The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-16 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

Mr, Maplemon, the lasso° of Her Majesty's
Opera, took his benefit at the Crystal Palace yesterday,
when the entertainments provided were of an extensive and
varied character, including a gmnd concert in the afternoon,
and an operatic performance at night —both being given
in the theatre facing the Handel orchestra. The splendid
weather of the forenoon was interrupted, shortly before 2
o'clock, by some heavy showers, which lasted for about an
hour—the donde gradually clearing off, and the evening
becoming as brilliantly fine as the early part of the day
had been. The concert, which commenced about 4
o'clock, included some features of great interest, as will
be seen from the following programme :

Overture, "Marta" . Flotow.
Q Aria, " ui Mambo" (Flauto Magiro), Signor Fo Mortirt.
Duo, " Quanta amore" (Elixir d'Amore!,
Slim and Signor Baal
Orand Swim, " Softly sighs" (Der Freischuts),
Titieno
Chorus, " Va Perwiero" (Nabuccm, by the Chorus of
Her falsity's Opera Verdi.
Song, "Tom Bowling" Mr. Hawley
Barcarole, " Yeah& dal del au lot" (L'Etaile
selhzda4 Millie. Kellogg
. " Come e gentil" (Don Pasquale), Signor
Behind .
Trio, " Le node:ion inchino" &grata!,
Sinieo, Kellogg, and Madame Tmbelli-
Bettini Cimaroaa.
Aria, "La mia Letitia" (I Lombardi!, Signor
Mongini Verdi.
Carotins, "Ernani Involami" (Ernani), Mdlle
Christine Kiloton Verdi.
Aria, " Sullo, Pow„ (Prigioni di Edinburga),
Signor hole
Ricci.
Sonata, " Quer uomo al Sere" (Fra Diavulo),
Mdlle. Sink° Auher.
Roma!isa, "M'appari" (Marta), Signor Mongini Flotow.
Aria, ' In quarto liempliee" (Sethi), Mdlle. Chris-
tine Nihon
Aria, " Quando k Sere" (Luna Muller) Signor
Fermin
Settetto, "Chi mi Firma" ( Luria di Lammcrmoor),
Millie. Christine Mason, Signori Mongini, florins,
Bawl, &e.
"OFinale, Signore" (I Lombardi), by the Chorus Verdi.

Both the performers and the music above referred to are
so well known from frequent hearing as to require but
little comment on this occasion.

The charming singing of Mdlle. Nilsson was received
with the same expression of admiration that the per-
formances of this popular artist never fail to elicit; the
latter portion of the cavatina from Ernani being encored,
and the aria from Betly very nearly so—the brilliancy and
delicacy of tke staccato passages in the refrain of
the latter being remarkable for distinctness and refine-
ment. Signor Mongini, too, obtained an encore in the
air from I Lombardi, the power and pure qua-
lity of his voice, and the exceptional beauty
of his high chest notes, resounding with splendid effect
throughout the lame space of the great transept. Of
Mdlle. 'Miens' admirable declamation in Weber's dramatic
scene, of Mdlle. Killogg's graceful singing, as of the per-
formances of Mdlle. Sinico, Mr. Santley, Signor Foli, and
the other artists, it is unnecessary to say more than that
they were as efficient as usual. The excellent chorus of Her
Majesty's Opera was heard to advantage in the two tune-
ful choruses of Verdi. Signor Arditi conducted the per-
formances throughout. After the conceit the great foun-
tains were displayed, followed by the feats of
the Beni-Zoug-Zoug Arab troupe; and at half-

past eight Mozart's Le NoZe di Figaro was
given, in regular dramatic and operatic style—the cast
being similar to that of previous representations by the
same company in their own locality. Again Mille.
miens was the Countess ; Millie. Kellogg, Su-
sanna ; Madame Trebelli-Bettini, Chcrubino; Mr.
Bentley, the Count; Signor Gassier, Figaro; Signor Full,
Bartolo ; Mr. Lyall, Basilic), &c. His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales and other visitors of distinction were,
it is understood, present during the operatic performance.
In addition to the entertainments above recorded, the
programme included a display of fireworks and illumina-
tions to take place after the termination of the opera.

