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Bridge station by several special trains in two relays from Newhaven, about one and eight o'clock. The northern line of France have appointed special trains to leave Paris at 11.30 p.m., and three extra steamers will await the arrival of the passengers at Calais and Boulogne, reaching the London Bridge station of the South Eastern Railway in the course of the following afternoon. It has not been found practicable to make use of the offer of the Peninsular and Oriental Company to send specially one of their steamers to Cherbourg, from the circumstance of that port being connected with Paris by only a single line of rails, and the government of France strictly prohibit excursion trains being run on lines thus circumstanced. The two new hotels in the Islington Cattle Market buildings of enormous capacity are being fitted up with beds for a large body of the Orpheonists, and it is probable that the North London Railway will afford the means of conveyance daily to Fenchurch Street, whence the distance is short to the London Bridge Station. To ensure the general arrangements being understood by the Orpheonists on their arrival, one hundred commissionaires, selected from the officers of each society, will precede them: these will arrive in London on Thursday night. Aen ༄Ú,

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That the preparations for the decoration of the Great Orchestra may not be interrupted, it was closed to the public immediately after the great dinner of the Scots Fusilier Guards on Wednesday, Running round the back of the orchestra will be fixed the names of each department of France in which the members of the musical societies are resident. Between the names is a large gilt eagle, surmounted with tricoloured flags, the intermediate spaces being filled in with tricoloured escutcheons or shields. Wreaths of evergreens and flowers, and groups of palm trees and exotic shrubs occupy the lower portion of the back of the orchestra, interspersed with which are busts of celebrated men of France. In front of the organ emblematic devices are being prepared by Mr. E. T. Parris, whose labours in connection with the restoration of the interior of the dome of St. Paul's are well known. A matter of interest will be the exhibition of the banners and emblems of each society. These will be arranged along the rising front of the orchestra; many of them are magnificently embroidered and decorated. In the middle of the great orchestra will be ranged the Band of the Imperial Regiment of Guards. In front a number of harpists will be stationed, who are engaged to accompany the chorus written expressly for the occasion by M. Halevy, who it is anticipated will, with other members of the French Committee of Patronage, visit this country with the Orpheonists, Both the band and the harpists have been placed as near as possible to the front, because although the full choruses can be heard in any part of the vast locale in which the Festival will be held, the extreme delicacy of the wind instruments of the Guides Band will render the possession of reserved seats in the forward blocks desirable,

In addition to accompanying the vocal music in each day's selection, the Band of the Guides will perform selections from their extensive répertoire; and as the arrangements for the audience will be the same as at the Handel Festival, this celebrated band will be heard with the attention which was not possible on the occasion of the fête for the Patriotic Fund in October 1854.

As a conclusion it may be fitting to notice the formation of an influential committee of members of Parliament, selected irrespective of political views, who have kindly undertaken to render any assistance in their power to the Orpheonists, on production of their special passports, at such places of public exhibition or industrial character as are not usually open to visitors. A committee room for this purpose has been established at 4 Old Palace Yard.

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The stay of the Orpheonists is limited to one week; they will leave England on the first of July, the three performances being fixed for Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th, and Thursday 28th June.

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(From the Midland and Northern Counties Herald). THE week, which commenced with the festivities and sports of Whit suntide, is to be further enriched, for the lovers of rational recreation in Newcastle, by a visit from Dr. Mark, and his famous band of juvenile musicians. The musical enterprise with which the name of this gentleman is so worthily associated is not a speculation, but a mission; and the doctor himself is not a speculator, but an apostle. It is important for the public to bear this distinction in mind, because by losing sight of it and classing Dr. Mark with the thousand and one caterers for the amusement of the people who overrun the country, producing disappointment more frequently than satisfaction, and vitiating instead of elevating the popular taste by the character of their entertainments -the public runs the chance not only of losing the opportunity of enjoying a high musical treat, but of advancing the interests of a highly

meritorious undertaking. Whitsuntide has for the time being put a period to political debate. The parliamentary mill is at rest; and although topics of vital interest to mankind are turning up with every new minute, in Italy and other quarters of Continental Europe, the discussion of these can at least wait the passage of our brief holiday. Dr. Mark comes with his music at an appropriate season, and as we believe his enterprise capable of producing no small amount of social benefit to the people of this country, and because the history of that enterprise is intrinsically an interesting one, we may do worse than lay a brief outline of it before our readers.

