The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-18 00:00:00

_} 1 4 t, c - ) 4.7 NE ‘' , S PAPER ----. NE '''. ''') ~,,z , .• : _..:;-- ••:•;-' '.,„ ctl x ,..-- . 4 ~ 4-- .418 ;1-c... , far-more - successful . thin on Mond& ; i t %(l.. is --,' reason alreuly suggested. :"Tr e - cl.ie li -. __' -,.-&,-,‘ the day were awarded—and' justly a‘vrialder ' --. 1 .'..--,..„ A Mr. Sims Reeves, who delivered the thrkti-try.: izt airs, " Call forth thy powers," "IlOw va'n is main," and " Sound an alarm," in a mari." ner ,we • have never heard ,surpassed by 'any singer.. As an example of florid execution " sow vain is man" was absolutely faultless, while the two great war songs were ma,sterpiqces of vocal declama tion. The impression made upon the crowd was commensurate with the perfection of the singing; and at the conclusion of each piece Mr. Reeves was : honoured by a burst of applause as unanimoui as it was enthusiastic. Miss Dolby was next entitled to commendation'. Nothing could be more purely devotional than her "Pious orgies," nothing mo'e correct and artistic than her"" Father of Heaven," while in whatever -conceited music she took pit she, eap,ally,excelled. . The sopranos, Madame No vello.. and Madame :Itudersdorfr, both had their tritimplm- r: the -,fortner_in the atr, " From mighty kings, ".front :which she discreetly omitted all the antiq_uated -shake S- I fl he latter. in " Wise men at tering," :irliidli obtained itrunens3 appluse. Mr. M. Smith aciiiiittedliimaelf;ably as second tenor ; and _ the - bass music: was divided between. II rr Formes and Mr:, °Weiss—the recitative and air A,4ll, — arm,le'.'brave," being the distinguishing •effort - of 'the German; while "The Lord worketh .won-d.E,r4" gaingd most creA.t,for the Engl. sh singer. This improvement in ffie - iiocarsOlos (or ra' her, per haps, -in the effect they produced) was n u t the least gratifying incident of the day. After. ." JudaS Maccaboeus ' (at the Queen's d-- sire, if we are rightly inforrnel) the old 100th pqtlin • was sung, her Majesty and the whole a,ssently'y Standing.. :The third verse—"Oh, - enter then. His gates with praise—was given in unison by. :the united yeicgilT:Of the 2,000 choristers. - A mo-e grand and iTtiforeisive effect cannot be imagined. Haydn. and:N.. Berlioz : (the musical antipodes-of each other) would have gone into ecstacies ablet this performance, just as they * did about the charity children in St. Paul's Cathedral. The refreshment department is now most tho roughly organised ; in fact,.nothing but a great institution of comestibles could have met yestea day's drain at the Palace, when 6,000 dinners and luncheons were served, very many thousands pints of sherry drunk, and 800 quarts of ices distri buted before six in the evening. The attendance at all the many counters was ample--people not Only had what they wanted, but whenever they wanted. it, and Mr. Staples, with untiring energy, person ally. superintended the comfort Of visitors to each department throughout the day. To-day, at half-past 3 p.m., Mr. G. Cooper (of St. Sepulchre and St. Paul's), is to perform upon the new organ of Messrs. Gray and Davison. On Friday the Handel Festival Will be brought to an end by the sublime and- unequalled " Israel in Egypt," about the choruses in whioh the highest anticipations are entertained. 'Why, after that, should - there not be a people's day--- . --on Saturday— at half-a-crown ? Who, if not Handel, was the composer for the multitude ? . ~. ~ - 1 i ti :4 i.-• .. . - , .....: ....... _______ _....,... ..........._ ..._ . •,,.„,,,,..„41_,.... .„.. ,:v4ii...1„, mi11,1,„,..,..t.,, ... ) •TJI c, s. , ~,_ „ 4 4 t1A,,.., a t oo'4°M; --‘..‘ iiyw .. ::' , ,A.: i' :. ar '.• '' 1,14111) • - Air -- - t... ;.'d '' 1 * 1: / ~, .....4,74::; ~,, , vo lip ,t ~iii %._. „. ..v b". 4. 1 14 r,.. 7t . 7$ - ~ o • : % ,41111 • 45'"'" -- ,' ....- .. iti i., -4g 4 - -11," - IE 1 4i',, .- - ~,.. 0, , iir-1 ,, ,.. ,' - % 01r/ ..---- f' . .. . ..,. 4 r. , , e i,,, 1 , 1 : , ~,,,,,, R ~• . . ,- 41 11111 b • ~x ~- ; NiONT "BLANC IS OPEN , T:?-1 MUT. R. W. :S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIR -4, , ; wit'. New Costumes and v rious Novelties, Total and Cha raeteristie. ETERY .EVENING (Saturday excepted) at Eieht A Morning Performance every Saturday, at Three. Private Boxes nd Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Poly m ul hi c .h, t ii, King William-street, Charing-cross. Tickets to e had'itt'theprincipal Musicsellers. TS. De- De itia [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D • LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING : , JUNE 18, 1857. )hu de- ROYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S , CASINO, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. —Great see ms of the Lancers, every evening, with Laurent's ()rand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London. Principal Cornet-a-oiston, 11. RoultOurt. 'Doers open at half nest eight. commence at nine. The Laiie rs *ill be doffed at half•pa-t ten: Admission One ..11111ing. 0. *20,.279.) E AND REFRIGERATORS.—The best Pure BLOCK IGE and REF I , IGE IiATORS are to be had only at SWEETING'S Fish, Oyster, and Ice Establishrhent, 159, Cheap side, City. j ON:DON.: LIFE A,SSOGIATION, 81,Kiug William-strget. The Directors of this Association hereby'inforni the MeMbers that 'he PREMIUMS falling due oh the Ist duly nhxt,bf those Members who have been assured for seven or more entire years will be RE DUCED at the rate of 80 pOr c en t.; leaving '2O per`i:ent. only to be paid: . EDWARD DOCKER, See. HE PROV"- THE HANDEL FftSTIVAL, _CRYSTAL. 6 get Eit ted PUBLICATIONS. PALACF. RQY A L SURR EY GARDEN S.eek, M. JULLIEN'S CERTS.very Evening this W Wrnmencing at R o'clock. Principal Vocalists—Madame Gassier, Madame Rutiersdorff, miss Louisa Vinning. M adame Fierentini, Madame Cwadori, Miss Stabbach, Madame Weiss, M addle. Wester strand, Miss Arabella Goddard, and isa Dolby. Mons. Gassier, Heir Reichardt, Mr. G. Perrot, mr. Weiss, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Conductors—Mr. A. Mellon. Signor Bottesini, and Mons. Julllen. Admission is. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BADE ' WAISTCOATS u two for one Guinea ; the new summer trousers, one , guinea; the Beaufort frock coat, two gu nem Excellence and economy.---GEORGE HOBSON, tailor, 57, Losnbard•street. T HE TWO ARISTOCRACIES. By Mrs. GORE. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn 13, Great Marlborough-street. C• GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Cheap Excursion to Cirencester, Stroud, Gloucester, Chel• tenham, Ross, and Hereford. from Paddington, on Saturday, June 20th, at 6 p.m., returning on the following Monday from Hereford at 5 p.m., and intermediate stations as per hand bills. Fares : Cirencester and Stroud, 9s. and ss. ; Gloucester ar.d Cheltenham, 10s. and 65.; Boss. 10s. and 6s. 6d. ; Hereford, I Is. and is. , • .HE PROVIDENT CLERKS' 'MUTUAL BEN' , FIT >SEOCIATION —Notice is hereby *given that; pursuant to a Requisit'on in th a t b e h a lf, and in conformity with the Act of Parliament of the 10th George the 4th, c. 56, sec. 9, and the Rules of the Prov;clent Clerks' Mufual Benefit Association, a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members Of the Said APO elation is hereby Conven.mi, and that the same will beheld at the ondoa Tavern, Bishopsgate- s t ree t, i n the city of Lordon, on Wed, nesday, the 21th of June next, a t 5 o ' c l o ck in the of emoon, for the purpose of making nett rules, and of altering, rescinding, and repeali. ing certain of the exliting rules of the said Association. WW. TEMA. LI N FORD, Secretary to the said Association. Copies of the proposed - new rules will be torn'shed to members ap, plying at the chief office, is, Moorgate-street, on acid Etter the 10th Inst. • • 15, MoOrgate-street, Len Jon, E.O June f, 1857. Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 rola ARK A N D F A I R. By the Author of " Rockingham," &e. CRYSTAL PALACE.-GREAT .11ANDEL FE , TIVAL. O•MORROW (FRIDAY). the 19th of June.—Tickets, .including admission and railway , conveyance, may be obtained at the London -bridge Terminus, price 125. Spec al 'Trains of ist and 2d Class Carriages will leave London,bridge for the Palace (aad vice versa continuously during the day, commencing at 9,6 0 a.m. the charge for Return Tickets will be Is 6d each, with out distinction or class Both these descriptions of Tickets may be obtained prevtonsly at the London-briOge Terminus ; or at the Com .P;ny's Offices, 43, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. " This work is likely to be oneof the most successful of the season It is amusing and entertaining in its story. It introduces us to the highest circles, and the interest never flags.7.--Sun. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. .ein, dis- GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY._ Cheap Excursion to Mellohum, Trowbridge, 'Westbury, Frome, Bruton, Castle Carey, Sparkford, and Yeovil, on Saturday, June 20th, from Paddington, at 6.30 p.m , returning on Tuesday, the 23d, from Yeovil, at 7.15 a.m., and intermediate stations as per hand bills. Farev :—Melkshum, Trowbridge, and Westbury, 9s. and 55.; Frome, Bruton, Castle Carey, Sparkford, and Yeovil, 10s. and 6s. ity'S ,any THE LATE COLONEL ARMINE MOUNTAIN, C. B. On Thursday nest will be published, in I vol. post Bvo. with a Portrait drawn on stone by R. J. Lane, R.A. • MEMOIRS and LETTERS of the late COLONEL A. S. H. MOUNTAIN, Cit., diatant-flene ral of her Maje-fy's Forces in India. Edited by Mrs.MoUNTAtx. ondon: Longman, Brovin, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. ired Re the cer, said • • aItEAT HAND EL FESTIVAL.-TICKET -NJ! .NOIE - 2E.,—The Central Ticket (Mice, at vxeter Hall. and the . Office, 79. Lomhatd-street, will be opened for the lgqe , of Tickets This Day (Thursday). at Ten, apd To-morrow (Friday), the day of the last Performance. at Eight o'clock. They Will-he closed each Day at Six. Wending V.sitors are earnestly recommended. in order to pre vent disappointment, aiwell as to avoid detention and other incon venience atthe-railway Station or Entrances to the Palace, to pro vide themselves with•Tiekets beforehand. Tickets for the PERFORMANCE, Numbered Reserved Stalls in Gallery (with Private Entrance), Two Guineas; in Area, One Guinea,; Unreserved seats. Half a Guinea. The isle of Stalls for Friday's Performance will be closed at half- Past Nine on that day. , Hy Order, GEORGE GROVE. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- Cheap Excursion to Henley, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington, Warwick, and Birmingham, on Sunday, June 21st, from Paddington, at 7.45 a.m., returning the sa re night bona Eirmingham at 7 0 p.m., and intermediate stations as per hand bills; or from all the stations, except Henley, on the following day, leavinz Birmingham at 12.20 p.m., Warwick at 12.55 p.m., Leamington 1.5 p.m., Ban bury 1.40 p.m., and Oxford at 2.20 pm. Fares, there and back : llenley ss. and 3.5. 6d. • Oxford, 6s. 6d. and 4s. ; Banbury, Bs. and 5.'.; Leamington or Warwick, 10s. 6d. and 65.; and Birmingham, 123. and 73. G UARDIAN FIRE • AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No, 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. • : . • DIRECTORS. ' HENRY HULSE RERENS, Esq., Chairman. - JOHN G. HUBBARD, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.. • . Tohn Dixon, Esq. ' . JOhn ',lartin, Dig., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Mil. . Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Brt.,M.P. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Brt. , Henry Norman, Esq.. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Slr Caffrey J. Thomas, Bart. - John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. , , John Loch, Esq. , . James Tutloch, Esq. .. Stewart Marjoribanks, Erg Henry Vigne, Esq., • AUDITORS. - A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. • John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys,,Esq,, Secretary. , Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE IMP ARTA( EliT.--.411ndr..r the, proviejp , ns of an Act of Par lament, this Company now offers to future nisei ' , 's Four-fifths of he Profits. with Quintwom‘. l . l Division. or:. L.,' state of Premiuin without participation of Profits. The next division of Prqfits will be declared in 'lmp, 1860, when' all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year t•Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in, the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this, Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000'. At the last valuation at Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in ft amounted to . upwarcts of .4,240,0001. ; the Income from the TL a. Branch in 1854 was more tan 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurit e Fund (independent of the •uaranteed'Capital) exceeded 1,704,0 00 . FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the F. t and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the united States of America, have been inaterially reduced. • INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such Sound health ,fl 'could enable them, to insure their Lives at-the Tabular .Premiums May have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected 'a sufficient time to halve attained in each case a value not under 501. . ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES. ;-- -Written Notices of, receivled and registered. I MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will'be made for. , olicy Stamps. Notice is hereby Given, That Fire Policies which expire at " d summer must he're•'ewed within fifteen days at this Office, or w th A. Mr. S MS, No, I, St. James's-street, corner of ,Pall Mall , or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, , otherwise they In come void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. NOTICE.—Miss Strickland's " Lives of the 11 - Queens of England."—Messrs. LONGMAN and Co. beg to announce that Miss Strickland'i work, "The Lives or the Qur,ens of England," is now published ny them. The "Lives of the Queens" are complete in 8 vols. post Bvo, with Portraits of every Queen, price 7s. Gd. each volume. Any volume may be had separate yto com plete sera. Of this work the 'limes rema'ks, " The , e volumes nave the fascination of romance unite) to the integrity of h'story. The, work is written by a'lady of considerable learning, indefatigable in dustry, and careful judgment. All these qualifications for a biogra pher and a historian :he has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting t all." London: Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row. ,tor by the ado by oart imi- Ls in ,nCO - 11 be 0 REAP. WESTERN: RAILWAY.