The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

ON THU 3ICRIIITINO

SIR VICE NOT TO BB BIUFIIVBD.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

THE BALTIC SLEET.

81711 DAT.

Yesterday morning, at 10 *look, Itesz-Adadral
the Has. 8.8. Thuds., C. 8., Coesterider.ia-Chkif of the

Hall{. lest, Re -Admiral 'Seymour, nand, and Raw
Admiral Balsas, C. 8., third is command, west eat to the
Inn at Bpithead, is the steam despetch-camel Vivid.
Shortly after their snivel it board the Duke of Welling-
Wm, the sigaal was Wined fer the ships belonging to this'
Sea bleepers far sea, Tuesday seat being appointed foe
*mate sail, prooseding in the drat plan to the %was,
where it is expected they will be inspected by her Majesty
and the Emperor and Empress if the French. Two of the
anew sloops, the Fakes, le, sad Arid, 9, left Spithend
early yesterday morning for the Ch Ts of the Chas-
m]. to relieve the homeward.bound merchantmen
detained by contrary winds. After performing this envies
they will retina to Spithead. There an now at this
anchorage 29 sail. They are imaged is three lines, the
Debi of Wellington, deg of the Commander-in-Chief, being
nearly the mane ship of the 'ashore line ; sad the Ex-
mouth, 91, flag of Admiral Seymour, being about the
mitre of the inner line, whilst the balk of the frigates and
sloops are of the Isle of Wight shore. The positions of the
ships in them three lines are as follows, looking from west
to east

Croaker, 16 Bt. George. 120 0
Oootor, I Soya Geom. 120 emir%
Vulture, I Illalivio, 9i =ll3
Glom" neseatk. 91 et
Drift; 0
Bulldog, II NO% 91
Ma; GO 121902.119
DOW 91 Weillostao,
111110199119, 18 110.09, 40 1/11
607090 o Jams Watt.9l Cour. 91
DasUlok 2 11,441bargh. GO
rf19,210. 21
aisser"
1l Ma, S.
INI
Plmrstal. 114

The Isnowitig circular uwaricasem has beau
issued W damn sommeedieg regimsele
"Hones Goa. *. MAUR Ili, 1856.
"The reerniting of the army being at Ws UMW an
object cf paramount temper •ance, calms smommiltivreAri-
meets sad depots are enjoined to ferule from
son-analaissiosed eillein or privates employed en this
drairwho by their pal and activity have been suessidal is
saes for the mole*. Defies the present emergency,
the mast twat neesseity alone eau authorise any application
to relieve or exchange men who have proved themselves
silkiest os the remelt* acevioe, sad the Georg Com.
maading•ia-Chief maiden it desirable that every 'noon-
riesmeat should be held oat to those nougansaissioned
alters and men, from whose exertions the recruiting of the
army is rendered suceemful—By command.
"G. A. WETHRBALL, Adjutant-General."

A general order has just been issued respecting the
promotion of officers who us taken prisoners of war. Dur-
ing the Peninsular war the rank of officers who were taken
prisoners was held is abeyance. Promotional leek plass is
their regiments, and they were is varteldp gemmed over.
Henceforth the accidents of service will not be bald to dk-
eatitk *Seers to regimental advancement.
The medals for distinguished service in the field
were forwarded to the Crimes in the past week. The medal
is Wets, with a red ribbon and blue centre. The relatives
of those men who have died since their service will emirs
them.

The effective ships is harbour, the duke, and basins. are
St. Vinous, 103; Pembroke, 60; Rutin" 60; &dribs.
du, 26, paddle frigate (deg of Rear• Admiral Bayne.) ;
Malacca, 16; Polyphemus, 6; sad Zola% shall magazine.
This is emissive of smeller stamen, steam gsa boats, he.,
of whisk there is a goodly muster. The Hastings sad Pea-
k*, are rapidly getting ready to go oat of harbour; the
Best named is painting ship, and the latter get up her steam
yesterday to try her engines.
Of the ships at Spithead, the Neptune, Bt. George, Ca-
seate, sad Piwerfal (all sailing ships), together with the
lersw sloops Pylades sad Cruiser, are detached from the
Dade Amer, having the red ensign dyleg. The whole of the
Mien have the blue mules, denoting they are under
Admiral Duadu. These will be the ships that proceed to
the Belt* the seam skips reensiaing for particular sir-
• while{ the Pyhdes sad Cruiser, with the Falcon,
Arial, and else ether ships, are expected to form a White
lea Wedge&
The lest, es seen from the shore. presents a magnificent
spentesis, and to-day, the weather belay ezeudingly Sac,
theaseada of waste have gone ea the water in boats,
steamers, and yachts, to mail through it. A large train of
ezeursiessiste came down in the awning from Brighton.
Uses boats are advertised to ran through the fleet all day
teurenew, sad three or four are summed to leave with
Ma diet, aosempanying it seven is eight miles to sea.
bares, provisions, enununition, he., of every possible de-
esriptioa, arrive daily. This morning the immense qua.-
' thy of 130 ton of shot arrived by nil, and waggons have
been employed all day in conveying it from the terminus to
the Gun Wharf for 'hippest. _

