The Press.
London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

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IVE never remember a winter so devoid of all
musical entertainments as the present. Our good
town does not contain even a speculator who will
tread in the steps of Jutlien and treat us to scraps
of classical music amidst a hodgepodge of quad►illes,
altzes, thunder and lightning, and the like. All
mart» of reports are afloat respecting the forthcoming
opera season. Some say there is to be an English
opera season at Drury Lane, others tell us that her
Majesty's Theatre is to open under the direction of
a well-known Hebrew speculator, and that Jenny
Lind is to reappear. So much for theories. As to
facts, the Philharmonic Concerts are to begin early
in March. The New Philharmonic are also to try their
chances another season, though their hopes during
the last two years have been almost too heavy to
bear. Sincerely we wish them better luck another
time.
THE LONDON ORCHESTRA.—A new musical experi-
ment has been made. The London Orchestra is an
association of inst►umental artists (Mr. Frank Mori
director) for the purpose of organising more complete
orchestral performances of miscellaneous character
than
,London audiences have as yet enjoyed. The
first concert took place on Thursday night, and for
the occasion some popular vocalists were engaged to
assist. The most prominent feature in the entertain-
ment was Mendelssohn's symphony in A minor, which
was given with effect. Miss A. Goddard's performance
of Mendelssohn's pianoforte concerto in D (No. 2)
was also worthy of the lady's reputation. Auber's
overture to Le Domino Noir, and the war march in
Mendelssohn's Athatie, formed the principal portions
of the second part. Madame Amedei gave Rossini's
" Pensa ally patria " with much sweetness and good
taste.
. A New THEATRE IN THE EAST.—Mr. E. T. Smith,
the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, has purchased the
site on which Shadwell workhouse at present stands,
for the purpose of erecting a large and commodious
theatre. The estate was sold by the Stepney union,
under an order of the l'oor Law Board. It comprises
an area of 17,066 feet.
THE ORPHEUS ENGLISH AND GERMAN GLEE UNION.
The company of vocalists united under tl►is title
have just returned from a very successful tour in the
provinces. Among the members are Misses Rycroft,
Lizzy Dyer, and Mr. Suchet Champion ; and Mr. F.
Kingsbury is director.

1e ti Bart, Xittrainte, tt-r.

A MS. MASS by Michael Haydn, brother of the
celebrated composer, has lately been discovered in
the library of the Royal Academy of Music at Stock-
holm, This work was performed for the first time

THE PRESS.

before the Queen and Queen Dowager of Sweden on
Christmas day, and is reported to contain many pas-
sages of singular beauty. The academy purpose to
publish the mass, whose existence has hitherto been
unknown.
THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AT THE VARIOUS PARIS
THEATRES during December last amounted to
1,207,415 f. 57c. (48,3001.) Of this sum the impe-
rial or sulwentionns houses attracted 432,268 f. 60e. ;
the secondary theatres, 681,090 f. 77c.; concerts,
balls, spectacles, and cafes' concerts, 84,296 f.; and
" curiosities," 8,760 f. 20c. The receipts for the pre-
ceding month of November were 1,246,347 f., showing
a considerable falling off in December, but this de-
crease has affected only the secondary theatres; the
imperial houses and concerts, &c., exhibiting an in-
crease. On the whole year of 1853 the gross thee•
trical receipts were 13,157,010 f. against 11,298,834 f.
in 145►2. Thus it appears that the Parisians spend
more than 500,0001. a year upon their dramatic en-

