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Miscellaneous.
At half-past three the concert commenced , with a brilliant military symphony by Haydn . A glee , by Mrs . AV . Knyvett , Messrs . Knyvett , A ' aughan , and Phillips— " The Midge ' s Dance about the Burn , " was admirably sung , and loudly encored ; and a song , composed for Phillips , by AV . H . Callcott , the words from Sir AV . Scott ' s poem of " Waterloo , " was also very finely executed , and encored . The Oratorio closed with Haydn ' s Storm Chorus
" . " The ball at the Star was one of the most splendid affairs we ever witnessed . The great room was brilliantly and elegantly lighted up . The fine staircase , by which the company ascended , was so densely thronged by ladies and gentlemen , that it was almost impossible to gain the ball room . Upon our arrival in this fairy scene , we were dazzled with the splendour of the ladies . The room presented the appearance of a
waving forest of plumes ; the splendid jewels that adorned the fair brows of the beautiful wearers , and the magnificence and splendour of their costumes , made us for a moment fancy we were in Fairy Land . There were nearly one thousand persons present . Thursday . —To-day , the Bishop of Oxford preached a sermon for the benefit of the Radcliffe Infirmary . About eleven o ' clock the Chancelloraccompanied bthe Vice
, y - Chancellor , the noblemen and gentlemen recently made doctors , and the heads of houses , in their robes of state , entered the cathedral ; and the service then proceeded amid the pealing of the organ and the full voices of the choir . The symphony to the anthem was much admired , as was also the anthem itself .
Concert at the Theatre . —The second grand miscellaneous concert commenced this afternoon at half-past three o ' clock , at the theatre , and was as numerously and fashionably attended as on AVeclnesday . At the conclusion the audience loudly called for "God save the King , " which was of course complied with , Caradori singing the solo parts , and the audience joining very loudly , if not very musically , in the chorus , ivith sundry interruptions at the passages which accord with their political bias .
DIVISION OF THE CABINET . —Lord Ripon , Mr . Stanley , Sir James Graham , and the Duke of Richmond , resigned their offices in the Cabinet , on the question brought before Parliament by Mr . AVard relative to the Irish Protestant Church , ( See Parliamentary Analysis , ) and have been succeeded by Mr . Spring Rice , Lord Auckland , Marquis of Conyngham , and Mr . Abercrombie .
FRANCE , 13 th & 14 th of April . —Serious disturbances again occurred in Paris . The military were assailed and compelled to fire ; many lives were lost . A great number of arrests were found indispensible . It is remarkable that no effort has been made by the French government to destroy the traces of the recent affray . Several streets in the vicinity of the Rue St . Martin are still partially unpaved , or rendered impassable to carriages by deep trenches . The remains of the barricades are still visible .
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Miscellaneous.
At half-past three the concert commenced , with a brilliant military symphony by Haydn . A glee , by Mrs . AV . Knyvett , Messrs . Knyvett , A ' aughan , and Phillips— " The Midge ' s Dance about the Burn , " was admirably sung , and loudly encored ; and a song , composed for Phillips , by AV . H . Callcott , the words from Sir AV . Scott ' s poem of " Waterloo , " was also very finely executed , and encored . The Oratorio closed with Haydn ' s Storm Chorus
" . " The ball at the Star was one of the most splendid affairs we ever witnessed . The great room was brilliantly and elegantly lighted up . The fine staircase , by which the company ascended , was so densely thronged by ladies and gentlemen , that it was almost impossible to gain the ball room . Upon our arrival in this fairy scene , we were dazzled with the splendour of the ladies . The room presented the appearance of a
waving forest of plumes ; the splendid jewels that adorned the fair brows of the beautiful wearers , and the magnificence and splendour of their costumes , made us for a moment fancy we were in Fairy Land . There were nearly one thousand persons present . Thursday . —To-day , the Bishop of Oxford preached a sermon for the benefit of the Radcliffe Infirmary . About eleven o ' clock the Chancelloraccompanied bthe Vice
, y - Chancellor , the noblemen and gentlemen recently made doctors , and the heads of houses , in their robes of state , entered the cathedral ; and the service then proceeded amid the pealing of the organ and the full voices of the choir . The symphony to the anthem was much admired , as was also the anthem itself .
Concert at the Theatre . —The second grand miscellaneous concert commenced this afternoon at half-past three o ' clock , at the theatre , and was as numerously and fashionably attended as on AVeclnesday . At the conclusion the audience loudly called for "God save the King , " which was of course complied with , Caradori singing the solo parts , and the audience joining very loudly , if not very musically , in the chorus , ivith sundry interruptions at the passages which accord with their political bias .
DIVISION OF THE CABINET . —Lord Ripon , Mr . Stanley , Sir James Graham , and the Duke of Richmond , resigned their offices in the Cabinet , on the question brought before Parliament by Mr . AVard relative to the Irish Protestant Church , ( See Parliamentary Analysis , ) and have been succeeded by Mr . Spring Rice , Lord Auckland , Marquis of Conyngham , and Mr . Abercrombie .
FRANCE , 13 th & 14 th of April . —Serious disturbances again occurred in Paris . The military were assailed and compelled to fire ; many lives were lost . A great number of arrests were found indispensible . It is remarkable that no effort has been made by the French government to destroy the traces of the recent affray . Several streets in the vicinity of the Rue St . Martin are still partially unpaved , or rendered impassable to carriages by deep trenches . The remains of the barricades are still visible .