The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-19 00:00:00

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but loess all slain upon tliekint possession ; he is paid off
and excluded, and thenceforth constituts s a now haply.
The families thus remained for many generations under
their retractive heads, and became family communes;

keens arose the c manual rights.
The eirminuas is .611 considered in law to form a family.
If • straliger comas to reside in a village, be is idolised.
Burry member has an equal claim open the joint end undi-
vided eftmereael property; the distribution of the produce
rests with the fathers, the " Whitehead." or the Starosta
(elder). A member cannot r sees. private property in the
land, and therefore cannot bequeath it; but his sons, by
virtue of their birth into the family, have an immediate
right to a share in the joist 'rival and its ututract.
Baron Hazthausen betrays manifest leanings to-
wards Ravels in three volumes, but on the whole he
is impartial, and presents us with the most complete
licture of Russia to be found in any European
anguage. The present work is a re-arrangement and
translation of the author's work in German in three
volumes. The original work contained various repe-
titious, and its utility was damaged by a want of
arrangement, the coosiquenoe of its having been
written at various intervals. The translator's work
seems to have been performed accurately, and with
great discretion.

MUSIC.

NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

The concert of last night, the fifth of the season, had
the advantage of the aniatance of Madame Goldschwidt
Lied. The room, esosequently,was crowded to the doom and
many ladles aad (enthuses mould only obtain plum in the
'newt 'cm. The following wee the programme of the
performance :

FART T.
Overton. " Roy Elan" MendeWoks.
Canoe Madame Goldman " Der
Fr ieshata.
Rebel= tram the ease to "Paradise Wyk*.
Casson° to D minor, Pianoforte. Ursa. Ro-
binson Moadiessoluu
Arlo.. liquellide rote o trans" Madam Gold-
leheold (II lint° in Della) RoastaL
Ors:tore (Gberoo) Weber.

PART IL
flirt/oda Astor.le Beethoven.
.4 Becoeti de Artworks, de P. aftopin," arrasgsd
for the votes and piano, Madame Oolds&akt Otto Ookleshmidt.
Overture (llionLiello)

Kaduna °oldishMidi sang with her usual brilhe•ry and
power, and her performances win received with the usual
demoostrations of eithardiess. The most interesting
of them was the seen from the Freischirs, which,
though so fusilier to the public as to have be-
come almost baskneyed, received new freshness and
beauty frrm the eiguieite flesh and tharmicg ezprmaion
with which ohs sang it. Bowies air from the Turco en
Italia was lately sang by her at Mr. Benedict's concert.
It is • mere bravura, calculated to display the ginger's voice
and exontion, and its dishing passages, divisions, and
trills, ors ludicrously at variance with the simple and
plaintive character of the words. As sung by Madame
Goldschmidt it was a most splendid exhibition of vocal
power, red produced • corresponding effect on
the audience. Chopin's Masourkas, composed for the
piasoforte and pitied upon the voice, were another Inhibi-
tion of a similar kind It was certainly mort marvellous,
and we do not know another singer that could have achieved
it; but we are constrained to say that its real value as a
mogul performing was but small.
We have already given our opinion of Dr. Wyleles
musty to the " Paradise Lost." It does honour to the cars •
poser's talents, bat lax talents end his labour have been
thrown away upon • subject which dots not admit of
musical treatment. Mendelsohn's Concerto was admirably
pertormed by Mrs. Bobinon, who is • Mahn of the highest
order. The Pa•torsl Symphony, too, was estiellently per-
formed. The various so temente werejudick.usly timed by
the conductor, and the e rentstri played with precision,
delisaay, and effect. This concert has terminated la s very
satisfactory manner the series of performa•cee for tali
sawn.

REUNION DES ARTS.—This institution, founded
lam five year. 'La, appears to be progrimains satisfactorily.
The rooms where its meetings are held (76, Harley-street)
have recently undergone c ,nsideralle enlargement and im-
provement, and form an elegant suits of apartments, admi-
rably adapted for drawieg-room entertainments of the b-st
class. A smile was given by the society last night expressly
is tumour of Madame Schumann, the fits. part of tn. pro-
gramme consisting entirely of compositions by the lady's
husband. Them comprised a violin quartett is A minor,
three vocal Lied's; and the pianoforte quartett in B flat,
in which Madame Schumann herself sustained the principal
pan. This last is certainly the best work of its author that
we have yet heard—there is more lot hi the mod.es
and greater coherence and (mamma in their treatment than
is usual with Schumann. It was played to cerftct on by
Madame Schumann, sod M . Defoliates, Goffrie, and
Housmase. The vocal music was very charmingly ren-
dered by Hdlle. Basile* Krell and Herr Von der Oaten.
The lady is already we.l and favourably known hers as a
refined and expressive Pincer ; the gentleman is compara-
tively a sew comer, and bids fair to be a welcome addition
to our concert singers. He has a pare high teaor voice ot
antipathetic quality ; his intonation I. micelle, t, and his
reading of Herman hear is highly imaginative and
poetical. In this style of chamber ringing there should be
• good care., open to He: r Von der Osten. There was a
fell atmodance of moat ere and 911 i t( ra, and we tenet that
the offset. of ere mansgar, Mr. C. Oofirie, ars easuriug per.
MUM 11100104 to the society.