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NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

A moitiiiiiiiit; gene ;F:torn miiterr of =Me-
Una of the Norwich Monad Festival wee held an Friday
at the home of the hoe. seervitary, Mr.
to receive a report hots the trub-oommittes Rogert
main o the lan festival. The Roy. Lord Raping prodded.
21 wwun
woes bta.d presented stlidthit., sadttatt°l4able h l race over
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from
* arpinditure was 4261. 2e. 6d. The ripen of the sub-
Meratittes reoommended, however, that this baleaoe shad('
In reduced by the payment of 421. to Mr. lIIIL the &onto•
miler, and 321. to Mr. Harman, the organist, Loeb* •
rata surplus of 3511. 2s. 6d. 1611. 2e. dd. sheuld he mislaid
Whe troseune's hand, as a miens fond 6x the purposes of
ift ea nesting, and the remainder should be client-
amongst the local charities as follow. :—Ncefolk sod
Hospital, 401. (in addition to 101. presented as a
to the hospital by the Rszi of Lambe, President
Festival) • Lynn Mental,Yarmouth limbel,
Norwich relmery, W. • Norwich Jenny Lind In-
and N Eye InfbMary, 16L each ; Norwich
aietlnstindm, Sick Poor Soabty, L•da-Charity,
Visiting Sonny, Shipwrecked MarineW floclsty, and
Ilsolety for the Relief of Decayed Tradesman, 101. seek. In
oenchelont, the report saggeend that an early manna should
he called to determine whether the neat Intival should be
held in the usual course in 1860, sal to make the necessary
arrangements far that puritan. The report was adopted.

A general impression prevails Oar the Pat)
that Looks vat 14 very fall during the approaching wed-
ding festivities. The arrangements of the court are certainty
of the most mambos charectir, and most attract all who
will enjoy the privilege of a royal command. But it has
Named &aim& that somatldng should be done on the part
of the aristocracy themselves to mark an clocesion of so mad
Uttered to the whole oo'clatry ; and several ladies of &lan-
guished rink ham cossmitsd to ten& patronammead
ball, to be given in osisbration ri the marriage at WWII
Booms, on Wednesday, tbe 27th instant, on which day
the court programme ode no attraction for the eves-
lug. The suggestion appears an admirable one, end the
great esperkmos at Kamm Wilk in conducting "Abasaffs"
is a ffinflelant patentee that the fits TS be carried oat
in the most peke mummer. The list of ladies patronises is
not yet complete ; but among thes whose names may be
emotlened es having already sanctioned the ball with their
approving pafrons_ge are--Franeas Marobkmose of London-
derry, the Marenkmesa of Westminster, the Courome of
J the Counties of Ilinnoull, the Countess Dowager of
and the Viscountess Palmerston.
The aye :—" In the works at St. James's Palace
snob great pagtmr has bees made that some days Wore the
time appalulsd the whole will be completed, and will present
an agstesnore that few who knew the interior of that edifice
the alterethas IRO made will believe it is the same.
Tickets for those seal arbme a view of the procession may
be obtained me bend by the, Lord Chamberlain,
sod it ma thershiss bg binned that he ii com-
pletely overwitsinisd was wile-

IOYAL IIiIITITUTION.

On Saturday Protean, Faraday ooncladed his
sikortpoares al Lowed as alectrictty at the Royal Institu-
testo the prewatoe of a wry crowded aadtanca, including

