The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-20 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S HALL.

The instrumental portion of the second of the Monday
Popular Concerts, last night, was devoted to the works of
MoAart, whilst the vocal part consisted of a miscellaneous
selection. The vocalists were Madame Lemmens Sher-
rington and Mr. Santley : the former sang the beautiful
canzonet by Dussek, " Name the glad day," which was so
favourably received last Monday, and was so loudly ap-
plauded on the present occasion that nothing but the judi-
cious determination of the vocalist to decline the doubtful
honour of an encore prevented its repetition, and the beau-
tiful romance from Macfarren's "Don Quixote," "
why do we love ?" Both of these were well suited to the
artiste, who gave them with great feeling, but without any
unnecessary display of ornament. Mr. Santley's fine voice
was heard to advantage in Wallace's "Bell-ringer," the
pathos of which received full expression from the singer,
and in Mr. J. W. Davison's wild and peculiar strain from
Shelley's words "Rough wind thou meanest." Theselection
from Mozart consisted of the Quintet in A major, for cla-
rinet, two violins, viola, and violoncello, which was mag •
nificently played by Messrs. Lazarus and Sainton, Herr
Ries, M. Schrceurs, and Signor Piatti.
The/it/ate to the first part of the concert was tho sonata
in C minor, without the fantasia with which it is some-
times connected. This was its first performance at these
concerts, and its interpretation by Mr. Charles Halle was a
most happy rendering of its beautiful and impassioned
melodies. The first of the other two compositions intro-
duced was the duet for violin and pianoforte in E minor,
hitherto but little known in this country ; and the other
instrumental piece was the trio in E flat for pianoforte,
clarinet and viola. Mr. Charies Halle, Mr. Sainton, and
Mr. Lazarus were the instrumentalists.- This concluded a
concert certainly in its effect on a numerous audience most
satisfactory.

The Marquis of Salisbury returned to Hatfield
House on Saturday, from visiting the Right Hon. Benja-
min Disraeli at Hughendon Manor, Bucks. The mar-
chioness arrived at Hatfield on the same day from St.
Leonards-on -Sea, where her son, Lord Sackville Cecil, is
staying for the improvement of his health.
The Marchioness of Lothian and Lady Alice Kerr
have arrived in Dover-street from Scotland, on their way
to Paris.

The Earl of Malmesbury has returned to town
from visiting the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., at
Hughendon. The noble earl, having given up his house
in Whitehall-gardens for the accommodation of the staff of
the Foreign-office, has taken a mansion in Stratford-place
for his future residence.
The Earl and Countess of Yarborough will leave
town this week for Torquay, where they purpose sojourn-
ing for a few weeks.
The Countess Cowper has left Penshanger, where
her ladyship has been entertaining company, for Wrest
Park, Bedfordshire.
The Countess .of Glengall and Lady Matilda
Butler purpose leaving town next week for Dover.
The Earl and Countess of Gosford left town on
Saturday for Gosford Castle, county Armagh.
Viscount Palmerston returned to London yester-
day from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle.
Viscountess Jocelyn and her youthful family
leave Cambridge House to-morrow for St. Leonards-on-
Sea for the winter.

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Lord and Lady Sohn Russell arrived at their
residence in Richmond Park yesterday, from Windsor
Castle. _ _

Lord and Lady Lindsay are about to leave Echt
House, Aberdeenshire, for Haigh Hall, near Wigan. On
Friday last her ladyship gave a ball to the tenantry on the
family estate in Scotland. _
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Lord and Lady Hatherton have left town to
winter at Nice.

PORTAI)LE PLxcs TELEGII.APIL—W4) harp just
seen a most ingenious system of flag signals for sea or land
purposes, invented by Mr. H. Dempster, formerly a pilot of
Bombay Harbour, H.E.I.C.S. It consists of four flags
only—one red, one blue, one white, one yellow. These are
buttoned on to an equilateral triangular frame made of
stout wire, and is so constructed as to fold up and put the
whole telegraph into a case, about the thickness of a soldier's
halbert, a ship's boarding pike, or a gentleman's walking-
stick. The principle upon which the telegraph is erected
is to hold one of the colours as a centre, whilst the other
three work six different changes, and by bringing the dif-
ferent angles of frame to the masthead, and changing the
centre colour, which is the distinguisher, 24 numbers or
letters of the alphabet is made out. For light winds and
calms this telegraph is most conspicuous, as it sticks out
from the masthead like' a vane, and the frame is easily
turned so as to give a broadside view of the colours to an
observer at a distance. It can be worked in hand from a
ship's deck, without hoisting the flags to the masthead at
all. The frame with flags on it answers also for the Indi.
colors, to convey sentences, such as—" To commence,"
" Are you prepared," and " All ready." The affirmative,
"Yes"—the negative, " No"—the doubtful, "I cannot
say"—the answering, " I see"—the finish, "Concluded,"
the " Comma," and the " Period." For spelling words or
numbers the telegraph is well suited, and with it as an
auxiliary to other published codes, you can refer to any
number in Captain Marryat's book, or to any letters in the
new commercial code, most expeditiously. Mr. Dempster
thinks the telegraph might be used advantageously for
military purposes on land, as well as for sea; and the fa-
vourable opinions he has received from both naval and
military men, to whom he has shown his plans, encourages
him to expect it may be adopted.

THE EX-QUEEN OF THE FRENCH. Mr. John
Watkins, photographer to the Queen, had the honour of
attending at Claremont yesterday, to take portraits of the
ex• Queen Marie-Amelio and Prince de Joinville, which
were very successfully accomplished. Mr. Watkins has
also been honoured with a commission to execute portraits
of each member of the ex-Royal family of France.
Letters from Munich state that the Castle of
Bitterstein, in the vicinity of the Bavarian capital, isbeing
prepared for the reception of Francis 11. of Naples. The
Queen of the Two Sicilies is the daughter of the Duke
Maximilian of Bavaria.