The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-03 00:00:00

MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CHOIR.

This choir, which is now recognisedl:One of our
solablisitsd enteiclal 'saltation*, commenced Its fourth season
hat mai( by • perhemssos at et. Martin's Hall.
Ths bat piece ersa Wan madrigal, " Sweets
ileasso" bath the poetry and auk, of which ars happy
adiatier, thew of Earrisk, and As Mbar el the Elisa-
beth= composts. It so hibered by Leas Marosio's
" Par Nay Qom," a postal spesion of that peat old
mobs ; ad alds, ark, was bawd by mew pisamat
adman of the ell subset, Hakes pat-wag he Taste oho
"'hi pima& moth of Noy." • new trio bur hole
oleos by Marama, Ballad " Tits Woke," was wall
wog by Kim Vaa Norio Nita Calmly, and Kies
Wier. It is potty, bat limbs vigour, and coact be
regarded as sae of this evisileat musician's happiest bobs-
leas. Tbs port-wmg " The Dawn of Day," by 8. Easy, is
MO are lama a string of readuisolocas ; but they ore cle-
verly poi tegatian sad the samatbeemet the mole, sootier
with he admirabis ezacatica, obteired ibr It a very favour-
able meeptha. Tits Owe pest of the concert termioetad with
liesk's MOO " Tits Spilt elm Moth ;" a severe trial
be tits disk width they Mad tamilastly. Thls was un-
doubtedly he SO perheinmes In this emory, for the great
GINN* Wialles wool musk is may beglanag to ba knows
owanklab Ma tar pablic moot he essesiessal to how it, as
wdl o ens performers to sing it, Oise it ma be

311161011Lasimirmi.lvnC a:i art. asammew
ffslirwomenlaymise sad onakesporarim, yet the meet braise
eteraelakelise with the ewe is hardly any preperstke for the
ether. Is Bash we de net Sad the breadth and simplidty of
Ble Ilmiatahm ere eieherete end eseeplex in the ei-
nem% mil hit eambleetleee me ellen NO repel that they at
ant stertle—nol to my edhnd—the ear • so that It la not at
owe that the real grandeur, Wrath an sapremlos of Bootie
music ere erieniteel and felt. Muth, however, is doing to
asks Beek blown; end the time may taw when his
I arm, Mks Hander., will be • leasehold weird rearmsen
The mist perfumed last night belongs to the Imilhiene
church _rains. It is fur • double choir ; end Its antiphonal
character la an obstacle to its este in • concert.rociat where
the two chars are not separated. It opens with • pathetic
Namenost, anionic con oleo ; contains • magnificent Tagus
ea two subjeets ; end concludes with one of than beamed
Lutheran Amiss which Bach introduces with such wonder-
fel sleet into Ids works. It was performed (accompanied=
&mops by 11r. Ward) with a precision and clearness which
di lie silk greet honour, and wee evidently listened to
glib wish hiersit.

The mond :art of the comet was made up of thins
we/ Mown to the choir and the andissoe. Among them
wow Ilsoferrea's charming " Orphans with his late," Men-
delmaha'e " Hunter's Farewell," and Henry tknart's
slims and beautiful " Ave Maria."

The only instrumental piece was a duet for two pisso-
heel% played by Mr. C. E. Stephens aad his pupil, Mies
Weld ; a brilliant oomeceitios, admirably executed, and
numb applauded. Mr. Lesbris meelkst arrangement of
Bale Lititannia" concluded an interesting and mossedal
comert.

DRAMA.

OLYMPIC.