- 1,111 EXCURSION to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrews bury, Llangollen Road, Chester, Biritenhead, and Liverpool, &c.— Trains will leive l'addington on eiIt.TURDAYS, June 20th, and 27th, at 7.30 a.m.. returning on the 27th June, and 4th July from Liverpool (Landing Stage) at 7.30 a.m., and intermediate Stations as per hand bills. Fares:—Oxford, I Is. and ss. 6d. ; LeaminUon •and-Warwick,ils. aid Bs.; Birmingham, 20s. and 9s. 6d.; West litrorawich, Wednesbury, and 1311ston, 21s. 6d. and les t Wolver hampton, 225. 6d. ana ios. 6d.; weilington and Shrewsbury, 27i. 6d. and 135.; L.angollen Road and Chester, 335. and 155.; Birken head and Liverpool,37s. and 17s. CRYSTAL PALACE.-HANDEL FESTI VA f, WEEK.—The following are the AfrangeMents for the ADMI3B - 1 . 02 , 7 of VIAITOILS during the Week : Thursday, June 18.—Open at Ten. Admission. One Shilling. Pl l 4 , Y.Alune 19.,-," Israel in gypt." Open at Elevens coin nienee at One. Display of the Grand Foubtaln%i one hour after the '.termination of the Oratorio. Admission by Tickets .e so.. bd. ; Reserved Seats, 21s. SaSurday, June 20.—Open at Twelve: Admission, lialf-a-Crown. X,R: Season Tickets, will not be available for Admission on Fri day,.the 19th inst. Sevtnth Edition, with Woodcuts, 15s. /VALES AND STORIES FROM HISTORY. J. By AGNES STRICKLAND. toodon : John W. Parker and Son, West strand. :den and ,tcy 'nee, Cheap Edition, with Illustrations, Is., of ELEMENT g OF BOTANY. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. LADYL A. .FRANICLIN'S•FINAL SEARCH.-- The Government having come to the con clusion that the fate of the crews of her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror requires no further investigation on their part, Lady Franklin, in accordance with her sense of what is due to the lost navigators, is now fitting out an expedition at her own cost. • C.,tREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL,. 1857. N.LPI "POLICE REGULATION S to prevent -Obstructions at the Crystal Palace, on Friday. 19th June, 1857. Sqt!ng Tiown.—By Virestow-hM, Anerley-read, or Croydon-road. Carriages with company, having Pink or South Tickets, are to set down at the Sotith 'Transept. :Waiting and Taking np.—Carriages are to watt in the Anerley and Hamlet-roads, or in the road opposite the Transepts, and take ur, their com pany at the South Transept, as directed by the police, and t o a w a y as they came. Setting Down. —By Dulwich private road, or Sydenham-hill. Carriages with company, having. Buff or North Tickets, are to set deivn at the North Transept. Waiting and Taking Up.—Carriages are to wait in the cydenbam road (In double line), in the road opposite the Transepts, and take up their company at the North Transepts, as directed by the police, and go away as they came.- Setting Down.—By Sydenham or Bromley. Carriages with corn- Daily may set down at either the Sydenham or Anerley entrances to the -Gardens ; tho.e with Pink Tickets will enter at the South Wing, and those with Buff Tickets at the North Wing. WAITING AND T 4KING UP.—Carriages are to wait in the Now Private Road, and - take up their company at those entrances. iliddireicte , f by the police, and go away as they came No carriages or vehicle of any description (except those which have set down their company at the Crystal Palace) will be allowed to remain on the roads near the Palate, but will remain as directed by the police. Seryants.nre to Wait where directed by the police. !RICHARD M AYNE, - • , Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police. office, June, 1857. POSTHUMOUS NOVEL, BY CURRER. BELL. Just published, in 2 vols., post dvo., T " PROFESSOR By CURRER BELL (Charlotte Bronte), Author of " Jane Pyre," " Shirley," " Villette," London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. rely rris, tell, July otfi and As a preliminary measure-she sought assistance from the Admiralty, by: sking for the loan of the Arctic ship Reso lute which had been restored in perfect • order to our Queen by ale American nation, and also for the gift (as granted in her former private expeditions) of such stores from her Ma jesty's dockyards as are available for this special service only. Compliance with these requests having been declined, Lady Franklin is now devoting her whole fortune to this final search ; and a large screw yacht (the Fox) lying at Aberdeen, has been purchased, which the distinguished Arctic officer who has accepted the command of her (Captain McClintock, R.N.) has pronounced to be perfectly adapted to. this em ployment. Not repeating the arguments we formerly made use of to induce the Government to undertake a final and exhaus tive search, we hold to the opinion that it is the duty of Englishmen to examine th .t limited area whence the traces of our missing countrymen were derived, which, though it lies to the south of well-searched tracts, and has been ap proache4 by vessels that have returned without loss, has never yet been explored. Supported by the advice 'of those experienced Arctic sea men, in whom she has every reason to confide, Lady Franklin makes this last effort to clear away the mystery that shrouds the fate of her husband and his crews, and possibly to rescue from their insulated icy abode among the Esquimaux some of "his younger companions, who may still be prolonging a dreary existence. . MR. RUSKIN'S NEW WORK. On the 24th Instant will be pnblithed, r in o 26, rt of hall' DRAWING ; T HE ELEMENTS OF In Letters to Beginners By JOHN RUSKIN, M.A., Author of " Niodern Pairrers,"" Stones of Venice," "Seven Lamps of Architecture," &C. Crown Svo, with Illustraticns by the A uti , or. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. Few 104 ,uelly !eet ; THE ROYAL VISIT TO MANCRESTEI3. A lively discussion took place in the Manchester Town-council Yesterday as to the reception to be given to her Majesty in passing through the city on her way to the Art Treasures Exhibition on Tue'- day, June 30. It was moved that the Committee for General Purposes be empowered to take such steps ,as might be desirable ; but an amendment wai proposed that the expense be limited to 1,0001. On the one side it was contended that, while there was no intention to incur any extravagant expendi ture, any limitation of the amount would be to measure the loyalty of the citizens by just so much money, and that it would be better to do nothing than to do it grudgingly, while the fixing of a limit implied a want of confidence in the committee. On the other hand, it was stated that on her Majesty's previous visit a sum of 5,0001. was expended in preparations which were never completed, and that the extravagant expenditure on that occasion showed the necessity of a limit on the present one. It was further urged that if the expenditure of 1,0001. was insufficient to measure the loyalty and good feelings of the city to her Majesty, so also probably would be that ,of 3,0001., or