The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-21 00:00:00

ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL.

The winter speeches, as they are called—that is,
the costoreary recitations of classical sod modern dramatic
poetry by choler boys of this venerable public school—were
delivered yesterday afternoon, preliminary to the breaking
sip for their Christmas holidays. A fair company of ladies
and geed/mai, some of them parents or friends of the
young scholars, and others who were themselves " old
Panlines," owing their education to this school, had &ram-
bled to witness the performaace. The Surveyor Account-
eat, Mr. C. F. daimon, Mr. Lane, and Mr. flarington, di-
rectors of the school, were also present. The proceedings
began, as usual, with the Win lyrical composition which
his gained the Thurston Memorial Prize for the year. It is
a translation, in Sapphic verse, of Tennyson's well-known
poem, entitled " The Brook." Mr. A. W. South, the cap-
tain of the school, who was the successful candidate apse
this occasion, came forward and repeated his
composition. He was then congratulated by the
head master, the Rev. Dr. Kynseton, who is
banding him a set of books for his pries, remarked that the
St. Paul's boys were always glad to hear of the distinctions
obtained by any of their inscrUellows aliewhire ; and he
would therefore mention that cos of them, Mr. Honied,
had just won the schokzahip of Tririty College, Cambridge,
which was open to all the world. Two others, he was glad
to say, bad this year gained very high places in the civil
swim examinations of the East ladia Government ; another
Mr. Spurting, bad got a first-class in the Cambridge tram!
sky examination, and there war a scholarship besides, which
had been obtained by one of the Bt. Paul's boys. He felt
so doubt they would continue, by diligence and good be-
haviour, to maintain the old character of the school After
this speech from the head master, the academical private
theatricals began. The latter portion of that racy political
satire, The Knights of Aristophanes, was performed by
Mesas. South, Roberta, and Gardiner, with mach humour
and spirit. Doubtless Professor Mackie might here contend
that an Attic ear would be sorely afflicted with the English
style of pronunciation, which has prevailed among the
Grecians rid Latinists of our own country ever since
the days of Dean Colet, the founder of this
school, and of his friend the learned Dutchman.
Erasmus. But although it might not perhaps have sounded
like Greek to an Athenian audience resuscitated for this
occasion, it was Greek enough to a majority of the English
grown-up people, especially of the gentler sex, who were
yet greatly amused with the contention between these two
fluent rivals for the favour of the puzzle-headed Demos, the
superior vivacity of Agony:rites, end the final discomfiture
of Oen. The next thing was a erne from Shannon,
the meeting of the conspirators in Jolla. Caesar. Seven
young gentlemon took part io it, but somehow or other the
acting of the English play was not se effectively done as we
should desire. Then earns the fourth and fifth acts of the
Andrea, in which these Pauline boys showed that they
could make themselves quite at home in Terence, almost as
well as the Westminster', who are wont to use him so ones.
Much astonishment and some laughter were naturally ex-
cited among the ladies of the company by the sudden bring-
ing in of the baby, and those who had no Latin lore al
their own seemed very anxious to find out the truth
about its birth and parentage, while their curiosity
was not so easily gratified as that of respectable Mr.
Chromes, by overhearing the conversation between the nurse-
maid and the servant-man. The character of that most

amiable elderly gentleman was sustained with some drollery
by AMU ; and the part of Darns by Black. From the
domestic comedy of the Roman stage these reveille youth
immediately leaped away into the midst of all the fun of
Puff's rehearsal of his Elizabethan tragedy, in Sheridan's
immensely comical play of the Critic. This was produced
by the St. Paul's scholars for the diversion of their friends
yesterday, with a degree of enjoyable rigour and freedom
of manner, a rich sense of the ludicrous, and a power of
mock-intonation and grimace, equal to the average of
burlesque acting at any theatre in London. The audi-
ence were kept in a roar of merriment from bogie.
ring to end. The part of Puff was taken by Mr.
Bennett ; that of the Earl of LOOMI.O. by Mr. C. (Meth ;
and Tilburina (exceedingly well dew), by Mr. Ramsbothain,
who had also been the female servant of Terence'. comedy.
The young gentleman who had thus mouthed and vaponred
as the Earl of Leiesetsr in that Elizabethan monk tragedy,
instantly, upon the retirement of Puff's absurd company,
turned up again as the captive Andromache of Euripides,
and recited with mush pees and feeling her pathetic lamen-
tations, a widow and a slave in the Grecian camp. The
last item in this abundant bill of fare, which the clever
Thespians of St, Paul's School afforded us, was a very
piquant dish, cornixsod by that excellent French cook of
dramatic dainties, Monsieur Scribe. Ina scene or two of
La Deux Prterpteurs, Mr. (least, as the roguish ex-valet
and share tutor, delivered his pert not only with a vary
pure French accent, but with adroitness and good tests.
This finished the day's entertainments.

