The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-05 00:00:00

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MUSIC,.

rianvaz or THE TPAIE CROIX&

°LOWEST'S& MONDAY.
The one hundred sad forty-nosh meeting d
the three ash. et Oloweeter, Warmtwr. sad Hereford.
nay be mid to have opened with the rebuffed of sacred
wit ie Glooomier Cathodal this usersdam sled ,3 saturl
the whole of the went week. Two nasalise ben
had to he elleotaftwil. the is. shrivel, the other artieth.
The iderind dialeaty is this r—That whereas semiselly the
Da* Si the Diane sad the Dna end Chapter of the
eitheiel at which the erstorks Ere gins ere rave mem.
ben sad patrons of the festival bad is their partisan'
diem, the nesse* Blimp Land Dean ot 0101110Milf
the uodenekba with disfavour ; led elthesigh we dad the
" Bishops of the Disease' Ist dowses vice-preeklests, her-
* it to be Rodent sod that the Bishop et Cilsenster
gives • dila airport mid essoungsseat is the
festival, ft hi • feet that be has perpcsay lab
ihased for • cootinestal tour hi ohm to skew
him disapproval et the bolding d these feeihsh
is the osibednl. The Dean also it • searaddert fee the
muse owe, and altheegli he 'sight banshees a more suave
sheet* by sitialading the use ot the eatlashal fer the
pupae d Whig the intral, be lies;not proceeded to Oh
=hem step, but gen his cement to its use is terms
whisk send tun so done as to his feslinp as the ear
hat Ose a the sasses. it hi usdentood, hr oho trasuni
ithe Ladd dolma of the affair, and the linumies ben
ghee stes be a met papa war. The *Wain to the
perfanseses et stallair by public elegem wad& the nab
et • sung edifies b nth* wow is the binary at these der
than and Dun Close. whew issumbeet et Chahnhese.
premised triasialy is regularly as Gioneseler bed the Ins
• the festival against this " wickedness." The oases dill.
eulty which, the stewards hare had to deal with bee bees
the segegeseent of principals.
A lid Si the oratorios to be performed hi. shindy
been gives is this paper. The cosoerts of seehar anis
are gins at the Skirenell es Tugs*, Wedeln*. nil
Thursday sight.. There is • bell after the covert es
Tunday, sad • " fulisheas" saainsowl is the
adverthesseste—to wied up with cis Friday Bight TM
programmes of the evening concerti are of • leis braes
character thee weal, genet that of to-morrow sight.
Amoag the piens selected are • pestles of Blades
Swum, Hering), • esientos hoes Wiliam Yell, Mestiele•
eobn's First Weitargis Nigh. sod selections frees hearts
Zeutierflote, sad firsdu's Ana and Zemin&
Notwithstanding the "difficulties' already sanded to.
' Oren Is • prospect at a very manorial =nag ; sad per-
haps lb. mars notoriety given to the event through the
' publicity of their disputes may have oostribathi to tide
result. We see officially informed, however, that the she
of Sash is unprecedented, and that up to Satan* 1.000
I tickets were takes for the reserved eons te-morrow
morning; between 1.200 sad 1,300 for Wednesday ; 1,400
far Than* ; sect 1.500 for Friday ; hides evening ma-
: inn tickets. Tbe railways have made elan arrangemests.
and them is • shag army of stewards.

DB.AiGi.

