The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-08 00:00:00

The ceremooy of naming the hfabrou.ae was per•
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formed by Mrs. Charles Opperibeim, in the presence of a
large and distiogoisbed assemblage of ladies and gentlemen
invited to witness the proceedings. The bottle being broken,
and the small cord cut which bolds the monkey weights
suspended, they fell, and in their fell released the dog
shone and the cradle in which the vessel was fixed. and the
ship, being thus set free, glided majestiedly into the water,
amid a burst of cheers from the numerous spectators who
crowded the yard and river shore. Immediately after the
launch the vessel proceeded to the Victoria ll,cks, where
she will receive her engines, which have been prepared fur
her by Mean. J. Penn and Son, of Greenwich.
They are a pair of condensing engines of the nominal
power of 800 horses, but cspable of working to at least
seven times that power. They are fitted with every im-
provement that experience has shown desirable, and are
probably among the finest specimens of their clue that
have ever issued from Messrs. Penn's manufactory.
We understand that it is expected to obtain from them
the extraordinary speed of 1.84 kaota per hour, equal to
22 statute miles on trial, sod knots on bar usual
voyages at sea. This will enable ►he Viceroy to make the
voyage from Egypt to Marseilles in about three days, and
by thus showing the poesibility of shortening by two days
the journey on this important route, induce the acoeleration
of the Indian maihi by the governments of Great Britain
and France. _ _ . .

The vessel will be completed with al possible despatch,

and every exertion will he made to have it re►dy for me
in little more than two months from the present time.
Later in the day the company invited adjoareed to the Arti-
choke Tavern, Blackwell, where an elegant dejeiner dla
fourchette was served, Mr. Saccade preddieg, sad Captain
Frediege Bey, who has been oceninistioned by the Vice-
roy specially to superintend the ooeatruction of the ship,
of which we ere informed be is to be honoured with the
commend, being the guest of honour.

ANCIENT LUIVILIG—The excavations at Pompeii
sre going on with an activity stimulated by the important
discoveries made almost at every step, and the quantities of
gold and silver found. which more than suffices so cover the
cost of the works. Near the Temple of Juno, of which an
account was recently given, has just been brought to light
a bowie no doubt belonging to some millionaire of tbetime,
as the furniture is of ivory, bronze, arid marble. The
Goodies of the triclinium, or dioing•room, are especially of
extreme richness. The flooring consists of an immense
mosaic, well preserved in parts, and of which the centre
represents a table laid out for a greed dinner. In the
middle. on • large dish, may beseen a splendid peacock with
its tail spread out, and placed back to back with another
I bird also of elegant plumage. Around them are
arranged lobsters, one of which bolds a blue egg is its
glans, a second an oyster, which appears to be frieasused,
as it is open and covered with herbs ; a third, a rat fern,
and a (worth, a small MS filled with freed grasshoppers.
Nest comes a circle of dishes of fish. interepenet with
others of partridges, hares, and squirrels, whims all have
their beau placed between their fore feet. Thu comes •
row of sausages of ell forms, supported by ass of eggs,
enters, sod olives, which in ite turn is surrounded by a
double circle of peaehes, cherries, melons, and ot,er fruits
and vegetables. The walla of the triclinium are covered
with (rano* paintings of birds, fruits, flowen, game, and
fish of all kinds, the whole interspersed wish drawings
which teed a charm to the whole not easy to describe. Oa
a table of rare wood, carved and inlaid with gold, marble,
agate, and lapis lazuli, were found amphorie still contain-
ing wine, sod some 'oblate of onyx.—Oalignani.
THE Imes! GoVERNMINT AND THE CAITLE
PLAGOL—Prolsirsor Ferguson received instructions on Sa-
turday at a late hour from the government to at once pro-
ceed to London and other parts of England to investigate
the nature of the estVe plague at present raging there,
and, with as little delay as possible, to report on the
best means of preventing its occurrence in Ireland, and, in
ease of its appearing, of limiting ss mach as possible its az-
teesios.—lrraman's
i FATAL Acommtv.—Yesterday a respectable man,
I about 45 years of age, was ran over sad killed in Ilelyeenz-
-1 street, Mary Moire. From documents found on his eases
• hie name is believed to be Joseph Adarns. The body was
take. to Marylebems woridsonew

MUSIC.

