The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-25 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1861.

MUSIC.

Y. BAIN"TON'S CONCERTS.
Lust evening M. Stanton gave the first of a series
of four chamber concerts, at his residence in Upper Whit.
pole-street. His rooms were crowded by a brilliant man.
blase of fashionable company, among whom were • great
camber of distinguished amateurs. Tho performaece lava
with Spohr's stringed-instrument quartet in E minor,
Op. 45, played by Messrs. Sainte.), Bezeth, Webb, sad
Paque ; a beautiful composition, and beautifully executed,
bat more in the style of s solo for the first violin, worn.
gaoled by the other instruments, than of a quartet properly
so called. It was, however, well chosen for the occasion,
as it displayed M. Sainton's great powers, and the exqui-
site delicacy and refinement of the accompaniment.. The
neat piece was a sonata in D minor, for the pianoforte sod
vireo, by Robert Schumann, performed for the first time
in this country. We are always glad to hear a fresh work
of this composer, as, is commas with most English ants.
tours, our knowledge of his curio is vary limited. Bat
what we bare beard of It has sot been sufficient to re-
concile ns to his- style, which strike. us as being
laboured, strained, and deficient in. that breadth,
simplicity, and natural flow of ideas which marks
the music of the great masters of the art. The third piece
was of a very different calibre—Beethoven's ninth Quartet
in f,'—the third of the " Ruoutooffsky* set; one of the
grandest and most beautiful works of its class, written in
the illustrious master's beat days, when his swim bad
reached its zenith, and its splendour was not yet dimmed
by the clouds which fell Open it before the close of his
MOST.

Besides these great pieces, H. Halle performed two of
Stephen Heller's ssererissit de salmi, and IL Santos as
elegentricillo sokeomposed by himself. TbemmalietwesNies
Banks, whowingHsekboven's well•known '•ffintgoltheQnsil,%
sod Dussek's song, " Name the glad day," which has gained
so math popularity by its production at the Monday
Popular Cenearia, The whole entertainment was of a most
isteresting isseription, sad worthy of the disliagaisbed
musician by whom it wee given.
At the secoad concert, announced to take plaice ea the
latle al Hey, Signor and Madame Platt' are to appear, and
Maims. Seisks Dolby to be the vocalist.

THE BUDGET.-MEETING AT MANCHESTER.

