The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-18 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

Duke of Cumberland (the brother of Handers steady patron,
the Prince of Wales) on hie return from Scotland after
crushing, with in overwheiming force, the Jacobite rebellion
in that country—aa eaplolt which any English commander
of ordinary cameity, with him royal highness's means,
could easily bare perfrmed, but which few English
commanders would have sullied by such wanton cruel-
Esc In this oratorio the duke's easy victory over
an maw whose cams ma already hopeless is blamed
to the j; ureic 'aorta of the last Jewish patriot to sustain the
gluing It:tunes at Ida country. Two persona more unlike
to than ellarseter, eirometances, and anima cm hardly be
coneetroe ; your the reneathience we. reoupred It seam and
the 3omptimest amegeed, by the prince end his Arany; for
ludas Jl•essioss, an its production, oppose to have been
the moat am rented a Eandal'a works. I: had a prat run.
The court flocked to it in ackaudademsat of the honour
dons to a royal personage; the public docked to it because
they ',joked to their amps frost what they considered
a gnat ice; and the Jews docked to it be.
came it related to an lateresthig part of their
national history. Hondas coadjutor on this co-
canon, and ea several °then, me me Morell,
whose 4. poetry "is a anspound of bembut and bathos. All
these cromostanom sang have had an untaveurable Inds.
ewe an Haadas sauM, which la et ary mogul quality,
soar Factions brag of the utmost grandeur and beauty,
while elks', are of an ad captmdum hid, appealing to the
popular Mate of that day. But the good largely embed-
ment, sad Judas kissuasus (with the 011111116012 of some
things unworthy of the composer) is deservedly a favourite
work.

Ito performance yesterday wog ca the whole wry no-
easeteL The Mt chores, "Mom, ye Minted childnin,"
the lamest Ice the death of the heree tether, was very beau-
tifully gins. The choral voices were Andy subdued, and the
Meet was highly paha*. The duet fee soprano and taw,
" From this tined scene," which k of the seem mournful
ehmenr, was sung with affeasekei by Madame Rad/redact
and Kr. Mouton Smith, though their voices (as was the OW
with the sob parts during the whole perkemenee) wise often,
end womanly, Nat sad indietlect. This dust ben to the
following chorus by one of those miedulatimm which an pro-
scribed by tschafral rules, but used by great matters In
&dem of them--the direct transition trees the key of 6
minor to 11' Wear, the key of the tendemetel note imam-
dimly below. The abet, hr the aseseent, is strange,
but it supports the Mk tone of Wing which pre-
vail in this ponies of the work. The beautiful
end creiebnibed sir, . Mew orgies, pious sirs," so
ennesive of quiet and resigaid sorrow, wee nag
by Clara Novak, whose pun votes and clear Merinos msde
a great Wormilon. Then came the chorus, 0 Father,
whose Almighty power," one of, those Menet at the TO-
banal on eaterday. It was sIM better parboiled now, the
points beteg UM up with @dudish's &mew It we, on
the whol, the mot setiminton choral peribreeme of the
day, and we badly applauded. The limns warlike meg,
"Ana, am, ye brave," was well wag by Forms, though
area his valet fled to give it the repent/ degree of
power. He mg it, beans, with litmem anivigour,
mad its elk* was greatly increased by some fine
wind-Meth meat pumas added by Kr. Costa to
the aeon. The ohms, "We come," which is the
rearm to this Meng cell I. elm, was 'fictively
rim • bat we mid not help Waling that Costa was too
proto be the use of his team its; the bunts of
immiscible easeensme wholly drown( the velem. This
predUeetios toe beam instruments ts dies carried to mom by
our euelket tometro. The recitMive, "Tie well, my
Mande," end the air, "Call faith thy powers, my soul,"
nag by Reins was • display of vocal power under M-
eant. The sin is not one of Renders happiest ; it is full
of keg, feed Minor, which are my !Moak, and pri-
ma the vale, from Malcolm( itself, so that It was Wpm-
eibk for him to nadir Min distinct In so rut a span;
sad tee introductory recitative was quite inaudible. He
wound up, however, on the combeding words of
the air, " And dare the mike of 'sequel arse,
with a grand shout, which brought down a round of
applause. The well-known afr " 0 Liberty I" was very
finely sung by Clara Novato, end the accompaniment was en-
riched by the tows of Xr. Lames vbbsallo ; but the sob-
mart air, . Coma, ever sculling Liberty," one of the most
beautiful thins in the work, and always esteemed we of its
chid gem, was unaccountably cut out. la the chorus,
Diedelefid of deem," the time was judiciously taken