Dr. Mark is a native of Germany, but it is long since he adopted England as his home and it is also long since he perceived that although the musical education of his adopted country had been sadly neglected, her sons and daughters had musical capabilities equal to the Germans, the Italians, or any other people popularly supposed to have been more highly gifted by Apollo. To a gentleman of musical tastes, and musical culture, this fact could not be long in revealing itself, for the national music-using the term national in its widest significance as comprehending the three kingdoms-furnishes sufficient evidence of the fact that the divine art has been successfully, if not universally, cultivated in these realms. The question which Dr. Mark proposed to himself, and which for twelve years he has been attempting to solve, was whether it was not possible, by a proper system of education, to inspire all classes of the community with a love of music, and bring its refining and elevating influences to bear more directly, and with greater force, upon the domestic life of the people ? It is quite certain, as we learn from history, sometimes incidentally, and sometimes by more direct testimony, that centuries ago music was found more frequently among the household gods of all ranks than it is at our own time. Ellis, Gibbons, Morley, Wilbye, Wilks, Bennet, Boyd, Bull, Dowland, Ford, and Ravenscroft, keep the old centuries of English social and religious life vocal; and while musical performances on a scale of magnificence, considering the circumstances of the times, which might make Englishmen of the present age, familiar as they are with Handel commemoration concerts and other Sydenham miracles of a musical kind, open their eyes, were provided for the entertainment and at the expense of the great ones of the kingdom, the inmates of lowly cottages, both rural and urban, had sufficient culture in the musical art to enable them to lighten the labour of the day, and relieve the monotony of their unoccupied evenings with the charms of song. The madrigals of the Elizabethan era attest the skill of the English composers of the period, and must have required no mean performers to do them justice, and no me the masques which in that and the two succeeding reigns were so frequent in the houses of princes and nobles, entertainments which may be described as a combination of the drama and the opera, had a powerful influence in cultivating a taste for music among all classes. The object of Dr. Mark was, and is, to create a universal demand for music of a high order of excellence, and to cultivate a universal faculty of performing it. Why should it be confined exclusively to the Church, the theatre, the concert-room, or the houses of the wealthy? Might not the members of a working-man's family be trained so as to sing and play with intelligence and taste, and might not the humble abodes of these be rendered more cheerful, more happy, less pervious to the attacks of intemperance, rudeness, bad temper, and the other evil spirits which attack the ignorant and the unoccupied? "Stimulated by a love for music," says Dr. Mark, in an address to the Mayor and Corporation of Manchester, which we have before us, "stimulated by a love for music, which I have cherished since my childhood, and an ardent desire to bring its heavenly influence within reach of all classes of society by disseminating a taste for music among the rising generation, I adopted music solely as a profession for carrying out my scheme. I began with composing and teaching music. I soon discovered that the method hitherto pursued was greatly defective, which prevented the genius of the pupil being properly developed. I then imposed upon myself the task of constructing an entirely new system upon a more simple and more effective basis." The new system was first tested at Bristol, upon little Bristol boys, in a musical conservatoire which the doctor established there for the purpose. The children attended in the evenings, and received gratuitous instruction, and by-and-bye a juvenile band was formed, and concerts given in Bristol and neighbourhood which surprised and delighted all hearers. It was something entirely new, and as wonderful as it was novel, to see mere children perform on instruments with a skill and effect which would have put many performers to the blush of six times their age, and ten times their training; and the success that attended these concerts, although not quite so great as their merit deserved, was sufficient to encourage Dr. Mark in his labours. In 1854 he recognised the AngloFrench alliance by dressing his corps of juvenile musicians in English and French military costume. Ultimately the Bristol institution was

