 'em
out—and there's an everlastin' snarl of 'em in each hill."
" But they are small, I perceive." "Yes, I know it.
You see, we planted some whoppin' blue-noses over in
that 'ere patch there, and they flourished so all-firedly
that these here stopt growing just out of spite, 'cause
they knowed they couldn't keep up." " You appear to
be pretty smart, and I should think you could afford a
better hat than the one you wear." " The looks aint
nothin'—it's all in the behaviour. This here hat was
my religious Sunday-go-to• meetin' hat, and it's chock
full of piety now. I've got a better one to to hum ; but
I don't dig taters in it, no bow." " You have been
in these parts some time, I should guess ?" " I
guess so, tew. I was born'd and got my brot'n up in
that 'ere house ; but my native place is Pordunck "
Then you say it is about three and a half miles to the
next house ?" " Yes, sir ; 'twas a spell ago, and I don't
believe it's growed much shorter since." " Much
obliged—good bye."

Mr. C. Green, and his brother, Mr. H. Green, who
ascended from Cremorne Gardens, on Monday last, 13/th
made safe descents—the former at Thames Ditton. and
the latter at Kingston. Mr. C. Green was ably assisted
by the inhabitants. Mr. P. Green unf,rtunately, met
with a different reception, as his machine was very roughly
handled by the townspeople of Kingston, and suffered
very serious damage. _

A few days since, a young girl, named Sarah Wenlock,

we,,t to a dance in the village of Colemore, S.dop, where
some of her comp tnions began to joke her shout her sweet-
heart, who was gone to sea. She b-came greatly affected,
and suddenly fell from her chair. Medical aid was called
in ; hut she told the doctor he " never could cure a bro-
ken heart," and died shortly afterwards, ejaculating to the
last the name of " Edward !"
Pusey, whose health is very ind fferent, has been
with his family sljourning for some weeks at Tenhy.
Owing to extreme wealtru-ss he does not appear at church,
or at all in public. Mr. Newman, hearing of his indispo-
sition, came to see him about a fortnight ago; and Dr.
Pusey was so affected by the visit (it being the first time
the two gentlemen had inet since Mr. New man's secession)
that a relapse has been the consequence. He is now
somewhat better.

A GROOM MISTAKEN FOR REBECCA.—Edward Mach,
groom to Thomas :Morgan, Esq., solicitor, of Carmar-
then, was on Tuesd;?y week breaking in a pony for the
use of a lady. H,. used a side-saddle, and was attired tit
a habit, shawl and bonnet. He was stopped by police-
constable Lyon, who forced him to undress in High•
street, shocking the delicacy of the bystanders. The
policeman stated there was an act of parliament that man
must not wear woman's attire.

