The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-15 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The fifth eoneert for the winter nun took plow
et the Crystal Paseo es Saturday, with Madame Badenderff
as the metre of attreetiess. The amiss woe 'myth's' bat
limiting fora opts air mambo ; stW, a larger amembhge
tbas amid be removably eapeored wader each gloomy cir-
emastaares wee collected together. The afteraoes, how-
ever, belied the gnash* of the moraine, sad those who
" greatly dared " had the eadefestlea of enjoying a mild day
ad mealiest mask. The prognstabe wineheed of Mosert's
overture, " Cosi ha tstte ;" Spahr's oeseerto bar the violist,
Op. 47, is A; t►e mesa sad arts " lahl:oe " of Meade's-
sobs ; with casettes, inn Beetboves, De &riot, and
Weber, aide, the madam of Mr. Mena. Madame Baden-
dorff my with her atesstomed gram sad Sala. Sim"
Aadreoli's tante and brilliant execration ea the pianoforte vas
greatly admired sad numb applauded. After the semen
ae 'Aspen, ranged through the palms till darlmees is. is.

MISS P. HORTON'S POPULAR ILLUSTRA•

TIONS.

Mr. sad Mn. ONIIISI Rood an about to vary their

entertainment by the intredsetima of a number of steam
end, carmen wkM ere ft 10121 ea entirely new Ant part,
bearing the title of "Oar Went'a Gameness." The meted
pert, we believe, will eentaane to be " The Banged
Mukha."

On &tardily easing we wets pretest by levitation at a
reheasal of the sea put ef the entertainmest, and cut
cosedestly premise oar readies es mash pleasure from it se
they have Resolved hem say of tke preceding per.
time. They will Sad la It the same true sad
pasts. weedy, the same variety of character, the same
nub hamar, sad the same admirable singles, is whisk
Mrs. Reed blends pampa and aauiag palates's with
pace sad beauty a a feUeltoas masser entirely ber ewe.
The framework of these sew assess is, se it ought to be, as
duple as passible. We ken, from a soeveresucon beams
Mr. sad Mee. Read—sad, by the way, the little dialogs.'
between Ibis plasma simple Is their owa proper pawns ar•
by no mesas the least speesbk partite of the entertaia.
meat—that they have ...opted • propositioa made
the= by • certain entregwenerr named M. le VI.
seats de Pasterosele, to sadertake as artiitie 'map,
like 'easy Lind sad Catherine Heusi sad other selebrities,
all ever the world—to ladle sad Californisosad Australia,
sad Central America, sad ths interior of Africa—bat that,
having on their buds a young lady, their ward, whom it is
seaway to lave at home, they mut pat her ander the
ahem of • parser darts, their absence. A. governess
ha bees advertised fee is the Taw; sad the candidate
who apply, sad their interviews with Mr. Reed, form the
ebaracten and Deices of a most lively lithe dramatic piece,
is whist' ia almost usesessary to add) all the applicants
who successialy preuat themselves ars personated
by Mn. Reed. They ea a set of nriou origiali.
Mies Lucretia Mim, as satiquted virgin of *aim-
pescheble propriety, whose held delicacy is wounded
by every remark whisk whacky Mr. Reed asters" to offer ;
Mr.. Cartiekrages O'Cimally, who soma co basalt of her
doenther Jellies, a pampa of sesompliehnuate, but too
timid sad esseltive to wale( birreeff ; sad Claudia De.
leeour, • ...Meg salalM woman," who has bees over all
the world, sad whoa as Ina discount or astoniett.
The little drama, lies, bos ■ estastmlis: Madame Dele-
euw sad M. dit lhassassals sire a ample of ewladim, who
contrive I. Seem pea Mi. sad Mn. Reed with peat ago-
saltyzdsums.
eases are estrasely well written. The Magpie
is seat sad lively, with • good dial of sharp, painted awe;
and it is delivered by both interlonton with unaffected we
sad anitnattas. Mm. Reed's assamptloas of charseter are
perfect. The* eseisatnrok nay amour bu • marked
dividaslity Maki IPS MIN WI sot One of them retsina
as hightail's". of the dolleaster herself. All the soap
Sr. pretty, sad seise of them ere ebarsiag. ...lady el
Killerney," sang whitest say sossmpsaimeat, is either an
old Irish tase or an uplifts' imiestion gam It in fell of
Irish ellareeter sad wild Mb Waal g and Y aka to " Oh,
sad he bred me dearly," the Mneemakffe wag la "The
Enraged Musician." "Love MOUS the Mime," too, to •
bastdul ballad, which dose beam to Ms. lord's genius
as • composer.
This fifth matter will give novelty sal misty to sae of
the met agreeable sod suceessfal satertainiarits of *a day.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.
CHATHAM, DSC 14.
Lord Pawners, the Secretary ef State for War,
accompanied by Goanal Bir Jo►. Burma', G.C.8., ►as
eirnifird his ['tactics of visitiag t►is garrison for the 'turves
of impaling t►s storm which were brought home by the
Turkish Baglanr Corps, sad which hen beta deposl•ed Oft
the Ordanai w►arf wader dinctioa of Copula Allen.
The stores are sufacleat for the equipsett of as army of
8,000 mew.

THE CIIR11•011, Dzc. 11.
Owing to the want of a proper system of passe.
for civilises la this camp, and is coasequense of seaulas
over stores end °Sun' quarters *sly Wien allow@d to walk
a urtais short beaten Creak, several most impadmt rob-
beries have taken plum with as, sad op to this momest so
dee has opparently been °Maimed towsrds bringian the
/ogees to bestirs. Last week three gold watches wus stoles
from the viertsn of the odious of the 38.1. Regkoest, sod
oa the visaing of the 9.11, Weems the loan of half.past ti
end haltpast 9, the quaren of Capt. Sammy, 66th Rest.,
nephew of Lord Palmer% wen broken into. sad 1091. of
mess mosey steles therefrom. The robbers evidently were
professed bunion, sad meet have derived lisle Worms.
tioe es to where Caste's Rummy (who was presidents( the,
mem committee) kept his mocey (tom some of the seresats.l
or pumas wall salaalotad with the locality. The lrish
comitabelary. as • body of am, could sot perhaps be sof-
passed la mutates, height, and behaviour, and as a military
form to dews say disterbanee, or to be mildews to
any &deist, are invaluable, but to detect mall
robberies's, slower murder*, they see utterly anises. Hess
W 410•1711 Y Mmsud appear to ems tar more shoot the
spy enale et their men seder arms then they do stoat the
balms Is. 'Mob We 15... is is won paid.