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740 thore pgreentililit, but allowance must he food.. for It first performative. The reeitative,i, whirl* iihomill in I*in oratorio, were nyerrnnuly bung and wretchedly twcompanitsl. it *eetita tot extraonlinary that thy Sacred Ilar itatic Society, which ought to be free fr.an all l're ilham, should allow we inellieltnit an orchestral , yer ax M. l'iatti to occupy the important post of siciDill %lulu:$(4.114), the duties or which lie is per. li l 4 ectly iticotunelvtif IA) 1b 4.11.011 1 11 ; imonitich as he poa. riessea neither the broad full tone, nor the know leiliye or playing chords, Ojai are indisiiensable to skilful Ullll Vili.teliVe liceolllptillitilellt. There being f flet n z li violoncello-players without number who wild tie the work ten time better, we are a opinion hat some becret influence hits hoisted M. Viotti into .Y . 4 1 11 4 0 in titk orchestra. 111AWEIN'S HAW,. Tuis huildiuu, ha►iug buesi cumplatoil *wording to lira migiuisl thitiigos, wax illauguratol uu l'ltuvoluy 'lO4 by a ciaseili, whiult ihu iirogrium u uu wus us fugue.* : PAM' I.—" Tu Ilaplts—Air, "If nada** 1.101141," Mow% V. /A nita, lltuitlel -"Saw tni," " lin:Anna," awl " (rittle, - Intottitml " By Om 1 . 1%.•r» of nui, ) bm," MM. f.u• der ',wilts, Wahl -Vltitria Flultesiu, iti.inufnrte, Mitt* Ariibells filiNW*ol. 1 . 41t1 11. —" /lieu," wu toped, oirt 2 2440, *mit. Vitirtlnt, (iltstit•- " Ilu * I , ttittit•r, - llr. Wring, Nlt•titlttinntiltia—Mt.• *IA Itiatini;tll... I i.. , 111.“1 - -ht•t`llN, " !Coin) 141Kiiti." W 0•181, WuitUr.—" The Wtiltoirgis Night.," Ideu- tar apace will only llUCallll 111 1.4) say, by way of ex planation, shad. 111. siolisiiki is is Freud' composer whose morns were first brought to light iss this country by ilr. Ilnlluh. Ile is 11w author of an op e r a ess tstl ei l Supple, which was prodoessl at hurl, a time ago and fails:ll. Ills musk is ist* titilittni and original character, and requires consider* Isle study to 1.. appreciated. Ilr. '4 iii. is an English gentleman great ton anises, and u di/ON/lb'. TIO LIP' linlijea of 111 r. lluliadis hall, ale' its itrolliteettluC, mid to the olgeet iu ad it fluty toed lu servo, Wo shall return the hist opportniaily that 111'N11.%111AN PROMI..:N.IIIE CONCERTS. Tisk.gi.: 14 a largn plasie-loving pialslie in England who 1114 what is good tptitg sks well as what is new-•-or 14418140 s rather loctier—aiot will li t ) 1.4) al tsilic4srl in tonlur to by t)loasell witltonttntpis:thig to be asb Conip,!scol sttrli are the Otoliclivi'4 who lill;11113 Theatta In hear the perbalis ati s sei of •• IV alozily's Hungarian until the per farsisspices are admirably titled liar the anditors. striking— which too oriels moan s eurentria to trilioY ---in the execution, or novel in the music. tho progranstilo isissiriztlily contains • itoltrig am selection tot' pieces cho s en from the b e st Worl.s of the host conipota.rs, unit played with grea t prceislia; lay Ow band. The esincyrts are intouleil to be popular, and fulfil thgt littessliies. Now and tlivit a fragment of Iltitigivian Molt oily snakes its appearance, bill the massager Ilasi wisely refrained films sitisinspsigg ps give the c4liseert a national chit railer, miles 4, gel, ssl, the Cost Miles I 111. pclfflrinCps 141141.0 it so. A volitalale reitsforeensent to • the Hungarian corps is 'looniest by the Ungdge 'neat alit". brother' wit...4e admirable sax !Horn isksitig has been tested and applaud...al at in nuenerable concerts in stll pacts of civilised Europ... Some pleasing Iris's 'antis, sting by Mrs. Theodore I list in. M i tSS uniton the pianoforte, flluye.l by Mims Julia Warman, a yoinig piantste or or iinuttise, also give variety to the evolling's enter tainment. The Ils e ngsriaii Nail will shortly start en country bow, and will no doubt prove as attractive to thu provincials as they have been to the denizen. of the metropolis. torrig4 Tim Fitisr 14:rucA1:srtroix of a new gram' opera 111 fivo :1,1;, Hic Korsikuocr (the CorsielM), VIOL p!.