The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-18

street. others, attracted Attention BY the hearty
IN which the Welcome rlug ous-
Ner the churches slone ths jubilee Of the bes,
t An the fastory oes in the city joined in the chorus
Ne ceremony observed in all the subarbs add
IN chous Of twenty mites from the c.y Hall the jiDs
ling Of bells snd the firing Of easnen YVES continuous for
an hour.
10 sdd to ne pose the steam Whistles whsh in many
Of The largo the for the mid
DAY funuh % the aoorer, called requsou and
for time sweed the volume Of souni crested by the
firing Of the and the pealing OF the bells rhe
steamboats, and ferry boats al participated with their
steam whistles and bells.
TIE CEIMys-RINoMG OF THE BELLE OF TRINITY
CHURCH.
The use Of bells very ancient we'll extensive.
We and them among NE Jews, the Gresks the Romans,
Christians and hesthens, chiefly hung in buildings and
churches. Bells being used, among other purposes by
the Romans signify the simos Of ba,niug n>urxi
applied BY the Christians Of say 70 denote the hours Of
devotion and the people 10 church. The first Ap
phcaton Of them TO ecclesiastical purposes ia by the
ancient writer's sssfibed 10 Paulians Bishop Of Noa,
city Of Campania, about the year 400 In British
bells were used In churches before the conclusion Of the
seventh century, and the practice Of ringing bells in
change regular pess said 10 be peculiar 70 England
and for this Britain has been frequently termed
"thc bell ringing slAnd The cus.om commenced in the
time Of the Saxons, and was very common before tue
conquest There were formerly in London many socie
ties Of ringers, particularly one known the College
Youths, and of wuoh said the celebrated Sir Matthew
Hale In his youthful days WAS Q member Riageg
has sometimes claimed the name OF q SCIENCE
and peals have been composed which bear the name Of
inventors; but the ancient pesls do appear to have
exceeded ave in number In 1880 sixth bell aidsd
70 tho peal of FIVE In Of the Eogsh churches and A.
forwards accounted the best ring of bells for bar
mony and sweetness In Britain. Upon all festive occasions
in England the church balls ched, aud shsts
pere Of his pieces says we have heard the chimes
at midnight"
Trinity church, Broadway, s the only church
in the city which has . full set Of bella
There nine, aud Of them were male,
We believe, in EasIana by Myers, 10 FAR back as
the year 1890 They range from 70 D, with sharp,
natural and sharp, and be played on two keys
They are arranged different, however, TO the Engsh
bells, and can be played by person. There nine
handles, with nine levers pulieys that tbs
clappers are brought 10 the side OF the bells Aud
With lifted arms they order every blow,
And chime their sounding hAmmers-in . row.
Mr. James B. AylHs, Of No. IL Leroy place, Blocker
street. is the regularly appointed ringer Of Trinity church.
and bias held that post for the last five years, and
siderng the very little practice he has had the bells
IOf ne uhfe tnem Dut upon toSuve OoCAHfon-
his execution yesterday certainly highly creditabe
His rendering OF rather difficult piece- Brndis" from
the opera Of Lucrets Borga-snd the Blue Bells Of
Scotland" Yankee Doodle' aud Home, Sweet
Home," were musicslly correct, he not losing a
note From early hour the church was crowded by
very fashionable and select auditory, the majority
being ladies' and perhaps remarkable incident of the
day the curiosity manifested by several visters 10
examine the erected 10 Captain Lawrence and
Lieutenant Ludlow Of the United States Navy who fell
during the with England in 1873 In the engage ment
between the Chesapeake and the shannon. The ringing
commenced precisely at twelve O'clock whom the follow
ing airs were chmed:-
5-H Ring The changes on eight bella
3-God Save the Queen.
4-Yankee Doodle.
b-Bripdis from Lucrets Borgia-
6-aome Sweet Home.
Airs from Child Of the Regiment
s--Auld lang Syne.
e-Pleyes hymn.
10-Days OF Absence.
11-LSst Rose Of summer.
I2-Bue BELLS Of Scotland.
13-Ar by De BeroG
N-Happy Am
lb-Evepng Bells.
16-Yankoe Doodle.
17-God Save the Queen
le-HAl Columbia
1a-Yankee Doodle.
so-Changes On eight bells.
During the ringing Of the bells crowds assembled In
broadway and 1t the Of Wall street.-The absorbing
subject the Atlantic cable being the topic Of CONVEX
saon AL the church bells in the city were rng during
the day.