The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-26 00:00:00

T' QUARTERLY REVIEW, Ns. CCSZLE.,
was published ea fidarday l

I. China. --
2. American Views et iligisnd.
& Forsyth's Life of Liars.
4. Gans and Plates.
& !Vete'. Travels on the Nile
6. Fails.
7. Ease in the Middle Asst.
She Denial Duddea
John Manny, Altemariedia

MUSIC.

THE MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS.

These concerts, interrupted by the holidays, were
ressulassi last aveniag. The praissloas was as follows :

PAzy I.

Quartet, and
A minor. Op. i3.71-ei. two Platten
This, and Vioioneello, MIL Viimaxisaapa.
■lae, H. Webb, and Pause
Serenade, ••Qla..ut to ehantee beryls," 3.lad.tese

-187:epa.. with klarnanniums WIMP- I,- o' by Mew
toga hound.
Sang, The Pilgrim," Mr. Bentley
Sonata Appueionsta, in P miner, Op. ST, fur
Pianoforte alone. Mr. Chorine RAH
PART. IL
Senator. in B Bat =Ow. for Pianoforte and VloUn
`dedicated to Mlle. Strlaasaccal), Mr. Charles
B&W and M. Vieuzieraps
Soo& .• What dull I MKT Melanie Pampa
bong. ••Phe litlrrnp.cup. Mr. Fawley
QuirWt, In D major, No. 4a, tee two Violins,
Vida, and Viokonoello, MIL Vienstaings, L.
Site., H. Webb, and Pause Haydn.
Coadtietor—Mr. Benedict.

From this it appears that the °meet presented no fea-
ture of sovelty ; bat specertheless it was interesting and
delightfuL liendelmobu's Quartet in A. minor boluses to
a very early period of his too brief earwar. It le am of his
msetarpisoss, however, ad displays an ►mount of origin•-
lity aapreoldeated in so yoga' a composer. The inter.
mszeo—a form of movement of which he may be mid to be
the creator —is exquisite, and was loudly encored.
Vieuxtemps, who mad* his first appearance this semos,
played with tranerniadeat brilliancy ►nd beauty, and
was adniimbly supported by Mews. Ries, Webb, and
Parise. The same performers did equal justice to Baydn's
charming quartet, which reminded the concert. Bane
played Beethoven's famous "Sonata Appassionata,“ a
composition as difficult as it is beautiful, is the pure and
°lamina style for which hie psrformanoe of Beetlecome's
mule is especially distinguished ; and Mozart's simple sad
graceful sonata fur the piano and violin, played by Halle
and Vim:temps, delighted the audience. It is one of
those things whose beauties are perausial, and never pow
old.

Gotinoirs serenade, or cradle-song, charmingly rung by
Pimps, was loudly succeed. This soog, charming in its
melody, is still more clionideg by Victor Hugo's words,
delicious effusion of tender feeliog. Gonood's ether
wog, "The Pilgrim," though admirably seas by
heathy, was comparatively ineffective. The soap
I. the wooed part, by Besediot sad Arditi,
ore plowing specimens of the Waite of there com-
posers, and received every justice from the singers. The
lam wee fall, and the whole performance was worthy of
He Mcedoy Popular Concerts.

CETNTAL PALACE. —Tile tercentenary' of Shake-
speare's birth will he esiebrated at re Pales. en
flaterday, 23rd April. by a variety of epacialtien
Mr. Z. T. Perris, the porter of Landon at the Calmer en,
end the restoration of the interior of St. Paul's, has bees
speed at the Paw* for a considerable time is repredwerg
se acature represatries of Shakespeare's hereon titer
ford-cm -Ayr, whisk it is reread to ere* is sore part of
beddieg.
Tut LONDON °AMAX AnnUm.—Yesterday
morning the annual general warthog and half-yearly alectios
to coan•Ii011 with Oda szteDest charity we. held at re
London Tavern, Bishopegaretreet. to reado the moral
report of the hoard of inaespiete mad sleet fifty mars to
the benefit of tb• imeitsitioa out of a list of MIS approved
esedidere. The reardiese wee prodded over by Yr.
Oval, the Orem of the rarity. The report of the ma-
nagers was read by Mr. Rogers, the secretory, and stated
that as the past had bees the year of jubilee of the institution
the retrospect of it escerrily oecupiedaproriser sad litte-
ra* place ie its history. la order properly to celebrate
that jubilee the margen bed resolved os admitting 100
orphans lab the iestiteiioa dareg the year, rid the admis-
sion of 50 last J ad the reentioe of 60 other am the
result of that day's election would &Sri the beet evictors
that the great purpose of that jubilee marnenontaree
had bees aoseinplished. The err of the
betiding kw the reception of the inommed VI
orphans thus admitted bad bum optimmted at from
3,0004 to 4.000 i.. while 6,01101. was mord as the ax-
penditure likely to be Wailed by their marrow*
sad the manager bad the marshier= to state that all
the additioeal ezpeedizere mold be or without lure-
feria, with the loaded property of the charity, the anneal
subscriptior ad denotiens last yew having been omit
1,3001., mid the life soreeriptiess sad collections shout
7.500 f. in exams of the ISMS item for QS rumbas year.
The whole of the exposer had therefore bee. paid, ad
• sum of 4.0001. invested towards the meiateomai and oda-
'Moo of the bloomed family. Lapides lod bees rewired to
the extent of 4451., ores which was the *pry of the late
Dr. Andrew Reed, the founder of the imputation. of 2701.
Siam the general meeting of 1863 79 ohildrea had left
the asylum, mad five bad died, whir 96 had
bean admitted, and at the preempt time. with the 50
teikiren to be sleeted as that day, there will be 479
orphans I. therstitotioe, realise the total somber been
• by It dace its formation 2,007. froin the treasurer's
osmosis it appeared that the total income from all worms
during lb* yew bed bees 23.1031. 2s. Bd. The ornery
sapooditare bed animated to 11.1601. Oa. 3d.. wham the
speohd expenditure had been 5,4031. 2.5 d.. the lielsaco of
rooms over aerodrome having bees Jimmied. Os the
motion of Mr. Andrew Imams, mesisded by Mr._ Williams.
dm report sad fmorial statement yam eaertad, sad the
oilmen for the meant yyvv having beat meted the belled
Ise the Molise of the ahitdrea was proesedod with.

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