The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1856.

MUSIC.

AMATEUR MUSICAL SOCIETY.

Tbis society has entered upon its eleventh season.
The Ant event took place at the Ilstover-rcimn H..‘ettes
last night. The committee of managemaet of the
Westin distinguished amateurs: Lotd Gerald Fingersld,
Mr. Bonaanyllram, Joe., Colonel F. W. Hamilton, Mr.
Edward Jekyll, Mr. Henry Leol.e, Mr. Augustu Oliver
Mosul. Lire. Colonel Patrick Paget, Mt. Alfred A. Pol.
look, Mr. Henry B. Tatham, and Mr. 8. W. Wsley. Mr.
Lindsay Astroltaa is the treasurer, and Mr. Henry Leslie
is the conductor of the orchestra. The strength of the
eralterra is very great; no Irs than seventy-two stringed
ametrunents, of which forty are violins alone; with a fall
ommplenuat of wind and brass, the whole amounting to
nimsty-five—a number much exceeding that cf the
bands of the Philharmonic &clay or the Royal
Italian Opera. In onr opinion the violins are too
numerous: • considerable diminution would increase the
rut strength as well ea the clearness and delicacy of their
performance.

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The to of lut night wu sede up of eseellent mate-
riels, as will be Ina by the following programme :

TART I.

=7 fie D Beethoven.
" Rard by lonntain.. A.D. INA Hobert Waelrent.
Part4ong, I saw bear PhillW
By Hr. limy Leeds's shots.
Oveetura flb. eon sad Ihraapr) Mendelsohn.
PAW 11.
Onieds WV miser, ter piantiorto . Wart.
Mr. a. W.
;Iwo is
Mths Convent Garden"- Maher,.
. Arthur D. 00711 dart.
4ing; la east to sy lowly bed,"
....--. althea Idwarda.
,
Ovatues (La MS Hawessat) „-. ...... Dcasstd.
This was a west aerobia* mitten aanalist and modem,
veal sad iastrumental: sad the perforissaas was not low
plasma than th. sslectioa. Beetheves's symphony In D,
a beestifel specimen of his earikr style, when he toot
Maui for his model, was on the whole ammediagly well
emented, sad its performance showed that the amateur or-
chestra Is mill maids, progress. Illeadebeoha's charming
little ',snare, Me, was played with Feat spirit. Mr. Waley
(of who Pleats both as a composer end a pianist we had
missies to speak only yesterday) sustained his reputation
by his Ise performaace of Mesert's lovely eoseerto, the
choicest which did se mach honour to his tests as its m-
onies to his ability. Tim veal port of the otmesti, °egoist-
lag ably a patina& @sag by the amateur choir Miami
by Mr. Lolls, was delightfal, sad @bowed that, by tablas
the peeper MUM, WI sea hays admirable part-singles in
Ragland. without the measity of going to Germany in
seer* of it.

The non was filled to the loon with as elegant end bril-
liant ea &Wows se if it had been in the height of the
fashionable maim The performances were weal and de.
servedly sppleuded, and everything went of with the
utmost nalatetke. Beth an evening augurs • saceseshd
stun&

DRAMA.

SURREY.

Last night "ma original drama of modern life;
gadded Akre* of Prey, was produced at this theatre. It
is, in fact, • story of Bohesalea life, es it is gmorally is.
bilitisd at the minor French theatres; sad it would appear
to be a simple treasplantatha hoes see of them to the
Surrey i being AngUdied only so far m the language Is
emeented. The plot, or rather the &wigs, Is sample:
esough to maim three sets to saraval It, bat its main
Wares ere few sad sot strikingly semi. ♦ mespiany
of swindlers, of whisk sae Leloaritte is Uts chief,
me Massime, the beaker, and oaf D'Arutesonville, the
sharper and doelllst, are sesembled at the baths of Caatents
with the 'kiwi of availing themselves of the knowledge
they imam of the fast of a aerials Hasher di Gureade
►aving had a daughter bons beim bee marrieds with her
husband, la miler to proms the marriage of her ant.
nuptial and postnuptial daughters to Lemont* and
D'Ariassonville respectively. All the parties are cm
U. spot and the plan works, bat Charlie Bean•
pont (lair. Crestirkk) Interposes. Hs has vowed
a armada against all swindlers, whether gamblers la
private Of on the Boone, fnudelsat "realm ofielals" sad
professed duelliets, whom he designates m " birds of prey."
His tarred of the clam la teased by his having a brother who
was first rained by them and then initiated Into their craft.
He ONOTCIf44 a siogolar Mamas, over D'Armenonvllle

