The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-15 00:00:00

MUSIC.

ROYAL MALIAN OPERA.
On Saturday night Adelina Patti appeared, for the 1
Bret time this season, in the Barforrc di Siviolta. She waste
here appeared a fortnight ago in Luria di Lammermoor,
bet was prevented, by indisposition we understand, from
doing so. No trace of illness, however, remained. She
never looked more radiant, and her acting sod staging bad
all their usual charm. The house wee crowded in
every part, sad the fair favourite was welcomed by the
audience with more than their usual warmth.
Mario is still the only Count Almaviava— the high-born
gentlemen, whose aristocratic bearing is tempered by
• gay and genial temper. His singing hail lost sone of de
charm. He sloes, of all tenors since Rubini, m eve the
air " Ewe rident• Ankle" all its delicious sweetness, or
warble the little Spanish serenade with the plaintive too-
demos which it expresso. so well. This incomparable per-
t former sow gives no room for apprehension on account of
his voice : be is the Mario of ten years ago.
Ronconi, too, is still the beet Figaro on the stage. This
greet performer has lost Dope of his greatems, either in the
deepest tragedy, the lightest comedy, or the broadest faros.

Pailatassosic Socirrv.—The concert of tbie
evening is to be honoured with the preserves of several
members of the Royal Family. Madame Joachim, the wife
of the renowned violinist, is to be the vocalist. Sbe mad*
au extraordinary impression at the relmanal on Seturday
morning: singing Cluck's famous "Cho faro senzaEuridlos,"
I sad Mozart's " I)eh per questo istaate solo," from the Cle.
Jima di Tito, with such power of voioe sad expo that
the whole orchestra, and everybody present, bust bite ao-
clausations of admiration and pleasure.

ROYAL MFDICAL BISZVOLINT COLUOL —On
Saturday the thirteenth anniversary festival of this in-
stitution took place at the Freemason Tavern, Earl Oren.
wills in the chair, who wee supported by Sir Charles Locock,
Mr. Sconrfield, M.P.. Admiral Barmy, Dr. Babiagtos, Dr.
(Moaner, Dr. Charles Hogg, Rev. Dr. Thornton, Rev. Dr.
Pomo*, John Propert, ESQ. (the tressurer), and about 150
other gentlemen. The objects of the Royal Medical College
are to as members of the medical prof maion wbo, from ill
health, want of professional success, or ot her adverse in-
fluences, have stink into poverty, and the widow, et
medical men in reduced cirewnstanoss. With this is
combined a school devoted in part to the gratuitous
edacation of orphans of medical men. Although
opened only in 1/135, the objects of the society bay* been so
far carried out that there are at the present time resident
in the milers, which has been erected at Epsom, 24 pm-
Isioners, being aged medical men or their widows, seek of
I whom is provided with three comfortably famished mem,
I an annual allowance of three sad a half tons of coals, and •
• pension of 21/. a year. There are also resident in the college
' two hundred boys, the eons of medical men, forty of whom,
being the foundation scholars, me educated, boarded.
I clothed, and maintained entirely at the expense of the le.
I stittitios, while the remainder are eherged 401. • year seek
for an education of the highest class, with books, hood,
&a There are also some day whalers, who mad not sr
cesearily be sons of medical men. The interests a the ee-
-1 eoeiation were advocated with muck tact sad geniality by
the chairman, who presided now for the second time at its
anniversary festival, Sir Charles Loco*. Dr. Rahlagtoo,
' Dr. Charles Hogg, Mr. Seourtield, M.P., sad Mr. Propert.
The result of the subscriptions was • aim class upon

1,000/.
PARLIAMENTARY ReToRM.—On Saturday even-
ing • meeting of the " Reform Lawns:. for the advocacy of ;
weahood suffrage and the ballot, was bold in St. Martin's •
Haft Mr. Edmond Beaks, the president of the "League,'
oceapied the chair, sod was supported by Mr. P. A.
Taylor, M.P., Mr. Digby Seemour, M.P., Mr. Lemma,
/LP., Mr. Putter. M.P., Mr. J. H. Nicbolay, and others.
The Chairman, who was warmly received, said this was the
preliminary meeting of the league. and we. but the be-
' sieving of an answer which it was proposed to give to
those members of the House of Commons who had founded
their objection to the spread of the trembles upon
' the alleged apathy of the people. It was said that
the people did not want the bandana, and that
an extended suffrage wall males% the eoestite•
tioe but these statements were not wrest. He pee-
-1 meded at considerable length to show that In early times
the people at large voted for the election of moreesetativer
is parliament, and having quoted Lord Chatham's famous
dicta, that taxation without representation was tyranny, he
urged that it was despotism to exclude the working chimes
from the franchise, seeing that they paid a lamer &meant
of taxation is proportion to their income than the wealthy
°lambent and the landowner. He concluded, amid lend
cheers, by declaring that the people bad as much right
to the (Jodie.) franchise as the Queen bad to her
throne, and that the coooession of the tramline
i weld bled all classes of the oconotry together is co* bond
of unity. Mr. Leno. a working man, proposed the first
resolution, pledging the meeting to support the league by
I forming breach societies and gathering in sulweripthroa
He said that the working men had as much right to the
vote as the higher classes, and he warned the parties sow in
power that if they did not linters to the working slaver
I there would he a " rash." Mr. Nicholsy seconded the ;
motion, which was supported by Mr. P. A. Taylor, who
strongly urged the Tight of the workieg men to the vote,
and oosted that it would have been wise in the House
of Commute to have passed Mr. Haisee's biU. Mr. Law-
son also supported the motion, which was carried, as was
another, agreeing that several 'sutlers's should go es dole.
gates to a reform oenferessee to be held is Manchester. Oe
the motion of Mr. Potter, M.P., a vote of Umiak' was weed
to the chairman.
CAN IT BE TRIAL t—Tbe Lincoln, !Rutland, end
Stanford Memory reports the following ea bevies emerged
at 17pploghan A lad named Walter orarieeteer mend
may 15 years. wee name befits the Rev. W. Wales, es
Weitainiembereyd with ebeeetias himself hew the MClrille
of Mr. William Needbern. of MWMaglea. lie mute% rap
lad ia described in the abed as of no edecatke. 712.
Needham wished for only • alight puebbromit, bet Se Inn
euggieirete thought It his duty to seetentie hies totem*,
~one days' herd labour, whir* Mr. Needham rdaiy endeerl
`veered to get redoced to seven dye The led le tits
asters le his Bernie •