The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-06 00:00:00

its-opininga cithe NATIONAL AINSZKBLY
BOONS. lebess.-11.• irpswisist ussuact,
esspiales anis !suillsift as,. d as lawn
Mtaralad gialatie agpsleisil wampum IBM* clarion CRYSTAL PALACE TONIC 80L.FA FEWITVAL
om gs•=e impleie woovailes. sehelllshed
la the meg asdieleipmemee.., wombat ae. wd The great Concert and Choral Competition of the
emitindb praise sib& mai le elan tornlsksd h. novel and Tonic liol•Ps Association at the Crystal Pa/ace, o. Tuendlth
cestlictSlaandlibinlalantmalfroPEN.GD for the SEASON. The
Jeetly ftlebnied Ikad. semstacteo by Mr. w. M. Pecker, rltl was an occurrence of very great musical interest, SS showing
perform a new salsetkm Qom Wallace's "Medians.: Juilletie in a most striking manner the progress of this association,
last Wne ny. altz. &a pion en open at n o'clock sad close at lt
system of pupalar instruction which,
tonet la

MUSIC.

through their exertions, is now diffused throughout the
ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Pioca- United Kiogdom, and ia making its way into many parts of
LL-OPILNED for the Winter Season, for Moll& our colonial empire. To give a notion of this progress, the
NADI CO:fel:M, with the celebrated bend, established tea
yam. Oandlielied by Mom Leitmotiv. Damning at 10 o'clock. mantic. of two or three facts, which we find recorded in the
Admietee. society's reports, will be sufficient. At the close of the year
H'GUMMY BARN.—In 1863 the number of pupils at the various schools throughout
fa►eeatS Mole of t e wother, 14. W N r t'a BEN P.}-IT of "e the kingdom was calculated at 000. By the close of 1556
le Weeny:gm maul mONDAY. rr. Partkulars 1 this the number of pupils had reached 20,000. By the middle
xrr. se scout will he eisetb alue uneed, AD ootatanding tickets of 1838 the number had risen to more than 66,030 ; and
will be mows. The Leviathan ages every mode& doting the year 1854.60 the number was fully 130,000.
THE ST. JAMES'S RESTAURANT, During the same year 4,500 certificates of progress
00 end 71, Itspntetrest, sun te,Ttemedgly. The tirMtant were iuueel to pupils after personal examination by their
suite of dining sakes* hulas nadiensne eessidershis awl lutprorements are aow and will he
Osthere respective teachers. At the present time, are thirteen
rut IVViar /CM eatabtlshssestln restrepalla Mute as.. Fiehn-Tune Books published in the Tonic Sol-Fa notation,
maw overbooking the Quadrant. kerisers et and 124 selections of abort anthems, lees, part songs, &c. Tie Willie are .4 the tart viatama and g
win V this emablialment ease, a nest (ututibering mare than 900 pieces), at the price of one penny
• thorough sdniimatratiae of service. well sidrX • each ; and eight oeutoetee and other Crest deeming works
&talk with a fair and wodarobe wawlvlornwgmNALD. pnmsekt.' • have also appeared in the same cheap and (as experience has
_ ' wow proved) facile notation.
Having, in flosdaV's Elptesa, given a &holed incoming
of the plan and amusements of this festival, there remains
littis more than to say that these arrangements were car-
ried into effect with the utmost success, and in a manner
must gratifying to • vast assemblage of more than twenty
thousand visitors. The moat interesting part of the pre-
ceediugs commuted of the competition of the choirs, who'
rams from various parts of the kingdom to contend for
the palm of merit. These, as we have already mentioned,
were the Scottish choir from Edinburgh, the Stafford-
shire Potteries choir, the Finsbury choir, the Brighton
choir, and the West Riding choir of Yorkshire.
Their first trial was in sight-dinging. The choirs
came forward in 1111CCO84011, and each, under it. own
conductor, sang two pieces then placed before them
for the first time, the one in the common, the other in the
new, notation. The pieces were far from simple : they
abounded in points of fugue, imitation, and modulations—
things which even well-trained veterans would not ham
found children's play. Yet they were sung, with degrees of
proficiency indeed, but with a fluency and Lacuna
which di.l all the competitors high honour. Each
choir then sang several pieces already known to
them, including some of our finest choruses, madri-
gals, glees, and part songs, in a manner that
would have done credit to our best choral bands,
and to the delight, enthimiastically of the vast
audience. There was then an iutery during which the
choristers and visitors dispersed themselves through the
building and grounds : and then tLe whole choirs were
united in one icily in the great Handel Orchestra ; the
judges haring in the meanwhile decided upon the merits of
the performances which had taken place. The prizes to all
the competing choirs were then publicly delivered ; the
highest prize, as might have been expected, having been
avranled to the choir of the West Riding, the land, par
excellence, of chorussinging. An excellent selection of
choral music was then sung by the whole united choirs ;
after which the immense multitude dispersed.

FRENCH VINSY AR D ASSOCIATION,
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TIZNCH FOk?, ere quality
And • great variety of the Imre elm ad Prism Prieffi; AA
whine bee.

STEVENS and SON, Wino and Spirit Iffercianta.
arrs WM poi, at &Mattagami@ Prim-
Vgßrandies, very eeperler, ItSe. per gallon ; choice
le Ulnae. We, We. pee gallon . finest Schiedam Hol.
lam* 17s. par ninon. et Ilia per rose iese donee{. oreiga
Liquesra tie an lambi ?all prier lista free on applicatiaa. Term*,
eitabo-78. Blah.posate-strert Within.