given up as being too limited a field; and as the new enterprise was intended to be national in its dimensions, its originator betook himself to the manufacturing districts, organised a band of boys selected from all quarters of the three kingdoms, and proceeded in his work with an energy and enthusiasm which could have been sustained only in consequence of its basis being laid on an intense love of his art, and which could not be damped by professional jealousy upon the one hand, nor temporary failure on the other. The purpose of Dr. Mark was to establish musical conservatoires in every important town in the United Kingdom for little children, so that the study of music might become a branch of national education in the humblest schools. For years he has prosecuted his work, travelling through England, Scotland, and Ireland, explaining and illustrating his system by lectures and the performances of his juvenile band, and testing the sincerity of his professions by admitting to his entertainments crowds of the poorer children either gratis or at merely nominal prices. The establishment of the Royal College of Music and the Manchester Conservatoire of Music in the great metropolis of cotton are practical efforts, which have been crowned with a large measure of success. The Royal College is intended for pupils from all parts of the country; but none but pupils from Manchester, Salford, and neighbourhood are admitted to the Conservatoire. The pupils in the latter establishment receive instruction in vocal and instrumental music in evening classes, either on payment of a moderate subscription or on condition of their services being given if required by the head of the institution; or in evening classes, through the assistance of voluntary contributions. Orphans whose parents belonged to the musical profession, and poor children who have special musical talents, receive in the Royal College of Music a musical and general education, board, lodging, and clothing free of all expense, until they are fourteen years of age, when they are either apprenticed to a trade or remain in the college to be trained as musical professors. It will thus be seen, from the outline we have given of Dr. Mark's mission, and of the means he has adopted in carrying it out, that it is one which deserves in an eminent degree the support of the public. We hear that up to last year he had spent 50,000l. upon it, and so heavy are the expenses attending the management of the Manchester institutions, in consequence of many pupils being educated either partly or wholly free, that, were it not for the support the doctor meets with in his musical tours through the country, we do not see how the institutions could be kept up. This support, however, is not so liberal as it might be, and at his last visit here a few months since was to have been.

Esq., and family; John Ringrose, Esq., and family; Thomas Voase, Esq.,
and family, Anlaby House; Mrs. Birtwhistle and family, &c. The
collection at the conclusion of the morning service amounted to £75. 88. 9d.
Evening service commenced at half-past six o'clock, and the sermon
was preached by the Rev. C. Overton, vicar. The choral services
consisted of Psalms (Beckwith and Purcell); Magnificat and Nunc
Dimittis (Dr. Whitfield); anthem, "God is our hope and strength"
(Dr. Greene); 33rd Hymn (York); the Hallelujah chorus performed
in a style which electrified the congregation, and voluntaries by
Mr. Rogers and Mr. Williamson. The Beverley choir were very
effective. The total collection amounted to £106. The church was
crowded in the evening, and Mr. Rogers played gloriously. Mr. William-
son is a good amateur organist; and being a large subscriber (he and
his father give £500 towards the organ) was asked to play the first
voluntary.
BELFAST.-(From our correspondent.)— An interesting selection of
pieces from various masters was performed on Monday, the 11th inst, at
Holywood Church, in a most masterly manner, by one of our resident
organists-Mr. F. J. Robinson. It is a remarkable fact that, whereas but
five or six years ago there was not one first-class organist in this modern
Athens, now we have several: and it proves what rapid strides music is
making amongst us, that people will now listen to Bach with attention;
and, indeed, seem to perceive that there is a "fitness" in his music,
which they can scarcely see in Rossini's prayer from Mosè in Egitto,
"played on all the stops," alternately, for Divine Service. The follow-
ing was the programme of Mr. Robinson :-Sonata (D minor), Bach;
adagio (sestet, Op 81), Beethoven; fugue (C major), Bach; Jerusalem
(St. Paul), Mendelssohn; toccata and fugue (D minor), Bach; Santa
Maria, Marcia Religioso, and allegro animato, Meyerbeer; allegretto,
(Hymn of Praise), Mendelssohn; fugue (E minor), Bach. Our new
hall-to be called the Ulster Hall-is being built; and from the
completeness of the plans prepared by the Company's architect, Mr.
Barre, we have reason to believe that for convenience and comfort, espe-
cially to the artistes, it will equal, if not surpass, anything in the United
Kingdom. In size, it will be within two feet of the Birmingham Town
Hall. The directors were unfortunately not in a position to complete
the long-impending purchase of the Panopticon Organ until too late;
however, they are determined that its loss shall only be a pecuniary one,
and that we shall really have a grand instrument, one that will be in
keeping with the hall, and a credit to the town.