The Earl of Shrewsbury, accompanied by his agent,
Thos. Noggins, Esq , visited the township of Oxton, on
Thursday week, fo: the purpose of inspecting the nu-
-memos buildings erected, and in course of erection, upon
his estate in this rapidly improving place. His lordship
appeared much pleased with the g; eat and rapid improve-
ments there. His lordship has granted a site in the town-
ship for a Roman Catholic chapel, and it is expected will
also give land for the erection of a church.
On Monday afternoon a sanguinary conflict took place
at the Camden Town station of the London and South-
Western Railway Company, between the English and
Irish labourers employed on the line. One party came
down to the st.tion and made a most violent attack upon
the other, many of whom were dreadfully cut by working
tools, brickbats and stones ; one or two of them, owing
to the injuries inflicted, will probably not survive. From
fifteen to twenty of the ringleaders are in custody.
MAN versus ELEPHANT.=A sporting bet came off at
Mr. Tuting's, Valiant Soldier, Beverley, on Wednesday.
Mr. John Tuting matched himself for two sovereigns to
carry Mr. Stephenson, of Rooth, farmer, weighing 12
stone 71bs., one hundred yards, sooner than an elephant
could walk the same distance. The elephant was started
by his keeper, Mr. Stamford, hut turned sulky as soon as
he had gone 20 yards, consequently Mr. Tuting came off
an easy winner:by five yards.
On Friday, a public meeting was held at the Hanover-
square Rooms, London, when the celebrated reformer,
Czerski, attended and delivered an address with refer-
ence to the German reformation movement. The chair-
man, the Hon. W. Cowper, retired strongly impressed
with the fact that the communion to which Mr. Czerski
belongs is to be distinguished from the German Catholics,
or M. Rooge's party, the former being decidedly ortho-
dox, while the latter ate degenerating into rationalism.
SALE OF CELEBRATED GREYHOUNDS.—On Wednes-
day a large number of sporting gentlemen attended the
auction sale at Aldridge's Repository, St. Martin's-lane,
where a portion of the celebrated stud of greyhounds, the
property of Captain Baintree, a well-known coursing gen-
tleman, was put up for competition, and which realised
high prices. Among the lots were a fawn dog (Probity)
which sold for 50 guineas; a bitch (Certainty) fetched 28
guineas; two puppies by the celebrated greyhound King
Cob fetched 49 guineas; a red dog 18 guineas, and the
other lots made equally high prices.
HURRICANE AT RUGBY —On Thursday the neigh-
bourhood of Rugby was visited with the most tremen-
dous hurricane ever known in that locality. Upwards of
one hundred trees, many of them exceeding two yards
in circumference,were snapped in two, while others
were torn up by the roots, to the extent, in one line of
country alone, of nearly two miles and a-half. The da-
mage iii the neighbourhood is estima.ed at between
£2,000 and £3,000. After lasting about three hours, the
hurricane abated, apparently going in the direction of
Kettering.
The murder at Dagenham, in which a policeman was
found killed in a most savage and cruel manner, has as-
sumed a new feature. Hennessey, Flynn, and Ellen Ran-
kin, accused by the boy Welch, have disproved the suspi-
cions against them. On the other hand, five of the police,
including Sergeant Parsons, have been suspended, from
the false evidence given at the inquest. The four men ad-
mit they acceded to a request of Parsons to say, they saw
him at certain periods on the night of the murder, when
they did not. They are all consistent in this, but Parsons
says they state what is not true. It is beyond a doubt
that gross perjury has been committed._

MISERABLE LODGINGS OF THE POOR.—In conse-
quence of the demolition of the r Rookery' in St. Giles's,
the close back avenues in Drury-lane. Saffron-hill. old
Westminster, and Whi echapel, are crowded to repletion
by emigrants from the fallen fastnesses of Bloomsbury.
It is stated by a clergyman, who is constantly amongst
the poor, that, on entering houses in those neighbour-
hoods in the course of his sick calls. he has found a num-
ber amounting to seventy human beings crammed toge-
ther in a narrow and dilapidated tenement. The arrange-
ments by which miserable creatures are thus packed, are
almost revolting: for lodgings have become so valuable
in these dens, that the voter inmates pay for permission
to sleep on the landing-plat es and stairs!
_

