The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-18 00:00:00

Mozart.

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Symphony in U.
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Soto for Pinimforte, Rondo Caprict 11l
minor .04.. 14,. Mir Amy Coyne
Road .Thr Dram' Old Oak." Signor 101 l L. Lo.kr.
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Alcaart.
Haydn.
Beethoven.

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Asia " erappari" (Marta)• Mr. Tom Kohler.
YrLre.'• Letasle," Madame Alnico

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Here was a sufficient mixture of the classical and popular
styles to please those different tastes which must be
expected to exist among so large an audience as that which
Is now always assembled at these :.:tractive concerts.
The admirable perfection and refined Enisla of the orches-
tral performances here are now so well known that it is
scarcely necessary to dwell on the fact. That wondrous
combination of impulse and reflective skill, the overture to
Zsz6erjb.l,., in which melody, passion, and science are so
marvellously blended, was performed with a spirit and
accuracy that left nothing to be desired ; and the same may
be said of Haydn's ever fresh and genial symphony—not
one of the " twelve grand " composed for Salomon's con-
certs, but almost as well known as having been selected
by Haydn for performance at the Oxford Commemoration
in 1791, when the honorary degree of doctor of music
was conferred on the composer. This syrephony is known
as Letter Q" in the English classification of these works
—• very insufficient method of distinguishing them; as
out of the hundred or more 'symphonies composed by
Haydn some fifty are still extant—some few known by
:special titles, as the " Surprise," the " Military," "La
Iteine de France," Ac., bat many stLject to various
modes of distinction according to the cai rtes of different
publishers of different countries. It were to be wished
that some patient and inquiring German would ill/en-
tangle this subject, as Otto Jahn and the Cheva-
lier von Kochel have done with the work' of
Mozart; probably bringing to in the pro-
one other symphonies by Haydn still overlooked.
The genial brightness of this work of re:d genius, played
with such delicacy and refined power as on Saturday (for

the tnt time at the Crystal Palace), utfer.2l a delightful

corrective of the dismal November weatLer of the day.
. Mies Coyne, who made her first public appearance in
England on this occasion, is a daughter of the well-known
dramatist, Mr. Sterling Coyne, and has studied at Cologne
under that excellent pianist and c‘,..,poser, Ferdinand
Hiller. This young lady has considerable energy, power
of wrist, and elasticity of finger, and her spirited per-
formance of Mendelssolues brilliant and difficult rondo, at
a speed calculated to tax the most nimble of fingers, was
received with loud and general applause, cmtinueil until
the performer reappeared in acknowledgment. In the
Nntturno of Chopin, and the Bourne of Bach,
Miss Coyne proved that she has s'ad:ed the best
schools of the old classical and of the me-
dern romantic pianoforte composers. The Bournie
(or rather two Bourrims—those in A minor and in A major
from the second of the " Suites Anglaises") was °medially
well played, with • firm and accurate touch end
rhythmical decision seldom exhibited ty young players of
the gentler sex. Miss Coyne, who met with a most favour-
able reception, will doubtless improve her position with •
little more experience and the habit of playing before large
audiences. The vocal music and the singe:s are so well
known that it is needless to my more than :hat the chief
effects were made by the scene of Beethoven and the air
from Zatagrilbtr, capitally sung by Signor Foli.
Next Saturday, Mendelssohn'a Midsummer Night's
Dream music is to be given ; and on the Saturday follow-
ing will occur what may justly be considered as
the great musical event of the year—the first
production in this country of Mendelsseun's Reformation
Symphony, composed in 1830, and withheld from hearing

and frJan publication until now. The sad loss which the
world of art sustained by the premature death of this great
composer in 1847 (aged only 38) can best be atoned for by
the production of some of the many unpublished works
which he has left—the weakest of which probably possesses
far more value than any novelty to be met with is the

present coutparative dearth of Musical genius.
In the course of neat month, Beethoven's great choral
symphony, the ninth and last of his symphonic works, it
to be pro lured at the Crystal Palace—the weekly con-
certs of wilich are among the few consolations to be found
for an enforced resident* in London dazing this season of
cold, damp, and fog.