(0! !oil the 114 ult. at tlw royal theatre in fittill ; tar.l.lpaintiter was the composer of the nil 'sic to this opera. The IWri . Orlll7llll4. Was intended Isy the lt.iyal Family of Wurtemberg, and proved per -I.ctly sitcessful. Eaukt: I trARIKST has 1,141 giving a series of dra matie representations at the ducal theatre in Botha. The reigning Duke 0 : ISaxe (101118 torten invited hint to the Court soirfles, and when the actor took his leave he received from the iliike's swim hand th e decoration of the 4 of Ernest. This is said to b.' the lira instanee in tiermany of it knightly deco ration lbciu:..l . given to a ilratnatie performer. 811Alis1'EARE'S //aidet has been performed with i immense applause, for the first time, at Stockholm. tratimlution 4,l,iptoi is that of Professor Hogberg. Tur. en tn.: tr or Mosrit too, once belonging to the naturalist Ruffin), has been purchased for 40,11011 f. by M. Desgnitsil, who is It member of the family of Montgoltii•r, the inventor of THE 1111'NfrIP111. COUNCIL 01: ciaI,F A NN h ave vo t e d! 40,0011 f. to defray the expenses attending the/ilea at tae inauguration of the statue of Joan of Are in that c.t7. The ceremony will come of early nest year. TIT, PRESS. A Bou•a4.l:uls "BENEvo Ear TiEATRIcAI. Su. IL I v has been formed at Perigneux. The members pur pose to give theatrical representations the whole year roml,l, with the view of tlevoting the profits in aid of the distressvd classes. The pieces for per formative are to be selected from among the play: highest in point of taste and morality to be found in the ancient or modern repertoires of the French drama. CAUF:IIE, the celebrated cook to George th e Marquis of Londonderry, Baran Rothschild, Laud Prince Paul of Wurteinberg, left behind him at his death the result of his labours ? in the shape of a series of volumes, respectively entitled " French Culinary Art in the Nineteenth Century ;" the " Cuisinier Parisien ;" the" Patissier Rival Purisien ;" the " Patissier Pittwesque;" and the " Alaitre - splendid edition of this work has just appeared iu Paris with a multitude of supplementary receipts, and learned disquisitions upon entrees mid preserves, by M. Paul (lambert. THE Hitless of his son, the Doc de Chablais, will prevent the King of Sardinia from making his pro jected visit Li, Genoa, on the °erasion of the opening of ilau remaining, portion of the Turin and Genoa Railway, which is expeensi to take place about the middle of next month ; lint the Exhilaition of Nei- Heusi Industry, which was intended to have been 114111 at l irnou St the same time, has been postimmed, in rensequent•e of the King's iiitthility to attend until the end of January. The ixperitatents all eady testae on the incline near (lawn, where there is an ascent of 1 in 1H 1, have been most satisfactory. With two locomotives attached together, drawing train sit six caniage., loaded with saint, which weighed altogether about fifty-six tons, and each locomotive weighing shout twenty two tons, ineluding the NMI and water, a Speed of IlillaCWl English miles an hour was easily aceomplished, although, from the length of the tunnels and the dampness of the atmosphere, the rails were excessively greasy stool slippery. The engines used were built by Messrs. Stephenson, after plans sent by the Mt.& !wttest, engineers ; and, us this is at present the steepest ascent on any railway in Europe, the result. reflects the highest praise sal all t•oncernisl, partieu• !arty considering the signal failnre of the former engine, " La Bavaria," fer which the Austrian 6o vernment paid so highly for crossing the Simmering, and whirl' OM hardly levee its own crushing weight of tfifilY tons tip an incline of I in 40. When this last piece of railway is 'won between Turin anal Genoa, and the Swill Railway finished to the foot of the Cenis pass, which it Will ho in a few mouths, it may lee expected that this will latemne the high read to Italy for our migratory compatriots. On the other silo of the Alps a railway has already been asmainesieed between Chambery and Lanslehourg, and Air. I lenfrey, the engineer of the St's& bile, leis submitted a plan to the Piedimattese tiovernment for laying a