ADZLPFIL
Coming to this country during the short run of
Bates Slingte, and seeing how the effect of as excellent and
elaborate piece of acting was destioyed by • wretched
drama, Mr. Jefferson, the American comedian, very
wisely, felt esiesiviep about his copy el Lip Van
Winkle, and therefore, beim* amnia, Ito pietern
it at the Adolph' Theatre, be got his Weed Mr. than
Bothicault to write him • new play es the are
subject. Mr. Boociemelt, like hie predecessors, has simply
takes the main idea of the story, and gestated • plot upon
it. All the "buboes" sod " potato" which Mr. Jefferson
has tried omit has sot lowed %satin in two oontisest•
have bean retained, sod the dramatist has,
therefor% worked, to =COO .:test, is euhisction to
the actor. No mortal skill could make what might fat,
be called • striae play oat of such materiels, but everythine
that peat dramatic instinct. good taste, and teeniest/go of
the public sad of the actors could doforapiesa,beebeendose
foe Rip cos Wiakk. The poetry of the arigieel story is
preserved, and the metucent of the Moe is Mama and
wholesome. The scams is which Rip is brought is eastast
with his little daughter and her youthful lover Hendrick is
the flat act are very delicately written ; the mooed set is
somewhat weak, being little more than • pantomimic
tableau ; sod the third act gives Mr. Jefferson
abundant opportunity of showing his varied power
as a thoughtful, elaborate, natural, and unstained stator.
Mr. Jeffeesos has bad a very wide sags of characters in
America. He is said to be a very satisfactory representative
of the bodies parts in the old legitimate Loglirh comedies,
and the Um of his Salem Scudder is Mr. BouciesnWe
Octoroon„ and of his Asa Trisehard in Oar Americas
Cousin—the Lord Diendreary piths—has already reached
this country. His embodiment of Rip yea Wiskie
is full
of admirable Mott fry the time wbes he has his doubts
about • paper myth bins to sign by • dodoes( neigh-
bour, sod gees little Headrick to read it, to
the moment when he come back from the motratains
and gradually awakens to a kiwi' ledge of changes in his
village and his friends. His pathetic power and command
of expremion arm semistakesble, end his bums% if sat
joky, is el • dry and line quality. He 'paha his part in •
Dutch dialect, which M effective is itself, but is oat of
keeping with the dialogue spokes by the other actors. Ws
must also my that we think his tow wig and eyebrows are
• little too abundant in the third act; they destroy to some
extent hie facial upressiou. These, however, am small
faults in an excellent performance, and the merits of this
performance and of the piths were warmly and justly
acknowledged by the indigoes. The acting of Mrs. Billing
ton, as the shrewish wife of Rip, who is not all temper.
and is tamed by a wood and sterner husband is the third
act, was forcible and well sustained, sad the two children
were most prettily seed intelligently represented by Wes
and Master Coma. The other parts was filled by Mr.
Phillips, Mr. Billisgtoa, Mr. Felix Rogers, and Mies Month
The pima has bees nicely pet upon the Wage, but some of
the supers ought act to be allowed to play spirits is cue sot
and mostala is soother with the alt-same wip sad eir I-
rides. Mr. Riviare's music, as it always is, is othnirabl..
The house has been cleaned and re-decorated is every part,
sad it weals nothing but a little more amniotic%

Mr. Gourley, the Anil-known Scottish comedian,
omen the Pole Hall, King Williamwtrelt. ea
Monday seat, new entextelsment °sidled • Yrs.
IL'Omger's wee r
0111011 D LOCAL ittAmAgnOmit.—Tbe member of
candidates examinsil is Maseleestax, is is.. leak wee
larger than at soy previous exanuestioe, being awed
only to that of the niesropolia, which hes hitherto m
tained a deckled prewroioenc• in that impost. The total
somber who wan examined was 212. Of them 48 were
melon and 164 joshes, being an %creme of 65 over the
year 1862, sad of 55 over 1864. But, although there his
been a larp increase is the oumber a:mimed, them has
sot berm a earrespeedieg incenses io the sunken who
base pared. Last year, out of 147 who were examitisd,
111 pawed; this year, out of 212 examined, 137 have
mood. The statistical tibias imeed by the d
ebow la a striking manner the hoprovemeot that has
made is the quality of the work dose duzieg the past
eight yeses. Is 1838, the first year of the local emasams-
the properties of those who succeeded to times who
failed in satisfying the examiners at Masehesten, wee may
28 per cent., that of the entire Murices being 40 per mot. ;
is the following year is rime to 50 per cont., Is 1880 to 55
per cent., and in 1861 to 62 per met. ; in 1862 the pro.
Portion declined to 52 per mot., is the fallowing year,
however, it &deemed to 63 pee mat. is 1864 to 46
per cent., and is the mind year It was 63 per mat. Of
the 36 motor candidates who have this year eatheed the
STAIRWIA sad abides& the title of Asioniste is Arts.
four pawed with hesours, being placed In the seeced
divides es the gamed list, which is framed epee the
wigs& week of the candidates • and of the 101 jai bea
wb. pawed. 33 did es with distioetiou, 10 of this brag
is the lint division, and 23 in the wend divisive ;
Sriui-kies and 8 •••10111 faced in the preliminary
tumi-
"Wien, and 2 lashes were " Osaka' tor their west of
seine ksoidsdge" of the Prayer Book sod Holy lier
emir ; 41 sealers paned is English, 26 is languages, 30 in
Isothessatice, 71. *yam, and S Is draw* and sales;
96 Jules eseeog letia, 32 is Omsk 111 TION/14
I Garmaa, 68 is siathasiatioN lis toldisaks. 13 ID 4410110-
I try, 36 is &swims, aid sis meek. The total auealiar St
*addable who has. palmed at Manediestee dims this
examinatious ormiresseld ta 1858 Y 626-476 *item aid
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