YR. ALFRED MELLON% CONOERTB.

The walla of the Royal Italian Open-bouse know
but brief intervals of silence. A week only has elapsed
after the close of the Italian Opera seises, and the
theatre is occupied by Mr. Mslloo's series of concerts, which
111 up interval before the oommeowneet of the winter
per( of the English Opera Oompany.
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The t.e.
h 'series of Mr. Mellon's coseerla commenced last
night, when the Urea re presented the appearance usual on
these issesions, the pit being hoarded over with • flooring
on • level with the stage; thus converting the
whole iaterior saga into a vast concert-room, the orchestra
being esected at • considerable elevation on the stage. The
bend, being almost identical with that of the opera meson,
includieg most of our first iostinmentalists, is little, U at all,
beerier to that which, under Mr. Orates dimities, forms
so impertset • feature of the Royal Indian Open. The
prog m rat. eof Mr. Idellon's opening night wee, as usual at
these tertaiemente, of • very mimed character, appealing
to all of musical taste and intelligeoce—eath pleas
of music, clusioal or noo-classioal, meeting with pretty
much the same amount of general end hearty applause.
Beethoven's grand symphonic prelude, his third "Leonora'
overture, and Mr. lisllon's new overture, "The Jacobite,"
were greeted with like esthueiama by the crowds
with whom the theatre was literally filled to over,
fib wing, Led who appeared to be animated by the determina-
tion to enjoy to the utmost all that was put before them.
It is • 'land:Want sign, however, of the proves' of popular
taste that such • piens se Ginned's " Meditation " on
Bach.. Prelude should wit en some from so large and
mixed an audiecias. It was • happy idea of the composer
of Awe to rains so beautiful a supentiacture on the
arpeggio wages of Saab's simple bet richly harmonic and
saggestive Prelude (the first of the set of fusty-eight known
as "Ls Olavecin hien tampon"). The streaming cantabile
melody of the violin, with the sustained chords of orchestra
land organ, contrasted with the sharp clearness
' of the harp, to which the original pianoforte passages are
assigned, form • whole of such variety and beauty sa to
justify • proceeding the principle of which is open to
question. The Prelude was admirably played by Mr. H.
Hill (violin), Mr. Trust (harp), and Mr. Pittman (organ).
Two interesting young violinists made their first appearance
on this occasion—the Mimes Bertha and Emma Leech/sr
Hamilton—who performed some rather flimsy variations by
Kalliwoda, which, however, have the merit of being we 1
written fur the instrument, although of small value as •
compesitioo. These juvenile players possess considerable 1
and pretty equal merit—a flexible bow-arm, car- I
sect letauation, and that conesotemeotis feeling whisk
generally distieguishes the duet playing or singing of 'is-
tin. Their tone, which, although pore, is miller OW, will
probably gain strength with their increasing years. From
their reception last night it is probable they will become
['nitrites at those concerts. That MdUe Marie Krebs,
the shiver young pinnate, is highly esteemed by her
audio's* was evident from the enthusiastic moths, 1
which welcomed her re-apiculture ie the orches-
tra. Male. &robe solo on this oocasion was Lisst's
arrangement of the Tarantella from At asaniello—a piss,
bristiieg with the greatest mechanical dtilloulties, requiring
the utmost strength and dexterity of finger and force of '
w.
In her execution of this, fddlle. Krebs displayed
gn4 mastery over the instrument, the only purpose which
the pies, is calculated to nerve. In answer to the general
ewes* which it received the young lady gave Thaiberg's
.' Hems, sweet Home" with admirably finished execution.
Millie. Krebs, however, has higher musical faculties
than are called forth by such pieties, good though
they may be of their kind, as she will doubt-
less prove at subsequent concerto by performing some
of the works of classical pianoforte COOlrolloti. Mr. Levy,
the selebrated comet player, is again an attraction at these,
osererts, sod a crime favourite with the audience. Some
clever singing by fddll . Liebhart and &goer Ferranti, an
instrumental selection from La Favoring, the scherzo
from M. ndidenolin's " Scotch" symphony, some dune male,
and' Webees overture to Abut Hassan, made up tics
programme of Mr. Mellon's first eoooert, the attendance end
applause at which gave every presage of • highly saccessful
505000.

