A performance of sacred music was given in St. Saviour's
Church, in the Borough, on Thursday, in aid of the funds for the restora- tion of the Ladye Chapel. A very good vocal and instrumental band was collected, though too weak in the chorus; and the music went off successfully. Should the attempt be repeated (of which there seems a probability), we should recommend to the manager something more attractive than the songs "Angels ever bright and fair," "Let the bright Seraphim," "Dal tuo stellato soglio," and the other pieces which are regularly employed as stopgaps in the oratorio bills. A sacred selection, from which Moz ART, H AY D N, SPOHR, and BEETHOVEN are excluded, is not very likely to offer much attraction to lovers of music, even in the lamentable dearth of performances of this class in the metropolis. The only piece, on the present occasion, which was not absolutely stale, was a clever Anthem, by WELSH.
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