The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-25 00:00:00

MR. RIILIAR'S CHORAL CONCERTS.

Mr. Huila has commenced his annual series of
choral sosouts is Bt. Martin's Hall, rather culla, is the
sessea, vrs thigh, than venal. This, howeam, did not
provost tbo ball hem bolsi crowded in 'vary part last
gaming, wham Mandolassoba's Br. Paul was performed. The
priasipal slaws ware—aspcsass, Madame Clara Novella;
costralts. Miss Pekoe; team, Mr. Lockey ; baritone, Mr.
Was; sad base, Mr. Baskhad. The chorus, as meal
reasisted of the member of Mr. Hsllah's first upper
staging sehooL The performance was effective and lath.
factory. Madame Clara Novella, as • stager of sacred
made, is %attained la Inglasd, sad probably in Europe.
To a miss of eirmalar pawn sad beauty, sad island sue
oaths. the •dda whet amid= and grandeur of style. In
this oratarfo she amass to peculiar advantage, for it
se fall of recitatives, is the delivery of which
abs eepssially mods. Mr. Lackey sang with his mail
beauty of miss aid parity of tuts. He was particularly
successful fa Ms IN air, " Be thee faithful mato death,"
which he s•ag with rsmarkaas swooshes sad haulm. Mr.
Was ha alliestana is.Landam He is from Yorkshire, we
uadastand, sad has sessldsrabie reputation ia that had of 1
mend music Ho km as 'Etowah Urania mks, sings
las • good musician, sad promises to be sa acquisition to
the metropolltia samsrh. Miss Palmer has already made
herself favours* know* at Mr. Hallak's assorts as a
pasha( sad imptstendiag singer. The abase. of thh
oratorio are of extramdlasey difilealty ; the singers were
sow sad t►sa armee hat deadest is Orgasms, as if they
were afraid to attack the sifts boldly, sad the volume of
anal tone was sometimes oveashasod by that ads' kasha-
mesh; hat on tits whole the prefersasaco was highly credit-
able to Mr. Mullah's pupils.

ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE,

EPSON.

This valuable institatio• has now arrived at each a
state of asterity es is a great nthellare to fulfil the aspira-
tions of Mr. Propert, the beatholeut founder. It is seanaly
four yeses slam that psalm= mageind the idea of esta-
blishing sa asylum for decayed members of the medial
prefeesiok with which was to be combined as oduisticsal
institution for the soma of medical min. By the moat Ind«
fatigable startles', eorabiaed with as ezmodingly liberal
outlay oa his own part, Mr. Prepare less enceseded in rabies
on Epees" Downs as Elisabothaa edifice of tasteful design
end • most eadaries solidity, capable of sosommodatiag
twesty peasionere, and in the shod the hundred mad
twenty pupils. Muth audit is due to Mr. Clifton, the
ambient, for the spirit is which the design of
the beater has been carried out, sad for the
creation of an edifies width, while it embodies the sentiments
of the most truly asthma period of English architecture,
at the same time maids@ for the inmates of the myth= all
the sonsfaste tibia sore modem habits Dave rendered
soonsavy. As at priers& °mediated, the institutioa
Mead's an whim foe twenty decayed members of
the medical prefessiom, sad • school for 160 boys,
the sae of medical ma; sad the value of the
institution is proved by the fact that in both departments
the &epithelia's are imesessely is advance of the capabilities
of the fosadaticm All paim have been taken to snare
efisithey in the sensitive department, the services of Mr.
Thereto, • gentleman who has taken high honours at Om
ford, !mime ben enured for the head-mastership of the
school, while for the general government of the establish.
most the possessors have engaged Kim Children, a lady
wheat abilities is molten of this kind had previously
been tested by a lag experience m Marlborough-
oilier. The various angel of this bthevolect and useful
undertaking bars been carefully chronicled is the Doily
Now, and hie sow our *sales duty to record its ultimate
sumer, in the veception of the pensioner. to the another of
twenty, which took play yesterday. Mr. Proper', the
fonader, having detnntined to inaugurate the important
*vest is proper English fashion, a substastial Institut was
I prepared, to which all the petitioners were invited. together
with the more prominent frauds mid supporters of the
institution. The festival wee bold in the principal
Witten, the founder of the institution, Mr. Propert, pre-
sidia', sad the manly reesind pensioners forming the
principal portion of the company. Justin having bees
dose to the good things prepared, the chairmen gave the
anal loyal toasts, with a special compliment to Priam
Albert sad the Prices of Wales, for their early patronage
sad persevering support of the undertaking. An
emphatic sad distant compliment was paid to
Earl Mainers, the liberal rine of the college,
after whisk the various funetionants of the institutioa were
toasted in nocessioa, sad Badly the pensiosen themselves,
whose position was remogaised with not less delicacy than
benevolssee by the watts, chairman. To this toast Mr.
Goldoni', funnily of Bath, returned aporopriste thanks,
sad die evening's mandates terminated, after having
.mired the satin satisfaction of every one present. In ti.•
comae of the another Mr. Donald Kies, the eminent
vocalist, sang several appropriate seep, whisk were loudly
applauded by the ecompany.