The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS.

These Crystal PalaosCooesrts have originated in the
eabwaltoss destruction of Corenkgerden Theatre. The
Royal Falba Opera having been driven out of its magni-
ficent home sad compelled to take refuge within the narrow
walls of the Lyons, Mr. Oye wee compelled to seek for
were and mesas to keep hie vest establishment together,

oiler it would have been immesible to do from say amount
of receipts that weld be derived from so small a tbestn.
Tbh ateireity engaged the happy same of the series of
asserts sow eiramessed at the Crystal Palace. The ar-
rangement, we andentead, is, that the whole anger
strength of the Royal Italian Opera is soma by
re Crystal Parse Company for than COMMON, Mr. Oyer
reeeiviog a heed ma of missy of great meat, while the
Crystal Palace Company naive the premed, of the CM
cert.. The wawa promisee to be very emanate,' to both
parties. Mr. GI" will obtain ample mesas to pay the vast
moat Valerie, to the patinae sad the orehatre of the
Royal Indies Open, while the concerts will gristly
heighten the ettrastioas of the Crystal Prase, sad ranee
the toad, of the esairay. Then an twelve serseens,
weakly, daring the area, sad the list et them was gives
yesterday with all the mar that mould be desired.
The anapaests foe New marts are eseelltat. They
take plate is the esas part of the baildieg when previous
manes' perforatease have boa gives; bet ars complete
primacies have boss made for the offset of the male se well
r the reesamodaties of the esdiesee. The orchestra is

matted Is frost of the great certain which divides the
tropical department, having a proseesima similar to that of
a theatre, while the vast epees formed tato what may be
celled the sweat-ball, is partially severed over head with
oiled-sloth; aa ezpalleat saleulated to dlmlabh the echo and
favour the transuded= of mad. From Mb, or other
cause% the plass Is easellest far music. Yeaterdey every
plea, votel sad iseimmeatel, wee distinctly heard to the
farthest extremity of the area; sad the mat delicate
batteries' of the softest soles wen sejoyed by every
individual is as emerablap el men than six thewmad
pmas.

All the areal stars of the opera, with its pmerfel choral
sad learivilled orchestra, were employed is this patina-
saes, the whole baba sada the amnia* of Caste. The
11111111141, es might be szpacted, wee chiolly rotsl, sad cos•
listed of please belonging to pkil riperioire of the Royal
Italiaa Opera. It was a long and analtiferioes caseert, of
which it will he sealeiset to motion a for of the principal
features. After the avatar@ to " Oberow," performed with
great vigour, the sir sad chem. "Pasoan Muni," from
Mozart's " That* Kaska," was nag, the solo being taint
by Formes. Rim vase was eves more fall and remain
thee it woo within the wells of Retreat Garden, sad the
swoll of choral bermeay was laderaribobly greed.
rests's floe cal madrigal. " roma in a Amery
rale," was nag by rodeos alone, with last's-
metal ecoompsainarets, sad its effeat was so ex-

gela►to that it was loudly sac wed. Madame
hew Noy sag the read soma from the FroiseArts,
which we• me of the most effective pieces is the comet;
the met lesality striae fall snipe to the powers of her meg-
admit miss. The air sad Morse, "'ailments, et
aosensaa," from Itembsi's &awl Make, was mother grand
choral performance, the edge of which was enhanced by
Grit's beautiful delivery of the solo pumps. The emend
part of the assert was sompassel of °math sage of •
Fighter abarseter. Mediae Bodo sea; her limonite air,
tt Ersasi, lacsiusi," mist che•misgly, mud with Immense
applause. Waite. Distills was NUM fa the drinklag ems
from Leonia Borgia; and Mario was moored la the
femme germs* "Coma gentil," boss Dots Parificalit.
Onsiasi, moreover, had as mare la hie air " II balm del
see maim" from the 11rotraitsm. Mom esveral other
aim sad sonented piston the perforamses terminated with
the flails, Oh terror, eh easels," from II Cowie Ory.
Sub was the Met of the e 1 Crystal Palms Comeerte."
They have began ander happy grapiest The meth's, was
&bible!, sad stnwed the beautiful build* sad the ear
roam:lies semery in their wet sheerfal aspect, nod the vast
asenabisie evidently thrived the highest 'violinist Iran
their enterteianteut