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indweierwhiceteue dont entirely mailed with exhibitions
ef the different conditions daintier's to Minnie the alien
of electricity in in most motive state. The varying forms in
which electric discharge !ekes place, were ant shown by
taking sparks from the machine on rounded metallic sur-
faces, by discharging the electricity silently by means of
points, and by the peculiar emission of rays, sooompsnled by
a roaring noise, celled the brush discharge, when a blunted
point was brought near the prime conductor. The heating
property of the electric spark was exhibited by the explosion
of gunpowder, and by the explosion of oxygen and hydrogen
per. The latter experiment was performed in a novel man-
ner. Musters elbabblee were inflated with themixed gales in
a mew eantabing soap end water, and Professor Faraday,
tang • gnentity of the bubbles on his hand, held them to
the etedieter sr the electric machine, when, on the puling
of a spot. Hagne in the soap babbles exploded with a loud
Melt The denigration of metals was Illustrated by die-
14Ma jar
hand till electrical
babteteel through Mldhr
thee; t Tong
exhibitingn:perr of rent
egrets when
the need enfriently thick ofurpose eto conduct a chaerge without in-
jure, and when it is so small as to be destroyed during the
discharge. Then experiments till:united the various effects
of lightning eeeteding to the quantity of the electricity
discharged from the donde and the size of the conductors
through which It parr—the force in eons laden= being
too gnat to be trweeitted safely by conductors which will
be sufficient for protection from less powerful discharges. Sever
ral objects that bad been struck by lightning were exhibited ;
among which were the handle of a hayfork that bad been split
Into mural pieces whilst untiring on the ground, and a portion
of a thick iron cable which had been partially melted during
a tern& thunderstorm in the West Indies. As an illus-
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itonetisin—TaiTetadthtiltern
Pekoe; but, sett* would be fraught with considerable in-
convenience, her Majesty's own personal residents' hes
been chosen. The corporation of the city of London have,
we believe, decided not to invite the royal ample to a ban-
quet, but will present an address on the occasion ; sad it le
expected that the Lord Mayor will call upon his fellow-
citnens to express their feelings in the form of general ilia.
mination. The state reception of Saturday, the 30th inn., to
expected to be the most brilliant since the Ant held after the
roarSof the Queen. In anticipation of the crowd of Ad-
tors very great it has been determined that no present-
ation place, as it would prolong the drawing-room
to a length oftentne that would be tedious in the lest degree
to the royal party. The bridal couple will be present to re-
ceive the congratulations of those who have the privilege of
the mire*. It is calealated that London will be full of
visitors, and by Monday week next the London meson will
have in earnest commenced ; and, as the royal festivities will
continue almost up to the meeting of parliament, on the 4th
proximo, the London tradesmen are in high glee, and are
looking forward with much confidence to reaping a rich
harvest." _ _

All the Belgian court will be present at the ceremony with
the elm non of the Duchess of -Brabant, who cannot at pre-
sent undertake the journey.
The steam yachts forming the royal marriage squared
at Portsmouth will move in a few days to the Thames. They
comprise the royal date yacht Victoria and Albert,the Fairy,
the Admiralty state yacht Osborne, the Canape 31-gun
frigate, the Diadem 32-gun frigate, &c. The Curacoa wants
about forty men to complete her sea-going complement. The
Diadem returned from her crab* in the Channel to Spithead
=tv. She has been under sail only since she left on
y week, end bee not put in at any *on
P one are going forward at Windsor Castle for the
rem of the royal bride and bridegroom,and the inhabi-
tants have determined on giving the royal air a joyous wel-
oome on their arrival at Windsor. The mayor Yr. Caulrell,
hasalready brought the subject before a niesting of the
corporation, and a public ball, to take place to the Town-hall
on the 25th, has been announced. In the course of the
week a general meeting of the inhabitants will be held at the
hall to det rmine upon further proceedings,