horse railway alougsisle of the common road over the pass, with carriages so constnicted that they may he run either on the rails or ordinary ro4ll. This plan has been favourably received, and, it is stipposed, will he utitta.astaloat iu the spring. Opiiiione of Twin states that floe convent-km concluded with Anstria for the junction of the lines of Sardinia and Lombardy has b ee n I'atitle,l at Vienna. It is thelieved the jalict•tal will have been elfeeteal 110140 the end of this year. hltus EFFENDI, ts Turkish poet, has composed a national sung in the style of the " Alarseillaise," and it is spry pipular at Constantinople. briers nerit v.—Dern:o the fortnight which the Igaliim opera in Paris has been now epee, under the war nagemrsll la' NI. Ita e •suai, the patronage the new director has met with SlBlll4 to prianise a brilliAnt eall•CetiS to his firm season. The autlienee is every night as brilliant as it mast te he the good old times before the ren.lia lion of Issls destroyed so many enterprises of that class. All th e fi rst tier of (saws and a great portion of the stalls we let Air the season. and to ry night the house is erevolell to the ceiling. Thu artistes whole M. Itagani has had the geed fortune no secure are tirst.rate, and wieldy account for the renewed favour sheet' the Italian theatre has se quins!. Itesides and Mario, P.ossi. mail the veteran Tunaletrini, he has tapered the serviees of several new ean didates for public. flavour, among whom are Mesdames d e PetrowiteloWalter. Parish, All'ifli, ite. The season opened witlo i'eserellieba, in which Madame Allsmi, of effltEN4', support's' the principal character. Afterwards that opera was ehangell for brew:ifs Borgia. in whielt Mario appeared as fiesnar.,, Abel:ante Alhoni as tirosi. Mail • Pau-Isle its Luereziu, and Tainhtnini as Das ..I(finfse. With such a vast the seeress was couplets, WO the 11111:11411St! incessant. (hi the fith neaten the ope; a of Mimeo e (ritiliella is to he ensinee.l for the Masi of Abulemokelle de Peirewitch. Walter, who takes the part of Maw", and who, besides her higrineses.,which exeitesinterem beingthegemililaughter of brince Alexander Petmwitch, at nee e • liospodar of Wallaelaia I. at possessed of great tibias, whirl) have al really a tsblished her fame. Mailemeiselle Anoint is to make her dilnrl ou the same °evasion as tiOtlielti‘. Tliis young hilly is the 'waive, of the Empress, who hod tie auently.seeu and admire,' heraat Madrid. Next week th e l'urii.vit is to he ghee, with Nbidasne• Fri.:v.44nd in the part oif the hereine. It is upwards of ten years mince Malone. Erezzolini appearetl on the Willa stage in Paris. In short, the season premises to he by' far the most bril liant that has been for the last sii years'. SATURDAY. THE (Ht.,.‘Npir CHMST Ci f24I4I4Ru AL . Dr. Corfe, has announced a public performance et Antigone, with the music awl chomp es of Moutkls ,ollo, to take place at Oxford op Tuesday, Dy e . The dialogue of the tragedy will he read by that end cent tragedian, Mr. Vatidenhoff, who has been en gaged for the occasion. TILE ANNITEESART OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY was held on Wednesday, the Earl ut Uosse, pre„id ent „ iu the cbisir. His lordship delivered his Anima it,ltiress, after which the Copley medal was presented to M. Dove, of Berlin, for his work on the distribu tion of heat over the surface of the earth ; and the Royal medal to Mr. Charles Darwin, the eminent naturalist, for his works on natural history and geology. After the meeting the fellows of th e society and their Mends dined together at the Free nuisints' Tavern. SIR EDWARD 11311.WF.11 LYTTON, who was during bet session unanimously elected to the office of Honor:ivy President of the Associated Societies of the Edin burgh Fitiversity, will deliver his inaugural address about the middle of January. 