Ms OOLLMICee CONCM—Thu Gonad, givin
lost amain at the Bonhomie Rooms, was e ebonies' and
laterestiai performs's& Mr. (leibmisk is sot only ea ex-
What pietist, bat a composer of pass. ♦ quartet fir the
piss°, violin, viols, and tieM.iello, performed by him, with
Messrs. &lame, Honk, mid Pages, wee so bosh, erliriaal,
sad fall of melody, that it wield bare does as diestedit
to Ilealsiteohe ; sad Ws pbasforta trio is 0 miser eabi-
hind eimilss timelines. He played aln elven' of his owe
1160•0/2111.1 do Was, enarialeg little pines, admirably esitsd
to the drawlag-ream. 4 a petals% Mr. Cleilmisk is remark-
able for his dentate lager, sad his pin sad liqold case.
Gee el the mom elastics primeness' of dm ov.alag was
s sssest, composed by him sad played by sin pettomen is
this. of Kirlimaa's read placidness; mistime Warw.
meats, whose esealtieed tense had the sleet of as orettestra.
Samoa played a beesitifal sob as the viol's, sad several
weal pierce were sem by Idles nebbish, Herr Polaberdt,
sad Hem BAkilmaky. TM roam wore artowdsd to the
demon

CILTMIL PALACEr-CONCRIT DAT, FRIDAY, KAT
14.--lAiimsbas by seam liaksta oily, 2,447.

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1856.

fundamental refotm of his department, and I have
some reason to think that if it depend on his efforts
the Turkish contingent will be retained as a model
force in the Sultan's service.
The Minister of Finance is also beginning to
grapple vigorously with the abuses hitherto existing
in the treasury and its dependencies, and is firmly
resolved, it appears, to pat an end to the traffic in
foreign specie and the nefarious speculations of cer-
tain commercial firms, which have been for long
years, a standing grievance in this country. The
pound sterling has fallen to 120 pre., and the minis-
ter's determination is to fix it definitively at 110, and
he has solicited to this end the co-operation of the
whole mercantile community.
Provisions within these last few days are begie-
ning to fall in price, and there is every prospect, btu
hoped, of the usual plenty and abundance.
Au immense quantity of barley is in the govern-
ment stores t it is almost impossible to find a per-
chimer at 10 piastres the kilt, and it was with diffi-
culty to be had for tour times that amount during
the war. Horses are also to be had for a wing, and
a person related to me yesterday that one was pur-
chased at the French barracks for 10 francs, although
I can hardly credit this circumstance.
There have been, since my last, several fires, with the
usual amount of misery and ruin. These deplorable
occurrences are owing partly to the frail and com-
bustible nature of the edifices, and partly to the de-
fective system of the fire-engine department. Thus,
with the exception of the mosques, -baths, khans, and
other noble monuments of the olden times,the whole of
Constantinople, it is calculated, is periodically re-
duced to ashes and rebuilt, in the space of about
ten years. This is obviously one reason with
many others why—save and except the great
officers of state, who all manage coats qui, collo to
" feather their matte—there are really few large
fortunes acquired by mere labour and industry,
among the native populations. Should any have
soaped being burnt out—an extremely rare
and exceptional piece or good fortune—even
the expenses attendant on the recurrence of
a fire in the neighbourhood, such es emptying
the house, the removal of the furniture, euperadding
the extortions of firemen, hamals, and water-
carriers, together with the plunder and destruction
of goods and chattels in general—are such that, in
the event of this series of tribulations thrice recur-
ring, it amounts evidently almost to the total de-
struction of the premises and effects.
It is really remarkable how deep-rooted among
all ranks and orders is the doctrine of predestina-
tion and with what composure, they set about the
re-erection of their dwelling!, great and small, and
of the self-same fragile and inflammable materials,
in a very few days after a conflagration. The oftener
a man is burnt out, the more impossible he considers
the recurrence, of such a calamity. The Frank
quarter of Para at the present day, fortunately, con-
sists nearly all of solid stone building; but in former
times, in a like manner with other districts of the
capital, it was periodically consumed by firs. Even
the palaces of the foreign embassies, although,
isolated gene-
rally speaking, protected by solid stone walls, and
thus in some sort, did not escape the ravages
of the destreying element. The British palace, with
all the archives, fell a prey to the filmes
during the embassy of the late Sir Robert Gordon,
at Constantinople. The Russian, French, Swedish,
and Dutch embassies had also a similar fate at vari-
ous intervals, and the two latter have not been re-
sonstructed up to the present day. Yonyhun tar!
Yonghun ear! the appalling fire cry in the dead of
the night, is not easilyeffeced from the recollection
of those who have sojourned for any time in this
capital. The lees of life and property, the misery and
destitution, the hideous yelling of the firemen, the
tramp of cavalry, the howling of the dogs, the
heartrending shrieks of women and children, the
ghastly throng in the streets, the hapless sufferers
irrevocably ruined, shivering with cold, and in a halt
state of nudity, are some few only of the harrowing
associations connected with these two terrific words,
and indelibly graven on the memory of all.
On Thursday last the Treaty of Peace was pub-
lished in the Turkish official journal, and the trans-
lation in French two days after appeared in the Jour-
nal de Ctntalantittople. I have not as yet had time to
ascertain the state of public opinion in respect to this
final arrangement. The Sultan's Manifesto is distin-
guished by that same moderation which eharaoterhoe
in general Turkish state papers.
The French seem disposed to leave to the residents
of Pens a valuable memento of their presence in the
capital. There is a ruined cemetery, the Piccolo
Campo, you are perhaps aware, in the immediate
vicinity of the main street, which has remained a
Caput mortuum and unmolested for ages. Our allies,
however, must probahly with the taut consent of the
government, have managed to knock up a few tempo-
rary huts for a company of their sappers and miners,
who are quietly and busily employed in laying out
the ground and converting it ,into a public prome-
nade, with a central platform for music, which they
also provide once a week.
No opposition has been manifested by the Musul-
man population of the district, and this really looks
like progress and a better order of things. There is,
I may mention, a vast number of useless government
possessions, such as Galata Semi, the Tekt, and
others, in the neighbourhood of the Frank quarter,
which if sold for the construction of dwelling-houses
would realise millions.

