The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-26 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
TEE MINDELBSOHN SCHOLAR/Mil

This scholarship, founded in honour of the memory
of the illustrious mosicien, is, for the first time, to
be competed for on Saturday next. The circum-
stances under which it originated are interesting.
Soon after Mendelasohn's lamented death in 1847,
a plan was formed at Lelpsic, under the sanction of
the Xing of Sammy, to found, in the Musical Coo-
lservatory of that town, " Meudelseohn Scholarships"
for students of all nations; and an appeal was
made to his friends and admirers in England for
their assiebuies In carrying out the project. In
answer to this appeal a committee was promptly
formed in London, of which Sir George Smart was
the chairman, and the members were Mr. Benedict,
Mr. Sterodale Bennett, Mr. Hullab, Mr. Charles
Horsley, Mr. Davison. and Mr. Chorley. An appli-
ostion was made to Mdlle. Jenny Lind (then in Eng.
land) for her saaistanos, whieb,with her characteristie
generosity, she readily gave; and in December, 1848,
a performance of BWoh took place at Exeter-hall, Oa
which she contributed her grataitous Berrien% awl
1 where of coarse she was the chief abodes.
It was on a magnificent wale; the Misr
prircipal performers being Mies Dolby, ibe
Miami Williams, Mr. Lackey, Mr. H. Phillips, Mr.
Benson, Mr. Smythson, and Mr. Novella The ass-
doctor was Mr. Benedict, and the organist was Sir
George Smart. The clear proceeds of this perform-
ance, after paying all experdies, amounted to 9534,
which sum was invested in the funds. In considera-
tion of this, and such further aid as might be for
▪ ken England, it was stipulated by the Lon-
don emaittee that a proportion of the scholarships
Asia always be held by natives of the Unitedlarttle ardour of Meodelssohn's countrymen soon
seeded; and from that time to the present the Leip-
de people have allowed the matter entirely to drop.
The original design of forwarding to Leipale the
=raised in Loudon was consequently aban-
and in March, 1854, the London committee
seseksd that, "not having received the aid from
Lipids which, at the period of the concert and sub-
ra.asitly, they were led to expect, they have deter-
mined to allow the dividends to accumulate still fur-
lbw, In order to enable them to carry out effectually
Ilepogge for which the concertwas given.
Ile Ilea having now reached an amount
lialiof for that purpose, ono scholarship
Ys been instituted in the Royal Academy of Music,
Web (u has been said) is, for the first time, to be
competed for on Saturday next. The scholarship, for
a male student, is to be open to natives of Great
Britain and Ireland from the egos of fourteen to
, twenty, and will entitle the owner to gratuitous edit-
cation in the Academy for one year, and subject to
neural. The principal qualification required in the
candidate will be talent for composition. The exami-
nation will be conducted by the Board of Professors,
sob, with the sanction of the Committee of the
Royal Academy, will select the two best candi-
dates, one of whom will be appointed to the
Scholarship by the Committee of the Mendelasohn
Fund. There are, we understand, 24 candidates; and
the nomination to the scholarship will take place
brat week.

Beek is the history of this originally magnificent
' plan for doing honour to the memory of an illustrious
German musician, conceived in a hot fit of German
enthaeissm, and carried into effect (to a very limited
extent, indeed) by the unaided perseverance of the
• who at first were merely applied to for
assistance.