THE GREY'S INN ADMINISTRATION.—The late Earl
Grey was caricatured with his tail of 70, having provided
for that number of his family. The present administra-
tion under Lord John Russell, has a strong tenth ncy to
turn grey, which is a very bad sign in a Whig. One of
his private secretaries is a Grey. Sir George Grey is
Colonel Secretary. Mr. C. Wood, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, is Lord Grey's brother-in-law. There is also
Lord Grey, and his private secretary, Hon. Captain Grey.
In fact, there are so many Greys that we wish Mr. Hume,
when parliament returns from grouse shooting, would
move for a list of all the Greys who are at present em-
ployed in pumping the engine of state. Should they
ever resign in a body, they will certainly be able in apply-
ing fur the Chiltern Hundreds, to take a Chiltern a-piece.
A horrible story was circulated on Friday in the neigh-
bout hcod of Middlesex Hospital. On Sunday week a re-
spectably-attired young man stepped into the shop of Mr.
Just, baker, of No. I, Nassau-street, with a large pie to
be baked, having deposited the dish on the counter, the
fellow remarked that " care should be taken with that pie
in baking it, as it contained a good deal of meat." He
then departed. The pie was baked, but the owner omit-
ting to send for it, some suspicion was excited, which con-
tinued to increase day after day until Thursday afternoon,
when Mrs. Just suggested to her husband to keep the
" di-h" no longer, there being a strong and offensive efflu-
vium arising from its contents. Tne crust having been
raised the parties were horror-s'ruck at finding the con-
tents to consist of a newly-born child. Information was
immediately despatched to the Marylebone Court House,
and the district officer has slice communicated with Mr.
Wak ley, the coroner. The refined brutality of the affair
renders it difficult of belief,
EVANGELICAL. ALLIANCE.—FRENCH MEETING IN
LONDON.—On Friday, a meeting of French Protestants
resident in London and favourable to the objects of the
above alliance, was held in the Hanover-square Rooms.
It was of more than ordinary interest, since it was the
first public reunion in the metropolis conducted exclusively
in the French language. Attracted by the novelty of the
proceedinga,seyeral English 'tidies and gentlemen attended.
M. le Pasteur Martin, minister of the French Protestant
Church. St. Martin's-le.grand, having taken the chair,
players were read, and several foreign ministers addressed

the meeting in support of the principles of the alliance,
which were explained in previous meetings reported inthis
paper. Much stress was laid on the fact of Protestants
being so dispersed over France that the pastors of the
various congregations rarely met. The differences existing
between Calvinists, Lutherans. and the ce her numerous
sects into which the reformed religion was divided were so
slight, and the duty of union dn (1 support was so incum-
bent that the Evangelical alliance cook not fail to call

fortn the good wi,be; of Pro,estants of all countries.
FLIGHT OF INSECTS.—A singular phenomenon occurred
at Lewes, on Sunday week. During the entire day a

heavy murky atmosphere prevailed, hardly a breath of air
being perceptible, while the close dull warmth was most
oppressive. About 2 o'clock a small but thick and dark
aloud was discernible, hanging, as it were, tir. and the lion
at the top of the old castle tower.—so dark, indeed, as
almost to obscure the figure. On ascending the c. site. and
going out on the leads, it was found that this thick cloud
was composed of myriads of insects, which wt ate not
entomologists enough to describe by name, but which ap-
peared like large-winged ants. These insects Sr 'tied on
the iron rods which support the figure of the lion, while
thousands clung to the walls and floor of the tower. Many
thousands of them fell on the leads, where they gradually
died. In an hour or two the great bulk of them had taken
their departute, but large numbers were left behind them
in a dying state. We picked up a handful of them, dead
and dying, and when placed on a paper those which still
retained Ife showed no disposition to mo•ion. They have
expansive vvinp.s, their bodies being dark and shining.
Their heads are somewhat large. and they are apparently
armed with powerful forceps.—Sussex Advertise,.
A lloAx.—A hoax was played off on Friday last, the
day of the Queen's arrival at Plymouth. A person en-
tered the ton of Totness in great haste, made instant
inquiries for the Mayor's residence, and proceeded thi-
ther with a letter, purporting to he a communicaqon front
one of her Mo.Hty':- attem'ants, stating that it was the
Queen's intetitio.,, 0,,,:f1 going down Channel from Tor-
bay, to proceed up the River Dart, and view the town of
Totness and neighbourhood. Immediately upon the re-
ceipt of this communication, I:is worship proceeded to
summon the town youncil, to adopt the necessary preli-
minaries for the royal reception, and to show the loyalty
of the good folks of the place. The bells sent forth their
merry peals all the townspeople were soon in active
bustle, and all the artillery that could be mustered soon
sent forth their reports ; fltgs were suspended from vari-
ous parts, and every one t ululated his neighbour to put
forth their hest cl,sp'ay for the occasion. After being
thus engaged for several hjurs, and some time being al-
lowed for raflection, many began to think the steamer
was a very long time in coming from so stunt a distance
as Torbay to the River Dart ; and upon maturer rt flec-
tion and inquiry, it was a,certained that her Majesty's
flotilla had proceeded down Channel for Plytnoulb, and
that his worship, with the other authorities of Totness,
had been hoaxed.
Prime Boiled English Bed, preserved in canisters of

