The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

lions, the tenants were bound to set up for
him a field house or tabernacle, with a chopel,
as also to furnieh him with doge and homes
to carry his provieiot s." Torn why moy
not a bishop go deer-ealkiog with bugle and c:osee-
' bow ? We counted sixty-seven clerical names in
the last list of gam, certificates for a single county,
in the diocese of Exeter, too!
Other provisions of this remarkable statute refer to
the jurisdiction of the forest tribunes, the functions
of its officers, and the method of administering its
laws—which will be our next subject of investigation.

MUSK'.
LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS.
These concerts at Exeter Hall, which were cart ied
on so successfully last season, have been reamed in
the same farm and on the same scale as be:ore. A
aeries of fifteen concerts boa been annoucced ; and,
no doubt, series after series will follow, to the end of
the musical season.

The first perform:nee took place last evening, and
drew a c:owded &miler The tzstrumental orcr estra,
though a deficienny of strirged instruments made the
brass too predominant, was possessed of considerable
power, and did its part effectively. It was conducted by
Herr Arschutz (the conductor of the German company
here last season), and led by Mr. Willy. Mr. Land
acted as acNimpanyist on the pianoforte; a duty which
he performed very ably. The programme exta:ted
a very ample and very miscellaneous hill of tare, and
the length of the cor.c;rt was nearly doubt, d by the
determination of the audience (or tho more obetrepe•
rous portion of it) to Encore more than three-fourths
of the pieces performed. The Wednesday-conc-rt
audience', indeed, mutates all others in enthusiasm.
Every thing is vocilmonily applauded with such a
lack of discrimination, that applause, when merited,
loess almost all its value.

The concert began with an agreeable selection
from the "Fl ado Megleo." The light and
graceful trio " Gia fan ritorno " was very ele-
gantly sung by the Misses Williams and Mrs.
Newton. `lr. Lockey sing " 0 care imagine "
with much parity and smoothness. Mrs. New-
ton's execution of the enormously difficult air 44
angel d'inferno" was really surprising. It is a tissue
of passages of display, extending far beyond the
legitimate scale of the highest soprano voice, which,
howes er, were ext cuted with little apparent effort,
and perfect clearness and accuracy. Such feats are
of little value in themselves, but they show what a
singer is capable of doing, and, in this ease, they
showed a wonderful improvement in vocal power and
execution. Herr Formes, in the exquieite " Qui
s degno," displayed the depth and richness of his
magnificent bass voice. 'the fine quintet " Dove
ohimU," well sung by the Misses Williams, Miss
Ryles, Mr. Leckey, and Mr. Smythson, concluded
the selection from the "Flint° Magieo." A long
pianoforte fantasia of Herz was played by
Mies Ward—a noisy, clattering affair, desti-
tute of every %utility which constitutes good
muse. Miss Vs and is a highly promising
young pianist, whose performances at the concerts of
the Royal Academy have done her much credit ; but
such appearances as this will seriously compromise
her reputation. Herr Formes sang the hackneyed
" Standard-bearer," in German, with a power of
voice which occasionally gave us more pain than
pleasure. This gentleman is more guttural and
broad in his pronunciation than German singers
generally are; owing, we suppose, to his being a
Viennese and using the Austrian dialect ; but from
whatever cause the effect is by no means agree-
able. Signor Itc•neoni sang several pieces in
his usual finished and artist-like style; though, from
the deficiency of his TO'CO in sweetness, he appears to
leas advantoge in the concert-room than oa the stage.
He gave the " Largo al Factotum" w'th great fire
and spirit. These are only a few articles of the ample
programme o' this concert, but 0 ey are sufficient to
give an idea of the style and character of the per-
formance.
The Wednesday Cencerts are well deserving of the
encouragement they receive. Nowhere else can such
a variety of excellent music, excellently performed,
be heard on such moderate terms; and they are there-
fore eminently calculated to improve the taste of the
general body of the public.

THE CHOLERA.
ill WALES.
111 a¢d diarrbcen,:reported to
Icaterlay. October 24, 1849,
dtatriot :

ESGLAND. Al
Return of deaths from chole
the General Board of Health
from the Superintendent Regis
Bas!ord (BulwelD, c. 2
Bedminster (Stoke Abbott),
d. 1
Bsrwick•upm-Tweed, c. 1
Birmingham, d. 3
Blackburn (Great Harwood
district), d. 1
Biotinld (doulh Weshasn dis-
trict), d. 1
Balton (Tonge-with-llaulgh)
c. 1
Bradford, d. 1
Bridgwater, e. 2
Bristol, c. 2
Burnley (Ptdihsm diettict),
c. 1
Chapel•en-le-Frith, c. 1
Clifton Union (St. Philip and
Jacob), c. 1, d. 1
Cockermouth (IdaryFort &s-
-hirt), c. 2
Darlington, d. 1
Derby, d. 1
Dewsbury (Batley), a. 2
Dudley (Rawls, R•gia die
Mitt), d. 2
Forchoe (Colton), c. 1
lialifaz (Ovenden), d. 1
Hunslet (Rathwell and Kirk-
stall districts), c. 2
Knartsbn,,ugh, c. 5
Lerd..,c. 2, d. 4