Yesterday a meeting ' ,if the citizenm of Man-
cheater was held in the Townhall, in aosordance with a re- i
quisition to the mayor, for the purpose of supporting the
bodget. Several lunched persons attended, and there were
on the
_platform Mr. Alderman Cunt, who took the
chair ; Mr. Alderman Booker, Mr. Aklennan Nicholls, Mr.
Alderman Heywood, Dr. Watts, Mr. Harden, &c., ho.
this
meeting Warm moved the filet resolution :—" That this
meeting recognises the budget laid before parliament by the
Hight Hon. W. E. Gladstone as a meson" of progressive
reform ; and the proposed repeal of the excise and customs
duties levied on paper, sad of the import duty oe foreign
books, as a further step in the direction of free trade, and
also as removing the last fetter from reproductive industry
and abolishing the lest tax upon knowledge." He said Mr.
Gladstoce would probably point to three courses in looking
at the repeal of the paper duties. It might be regarded as
rabbet of retreuchment, or for the increme of revenue, or of
O'in the way of direct taxation. But it was also to be
er at as a proof of the &mom of purpose ,and sou-
'latency of the present Chancellor of the err and hie
determination when he had hold of the right t,11: '
maintain it as an bawds. (Hear, beer.) It wet i,,bl
not roily to repeal the tax erijparm. am tove that repeal
providence of every other. It appeased, from the returns
of the Excise frees lgil to 1859, that thin rendition during
that period, with on. exospbos, had temied bib:nab the
revenue. The doctrine of Mr Donovan Lewis, Adam*
minor of the Exclieguer, that the true philosophy ot
was to be am Wide number ef &bp in order to •,
a largo rendes was directly oonteedietedretcthe I'""""
of expedneme._ jby remitting boss 3 ii
annua4.
_welled added 21 per sent. the remanelvers
excise. C. &odd mderushe le my Mat we hod resold
the end of that progradve la es, re that we eeekl not
still augment the -mesas by -Ildng d another melon
and a half ? Iskamery, Wog 'Weltered, had in-
add immemely ia yrodoetioa, added
to the wealth elf the world and of eur owe country,
and thus inc eased the revenue. From indoetry in ,
stays and chains weds was not to be expected. „Yrd
that wee the of the past, and which Mr. Glad.
hose wasreplacing a better. The repeal of the steles
ea paper would give 'Amax to productive ereploy-
asset, leafed of tads! it for rebate it of the pockets of
the people. If turned over twice a ir, that would give
10s. a week to 100,000 poems. Why tt industry was re-
lieved and employment ineremed, then would be a coed-
double advents,' to ocmuneros. It me easy togive Mei-
teatime of the hindrance resulting from the lat. A
Manchester hens, formerly mot to • Ambito an,:2
100,000 dozen paper bones of waft or Sc.,
ea behbies. In England the ads an the
that used was about 57 percent. of its east, allowing
for papmmakere sod box-seekers' meld ; and it was
about 10 per rent. an the met of theewes.That 10 par
sent. was toted 25 per end. * impart duty hi Ame-
rico, and thee literally k was robed to about 121 per
mot. of the wee of the odes ;or iteP:aaeret. premiumon the same 'Miele supplied from y, when there
was moods* m paper. Another Merielmeter foie exported
t erg. only doe sewing melds warmed la walls= el
of pasta woes obliged to me I* thAr
foreign ieeiomwar who required perhaps this mode of
wrapper, se. OM the thumb might areadfly he
Arid Woad' ote a leal against had. In, the
ease so da the paper datum, an dyad 124 per
mat, to the Gomm nimuSetures. Amthers. et
Marsolimeter
house fond it advantegewas to by sewing whom is
Prude, import them at Hell, tramehip there, and re.expert
them EH derails. Oa paper expeeted alone there was a 1
drawback, bed thh in Tarim ahem di paw wee el tilde
nine. Alderman Baldwin, of Bin amp, Wu the maker
M pagan-bro=tew whisk lid the meularity of Melding
artglit an square liotamns ; aid though the peer
duty elhaspd upeo than was onsidged at Liverpool
when they were expeeld theism the Creme el
charging sad ilosharging sort hire 5 pursed. ea the value
et thil hap. An bermes' amend el trade was prevented
because rarities honsesda:., ceder mixed goods frees
Manelember wig ramp d • et Laps.l.tcluded. Amain,
foreign cedes* were dealers bosses*
the dike meek sad dim% nameWrequired the per.
shame abroad is informed how to &paw with the maw,
and ge direct to the amdforAmer. lame time sr, he
' bong* in Washed*, • piper box of faacy tter from
1 OmmalTh los lifd, but Nothing fdlir bu
sold be
1 bed rem BkminghaM seder Ice, The bid
Corea*, ethics's , dee lidded ea og Toper
almost am loos sad Med {nap paw loose.
The beim en thei piper .toss wed ler 30,003 weavers—
about the number in Coreettry, and its *mediae neigh-
boorbeed—sed kr which ISM gel ms return, would be
17,0001. a year. The might idol, he doubled, for the
proet of the mar sea br,loseriundob-Fadsibr. There-
fore, although trade in Coventry bed so bed se to
be almost near annihilation, the paperduty pave en abso-
lute premium of 34,0012. a year on Preach Ahem. (Ap-
plause.) He might be met with a direct oonteadletios from
some large paper rider, schwa he raid the until
hi:ered experiment. But he had men the oe e • Wawa
Dr. 'Walk onbesqueutly gsvc illustratide of the Meet of
the deff ill Pielrolotieg Mper Meets, crippling the growth of 1
the paper trade. and hindering the production of amp
books mid srevaparpe • The ezioneot of a,-
woken, ia le n.
have duty Maimed. WM
Cobdee'e treaty oder
was ose.sidedthe, mod they wanted Idthet .
pers lb.
Ws" on their nriardacceares, they conM get
ireeigti arcthe a entries to give up their =duty on rap. How-
ever, the Transit ware in supply of rage
themselves. that they= Lepeted with us for lima
rep is the mediae of ..lesesany. But supposing
the Americium were le levy au export duty on
wheat, should we thinkft wise to " protect" ourselves
again{ Araeriam Ilona The policy advocated
paper rassafacturers was jot the ewe in its e=
There we. one or tome Musjetitere sellk paper for the op.
portunity of being diem' ditty. The tory arairimel
46.51.
meant " Hope and " iiiessidier.) ,it 1110 ber**/
were reties/4 beer be ithelpees 0111_61113113101117 Iwo
wedd be emenseed, IMO Med= dill ait gein dd.
AMI Monk Vie of ha Mid mem ireidd ail le
the soden of the pee*, repeal of tick Mho weld
pekoe he believed midi be the case with the removal of
limitor duty, dad for Immo mph. icaa,ao
limiest the haul siel was @tip-
pet/4;d by Mr. BCOWIAMA, lthellfr. MATTHEW,
end by •
Thewsrkieg rasa, whe *peke hem ' midst of the
meetiag. resolution was rhea carded, ewe hand only
being held up against it.
Mr. Alderman Bar WOOD moved the adoptim of a peti-
tion to the Honor of Commons, in accordance with the reso-
lithos.