mach slower thee usiMl, so that, eves It that larie space,
coesiderable distinctness was obtained, while the Impetuous
faros of the music was well ;gestured. This was a highly
succeeded chorus, sad warmly applauded. The read charms
" Hear us, 0 Lod," which karma the Inds to the tint
part, was maguiliceatly performed. It is fall of the most
masterly part-writing; but the cooehinaticos are all so broad,
as issedve, and so free from petty details; and, rooreover,
the singing was so sdneirably firm and correct, that the sac;
was to the highest degree sublime.
In the subsequent parts of the performance there were
many remarkable points, but we can only notice a few of the
most ;woolsack Clara Novellas execution of the eir,
" Fran mighty Kings he took the spoil," was a nearvellow:

ezhnitioa of coal power and artistic 1101. We known other
show who could have succeeded In rendering the intricate
&Mane of this air clear and brillime, in a place where few
can make themselves erenandible. Ice "Sound an alarm" Sing
Reeves metal the whole powers of his mighty voice, end
showed this fawns war-ay with as energy truly marvel-
lous. The Molested air, " Wise men, nattering, may de-
ceive you," me of the mosteleassit melodies ever written, and
se frisk sad free from Naivete& forms as if it had been
Irritate yesterday, was sung by Madame Rudendorff so
beantifelly that it received two distinct rounds of %Mame.
This air, tea, has been much enriched by Costa's additional
acconnsairosoM. The grand chest song of victory, " See
the con awing hero comes," with its clang of martial team-
mate, was most gorgeous ; sad the grand fugue, " Hslkile-
jab, Aiwa I" wee highly effective.
Akar Ads/ )(amass. (at the Queen's dear*, if we era
rightly Wormed) the old 100th psalm was sung, her Majesty
sad the whole assembly standing. The third verse—" Oh,
enter then Rio gates with praise" was given in unison by
the united voices of the 2,000 charlatan. A most grand and
almost,* effect cannot be imagined. Haydn and M.
Berika (the musical antipodes of tech other) would have
gone into sonacim about this performance, jest as they
did shout the charity children in St. I'aul's Cathedral.
. _

After the oratorio Prince Albert, acconlanied by the
Prince of Prussia 'and the Archduke Ferdinand, walked
down the groan& to the lower terrace, where they remained

some ten minutes, witnessing the general elect of the foun-
tains and cascades. They were surrounded by a large num-
ber of persona, and were several times warmly chewed. The
sun shone brightly on the jet. of water, making mimic rain-
bows; the royal ensign nested as high above the rosary hill ;
hundreds of gaily dreamed ladles were wondering among the
walks and shrubberies, or gaging in astonishment on the
waters, shooting up to the clouds or forming into a thousand
devices. The yens was one of enchantment and delight.
It is smatter of course that =English public should heart-
ily welcome their Sovereign, but there were one or two little
incidents which occurred in the course of the day which nerved
to give somewhat more than ordinary fervour to the general
loyal enthusiasm. When the orcheetes, on her Majeety's