Liverpool, d. 2
Llano y, c. 1
Loughborough, c. 1
Malmesbury, d. 1
Manchester, c. 5, d. 2
Wilms% 2. 1
N.iwark, c 2
Newton Abbot (Torquay) c.
Northwich. c. 1
Norwich (East Wyman dis-
trict), c. 2
Piterlwough, c. 1, 2. 1
Pontefract (Knottinglcy
du-
triet), c. 2
Forties (Kingston and Land-
port &strict), cf. 1
Partied (Soutnaea), d. 1.
Preston (Walton le Dale) d.l
ELbmond, Surrey. d. 1
Beath Shidds, c. 1, d. 1
Stockport and Hyde, d. 2
Stouraridge, c. 2.
Upton-upon-Severn, c. 1
Walsall (Borough). c. 2
West BlOalWiCil (o.dtury),
d. 1
Wigan, c. 11
Witham, d. 1
Wolverhampton, c. 2
Wrexham, d. 1
Twit (Coker), d. 1

SCOTLAND.

Haddington, c. I j Hawick, e.l
Cho. Dia.
General Total—Lon 'on and Vicinity No return.
E..gland and Waits 63 34
Scotland

Total

The deaths We returned according to the supermtcndent
min.:ran' districts, es it i; Lund impracticable to dmingnish
every place separately.
The house to house visitation of the metropolis having al.
most ceased, no furtha returns •ill be published.

AUSTRALIAN GEMBAPHY.—The marked ignorance
of Australian geography displayed in some of the most
largely circulated journsla and periodicals of the British em-
pire, is not a little amebae g ; and, in many inereneee, may
be attributable t 3 inaignificaat territorial designations, ori-
ginally adopted with characteristic carelessness, and retained
with consummate bad taste. Toe vast cclonies founded in
Australasia by colonizers fr the parent state, are striking
sumo:plea of geographical shiurility. Beginning with the
elder colony—New South Wales—what can be more absurd
than continuing to call an immense extent of eastern and
southeeasoern territory after a fractional pert of a
small principality Then there is the "island of Van
Diemen's Land :" what a pity it is not officially as
well as couventionally known by the equally proper and
much more euphonious appellation, "Tasmania!" The
New Zealand group, with its tenitorial divisions and pro-
vincial nomenclature, may he said to present the greatest
absurdities of the class we wish to reprehend. Of emigrants
to Western Australia it used to be said, " they are gots
to the Swan ;" and the nominal locality of a picturegue
tut unimportant river is Mill commonly enough applied
to an immense westera and south-western territory. The
metropolis of the vast Port Phillip district is more southerly
than oar own, and it is therefore not surprising that it
should be included in their sanguine aspirations for South
Australia by those who live only gathered imperfect and
jumbled inrormation respecting the Cheat South Land. Again
there is the iminensa north. eastern territory which Dr. Lang
has chosen to call Cook's Laud, but which hitherto has only
been spoken of in general under such an insignificant desig-
nation a" Moreton Bay." Amongst numerous suggestions
of more appropriate territorial designation', we have heard it
proposed to apply to the while province of Western Au-
stralia the elegant term of Australind, or Austral-Ind, by
which a small portion only is at pr. sent known ; to eal the
province of South Australia, Australia Po ginaruns ; and to
retain for the important district of Port Phillip the title of
Australia Felix,rightfully conferred by Sir Thomas Mitchell,
and confirmed by other able explorer,. It has been prop/sod
to ear -huts for " New South Wales" the more appropriate
designation Australia Odorgium.—Adeoido Observer.
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The go-
vt rnmeat inspector is, thee day, to go over the portion of
this railway between Wolverhamp•on and Shrewsbury, pre-
paricory to the 0-ening of the lire, which is expected to
of
fhassite a
cinieswdsniv,
offer
talcs place on the let of November.
Laneaster and Carlisle, and North Western Railways, to me
effect that the letter would pay 60 per cent. on the pillar
hirarl
is
of all goofs brought to thtir respeotere linos from the
Siocobrrs
made
tt
sCsovvr this
ais
company on have
ehe
Scottish Central. There was to be no farther offer of leasing
or new working agreement. As the working ---- a
moat lines are estimated to be 40 per cent. v"
above offer is considered a very liberal
effect will fall far short of the 7 per cont.
Courier.

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