The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

MUSIC

LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.

The perfos manes of the Meuiah, given by this
society at Enter ball, last evening the third perfatineace
of t►is ',wale that we have ►ard within thin sight days),
was airy pod en the whole. The printipel soprano part
wee ling by Mrs. Sunderland, a lady little knows in Lare-
do., but of great provincial reputation. She has been for
many years the prime favourite—the aroma downs aasolau,
we may say—in that extensive and highly seissical district
which includes Yorksnire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and
part of tie adjoioiog counties; and on is certainly cot
tiowcaby of her fame. Last night she showed herself to be
an acimpished Mendelian singer. SO* has a magnificent
voice, of great power sad admirable quality; a pare
soprano, sweet, mellow, and flexible; her execution is clear
and articulate, her intonation tree, and her style iatelligeat
and entire Gli TO. Sb. delivered the fine aeries of pastoral
recitative., beginning "There were shepherds abiding la
the field," beautifully, and nag the trying air, "Rajas*
greatly," most brilliantly. la short, not being prepared
for such excellent, we were surprised as well es
delis/Wei. is the tenor part Mr. Perron acquitted
himself respectably; though he failed, like almost every
one els*, in risiog to the grandeur which the music re-
quires. Miss M. Wells is a young contralto of very great
premien. She sang " 0 thou that tallest good tidies' to
Z:on' charmingly; but is "He was despised and rejected"
the time was taken go very slow by the conductor that it
wee impossible for her to utter the pathetic words with the
peeper degree of expression. There may be dill
opinion &Wet the proper time of en air; bet wh it
is either to) slow or tco quick to admit of a clear and em-
phatic elocution, we may be sore that t►is could not have
bets the actention of the composer. The bus part was
neeediogly well sung by Mr. Lawler; inertia/ Mr.
Weiss we kits, no English performer who could have
sang it better. la the c►oruses the singers were "well up"
in their parts. They to-k the legal points gad responses
firmly and correctly ; hut they were too uniformly loud—
we did tot tear a single true piano. The ball was well
filled, and there was much applause; the old restrictions on
that heed being now, it would *ppm, generally dime-
girded.

CINTF.NoIitT or THE DEATH or HANDZL.—A
s. slip," circulated by the Haired Hartaosio Society is refor-
ests to the Handel neetieg at Sydenhans neat year, mi-
scasts, that the country is up' already Si answer to its
tall. Nearly three thousand persons, earslasive of the mem-
ber* of the erciety itself and members of the masieal profits-
eioe, have already tendered offers of sesistance. It as far.
User aaaaa heed that Messrs. Oray sad Darius have con-
tracted to plaice a sufficient organ is the astral transept of
the buddies at Sydeaharn by the 2itit of ♦pril seat. The
space required for the orchestra will be as large as Hurter-
hall. Lo.king forward to more postal sad possibly
greater celebrities. in 1859, the emanate* reminds us that
that year, ►seides being the eeatenery of Haadel's death, is
the fiftieth year lion the death of Heyds and the birth of
Neadellsoba. It is said that the English n►-committee wo-
rsted is support of the proceeding' at Halle will dissolve.-
06.erver. [The last part of the above paragraph is founded
es misinformatioe. The Eaglieh sub committee is support
of the proceedings at Halle have neither dissolved not have
any intention of dissolving ]

NAVAL AND MILITARY,
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 22.—APPoptiM6icre.—Matse
D'A. A. Decoy, to the Antelope, 3, paddle-wheel Mean
yawl, Arne% elation ; .04 IL L. Templer (1853), to the
&outgo, 6, paddle•wbai to ship, West Coast of Africa
Station.

GINIGLAL THE HON. WILLIAM HENRY HAZDN6II,
Colonel Commodes' of the lOta Battalion of the Royal
Artillery, died an the 16th inst., at hie seat in Deveashirs.
The hie general waa eldest ostriches son of Alas,
fret Baron Oudner, sad was born 6th Gabber. 1774, ma
that be had entered hie 83rd year, and married In February,
1803, Bliss Lydia, third daughter of Lieut.-Unwed William
Pyrite, by whom he leaves nuenerosa issue. The military
movies, of the deceased g 1 rouratesced In September,
1793, and he took pert in the Walcherea steeditroo, and
was present during the eine and capture of Flueltiag. Hie
ecimmielioas bore date as folksy :—Seeond lieutenant,
Sept. 18, 1793; first ligatesese, Jon. 1, 1794; captain,
July 16, 1799; brevet major, Jane 4, 1811; rierisitlelai
major, Des. 20, 1814; lieuteaanteoloael, Dee. 20, 1814;
ooloarl, Jaly 29, 1826; majorgraeral, Jae. 10, 1837;
lieutenaa.-geeeral, Nov. 9, 1846; red general, June 20,
1854. The gallant deemed was appointed Colonel Com-
mandant et the 10-b Battalion of the Royal Regiment of
Artillery in April, 1846.
DEATH OP REARADMIRAL 811 HEMET HART,
H.C.H.—We regret to neonate the (lamb of Rear.
Admiral Sir Hoary Hart, one of the comesimioners of
Greenwich Hospital. The gallant allow "spired yesterday
morning shortly after ems o'clock at his reeideace In the
hospital. The tallest doomed was in his 76th year. He
la tit red the navy in Harsh, 1796.
PEMBROKE OAERISON.—Upwarde of 80 non.cont-
stinionoti °Mem and privates el the 61st Regiment left for
Chatham an the 19th last. on survey prior to discharge.
The depot of the 86th is daily szpect•d. The west of
Artillery to man the fortifigatioss is greatly felt, and indeed
gewrelly epeskicg, though the *toff appoistmea's of the
two battelioos are now completed, the fort, is by as means
nab as the immense goastity of land belonging to the
imminent gad at its immediate manned meld es Wee-
*sally aceosusistaw. beaten's' Bishop, beetrastor of
rife drill, bowleg bees ordered to the Carregh, left on
Saturday night, to join that easaaspment. It is strange the
best barraeks here have so such shies sea &gout The
want of hoepibl seemamodatioa is • retiree of regret.
PIMBROKE•TARD.—The following is the state of
alipballdiag at this yar as the close of the year 1866:
Orlando, 38 gene, (remiss; How*, 120, ditto; Doris, 34,
will be finished la three it four months; Windsor Castle,
116, completed; lialicessese, 60, being lengthened and
Amid for the screw; Revenge, 90, ordered; Gannet, 8, just
SIM wseed ; lmmortaliid, 50, beteg lengtbesed sad istml
foe the sere.; Aaron, 60, in bane steadies to seam;
Greyhound, 16, oemmosseit busing. Is ale MS ism
The Howe is leis` hand by dm eli espninasst=
entghu employed far tbegegsslis gamma, sod It In
lag how eitesediogly well they get thresetb that servitor,
heavy as is the tomtitsg d the timber with whisk they
bare to contend.

REDPATH, OF THE GREAT NORTHERN.