The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-06 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The eleventh annual meeting -of
metropolita:
schools took place here yesterday in the Handel orchestr .
—under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin, of the
National Choral S.aciety. This gentleuldn 1133 long bee:,
actively engaged in the superintendence and training of
vocal classes, especially among the schools of the nedro•
polls, and the success of his system was exemplified yes-
terday, as on previous occasions, by the capital perform-
ance of about 5,000 voiced, a large proportion being
those of children. The selection performed yes.
terday consisted of various sacred and secular pieces,
commencing with Luther's Hymn, and including several
pieces of Mr. Martin's own composition. The singing of
the children gave ample proof of the efficiency of ti,.
system under which they are trained--being bright i .
\tone, true in intonation, sod accurate in time. In a,' i..
tion to the moral loft aences of the present growing i .. t- ~
mon of choral instruction, its large application in , : .
meat ,ry schools must help towards the plentiful supply
valuable recruits for our great choral societies. In : .
performance of yesterday the excellent trumpet play in.:
Mr. Thomas Harper was called into requisition in I.;:ft • ,
Hymn, and in the (d. 1., ifiato accompaniment to " L .. : .
bright Seraphim.- sung by Madame Florence Lucia

NOCIETI OF FRIENDS OF FOR Eli;.\*El'

DISTRESS.

The sixty-second anniversary of this
which the Prince of Wales is president, was eel,.
last night at Willis's ROOMS. where a sulupt•a,us
was partaken of by a large company. Ili,
HIGHNESS was the chairman. The guests
Bernatorff and several of the foreign minister,
London, Archbishop Manning, Lord Herter, ,•cia-e.: -
W. Knollys, &c.
The CHAIRMAN, in giving the toast of the ev,
he was about to propose a toast which he was 5.., a. .1
be received with the utmost enthusiseni —it ••
perity to the Society of Friend* of Foreigners in l): te
(Cheers.) So many neat relatives of his had occilia•i 7
chair at these annual festivals, that there was p, r h .1. -
little left for him to say as to the operations of the a., ..
It was however his duty to sae a few words. The su.., • ,
was one of the first of the kind established in Len.lon. I
its object was the assistance of deserving end necesete
foreigners without distinction of nationality, reli;.; tot,
or set. The institution was considered to he of sun:.
portanceff:t years ago, and if so, what roust it be new a H.
our means of commuuication were so much greater, ..7.1
when the sources of occupation, in the ',mgr.
manufactures and scientific interests, attracted e. • •
than ever foreigners of all nations to this ioar:•,y
The charitable objects of the society might I.
termed fourfold. First, it granted pensiuus and a11ue,a...-•
to aged and deserving foreigners. so that they migl.t u,
be altogether unprovided for in their old age ;
were cleated by the board of directors, and paid aria.
Another object was to grant temporary relief to thuse u
from sickness or other causer; were unable to earn if, ..
bread. Such eases were inquired into with great ai •
and regulations were laid down as to the amount and it
quency of the grant. Another object Was the grataiu:.:
small temporary allowances when the beads of faruil,•
from infirmity, or a"e, or distress, were unable to aesis•
their own families. The fourth object, which was one
the most important features of the affair, was the grant
ing of money by which foreigners might return to tl.,
native land. As many as 243 had availed theruselv,
this provision, and some of them were volunte,..
who had served with the unfortunate Emperor M
miliao, and who left Mexico upon the occurrence if t!..•
fearful and foul event that filled Europe with astonish', or
and horror. (Cheers ) There had been other arairtas
formed like this, but no other had been so strong or
effective. It relieved foreigurrs of all nations, and 'I.. •• •
fore had a claim upon all. (Cheers.) Ilefore rf•sun.a:4
his seat, his royal highness said a gentleman in the
who did not wish his name to be known, had giver. .. soi.•
scription of 1,0001., and would give another I's g. if nit...
other gentlemen would give 100/. olio. (Loud cheels.,
Other toasts were given, and during the eveeir..•
scriptions to the amount of 4,053/. were annotima.t.
eluding 10'W. from the Prince of Wales, loin!. froni
Queen, and the King of Prussia's annual gift of H.'.
Gratuitous vocal and instrumental services were If
Matte. linguist, Mdlle. Eukka Lie, Mons. Herman "V' a
berg, Herr Karl Wallenreiter, Miss J. Wells, Miss
Mr. Beater, Mr. Lund, and Mr. Winn.

Mit. GLAD:iTONE'S SECOND AND Titit:o Itr.
LUTIONS.—Mr. Disraeli stated in the House of Cutumoui
on Monday, that, disapproving of Mr. illailstone's :ec.
and third resolutions on the Irish church as he had
proved of the first, he should offer to them a bratty
Live. A vague phrase which he let drop in hi, :ter,.
tomed manner, intimating that be did not seek a r. n•
of protracted debates, has, we have reason to believe. L.
understood by some members of the House of Coua.og..
to signify that he would not divide against them. It o.
therefore, important to state that a division on these tat
resolutions may be expected with the utmost certainty.
Daily 1Y elm
The marriage of the lion. Charles Ifanbury
Tracy, M.P., with Miss Ada Tolletuache will take place
on Saturday, May 9, in the private cli pel. him lions,. •
Richmond.

At the meeting of the Gas C.,ltituittce of tl.c
House of Commons yesterday all the companies. with :hr
exception of the Chartered, refused to accept the r... 1..
tions of the committee. The committee then resolsidtl:.•
before proceeding with the corporation till they
hear from the Chartered Company the terms on which
the extent of district to which that company arc prtpio.l
to supply gas in the City. The meeting was furtlicr .:.-
journed until Thursday for this purpose.