anything short of what might he deemed an extravagant amount, and thrit it was better to leave demonstra tions of this kind to tbe spontaneous feeling of the citizens ; and that the erection of triumphal arches —which were usually anything but triumphs of art —and of street decorations, by a corporate body, afforded no real evidence of popular attachment to her Majesty, who would, no doubt; receive a much more cordial expression-of welcome from the lips of the people than could be given in any other way. The amendment was carried by a majority of 32 to 19. Addresses of congratulation were adopted by the counsel to be presented to her Majesty and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia on the ap proaching visit. In both these addresses the ap proaching nuptials of the Princess Royal and the Prince of Prussia were adverted to, with the ex pression of a hope that the union might be advan tageous to the interests of the countries thus about to be brought into closer relationship. The address to her Majesty is to be presented at the Art Trea sures Palace on the 30th, during the Queen's State visit, and after her Majesty has been conducted to the dais, and not on her entrance into the build- DERBYSHIRE AND SHERWOOD FOREST. Now ready. Second Edition , fcp. B ' ro, cloth, 3s. 6d. THE PEAK AND THE PLAIN; Scenes in Woodland, Field, and Mountain, comprising full descriptions of Derbyshire and Sherwood Forest, including Chats worth, Haddon Hall, &c. By Dr. SPENCER T. HALL, " the Sherwood Forrester." eigh- June aut. 3eds. kind, 'nee, and ISTHMUS. OF SUEZ SHIP CAN-AL.4-- A_ _A P i - BLIC MEETING will be held of the Bankers, Ikter• chants, Shipowners, &c., of London, ea WEDNESDAY, the 24th instant, at the London` TaVern, at One o'clock p m., for the purpose of hearing the explanations which I am desirous of laying betore them relative to the proposed Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Snez. Sir JAMES DUKE, Bart:, M.P. in the Chair. FERDINA.ND DE LESSEE'S. Bath Hotel, Piccadilly. " Perhaps the best work of its kind that has ever been written." Tait's Magazine. - London : Houlston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row. ErANDEL FESTIVAL- REFRESHMENT DEPART !ENT, Crystal Palace —Light Refreshments will be supplied between the part& of the Oratorio.. Dinners will be pro /hied after the performance , i n the Building, the Dining Room, and the south Wing, overlooking the grounds. . . TSTHMUS of SUEZ- SHIP. CANAL „ To the Bankers, Mer Chants," Shipowners, and Manuractuters of London GENTLEMEN,—In inviting your attention to the condition and I advocate not only*y cneoary of that great undertak ing, in the measure i p i i gt o e. g rb r e su e s tt s ta o hs f e . the it : et e S pr L o e rnt z s o S ot h i re ar p l la e rci a oa n m a cm l o ne s e gr ec h si a e s li m o and consequently in ;the . h o f i g t h h e e s i t r d t e r g a l l; u e g th a o n s d e , i r ri Industrial . activity. arrangements for a junction of By a Charter of his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt I am em canal navigable for, the r e e d d it to em c a azy an on s t i t t h h e t n h e: R ess o ar s y ea r b a y n a largest ships, and for the opening by this m e a n s o f a safe maritime p the o W M e route to India, China, and Australia. . Thei - route which will thus be opened to commerce is shorte l by 5,000 nilles, as respects England, thin that at present followed round the Cape of Good Hope; its trick lies through seas ol' all others most cosy of navigation, and it skirts the coasts of cottn;ries rich in natural productS, though at present, for - all mercantile pur po'es, beyond-the reach of European enterprise. • , Engineers of the highest repute in England and the chief countries of tturope have. examined and approved the technical features of f ; . thescheme.• An important accessory work, consisting of abr nch Canal, is now in aerial proress, end the greater part of the c s ital required has been sebscrlbed among the commercial classes o t the several European nations, whose governments have readily sanc tioned a project of such manifest importance to the development of commerce and civilisation., My object in shortly coming amongst you wilt be to ascertsir the I feelings which exist in the fi nancial and commercial classes of .on • don with respect to ihis great enterprise, and personally to futnish full information as to its objects and details, well knowing that ;your countrymen yield only to the most solid arguments, and gftet the most mature and circumspect examination. ; In, the principal cities throughout Europe where th is scheme has been brought forward to publ,c notice, it has elicited on the part of the chief municipal, commercial, and scientific bodies, manifesta tions of _the .most signal interest and sympathy. I am, therefore, naturally oestrous to complete this general expression of approval with the crowning sanction of the great st commercial and manu facturing nation in the world, who, above all others, Is called to par ticipate in the 'neaten' tble advantages inevitably resulting from a work which, by concentrating her vast colonist possessions in the East and in the South, must increase and consolidate her prosperity. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Gentlemen. • Your.most obedient and 'amble' servant, . . • FERDINAND DE LEdSEP3. Lopdon, June, 1857. Just published, leap. Bvo., extra cloth, 3s. 6d., morocco elegant, 7s. PROVERBIAL and MORAL THOUGHTS. In a Series of Essays. By CHARLES HENRY HANGER. London: James Coinlsh, 297, Holborn, W.C. AWIDOW LADY, thoroughly acquainted with the routine of Housekeepinr, &c., is desirous of an en gagement as liornestic Companion to a Lady or Gentlemen, or to take charge.of Two or Three Children, where one or more Orvants are kept. 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Wilson, Esq 1 1 0 Wm. Leach, Esq 5 5 0 Rev. W. Gnillemard 5 0 0 Collected in shil lings, by T.H. 2 0 0 T Parry Woodcock, Esq. N.W.Jackson, Esq 2l 0 0 Sir G. Osborn, Bart 1 0 0 W. M. Thackeray, • Esq. The Hampshire Te legraph 4 4 0 Mr. Alfred Radley 0 5 0 Mrs. Poulton Sophia Pond Thomas Nice 0 2 6 Wm. Corder 0 1 6 W M.Tweedy, Esq. 5 00, C.H.M.Paget, Esq. 1 1 0 - A. F. Paget, Esq. 010 6 W. Havel, FR.G.S. 5 5 0 Capt. Robt. Allen 5 5 0 Capt. Allen, R.N. 2 2 0 Rev. F. 0. Morris. 1 0 0 The Brothers and Sisters of the late J. T. Hartnell, of H.M.S. Erebus.. 5 0 0 C. Markham, Esq. X 0 0 Chas. L. Gruneisen, Esq., F.R.G.S 1 Mrs. Gruneisen 1 Geo. Roper, Esq 5 A, G. Doxat, Esq 10 J. L. Statham, F.R.G.S. G. R. Griffith, F.R.G.S 5 J. H. Smith, F. R.G.S. Fred. Tuckett, Esq 5 D. W. Adams, Esq , Edinburgh Alfred Turner, Esq l5 Rev. J T. G. For tescue Bishop ofSt. Asapb, • F.R.G.S lO 0l C. W. Dilke, Esq y.R.C.S. , 5 0 0 Earl of Ellesmere l5 0 0 • Dr. Hy. Barth, F.R.G.S. ..... 5 5 0 H. B. Reynardsou, 5 00 Dr. Baikie ............ 1 1 0 SirW. C. Trevelyan, Bart., F.R.G.5... 40 0 0 Lqdy Trevelyan ... 