The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-20 00:00:00

FINE ART&

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SALE AT MMSES. (

The fine chef d'irutire by Verbeekboven, of
"Cattle going to the Farm," which we reviewed on its
neat exhibition by Mr. Amos in Hanover square, will be
sold on Saturday next in King-street, together with a goodly
assemblage of modern pictures of the English and Conti-
nental schools. The whole may be viewed to-day and
to-morrow.

DRAMA.

LYCEUM.

The members of the Savag e Club, who have
already ands themselves known as earnest histrionic and-
rants in the cause of charity, hat night (nye an smaller
performance at this theatre, for the benefit of the family of
the late Yr. Ebenezer Landoll', the well-known wood
engraver.

The first piece was The Wreck Ashore, which was tolerably
acted, though those acquainted with the drama might
lave detected some interpolation' in the COMICS portion' of
die dialogue and some curious sew reading. of the serious
isherest. After the inelodsaisit, Mr. R. J. Byron, made up
atter the Goggle in PiancA's recent 'hose, advanced, sad
gab eseellent emphanis, spoke the following Prologue,
;shish was wriggles toe the mamba by Mr. Plasehe.

From • py woodcutso dull tract with tress ow

Mr. asseuncie ampoorain,
For the stage deorkeopee— timid
Soon ea he saw me In the dkrtanos dim
es
Bolted I—no doubt for feet I should bolt him.
His fear was groundless. Beal lea not
The peat Oorilla Monsieur Mediu shot.
That monster, about whom there's so moth jaw,
Must be the perfect one the world Mee sem
Nor an I sign like those whose bones you sea,
But dolomite, and full of bonne homcw.
In short, of Mr. Punch's own creation ;
Prod of his powers of investigation.
Cut oat of wood myself, to aid 1 aims
The orphans of a woodcutter of fame
Stern fate has left than few Akio and mall dock
We trust to save some chips of the old block I
A strange wild set of Immo serum Savages,
Of whom the town before has felt the ravaged,
Have formed a club with which they take great pains
For their poor friends to cudgel their own brains.
From this you might suppose no brains they'd got;
Bat you'd be wrong—for they've dashed out a lot
On paper—which is now from duty free—
In hopes to pay the Widow's tax on tea.
The tune sad their intents an savage wild I
They've seised upon the Mary of a child ;
Toro it piecemeal—mangled ,ta mother's tongue,
Excruciating puns frees out it wrung ;
And are exulting in the berm soon after
To feast upon your pans sad shrieks of laughter.
Wall, what from Savages ma you expect?
Yet glimmerinp of gems yes may detect.
The n% matter in this madnees—smeek barbarity
In oft enacted in the cams of charity.
While on the other hand, we sometimes find
We mast be cruel only to be Mad.
And nowlteiiguyost: may begin to me
To speak why they pitched me ma:
tattM k—thom* same the fad dliputo—
Between the gents Homasami the inks.
lloinething that was, ma metope mai this man,
Or wild in woods the lordly sing, ran.
Now, panting that in war an weapons are fair,
Padwalarly in Gorilla warfare,
And without weighing of each fact the value,
Or standing on the matter, " Shiny Mullis!
Whether I vie bosh Monne, or ose or tidier,
Bar—" Ara set I a Swam and a broths: I"
Do I not bear, in this especial case,
A strong rinsiabhincie to the human nee ?
Monist me bops with pardonable vanity,
To prove a link 'twixt our and your humanity ;
In brief, for sure I mud no longer pause,
In your good will let me insert the clause ;
Spam not, I pray, your purees or your palms ;
The actors awe your bands—the fatherlme your alms.

The burlesque, which formed the concluding portion of
the evening's entertainments, had had all the brightest rus-
ting wife in London brought to bear en it, being the joint
production of Mesas. Byron, TaUensd, R. Brough, Beak.
Ingham, and Halliday. It is founded on the old story of
end Orson, and abounds in jokes and parodic* of
the most ludicrously-horrifying nature. It was acted with
peat spirit throughout ; but we must specially mention
Mr. Byron and Mr. Talfourd. The former gentleman acted
with an artistio talent and verre which call for particular
notice.