R. WALLWORTH is in town for

by no means so liberal as it ought we trust to see Well attended. The M at liberty for Concerts, &c. until the opening of thupils, and will be

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concerts themselves will, we have no doubt, be of great merit, for Dr. Mark and his "Little Men" never cause disappointment, and the

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sympathy and the assistance of philanthropists of all orders.

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Covent Garden, in the Autumn.-30 Edwards Street, Portman Square, W.
HITBY, YORKSHIRE.-WANTED, an efficient
BRASS BAND, of not less than Eight persons, who will be required to
perform daily on West Cliff, Whitby, and to be otherwise at the disposal of the Com-
mittee for other engagements. Terms per week, with references, to be forwarded to
the Honorary Secretary to the Subscription Band, Mr. James Wilkinson, Hanover
Terrace, Whitby.

COTTINGHAM.
place last week.
at the morning service there was a very good attendance. In order to
give greater effect to the services, arrangements had been made for the
choir of Beverley Minster to attend; and in the morning and evening
performed. Divine service commenced at

The opening of the grand organ at Cottingham took
Special trains were run from Hull and Beverley, and CHU

HURCH ORGANS.-FORSTER and ANDREWS, Organ

Builders, Hull, have a number of SECOND-HAND ORGANS for sale, which they have taken in exchange, built by Bevington, the late J. C. Bishop, Lincoln, Parsons, Bryceson, Holdich, &c.-For price and particulars, apply to Forster and Andrews, Organ Builders, Hull.

MUTUAL LIFE

full choral services, being opened by a symphony from Haydn on the Kid Street, Cheapside, FL. ASSURANCE SOCIETY,

new organ, by J. Williamson, Esq. (Mayor of South Shields). The prayers and lessons were read by the Rev. C. Overton, vicar; the litany

ANNUAL REPORT, Cash Account, Balance. Sheet, &c., are now ready, and may be had on written or personal application.CHARLES INGALL, Actuary.

[EW SONGS by J. W. DAVISON,

by the Rev. Mr. Birtwhistle. At the communion service, the Revs. NE

T. M. Macdonald and Mr. Garwood officiated; and the sermon was preached by the Rev. T. M. Macdonald, incumbent of Trinity Church, Nottingham. The rev. gentleman took his text from Revelations, xxi., 3-5. The musical services consisted of two voluntaries by Mr. J. Rogers, of Doncaster, on themes by Sebastian Bach; the Venite; Psalms (Feeton and Corfe); Te Deum and Jubilate (Dr. Whitfield); anthem," Give the Lord honour," Kent; Sanctus (Jomelli); Kyric (Dr. Camidge); Gloria (Jackson); the Hundredth Psalm, and concluding extemporaneous voluntary, by Mr. Rogers. The powers of the instrument were fully tested by Mr. Rogers, who expressed himself of opinion that it is one of the finest in England, reflecting great credit on the builders, Messrs. Forster and Andrews. It would be invidious to particularise the quality of any portion, all being in such perfect condition. The mechanism, though tested to the utmost by Mr. Rogers, worked uniformly well. The congregation of Cottingham church have, therefore, abundant reason to be proud of this addition to their beautiful

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Rough wind

that moanest loud" (sung by Mr. Santley at the Monday Popular Concerts); "Swifter far than Summer's flight," (sung by Miss Palmer at the Monday Popular Concerts); "False friend, wilt thou smile or weep," Beatrice's song in the Cenci (sung by Madame Sainton-Dolby, at the Monday Popular Concerts, St. James's Hall); are published by Cramer, Beale, and Co., 201 Regent Street.

The above Songs form Nos. 1, 2, and 3 of Vocal Illustrations of Shelley. "Mr. Santley was encored in one of the thoroughly picturesque and poetical settings of Shelley, by Mr. J. W. Davison, mentioned a week or two since. His song, Rough wind that moanest loud,' is a thoroughly good song."-Athenæum.