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It has been decided by the commissioners of the
Chelsea board, which has been anise at Chatham, to give
a pension of 9d. per day to those who have either lost a
finger or otherwise been slightly wounded. No decision
has been come to with regard to pensions for those men
who are more seriously wounded, and having lost either •
leg or an arm ; the board, however, has allowed sick fur-
loughs to be givenithem, so that the men go home to their
friends, and they ere allowed their daily pay—via., a private
13d., a sorpord 17d., and • sergeant 231. per day.
The command of the floating battens. (says the
Ufnifil Berries Gains.), now just ready for latinchisg, Ls
exciting mach competition and rivalry among young cap.
tains. Three have, we hear, been appropriated. Captains
Edward A. Inglelleld, Arthur Cumming, and Frederick B.
P. Seymour, hays leen selected for the purpose, and three
sore dashing characters could not perhaps be found.
_(/1.011 • 0011181.021D1NT 01 Ti* DULY N 11111.)

The Victory, hired steam transport, sailed yesterday for
Constantinople. She hes on board the main body of the
staff of Major-General Vivian, therCommander-in Chief of
the Turkish Contingent ; together with an immense cargo
of biscuits Ma, ground coffee, casks of tom and wine,
tierces of beef sad pork, cordials, furniture for the hospitals
on the Bosphoras, parcels and packages for Mime Nightie.
gale, the fleet, and army •
i a quantity of presents from the
Qum to the troops and invalids, &a.

In
the Gown of last summer when Lord Aberdeen
wupuusier, a lieutenant general in the Prussian service,
the Pries von Bedevil, visited England. Notwithstand-
ing that thisArserare banter, the King of Prussia, was all
tBMI I this "'mg with sits" enemy, the Emperor of
arahorities d *entry did not think the mo-
ment Imagretna• to grant the general permission to inspect
deakpozda assimsds of Greet Britain, and afford

him opiortmaillea le review the newly-esited militia re-
giments, almost theme), military Isms them left in the
1= . It was selered =owe observing people at the
ne
at this Mar did net observe much delicacy in
the approprisismseee his vigil. Bat the general's bearing
wee me sionaisimsd. wed exhibited such utter anomalous-
ness of my impeopelaty er want of good taste is what he
muddies, that the -andiseities to whom he was handmaid
appearedM he sigma effi their guard, and treated him with
that defenses ordinarily due to his military rank.
It is true the general commanding the western district, the
rosewood hero of Aliwall, after pasting two militia regi-
ments in review Wore the prices, observed to his highness,
is hearing of all present, " that braver troops did not exist
in the world than the Prussian troope, that they stood he-
roically at the side of the English m the well-fought field
of Waterloo, and no doubt would do so again if occasion
should require it." This allusion of Sir Harry Smith to
Waterloo was conaidered by many bystanders ma
priate, injudicious, and indelicate towards oar bratatZ:
the French, and thus public lineation wee drawn from ma-
raising the indelicacy of the general's visit. Let us
now pass over those few monthi is whisk the
British army in the East has bon midnrieg un-
paralleled horrors in the support of its country's honest,
and we shall discover, by the merest accident, that the gen-
tlemen at whose disposali were;olaced the means of acquiring
the most accurate knowledge of our defences, has carried
that information to the service of the Czar, where be is now
employed, commanding a Russian army in the Crimea. In
the eserespondeace from Espatoria we learn that in a
I:blilatiallre with one of Omer Pasha's generals and the
sia n commander, the former discovered in the letter an
old comrade officer, one Prince von Eadzivil, a German
Am. The same correspondence goes on to detail what
mettengen passed to and fro between the distinguished
proiensenfeiriews exchanging civilities, courtesies and ao-
ceptable presents the table, whence it may be inferred
that the Prince von Eadzivil is a moot accomplished diplo-
matist. politician, or spy. Can any one inform the public
who it wu that enabled the King of Prussia's envoy
extraerdinaire to visit the defences of England and report
M the Czar thereon ? Should the fortunes of war,
Omens lettere day, throw Sir Harry Smith into the hands
of Prince von Badathil in the Crimea, it is to be hoped the
latter will bear in mind the civilities of which he was the
object triton, nut earenier, ne presented himself on Mount
Wise parade, armed with a ministerial introduction, and
requested to examine the efficiency of the landieehr of
England. If it be so facile • thing, as this German printer
discovered it to be, to throw dust in the eyes of the 1
ministerial offiebth at house, it caa hardly be wondered at
that the lines of the British camp before .P.thastopol should
be visited and penetrated by the enemy's emissaries, and the
acuteness of British officers evaded.

