The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-28 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

A private rehearsal of Mendelseolin's great
"Reformation Symphony "—a posthumous work hitherto
unheard in England—took place yesterday morning prepa-
ratory to its lint public performance i:ere on Saturday
Neat; until which occasion we shall resent, our notice of
the work, merely premising that the production of this
important composition, interpreted by the admirable
orchestra of the Crystal Palace, will render the concert of
Saturday the most memorable musical event of the ye Sr.

ST. Grasaiv OPERA HOUSE, LANGLIANI-PLACI,
OXFoRD Cmcce.—The St. George's Hall, altered to an
Opera House, with an improved stage, and the auditorium
surrounded by private boxes, has been taken by Mr. Ger-
man Reed for a short season of comic operas and musical
extravaaanzas. Mr. Reed, we bear, has been enabled to
secure the mevices of several popular artistes, and there is
every probability of the undertaking turning out a sac-
au. Mr. F. C. Eurnand is the author of the first novelty,
which will be an extravaganza, the music to which has
been written by Mr. A. S. Sullivan, a composer of great
promise. The performances at the Gallery of Illustration
continue to be given to full audiences. A new entertain-
ment is announced and will be shortly produced.
SACRED HAEXONIC SOCIZY, EXETER HALL.
The thirty-fifth annual meeting of this society was held at
Exeter Had. la.t evening. Mr. John Newman Harrison,
the president since its formation, occupied the chair.
There was a numerous attendance of members. The
report, a document of considerable length, stated that the
subscription hat for the past year had been as usual as full
an the eoaaaittee considered it desirable to encourage ;
that the concerts had always been attended by crowded
audiences, fuel that they had received =amount of favour-
able criticism trhizli had satisfied the committee that
their exertions to maintain the society as the greatest
choral institution in the world had been attended
with auczcss. Reference was made to the steps taken by
the committee to maintain the efficiency of the orchestra,
and it was stated that many of the elder members of the
orchestra had retired, their places being occupied by
younger members, who are only admitted after the strict.
est trial as to their ability, and promise to attend re-
hearsals with regularity. The member' were informed
that the eonnuiztee bad entered into arrangements with
the directors of the Crystal Palace for another grand Hea-
de/ Festival in IStel. The accounts of the society for the
pest year Mu read by the treasurer. The receipts had
been 5,091'. lea pa, and the payments, including some
considerable rimiest of n:usic and refitting the offices at
Exeter-ha/1, 5.143 f. 19.. id. Tbeyropertyof the society
was valued at a little under including 4,500 f. in
**public funds. The repore wee bd0;44•07 end the retiring
members of the committee re-elected. Mr. Miicile2
member) moved that 501. per annum be voted
hum the society's funds in aid of a scholarship at the
Royal Academy of Music ; to which an amendment
was proposed, and carried unanimously, that such a vote
was not desirable at this time, but that if an adequate
and efficient contervatoire were established in London,
the society would afford its hearty co-operation to it. It
WAS stated that the next concert would be the 500th,
given by the society in the large hall, Exeter-hall, and
that the committee had reqneeted Mr. Costa to allow his
oratorio Namann to be performed on this occasion, as •
alight mark of their esteem. Upon this a resolution was
moved by Mr. Puttick, and seconded by Mr. Hill, that
the receipts from this concert be handed over to the bene-
volent fund of the society, the society defraying the whole
coot of the concert, and that the members and subscribers
of the society be invited to aid in forwarding this benevo-
lent objcs.t. The cordial thanks of the members were given
to Mr. Co,ta for his great exertions during the peal year,
to whom they offered their congratulations on the success
which had attended those exertions. Votes of thanks
were then passed to the president, the treasurer, and other
Wheels of the society, and the meeting separated.