tration of some of the peculiarities of electric ascharl;.Ta
strew chirp was sent through a fine silver wire tsted
round silk, by which means the wire was completely de-
flaunted, but the silk remained uninjured. This effect is
attributed to the rapidity with which the electricity passes
through the wire, the action being so instantaneous se not to
impart heat to the silk. Several illustrations of the rapidity
of the action during electric discharge were shown, among
which the circumstances attending the tiring of gun-
powder by electricity were most remarkable. When
a Leyden jar wee discharged by • metallic con-
ductor through some loose gunpowder, the powder
was only thrown aside by the 'add= concussion,
end not fired ; but, on prolonging the time of
the discharge by the introduction of a skein of wetted silk
into the conducting circuit, the gunpowder exploded. The
two opposite effects were shown by discharging a Leyden
jar through a circuit in which a thin strip of gold leaf and
some gunpowder were introduced. When the discharge was
PrOtWged, by using the wetted silk, the gunpowder wu
wed and the metal remained uninjured; but when the
charge we. met through the same arrangement with an
entirely metal conductor, the gold leaf was defliiivettag
the gunpowder was only blown away. As an
that time is required for the action of beet in non-conducting
bodies, Professor Faraday directed a gas dune on to some
loose powder, bat no explosion took pleas for several
until the gunpowder had hem= heated the
dame. The beautiful forma of electrical disobsrge of which
i.hmkortf's Substisa eallueelfue lax outside, wets a-
bed by pemillini Ineueeo et Ab_bist im by
secslbreeri faTtet ewe plElpi! ope arrn
weoleda "ro

A letter from B;rlin, to the Mess says :—" Count and
Countess Pa:poacher, and the Countesses Lynar and Ho-
, henthal, who are to form the future household of the
Princess Boyd, are to leave here to-day for Loadon ; they
were all imesmbled yesterday evening at the Prince of
Prairie's, to take leave. Chevalier Bunsen was among
the party at tee there ; it is talked of that he will possibly
=distal@ again to represent Prussia at one of the Courts of
Europe
"The Prince,, of Prussia will leave here to-morrow for
Weimar' where she will stay about a week or ten days ;
on the 16th she will lota the Prince of Prussia
at Magdeburg, and with him prosecute their jour-
ney to London by way of Cologne and Calais.
It may be looked on now ea certain that the Prince
and Princess will not be withheld from being present
at their son's =Olds by say considered= of state Emm-
ett, it is pro that the patios will be absent only about
tea ds sitogethar from Harlin, and the telegraph will form
a reedy means of ocannumication in case of any emergency
Frederick William, who will not leave here
tell the 21st instant, will not cross from Calais to Dover in
the Grills, the new yacht that has just been completed for
the Haig at Havre. It Is understood that the Princess
Boyd has entered • tinted against hla variturinf upon

r tv..,... a deolaaaren i• ...wiftrala=rsalai
bringing it to bear on • large eel, which had best kept. In
a d stem in a tub of wane &deg the Lams The in-
stmat that the charges were transmitted throdgh the water
the °nature boom* violently active end jumped out of the
tab en to the door of the lecture-room, to the great delight
of thsjatmdle portion of the audience. The concluding es-
Mzitlte exhibited the splendid streams of purple-coloured
isalteasted reasivers, produced by the induction coil
ziashiss.

"The going and coming of courier sad Quota's riser
'angers, which wsa always brick enough at Oda central nu&
acing station for all our government intercourse with Previte,
Karla, Poland, Denmark, Austria, Bavaria, Frankfort, dc.,
has became mon lively than ever of late, and, in addition
to lho nogg Imp of diplomatic despatches, the increased
intorcouros between the two royal families his neconOtated
• separate hag for the royal letter, which duly bean
the formal label 'by her Melody's royal meassmger.'
It seams like a return of the old days of 1841, when the
intercom, between Oman Victoria and King Frede-
rick William IV. was nearly as lively as now, as his
Modesty was at that lime about to stand godfathir to the
Prins of Wales. It is • tined coincidence that it should
be the some Queen's messenger, Mr. Hsviland, the dope. of
the satire nuptial service, to whom lot it UM, on this nuptial
occasion as on the former baptistnal ono, to be the bearer of
the royal missive on both idea between the two courts.
" Prince Albrecht and his eon Prince Friedrich Carl, and
Prince Adaibert of Prussia, together with Prince William
of Bioko, will leave hare on the 14th for England, and pro-
ceed at once to the Scotch Highlands, for the sake of soma
shooting before the festivities in London commence."