1111t..10sEI'll Routlersos,llie present editor of the Edinburgh Courant, has been appointed to an otlice in the Register-house aa Searcher of Records for Literary Purposes. Tilt: exertions lately making to establish an 'Winn opera in Edinburgh promise to he entirely suceess fah The performers already engaged include Mes dames Cat* Auglois, Bassi, lallle. Crespi, and Miss 1 lutlart, Signori Denial and Alaneusi, and {lemon Reichardt, Kuchler, and r onites ; in addition to these, the services of litailanie Zimmerman, Herren 4101der, firegorio, and 1.13 1 1 atm have been secured for the performance of German opera. Signor will be conductor of the Italian and Herr Euchniz of the German Iterat It is said that the orchestra will be very complete, a n d w ill comprehend the famous flute-player lliteciafltli, from Ajilaua. Ilmitour atnibutes very eminent talent to most of the per formers, who bare already achieved some renown on foreign stages. The season will commen t s) on hji t . 110 of December, and last for about two months. Resides the opera, at least one oratorio—that of Flijuh—is promised by the entrepreneurs to the citisens of Modern Athens. NUTICE has been given to the subscribers of one guinea and upwards for the purpose of erecting a statue to the memory of the late Lord George Ben tinek, informing them that they are each entitled to a bronze medal of this distinguished statesman, and that they may receive it upon application to Mr. Wyon, in Regent -street. ettitsiastital. THE Novll:arum MErrixo of the Council of the Society thr the Revival of Convocation took place on 'Evict:they and Wednesday last week. The nature of the business nails istteil has nut transpired, but it is 1111Oliell 10 hurt' tWell 401 importance, and that there was a full sitoulunce. jr is lu eontculpletiou lo) raise; a flll4 by voluntaly subseliptitai, for the twofold iourpose of ineressiag the efficiency of the Episcopal (limit in the north, and eructing a cathedral ni Inverness, as the figure seat tot' the Itiships of %only and Ross. The present bishop of the disocese t• Dr. Eden) is desirous to obtain eisolownietsts for the support. of u dean and four es . One •ficent sulateription of 7,1M111/. has been received from a gett eilosois who signs Inuiself " An Englishman, who desires the lo's.lcty of the Scottish Episcopal Church." Other sums mid 6 , ifts, amounting in Value to shoot 3,01111/., hove !wen offered, and coth‘aelist lopes a.e entertained of thiLitltiniato. success of this extensive ecclesiastical scheme. . PREFERIIEN'I'S AND APPOIN'fiIENTS. 1 110 Ik'v. John Colvin, to the Living of Man hill. The Rev. Frederick Crnikslhattk, to the Living of Lethnot and Navetr, fu the Clinrch of Scotland. The Rev. Charles W. Dolton), to the Rectory of rillnun, in the diocese of Lineoln. lter. Hobert Mihlrol KA., to the Itmtory o ItntiKeworthy. near I•*.yr., The Rev. William Arthur Orumby, M.A., to the Reetoty of bowl'burgh, uou• (Nataliall, X. The Ite%..ll•uues \tnutiouu t;teeu, 11. A., to the Ilegtories of Wilton end Itrotol4ll, near Norwich. The Ker. C) prima Thotoaa Ittata, S.C.L., to the luctutalieucy of St. lliehocl at Thpru the city of liorttirh. The ILA. Arthur 1341.1 Croa*e, KA., to the Curet.). of Tri• near framer. The Nev. William Holisticld, MA., to do Rectory of Cubling. toil, near A 3 luebury. T he Hey. Milli's iih.'gs Hotter, 11. A., tothe Vieeral.e of His k toluiSW wilt, I tertf, .e 1141111). 1 lie 114.%. Chinks John l'artitrigitt, M.A., to the Rectory 4.1* , .t. m sr y * 1 seep*, l'Aeter. 'l•he Ite‘. Joseph Itronakell, ILA., to the I . llCiley of Jlttller>tnu~, true Kirkbyhtephets, We*t . . . . . . The liev..itustea has been appointed Ardtdultt• Maeter of the tdrantutar school, Deolona, near C.delleatFr. The Rev. F. Gamier, KA., to the Curacy of liatheatiton cunt St. Catherine. near Bath. l'he Rev. F. ti. lilmett, M.A., to the Mtetuubeury of Irt•luts4. 'I Ii lice. N. A. Garland, M.A., to the Bet tor) of peal. he Rev. Joint Npearnian Wasey, KA., to the Vicarage of t*,nol•totu. . . . lluy. Charles Taylor, M.A., to llaq Viconsv ut M4ral63-iss ,l„..win„ws, N,atiliglusve• The . Sheppard, ILA., to the Nectar)' of 4.areplugh, tow Whitt.haven. • • _ Thu Rev. Etlaaril Male, 11. A., to U. locumlecoov of #6 ll O llO . near tilggle,aitk, V,akalare. 11ir R, v. Francis Morrr ► M.A. to the Itueuotteoey of st. Mon's , elatieh, !Anti-stoney.