PLYMOUTH, Aram 1.
The Recruit and Weser, gun-boats, have made two tripe
in the Channel to test their steam* sea eapabilities. They
are thought to be too deep is the water to venture across
the Bay of Biscay, and it is supposed that a pert of their
heavy ordwaes will be taken out sad waveyed to the Black
Sea in stemmas, and again put on board on reaching that
destination.
The Germania transport, No. 207. arrived from W 0011,4011
on Friday, bound to the Crimea, with 114 civil artiioen,
Whir makers, wheelwrights, and smiths. She sailed
'Words,.
The Vittoria Emanuel, Sardinian frigate, is still in dock
at Keyhans, and under /spar.
The Rosamond sailed down Channel on Friday, and re-
tamed yesterday.
The Semarang, emigrant ship, was taken into basin for
repairs.
The &newel!, 84, Copt. the Hon S. C. Dune, arrived
yesterday moving from the Black Sea, last from Gibraltar.
Bee left the Black Sea fleet Feb. 4, arrived at Malta oa
27th, sad after coaling lest for Gibraltar on 3rd of March,
where she arrived on 17th, and left fanning day for
England. She has been ordered home to have new engines,
her old ease having been made for a smaller vessel not of
power equal to her regaireinsate. She has brought home
44 invalided sick and wounded seamen from the blase Sea
fleet. The Heels was the only man-of-war at Gibraltar
when the Sweltered left. The Veageance, bound to Eng-
land, had not passed the Gat et Gibraltar when the Baas-
pared entered the biy. The Trafalgar was spoken
with on the 24th, off Cape Finoistem ; she bad
been fifty days on the espies from Malta sad Gibraltar.
Oa the 27th March the Saneweil signalled her
Majesty', ship Bellerophon about 400 mils, off the
Lizard. The &aspired i.p to the 24th March experienced
• encomia* of gales from S.W., and since that period light
south-easterly winds. She spoke the naosports Muslin
and Rattlesnake, and the Ranger bound to the Cape of
Goad Hope. Immediately after dropping anchor in the
Sound, the powder was taken oat of the Musepareil, and at
4 is the afternoon she proineded up the harbour. She will be
taken into dock at Bribing in stew days, and will be fitted
with her new engines with allowable despatch.
The Ave., Master A. J. Veiteb, sailed yesterday mora-
les foe Portsmouth, with Royal Marines from the
and Sanspanil.
The Meehan is loading with stores for the Crimea, and
the Medusa sailed yesterday westward.
Ships in Harrow :—lmpeegaable. Royal William, &is-
pond, Cornwallis, Prometheus in dock, &Wale, Sylph,
' Victor Emenael ((Winona) is do.k. In the Sound:
hislampus, Remit, Weser, War Cloud transport.