tertainments.
GAS has had a great triumph in Stockholm. On
the Ist inst. the Royal Theatre was lighted up for the
first time with this new medium. The public on
entering found the house very dim, for, to make the
surprise greater, the gas jets were turned as low as
possible. But when the overture struck up the gas
was turned on, and a flood of light thrown on
every part of the house. The effect was admirable,
and endless rounds of applause from the crowded
spectators testified their satisfaction.
DURING the year 1853, 250 new pieces have seen
the light at the various Parisian theatres. Of these,
six—four operas and two ballets—were given at the
Grand Opera, nine at the Opera Comique, and twelve
at the Lyrique. Seven new plays were given at the
Francais, six at the Odeon, and ten pieces at the
Gymnase ; twenty-five were produced at the V arietes,
a like number at the Vaudeville, and twenty-seven at
the Palais Royal. The melodramas have had a
profitable year: six appeared at the Porte-Saint-
Martin, eight at the Ambign, and thirteen at the
Gaits. The rest is distributed among the Cirque,
Comte's, and the smaller establishments. The
greatest successes of the year have been, at the
Odeon Ponsard's " L'Honneur et l'Argent," the fairy
piece "Les Sept Merveilles du Monde" at the Porte-
Saint-Martin, "La Priere des Naufrages " at the
Ambign, and " Diane de Lys" at the Gymnase. The
Francais comes next, with "Lady Tartuffe," which,
with "L'Honneur et l'Argent," divides the nieces
littl.raire of 1853.
THE number of children educated in fixed schools
in Sweden during 1850 was 143,526; in 1859 it was
152,039. The number in the ambulatory schools
was, in 1850, about 126,000; in 1853, about 132,000.
In the public gymnasia were educated, in 1850, the
number of 6,228 children ; in 1853, 6,202. In private
schools 17,465 children were taught in 1850, to
17,856 in 1853. In 1850, 128,096 were educated at
home ;to 136,786 in 185:3. In 1850, about 14,280
children were left untaught; Ind in 1853 only 0,669.
THE ADVENT OF MADAME SONTAG, and several
other celebrated opera-singers from the United States,
was, at the last dates from Cuba, looked forward to
with considerable anxiety by the inhabitants of the
Hsvannah.
M. DE SACY, one of the principal writers in the
Journal des Dibats, is to have the editorial manage-
ment of that paper; but articles relating to general
policy, and of the kind that used to be signed by the
late editor, will in future bear the signature of M.
Edouard Bertin, his brother.
Mr.r.E. CRUVELLI made her debut for the season at
the Grand Opera, in Paris, on Tuesday, in The
Huguenots. The Emperor and Empress were pre-
sent, and the theatre crowded in every part.
THE three volumes necessary to complete M.
" Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire " will
be published about the end of this present year.
THE PHILOLOGIST MITSCHERIICH, the Nestor of
the German schools, died at Gottingen on the 6th
inst., in the 94th year of his age. Dr. Mitscherlich
was uncle of the famous chemist of the same name.
M. MARIETTE, the French explorer, has at last
succeeded in discovering the long-sought-for entrance
into the Sphynx. The entrance leads into beautiful
marble rooms, which are supposed to be connected
by subterranean passages with similar chambers in
the adjacent pyramid.
M. ARMAND BERTIN'S FUNERAL took place on Mon-
day, and was attended by an assemblage which testi-
fied to the estimation in which the press is held by
the Parisians. Among the eminent personages pre-
sent—men of letters, artists, deputies, and members
of former legislative assemblies, members of the
Institute of France, of the Council of State, professors
at the Sorbonne, kc.—were MM. Thiers, Guizot,
Dupin (aine), Duchatel, De Salvandy, Cousin, 'Vile
main, Saint-Marc Girardin, Viennet ; Berger, ex-pre-
feet of the Seine ; Rouher, ex-minister, now president
of a section of the Council of State ; do Royer, the
proeurenr-general ; General Rtilhiere, all the writers
in the 14bats, and most of the members of the
Parisian press. M. Petit, the chef du bureau of the
press at the Ministry of the Interior, was also preserit.

SATURDAY,

The only oration delivered was a short but exceediagi,
touching one by the eminent publicist and old col-
league of the deceased, M. Saint-Marc Grirardin,
NEw GOLD COINS, of five francs value, are pre.
paring for circulation at the Paris mint. They wiu
weigh 1.0120 grains, and have a diameter of fourtetn
millimetres.

A DEPUTATION OF THE ROYAL Geoonarinem,
SOCIETY, consisting of Sir Charles Fellows, Vie,_
President; Col. Everest, Mr. E. Osborne Smith, Mr.
Arrowsmith, Mr. Kent, Capt. Hart, Dr. Hodgkin, and
the secretary, Dr. Norton Shaw, had an interview
with his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial.
office, on Wednesday, on the subject of the North
Australian expedition proposed to Government by
the society.
Dn. Bowniato delivered, on Wednesday evening, a
lecture at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton.
buildint,,s, on " The Influence of Knowledge on
Domestic and Social Happiness." The large hall wa,
crowded.

Sin Ronmix PEEL has consented to deliver, inßir.
mingham and other towns in the district,alectnreon
" The Progress of Society—Social and Intellectual,
on behalf of the Midland Counties Association of
Mechanics' institutes. The Birmingham lecture
will be delivered on the evening of the 24th inst.
THE PAINTED HALL at Greenwich Hospital has
just received a most valuable addition, by the erection
of a statue to Lord Admiral de Sanmarez, executed
by Mr. John Steele, R.S.A., of Edinburgh.

