The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-17 00:00:00

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COBURG, Ocr. 13.
The King of Fringa paid a visit to the Queen at
the Palace at Coburg, yesterday morning.
His Majesty, who travelled incognito, attended by his
aide-de-camp, Major von Bauch, arrived shortly after six
o'clock, a.m., and was received by Lieut,General the Hon.
C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, and Lieut.-
Colonel Du Plat, and by the gentlemen in attendance of
the household of the Duke of Coburg.

His Majesty breakfasted with the Queen, and their
Majesties, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha and Princess Helena, drove quite in private to the
Prelim, or Citadel, where the royal party spent some time
in examining the different object. of interest.
The King took his leave at about twelve o'clock on his
return to Berlin. _

The Queen, with Princess Louise and the Perinea Arthur
and Leopold, afterwards attended Divine Service at the
chapel at the Cantle of Calemberg, where her Majesty was
met by the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, with whom
the royal party afterwards lunched. Lady Augusta Brace
was in attendance on her Majesty.

The service was performed. by the Rev. Planer Holzeg,
the clergyman of the parish.

Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-Ohre
to the Governors of the West India Islands, Bermuda, the
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and to the
Governor ei Canada.

His Excellency the Hanoverian Minister arrived
at the residence of the Legation, in Grosvenor-place, a few
days since, from Hanover.
The Duke and Duchess of Grafton have been
receiving company at Euston Hall, Norfolk, during the
past week.
The Earl and Countess Manvers have arrived at
Loog's Hotel.
The Earl and Countess of Fife have left Mar
Lodge, Aberdeenshire, for lases House, Moray. The
Ladies Duff have arrived in town.

Viscount and Viscountess Canipden have left
town for their seat, Coombs House, Gloucestershire._

The Right Hon. Sir George C. Lewis, M.P.,
comes to town on Monday, from Rarpton Court, Radnor-
shire. Ledy Theresa Lewis and Miss Lister are expected
on or about the 27th inst.

The marriage of Lady Charlotte Innee Ker with
DI r. George Russell is fixed to take phase on the 28th last.,
at Floors Castle, Kelso, Roxbtughshire.

MUSIC.

W ELSH NATIONAL CONCERT.

This concert, given at St. James's flail last
night, was of precisely the same kind as the concerts of
Welsh national music which took place in the course of last
season at St. James's Hall and the Crystal Palace. It was
got up on the same large scale, the principal performers were
the same, and it was attended with the same success as the
previous performances. It was conducted, like them, by
Mr. John Thomas. There was a chorus of four hundred
voices, drawn from the Vocal Association and the Royal
Academy of Music, accompanied by a band of twenty harps,
played by the most eminent performers in London. The
solo singers were Miss Edith Wynne, the young Welsh
lady who made so favourable an impression on the public at
the previous concerts, Miss Eliza Hughes, Miss Lam:ellen,
and Mr. Lewis. The music, which consisted of choral
pieces and ballads, was wholly selected from the admirable
collection of Welsh melodies, arranged by Mr. John
Thomas, with English poetry (in addition to the original
Welsh words) by Mr. Thomas Oliphant, recently pub-
lished by Messrs. Addison and Co.—a work which may be
described as the most elegant Welsh anthology that has
ever appeared. The programme of the concert included
some of the moat beautiful gems of that collection. Among
the choruses there ware the famous martial strain, the" march
of the men of Harlech," "Mona Rhuddlan" (the plain
of Ithuddlan), "Ar byd y Nos" (AU through the Night), and
" Called yr Hall" (the Rising of the Sun). The effect of
this rich and harmonious !nude, sung by the choir with per-
fect ensem6le, and accompanied by twenty harps, was new
and peculiar, sod often strikingly grand and imposing.
Several of the finest of the ballads were excellently well
sung by the performers we have named, especially by
Miss Wynne, who, with a beautiful voice and a pure and
simple style, throws into the melodies a nationality of
character and expression which a native only can give.
The hall was crowded to the doors, and the audience were
enthusiastic in their applause--a little too enthusiastic
sometimes, for a portion of them, good people of the Prin-
cipality no doubt, insisted on encoring everything, and
had their demands been complied with the whole concert
would have been performed twice over. Mr. John Thomas
did not yield to this pressure more than he could help;
but the number of encores could not be pleasing to persons
whose admiration of the music was not inflamed by Cam-
brian associations.

Mr. Charles Salaman, honorary serretary of the
Musical Society of London, is about to read two of hi■
lectures, entitled "A Morning with Beethoven" and
"Au Evening with C. Y. vas W," at Northampton.

FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF DDITRIDRI IY TIIE
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secretary to the central executive committee at Manchester,
acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the following clone- ,
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Chapman, 1/. ; B. W. B. and family, 31. 21. 6d. ; admisaions
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Mn. Edwards, 5/. ss. ; Relief Committee, Bantam, Surrey
remittance), 1001. ; " Vain is the help of Man," se. ;
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(lint remittance). ; Alfred Webb, Dublin, 31. Col.
leMions in the following churches :--Pulverbech (per Rev.
C. Guire), 71. 12s. ; Holy Trinity, Exmouth (Rev. T. J.
Roche). MI. Its. ; Owslooen, Leicestershire (per Rev. C. S.
Palmer), 41. 7s. 10d. ; Witheoto (Per 21. 13a. 2tl. ;
Brigg, per Rev. C. CotherilL 71. 16s. Id. ; Gneford church,
weekly collection (Vee. Archdeacoo Wickham), AL Me. 10d. ;
Hugh Eversll, Wellington, 51 lls. 4d. ; Brsekhall Church,
111. Is. 6d. ; Canithorote, Yorkshire. 17/. te. ; Peveril
Church, 121. 17s. 10d. ; Waddington, 7!. 86. 6d. ; parish of
Claufteld, Berks. SI.
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