TRAFFIC RETURNS.
Miles Pas- her- Total, Total,
134n.ware. Open. wagers. chianti. 1888. 1867.
Week maim May 10. t
Groat Indian • .P=Mimla 8731 6,829 23,158 80,287 31,720
Week ending May 23.
Madma-South-WeatLins 492 - - 8,302 6,822
North-WestLine 161 - - 6,309 1,745
Week ending July 10.
Limerick and Ernie
Limerick and Forms
Waterford and limerick 77 685 826 1,610 1,464
Week ending July 11.
Pembroke& Tenby 490 IMO
Week ending July 13.
Cornwall - 1,176 829 2,006 1,832
Great Northern
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 25,742 26,901 54,613 52,304
Lon. Chatham, and Dover 136 12,420 2,172 14,392 15.136
London & North Western 1372 64,121 61,000 130,121 126,339
Man. Sheffield, &Lincoln. 249 6,991 14,024 21,013 20,061
Man., 611, Junction, and - _ _

toes 969 1,548 1,617
Met op. Exten. L. C. &D l3l 3,1:12 3.37 9,629 9,211
Midland
North London
Nth. Staffordshin(ki.&C ) 276 8,121 8,010
South Devon llOl 3,052 1,579 4,631 4,534

SIR R. NAPIER'S ANNIIITY.—The bill to settle
an annuity upon Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Napier,
G.C.8., and the next surviving heir male of his
body, in consideration of his eminent services, enacts that
an annuity of 2,000/. shall be paid to Lieutenant-General
Sir Robert Napier, G.C.B. and G.C.S.L, and the next
surviving heir male of his body, for the term of their
natural lives; and the said annuity shall issue and
be payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and shall b.;
deemed to have commenced and taken effect from the 9th
day of July, 1868, and the first payment of a propor-
tionate part thereof respectively for the period from such
commencement to the 10th day of October, 1868, shall be
made on the said 10th day of October, 1868, and such
annuity shall thereafter be paid quarterly on the usual
quarter days; and the receipt of the said Sir Robert
Napier, and after his decease the receipt of the next sur-
viving heir male of his body, or of such other person or
persons as shall be duly authorised and appointed to re-
ceive the said annuity, shall be a good and sufficient dis-
charge for the payments thereof ; and the said annuity
shall be clear of all taxes and all other charges whatsoever,
except income tax.
RETIREMENT OF TILE REV. BAPTIST NOEL.—Last
evening, upon retiring from the pastorate of Bedford-row
Chapel, which he has held since he relinquished his con-
nection with the Church of England nearly twenty years
ago, the Ron. and Rev. Baptist Noel was presented by his
congregation with one thousand guineas. The rev. gentle-
man, who to-day ends his seventieth year, intends de-
voting himself to evangelistic work. . _

