The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-18 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL CHORAL socizry.

This society, estriblislwl in the autumn of but
year by Mr. I:. W. Martin. &ad numbering over 700 mem-
ber. held its first weal meeting on Wedoeeday suer&
at the nasal Hall. Covent.einlen. It wad ageneral meet-
ing of the minters. partakMg also of the retro of a fe•
bared. Vows of the enses .4 the Magid. were selected,
',Web her se large • body of voice produced a greed client
is the metiers he la which the choristers assembled. Mr.
Martin sfisnrards pee an outlets of the promediags of the
par year, and the melte of the first wawa. Six cuacerte
besets= at Preter.hall, olio at Si. James's, two at
the Filar sad sere others of a lass pretending
eltaraeter, brides the eseiresse gives to Mr. Alfred Mellor
et
the • of the Preateerle Concert., and oa two
other towards the to rsaratioa of the eerie'. lb'
pelf warner of the society have easeisted of oratorios, part
a ire, art inisoellarous ell of which in a musical
past of view have been mime y easessefol. having been
referred to in the highest Mere of ossemendatios by musical
entice \oldies the highest poetise in the professios. Mr.
Martin maid sot speak with the mime amount of pleasure as
to the pecuniary realm, • heavy loss Irving been isistrued.
The nosing sears, however, seemed fraught with ouruerous
iniemingiag entrapatious, and be really hoped that thin der
would be very arterially denguel before the nest snarl
gernil meeting. Mr. )Martin complimented the cbc upon
the high state of efficircy which it bad &tiered Is the
short puriel id it. inistersec. sod referred to sure petty op-
prima which they and he had matually experieosed
in the early stage id the society's progress; but referred is
Isnot of *ulna to the uniform support roves by the mesa.
ber and the hearty iroperatioo of the enperiateodents ie
▪ dmseasesers. The work...tented for special couriers.
lion mad rehearsal during the ensuing seasoner* the Mr.rsoili,
the Crretion, bred se Eype, Judas .Vaceetwaur, and the
Elije.4. the last earned being eelectrl for the first meeting
oe Wednadny evening ant Tto nuoiller of members pre-
ssed eins waned, of St*, the greater part of whom st once
emdad taismshirs for the ease* seeeoa.

G•itsmw or IlAimraavoN.— Mr. and Mrs.
German Paid base biro thor winter campaign in their
old iluarters, sad hem at once githered round them crowds
of admiring hinds. Mr. John Parry is still their
rollaboratnir, mad their entertainments ate still culled from
the Card Basket of Mr. Shirley Brooks. and the ibral Con.
owers of Mr. W. Brintigh. The only novelty is an
"illustration" by Nye. Reed of a boyleniali young girl,
whose mamma has kept her coosiderably too )out in the
background, and who is resolved upon being " brought out."
This character is acted in Mrs. Heed's best manner,
and all the old favountee seem to have improved with
repetition. At all events the entertainment never went
off with greater laughter and applause than on Wednesday
/ming.
Zcsi it.cut ital. SOCIETY or LONDO2C—At the
nrathly general meeting, held yestenlay at the society's
hoses in Hanoveraguare, Rev. J. Barlow in the chair.
Lieut.. Colonel the Hon. A. E. Fraser, Colonel W. Y.
Ramsey, Major F. Atherl.:y, Sir J. Hawley. Bart., Dr.
Percival Wright. and Messrs. N. Wncd, jun.. H. E. West.
ear, A. Davenport, J. W. Woodhall, H. J. Lisa, sad C.
Farker, were elected fellows ; and Dr. F. Midler, of Mel-
bourse, and Dr. W. Huggins, of Trisidad, correspoeding
members of the society. Messrs. W. H. Core W. C.
Atkinson, and F. R. Crowder, were proposed as eindsdates
for the fellowship.
BIKKILYIIIAD Dots.—Messrs. W. G. Armstrong
and Co., of Newcastle-on• Tyne, have contracted with the
Mersey Dock Beard to supply three swift bridges with
hydraulic machinery for the Birkenhead Docks. The oust
W the /Mize work is to be 22,000 f.