10 0 0 Mrs. Booth James Dixon, Esq lO 0 0 Alfred Eleales, Esq 5 501 Donations in stores are received and acknowledged; -The following have been received ; A life boat, from Messrs;White of Cowes. A large quantity of preservel potatoes, from Messrs. King, late Edwards. Three travelling tents, from Messrs. Windsor and Newton; A stove, from Mr. Bettie. Subscriptions received at Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Cocks; Biddulph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross ; 'Messrs. Glynn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street; at the offices ol the Royal Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, and Roya _ Geographical Wcioty 15, Viliteliall-place, 10 10 50 LO 0 10 0 50 BAPTISM OP THE :GRAND DUKE BE,IiGIUS. A letter from St. P e t ers b ur g, of the 9th instant, says: "The baptism of the young Grand Duke Sergius took • place yesterday in the chapel of the Palace of Tearskoe Selo. The members of the diplomatic body, the high clergy, and the principal State dignitaries were present. The Russian ladies wore the national costume, and the men were in grand unif The Emperor and the Im perial family went in procession, preceded and followed by the officers of the household, from their private apart mef is to the chape', the Imperial infant being carried on a cushion by the. Princess Sollykoff, Lady of Honour, the Grand Chamberlain C mnt Ribeaupierre and the Aide-de-Camp, General Prince Orloff, supporting the cushion. At the entrance of the chapel the Emperor was received by the Metropolittan of St. Petersburg and his attendant clergy, who presented the holy water. The Emperor then retired to an apartment near the cha pel, the Greek Church forbidding parents to be present at the baptism of their children. The hereditary Grand Duke held his infant brother in his arms to the moment of immersi on , w hi c h was effected by Father Bajanof, confessor to the Emperor and Empress. The godfathers and godmothers were the Empress Dowager, the Grand Duke of Hesse, the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael, the Grand Duchess Mary of Saxe-Weimar, and the Queen Dowager of the Netherlands. A n Deum, was afterwards chanted amid the ringing of the bells and the roaring of canton. Mass was celebrated by the Metropolitan, the Emperor being present. On the con clusion of the service the Chancellor of the Imperial and Royal. Orders presented on a gold plate the insignia of the Order of St. Andrew, and the Emperor invested the young prince with them. A dinner of upwards of 700 covers was served at 5 o'clock, the foreign Ministers being present at it. In the evening St. Petersburg and the town of Tsarskoe Selo were illuminated. "The ordinances issued during the•war for securing the circulation of specie and for controlling the rate of exchange of gold are abolished and the former state of things re-established: By a recent ukase three generals and _three superior officers and a number of high civil functionaries have been added to the governments of Orenburg and Samara, which are the central points of the Russian Government for preserving and extending its influence in Central Asia." Mr. Knowles, the eminent Queen's counsel, is about to resign the office of Attornsy-General to the county Pals.tine of Lancaster, in consequence of his intention to retire from the Northern Circuit ; it being his intention in future to confine his practice to the London courts and the committees of both Houses of Parliament. A GOOD SHOT.—Mr. Abram Bass, of cricketing cele• brity, whilst practising with other members of the Bur ton-on-Trent Rifle Club, was one day unexpectedly joined by a bevy of ladies, one of whom requested to see some of Mr. Base's shooting. A two-inch bull's-eye being !placed, four successive shots were fired at 110 yards. Every shot went through the same hole, a little to the left of the centre, without breaking the outer edge of the paper. On another occasion, when lunch had been discussed on the banks of the river Trent, and .the b!ack bottles looked as though their occupation was gone, employment was found for them. A wager was laid that the bottles should be recorked and thrown into the river, seventy yards from the shooter (Mr. Bass), and that, whilst floating, the cork of each of the six bottles should be hit to win ; if the body of the bottle was struck, to lose. Every cork was struck. The weapon in this case was a pistol of peculiar construction, with a 10-inch rifle barrel. The staple fixed in the stern of a flat-hottimed fishing boat, w as s t ruc k the first shot, for a wager, at 300 yards. A swan was shot through the head at 170 yards, and a duck fading upon a weir at 320 yards, and a bars at 280 yards—both shot dead. A boy was Tee n angling upwards of of 90 yards from the bridge on which Mr. Bass was standing, with not less p than two sore lookers-on. Abet w as made that. Mr. Bass would not break through the upper part of the fine rod the boy was using the first shot. The weapon in this cage was the pistol before mentioned. The shot was ; made ; the line, with the whalebone mounting, fell from the rod. Toe boy stood aghast. The wager was won, , and handed over to the little fisherman.—Kentish l a zette. • —[Baron Munchauten Secundus !] traced to the fact that there was a much larger crowd in the area and south nave—the galleries, • affording a less favourable view of the Royal box • . • and its distinguished tenants, having been partially _ The second of these great commemoration festi- deserted f r the seats below. Madame Novello's vals was given yesterday in the presence of her clear and penetrating voice was beard to much Majesty, with- a grandeur and success which left - better adVantaste in the National Anthem ; and her nothing to be wished for eitherson the pa. tof its high " B flat," which was the town-talk after the promoters or the public. There was no bitch inauguration of the Crystal Palace three years since either by rail or road, no apologies or excuses at the again excited admiration. • eleventh hour ; oven the weather was favourable, - - The oratorio of " Judas Maccabsts," although and the arrangements both within and without it must not be compared with the " Messiah " and the building were perfect and thoroughly carried " Israel ' E • t, "is still one of the greatest cora - in Egypt," p into effect. From first to last there occnrred nothing po , itiotis of Handel. The 12th of the 19 works of -which could detract from the eclat of the day, or the same class written by the illustrious musician in lessen its claim to be considered as one which must this country, it was planned and completed in the ever form a conspicuous era in our musical annals, short space of one month (when Handel was in his The anxiety of the general public to be present • 01st year), and performed at Covent-g irden Theate e• on the occasion when her Majesty honoured the fete on the Ist of April, 1747, with great success. One with what may be called a State visit showed itself of its principal charms is the variety which the in the neighbourhood of the Palace at a very eaily nature of the book suggested to the composer. - hour. Probably long before even the most im- This enabled Handel to break repeatedly from the patient visitors thought of starting, the turns in bonds in which he was held by the insipid muse of the road which would command a goo 1. view of Dr. Thomas Morell, and, soaring on the wings of the Royal cortege were occupied three or four deep. genius, to make the world forget the