THE REMOVAL OF THE RICK POOR.—Yeatortlay
evening Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at the West Lon-
don Union board-room, Thavies-inn, Holborn, relative to
the death of James Webb, aged 70 years, formerly a pri-
vate in the 2nd Queen's Royals. Dr. F. W. Wilson, 36,
Farringdon-street, laid that he was called on Monday
evening last, at lie o'clock, to the sick ward of the West
London Union, and he found the-deceased, who had been
just recently brought in, dead. He was very much worn.
He appeared to have died from fainting. Dr. S. C. Reed
said that ten days ago he was sent for to attend the de-
ceased on a workhouse order. He found him at 19, Field-
lane, in a state of great debility. There was nobody to
attend to him, but he objected to being removed to the
workhouse. Medicine, beef-tea, and wine were !Dent
to him. On Monday he said to witness, "There
are no women in the house (it was a common
lodging-house), and the men have got tired of
me, and don't attend to me now. I wish you would send
me to the workhouse." Witness thereupon wrote a note
to the relieving officer to send a nurse and nourishment at
once ; and he added, " The man is exceedingly ill, and if
you cannot send a nurse, remove him, ill as he is, to the
workhouse." Witness left the note at the relieving offi-
cer's office himself, and marked it "half-past 1 o'clock."
The man was not removed, however, until 6 o'clock in the
evening. In six hours great would of course take
place in such cases. The mcatintids from exhaustion or
debility. lie was conveyed in a common street cab to the
workhouse; removal on a stretcher would have been
better, but there was no stretcher at the house. When-
ever one was wanted particularly it was the practice to
borrow it from the police station. Witness could not say
whether the deceased's removal had accelerated his death.
If he had been carefully removed at half-past 1, it would
not have hurt him. The jury returned a verdict "That
the deceased died from debility from natural causes;" and
they added, "that the deceased was removed from his
home to the workhouse by incompetent persons, that there
ought to be some persons to superintend the removal of
the sick, and that there should be a better provision for
such a purpose than a common street cab er a stretcher
borrowed from the police." Mr. Tidmarsh, a guardian,
said that he would lay the facts of the case and the sug-
gestions of the jury before the board of guardians.
SEVERA THUNDEREITORM.—Yesterday, one of
the most violent thunderstorms which has occurred foe
some years broke over the Kennett Valley, in the neigh-
bourhood of Theale, near Reading. The hailstones were
of an extraordinary.size, and a very great quantity of rain
felk_PartSally flooding the Great Western Railway, near
the Thesis dation. The lightning was frequent, and un-
usually vivid, while the peals of thunder were terrific. A
stack of chimneys on a row of houses standing near the
mill of the Kennett Paper Company was struck by the
lightning, and fell through the roof into the bedrooms,
but fortunately no one was hurt. Several trees in the
neighbourhood were also struck, and one was splintered to
atoms.

Arm having been long troubled with rheu-
'patina or neuralgia ia my face and guns, in consequence
of whieb I had several teeth exftsetad, I was induced to
ale yottr. excellent Pain Weil wadi Aave not Mina) had
fylain FA my 400 or I have since used, it in my
mil) with equallY do reaulta•—ibrraik.addlEtoll. Mare•
ater, June 6, Mat.— &Ad by medicine vendors.— [Advt.]

LAW INTELLIGENCE. --
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.--Jut.Y I
(Before Mr. Commissioner 11,4(1.1.)
IN RE GEORGE RANK, sov
The bankrupt wan describeClWlCEd us M,itilertai- .
Wae A ton-cresecrit, soil of 147, Fleet-street, artist , •
and newspaper proprietor. The, debts aro wily '270/ bankrupt aacnbeil his foible e to the in N11(1.1,
attended the publication of Tao', a ,
of which he was the proprietor, and in ircleavoara, establish which he hail lost upwiink :WO?. 11„
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pal creditors e the I:raphotyping •• .(1111411y, of I; street, whose claim is 1331., and Messrs. „,
Edwards, of Southampton-bitil,litig,,, r% .1..
whom the bankrupt demi dais as pi oiler.; aol
and states that he owes then] 52/. for work 'haw
charge!,

?AZ Denny opposed for the
The bankrupt, examined, stat...l tint
when he commenced the pulolieation l'oby, to ci
last. Ile publication continued for limo mow., •„
lost all he had by it; only got about hot. out
he paid fur expenses. Ile was in employment .1,,
Could not ray how much his carvings were. •1•! '-
right of Toby was of In, Vail., Kiedoe. r 11,
know what llllMher was printed. The
the accounts and paid all the nvalt.y. :
bail debts, which did not appear •
An adjouniment was ordered for a c