THE MILITIA.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 31.—The militia regiments
here have Wen thrown into a considerable state of excite-
ment during the pest week, in consequence of instructions
from the Minister of War, which will, in all probability,
deprive the country of the very valuable services of • large
amber of the men of the Ist Somerset, Devon Artillery, sad
South Devon. The occasion for this sudden disruption was
through the want of arrangement sad forethought in fram-
ing the eat at parliament which brought the militia force
rtes eniolonio The men who were raised in the year
UM 3, end up to 12th May, 1854, were held liable to be
trained for periods not exceeding 66 days ; and under immi-
nent danger of invasion to be embodied for duty; bat by an
eel passed in the session of 1854, men enlisted then and sub-
asqueady, were liable to serve is the event of war. The
militia were required for garrison duty soon after the hum-
iliation of the new act, and all the enrolled man were called
eat, arid retained up to the present period ; but doubts arose,
awkward tendon had to be answered in the Hawn
▪ Paellemont, the law officers of the crown were
sonssited, and their opinion left no alternative to all
m/Wrmon bet serve they must. Notwithstanding soh
opishoo. Le'rd Nannies has put forth an act of gram, and
Bums isseined the discharge to their homes of all men est.
=Ned pier to 12th May, 1854, bat they may be re-atlnalled
le somplsee their original term of five yun' service, and 111
abilliage, entirely irrespective of all other
p▪
ay or toasty. These conditions were explained yesterday
(Friday) to the men of the South Devon, Devon Artillery,
sad lo Somerset, and of the latter, which is one of the
Inset mllitia regiments in England, and equal to
almost any regiment of the line, 414 were discharged,
and pawed up the railway for Somerset. Of the Devon Ar-
tillery, which numbered about 300, about a third hew la,
and of the South Devon about 100. Some who wig,
the Int to leave have sines returned and mentor* 1,711
hoary probable that more will do so. It will be emythiag
Ws agreeable to meet of these men, now that they have got
mood to Worse lib, to resume their former habits and labo-
rious employminile. end it is thought that in thus leaving
many are inflames& by the hope of securing • large
bounty. As illushating the probability of many of these
seas returning to the regiments the following Minim-
Mose may be mentioned :—Some weeks since a
INK belonging . to one of the regiments above
mood being auxins to return home, obtained per-
mission to Omen providing • proper substitute. This was
dons at the mat et semi pounds, old the man left by railway
ter hie home, sad sitar remaining there some days, he began
es think it very uneathilictory, and to long for the soldier's
life. A few days brought him beck to hudquartaes, seeing
to be enlisted. He again entered the regiment se a reeraft.
and h now on duty here. Many of those who left on Friday
and to-day will, before the next week ends, either ones bask
Se their old corps, or enlist into the line. As it is, the Major
Omni commanding the district has great difficulty to
muster sufficient men for garrison iitA.
Noxs DORMAIL MILISLC-011 Wednesday morning IS
order from the Home-ofik• to Vie commander mini=
d=ing the Immediate dismissal of all times who bad
prior to May, 1854. Accordingly, in the afternoon, the
whole regiment, numbering nearly 800, mustered, and those
who were not liable to be detained were forthwith ordered
to peek up their kit and walk. Oat of the above number •
very small minority remains, somewhere about thirty.—
f isradcrland Vases
HANrenian.—The Hampshire Artillery ROMs lately
arrived in this garrison. followed on Friday morning the
, example of the Mosmostbehire Militia, by demanding their
I discharge after 66 dap' sorties, esierdiag to the act of 186$.
Their appearanee au
for was tug dirpeetful, and
demands of ahem*their diming, re been corn
with. The ma previous to the Above outbreak have
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 31. APPOINTMENTS. bayed themselves egmedingly wall.—Woolwich 1
Mastiffs J. Hello& (3841) to the Meleaspos, 42, storciship, dent.
at Sheerness,. end 0. F. ill'Dougall (1861) to the Meander, WaIT Hamm.—Oa Wealleadey_ • large number of the
44, for particular service. use it is said nearly 600, of the West Kent Light Infantry
Assistant-Masts, C. J. A. Holdall, to be Attendant at Regiment claimed to be telossod from permanent duty
Malta yard. during the remainder of the year, ea the ground that instead
Semi Masters, C. F. Peehett„ to the Jana, 4, paddle- of serving fifty-sin dam they hare been out nearly one
wheal steam vessel, of 220 horse-power at Sheerness. D. huadred.—Sauer Ezra*.
H. Ass (3331) tie the Otter, 3, Peddle:uheol du= vessel, Lmonstananras bizuru.—Cesexannleatious have boa
of our isergorprow, at Woolwich; 8. Sibley, to the Locust, received from the War-oliko sndieritiss, directing that all
8, poillombeel steam vessel, of 100 beseopewer, at Os roes with large families, eallatell prior to the 12th of
Woolwish ; and H. L. Kelly, to the POWs% 20. wow May, 1864, shall be altogether illudomWe rewiring if. 14
Man et 860 hemopower, at ilbeeenees. bounty. The INS littelit lintbetalt have the
Aetlag 131ork S 0. lohissan, to the Samos* 90, sere, spies st ;stars ambled Os bales sailed amt fte
Moen ship. et el lassavewes, at Devourers. *ye emnsal le of moallissestal
Twarinty Maks, W. Smith, to the Excellent, gunnery eittey for the et the full issiol at Ivo
ship, et Portemerath; H. W. Pots and Z. J. Yeovil, to the to reasiteo es lielsedisto bsa 41_ 11. There Yet%
DeWitt Weillopcs, 131, strew Maass ship, of 700 holm &best dad meg tit whom them Mrestgete 11:81 uP
pew, at Plyinenth. Thesis, sow*, about 130 had minstmd la be 1
Clerks Amisteate, ZD. Orson, to the Royal Goon, 1.% for mirmementilaty.—Leirmesr ilientorpo " ' •
mew Meant ship, of 400 Imam power, at ilbeeiners; W S EMS= tismisintr.—TM edmio et it Plan As
lai
Mart* 31. H. Jail, J Chinless. mad T. It. Jehmeirnebon,l trey ag Feet rams te lb* bums. ea
wweeUU
ths Ur Albert, 121, screw steam ship, st dell sells Mem la the Mareriel Zadmild mad et Hun
pow% 'Manama station. _ gamins. The bead will ha bodies sr, as Ms trumpeters
Aids, &Goad Mester, J. W. Mine, to the Tral,E, Pare are abase Maybe waged Ms oitil Mho nrustesol at
. ship, for particular webs haaktnartest es /rider 01110115,9110 49 491 remain.