The Trinuntenets of Plautus was repeated hat
night by the Scholars of Westminster, in the presence of
a numerous and applauding audience, amongst whom were
the Turkish Ambassador., the Dean of St. Paul's, Sir D.
Donau, &c.
I.l4ooBPOiraltri SOCIITT FOR PROMOTING TEI
PJGAIGENTST, BUILDING, AND RF.PAIRINO OF CHURCHES
AND Cuarzt.s.—This society held its usual monthly meet.
big (the second for the present session), on Monday last,
the 17th indent, at the Society's house, No. 7, Whitehall,
S.W., the Right Hon. the Earl Of Romney in the chair.
?here were also present the Melt Has. the Earl of Pouts,
Sir Thomas Phillips, Rev. Onion Jennings, Rev. W. H.
Cosem Rev. T. F. Stooks, Mr. J. Park Har-
rison, Rev. George Ainslie M.A., secretary. Grants
of money were made in aid of the following objeeta
Building churches at Jarrow Docks, in the parish of
South Shields i Sheldon, lathe (pariah of Bakewell _ Derby ;
and Stopeley, in the pariah of Luton. Bede ; rebuilding the
churches at Aberfm4 near Milford Junction, York ; Man-
ton, near Kirton-in-Lindsey. Lincoln ; and Southgate, Mid-
dlesex. Enlarging or otherwise increasing the accommoda-
tion is the churches at Seaham Harbour. Durham ; Cray-
ford, Kent and Duetoe, near Biggleswade. The great
formerly made towards the restoration of the church at
Rockhold, near Monmouth, wee also increased. The racist,
likewise accepted the trust of sums or mossy MI repair
funds for the new churches at Lianybrill, Carmarthen, and
Jesmond, in the parish of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
SOCIETY FOR THE ENOOIIRAGEMIINT OF THE FINS
ARTA.-1414 evening, at the Society's rooms, in Conduit.
street, Mr. Albert Gilbert delivered a lecture "on Carl
Maria roe Weber and his works," illustrated by numerous
examples, vocal and instrumental. The lecturer spoke with
fervour of the versatile genius of his subject, who, binders
music, had distinuished himself in science and letters. In
music he had produced works of the highest order in every
department—for the church, the chamber, and the theatre.
In one point, especially, he bad entitled himself to the
consideration and gratitude of the musicians of the chamber
—namely, in what he had done for the pianoforte, being
the ant great composer who had composed works expressly
fur and directly calculated to bring out in the highest effect
the peculiar capabilities of that instrument. The illus-
trations presented comprised the Maas in 0, which was
given entire by the Arlon choir, forty voices—the solo parts
by Miss Charlier, Mdme. Andrea, and Messrs. Bolton,
, Houghton, and Milne, accompanied on the harmonium by
Dr. Barnett Gilbert ;" Sona sighs," from Dsr Freiant
GMdme. Gilbert; and other vocal pious by Miss E.
esham, Miss Bodes, Kim Fosheoke, ttc. ; the slow move-
ment rondo from sonata in C (pianoforte), Mr. Alfred Gd-
bert • the wholeconcluding with solo, quartette, and chorus
from I:to-mutat. The lecture and illustrations,which men-
! pied upwards of two hour. in the delivery and performance,
afforded great delight to a numerous audience, who com-
pletely crowded the great gallery, sod frequently expressed
their appivyal by the warmest expressions of applause.