Miss GLYN'S RRADINGS. This accomplished i
lady has resumed the public Shakespearian readings which
last winter drew large and distinguished audiences to St..
James's-hall and the Hanover-square Rooine.
Tlir. REFoRId LEM:MS.—The ('olehester County
Court has been occupied with a curious case, " The Col-
chester Public Hall Company r. Cramer." Mr. Cramer'
was one of the lecturers employed by the Reform League,
and the action was proved by Mr. J. B. Harvey, secretary
to the company, who, in answer to the iiudge, said the
defendant hired the Public Hall in which to give a lecture
on reform. A very full meeting mumbled, but the leo-
turer never made his appearance. He (Mr. Harvey) had
weittcn to the defendant three times, but no notice was
taken of Lis letters. A verdict for the plain:ids for the
=beast claimed was returned.
Seniors COLLISION AT THE MOUTH OF TES
Tree--On Friday night, between Nix and seven o'clock. •
most serious oolliaion accursed at the mouth of the Tyne.
The Princess Alin, paddle-mieel ateamahip, Captain
Urquhart, left Newcastle Quay about four o'clock in the
afternoon, bound to Aberdeen,and got outside the bar some
time between five and six o'clock. The night, though dark,
was not harp, hut theses was making irom the north-east.
The ship, in turning to run north, met • Tyne Commie-
looses' steamer towing two helmets. She passed the first
hopper, but unfortunately ran into the second, Aud took her
bowsprit away, doing, it was also thought, souse damage to
the plating of the bows. The master, hiving found that she
was making water in the dip of the see, deemed It prudent
to pat about. The vessel was brought into the harbour,
but while steaming up the Narrows she met the steamer
Alice, bean I to Grangemouth, heavily laden, and by some
accident nut explained they came into collision, the Alice
miming into the Princess Alice with a tremendous crash,
cutting her down on the larboard aide in front of the
paddle-casing to below the water's edge, and making •
hole that • man might enter in by. The captaiu of the
Prince,' Alio finding that his venni was seriously in-
jured, and that the fore compartment was filling rapidly,
cla.all Wain on, and ran her on to the Low Light
keeping the paddles going at full speed until she
was hard and fast aground. The vessel was immediatCy
annomeled by boat., and the passeuzer.,.. about thirty in
number, were landed, not one of then., or any of the crew,
haring received any personal injury. The Alice got upon
the Mia•ale Scarp, but with the aid of a tug steamer she
was hauled off and taken up the harbour. The Princess
Alice will have to be discharged befor.: she mu he got off,
and she sill need a good deal of repair before she will be
able again to put to sea. The sea came away very and.
den!y from the north-east on Friday night. mlla • laden
wherry, in being towed out of the Tyne to proceed to
Suuderland, we s sunk, but the crew were aired.
Pgiiposgri RenroTlON OF WAOES IN THE NOnVii
or Exet.axn IRON TRAHL —On Saturday the ironinasters
in the north of England gave notice to their men of
another reduction in wages. For • considerable tiros past
the manufactured iron trade has been in a very depressed
state, sml, in fact, since the unfortunate dispute about
wages last year, when thowanda of men on the Tyne and
the Tees were thrown out of employment for IS weeks.
another reduction has frequently been talked of.

*firth% lintrittgence. I

NOVEMBER NOTES AND WARWICK

WARNDIGS.