THE REFORM Lraouz. —The council of the
Reform League met last evening, at their rooms, Adelphi-
terrace, Mr. Edmond Beales in the chair. A OOMMUllial.
lion was received from the Irish Reform League, enclosing
the following resolution adopted by that body on the 25th
instant:—" That the Irish Reform League heartily ap-
proves of the conduct of the reformers of England and of
the great mess of the people in their earnest and humane
endeavours to obtain the respite of Allen. Larkin, end
Gould, whose execution we consider subversive of the true
interests of the government, and contrary to the wishes
of the vast majority of the people. The following
motion, prcpoeed by M. Le Luber, was carried :
That the council, being ever opposed to assamina-
tion, protests against the murder of Italian patriots by
foreign soldiery on Italian toil, and declares the authors of
the atrocities committed on the brave volunteers of Geri-
beldi at Manteca to be guilty of the foulest massacres that
ever disgraced humanity." M. Le Luber announced that
on Tuesday next the French democrats residing in London
would hold a meeting at Cambridge-hall to protest against
the acts done by the French government in Italy. A reso-
lution was also passed, thanking the liberals of Man-
chester for their triumphant return to parliament of Mr.
Jacob Bright, and also acknowledging the services of the
chairman and members of his committee. Mr. Guedalla
gave notice that at the next meeting of the council he
should draw attention to the subject of the election of
working men to parliament, and move a resolution
thereon. Mr. Weston announced his intention to more
that the concil organise a demonstration in Hyde-
park, to express sympathy with the friends of the men
who bare expired upon the scaffold at blanchester' and
eandernmetion of the conduct of the government inhang-
inNitheL or THE SHIP OCEAN HOME, AND Loss
or larc.—A very strong gale swept over Liverpool and the
neighbourhood on Tuesday last, and a wreck of a moat
disastrous character occurred outside the port in the
WOW'S of the afternoon, which was unhappily attended
with, the loss of two lives. It appears that the ahip,
Ocean Hon:e, C ipt..in Robert Brennan, left the Mersey
at half-past eleven in the morning in tow of the steamer
Merry Andrew, ea rote for Bombay. The tide was running
out very strung, and the wind woe blowing strong from the
H.N.W. at the time the vessel sailed. The bar was
reached shout half.past two o'clock, and by some means
or other tie Ocean Home, although she was in charge of
an experienced pilot, struck heavily on the Queen's
Channel her. Every effort was made by those on board
the ship and the tugboat to get the vessel off the bank,
but their efforts were rendered modem in consequence
of the heavy sea which was sweeping over the
vessel and the strong north-west gale. The Merry
Andrew W.. 3 compelled to let go the tow rope, but still
remained by the ship to render assistance. Intelligence
having reached Liverpool of the perilous position of the
shipandthe crew, the two lifeboats were at once despatched
to the scene of the wreck. lu consequence of the stormy
nature of the weather it was some time before the Ocean
Home could be sufficiently approached to enable the crew
to be taken off. Out of a crew of twenty-six twenty.
four were rescued, the other two, a man and a boy (a stow-
away), haring been washed overboard and drowned. The
names of the two are at present unknown. The Ocean
Home was a very fine North American built ship of 1,050
tons, and was owned in Liverpool by Messrs. Stoddart
Broilers. She had just received a thorough overhaul ; had
been re-class:l at Lloyd's, and had a full outgo of coals on
board. The last accounts from the wreck show that the
vowel was breaking up very fart, and would become a total
loss. We lelieve that the owners of the Ocean Home are
insured from lona.

CRYaTa PALAC:n. ONE SHILLING DAY.—
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27.—Adulissioas on payment, 620;
ditto be a Aeon tickets, 1,382. Total visitors, 2,002.
The mr,,t wholesome breakfast is made of Du
BAllitre LEVALlirrs eIIoOOLATI POWDER, In tins of It cops
;24 cap, at :43 cups, 641. ; INS cum 30m. ; 670 cops, 65mt
It It more Se:,,s,aa gigetnige, and nourishing than the hoc
immecentnted Lee. Also agapte to rear wants with.—Da Barry
va, 77. itagsa2-quedraut W., Landon —(AdvertianosaLJ