DUBLIN, MAR= 3.1.

VoLtarrionuNo molt THE Itusruk.—Thirty-eight
rearsits have voluatured from the QIIII•D'S County Militia
for the 87th snd 88th Regtmemts of the Lino. When the
Royal South Dowa Rogimeat el Militia was assembled in
the Barrack square 7, their reload, the Marquis of
Domin , i', whether dwfi were prepuud to do duty
on abed& Sink Wean and country require
them. The ma, ewe col an, la the Emu oath anima° meatier
sigailled their lataatlew to volunteer kr foreign duty at thy
puled that their minima may be asked into requisitien.
The 111119111111• MIS eras received with anhottadul applause,
the sable Mew& lieseeld elreeslai lustily. Oa Thursday
the regiment wae imputed hy LleaterianbGeneral Thomas,
eammeadieff the meths= keerid, aad toned in a most
entiskeesey state so to militerudissipline and training.
The Deily Rapture says: “ We an missend to contra-
dict tin St•teWlit that nee holoaring to the led West
York Militia liars boon disaraciling their din:Amigos • and
on the authority of fiergasaa Major Edward Headed, 3rd
West York, we have to say_ that there is ire truth ia the
statement. Tha Erd West York le ono of the beet :militia
regiments in the service, aad betkolikers and men have felt
mull hurt at so unfounded an imputation epee their gal-
lantry and patriotism."
The following appolatssats have been made on the staff of
General Lord Seaton, G.C.8., coessmaseng the forms la Ire-
land :—Major the Hoa. Janes Colborae balf.pay, to be
Military &notary; Captain Sir Lydstm: Newman, Bart,
of the 7th Susan, to be ow of hL lordship's aidee-do-
camp.
Lient.-Gesseal Thomas, C.B , has ',turned from Inn of
absentia, and remold the :ennead of the troops serving is
the Barak dislike. _ _ _ _

—ltl7as ben7desidell by the authorities that the Militia
ArtiUnita
_lreland shell be pieced under the direction of the
Lieut-eseasel sad Board of Oraneace I. the MOO moaner
as the mete Anilkey.
I . The UM Relfhaeat. just renamed to Ragland from India,
le umber erases ihe behead, lad will shortly arrive here, en
male he Templemere.

MUSIC.

THE MUSICAL !MASON.

