The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-11 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The "Saturday winter concerts" at Sydenbam
began on Se turday last, and promise to be attended with
the success of former seasons. Notwithstanding the
November weather there was a large audience, who enjoyed
an excellent entertainment—good music, well performed.
The orchestral pieces were Gade's Symphony in E flat, and
Weber's Overture to the freislititz, both of which were
played, under the able direction of Mr. Menne, with great
precision and spirit. Joachim's execution of Spohr's fine
Cowart° in E was magnificent. We regret to observe that
we are about to lose this incomparable violinist, who is re-
called to his duties as Music Director to the King of Hanover.
The vocalists ere Mr. Santley and Mdlle. Zeiss, an Wye of
Le Conservatoire of Brussels, who made her first appear
once before an English audience, and Jiang two sirs of
Rossini with considerable applause. Her voios is a fine
contralto, and her style is good and musician-like. The
concert concluded with " God save the Queen " and the
Danish National Hymn, arranged by Mr. Mums.
The concert-room has been entirely enclosed, newly vents.
lated, and rendered more commodious than formerly, as
well as improved in its acoustical qualities.

Mr. D. W. Harvey suggests that all persons to
whom tickets of leave Lave been granted end are still in
force should be ordered forthwith, by competent authority,
to report themselves at a given quarter, with their names
and residences, and if need be to present themselves ; and
that those persons who do not comply with such order
within seven days should lose the privilege of their tickets,
to be dealt with for disobedience ; and further that those
who comply with this order, and give satisfactory accounts
of themselves, should be placed in communication with the
heads of police in the district in which they reside, who
should receive instractioos to afford them the countenance
which their conduct may deserve.
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Accounts received from the cotton-manufacturing
districts state that several manufacturers who bad continued
to work notwithstanding the high price of the raw mate-
rial, that their produce has not risen in proportion,
have closed their mill; having calculated that it would be
mere beneficial to sell the raw cotton on hand than to ma-
nufacture it. _ _

The King of Sweden and the princes of his
family were present lut week ►t the opening of a railway
from Stockholm to Gottenbnrg, traversing the southern
portion of the kingdom from the Baltic to the Northern See.
This is described as one of the finest engineering enterprises
of modern times.

The Alta-California of Oct. 1 says :—" The de-
spatches which we publish to-day were transmitted from
Chicago, Illinois, to Corson City, Nevada Territory, direct
—a distance of two thousand three hundred miles—the
longest circuit overland that the current has ever worked
over. Were it not for the atmospherical phenomena of the
Sierra Nevada, whose altitude is 6,000 feet above the ees,
the CODOSiiOI/ to this city would have been maintained ;
even as it was, the operator at Sacramento informed as that
he distinctly felt the carnet and was able to read wane of
the news in transmission. Sacramento is two hundred
miles west of Carson. It is difficult to realise this wonder-
ful achievement."

STOPPAGE OP ♦ VIEBIL LADEN WITH POWDER
FOR TEI SounnaN Brass.—The Lieetpool Journal
of Commerce has received informatics that the British
steamer Anton, taking ammunition as board at
Cork, has been stopped by order of the British
government, on the posed that the supplies of
powder, kg., were intended for the Southern Ohs deny.
The same journal has reason to believe that despatches hams
bees received, ressoestratmg with the British government
for allowing as previous occasions privateers end weasels
laden with ammunition, to be built and fitted out in Ilittlak
ports.