The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-26 00:00:00

61021 D HARMONIC SOCIETY.

• The manual meting of members of the above
institution wee held at Exeter Hall on Tuesday evening.
The Prodder, J. N. HaaatioN, Esq., occupied the chair.
The roper rentsbed &Burr to the following eakoneet
other matters :—Am pert of sore statistics of the so-
elelya oonatiertica it re dated that of the whole
number of me nbers whom is abed the nuargement)
now creaseted via the society, one-thitt ot theme
had tom so kr at heat three-fourths of the whole
period of it* error NM of then having taken part
in its original kreetica. The committee assoenos
that, he the admirers of practising members into their
orchers, or,. conthaer to be hire; by arm of pi-
, vats bet sad other relestionsry rarear, to avail theca-
selves wily drat rehear which I. redly worth the having.
Bennis Jan. 4, 1864, end Jr. 2, 1867, the awry has
ghee, banding repatitions, fonder carets, of which nix
were where:es of Handel's oratorios. Aseept thee coa-
-1 ern are also to be relened Seurperhenenoes of Cabs " Eli."
The vocalists who her ads their duet at the society's
eancerts during the pest year have bare Miss Slarrington
(now Madams Leasieses), Xise Render, bra Mr Hep-
worth, Mir Leery Virtue, end Mr. Monter Smith.
Amongst the serisilices to the society's nosier oaks-
' tire are en entre* letter of Handal, en Med@ of so-
Imowledged rarity, may rue mere' works and boob
Hindrance of musical history end theory, and oe menu-
MIS web el oreaderable interest. The fleascial date-
weer as =bodied in the report, states the grass
reader tree subscriptions, dividseds es stork,
proceeds of ocenerte, te,, to have been for the
poet year 6,2281. Bs. 10d., which with Ashur-
Mad. for rear and other error runorting to
6,3641. In. 9d. leaven a deilehrey of 127 L 14e. 11d.
Agar* this deficiency thee is to be pat acquired property
added to the reiety's stock, valued in the report at 2001.
The report further arse to a matter, not strictly form-
bg part of her own proceediap, bat asvorthokso of some
beret to the ruder public. It is well bows that the
adore* tome (enamel's orenraltions are in the Royal
Library at Baddegbas Palace. There have, however, been
recently brought to light the asearnipt BOOM bthe
bseetwerthr of J. C. heir, lirders air auseems,' bearing
intend riders, which le serried by eerie testimony
otherwise, that theserre the Identical rotors from which
the peat compeer oondeeted his orris, end ruse They
ewer numerous suredatior, sad intereding seer ears
in Handers autograph. They have been reesatly acquired
by Mr. Victor Sehrelehr, who is occupied is prerrlng a
life of Handel, sad to whose liberality end corer in
placing those invaluable erarripts en the hyoid of the
onneittes, for re end refiner, the report bens tenderer.
The report oleo acinowleiges the tecsipt of et tarring
end asthmatic parer of Hard, being the picture pealed
by Derr for Hostel, end by Ira prorated to J. C. Smith,
noticed in Cole's Aseadates of Handel and his Ame-
rman," *dished in 1799, which pram is within
be lest few weeks bra geserocely presesed to the society
by Lady Riven, who is le the lies of desert than J. C.
Smith. This picture was exhibited is the room. The forth-
coming Handel Festival at the Crystal Pere la the ensuing
summer was briefly alluded to, and en intimation afforded
that it would probably he hand advsetarone to sprint the
performances some rib later than originally proposed.
Full information on this erect was promised. The snange-
torte for the arks of the orchestra and the con-
struction of the eve were represented as brag in a very
forward state. The report robs to some other sabjecto of
man private intend, sad concludes by alluding to the rob-
direr of. Besevoisat Fund hr distressed prone ama-
teur cc prehesioesi, who have at any time beet connected
with the Society, and notion the liberal supper this chari-
table ersciation hes hitherto met both in sad out of the
y.

Th;datailed lame sheet barbs been reed by the Ties-
sorer, it wee, with the report, liermily received and adopted
by the imitating. The seriertry election" to supply vacant
dhow, ware then peocoided with.
In the course of the maim en appeal to the directors of
Exeter Hall was aauniwod► awed to, ream on them to
rive attention to the representatkee beqoantly made by
the public pram wad by the miens sociatito meting in the
hall, to provide Wieland nem of Ingress and aims, and
=mode( a strong opinion es to the duty of the directors
of Ender Hall toyield to reroaretrenore .o byquently sub-

emitted as the sialtiret. Several vets. of Omaha to the corn-
mimes, Akers, sad others who had readind sisvios during
the past per closed the proosediga.