The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1861.

MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS.

Thee, concerts, after a short interruption caused
by the Easter holidays, were resumed last evening, when
St. James's Hall was tilleil,fas usual, by ► crowded audience,
who appeared, from the vehemence of their applause, to
derive the utmost enjoyment from a musical entertainment
which a dozen years ago no caterer for the public would
have dreamed of presenting to a large miscellaneous assem-
blage. The remarkable success of those concerts has shown
that the popular taste is capable of being more easily
educated than has been generally supposed, and
that people may acquire a discriminating love and
knowledge of the most refined productions of art
without any further cultivation than the opportunity of
seeing or hearing them. The concert of last night consisted
almost wbolly--for a couple of brief songs were scarcely an
exception—of loog arekelaborate pieces of instrumental music,
which till very lately people io general never thought of lir.
teeing to either in public or private ; sod those pieces were
not only listened to as attentively, but were apparentlyu well
understood and appreciated as they could have been by an
assembly of dilettanti. The principal pieces in thew:gramme
wen Haydn's stringed-instrument quartet in E major, Op. 59;
Heelboven's "Sonata appassionata " for the pianoforte
aide; the same composer's sonata in F for the piano and
violin ; and a pianoforte quartet of Mozart. The per-
formers were—Violina. Visaxtemps and Ries; wieb.
&bream; violoncello, hope ; and pianoforte, Hank. We
need scarcely add that every piece was executed with the
most finished beauty. Mr. Sims Reeves sang Mozart's
" palls ens Poe," and "The Hunter's Song" of Menilels
Boise. Miss Banks was to have sung two airs, but en
apology was made for her on the score of indisposition.

THE LoNDON TONIC SOL-FA CHOIR.—This choir
last night gave a concert at Sussex Hall, Leadenhallenreet.
The programme was a well selected one of • miscellaneous
character, and contained several compositions by Mendel-
mho, "All's Well," a duet (Messrs. Mclan and J. Wood),
adCome if jou dare," sung with great spirit and effect,
by Mr. Melee. The hall was well 611. sad the audience
'manifested its approval by repeated applause.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, Aram 8.

CHIN• •ND J•PAN.—The Vice-Chancellor ham
informed the members of the Senate that he has received
the commands of bin Royal Highness the Chancellor of the
University to ascertain whether there are any gentlemen at
Cambridge who would desire to compete for the appoint-
ments mentioned in the subjoined communication, which
has been &dawned to his royal highness by the Right
Hon. Lord John Russell :

" Foreign-office, March 90.
" have the honour to acquaint your royal high•
01.13 that I propose to nominate a certain number of caudi-
dates to compete before the Civil Service Commiasioners
for the appointment of student interpreter in China or
Japan, and I shall have great pleasure in including in the
list of caodnlates the names of any three gentle-
men of the university over which your royal highness
presides, whom your royal highness or the Vice-Chancellor
may recommend for that purpose, and whose age may be
within the prescribed limits of between 16 years complete
mei '2O years complete. The object for which such appoint-
meets are made is, that the persons on whom they are con-
ferred should, in the first place, devote themselves to the
study of the Chinese or Japanese language, as the case may
be, and in the next place should qualify themselves gene-
rally fur the public *orrice in China or Japes, no that her
Majesty's government may always have at their disposal
p,rsons competent to discharge the duties entrusted to her
Majesty's consular officers in those countries. The
salary which is assigned to the office of student
interpreter in either country is at the rate of
900/. a year, to commence from the date of departure
from this country, the passage from England to the place of
destination being moreover provided at the public expense.
I enclose a statement of the subjects in regard to which the
relative capacity of the candidates will be tested by the
examination ; and I would add, that as the chmame ef
China and Japan are considered to he more or lees trying to
English constitutions, the probability that the health of
candidates will he such as to bear • residence is these cli-
mate, will be taken into consideration by the Civil Service
Commissioners. I have further to observe, that candidates
must clearly understand that if they succeed in obtaining
one of the vacant appointments, of which, as regard,' China,
there are six, and as regards Japan, two to be filled up on
the present occasion, their retention in the public service,
and their future advancement in it, will depend entirely
on the ability which they may show after their arrival at their
destination, and on their general steadiness and good conduct.
I propose to leave the sue-sinful candidates, in rotation, to
elect whether they will take oos of the appointments in
China °roue of those in Japan. I have only to add, that if
your royal highness should be disposed to avail yourself of
Dry present offer, I should be glad to be made acquainted,
SS sOOll SS possible, with the names of your candidates, as I
should wish that the examination should take place mama
after the let of June as may suit the Civil Service Corn-
miesioners.-1 have the honour to be, sir, your royal high-
woes most obedient humble servant, "J. Ressm.t."
The Vim-Chancellor requests that the names of those
gentiesnes who may wish to become candidates may be for-
warded to him by the tutors of their respective colleges at
their earliest oceevesiseice.
BEAM or 'hammertoe, anyone THZ Cm!. ammo Cow-
Nuietorm or CANDIDATIN FOR STUMM INTRIPRITRI-
SHIPS is CeliA, A 8 APPROVED BT LORD JOHN RUMMILII I
Wawa, 18111.—Geneval Intelligence, Précis, Orthography,
Hmaderriting, First Four Rules of Arithmetic, First Four
Beebe of Euclid, Translation from Latin into English, Trans-
laths from French into English, General Knowledge of
Modena Geography. Limit of age for candidates, sixteen
to tweedy, both yeast inclusive.

Yesterday the Rev. Alfred Bowen Evans, late of
Enfield, and evening preacher at St. Andrew's, Welhatreet,
Orford-street, was inducted into the rectory of st. Mary-
le-Strand, rendered vacant by the decease of the !Lev.
Joshua Frederick Denham, A.M.