The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-16 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The "Metropolitan Schouls Festival" took place
at the Crystal Palace yesterday. Some five thousand chil-
dren beloeging to schools in and adjoining to London, who
receive instructions in singing from Mr. O. W. Martin, or
according to his method of teaching, were assembled in the
great Handel Orchestra, and sang, under his dire:hies, a
number of psalms, hymns, chaunts, and other sacred and
secular choral pieces of a simple and easy kind.
This assemblage of clean, healthy-looking, happy
children, enjoying the delights of a summer's
holiday, was highly agreeable and interesting;
end their siegieg, simple and artless ea it was, was
pleseant to hear. Such music as this is oo subject for
criticism ; the only thing worthy of notice that struck us
was the great disproportion between the number of voices
and the quantity of pound produced. We should have ex-
pected twice the amount of strength and volume. We
could not help infamies from this that a great number
of the children did not sing at all, but only contributed to
611 the vast area in which they were sesembled. The number
of visitors was much smaller than what we have seen on
similar occasions, owing, we suppose, to the unsettled state
of the weather.

Signor Anliti luta announced a concert, to take
place to-morrow morning, at Her Majesty's Theatre—
an entertainment singularly rich in attractive mat-
ter. The programme Melodies selections from
Raesiors Statist Mater, from Gounod's Prow,
from Meyerbeer's Robert fr Diable, from Mozart's
Don nioranni, and from Nicolai's "'datal in the perform-
ance of which the whole strength of the company will be
employed. Moreover, Madame Arabella Goddard will play
Mendeliwohn'sCooeerto in G minor ; • Fantasia for the piano
and violin, composed by Arditi and Benedict, will be played
by Madame Goddard and Mr. Corroders ; and mural now
vocal compositions of Signor Arditi wdl be sung, in-
cluding the national song, " La Garibeldins," composed for
the reception of General Garibaldi at the Crystal Palace.

MADAME TEMArD'S. A full-length portrait
model of Dr. La Boomers* taken from the original photo-
graph, by Nose. Trisquart, of Paris, 'roan life, expressly
for Madame Taisaad`e wthibilioa, is bow added to the
Chamber of Physiognomy, in Baker-street.
PHARMACRUTICAL SOCIETY Or GREAT BRITAIN.
—The following candidates passed the major examination
yesterday as pbsrmacentlosl chemists : Robert Bird,
Newark ; Edward Y. Holmes, Loodon ; Themes P. Lifts,
Nauseam ; Sydney Payee, litiatford-me-Avon ; William F.
Obese, Uxbridge Jetta Nub, Derby ; Joaathaa
m
Godshog ; Alfrsd B. Squire, asstd.
The Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry will be
inspaoted to-morrow in Stowe-park. by Colonel White. The
Doke of Buckingham sad °hoodoo has invited a distin-
guished tarty to assemble cm the 21st Met.. as the roltio
ten riview wilt take plass on the 220 d, whoa a large form
of all anew of the service is expected to be primat.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Jumi 15.

UNlvrasrric Commit. —The election to the vacant
fellowships at this college termioated to-day is favour of
Charles &optimum Medd, &A., of Univandts College ; and
Albert &chief Charisma. &A., licho:ar of Balliol College.
There were thirteen candidates.