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4lbs. and upwards, is advertised in our paper of to-day by
Messrs. Ingleby and Cooke, at 7d. per lb., a price, consi-
dering its excellence, surprkingly low, for meat of a similar
quality could not now be purchased uncooked at a lower
rate.

COURT-MAIITIAL ON CAPTAIN GORDON.—At Ports-
mouth, on Wednesday, a court- mar, ial assembled on
board the Victors, 101, to try Capt. the lion. John Gor-
don, R.N.; of the America, 50-gun frigate, upon the fol-
lowing charge:—" For that he, the said John Gordon,
did, on the 26th day of April, MI6, sail with her Majes-
ty's said ship America, from Valparais.) for England, in
die.obedienze of the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir George
Francis Seymour, then his superior officer." After a
long trial the court found that the charge had been fully
proved, and adjudged Captain Gordon to be severely re-
primanded. The court consisted of two flag officers and
four post captains.

INGENIOUS FRAUD.—A singular fraud committed upon
Messrs. Coutts arid Co., the bankers, was the subject of
conversation in the city on Wednesday. It appears that
a person having a check for £5, increased the amount to
.£5,000, by an obvious alteration. and succeeded in getting
bank notes. This operation having been accomplished.
he lost no time in going to the bank of England, and
changing a part at least of his newly-acquired notes for
gold. As yet, we believe, there is no trace of the culprit.
—Times. [Such was the impression on the first exami-
nation of the check. It now appears, however, that the
forgery was committed, riot by an addition of cyphers to
the small amount originally added to the check, but by
the obliteration of the writing through a chymical process,
and the substitution of a larger amount. Had there been
a coloured surface on the check, it would have been next
to impossible to obliterate the ink without raising suspi-
cion by discolouring the surface also, but the checks in
this particular house are uniformly white, with the excep-
tion, of course, of the words in print.]
ARTIFICIAL HATCHING.—The hatching of eggs by
artificial means is now carried out on a large scale as a
commercial speculation, at Eleathfield, between Tunbridge
Wells and Lewes. The hatching machine is described as
ingenious and simple. It is carried on by means of a
small fire of charcoal, by which a large tank of water is
heated, which is dispersed by means of a fan over a large
space, covering the eggs, which are contained in a water-
proof cloth. The cloth containing the hot water rests on
the top of the eggs, and answers all the purposes of the
breast of the hen, or, as the patent states, is " top con-
tact heat". " During my visit," says a correspondent of
the Daily News, "I saw upwards of one hundred chickens
leave their shells, and a more interesting sight can scarcely
be conceived than seeing the hole pecked through the
shell, and afterwards the rfforts made by the chicken to
liberate itself, which it does without assistance. Many
of them could be distinctly heard chirping whilst within
the shell. There were also half-a-dozen detached' build-
ings, surrounded by hundreds of lively chickens. These
buildings, and the top contact heat' of the hatching
machine, form the great feature of the invention, being
the places of shelter for the chickens, or artificial mothers,
and consist of ingeniously-contrived means, by which a
series of pipes are heated, and under which the chickens
seek the warmth they require. Upwards of two thousand
chickens, all lively and healthy, were running about.

