The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-11 00:00:00

BRAZILIAN MAIL.

LivEuroor,, Feb. 11' ,
The Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate CA 11:4
pany's steamer Halley left the Mersey this nOrnie,
with the ship-letter mails, passengers, and n geilo
ral cargo for Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Vide;
and Buenos Ayres. The Halley will leave l'i4)
on the 17th inst.

MR. KUHE'S ORCHESTRAL CONCE-875'

On Monday evening next, the accoraPlieu'-
pianist and composer, Mr. Kuhe, inaugura,As:Aelv
series of fifteen grand orchestral concerts at P—e
ton, each of which will doubtless attract Aisrf,rl
number of visitors from London. The preliaraff
programme is one of the most extraerdfor
combinations of talent that has appeared 00
considerable period, embracing as it does then ale,
of nearly all our greatest artists, male and fel ;IP
both vocal and instrumental. The series ioc t
of
three of four classical morning concerts, the
which is announced for Wednesday, tbeP:
when Beethoven's pastoral symphony and Still
dale Bennet's overture, " Naides,".(o,
be performed, in addition to which. 'P`tot
Schumann will play some of the most irilfseit'
compositions of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, or
t°
Chopin, and Schumann. An evening is t'°,4Bof
voted to the works of Mozart, one to titm' 0°
Beethoven, and another to Mendelssohn' the
e
Saturday, the 20th, Mr. Sims Reeves will t mo•
star; and on Wednesday morning, the 24th'palv
Stirling, our greatest living actress, will read valve
spere's "MidsummerNightsDream," on which 00,41
sion the whole of Mendelssohn's incidental
will be given. The thirteenth concert, Feb. 2,A0
be for the benefit of Mr. Kuhe, and tbe %jog'
musical feature will close on Saturday elir.,aria
February 27, with Handel's " Messiah." Yocell
the series there will be one extra morning c°,, 101'
(February 20) when Haydn's " Creatiejitli
be performed, the vocalists being Mi°2l Or'
Wynn, Mdlle. Liebhart, Mr. Winn, 41:1.°,0101°
Sims Reeves. The orchestra Will 1;01
nearly the whole of the instrumentalists °ludo
fame and the chorus will be on a magi fee
o°,l
present unknown beyond the Crystal roe octal
Exeter-ball. It is quite impossible to give ifodare
the various compositions that will be give Ovb
ing the series, but this we may say, that I‘l._„r; collet
has selected all the greatest and gralicluit sho
positions for performance, an announceolnort
will satisy every musician of taste 0171,0
went, that nothing will be omitted to grovg
to the brilliant musical festival he has I/ 001‘"
Mr. Kuhe has, unsolicited, undertaken thevj coo;
bringing together this extraordinary mkt
gress ; and me feel certain his pre-eralal..,it 0101,1
will enable him to carry it to a triunlP7oo 0‘
His pianoforte recitals, both in 1-411 nab .1/134
Brighton, have been the means of
many to enjoy and appreciate Chi:ta
thee;
classical music, and now he judiLic o f 001104
into the choicer and more elaborate field ceoo,
tral composition ; and thus, whilst thesectod OFD
will recommend themselves to the most re cclb
preciation, they are also popular in the real of 110
sense of the term. They will satisfy th7rov Woo
musical education, and charm those who
of opera and symphony, but who have ra Boo-
soul. Mr. Kuhe has our best wishes for
which, however great, will be no more 10 0f 00
fairly and frankly accept, as he is twv/
_00../
best exponents of the queen of instrel"
pianoforte.
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The subscription to the entire s fort ocit
fixed at a very moderate figure—oneeit to 10
whole of the concerts—but the admis:' 00
of the concerts for those not finding it
3650010,
to subscribe for the whole is quite as re, pigl
Special trains will run on the LOUdcteorts.
and South Coast Railways during the o°'

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MISSING SEIIP.—The Rockwood -t, for
castle, Now South Wales, on tho 19th August 1
Franciaco, aad has not oinco been heard of