witmevar he appear; ; bat severtimplam Lslowitte's es►eme
prospers so tar that he gaim the musses of the Dsebres sod
her daughten to both marriages, for the latter having die-
esvortd their relatioaellip, make tim Imam to preserve
their mother's fame. /Lawsuit emelt sad gess arts-
rieusly, aid appears to ham some secret poem of sea-
tiaaally disarranging tho pleas of the " birds of
prey. " Their last amp is to satrap Heart de Clans-
rim, the lover of Helm' (t►e legitimate daughter of t►e
Dachas) late a duel with D'AroseassvUle, la which he is to
be killed bemuse he is heir to the ferias, el the Whey of
the illegitimate daughter, the oestrested wife of Laientette,
who having bees askuowiedged by him before his death by
sat of law, will esselod to anatises frame is the de-
cease of his oily sails desamdaat. Emusepoat Miss to di..
made D'Asiameaville from killing his authillod adversary,
sad faille', he discloses to him that he (lienasponi) is his
brother ; sad that practised duellist sa D'Arramoaville is,
he will ass be able to carry out his pupae while a hiving
likeasse of his father keeps his reproachfal eye epos hiss
during the program of the tautest. The dal rue
co, seek atter the lathiest of that la the Cur.
thew Broths,.. D'Aressaeaville, coefesed aad sasteadied
by the dud gees of itesaepsst, is defeated sad trosaded ;
repasts, demeans Libman, ad millet pence's
to glue up the papers, with* seatela peel of the frailty of
the Deakins, shoots his deed, mad the eurtala

Mere Si. metal episodes sad bye-plots whisk toad
to seesplieste the Mealtime sad distresses in whisk the
lament are bivalved by the wished ; bat the above is the
dearest mottos of the *hie( iasidaste whisk we were able to
Asia. The dream ass entirely uarelleved by say 114111111-
ten of the made skims, sad the valsay, misery. repeat
saes, sad retribution are sesetaatly kept ap as high pres-
sure. It was, however, very well meted ; the tonery,
dreams, sad gavel getting ap were esesediag good, sad
the &adieus, most aaequirooally &skied that it was a
1111100111111.

Reemerged by the maw which attended the
production of Richard the Third, whisk had it. " ran"
of 90 alibis, the wager of Assiey's seised epee Rao.
OciA, mad platted it oa the stags with those equestrisa se-
! oesa primate whisk resisted the former ploy so attemedvs.
The tragedy of Madvik however, Is tot capable et welt
easy adaptatioa to 'gala' Illastzetlea as the historical dresses
of Ebeaapease. Eieept st ON latrodustisa, sad the seta&
sa Dassiasse, there is ao oppeetaalty fee the display of es
gametes Macbeth without &slag great viola's both to
the plait sad sheneter of the drama. Mr. Cooks skewed
jedgmeat is abstalatag from this outrage, though
he seessearily seerillsee thereto hY " slaking 'Wart''
—the (request saldbitisa of the feats of Ms itarivalled
Mod. Hems the play was far mare pboestis this clematis,
sad, azospt at the begisalag sad sod, where a pest
'sudsy light takes plass, there was &Aidag la the heels, sa
treelea et ilashith whisk mined it Martel from say
granary npreaatatlw et the play. Mr. :SIM lisliowsy
persoaatsd YwMth, sad hie pkysisal geeldiestlene wads
bin a truly emerge* representative of a sort dimwits
Melt. Mn. Jackson played Lady Macbeth. Hee pealeme.
eves wee tree hen easigeratien, sail not without 'cause
that she appreeletee tM Ma Mr. Mews/dos Itawkit
was to. vskeusat. The teat el Shakspson was seam*
adhered to ; the sesaely wee of the emissary desedgess
awl the play terailsated to t►e satlefestlea at the suilines.

Ile uissi " seem la the eitels " followed, la villa Mr
Kate Cooke pa:forma with lbw sonstemed pas IM
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