THE BERWICE BANK ROBBERY.—RECOVERY OF TFII3
STOLEN PROPF.RTY.—The magistrates of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, sided by the superintendent of police from New-
castle, continued their inquiry on Monday into the cir-
cumstances attendant upon the robbery of the North of
England Joint Stock Bank, in the former town. The
house q.nd premises had previously been searched by the
Berwick police, with no other discovery than four parcels
of silver in the yard. It was evident, however, from va-
rious circumstancHt, that the robbery had been effected by
a party or parties well acquainted with the bank. On
Monday, accordingly, the authorities procured the assist-
ance of a blacksmith and joiner, in order thoroughly to
gut the house. This, fortunately, was not necessary, as
£3OO in gold and the remaining portion of the silver were
found in the kitchen, secreted under the stairs. Mean-
while, the other parties were examining the bed-rooms,
and in that occupied by Mrs. Thompson, the wife of the
manager of the hank, the whole of the notes were re-
covered. There were £lOOO Bank of England notes,
£B3O in notes of Scotch banks of various denominations
above £1; and 613 in ditto of £1 each; and all these were
discovered sewed in the bolsters and bedding of Mrs.
Thompson's bed. Every farthing, therefore, amounting
to very nearly £3OOO, has thus been recovered in a sur-
prisingly short period. Mrs. Thompson, on being ap-
prised of the discovery, was taken ill; she was, however,
taken into cusu,dy, though allowed to remain'in the house,
under the care of one of the matrons of the Berwick gaol.
It is not considered probable that the proceedings will be
carried further, though on this point the intentions of the
bank directors remain a secret.

EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—A public meeting of the
friends of the Evangelical Alliance was held on Tuesday
morning, in the large room, Exeter Hall, every portion of
which was completely filled. The Chevalier Bunsen, the
Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Professor Tholoch, (of the
College of Halls.) Rev. Dr. Beecher, (of Cincinati, Uni-
ted States,) and numerous ministers of all denominations
of Protestantism, and from various parts of Europe and
the United States of America, were present. Sir Culling
Eardley Smith took the chair, and opened the proceedings
with a brief speech. The Rev. Mr. Bickersteth, Rev.
Dr. Beecher, and Professor Thuloch supported the prin-
ciple, which set forth that sight differences on minor
points ought not to prevent nations from joining in the
great union. Addresses to a similar purport were deli-
vered by the Rev. Dr. Robson, the Hon. and Rev. Bap-
tist Noel, and others, when the assemblage separated
A second public meeting was held on Wednesday evening,
at Exeter Hall. when the large room was again crowded.
Mr. Justice Crampton was in the chair, and around him
were Sir C. E. Smith, Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the I
Rev. J. Jordan, (vicar of Enston, Oxfordshire,) the Rev.
Professor La Harpe, and the Rev. Adolphe Monod, (from
France,) and the Rev. Dr. Peck and the Rev. Dr. Schu-
ker,
(from the United States ;) there were, bes;des these,
a very large number of the clergy of all the sects of Pro-
testantism. It was stated, in the sper ches of the chair-
man and others, that the alliance was not to be considered
an alliance of different branches of the church, but of in-
dividual Christians, each acting upon his own responsibi-
lity, and that no compromise of the views of any member,
or sanction of those of others on points of difference, was
expected, all being free to advocate and maintain their
religious convictions with due forbearance.
A DAY TICKET.—A romantic young lady, residing not
100 miles from Bourn, contrived, a few days ago, with
the assistance of a little absence of mind, to make more
of one of these railway indulgences, and to enjoy a greater
amount of locomotion on one day's fare, than commonly
falls to any one's lot. With no luggage (hear this,
ladies!) and little more cash than was just needful for
" the day ticket," our heroine left Peterborough, and in
due time arrived in London, where ices, and something
quite new from Madame T—'s, in Regent-street, con-
tributed to exhaust the small resources of her purse; hut
" the day ticket" is all right—•' I shall get comfortably
to Peterborough to a late tea." The train leaves Euston-
square, and our heroine, charmed with the day, composes
herself with a novel and a first-class carriage for Peter-
borough. On they go, and night arrives ; the train, too,
arrives at a station. "Is this Peterborough ?" " This
is Rugby, ma'am." Alas, 'teas too true! the virtuous
hero of the novel was about to commit suicide when the
train divided at Wolverton, and our heroine was at
Rugby ! Here, from the state of her exchequer, she was
obliged to repose on the sofa in the " ladies' waiting-
room" till the morning. With promises from the guard
that she should really be conveyed to Peterborough forth-
with, and that " the day ticket" should, owing to the
mistake, still be the passport, our heroine starts once
more ; and now, in place of the nova!l hero, she meets
with a must agreeable gentleman fellow-traveller—a real
hero—who soon becomes more interesting than even the
martyr at Wolverton the preceding day. Conversation
progresses—so does the train ; till during a pause caused
perhaps by the introduction of some vulgar porter's head
into the carriage, the lady "fears they must be near
Peterborough by this time." " Peterborough, my dear
madam ! I am afraid you have made a mistake," said
her companio i ; and in the fulness of his topographical
information he tells her that she is at Watford, only some
18 or 20 miles from London, again ! Such was verily the
ca,e, and serious misgivings aro-e as t r the remaining
and oft-tried virtues of " the day ticket ;" but it still
held good. and, with one more effort, Peterborough is at
last reached in safety, and our heroine lives to tell the
tale.—Stamford Mercury.
NhiNDiLsoinv's" ELIJAH."..—The Times git is the fol-
lowing account of the reception of this extraordmary com-
position at the Birmingham Festival on Wednesday last :
" The crowds of strangers and visitors, which were great
the day before, were still more numerous, the whole
length of New-street being lined on each side witn a
dense mass of human beings, eager to behold the visitors
as they made their way to the building. The tops of the
houses, and every window, from garret to ground floor,
were covered and crowded with spectators. In the hall
every corner was alive; not a vacant spot was to be seen,
such being the intense anxiety to hear the new oratorio of
" Elijah," for the first time, under the direction of its
author. The orchestra was quite filled with the execu-
tants, and the immense organ, with its thirty-two feet
pipes, looking like gigantic rolls of oil-cloth, rose from be-
hind till its head touched the roof, like some test animal
of mysterious firm. When Mendelssohn, the master
that was to direct this multitude, stepeed into the con-
ductor's rostrum, and gave one rapid glance at the brilliant
company who had come to listen to his favourite work —f l. e
" the child of his adoption, the composition he
prefers to all he has written—the forms of etiquette were
unanimously laid aside, and one loud arid universal cheer
acknowledged the presence of the greatest composer of the
age. But oendelsohn, who seems to hold app arise in
small account, after a brief salutation, waved his Idion to
begin. Herr Staudigil, accompanied by the low, rovste-
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part was given with the same precision arid effect The
last note of " Elijah" was drowne I in a long-cetiti-
he inspired composer. The eecona
nued and unanimous volley of plaudits, if
vec. erous tied
deafeblitgo It was as though enthusiasm, long checked,
had suddenly burst iis bends, and filled the air with shouts
of exultation. Maidelssohn, evidently overpower( d,
bowed his acknowledgments. and quickly descended from
his position to the conductor's rostrum ; but he was com-
pelled to apr ear again, amidst renewed cheers and huzzas.
Never was there a more complete triumph—never a more
thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art.
" Elijah" is not only the chetd ccuvre of Metidelssolirp,
but altogether one of the most extraordinary achievements
of human intelligence. The greatest c edit is due to the
band and chorus. Unapproachable as is Mendelssohn as
a conductor. unrivalled as is his experience of the orches-
tra and its resources, his work could never have won such
instantaneous appreciation but for the zealous and artist-
like unanimity of his forces. Mendelssohn, after thanking
them, expressed his particular obligations to Mr. Simp-
son, the Birmingham professor, who had, for two months
previously, so well and effectively trained the local choir.