The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-02 00:00:00

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PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The fourth concert of the canon took place at the
Hanovoriquaro Rooms UM night. The pogrom= wee ea
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The connect wag (quay magnificent in minder end in
performance. We have new laud the two skeins sym-
phonies better executed, end very mations no is& Dr. Ben-
nett is a moot jtakious coodnelloe ; heathen the time al every
movement with comminutes knowledge of effect, and
in every cue evidently brinp out the true intentions of the
compeer. In the Pastorale," the beautiful andante, the
" Rivulet," was played so exquisitely that, notwithstanding
its length, the prolonged applause almost amounted to
an
encore. Dr. Bennett's overture, the Naiades— a lovely com-
position, acercely surpused by any work of its dace—was
played eon *mere by the band, and received by the audience
with repeated rounds of applause. Bitted is se great aa
ever. Hie performance et Mendelssohn's Concerto was
worthy of the music, and it is not guy to say more. The
Concerto, in his hands, gave us more pleasure than we had
ever received hem it before. In tone and execution—in
the power of conquering every imaginable difficulty which
the instrument presents—Siveri, among ell his rive* has
no superior ; aad bia Italian grace, smoothness,and vocal
expression, be has, In our humble opinion, no equal.
Ilia rentals, descriptive of the mimes of the Car-
nival at Madrid, was quaint and fanciful in the
extreme, while It Nerved to introduce those elect'.
tive weeders with which Poyang, his master,
need to Naomi& the world la the olden time. The
numb, deurilied the moused* of the maskers in the Prado,
• rustic dance, interrupted by a storm (es in the Pastoral
symphony) the storm clearing off, and the dance reetuned.
Bane pretty 'national Spanish melodies are introduced with
delicious effect, and the whole is • delightful mixture of the
nuentie and the playful. We sad scarcely add that Sivori's
reception was cothusisitie, and that both his 'pieces wars
applauded to the echo. Madame Comte Borchardt is •
Belem& lady, prima donna of the Royal Opera at Braude,
reently arrived in Leaden. Bhe is en mast of the first
ekes, end wee squally successful in the mend and powerful
mew et Beethoven, and in the light and brilliant style of
the Parley= Opera Contique. She hes • magnificent ropreno
seise, rest execution, wed • !blithe& and expressive idyls.
The team warn casmild to the doors, and the whole concert
west off with the utmost possible

HER MAJESTT'A TIIRATRIL—The grand morning
performance which took place yesterday, sad consisted of
Il Barbiire and i 4 Traries, drew en immense audience.
The house was literally crammed in every part.
TRE Hamm. FasrtvaL.—Last night another re-
heated of the Leaden division of the United choir took pleas
at Exeter Hell. The final rehearsal of the division to ap-
pointed for Friday neat, the 6th of June. The grand re-
hommal of the united choir of two thousand voice* is fined for
he evening of the 12th of J.

DRAMA.

lIAYMARKET.

The Husband of an How, produced at this
theatre last night, is the second attempt of the author
to win a sweeps from • London imbrues. His first
play, 27. e Gigots, vs noticed when brought cut at the
Lyceum, and his present production, although of more mode-
rate dimension., bears strongly the peculiarities and, we
must add, the defects of his style. There is the same inge-
nuity of construction, the same rapid succession of "situa-
[lune," and • rood deal more than the same complexity c!'
plot and obscurity of narrative. The heroine, the Counter
De Clairville, heiress to a great estate in Dauphine,
has been wooed and won by the Marquis De Crave-
caur ; the priest waits at the altar, and the brides-
maids are ready, when the lawyer of the family
rushes in with the unwelcome intelligenee that the lady is
no heiress at all, the whole of the grand estate belonging in
fact to Robert the ssidener,'one of those droll rustles whom
Mr. Duckstone represent. with so much success, The
Marquis hearing the mad news at ones withdraws his dabs
to the band of the lady, sad the latter in a fit of indigna-
tion 11111,611 the gardener, on his promising to el:141000th.
deserter to mortal combat. He rushes out to do so, end the
act finishes with the arrival of the news that he headman in
his chinhoes attempt to avenge • lady's Molted hamar.
Three yeses elapse between the first and second sets, dining
which we are infotmetth•t the Countess has beans taroks,
mourning for her "Husband of =Hour," whose piked cow
duct had inspired her with • warm eintireent, his piranha
manners notwithstanding. The Marquis is again bee suitor,
but without succor, when &wonderful English lord snivels,
who can rids, feats, play cards% and do everything better
than everybody else; and this highly-gifted individual is
made known to the Whew se the lost gardener, who has
his asides lee et the lapsed thew years in getting up in ill