dullness of the post in the greatn e ss o f the musician. The These spectators, too, were b y no means of the ordinary class, but ladies and gentlemen whom one three parts into which the oratorio is divided are would rather have expected to meet in the galleries happily contrasted—the prevalence of pathetic of the palace itself. As the day advanced the num- mu-ic in the first, of heroic in the second, and of hers increased, till the pretty lanes and woods be- jubilant in the third, stamping each with a certain tween Dulwich and the building were com p letel y characteristic individuality of which the composer lined. As usual most of these 1 okers•on were of successfully availed. himself. The music has been so tho gentler sex, and their bright dresses a nd wavin g often described, and the larger part is so generally parasols seemed in the distance to ma ke a glowing k nown, that to comment upon it now would be flower border to the fields and groups of trees around going over well-trodden ground to little or no pur whichtle ey stood. Though all were naturally anxious pose. It is enough to speak of the admirable man to secure the most favourable situation-a there was nor in ivhieh it was executed at the Crystal Palace none of that -unseemly struggling which so often on this mesnoraale occasion, and of its enthusiastic mars our gayest fetes.. It was in fact a kind of rural appreciation by the audience.. " drawing room," where ladies could bow to her In the overture, one of Handel's most spirited Majesty en passant without incurring the aristo- orchestral preludes, the fugue was led off and re cratic discomforts which generally attach to such sponded to by the violins and other stringed instru presentations. There were a good many, also, of the rents wi•h wonderful precision. The opening cho public.holiday observances about the road yt ster- rus (lamentation for the father of Judas), so sub day. Before the carriages began to pass itinerant lime in its expression of grief, was remarkably well vendors of all sorts of commodities made their ap- given, and the subdued under-tone of the voices pearance, and were more or less attentive to every on the words "is no more," in beautiful relief one en route to the Palace throughout the day. Equally good was its companion in musical pathos, Apart from the wonderful combination of wind and 4c For Sion lamentation make," which, besides its water which, under the name of ginger-bear, was very striking progressions of harmony, contains a pressed upon the . occupant of every carriage, the phrase bearing close resemblance to "Behold the notion seemed generally to prevail among the Lamb of God," in the " Messiah." The choral hawkers that none could attend the festival without s supplication, " 0 Father whose Almighty power," a pocket-knife, a walking-stick, a cocoa-nut, a . was highly impressive, and the basses seemed basket of oranges, and a copy of each of the morn- determined to expiate their rare shortcomings on ing journals. Such trifles, with side-combs, corn- the occasion of their first performance. The plete - songsters, and villainous programmes un- fugue, to which the words, "And grant a leader known to Handel, were pressed upon all, with in- bold and brave," is set, was everywhere pointed terludes of small bills thrown in at the carriage and accurate. In this chorus, and in several windows, informing their hot occupants that now others, Mr. Costa has introduced brass instruments, was the time for cheap greatcoats - and woollen . often with great facility and effect, but at times, dreadnoughts. we think, too lavishly.* If this was noticeable in Soon after 10 the carriages began to roll along the such an arena as that presented by the central tran road, and from that time, except during the short sept of the Crystal Palace, how much more would interval when her Majesty was passing, they did that be the case elsewhere 7 Handel's original score, not entirely cease until past 2in the day. The ar- it is true, sounds meagre to ears trained in the mo rangements at the abominable tollgate were b et t er dern style of instrumentation, which would hardly on this occasion—three persons were stationed to tolerate an 'orchestra of "strings," with oboes, bas collect its heavy revenue, and, generally speaking, soon' and occasional glimpses of trumpets , flutes , were equal to the duty, which, however , at no and horns. But the task of supplying what Handel time was a sinecure. . has left undone is one of extreme delicacy. Hie We have often commended the arrangements of vocal part-writing is masterly, his use of the stringed Brighton Company; but on this occasion they band (especially) broad and fluent •, the nicest dis seemed to have reached perfection, and in a matter crimination is therefore indispensable in the choice wherein the lives of so many thousands of human of where and what to add. It is dangerous to being were concerned their zeal and caution are double his melodic parts, and it- is dangerous to deserving of every encouragement and cowmen- interpolate new ones ; so that, really, a close dation. The trains seemed to be going on both consideration of the matter can only lead lines during the morning, and yet there was not to the conviction that the • labour should be the slightest struggle or confusion. There was an confined to filling up the harmony of wind instru unususi number of half-guinea vi-itors—indeed, all merits in plain and conspicuous places,. discarding the extra seats allotted . to them were among the invention and composition altogether. If the first occupied, so that many were glad to change added instruments are so employed as to damage their tickets for the reserved places. The great the clearness of the vocal pars, or to disturb the Mass, of course, settled down at the south end of progress of the instrumental figures, effect is rather the building, facing the Queen's box, where acorn- lost than gained by the innovation—since addi plete view could be obtained of all the Royal party. tional noise can by no means be considered an equi- These were the places first filled, and it was interest- valent for additional strength. These remarks are ing to watch the gradual filling up of the remaining not directed against - the new accompaniments of space,—how, minute by minute, the great expanse Mr. Costa, who is a conscientious as well as a prie d seats diminished, till the whole resembled a vast tical musician, and is too well acquainted with the parterre, but that it bloomed with a richness and orchestra and its resources not to be thoroughly variety of colour such as no garden ever showed, in aware of what rocks and shoals are inevitably in this country at least. With the same admirable the way of any one, less than Mozart or Mendels management that distinguished the festival of sohn, undertaking to interfere with the scores of Monday last, persons found their seats without Handel. They are intended for general applica trouble or hurry, and all the officers connected t i„.. For years we have had to submit to the with the Palace were most painstaking and a-sidu- meddling of incompetent hands in some of the ous in their efforts to secure the comfort of all. - greatest and most lasting works of genius ; and