Iliatty applause at the ooncloaion Indicated the gratifica-
tion which tale abort mane of lectures had afforded ; and the
young prima, on shaking hands with Profeeeor Faraday,
spoke to hlm, apparently, in expression of the same senti-
ment.

AN EAR FOE Mosic.—A NEW FACT IN ACOUSTICS.
—A curious mac has just been communicated to the Aca-
demy of &denote by M. Jobert touching a mound sometly
oorreeponding to the note la (the note A in the English no-
tation), which im heed by some persona In shaking their
heeds rather cairn freer right to left. M. Cagnlard de
Laois had been the Int to remark this feet, and although
be sue knows We be ea exact obeertey2 the no

WesrrogiTsei;tlhsllWieTrith
rhnent was generally repeated under unfavourable circum-
stances, being interrupted by other alight sounds, such u the
rustling of a cravat, etc. M. Johan has inveitigated the
subject physiologically, and has ascertained that the sound is
caused by the striking of the mallow upon the inns In the
interior of the ear. It is wall known that the manuktium of
the wallow is attached to the centre of the tympanum, and
that it is kept in equilibrium by thin elastic fibres. Now, in
shaking the head the manna may manly touch the bone of
the Inns, producing a slight metallic sound, which all thou
who have beard it ecknowledgo to agree with the note is in
music. Those, X. Jobert says, that hoar the amino note in
both their ears an endowed with a perfect sense of hearing ;
they are maddens bon. Those who hear the note in one
ear only poems die saes in en imperfect degree, jut ma
those who halt one eye weaker than the other mistake one
colter for another. Those whose ears emit different notes
' not in unison, are not only bad musicians, but they hate the
art. From this fact M. Jobart deduces a curious °onto-
' queue, which, Unrifled by experience, may be extremely
useful in selecting a profession for a child, vit., that the
capacity for =oak may be Mated at an early age, by suer-
te.Weg whether the subject bean the note equally In both
ens or nor—Orilignetsi.
Rnatesnown Ton THE PEOPLE.—The name of
Mt. Merles Molly, of the firm of Melly, Aomilly, sod Co., of
Liverpool, hie Immo familiar to the inhabitants of this town
se a laossimel word. The beautiful drinking fountains
which onmenit dm public streets, and which give forth a
searfillag Gangly it water for die thirsty pedestrians. are
tfighMy weeelimid nektons for wildebt4ll aseekowe thanks to
to Br dolma TWIN& effected, Mr. Merles Melly is meting
aboutbrYeMYatmints4S the island viMa will help
' formal the Boa os=ts lA*. amigo. um poor
urn ass{ sale of as will bs the
bake kw IL aisitllydsorragtom=rit:iressamosies-
thosr• lacsankloi Or as aljosassi dthe Town
=s,Gralwrodsy, is sa agglialka Bea . Brisby for
fo narelasoa gars d assysollso MI within
easy Masao al those amid skids, krt .tics papas of
transforming It Into • free reereadm groomd for lii
thing it up with a gymnasia end other applMoose, Z85841:4•
aid of which thou who Bet may the teem soresssfelly so-
dssynar to make their bodies stronger end kaledsr, am& as
• natural sequence, their wilds all the afire Vas sad
happy. Would that we bed tsars edit tam at Maly,
who, with the wish to extend a Wiping liseal to Ide 'bee for.
toasts brothers, has the eases of asaylon Into boldon the
dictates of a warm heart.—Liorposi
ROYAL COLLEGE Or SIIRGEONB.—The following
reetlemsw, having undergone the nesary exanilna-
Wma for the diplomas, were admitted menthes of the
College at theinesting of the Court of Examiners on the
Bth inst. Messrs. George Medollf, Ball's-pond-read,
Islington ; John Wirer, Silver-bridge, 00. Armagh; George
&esker Baia, Finsbary-square ; Arthur TY Oyay Brooks,
gezn.c.-Tnantee ; Alfred William Tatham, Ific=t,
; Polemist Clement Stocker, Coxygi.i"
John Joseph Aloysius Colette's, Doolielk
Feederish Needham, York ; haw Mobs
isrkadJoba Taylor,
Rethory Zoodemek, Oxford
rd, Em last = ;
Seroica, Wad& ; Williem Mewl Bid*, Cic'Hoontas-Plat:
Sprat ; sad Ma Alan, Wks.
CSYNILL PALACIL—H,II2-01011111 DAT.—fik7l7l-
saw Jute. 9.—Adninkma an payment, 911); able by
' aria deka; 1,649; total, 2,606.