The Rhamazan set in yesterday, and the illumina-
tions far surpassed those intended to greet the an-
notmosrasnt of peace.

FRANCE.

The journals of the centre and south of France,
such as the Journal do CAer, the Indieateur de Bog
dram; the tiironde, and the Aigle of Toulouse, bring
accounts of distressing inundattone The Gen, the
Garonne, the Tarn, the Woe, the Adour, and the
' Nice have overflowed their banks, causing great
damage to the agriculturists of their valleys.
A letter from Marseilles of the 12th says :—" The
rise in the price of corn continues, and wheat his
again advanced in to-day's market 11. 500. the hecto.
litre." This advance is generally connected with the
unfavourable amounts received from Algeria.
Eleven thousand French troops arrived at Mar-
seilles from the But, between the 9th and 13th inst.
The Mutts says that all the reports which have
been circulated respecting disorders at Nicomtdia, io
Turkey, and which, it was stated, were of so serious
a nature that the Eaglish cavalry had to act against
the people, are completely false. Not even the most
trivial disturbance has occurred at Ntcomedia, and
the same contradiction can be given to the pretended
disturbances at Magnesia. Solima Each', governor-
general of Smyrna, has written to the government
that, as soon as the rumours reached him, he set out
for Magnesia in person, and assured himself upon tho
re spot that the ports had no foundation.
The Constantinople correspondent of the Presse
gives the following account of the disturbances at
Maruch :

A hirrible *fair has jest happened at blarasch. The
penance% has not yet received any official report of the
occurrence, bet private Utters, end the,e addressed to
duff legations, lean, unfortunately, no doubt about
the reality of the event. Of all the yenlons in circulation
oar correspondent sends the following, as that most de-
serving credit :—An Italian subject, M. Guarmani, has
perished with all ►is family by the burnieg of his own
house, an iacendiatisen springing oat of fenatietun and
vengsanee. It sauna that having bun summoned before
the Cull, oa some personsl matter, and being dissatisfied
with the way is which justice was administered, bI. Goer-
maul placed It-nseelf eo far In the wrnog as to fault the
magistrate, addressing to him one of thous injurious espres-
'loos which the Turks will ant tolerate. The Cadi, dec'enec
that he ensld ant remain oa the hooch the palimpsests( oast
whs had insulted bus Is that , immediately
quitted the clan. This sun was coos reported In the town,
and incited an incredible irritatia. The people stirred up
by some fanatics assembled together, and proceeded in search
of K. Oiserenesi, who barely had time to eater his tense,
when: he was immediately besieged by the mob. Ailed by
his domestics be made a vigorous resistance, receiving lits
eradiate with a ditcherg• of firearms. 81s of the crowd
were wounded, three of tam, It I. said mortally. The fay
of the wigglieste now mounted to its height, they set fire to
the house and did not retire until they had seen bottled
breath the reins, Y. Guarmani, hie wife, two Mina's, sad
two gams.
This is all that is known, as yet, of this Mahe'sl fatal
tants'. It ii aliened that t►e French aesbareedor has /w-
-aived a statement which be has hastened to lay before the
Port*, tug mg his Memos to at ones take assegais mea-
nVG u pas It is as esemplaey manner the chief perpetus-
tors of this MOO, thereby disainiehing the bad effect which
It elienot fail to prods*, la Barone. It is added that this
onus' has best thankfully received sad that an order wet
immediately gifts for the Immediate despatch of a str Aft
dastcluunt of melee helps to the saes et elis mange.