1860.
LATEST IN fiLLIGENCE.
FRANCE—CHINA.
PARIS, FRIDAY MORRTNO.
The Moniteur publishes a decree regulating the
right of precedence of the ministers of state.
The Moniteur also publishes the report of General
Montauban, from which it appears that there are
some inaccuracies in the amounts of the plundering
of the palace of the Emperor.
The General states that the booty was divided
between the allies.

ITALY.
PARIS, THURSDAY &MM.

The Petrie says :
" The negotiations for the evacuation of Gaeta
have failed.
" The bombardment was to recommence on the
morning of tho 18th instant."

THE PARIS BOURSE.
PARIS, THURISDAT, 3.35 P.Y.
The Bourse has been •ery dull.
Rentes closed at 68.60, or 10c. lower than
yesterday.

UNITED STATES.
QUE, Maar.
The Liverpool, New YTOorWNk, andTHU RSD
PAYhiladelphia
Company's steamer Glasgow, Captain Thompson,
from New York on the Bth inst., has arrived. She
brings Zr passengers, but no specie.
Her news has been generally anticipated.
NSW YORK, Doc. 7, Evionse.
Exchange depressed. Commercial billy 101 to
103. Freights steady.

GARIBALDI AT CAPRERA.

CAMERA, Dic. 2.

At break of (lay all are astir, and everyone pre-
paring himself for his own occupations, so that on the little
square facing the house you see on one side Colonel D—
sharpening • knife, on the other F— mending • spade ;
Menotti, his coo, trying a musket ; B—, who with a
needle mends nets ; G— selecting the weds ; and, inside
the house, the daughter's good governess preparing some
coffee for these working people. Then each goes about
his busineee ooe to the direction of the plough, another
to the plantation of the vine, which is to be tried • some
devoting themselves to fishing, others to the chase, and
the General to survey all, to direct all, selecting the
best agricultural systems that his mind suggests to him.
Towards mid-day • alight and sober collation, where,
seated around an old walnut table, "belonging to drawing
or entrance room," they narrate to each other their cempee-
tral feats, interspersed by relations of war episodes, of mili-
tary adventures, and • hundred other things, which render
that familiar intercourse so exquisitely agreeable. Then
We daughter, d riesprestpitt, makes the house resound
with the accords of an excellent piano (sole luxurious
article of %rafters he poseesses at Camera), and begins
playing the allegro, " Dagliela avanti un passe," followed
by "Vs &oft d'ltalia"—hymns which mall so much
grief and so many national Joys. After breakfast
sash remises his occupation again to meet at the frugal
evening dinner, where certainly no one envies the regal re-
peat shared in gilded saloons. At night, after a short walk, I
the Dictator retires to his own little room, and there, alone
with his thoughts, meditate* on the future destiny of that
Italy, which, 1 may say, he never names without a tumour
of love.

De.s. 3.

Iu my preceding letters I did not tall you that the govern.
meet sent to Maddalena, for the Dictator's disposal, the
natiosal steamer Wuhington— the same that so greatly as-
sisted at the disembarkation on terra Anna. (inlaid',
however, gratified at such estpressassist, would not allow
that the State should suffer an •enditure which he
thought unnecessary, sad nobly retied the offer.
lest week he with various Mends went to the farad=
coin to hunt. Hardly WAX Garibaldi's arrival known than
a thousand fires shone on the surrounding kill summits, and
multitudes of mountaineers hastened from every part.

Arralog than Aiwa he @peat • happy day. in
lag I lam jam all over °work and I went in the de-
means@ of the Alt propriekir of the bland, an English
Lay,. who, 'Map% nikanabrapirelly inclined, or given to
contemplation, hi. this. mroaw•s~ yams come to bury herself
in the solitude of • cabin, 'lda she bas had built in the
southern part al ties Mud TIM tire tames of the genera
mid the lady are asparatat by • wall a few feet high, sad
here and there intern:4od by inklubsped gates. The de-
clivity of the bill, where sins weak shrubs grew, is roamed
by erratic masses of yanks imilladdadia • thousand fanciful
ways by the corroding action of the maritime waters whir&
in remote times spinal than best.