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7th October 1837
Windsor and Eton Choral Society
The fifth concert of the Windsor and Eton Choral Society at the Theatre on Thursday evening, was much more numerously attended, and the performances passed off far better than from various circumstances and reports we were led to anticipate. The company was considerably shorter in number, and less fashionable than even at the previous concert, but the lower part of the house was well filled. The first part selected for the evening's entertainment was a new Sacred Oratorio, which to our non-professional ears appeared a somewhat heavy composition; the various vocal and instrumental performers certainly appeared to exert their talents to make the piece go off with eciat, but the applause gained was scarcely worthy of record. The recitative by Mr. Field commencing "Peace I leave with you", and by Mr. Mitchell, "So then after the Lord", were very effectively given, and two choruses, the one commencing "Thou art gone up on high," and the last, were certainly good, and well performed, the latter in particular; but it struck us the latter chorus was familiar to our ears, and not strictly original. However, the termination of the Oratorio, which is described as the composition of Mr. Elvey, went off with more spirit than any former part of it. The second part of the concert consisted of a Miscellaneous, but not a particularly attractive Selection; neither did this part pass off with any degree of spirit. The overture at the commencement. "Jean de Paris," is a delightful piece, and it was very creditably performed by the orchestra. The songs of Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Francis, and Mr. Field justly drew forth marks of approbation. The concerto on the violin by Mr. McMahon, was a master piece of performance. The young gentleman, we understand, is a pupil of Mr.Blagrove, the celebrated violinist, of Windsor. Of the madrigal, we cannot speak in terms of praise, although each were pleasing to the ear. The performance concluded with the National Anthem, the leading parts by Messrs. Mitchell, Field and Francis.Windsor Police
Mr. Hughes, Beer-shop keeper, of Prospect Place, appeared before the magistrates on Thursday, on a summons charging him with keeping his house open later than he was by law allowed to do. The evidence of policeman, No.4, and of Mr. Gilman, the Superintendent of police, was to this effect. On the night of the 20th ult., a few minutes after 11 o'clock the policeman called at the defendant's and told his wife it was time to close the house; at the same moment a soldier came in and called for some meat and a pint of beer; Mrs Hughes served it and the policeman told her she was doing wrong, but she said she had a right to draw beer with eatables. She would not close her house. The policeman then went away , and meeting with Mr. Gilman told him of it, upon which they both went back to the house, by which time it was 25 minutes past 11 o'clock. Mr. Gilman remonstrated with Mrs. Hughes, but she repeated the same to him as she had done to the policeman. There were then two soldiers there, one of whom was smoking a pipe and there was a pint pot three parts full of beer before them on the table.