The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE TOWER.

Sir,—l take ihiliberiiorititornirTg Y.T.lthat the iuttlli-
gense on which you have grounded the leading article in
the Tines of to day, respecting the Russi..n is
erroneous in several particulars. It was net en hard the
Russian ship, the Aurora, but on board the English ship,
the Victorious, that I produced the writ of labeas cog 143 to
the Rowlett captain, and (through the medium of an lutes-
preter) fully acquainted him with its nature. It
was also from the porthole of the English, and
not of the Russian ship, that a document to which the law
attaches so muen importance, fell, not by accident, as you.
informant has misled you by asserting, but from the hand
lof the &Milan lieutenant, who threw it cottemptuously
from the vessel. These facts can be established by the molt
irretragable evidence. . . .

I also beg to deny positively, as the solicitor through
whose instrumentality the writ was obtaMed, that the
parties frim whom I received my instructions had in any
way aided, abetted, or advised the escape of the Russian
sailors, or had received any information of thu circum-
stances, until after the capture had taken place. I have
no knowledge of any such attempts to influ-e desertion
having been made as those which you describe. Juliting
tram the watched appearance of the Russian crews whom
I saw in Portsmouth Harbour, and the mis ruble quality
of the bread—so called—on which they are fed (and of
which 1 con produce a apecimsn), it appears 10 nt.. much
less surprising that a few of the crew should have :eft the
ship, than that any should remain.
I abstain from offering any remark on the legal ques-
tion, as that wiil very shortly be decided by the proper tri-
bunal, merely observing that no one can be more convinced
than I am that the writ would not run on boar! the Rus-
sian vessel, but that I am advised ou high authority it is
equally certain that it would run on board the English
1 am, &c., CHARLES RONALDS.
96, Guilford-street, Russell-square, Dec. 7.

n
avETORMERS FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—Thift
society has jut completed the yurelisse of an etfato on the
high road at Muswell• hill, and live minutes walk trim the
railway station st Colney• batch. This estate is to confer
un the members about 169 votes for the cowl,- of Mid-
' dlesex.
UNION FULEHOLD LAND SocteTY.—Last night a
public
ebosetmeti.in,:morf hell
.:,tu.antiaArn,d,Lririt acsOsl,
Itarthgate, the tatte
purchased by the society was iu :1 LTIIIOIOII the most beao-
tilal
iu Middlesex, near the rail way station at Harrow, aadi
on a suitable house being built on each allotment, the pros
priein ur his nomii,ee will be entitled to a lits!-clase free
pass by railway to and from the Euston and Harrow di-
lions for eleven years. Resident proprietors would also be
entitled to a presentation to Harrow school. Mousy new
members having ji,ined, the ballot far rights to ai:i.,tinente
took place, and the proceedings (tided by a vote of thanks
to the chairman.
FiNtilllatT FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETL—A public
meeting was held on '1 uesday oveniug at the Sportsman
Tawro, City•road, Mr. Freestone in the chair. It was
stated that the state at. Wood green, near llornaey, con-
misted of GO acres, ift a Moat eligible situation, and that
shares to the sormut of 5,0001. had been paid up in full by
members fur allotments on it. The negiwiati'isis with the
New hiver Company for the sale of about three utrea
having been cen,ioded, the members would .horey be put
in poss,ssion of their allotments. Two other estates had
also been purchased at Mitcham and at Merton, in Surrey.
A ballot for richt, to allotments on the Woad-green estate
tutu took place, about forty new members having
Were ap share,. th, proceedings of the even:op enistil.

MUSIC.

%V F. 4 EVENING CONCERT'.

Tar of last tight was announced as " A
S,c .nil Ni wady Mendelsy'd.n." The brit high: was a
fortnight ago, whoa its success Cu awed, in one point of
view, by the fug, unusual even is our " gloomy month of
November " which caused a very thin attendant*. The
per fnrnione h.'s/ever. was so greatly to the 64*i-faction of
those who heart it, snit WAS so warmly approved of, that
the managers of the concerts were induced to give souther
of a similar description; and their good judgment was
billows by the result, for the Hall was crowded, there not
being a single vacant seat left in any part of it.
The first part of the concert, cnntaining the selection
from tl a worhs of Mendelysolin, ad- in its principal features
the lame Si tha! of the pre VI.,J, night. The same pisonforte
coocarto (Se Ci tensor) w.io played by Millie. Wilhelosio•
Claus, and the aynapstny was the same—the " Itali.n "
symphony in A ni)jor. te- acc.inspli-hed young pianist
erea'sid a part ct,(nrort; she glued with a Cerra, an inypi•
ratios which it is impossible to describe, sad was rewarded
by applies* as enthusiastic a 4 we have ever heard is a con-
cert hall. The gifted young lady is on the eve of her
departure for St. Petersburg. Msere she wpm's to pass
the winter, and to Muni to Lyndon at the beginning of oar
*calm The rest of the Meadelygohn selection consisted
of vocal p.rces. Ib. little Vulkalied, "Of all the
Maidens." was charmingly sung by Miss Poole. The
13).-..4'istss son r th.. elegant duet, " I would that my
MTV." very prettily ; eat Mr. Weiss, as usual, produced an
me:vow yff. 3 with his buff) song from TI. Son
and Stret.qr, . The miscellaneous selection, which
formed the Yee nal part of tha outwit, was very varied and
agreeable, though it conyisted almost entirely of well.
known and popular pieces. Madame Amedei, who