Tai Lownow HoeOtoat. Homm—The third an-
anal meeting of the pekoes and friends of this hospital was
held yesterday, at Weetbouree-Mill, Westbournmgrove,
Paddingtoo ;* the Bev. T. H. Gall In the chair. The seem
tory read the report, which eathremed ethitimatile Width
tins at the prisms weds by the thilip Ones its tom-
datioe. It was • sputa hospital for mom, and a
large portion of the cum treated fa' Mveu those which
hot beet sett away from laurel laspitale es iseurribla.
Brace its foundation 224 cases had ben reseived, ail rw
quiring the mat skilful operation ; amdlfiff eases bed been
eared. There bad been • large *ember of diseveselmg cease
anumpt the female patients. 30 of which had ban saw
moduli; treated. Prone Hay 16, 1660, to Kay 12, 1861, 92
cases bad been admitted, of vrhith 70 had beau sent away
eared, sad 15 relieved, the only having died. There wore
20 beds in the hospital, all full, and numerous applicanta
were waiting their turns. There were 44 out-patients..
/he avenge cost of each patimit is 205. per week. The
•zahancesseie of the hospital for the peat year bad bees
Os. 7d., wbich, after deducting the expenditure, left
L hand on the yew' of 161. 2s. Bd. The liabilities
of the thortal win MU. f 5.101., and its assets 4981.45. 3d.
Thp_report the resolved adopted.
TIN "Ours TUN RAGOID SCHOOLS. :•••• The
anthal mestlng of the friends andsubserilinsof these schools
the lesid last evenim at the salkool-room, Peorkimmints,
Wedadester, the Eth of ilinfterthery in the chair. The
proosedimp othonenced by the einem of • Banff of Hope
hymn by the children, slier which the absinths distributed
money rimed 105. ad 61. to sight of the formarces
who had been filling 'libation; for 12 months with .
tion to their employee. The secretary then rend the report,
which refined to the locality Is which the schools were
situated as one of the very worst in the metrordis, but not-
withstanding this the sohools had bees very sucesathd.
Their operations embrace day, Sunday, mod amebae
sehoth, peony banks, clothing dale, =Ware mesethp,
rending-rooms, ?Lc., all of which were well attended. The
cost of the schools was about 1701. per annum, and the in-
come fur this department did sot nosed 1201., leaving •
deficiency of 501. The whole neighbourhood had been
pestly improved by the opera:ions of the school and its ad-
juncts. This of itself was great teethoony to the good
affects of these institutions. The groan income of the year
ending Dec. 31, 1880, was 20.71. ; sad after deducting ex-
penditure, left • balance of 271.
OMNIBUS ACClDNNT.—Yesterday morning, an
ameibee running from Hampstead and the Bank was met
in the Hampstead-road by one of Bray's tractioo-engines,
employed to remove the earth from the large mound at the
end at the Hampstead-road. The horse on the off side of
the omnibus took fright, aid suddenly shied to the near
side, forcing the Tibiae up the paved embankment on to
the footpath. It immediately fell en its Me with • fear-
ful am* and Moe or his outride posempes were hurled to
the ground within a foot of the wheels of the envie.
Owing to the confusion, the extent of the damage doe
mold not be amertaised ; bat it was reperith that the
driver and • box paseseger bad sustained W 60116 injuries.
°ammo Nuaszt.—A most deplorable scene
took place on Monday evening in front of the parade at
Butholinie. A nursemaid hadleta seat out by Mrs. Hook,
of Camodishplam, in charge of her little twills, • bey
and • girl, aged about • year and • half. Ose of these
was carried in arms, and the other wheelers • permaim-
lator. inthectians were given that the children
walk should be confined to • shady aeighbouriog bise,whlsh
order the girl directly disobeyed by proosediag to the sea-
wall poira It was high water, sad a strong cask wled
was bringing in • heavy swell. At the narrowest part of the
walk the girl let go her bold of the pemmbnlatcr, hi
which was the little boy, ad, probably implied bo the
wind, it ran headlong over the edge el V 69 MIA sad yes
swept out by • retiring wave. All wind* bearing im-
mediately gathered at the spot, and many athlete to
cateh the earriago witkaatter as it was
tossed to and fro, ware mode. repseially •
soldier, named Cannon, of the 5i st Itegtheat, manfully
plunged into the waves, and nearly sueeseded I. grasping
the infant, who was now distal:bed how the peram-
bulator. The heave fallow was, however, too &masted to
accomplish his humane rupees. sad ultimately strwaled
mime to &arm he AU was at last essuht by the
vigaross exattiolt II& Irma, • aslibissos, aud ••good
swimmer. No injury risumed to have been mad by the
mere fall, and the pia Ill& lb* the laird to senora
when Ia th• wslwreitatail the dinsti matte that were
mode * Ile revive it were meavelbag. It wee
drowsed. Thiistraeldea at the poor mother, who rushed
to the mes. vas heart-read* ; • and, Mood there wen
km wile did set sham her extreme diatoms, tor the sight of
Ilia poor Mad and Its tiny carriage tamed to and fro by
VW powerful waves, altermitsly appear* and
Mg was ala
mese issassrlag. Ilessamtuipsthy fight tunics
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