THE WORKING MEN'S PEACE JUBILEE AT
2HE CEYSTAL PALACE.

Yesterday witnessed at the Crystal Palace the
fructification of • very praisewoithy ides, originating, we
believe, with Mr. Coningsby, an intelligent working man,
who is employed in striking off the Crystal Palace medal-
lions. Mr. Coningsby's idea wee to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the shutting of the Temple of Janus as
between this country and Francs by an international ex-
hibition, to which English and French skilled workmen
should rend the products of their industry, and in which
they should fraternize in the most cordial and mutually
confidential manner. The idea wee warmly supported both
is this country end France. several leading journalists in
the latter country taking part in the movement, whilst
the sort of sanction which it received in this country may
be best interred from the following interesting letter which
Mr. Cooisgsby read in the conies of the inaugural pro.
needing@ :

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" Dear Sir,—l much regret that I shall be unable to se
cept the invitation with which you and the committee have
honoured me, to attend the opening of the Aoglo-Freswh
Virorkiag flea's Exhibition. I feel enured that had my
dear husband been living he would bare given his inroad
symp•tby and support to an exhibition designed to pro.
mote the cause—always so dear to his heart—of inter-
national peace and goodwill, and so hououtable to the men
by whom it was originated, and by whom it is being carried
oat. With my beet wishes for the 11103011 of the exhibi•
tioa, the program of which I shall watch with deep sympathy
and intereet—Believe me to remain, dear air, sincerely,
C. A. COBDEN.
" Danford, Ididharst, Aug. 4,1865."
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The proceediop commerical in the central transept,
where;n a very crowded oompany of the fneods of interns-
timbal unity had assembled. After some introductory
music on the organ the Bev. Dr. Dilator' delivered an
impressive prayer, in which, after a general exhortation to
peace sod goodwill, the following passage occurred :
Bless, too, in an especial manner, his Majesty the Empe.
roe of Übe French. .Bay he henceforth contioually prove
that not only in profession bat in reality the empire is
peace, sod so act in ell things that the people whom he
now rules with so much firmoess and with so much vigour
may hereafter have to remember him chiefly se having
been, under God, the giver of peace, the promoter of int-
deial prosperity, the restorer of real liberty, and the bene-
factor of mankind.
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At its conclusion Mr. Hubert Maudelay, of the eminent
eogiseering firm of Mandalay and Field, took the chair, and ;
lightly opened the proceedings by reminding the mute,
that they had resembled ohi•ey to celebrate the fiftieth
ye a of uoiaterrupted peace between England and France,
and be thought it could not be more properly done than
by the workmen of the two countries entering into a gene-
tons emulation in their skilled industry. The present
exhibition would, he believed, excel is merit any of the
workmen's exhibitions which had u yet been opened in
London. In 000clusion Mr. Mandalay p Aid a handsome com-
pliment to the noble status by Tbeed of the lat•Prion Coe-
ur% which had been lent by the Querio,• pleasing indication
of her Majesty's interest is all movemeote which originated
with the working classes of her subjects. At the ens-
, elusion of the chairmen's obeervatioesar. Cosinpby rend
I the letter given above, and exhorted tbe British
workmen to give a hospitable reception to their
French contemporaries. Be hoped, he said, to
organics a dinner on a large scale at the Crystal
Palau, in which our friends from arrows the Channel should
be suitibly entertained. Mr. Henry Mandalay followed,
giving a warm adheiion to the exhibition; sad the oratory
concluded with a few oissateations is French from M.
Potonier, sod some very energetic ones from M. Tallandier,
. is English, in which that gentleman called Dr. Emerton
retaliate to account for having introduried what he deemed
to be a political allusion into his prayer. He alluded to
Ithe passqo which we have quoted above, and said that
the object of the present meths!' was not
to dimity Kings es Emperors, bat to athibitele the Inter-
piratical of the peoples of two great nation. Time
chews-
venous of Y. Tellsadiee were received with great entlin-
ii mum by the meeting. Finally the chairman declared the
exhibition *piece], sad the audience tubed to the gallery