The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

THE EXPBESS. SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1857.

MUSIC AND TIM

Another morning performance at her MOW/.
Theatre is rankled for has 29, whin II Dow
Gideoni will a given albs conaniatee at thass who have
ben unable to attend &wag Itt sabsasdhes7 tame as

ovistiti opera.
The benefit of Millie. Platoleasini is fixed for
Woodsy evening, July 6. The performances for the ma •
tog will consist of the second act of the Piglia, the lest set of
the Troaatore, theirs act of the 21,avititit, sad this in set
of I Ifertiri, In three of which operas Mollie. Piccolimiai
will perform.
Mr. Buckstone announces his annual benefit at
the Heyvesritet Theatre en Wednesday, July Bth, the
1,124 th night of the season. Mr. Backetons is too old a
favourite with the public to require any speael attraction for
hie Ueda, bat he announces the production of a new and
original three-set comedy by Mr. Tom Taylor, and a new
&roe. Both pieces bear promising names. ratans is the
title of the comedy ; The First and Second Poor that of the
farce.
Monday will be the last representation of Richard
11. at the Princess's, and on Tara:lay the house is closed to
the public, it being a full-dross reheanial of The Ihniptst.
A prospectus has been issued of a subscription
Comic Italian Opera, projected to be given at the fit James's
Theatre, to enliven " peisono of quality" who may peso the
winter is Leedom. This is to commence on the 16th of
November :--to give sin performances a week, with a double
company of artiMa during three TOOOlllll. The company
assosacied as alnedy engaged coedits of Meedames
Piumegalli, Combat', Luigia Teadaarimi; MM. Daniele,
&rani, Bartolacci, Fumagalli, Cameiello, Ciampi, Ciuitelli.
la addition to thee, were promised fa print "a compri-
monis, a second tenor tompriatario a mooed Mu, a wen&
donna, of distingubled merit."
An amateur concert will take place next Tuesday
evening, at the Public Library, Great Smith-street,. West-
miaster. The object of the ladies and gentlemen who
volunteer their services on the occasion is to aid the toads
for the support of the church and school of St. Mary, Vin-
cent-square.
Mr. Barry (son to Sir Charles) has recently paid
a visit to Stratford-upon-Aro% in order to aid the trustees
of the Imam in which Pfiakepeare was born with his advice
as to the beat mode of upholding and preeerving it.

M. Meyerbeer, the composer, to at present at Spa.
Letters from Switzerland announce that the great
Annual Musical Festival of the Confederation is to take
place neat year in Zurich, sad that preparations an already
being made fur the accommodation of 3,000 stinger.
The second great Rhenish musical festival, which
took place at Mannheim on the lath and 16th of June, was
thoroughly suoccesful, and attended by a vast number of
visitors from the neighbouring towns. There ware 700
vocal and 100 instrumental performers. The pieces per-
formed were Mendelssohn s Elias, Beethoven's Ninth Sym-
phony with Aorta, Durant'', Afasunfirof, besides several
minor compositions. Capeluteieter Inchner, who was to have
conducted., was proecoted unfortunately by Maras, but his
place wee twat ably filled by Hiller of Cologne.

CoNc►.nrs FOR NEXT WEr.s.—On Monday,
Madame Bassano and Herr Kohe's annual grand morning
assert is to be given at the Hanover-quire Rooms. The
programme contains the sasses d Madame Clara Novelle,
MM. de Weaterchoud (the new Swedish nightingale),
Wort, Reichardt, and Sim Rome. Mr. W. O. Cugins
has his second and lest treekests 'musicale, at
Willis'. Rooms; and co the same day Madame
Lemmas Shemington end M. Lame= hare their
ealiwer essneek, at No. 7, Hyde Pub-street —On Tura-
day, the London Harmonic Union eves a grand concert at
Summon lialL—On Wednesday, the Vocal Union gives Ile
second morning concert at the Hanover-equare Rooms ; and
on the lame musing, at Willis's Rooms, the directors of the
Musical Union ems their grand walker.— —On Thursday,
Mr. Ellie Robert, (harpist to hie Royal llighnem the Prince
at Weiss), has hie assail concert at the Music Hall, Store-
street —Mrs. Elks Day sanonnoes her *Wines mosirok for
Saturday, et Willie's Rooms.
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CRisTAL PALACE CONCERTS.—The seventh. Royal
Italian Opera cioncert took place yesterday morning. The
principal perfiMlllefil were Mesdames Orin, 13110i0, Didife,
Pampa, and RUM Devries ; Mores. Merin, Neri-Dersidi.
Teglinfico, Zelger, Foloniai, Graziani, ltunconi, awl Herr
Yonne. Unhand win conducted by M. /Minton. Notwith-
standing the enormous attraction of the recent Handel
Festival, Mr. (iris magnificent array of musical cele-
brities solo brought together a mat assemblage. We
believe, indeed, that not one at the mummers Royal
Italian Opera anmerte hem has been mere lull, attended.
The progrentrae, se on previous *minima, was made up
slimed exclusively of ellrerte from the most familiar and
popekr *perm belonging to the Lynam riperleire.
THE Lin MR. JEsnout.—Mr. J. W. Anderson,
IMMO of ths Standard Theatre, writes to a cotemporery
" The captain' of ths pen ere'merting themselves on the stage
and in the lectum-room to honour ths memory of their
fried. But the sage itself has not come forward in the

ear cane to • like extent. Yet the stage owes more to
Jerrold than does the library. His drams bare kept many
• house' open, filled many a treasury; and tot many

an meter. Their author dile, and hie widow in unprovidei
for. What Amid the stage do ? I would suggeet
that every theatrical manager throughout the country
should rim • benefit, and every actor contribute his services
to aid her whose husband wrote Black Eyed Swale. If It
could he carried out, I would have the benefit take place at
*vet, theatre, broad England through, on the same night ;
and, on the 'Jerrold night,' let none but Jerrekra dramas
be played. Let each manager charitably cast aside all TO.
membranes of what he has paid to the Dramatic Authors'
Society, and address himself to a work of charity with good
feeling and with energy. The result would unfailingly be
an annuity for Mrs. Jerrold. My own services, if practicable,
I would moat cordially give."—The Snit of the entertain-
ments "In resimbreaos " of Mr. Douglas Jerrold will take
plain this everting (Saturday), when a concert, in which missy
diftgoisbed amicims, vocal and instrumental, will aasiet,
ttrr ha ens at St. Msrtin's•beil. On Tuesday next, in
furtherance of the same object, Mr. Charles Dickens will
mad hie Christmas Carel at the same place.