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e interruption, noise, dust or hinderance or annoyance
of any kind. Every visitor had a provided
seat and found it and kept it unobstructed.
The performance was the Te Deum , by Handel .
together with selections from three or four of
his great Oratorios, among which was
the “Dead March in Saul”, “See the Con-
quering Hero Comes.” There was an organ
which surpasses in power any ten instru-
ments of that description I had ever seen. It
employs 17 men to blow its bellows. There
were 3500 performers, half of them vocalists
half of them using instruments. I can only
tell you the power or forces employed. And
add that each was distinguished in the
musical world – and then leave you to imagine
the wonderful effect. It was the first time
that I ever heard elaborate musical performances
with complete understanding of this, and
so I may say that it was the first time
I ever felt the full power of that Divine Art.

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Henceforth I
shall never again be
a sceptic. Their devotional
performances rose above the earth
and earthly things and showed that
our religion does reach to the spiritual spheres –
At night I dined in a very large and
brilliant party at the Schenleys. Mr Schenley is an
Englishman who twenty years ago married a great
Pennsylvania fortune and has been ever since using it to
get into society here. Which he has accomplished
in some degree. He is now a member of Parliament.
Titles saluted my ear on all sides – but it was the
only place in which I have been entertained where I
saw that British rank was held in higher consideration
than such republican as I have backed by
by the advantage of ^my^ being a foreigner. I think I see how it
is. John Bull and his brother Jonathan will never love
one another ardently while the elder stands on
birth, the latter on achievement. I enjoyed this dinner
exceedingly as a study of the arts by which
men rise – Do not on any account
let this letter get into any hand
that will suffer its reflections
to become known –
I am under
a thousand
obligations

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here to all kinds of persons and I would on
no account violate them.
My visit to the Crystal Palace was
made under the auspices of Lord Radstock
his mother and his sister . Who are of the
very best of people – I have been so unfortunate
as to be ^pre^ engaged twice when they have
proposed to drive me –
Lady Napier goes with Willie
to Thirlestane to night where she will gather
her family . She has had a wearisome time
but has enjoyed it. Lord Napier remains
two or three weeks and then goes to the
Hague . This will be my last letter from
London. On the 27th or the 28th at farthest
I got to make a sweep through the manufac-
turing districts of England – and then to the
Continent – The Sartiges have gone to Paris –
Hamilton Fish and family have gone
home – Mrs Marcy and her daughter
are over my head in this town –

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I have quite occupation enough in getting ready
to leave this busy place. My health is very
good – improved I think, notwithstanding I live in
a round of dissipations
Address me always “Care of
Baring Brothers and Company, London.
Ever your own Henry.

h No 7
June 17 to 23 ^d
Oxford
Handel Concert
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