The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-24 00:00:00

ST. JAIIE,S'S HALL.

Professor Bennett's sacred and secular cantatas,
The IVtanan a f Saan.zisid and TAe !gay Queen, were per-
formed heir on Friday night, with full orchestra and
chorus, conducted ly Mr. W. G. CU-41214
The Hey ea was originally composed for and
performed at the Leeds Festival in 1858. Although a
work of moderate length, Dr. Bennett ban prefaced it,
within overture as regular in plan and important in deve-
lopment as though belon;ing to an elaborate stage work.
The skilful and varied orchestral effects of this im-
portant inxtrnmentsl prelude were excellently rendered by
the capital orchestra assembled ; and the chorus—in this
as in the previews performance reinforced by a send.
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clue-us of the Luly students of the Royal Academy of
Music—was of correTonding efficiency. 'Tho vocal solos
were thua assigned i—those of the May Queen (soprano), to
Miss Poyntz ; of the Queen (contralto), to Madame Sainton-
Dolby ; of the lover (tenor), to Mr. Cummings; and of
Robin Hood (bass), to Signor Foli, who was encored in the
quaint ballad" 'Tra jolly to hunt." The fresh and genial
character of the well-known music of the Mug Oats formed
an excellent climax and contrarit to the more serious tone
of the preceding work ; both together affording sufficient
proof of the versatile power of a composer who so worthily
eutt-ins the reput..tion of Eeglish music.

THE CIVIC VISIT TO EGYPT. —ACIVIDeII from
Cairo state that Sir Thomas Gabriel Sir Sydney
Waterlow, and their ladies, accompanied lay Mr. Deputy
Virtue, reached Alexandria on the '27th January, all well,
having experienced • very pleasant, although rather •
stormy, passage from Marseilles. The British Consul.
General Game on board the steamer housediately on its
arrival in the harbour, and kindly placed one of the Vice-
roy's state launches at the disposal of the party, and in
charge of his own dragoniam Having visited Pompey's
Pillar, Cleopatra. Needle, and the other sight, of Alexia.
Aria, our friends departed the next day for Cairo. Since
their arrival in this ancient and most interesting capital
they have received every possible u_ark of attention. On
the Stith of January they were entertained at an Glacial
dinner at the British consulate. Zeki Bey, the chamber-
lain of the Viceroy, attended them the day after their
arrival, intimating the Pach i's desire to afford them every
possible facility for visiting the various antiquities. The
31 et January was devoted to a visit to the Pyramids and
the tombs in the vicinity. On the let February the gen-
tlemen were received by the Viceroy at the Palace el
Ohizeh. On the led the ladies were received by the
Princess, the mother of the Viceroy, and the ladies of the
berm. On the inh February the when party left Cairo
for a trip up the Nile to Thebes, Luxor, and the First
Cataract, the Viceroy having most generously placed one
of his steamers at their entire .lisposal, fully equipped
with every luxury for thirty days ; they do not, however,
expect to be absent from Cairo more than twenty days.—
City Prat.
FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT SOETHAMPTON.—A
sad boat accident happened in Southampton Water on
Saturday. Mr. John Cox, a gunsmith, of Southampton,
and the armonrer of the 2nd limits Ride Volunteers, was
about to enter the regular army as armourer and to resign
his position in the volunteers In favour of Mr. Dixon, •
military pensioner, who acted as marker at the shooting
rounds of the "rid Hants. They both left the West,
I;May about 10 o'clock in the morning to cross Southamp.
ton Water, in a email sailing-boat, to Mareliwood Maga-
eines, to take stock of the ammunition belonging to their
regiment. They were accompanied by • boy, one
of those water Arabs who look after the West
Quay boats. When the boat was about bed ley
across she was elect and sunk in a squall, and Memen.oez
and Dixon were drowned. The accident was sent frima
each shore and boats put off immediately. The bey. es
goon as the boat capsized and sunk, swam towards*,
shore and was picked up by • boat. Southampton Winer
to • most treacherous place for small baits manigeit by
Bandsmen, on amount of the equally nature of the winds
there. Every year landsmen are drowned between West
Quay and the opposite shore about a mile and • hell dile II
tent, simply Downes they will persist in crossing in small I
boats with large sails, and in managing the bests them-
selves. Mr. Dixon was formerly in the 74th Regiment,
and has two sane in that regiment now.
The miens of Horniman's Teas are greatly re-
amed ; their welt-knew, superiority has attracted a hat of spa-
riousladtarkria therefore notice all licuume Packets are Agent
Horoiriaa and Co., Loudon, Original Importers of the Pure
Tea." POO confectioners agents in London, 11,910 cherideta to
r.r.Prozces.—fAdretlisemont.l