seated, the amide= were an pieced, the greet ve- enrivel, struck up the National Anthem, her Majesty listened
cantos had snivel, Mr. Caste had mound hie awful from the firm with pissed attention, but absolutely started
beton, and hat, end beet, Ur Ifejeity, followed by her beck es if astonished et the effect when the full chorus te-
rmites arm her court, append at the front of her box and Mated the earth She turned round to her friends, sad
was remitted with the wog prolonged sad deafening cheers made what were evidently one or two very pleased end ani-
by the aempay. A prormeate bawl event also made the mated etherrattone. At a later ;Stied of the day, when
Firmer Royal the "queen of neigitbourbq eyes," " See the conquering hero comes being played snd
end bar royal highness received aa ovation which sung, her Majesty kept accurate time with her fan,
we truth win be a pine ent reanory to her hem- end et lest, ea if gaits carried sway by the sublime
after whoa settled la bar new home. The Qum Meet of the music, almost emulated Mr. Costa in
end tort Wale to morasin, but her Majesty looked the era with which the wielded the imps-
well, and seemed quite unwed to enjoy both the moue of •teed baton. The Rout enthusiasm seemed to be infec-
the stele arm the company of her people. The public ver- Sou, for on looking round we observed Prince Albert
diet tal the Priam of Frani& wee she setiefectory, but the end the two distinguithed strangers marking time with
Antedate Maximilian don not promise to be • very general equal rigour, etch haring rolled up hie music book for the
ithwarile with the English ladies His imperial highness is pupate. There was s destining encore of this national
Oil and arm* with a military carriage, but seems to be fa favourite, but Mr. Coda seemed et first to be ineurable,
delicate health. Prince Albert, who grows Muter every until her Majesty came le the font of her box, snd nodding
day, wen heartily cheered ; and the royal children were ob• her bad in a manner that was not to be mistaken, the piece
jute of rural end sisetioaate interest. was repeated, with, if possible, still greater effect. Previous
Jude. Massedose, the warm° performed yesterday, was to enterrmt her (*MAP, the Queen Nut for hie Joeeph
written &slag the most brilliant period of Handel'. center ; Poston, end elPeemeg her entire witidecti°4 with the whitie
end, Weigh it nano., es a whole, be placed smug the oldie arrangements, end we believe that sue slight hope
metes' of its week% it stamina some at the rudest Inept. wesenethareged that the festival might on Friday be favoured
reams ef his genius. It did not originate in a very dignified with another Royal visit. As on the previous day, the
mem; tog b. object our to pay a away compliment le the police seringemente were ender the direction of Mr. Lund,

and were equally remarkable for their efikiency. Kr.
Walker (superintendent) end Mr. Baker (farpaytor) were as
usual in immediate attendance on the Royal party.
Her Majesty was attind in a simple half-moms* snit al
black silk, with a plain white crape bonnet, and looked
extremely well.

As the audience settled themselves into their places,
Mews. Nerved end Umbra, the photographers of the
Crystal Palace, took a beautiful photograph ot the whole
scene, making the royal box ha centre. It was e perfect
likeness, and so well and quickly done that copies of ft were
printed, framed, glued, and laid before the royal party
before the first portion of the oratorio had teneleded. The
spot from which it was taken was the palmy over the
organ, whence perhaps the finest coup ef ea which the
festivals of this country nave ever shown was pruned
yeaterdAy. _ _ .

- we perceive by the official return that the total naming of
visitors to the Palace yesterday wu 11,649.

The refreshment department is now most the..
roughly ' ;is Eon, nothing but a great institution
of ooms could ham met yesterday's drain at the Pa-
lace, when 6,000 dimness and luncheons were moved, very
many thousand pints of sherry drunk, and 800 quarts of bee
distributed before eta In the evening. The attendsnos se all
the many counters was ample—people not only had whet
they wanted, but whenever they seated it, and Mr. Staples,
with untiring energy, personally superintended the comiert
of visitor to each deparlanest throughout the dry.
To-day, at half-past three p.m., Mr. George Cooper
(of St. Sepulchre's and St. Pours) is to perform upon the new
mg= of Messes. Gray sad Davison. On Friday, the Handal
Festival will be brought to an end by the sublime and an-
equalled Israel is Byypt, about the choruses in which the
highest anticipations are entertained. " Why, after that,"
obeerves a morning oontannontry, "should them net be a
people's day—on Saturday—at half's-crews ! Who, If not
Handel, was the composer for the multitude?"