It is a very long time since we have seen so
pleemat, so Warming, and so well written a two-ad drama
as that whits, under the title of 77is /brier's Led, was pro-
&tad Let night at this theatre. It is probably takes Mon
the French, but the incidents, character., and dialogue ban
been so entirely Anglicised, that the mere feat of Its Galli
origin detracts bat little from the proper fame imerndag to
the Ad' and talent of its adapter, Mr. John Oxsaird. The
pit may be sketched a. follows —Samoa Ben (Mr. F.
Robson) is • ticket porter, lately employed in a seaport town
ea the Heotish omit, who has retired with a sail:dewy, and
wham whole do is bond up is his son Augustus (Mr.
W. Osedea), who he ban a medial modem in Loa-
den, sod law AO eiteined his diploma, width le hood with
@A
bonne pride co the walls of the ex-porter's mime, by the
side of his other great trophy, his loorservisable " knot."
Aegean. has just returned home for a few days
sad is covered with the caresses of his fond mother (Mrs,
Leigh Murray) sod his pretty couch Alice (Miss Hughes),
but it M evident that his mind is pm-occupied, and that he
has some secret canes for grief. The arrival of Stephen
Scatter (Mr. O. Vining) explains ell. He sad Augustus,
fellow medical studento, have bees going through a severe
mums of Haymarket tad each like experiences, sad are each
"dipped" to a oomiderable extent. They go off to talk over
their future plans, when old Samson Burr, who le is the
highest stets of happiness at his arm's hospital wwww, is
Mid that a geatienma wishes to meek with his. The
stranger proves to be a Mr. Seloothby Smirk (Mr. H.
Wigan), a bill-discounting lawyer, who holds Augusta,
Bun's somptasoe for 2,00111. This blow fells mos: heavily
upon paw Samson ; be sees himself ruined, sees himself
ems ace swaspelled to take tip his old avocation ; but be
nen bin an, non dearly loves his wife and to bide from
kf ire elm, ha agrees to satisfy the legal shark, and
Othe hadig • any of the ruin which had ilia upon a
osigtabsto through his speculative imprudence (in which his
owe Wray Is shadowed forth), at account of which the
mighboer's son is comp, lkd to go mat to see, and is cam-
mended by Burr to the earnest ears of the captain with
obese be is to sail, one Oakbain (Mt.O. Cooke), an old Maid
and schoolfellow. The act drop falls on old Bam's owifimito
to his wife that the obey was flotiMus, that him is the fondly
of whom the fame am real, and that their boy has sidled with
Captain Oakhatu foe Amerada.
Act two shows us the harbour of the seaport tows, sod
presents us to the old friend Scatter, who from an extremely
loess noodled studied he Mamie • particidaly natty railway
add, with a ported= bird. Honesty her agreed with oar
seswiadlng heed, aid he is Y siateari good ease mad
Miff a mind, save who hie naselart piths lin as low
tog pass eM Ban, who has owed him know crompation,
awl Is bia al age rally done Ida rut Add with lame
beats the Inedlippthse ad the bow& Shortly stair we
eedl Snore, loans awe b id ird body, but with DUB
seem gime of his ad spkie >M ; he mid Alice have can-
opied se lige • hoar treat Arpono—a shesetel letter—la
the bap dAslindag the adds d his pow arbor, mad the
wales sills hour by the three, the tails mid andspi
dellsbt sf dr an, sad the guilty, awkward astempta at pa-
tentee der ether two, is on of the aeon twattlibe his
of the FM,. )►Many, the boy corms horns, /myth& to the
thily used pump is the pies, sawed the alp sigh.
laded, and lammed the gradesde of the aonalemedaranto
tolan Is la takes into pertmethip. He tomerla Alino
ad di ads happily.
It le impemible to speak too Wilily of the wasessor Is rile
fed easy petty little pupa we stied. Woollies drew
Mr. Berm was ever more palm* waltdrill • almaara,
or whether he ever gave greater tali gar wOf
the maiserdad pontos of Ilia adled lb prolatiesd
Melt ad dada, foe thathigthgrif ttrbih alma poseta
ee•pa, tare Modishly Mid, and Os whale pribruinn
was mainged with ranter eadidpral by aaar•g•aoe.
Mrs. WO Murray's remppearame use lucid warmly wei-
camel. She played with moth quiet feeling. Yr. George
Vale, was capitally made op is b,,th his phases of life, and
had riled of • ruttish swagger which en** captivated
the mediae s. Mr.W. Oado• wee emus* sod goidemanly,
and Mr. 0. Csehs, It is needless to say, mark a ohanorter eat
el shy lbws.
A modal weed of peek* Is dm to Mr. H. Wigan, vitae
mein of the oily sticieney should be whammed by all those
yang am who swab our mimes for advertisements row
nimbi " Mossy edvenesd." The pleas, which was omi-
t* pat as the siege, was entirely serandal.

Tai PALACE or THE PEOPLE, MITIMELL•EILL.—
A &Weeks led as amnia, by appelatmem yeoman
wish Lad Brenham, at bit home is Grolhememeet, to
mobilo te time ellestimeet beam of the pommel raw
or the Paolo as limnralWiAL Mit brain metered toy
lab the subject, aroma hiehmelt WifelyrtLE.d grid tits
cootemplate.l arresielmetts, mil eresdi to amyl the elks a
preeident et ets premised bard et eisemlea fa cosaszios
trim the badman. The defamation moshoed et Sir ChM.. 1
Fan, the Rev. Dr. Borah, F R.S., Mr. Owes Jame, Mr.
ihlims. Mr. C. Rata ft (of Bermintam), Kr. H. wow-
lima*. Mr. Chemeremem, Mr. Seem, P. 11.11. Kr. DA and
Mr. Stamm The bight Ras. the Lard Mayor, Aleeneaa
h home Niko, Batt , M.P., Mr. Alderman Mess, nerd
ether pailimma, Two premmeml alissalag Me depolaties by
avoid boubess.