The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-03 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS. 1113NDAY Evvrnia.

Yesterday the gold medal Pure based in France
by subscription for Mrs. Lincoln was delivered by
the committee into the hands of Mr. Bigelow, at
the united States Legation. Mr. Bigelow was at
the same time requested to take charge of the fol-
lowing letter :

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CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS.
These Saturday musical entertainments generally
present some feature of *sail novelty or intereet, in addi-
tion to the invariable excellence in the orchestral per-
formanoe of recognised classical works. Three week' sines
we spoke of the production here of some of the charming
incidental music with which Franz Schubert enriolied the
dull German drama of Bommunde, and on Saturday last
Mr. Mane, the active conductor and director of these con-
certs, brought forward two more interesting novelties by
the same composer—the versatility and produstiveness of
whoa, genius have only been fully recognised within the
lad few years. Until recently Schubert was only
known to the general musical publics as a composer of
" Lieder ;" and of the four or five hundred songs
which he left only some dozen or so were widely popular,
although very many more are of equal, or nearly equal,
merit. Numerous, however, as are these vocal pieces of
Schubert, his instrumental works are in themselves of such
extent and importance as to place him, not only in point
of imaginative genius, but also in fertility, among those
phenomena of art history who have achieved, in a brief
span of mortal life, results which would seem to demand a
career of twice the length for their fulfilment. Dying at
the age of little more than thirty, Schubert has left, in
, Addition to his multitude of songs (enough la tbllllnelvell to
found a lasting reputation), works in almost every form
of instrumental composition, besides masses and other
church music, and opens. The pieces performed
on Saturday, for the first time in England, were
4" Salve Regina," and an " Overture in the Italian
style."

At the concert of Saturday next Spohr's symphony " The
power of Sound" is to be given, with Beethoven's overture
to " Leonora" (No. 3) ; and Mr. Dannreuther will play
Chopin's Rondo ("Krakowiaki for pianoforte, with or
• accompaniment

/labia salt Military.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Our Malta correspondent, writing on the 26th
November, says :—" Her Majesty's despatch vessel Psyche,
2, Lieut.-Commander Sir F. Blackwood, Bart., having
been admitted to pratique on Saturday last, leaves today
for Marseilles, conveying Captain W. It. Mends, C. 8., the
Admiralty director of transports, who returns to England
from Egypt. After disembarking Captain Mends at Mar-
seilles the Psyche will remain at that port, at the disposal
of Sir Henry Storks, Governor of Malta, who is expected
at Marseilles on the 10th proximo. The rigour of the
quarantine measures adopted some time ago by the local
government is being greatly relaxed, owing to the disap-
pearance of the cholera from the towns visited by it.
The quarantine on arrivals from British porta, except
London and Liverpool, and from Marseilles, was abolished
a week or two ago, and now the government has also re-
moved the quarantine on arrivals from Leghorn and
Genoa, and reduced that on vessels arriving from other
ports on the Italian continent to five days. The full
term (21 days) of the quarantine imposed on arrivals from
Sicily is still in force, as the cholera in that island does
not yet show any sign of abatement. Sir Victor Houlton,
K.C.NLG., chief secretary to this government, returned
to Malta on Friday night from Marseilles, in the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's packet China. Colonel G.
It Kennedy, commanding the Royal tArtillery Brigade
in this island, and Colonel J. Gubbins, deputy adjutant-
general, also returned to Malta by the same packet, from
their summer leave of absence."

WOOLWICH, DEC. 2._

The Waterwitch hydraulic steam vessel and the
Viper, double screw gunboat, are now in a forward state of
completion, and are ordered to be got ready for commis-
sion with all despatch. The Zebra, strew corvette, re-
cently completely reconstructed, is to be placed in com-
mission and she will probably be, forwarded to the coast
of Ireland.