Thii having bees woad by Mr. T. WAtscirrox, and
carom' uniutioiougy Ne proseedisp birraliated.

REFORMATION IN THE EAST.

Yesterday the annual meeting of the Malta
Protestant College for the Free Education of the Natives
of the Turkish Empire nod other countries contiguous to
the Mediterranean, and establishing Branch Schools in the
Beat, was held at Willies Rooms, King-street, St. Jams;
the Earl of /Mammon in the chair. Among others on
the platform were—Earl Decks, Sir Henry Rewlinsoe, Sir
Wither Farquhar, the Rev. J. W. Reeve, M., &c.
The report stated that the population of the Turkish
empire. and countries adjoining the Mediterranean, except.
ing the Fast Indies, now amounted to shove 100,000,000,
about 38,000,000 of whom are Christiana, 350,000 Jews, and
tbermaioder either Mohammedans or Pagans, whose present
position is degraded and miserable in the extreme. The Malta
College was founded in 1846, for the purroe of evangelising
the people by means of a native missionary agency, am
sirs ire foundation 268 free and paying pupils have been
admitted into the institution, of whom 88 were foreignem,
chiefly from the Fast, and 68 Oriental by birth and parent-
age, the remainder being of Engliah extraction, st !mat on
the paternal side, but with only few exceptions born and
residing in the East. The number at pretest on the roll of
the college is 64, sewer whom are pupils from fourteen dif-
ferent notions (including four young Motions), and some
sent by Dr. Livingstone from Central AIM'. Siam its '
establishment the college has supplied a number of well-
trained youths, who are filling important spheres of labour
in the Turkish empire ; 15 spate (13 foreign and 2
English) have bees prepared for the work of the
gospel, and are employed by various societies, either
Esglish or American, M missionary stations, the main-
tenance and education of each free pupil costing about 401.
L iz.. Prance maintains in Turkey above 20 schools mil
conducted by Jesuits or Sisters of Mercy ; Eustis
pais as annual tribute to nearly all the echoels of the
Greek church, mead* 200; America maintains in Turkey
more than 150 Moots and colleges for the free education of
the natives ; while England only supports four. America
' spends 28,000/. ars, I. education and missions among the
4,000,000 Annemens, but there are still 50,000,000 of Mos-
lem, and 13,000,080 of the Greek church, almost entirely
improvided with protestant teachers. The report concluded
by earnestly advocating the claims of the institution upon
thilbenevolent.

1 The CnarnAli, lining briefly addressed the meeting,
I mad lira
Sir H. RAMA:non, who gave a descriptios of the
present condition of the East. In former times the
Christian populations of the East were a source of
strength by their loyalty, bat that was sot se now.
The great danger which threatened Turkey tow was the ie.
fbesoes of the powers of the Greek sad Witt disrobes.
Boris did not now exercise her ialiueooe as she did la 1811‘.
bit Whin we remembered the traditional policy of Kursk,
ere could hardly doubt' her real object. With regard to
Frenee, she was greatly 'U1,0154140 for the recent complica-
tions in the Best; for Treace bad us various inteneas but.
fend more or less in the affairs of the Rest. He owe
eluded by moving the following reeoludea :--" ThaS
the wile opening for the diffusion of knowledge ie
Turkey, and other countries in the Yediterreasaa,
easelitutee an argent call for vigorous adios c the
cisof Emend, connected as it is with these
by extensive commercial sad diplomatic relitioav