TO TUI EDITOR OP TNT LIPID&

Sir,—Keeping up its sensational character, the
' racing season is dying anything but a quiet death, and the
i two leading actors in the long play—that commenced on
the 19th of February last and finishes on Friday next—
speak a " tag" between them just as the curtain is drop-
! Ping that cannot but leave a deep impression on the public
, mind. The Young Lord goes to greater lengths than the
; Young Commoner, and advertises the whole of his stud
for sale instead of retaining the young things to start
. afresh with, so that next Saturday we shall Pee the power-
; ful.D.inebury mifilthlishment broken up once more, sup-
posing the adverthement which says all the Marquis of
Hastings's horses aro to be " sold with their eng,,g,ments"
can be believed. It is argued the case might not be quite
I so bail as it seems, and that to get a remunerative price for
I what animals he may want to get rid of, a gentleman
must nowadays put up his whole stock, contenting
i himself to buy in all he intends keeping ; hence, such as
Lady Elizabeth, Athena, Mazneluke, and the Earl are not,
say unbelievers, in great danger of getting into strange
. hands. But nothing would astonish roe less than to see
everything a fair bid is made for change quarters ; and Mr.
Chaplin is likely to buy in just as many of his nineteen
, advertised for Monday next es the marquis does of his
fifty-two. Anyhow, we shall not be disappointed in the
expectation of seeing the marquis's string out on Satur-
day, cold or not sold, a treat that will attract an immense
number to Danebury, unseasonable as the Zird of Nevem-
; her must be for a long sale of blood stock ; and the Grand
i Stand at Stockbridge—in front of which the performance
is to take place, I believe—will present all the appearance
of a grand day. Were Lady Elizabeth really to change
Ihands, the alterations in the Derby prices must be most
important, for she could hardly hope to keep
head-and-head with Rosicrucian any longer then,
close together as the pair are on public form.
Their reputation was enhanced not a little by
the performance of Leonie at Shrewsbury on Wednes-
day List, for the latter has been beaten easily by each, sad
to see her cut down Bounceaway, Liddiugton, Knight of
1 the Garter, Regalia, and Queen of Trumps in the style she
did, must have been very gratifying to those already " on"
the favourites for the Derby. This was the most impor-
tant result at Mr. Frail's meeting, whereat the betting was
quite mild from beginning to end, a state of affairs that
proved all all inwofna,voinurd of telnrinnialcuesrts,hasavtehtehmrotonri!z of the
alarm-
ingly had they "plunged." The sport, taken throughout,
I was as good as it was bound to be when managed by such
• genius as the great conservative whipper-in i but the
same cannot be said of " the weather," to dismiss which
I threadbare topic In as few words as possible I have merely
I to say it was as bad as bad could be even in the middle of
foggy, misty, damp November. Many good horses appeared
on the scene during the five days, although we did not see
the best of them all, Rama rather staggering
I those who saw him beat Lord Lyon at Lincoln by running
" nowhere " for the Shrewsbury Cap, wherein Dawson
proved dangerous as ever, as Tynedale won " in a walk,"
I
thanks to Seville being out of sorts, like the double-con-
queror of Mr. Sutton's lucky bit of leasehold property.
To wade through the running of the whole week is quite
, unnecessary, as there is nothing to come on but the IVar.
wick meeting that it can affect for come months, even if
. certain strange results could be explained. It is sufficient
Ito note that none of the disappointed Liverpool Cup
; horses we saw perform proved they could have won that
race under any circumstances, for Knight of the Garter
I quite eclipsed them all by i unning away with the Newport
I Gold Cup, as great a feat as his unfortunate " second " at
' Aintree. To help Leonie sustain the grestprestige of the
, juveniles, Beauty ran wonderfully well in the !first Nur-
, eery, allowing
'
that Lictor "!ought to have won"
instead of finishing a good third • and there is
no saying how good The Last Rose of Summer
that won the Caldetot may not be, for she beat
many winners, among whom was Timers, the second to
my selected Chivalry (erroneously repotted scratched on
the morning of the race) for the Cowland. Beauty is in
the principal Nursery at the Warwidcshire and Lmming
. too Hunt Meeting, destined to close the season this week,
and which commences on Tuesday with • strong array of
1 handicaps, the before-mentioned juvenile race being one of
them. Very few can compete with Beauty, despite her
weight ; and now that the useful Chivalry and Dulcet are
penalised 31b, she stands a very fair chance of beating all
but the very lightest treated, though if they really mean
business, with Noyau she must be about the mark, Citron
and Mantonl standing next in my estimation. There are
two " fly" races in which the top weights, Cecrops and
Liddington, must take good care of their owners interests,
difficult as it may seem for Indian Star and Jeannie Deena
in the Donnington, and Usher and Dawdle in the Handi-
cap of 3 soya, to be overcome ; and if they only
let Wild Blood loose, what can compete with him
in the Selling Nursery—a description of race, neverthe-
less. that may not suit his owner, especially as he can
about do for the Second and Third Nurseries, if the first
does not bring forth too great a flyer. On Wednesday
we shall see whether King of the Fairies really lost the
. Column Handicap at Shrewsbury through running out,
and his jockey making another mistake, for he is well in
the Great Autumn Handicap, and must be about the
; equal of Mandrake to do for Moose, who is not so leniently
, treated, however, es another " IC" the Irish Musketeer—
almost a "certainty," on paper. The Gu Cop, with both
of Lord Westmorland's Stns put nicely In, is subject to
' Tuesday's results; as is the Handicip Plate to whether
. the owners of British Tar and Queen of the Isles will let
them co for " fifty," the Tar having a much more tempt-
ing bait placed before him in the Winding-up Handicap
on the last day. Slanderer is the best known horse in the
Maiden Plate, another affair that only past bettors should
plunge heavily upon ; and even when the numbers are hoisted
for the Great Midland Counties Handicap, two miles, it
may be hard to find the pea. Pearl Diver looks like it
now, albeit his owner has others in he may fancy better;
' and then we have Regalia and Caithness among the
i favoured too, their party appearing to be so fond of small
1 events that it is not unlikely ono may be wanted here.
Further, there is the Peer to threaten the whole sixty op-
' posed to him—and more than threaten, if be can only find
the heart to try, as he did when performing in the spring.
I have not taken cognizance of any of the minor jumping
races as they came in my way, and dare not say more con-
cerning the Grand Annual Steeplechase than that Lord
Coventry should be well represented by Chimney Sweep
or Balder.—l am, ke., METEOR.