ettitsinstical.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

The Rev. \Vm. Bluntly, to the Curacy of Trinity Church, Hope,
Stafford:lllre.
The Rev. J. E. Austin Leigh, M.A., to the Vicarage of llrtr,
near Maidenhead.
The Rev. Leveron Cyril Randolph, M.A., to the Rectory of
East Gallatin, Derkeltirc.
The Rev. J. H. Comptuoi, M.A., to the Incumbency of Kidmote.
end, Caversham, near Reading,.
The Rev. R. T.ee James, 1.1..11., to the Curacy of Little
Kemble, Ruckinghttmsliire.
The Rev. Sydney George Selwyn. M.A., to the Vicarage ..1
Milton Clevedon, Somerset.
The Rev. Henry Munn, M.A., to the Incumbency of Oaks
church, Nailses.
The Rev. Henry Charles Seller, M.A., to the Incumbency
Trull, near Taunton.
The Rev. F. Strong, to the Curacy of West Hatch, OW
TatudAm.
The Rev. W. C. Evans, M.A., to the Incumbency of Cast*,
near Doncaster.
The Rev. J. N. Vlieland, to Christ Church, TIMIIIIIIII-green.
The Rev. T. Mitchell, M.A., to St. Paul's Church, Newington.
The Rev. John Charles Col* M.A., to be Chaplain to the
English residents at Chantilly.
The Rev. P. Somerville, 8.A., to Milton, near Lynnogies
The Rev. T. Valpy, 8.A., to the church and district of St Julia
the Baptist, Leensitle, near Nottingham.
The 11ev. Chitties Audley Assheton Craven, 8.A., to the
Curacy of the parish church of Liverpool.
The Rev. Henry Joseph Wilkinson, 8.A., to the Curacy o
Windermere.
The Rev. Henry Cooke, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Manias f
Church, Liverpool.
The Rev. J. Miller, MA., to the Incumbency of Orcop, nen
Rosa, lierefordshire.
The Rev. John B. Sparrow, MA., to the Rectory of Often,
with the Rectory of Little Brustt annexed, near Needham,
Suffolk.
the ltev. Rees Jones, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Penman,
near Newport, Monmouthshire.
The Rev. Thomas Smith, MA., to the Incumbency of oaing.
ton, neer Newark.
The Rev. C. Jenour, M.A., to the Senior Curacy of All
Saints' Church, Gordon-square, St. Pancras.
The Rev. John Adams Cree, M.A., to the Curacy of N. flan 1
Church, Dover.
N:latheulintkue.v.rtina,i.Cumby, M.A., to the Incumbency of Beatlndi,
The Rev. Hugh Stowell Gin, BA., to the Chaplaincy of St'
Luke's, Baldwin, Isle of Mall
The Rev. Edward Mercer,ll.A., to the Tnemnbeney of Foie.
field, near reeds.
The Rev. Thomas Markby, M.A., to the I I esti Mastership °"t
John's-wood Proprietary Collegiate School.
The Rev. Henry Moore Mouse, 8.A., to the Curacy Brill'
ford, near Derby.

VACANCIES.
The Curacy of Morsvenstow, Cornwall ; in the gift of the Iln.
11. S. Hawker, M.A.
he Cur ac of Rmford, Rochster; worth 1001, a yetr•
ia
theT glft of they Yen. Anthony Omiet, D.C.L., Archdeacon of st
Alban'a.
The Ineninheney of Breinton, nosy, Hereford, by the j
he e
lA'.ff
the Rev. Walter uire, M.A.; worth 1201. a year, in t
the Bishop of I lereconi.
he Rectory of Ludhorough, near 'Louth, incolushire, hyM
1
CPIOII of the Rev. Chinks Thurold, M.A. Value 1001. a )eel
the gift of Mr. R. Thurold.
The Curacy of Itarrowomon.llumber, in the diocese of Di.-
cola. In the gift of the Rev. Richard Beverley Mitchell. It A
The Curacy of Dymelitirch, near New Romney, Kent. It
confer a title to orders upon a graduate of Cambridge, at l*
Archbithop of Canterbury's lent ordination.
The Curacy of learnworth, near Great Bolton, diocese of ".
cheater. Value 1001. a year; In the gift of the Rev.
Vdht
Bunts. M.A.
e ry Preaton. near Sudbury, Suffolk, by the
the h
Itev. William I leard Shelford, M.A. Value 5001. a )ear
,;
the gift 14 the Master and Fellows of Emmanuel Coll., Carahnly:
The Vicarage of Pettingion, near Durham, by tbe death °tt;
Ilev. James Miller, D.D. Value aKil. a year; in the gift 4
Dean and Chapter of Durham. By the death of Dr. oft
minor canonry in Durham Cathedral becomes vacant.
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The Rectory of Southchureh, near South( tid, Essex. bir•
preferment -of the Rev. John Henry Robertson Sump.,
Woo WO& a year; in the gift of the Archbishop of C
The Vicarage of Boswell, near York, by the prefernies 1
1 ,f
Rev. Samuel Gamlen, M.A. Value 4001, a year; Ithe P.
the Dean and Chapter of Durham.

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