/STENNIS MARSALA or BRONTE WINN, nt
LW reduced duty, 11. per down t 7 Is. per sit dams.
Ik. per smarter ark. tail pail to any station In tag land
This wine sit be head of atiper quality, is very soft sad old.
sad, thank fall tavesnak is eatirely tree trees bear. ..r the
alllghtset approach to acidity. Supplied by THISI. NUNN sin
~pvanelloN9l, etas. spirt. sad teaser assrvhanta upwards of IT years
to tie How Society c 4 Linoslifuths, laralis Cos.
W.C. Price Ibis as application. Choke old pals
NM.) arnndr. Ira per down.

A PIG FATTENED in HALF the USUAL
TIME. sail the boom upwanh of Twopence per pound
superior In iluality. through the daily use of rwo Pennyworth id
T HOE LE Y'o It it kb tor CATTLE. Reduced prices: barrels. eon
Weirs/ 448 feed.. with measure. : eases. containing 448
feeds, la packets. 465. Carriage paid to any railway station in
the United Kingdom. JOSEPH THORI.CY. the Inventor and
Hoge Proprietor A Paniphlet post tree Meek Steen Hills,
atid mairatorrary. thledestairroad. Yieseertiss, London.—
Aosta required in every town where no are already appointed

1880. —Post free, three atiunpe a
EXPLAININO Yam. OABRILLN 111'00R.
TANT IMPAOTI63II.3iT3 In AITIIICIAL TEErli and ILEX
1111.11 00ItALITlit GUMS. whereby one set will wear longer that
three ordieary mss . and beang fitted 'without springs wires. of
metals, and without ally opt ratio., prove a eatable desiderstwn
to all who have .a.caana for the dentist's services. Name but
pure Ant-class matenals and workmanship employed, while the
exwilsa is tiers loM than half the ordinary cost.-1.11 be Masi:m.l
gory of Moms. ilabrd I. dentist., to the Prince Dottaisna, e.t.a
I,llshed 1313 see diploma No 110, Regentstrees It. next
Mead's. and 33 mot al, Ludgate•bilt, City. "The advantager
obtainable by C.dniers system render it preveminentis stiperior
and the DtSrelli approach to perfection yet attained. *-01werver.
llsbnel's treatise 'honed he read by all who va/ue health. their
re:111.11 Tour ite arch muuc) lnl'lnmectore app°Y47cceui.a—rlyMatre
the same, and that the entrance to the City establishment is tip
Private Pasant between Denims, the silversmith's. and tha
Nom 'be Inmarance Unice. Li,erpool: 134. Duke-stres4.

THE BIRMINCHAN SOCIETY OP ARTISTS.
This exhibition opened for the private view yes-
terday (Wednesday). It oontiins some fine works, and the
proportion of positively bad or inferior ones unwire to be
unusually mrdL One of the meet thoughtful, s
and dramatic in effect, though not at first sight Trartaemrsi
striking, is the " Past and Prment of Mr. Pig, KA.,"
" The Approach to Venice," an eminently characteristic
and poetical production of Turner, has, we are given to
undentand, only just emerril from the hands of Mr. Will-
more, by whom it bee been engraved. In close proximity
to it is The LAM Lorna," OHO of the chefs cement tiN
Lionel!; Mr. David Roberta, R.A., being schn
represented by " The Interior of the Cathedral at Pisa
and Mr. John Philip, H. A. by a Spanish subject, entiMil
La AlLneelore do Seville: mtional sad picteremesee.
Of Mr. Webster there are four specimens in one frame,
namely, " The Seasons," small and unpretending, but
sittudive in etion and treatment. In the principalroan are Mr. charming little picture of " The
Remit ;" "The Orphan," a study by Ettr ; " Charles the
Fifth at Yalta," by► Mr. Elmore, R.A. ; " The be two of
Charles the net from his children the day before his
execution." from the easel of Mr. Lucy ; and "St. Paul's,
from the Thames," by Yr. Dawson several landscapes by
Ppm ; and Maelise's bergs canvas devoted to a repreaenta-
lion of "Merry Christmas io the 612V11.111 hall," with its
abounding moth, jollity, its fun and feasting, which
WY exhibited here some two and twenty years ego.
In the interval it ha. improved in the mellowness of
tone, awl is well worthy the distinction, if we may be
allowed the term, of an encore. The other rooms
will likewise be found worthy of frequent acid de-
tailed examination, as will be evident when we meation
the names of Masan. Sidney Cooper, A.R. A., R. G. Lauder,
&S.A., J. O. Houston, R.S.A. A. Perigsl, A.R.S.A., E.
Hayes, A.R.H.A., Le Jenne, 4. Smith, W. C. Arruitage,
Leighton, T. H. Maguire, J. belly, J. A. Hatereley, W.
W. Callow, E. J. Niemaur, A. W. Williams, J. Muller, J.
Denby, J. J. Hill, Horlor, Lea, A. Dneeeldorf, L W. Do-
wager, E. J. Cobhett, H. Weill, W. Gale H. Johnson,
Harding, J. J. Wilson, W. H. Knight, A. Johnstone, F. W.
Hulcue, J. 1). Wingfield, R. S. Bond, W. Duffield,
T. M. Richardson, J. Ritchie, T. M. Raven, H. P.
Parker J. E. Hodgson, M. C. H. Weigel'', Mime
Edelso4, and other well-known as artiste appearing in the
catalogues, in addition to the members of the society.
The front room west, we may add in this place, contains
emend beautiful figures in marble by Mr. Peter Hollins,
the colossal bust of the Prince Consort, executed for the
institute, and a brut of Mr. Philip Roby, Mr. John Thomas,
and other noticeable pieces of sculpture.

LONDON. THURSDAY IVENING, SEPTEMBER 6. 1860.