Th. mason now began promisee considerable acti-
vity, especially as regards the department of open. In el-
ditioa to the " Royal Italian Opera," we en to hen Ds-
lima and Gerona opera at Drary Lens, and English Opens
at the Rayanstet.

It is announced that the Royal Italian Opera will open ea
the 10th last. Mr. Gye bu not yet put forth the usual
prospectus of the season, but we are in a condition to men-
Nast eau particular which may intuest our mauled
readen. The company is to be of extraordinary stringth.
Its principal members will be—lioprani lddlie. Bakst,
Wills. Noy, NO*. Marai. and Madame Viardot.
Contralto : Mdlb. Didide. Tenors : Mario, Tauber-
lik,

Cisadonl, and Lucchesi. Hum : Lablocis, Formes,
Up; Taglialiso, cod rolonini. Is this list, how-

ever, there is one sad blank--hialue odds defiendut
—the name of Grisi, absent for the first time these twenty
years, and withdrawn, it is understood, for ever. For such
an irreparable law we must console ourselves ILI we
best may. Mario, we believe, is engaged only
for a short period. The great features of the season will be
auk production of the Etoik du Nord, and of Verdi's last
aid highly successful opera, 11 Trotatoro. The &ode du
Nord will probably be brought out under the personal super-
intendence of Meyerbier himself, who is at present occupied
in preparing the opera for the Italian stage, by turning the
originally spoken dialogue into recitative. The piece hen
been very strongly east, as follows: Peter, Formes;
Catherine, Mdlle. Bosco; Trassovis, Mdlle. Marti; Dant-
lowits, Gardoni ; and Gritaeako, Lablache. The English
public will thus be enabled to judge of the merits of this
celebrated work, which they could not possibly do by means
of its very lame performance at Drury-lane—a performance
which took place not only without the sanction but in spite
of the earnest remonstrances of the author. Is the Trout-
folll, the fine part of the Gipsy will be performed by Madame
Viardot, who is engaged for that purpose. No mention is
now made of Madame Borghi Maw, the celebrated con-
tralto, who was expected to appear is London this season.
Drury Lane is to open on Easter Monday for Italian and
German opera. We learn that Madame Persiasi, Tam-
burial, and Bari are to be members of the Italian portion
of the company. The Germans, with some exceptions, will
be the same as last year. Balfs is mentioned as being en-
gaged to officiate as muMoal director. A new German opera,
by Mr. Aguilar, has been accepted, and is to be produced
early in the season.

The Haymarket is to be partially transformed into an
English opera-house, in which form it will be opened on
Easter Monday. The principal anion are Mr. and Mrs.
Sims Reeves, and Mr. and Mn. Weiss. A new English
opera, by Mr. Henry Smart, is already is preparation.
Opera is to alternate with " the legitimate drama "—a term
which we use for went of a better, for we do not see why
opera should not be deemed as legitimate as any other
branch of the drama. The legitimate drama is to be sup-
ported by Miss Cashman and Miss Helen Faucit. We do
sot much approve of such haltand-half 'ensues—a theatre,
like every other undertaking, ought to have one undivided
purpose. By attempting to do several things at once, none
of them are dose well. Our national opera never prospers,
because it is always tacked on as as appendage to something
else. To have English open, we must have an English
opera-house—s theatre exclusively devoted to one single
object, of adequate magnitude, and supplied not only with
• complete company of dramatic singers but with a sufficient
orchestra and chorus, a competent director, and all the " ap-
pliances and means to boot" which are necessary to the effi-
ciency and success of a musical establishment.
Hottesini, the celebrated double bass player, hes returned
to London after a long absence. His marvellous tours ds
force on his gigantic instrument will, of course, form
prominent feature of the concerts of the seams. We have
already mentioned that Alboni is about to visit this country.
She is engaged by Mr. Beale for a provincial tour during
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the summer, in which she is to be accompanied by several
artists of reputation, including Herr Ernst, Mdlle. Jenny
Boner, Signor Lorenzo, Mr. J. L. Hatton, and Mr. Land,
who is to act u conductor.
MUSIC AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

