Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-08

Prof. Carter, of Yale spoke at English Hall last evening to a large audience His subject was Matt. 9th, 21st, ''Where your treasure is there will your heart be also" An after meeting was held and several rose for prayer. A gospel temperance meeting | for members only takes place tonight. Entertainments.
 | HUMPTY DUAIPTY.
 This evening Abbey's Humpty Dumpty | troupe, which is one of the best on the road
 will appear at Peck's Grand Opera House. In | addition to the excellent pantomime compa- ny there is a band of Tyrolean Warblers, whose performances have given great satis- 1 faction wherever they have appeared. There | are also the Rajade burlesque artists and Val 1 jean, the great juggler, the whole making an entertainment of rare excellence and merit Reserved seats should be secured at Loomis' l before o'clock this evening.
 REDPATH CONCERT.
 This evening the Redpath Concert compa- ny will appear at the Carll Opera House. The company includes Adamowski, the great Polish violinist, who has made marked suc- cess in this country and Europe. MT. Herr S. Liebling, the celebrated piano soIoist; Miss Emma S. Howe, soprano Miss Marian c. Upton, contralto, and MT. Fred J. Eustis, aocompanist, are with this company. The concert will be fine one, and the prices be- ing popular the house will no doubt be crowded. Reserved seats may be secured at Loomis' to-day before D. m FANNY DAVENPORT.
 On Wednesday evening of this week Miss Fanny Davenport, supported by a frst-class company, will appear at the New Haven Opera House in the popular new play en- titled "An American Girl" The drama is exceedingly pretty and interesting, and is very highly spoken of by the metropolitan press. Reserved seats should be secured at Loomis, as the house will be crowded. GooDwIN's FRoIIQUEs
 Next Wednesday evening Nat Goodwin's Froliques will dissolve everybody into ecs- tasies" at Carlrs Opera House. The perform ance is an almost indescribable one, full of fun and frolic. The performance is free from objection and one that the people are run ming after. It is full of ''trifes light as air, animated with frolic and sweetened with song. Seats should be secured at Loomis'.
 Center Church Organ Recital.
 The organ recital given by MT. Harry R. Shelley at the Center church on Saturday af- ternoon completed the series. The pro gramme, taken as a whole, was musically su- perior to any with which this popular organ ist has yet favored his audiences Much pleasure was afforded, especially to the musi clans present, by the rendition of Bach's sFugue in G Minor (the greater), ;" a master piece of the greatest organ composer, and which is too often reduced to the level of manual and pedal exercise Fugue playing forms distinct department in the study of an organist, and in this department MT. Shel-
 ey has few rivals. The 'f'Concert-Satz in E Flat Minor" CThiele) was accurately and ar tisticalIy given. The five or six works of this compositions extant It would be difficult to decide whether Mendelssohn's overture, ssRuy Bias" or the "Grand Offertoire' Batiste) was the most pleasing number of the programme. It is certain that both these selections were thoroughly enjoyed, those who admire the French school best liking the latter, and those at all familiar with the former greatly admiring the almost perfect orchestral ef- fects produced during it's rendition. The above pieces, toge her with Beethoven's 'tMarche Funebre" and an organ arrangement of ''Gavotte'' (Scharwenka), made up the instrumental part of the programme. The vocal selections were by Mrs. e. F. Blinn, the well known contralto. This lady has long been favorite in this city, and she fully sustained her we'll earned reputation a vo- calist. In her rendition of Mir. Shelley's ''Ave Maria" and Mendelssohn's aria "But the Lord is Mindfup' the richness of her voice was exhibited to the best advantage, and there were many evidences of the very finest vocal training. These series of reel tals has been in every way complete suc- cess. The recitals have also proved that MT. Shelley in addition to his talents as an or-r ganist, has still greater claim to the atten- tion of the music-loving public The author of such compositions as the tsBedouin Love Song, Echoes" and tsThe Royerv is sure to make his mark in the musical world. There are many friends of the young organ ist who eagerly await the appearance of these songs, it being understood that some of them are already in the publishers hands The public also await the announcement of another series of Center church organ reel ka1e