if It would be impossible to exaggerate the magni- Mr. Costa will make up his mind to bestow serious ficent spectacle which the nave and transept of the attention to the subject he may accomplish reforms palace presented, when the fashionable occupants for which the musical community may have to of so many long trains, in addition to the visitors thank him. who had come in two thousand carriages by the The 'other choruses in the first part were sung in road, were at last comfortably seated, and araTiag very satisf ictory stale,—" We come, we come" (in for the arrival of her Majesty. Viewed upon the the same key as "He gave them hailstones," from level they looked like a flower-covered prairie, but "Israel," and in some points bearing a strong when seen from a high gallery, they took the form similarity to that wonderful piece) ; "Lead on, and regularity of a garden, the blocks being all lead on," and "Disdainful of danger"—short, separated by well-marked divisions, allowing free bold, and vigorous illustrations of the same senti ingress and egress, but each block closely packed ment, and appearing in bold relief after the solemn with fashionable occupants. character of what precedes them—were all effective. Her Majesty and the royal party . arrived at the But still better was the final chorus, "Hear us, private entrance a few minutes before 1 o'clock. A 0 Lord," which embodies simultaneously, and with guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards, under infinite grandeur, the sentiment of religious faith the command of Col.• Hopwood, with the band of and the enthusiasm of martial ardour. Mendelssohn the regiment, received the illustrious visitors with evidently had this very fine composition in his the usual salute—arms presented and colours mind when he wrote the noble and ingenious lowered. Sir Joseph Paxton and Mr. Ferguson chorus in " St. Paul," " Oh, great are the depths." were in attendinee to usher. her Majesty and suite The first part of the oratorio could not have ter to the state apartments. On this occasion they minated with more splendid effect. were profusely decorated with the most rare and After the usual interval, which her Majesty the beautiful exotics, under the superintendence of Mr. Queen and her faithful subjects devoted, we be- Eyles, who has charge of the hortiCultural depart- Here, to much the same object—that of refresh ment., The table for the royal luncheon was ar- ment, the second part of " Judas Maccabaaus ' ranged in the picture gallery, covers being laid for commenced majestically with one of the most su -34 ; and here, again Mr. Eyles had placed some of perk and dramatic of all the choruses of Handel — his rarest specimens, being assisted in, their ar- ' Fallen is the foe." In this grand inspiration the rangement by the taste and experience of Mr. author of the " Messiah" has displayed the singular Thomas Staples. The Queen and Court were in faculty he possessed of seizing hold and developing mourning, but her Majesty looked remarkably any marked idea that might be pres ented to him well, and seemed quite prepared to. enjoy both through the medium of no matter what kind of the music of the oratorio and the company of her poetry. Dr. Morell (happily) has refrained from people. After a delay of a few minu tes, the treating the subject at any length. His allusions to Queen, accompaniedby the Grand Duke Maximilian, the victory of Judas. , ' an d the destruction of t he and followed by his Royal Highness Pri nce Albert, enemy, are somposed in a not very trans cendent his Royal Highness the Prince of Pru ssia, the couplet : 'Princess Royal, the Prince of \Vales, the Princess o Fall'n is the foe ;so fall thy.foes, 0 Lord, Alice, and suite, proceeded to the Royal balcony, " Where warlike Judas wields his righteous sword." which had been handsomely fitted . up in the north That is all. But it was enough for Handel, and corner of the transept immediately facing the helped him to contrive a masterpiece—a musical orchestra. As the Queen approached a buzz of ex: poem of attonishing and varied power. The only pectation ran through the vast assemblage, which objection we have to make to Mr. Costa's additions rose by a simultaneous movement, clapping hands, here is that he has filled up the intervals in that and waving hats and handkerchiefs with such en- remarkalde passage where the voices reiterate the thusiasm that even the Queen, though well used word " Fall'n," three times, in an underbreath, the to cordial receptions from her subjects, seemed corn- mysterious effects of which cannot but be injured pletely moved, and curtesied repeatedly in acknow- by any interpolation. In this, and in the tuneful ledgment of the welcome. Ere this burst of loyalty and beautifully harmonised choral piece which had quite subsided the grand strains of the National chimes in with the duet, -" Sion now her head shall Anthem pealed through the building in massive raise," the multitude of singers earned nothing but sounding notes which made the very floors and laurels. The high_ note (A) of the trebles and pillars vibrate as though rustling with a heavy altos, . sustained during two bars, on the word wind. When its solemn cadence had completely " harps," was nothing ost of thrilling. The pa died away there was another outbreak of applause, thetic chorus, " Ab, wretched Israel" (where the not so much of course for the National Anthem Jews are in despair at the approach of Antiochus) (though magnificently given) as for the august lady would have been irreproachable, but for the substi in whose honour it was sung. , tuition of loud for soft in the concluding passage , As the audience settled themselv es into tneir which him. ichviolated Handel's meaning without improv places Messrs.. Negretti and Zamb ra, the photo-graphers of the Cry stal Palace took a s beautiful The finest choral p er formance of the day, low photograph of the whole scene,making the Royal ever, and one of the finest probably ever listen ed to, box its centre. It was a perfec t likeness, and so was that of the glorious and magnificent " We well and quickly done that copies of it were printed, never, never will bow down" (in which, by the way, framed, glazed, and laid .before the Royal party Mr. Costa has employed the brass instruments before the first portion of the oratorio had concluded. with powerful and legitimate effect). The sublime h The spot from which it was taken vas the gallery progression of harmony in the major key— o,n the over the organ, whence perhaps the finest cozy words, " We worship God and God alone" —the or. d'ceil which the festivals of this countisy have ever bass of which is afterwards treated, with f ex ra o _ , , shown was presented yesterday. Imniediately be neath was the great organ, like a cathedral of music, mdeli combined' with an independent fugue — with every tower and pinnacle of its v ocal framethat w point dinary ingenuity, as a plain song ("canto er s ' ) vered with astounding force ;and from power. sending forth a volume of sound amid v,•hich even to the climax the choir seemed to accumulate p cum -2,000 human voices were almost lost. Pt'iund this, The audience, tense a familiar phrase, were rfo na in a vast amphitheatre, came the