The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-10 00:00:00

NATIONAL SCHOOL CHORAL FESTIVAL AT THE

CRYSTAL PALACE.

This festival was held at the Crystal Palace on
Saturday, and the greet Interest it excited was evinced by
the wakens of the asswablepe drawn by it to Sydenhant.
Its linmediste object wee to aid the Church Schoolmasters'
and 311oloosome Benevolent Institution • meet excellent
society, firmed for the purpose of relieving keyed and no-
essellone keikne. retie their Mem sad providing for
their mhos &Moo ; end it had dr ether atiket of giver
as epee to the dee May end pear of good mule
among the mese In both these Aker ft must
teen seemeded; for the bre to the trek of the above
lemewlek bees most have ben importent, while the
piewees &eked by so great • multitude from the choral par-
fermemees mat have given a further stimulus to the growing
kw among the people of this country for grand end ample
vocal harmony. The orchestra, wasisting of between four
and live thousand Yam, was selected from the children and
Made of the national sad endowed schools of Lanka el
Ito vicinity : the treble and alto parts being nag by the
children, while the tenor and bees parts wove sup-
plied by the teaches. In • critical point at view
the vie could not be said to be perfectly
balanced, the acute pardoceinatiag over the grave
parts ; but this did not detract so much as might haw been
expected from the idiot of the harmony, which was not only
pure and handful, bet often wiry diecing,andsorositnes even
sublime. The performer was oundected by Mr. U.W. Mare,
• gentleman long known to the public as ass of the beet
glee-writers of the preen "seeker amereescompsitie
have gained many prizes from the principal musical societies,
and are in constant ass wherever ghweingers "do
congregate," and the Mere ma pees with which
these dreads of yeses war weed roar must
be teed to his able sad areal train.
Mr. Mazda, bard, has had a large aim In the sweetal
edge new main in spreading theknewledge of good seeds
maw the people. Having been for sews yak aneessetally
engaged is keen part-alngieg k area, he sagged the
idea that the great body of Briel gawk is and around
Loadoa should be trained me one ekes 'yawn. For
this purpose the este end Metter rut to the lint to.
ere Is Isseerkell, le men Wee& from him on he
own weedier principles, which of wane they imparted be
their pupils ; and the result has beak that after a number of
didn't rehmereak the demetratioe of Saturday has wr-
inkly mend male ment aka* exhibitious which hen
yet be gen et the Crystal Pares.
The ohilarea end airframe were rafted to the Handel
Peel Graeae, wen as nasty et air dregs her-
greard mil with the lerreene of the Pare ; and when,
at the caacluden of " Oed save the Owen," they gave three
awe, the effect milked by waving their loaves of white
moat-paper was wit Sake of now were lialtlag as en h-
akes bed of tulips. A novel effect was glean to the National
Asthma by staging the fret two verses considerably :tem
tea seal, thereby Meg to the 'amity at the ken, which
wee rhea ia the cestorrey time.
The risk was jellied, chosen be each an cerion.
It weed of pealatutes, dee, lyre anthem, sad
wee acme ; head' with Malt Nadi** Pe-
sten end ear peas of awake mooko. The perkeenese
were Yenned to with armagedene et algid. sad real
plea were veleently aeaered. Thh wee as sans with the
lber-pert ming, "Whir the meg sem is derv" r-
inged by Mr. Martin Boma et Sbsd theith's egullegign
glee, "Hen, the hollow mirk reemilers. "The Blue
Bath at theted i" gad deliteek's glee, "Hf, smog
more," anewied for the mere by as sadder, who
also costribeted a shaft bat Olathe stana, .
stag nate God." The piedmonts et Ifoolobooiais
ohms* am the "Eye of Pre,' serseeded
an the orgaa by Mr. Brfrovarialo, woo preps the mast re-
markable achiever& at the yogi hal eerier. Bawer
the parr • riecdon of rule was pitied by the tend of the
Boyd Military Asylum at Chelsea.
T were thierema pew were prime : en Is
agemblege, bet the era ore previlea, sad everybody
greed heartily to min the vintager of the wen theses
names rod beery if rtes False. end Ile grew* sad the
bright emehre lake beighted all the other piessins.
la the erne a the owning her kaiak the Gee the
Queen of Portugal, end ether diservighel permenges,
whose ere ewer ear Court news, eked the Peke

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIEST, EXIT= HALL:
11-ld=aha's dthalis, aad Rowhit's &abet Mstir etal to
tpi ed, for the wooed sad led tiros ea Pridtay next.
EniPrisalaal vocallsam : Kallaws Clara !Covello,
, Mr. Kelas, aad Mr. Maw Rea,., who will
apda Mas the peat solo, " Nam Aalmaa."

Tarnmosur..—The directors et the Manchester
Merassake prottestios, as Prosy analar, on
In
tinenal al WAX, vldi s veratie ind wank on baainue
Ihessiess, t• Mr. I. Msdeldisph erserey the ie W-
inded. Mr. Ihishings les varied eledgable erel
he the hodsoke darer Or per is yore, sad hi ss-
raes Is aid of Me furl ee reste sew reed laqpir WNW
la war b anon•ushian Ikragli the iranornially
et as leasord addbkins, mei by ear reeve, wink ban
ban Mann ellk non uunnyid awain ban aw
Re Ms anon whin beasand banal lin wan at hins
Were, Pow Ina haw Man daansd the grad-
raill2in pain an It is sidelbunry n bow Ini no in
!nail bar ban raked by anklbonno snann>b Ma"
star Imo his bra so amaday far to "maimqa Me
Ink d no lanlanna.

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