IBIBOTION OF A CHURVIRATE AT BYDINH4if

This exciting contest terminated on Saturday by
the rtjection of the church rate. At the dose of the poll, the
chairman (the Rev. Mr. English) declared the numbers to be
as follows

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Persona. Votes.
Against the rate 231 .... 280
For the rata

Majority against the rate 10! .... 82
Mr. George Olfor, jun , proposed a vote of thanks to the
chairman, conmatulating the psrishionere upon the triumph
of the voluntary principle. Mr. Cockerell seconded the revo-
lution, which was carried with acclamation. Greet excite-
ment prevailed throughout the villager and the anntioneemest
of the result was received with deafening cheers. Sir Joseph
Paxton attended, and voted against the rate, amidst the
cheers of the vestry.

A VISIT TO THE LATE MR. CROSSE. —And now
our heat once more approaches his great machine, to observe
If there be much electricity in the atmosphere aiter the bleak
th Leder-cloud has away. Bee how boldly be ap-
pr tubes; even as i the flowing Amadei of Rte where a
her alms spark. Like a monarch be wields hit poeptre; but
it is an insulaticg rod. He plays with the mighty power
which be has made his subject ; but which, where he ones all
ltztardwould leap up sod smite him to death with one
u He directs the subjected and subtle power where he
"Meth. He wade it Into his batteries ; ma, having fully
=lthem, he shows to whow wire is melted and 61-
.1 moment by Its peg ewe He shows to us hew
metels, m silver, gold, and tin, are kindled, and bunt Eke
Xprper,moat
with brilliance. New he
a /111.1110 aurora er • star, and die.
cams the probable causes of beautiful phationsma.
He ppelate to the wine which yea seised assented m met-
Eke psia In the gram* outside et the ammaima, and in-
teramtus *tame they pea has tees to trail thireintero am*
swami alielaeler bd.,' ; that Whet the
electricity el the sir se it lints pee them, sad it late
this room, to meedihst trod, In the speckling lass
we have just witnemal. So, while we steal es
this hall, we aka foam some idea of the eta*
of the *awn atom st and &racist la, sad
ma Wag the ley lomat et the clouds into our
without its wrap dawn& deers. We can make rt=
sat ereoirter eat Rah Were us, while we are osotioniew.
Yr. Creme share hie views that the electricity in a t
cleat lb set =din* ahlte; bat that it lies is aseee,inuat
Nab* positive sadsaegative. He asks us to sty h maother
dieselima; he pets* la pert eta voitaie battery whirl he has
lateb esestnieted, mat whisk emelt* of so lame than oast
theammad sad tie/strike ries et atialliapistes I Liz
tea Is sa &deiced battery, asempesel tale plebs
with MMUY. This tat Mane laterresi Islam
the poles 'Ake vollaieti with atom pm-
astir, ltmememe Unit to ma COM
dititstapl.,.._(ldmils emu* mail* kw*, be
11=li*at Me aim abst
aeameleg *ail* TM
make emermall mad emartehet reeervally, Wee asilt
brit a ins -sr eggest
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