A second experiment, in the direction of procuring
novelty and variety in the musical arrangements of thsCry mai
Palace, was made on Saturday, by the opening of a new and
powerful organ, which has been erected, at the instance of
the directors, by the eminent firm of Bishop sad Co.
Whether this description of music is intended to supersede
the band is not yet known; but the latter, as at present
constituted, is to be broken up—a circumstance which, if
=attended with any diminution of attraction, will involve
• saving to the concern of some six or seven thousand a
year. Certain it is that, from the peculiar construction
and material of the building, the performance, of the
bend, although excellent of their kind, have never pro-
duced such an effect as would justify so enormous
an outlay, and therefore the directors must be held as quite
justified in endeavouring to ascertain whether better musical
effects may not be produced for the money, or, as is highly
probable, at a greatly reduced cost. The effect of a grand
piano has been tried, and, as may be seen by a notice in a
former number of the Daily News, with satisfactory results;
but for the purpose of completely filling so vast an interior
• gigantic organ is the obvious expedient. When the ques-
tion of the musical arrangements was first under the con-
sideration of the directors the erection of such an organ was
proposed, and had many advocates, but the amount of the im-
mediate outlay had a deterring influence, and the brass band
was organised. It is ranch to be doubted, however, whether
there was any real economy Lithe subetitatis; while every one
must admit that a great organ, both in its proportions and
massive tones, would have been most in keeping with a
building which is gigantic in every particular. Taking even
the pounds, shillings, and pence view of the question, it
must be remembered that 7,0001. a year represents at the
present price of money • capital of 200,0001., whereas
20,0001. se 30,0001. would build a magnificent organ, which
would always reckon for something even in a broker's in-
ventory, while the 7,0001. • year all melts away in the echoes
of the daily music. Besides, the management of fifty or
sixty individuals of the race which, next to the poets, is
considered to be the meet irritable in the world, is no easy
task—a fact of which we believe some recent events have
tended strongly to convince t►e directors. The organ would
give no trouble of this kind, but would, except when called
upon to " discourse most eloquent music," preserve that
dignified and placid demeanour which ►ecomes so majestic
an object—nor would it make those weekly calls on the
treasurer which are supposed to exercise a depressing in-
, finance in dividends. The experiment of Saturday,se far

as it west, was satisfactory, but could not be considered
conclusive. The effect of the music was esoollent within a
'attain range ; but if organ music is to be the rule at the
Crystal Pelona, the directors must make up their minds to
the erection of an inatrasseat larger than any that has yet
been seen in this country. Messrs. Bishop and Co.'s in-
strument, which stands in one of the transept galleries, was
surrounded ea Saturday by a numerous and fashionable
audience, who listened with much gratification whilst Mr.
Lake, organist of St. John's, Paddington, played the follow-
ing programme:
_ . _

FircZui77ll;not afraid"
Beasdistris
Marna "Moose
With Palm
Belntim ftvai "The Brides of Veda'
March "Prophtte"

Haydn.
Mende:mob&
Eybey.
Mendelnas.
Benedict.
Reyerbeer.

This selection was, it will be perceived, well calculated to
bring oat the peculiar powers of the instrument, except,
perhaps, the operatic neorosostx ; but the organ performances
at the Exhibition of 1861, end Mr. Best's line playing at the
Panopticon, have, to a considerable extent, familiarised the
public ear to these otherwise startling innovations on the
"solemn peal" which is the traditional c►aracteristic of the
isstrument. The music, which was creditably played, was
fairly heard all over the ►uilding, bat best, througbenit the
sweep of the gallery, in one comer of which it is placed.
The band also gave whet may be considered a farewell con-
cert, and thus the public had an opportunity of judging of
the comparative edicts. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and
the Doke of Cambridge, honoured the Palace w ith a visit
in the morning, and remained for a couple of hours, when
Mr Joseph Paxton had the honour of conducting the Prince
over the grounds.

THE
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PIANOFORTE EXPERIMENT IN TEE
CTAL .

TO Tit ZDZTOI OP THI DAILY PPM.

Sim, b—ioar eerreepeadesl X, whose letter you in-
serted es Sanardey we, is sot very deer in the exposition
of hie views sad opinions is the /abject of hie essnotanies-
ties. It nay, however, be paned therefrom that be is
opposed to the introduction of the pianoforte in the espial
plehnalusso is the °split Passe; ahhough it dose set
gym Iran hie /AWE that he wee papal at the =perinea;
which wee reported in year paper of Friday. Now, sin I
was la the Wiling us this 'swim i east while I hilly epee