cho.rus—Costa pletely "carried away" by this wonderful pe r - lowest of all, with pale and earnest faots, singing , a P nce, the most perfect and the most impressive in conscientious love every note of the music that, up to this moment, has distinguished the he regulated ; while below the orchestr 5.., again, was ranged the brilliant mass of visitors, the third yart the most striking point was the Handel Festival. The applause was tumultuous. In rank on rank, like the divisions of an sarmy of well-known "See the Conquering Hero comes," old, all richness, pomp, and colour. These which was capitally performed, and re-demanded features alone would have - made it a pros] 3 ect on with even greater vehemence than " For unto us a which the memory would dwell, but whe n. to it Child is born," on Monday. Mr. Costa, however— are added the tiers of close-filled galleries, rising consistent to the wise principle he would seem to high and spreading wide—the noise of the (5 herbs have adopted—proceeded with the march, heedless as "with the hiss like rustling winds" they rca se to of the uproar behind him. The audience continuing volume forth, " Sing unto God," the Royal visa•tors obstinate, however, and evidently indisposed to all beating time, and watching every note, and the submit even to a wholesome despotism, the con solemn anxiety of attention which se emed to r eig ductor turned to the gallery in which the Queen l n l over all—it was grand and .impress iVe beyond A was seated as if for counsel how to act. The matter powers of description. . settled • her was briefly se , Majesty,_ appearing to en -to the s ar- tertain toe same wish as that. which had been una- The execution of "Judas Maccabveus," nimously expressed by her subjects. conveyed a sig prise of amateurs, was on the whole . even better - than that of the "Messiah." The music being lc ss nal of assent, andthe favourite chorus was repeated. familiar to the generality perhaps caused tl se The "Hallelujah," which brings the oratorio to_ an end—Handel's least important composition of its_ singers and players to be more on their guard,. an d . , and class—was given in a style worthy of the res - more anxiously careful in taking up the points .; was as we hay but, whatever the reason, the result .. appropriately terminated this remarkably per stated. A vast improvement was also noted in th , , a 1 formance. effect 'produced by the solo voices, and this way oe The principal singers, as we were have hinted, to his Royal Highness at the Manchester Town Hall on the following day (July 1), on his returns from the Exhibition, and after her Majesty hasre turned to Worsley. The Prince of Prussia will be accompanied in this visit to the Town Hall, to meet the corporation, by their Royal Higline , sei Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales, who will afterwards, in ail probability, visit some of the principal workshops and manufactories in the nt igh bout hood. On the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the Exhibition, on the 30th inst., the route of the Royal cortege will be through Worsley, Swinton, and Irlanis-o'-tlf-Height, to Pendleton, and thence along Broad-street, Chapel-street (Salford), anti New Bailey street, entering Manchester by the Albert-bridge, thence along Bridge-street, John Dalton-street, Cross street, St. Anne's-street, St. Anne's-square, Exchange-street, Market-strL e', Piccadilly, Portland-street, Oxford-street, Cavell dish-strk et, and Gretfoud New-road, which ]e xdti direct to the entrance of the Art Treasures Palace. Her Majesty will probably arrive there between 11 and 12 o'clock. The hour for her Majesty's second visit, which is to be a private one, has not been fixed. The returns for Tuesday were as follow :—Ad missions by season tickets, 1,283 ; on payment of is. each, 5,282 ; total, 6,565. Of the total number of visitors 1,699 arrived by railway. There were no excursion trains. PROFESSOR ANDERSON. This celebrated conjuror, better known as the " Great Wizard of the North," on Monday night made hie re appearance before a metropolitan audience at the Stan dard Theatre, and went through his magical drama, which he entities, "A Night in Wonder World ; or, Magic, Mirth, and Mystery." It ce.noprises Its atactse , and is divided into two parts. We are happy ost k the Professor's hand is a s lithe and quic as ever ; his machinery works as marvellously as ever, and his magical power seems in no way impaired, but on the contrary increased. He still perplexes us by Produ• oing a flock of pigeons, when we expected a box of handkerchiefs ; he has still a bottle Land s hat po he urs at will c h am pagne and Epsom salts, ink rry, a n d s o which seems in exhaustible. Heand still washe makes a tw nnet, b o moose p l u m -puddings in a bat, and yet returns each to its owner unharmed ; an d hie bell, his table, and his automaton continue to answer most recondite questions. He has also added a mag netic trick, by whieli his iittle pretty son of seven years pulls to the ground several of the strongest men succes sively. The audience, which we.s numerous, were highly de lighted and amused, for Mr. Anderson's entertainment is very dramatically constructed, and th e v a rious magical acts are contrived so as to produce a comic result. Thu, when the lady's fortune is told, we are amused at the facts, and everybody but the possessor is delighted when they sse.the bonnet crushed and the hat made a sauce pan of. Every one who wishes to see the very chief of conjurers will take the opportunity of visiting the Standard Theatre. It would be unjust not to mention a brief entertain. ment by Mr. J. G. Ford, which fills uptbe time between the two portions of the magical performances. It con sists of a monologue , in which a very clecate ver indication of a lon-winded law Y er and a very intri law is given. Mr. Ford Its of vast powers of rapid utterance, with a v e i n onight om ic hum our that renders him very Popular, and might, I 70 should suppose, ma H_ h im, with He is young, practice, a very efticiis o t light comediae. 6 o that w e ma ex expect to meet him and has much talent , again in a more elaboit to Perft)rroano FOR rA. EXAMINATION' y b y tH E MERCANCILE MARINE.— the Marine Department of c ircular has been issued various local Marine Boards in ' the Board of Trade to the the United Kingdom, m i ative to the examination of masters and mates in the rn erchaut service. This circu lar, after referring to regula tines ':lnade in 1851, statss that the only additions which , have been made since are that masters are now examined as to the law of the tides; mates are required to be 19 yo! , , rs of age, instead of 18, and to find the longitude by the r.. h ron ometer ; and seco nd m ates are required to have a ku , vivledge of logarithms. The circular then states that thert • is no desire - to raise the existing standard, but rem ark., ', ar made upon the different systems of examination ad o epte e of d at some port g un s, • and rules are laid down for the purl , os insurini formity, - )s. 9 0 0 0 0 and )vod. 9i 711 C., er erste I. 84 16- - tern, ,14i to• ock, ford, ition jarg a ja- ..... 11 _....--• re of and' Bdrd. yde• .3 Of 3gt., late Dad, lire ,ovr, ,aci, Ad, mos .....1 TO - No Litt