The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-04 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

We may rewind our readers that the two opera
bosses will open shneltaneonaly—Tis., on Tomodoky mak..

Among tic
H. liosmell's rs

ts for Passion wear is Mr.
at the Princess's Theatre; •

lecture, with .on., on " Mary Queen of Boots," under-
taken by Mr. Linley at the Gallery of Illustration ; and Tom
Thumb'■ yerformasoes at the Surrey Theatre.
' ' .

Among the vocalist, who will take put in Mr.
Alfred Mellon's entertainment at Drury-lane 'Drain art
week, re Madame Drake, Madame Weds., Mir Julian
May, Mir Lanka Waking, Mir Mary Keeley, Mies
Larelke, and Mir Dolby.
The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty'. House-
hold has appointed William Bodham Dome Eaq., to be
examiner of stage plays. The case ma rendered vacant by
the sadden death of Joins Kimble, Eq., KA, the
ale-
bratd Anglo-Sazon 'chola; who xacordad Chula Kimble

The Ste states that Mr. Murdoch, the American
comedian, since hi. departure from London, has been so se-
verely indisposed, that, by the advice of his friesda, be has
placed himself under the care of Dr. Wilson, at Wrens,
where be has been sojourning fur some time. After a tour
through Ware, and a continental trip, ho purposes playing •
few brief engagement, previous to his return to the United
States.

A contemporary apprises us that the National
Hall, in Holborn, is about to be altered and re-arranged, so
as to form a coacerbroom capable of receiving an audience of
four thoimind persona.
A new theatre is about to be built at Rio Janeiro,
and the Brazilian government has given to it a sum of
156,0007. English.

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We (Illustrated London Neles) notice only to con-
tradict a saying generally attributed to the spirited leases of
Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. E. T. Smith Mood last week for
Bedford. When Mr. Smith was 'eked (so the story runs)
why ho was anxious to ho in parliament, hs is said to have
replied, Wiry not P kfy predacemor was be perlianiena"
The saying, of course, refers to Sheridan.
On Easter Monday a very strange piece of re-
joicing (mys the Atheneum) may be looked for. What, in
the name of consistency, are the proprietors of Exeter Hall
about P We are rimmed to lee selection@ tram me opera en-
pounced no about to be given there daring the so-called
Verdi evening, which open is Le Devisee Smug thst
they think proper to interfere with the words of the hymns
of the Latin Church whim performed in the Strand for =n-
aiad, not devotional, mowers, we submit to them whether
they ought not to merry Le Treeless (in the book of the
words) before the song of bar folly and the sound of her
coughing begirt

The French government propoom to grant, next
year, 32,000/. as a subscription to the Grand Opera; 9,6001.
to the Thiitre Francois; 9,6001. to the Opira Comigne;
4,0001. to theltalien Theatre ; and 4,0001. to the Odium

Letters from Vienna (says the Literary Gazette)
announce that the celebrated Miner Staudigi, who bas been
[or a long time confined in a madhouse is now in • irons
state than ever: his mental excitement ;sad • few days ego
reached such *pitch, that he was obliged to be coedited in

strait-waletoosi. AD hopes ot hia recovery, or even ame-
lioration, ere now given up; indeed, his speedy dissolution
may be looked for every day, and I. earnestly to be desired.

The Duke of Coburg. Gotha has dedicated his
lastopers to Franklin Marie Seetech, the esiebretad (3etatan
sebele, who has lately been mating such a flows =min
the staid Dutchmen of Amsterdam. The Duke pasented
Mdlle. &aback at the same time with the modal for art, and
invested her with the Ernest order of est end science.

In the Norfolk News of this day we read :—" On
Thursday a general meeting of the committee of the Norwich
Musical Festival wu held for the purpose of mewing a re-
port from the committee of management. The Eat of Albe-
marle presided. The managing committee, in their report,
Mete as follow. :—' Slum the het genteel committee, two re-
guise meetings and one special meeting have beeekheld
by your sub-committee, and some important banner bee
been transacted. At the meeting of the 9th of March, we
had the benefit of Mr. Be edict's presence sod advice, who
also gave his valuable setistanceat 'rehearsal& the evening at
St. Andrew's Hall. He expressed eatiefection at the choice
of music for the morning performances, although he feared
some might consider theaolection for the second morning too
long; but he would not bear of any curtailment of the sea-
sons, and we thought that with mulct of eticli • light and
pleasing character, throe hours and a-half word not be
I objected to for one menthe porknoonce. The presence
of the conductor dalebi r N determine one very
important arrangement with regard to the festival,
namely, the conotruction of the hutrsunontsl band,
and, 'abject to the ampler* of those performer
to wham angagements have been adored, • great
mein of expose will be auk* with, It may be fairly
stated, as bream in the disks* d the band. The ace-
romonanse with Mr. Basle bee rosnitil in his potty (Uein,
Mario, Adenl, foe.) asking sack high Wawa that we do not
101 l MOWS i neourading the ougocanwata be has cA-
iir ad ; partionkry as we breve that Misr of high I
order may be ableard at warkeolly ism export' "
The committee laser seats that wqrsowesais are expected
to be mmegioted with lasdaid, a O soprano of great
premix, end MR yet heard in hingird ; Madam No-
velle, Ward Radomikell, Miss Dolby, Mir Penny Hod-
der Mr. end Moe. Weir Mks klisyno, Mks
Mr. firs Barr, wad Signor Raba The services of
the above, it is believed, might be mewed for a sum
within what it weed be in their power to emend.
The follow* dislincidohod noblemen and ragmen were
AIM to theammiNs• :—The High SharllViscount Reat-
tach, Sir R. If. thaxten, Bart., Mror-fieneral Windham,
O. Beatinck, Esq., M.P., Brayton Gordon, M.P.,
the Viscount Bury, M.P., H. W. Schneider, Eq., M.P., and
Charles donory, Req. We hear that it has been decided to
have • fancy ball."