"Madame Sainton-Dolby's greatest efforts were called forth by Mendelssohn's 'Night' song, and Mr. J. W. Davison's False friend, wilt thou smile or weep' (from Shelley's Cenci'), to both of which she did the amplest justice. The latter work is one of the most poetical and beautiful of the Vocal Illustrations of Shelley,' composed by Mr. Davison many years ago, and which, though rarely heard, possess far more sterling merit than nine-tenths of the most admired songs of the day. A more intellectual treatment of the words could not well be imagined. Mr. Davison has completely caught the spirit of the poetry, and heightened its beauty by the potent charms which belong only to the sister art. False friend, wilt thou smile or weep,' sung to perfection by Madame Sainton-Dolby, was enthusiastically applauded." Morning Post, April 26, 1860. Cramer, Beale, and Chappell, 201 Regent Street. Each with a

village edifice. Amongst the company present were the Rev. Canon WORKS edited by J. W. DAVISON.

Wray, the Rev. Messrs. Kinnear, Brown, and Monk (Holy Trinity
Church, Hull); the Rev. Mr. Cooper, Driffield; the Rev. Mr. Escell,
Beverley; the Rev. Mr. Sandars, incumbent of Skidby Church; Ben-
jamin Haworth, Esq., and family; Mrs. Barkworth; Thomas Ringrose,

Preface, in large volumes, music size.

1. DUSSEK'S PLUS ULTRA and WOELFFL'S NE PLUS ULTRA SONATAS. In I vol., with a Biography of each Author, price 4s.

2. CHOPIN'S MAZURKAS. Complete, with Portrait and Biography, price 8s. 3. MENDELSSOHN'S SONGS WITHOUT WORDS. Complete, with Portrait and Preface, price 6s.; or in 4to. 7s. 6d. cloth. Boosey and Sons, Holles Street.'

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THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCESSES AND PRINCES OF THE
ROYAL FAMILY,

The Most Worshipful the Grand Master of Ireland,
His Grace the DUKE of LEINSTER,

And several other Distinguished Freemasons;
His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the
EARL of EGLINTON and WINTON,
The LORD BISHOP OF MANCHESTER,

The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Manchester, IVIE MACKIE, Esq.
His Worship the Mayor of Salford, W. HARVEY, Esq.

SIR FREDERICK Gore buSELEY, Bart., Director of Music at the
University of Oxford,

And many of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Distinguished Families of the Empire.
DR. MARK'S

GREAT NATIONAL ENTERPRISE

Organised in 1848, and developed at THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, BRIDGE STREET, MANCHESTER, established by him expressly as a Great National Institution to facilitate the Encouragement and Promotion of NATIVE MUSICAL TALENT, and the GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC AMONG THE RISING GENERATION, upon his new and effective system, also as a NORMAL SCHOOL, for the training of masters to conduct CONSERVATOIRES OF MUSIC to be established throughout the United Kingdom, for LITtle Children, the whole comprising an entirely new scheme of NATIONAL EDUCATION, by blending music with general instruction, so that the study of music shall become a branch of education in the humblest of schools of this country. To illustrate and to rouse an interest in every town and city for these institutions, Dr. Mark travels with a number of his pupils occasionally through the country-giving lectures, and intro. ducing his highly approved and pleasing Musical Entertainment, entitled DR. MARK AND HIS LITTLE MEN, who number upwards of Thirty Instrumentalists, and a most Efficient Chorus, the whole forming a most unique and complete Juvenile Orchestra, composed of LITTLE ENGLISH, IRISH, SCOTCH AND WELCH BOYS, FROM FIVE TO SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, who play Operatic Selections, Solos, Marches, Quadrilles, Galops, &c., and sing Songs and Choruses in a most effective manner, and to whom Dr. Mark gives a gratuitous General and Musical Education,

APPOINTMENTS OF MASTERS AND ARRANGEMENTS OF CLASSES IN THE ABOVE INSTITUTION.

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Sonata, in F, with Variations for Pianoforte and Violin.

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Miss ARABELLA GODDARD and Herr BECKER.

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Mr. POWELL and Two Assistant Teachers.

PRACTICAL ASSISTANT TEACHERS,

Air, "In diesen heil'gen Hallen"
Song, "Voi che sapete".
Quartet, in G, No. 1

Herr BECKER, Herr RIES, Mr. DOYLE, and Signor PIATTI.

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Violoncello, Double Bass, and Viola... Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, and Clarionet Cornet and other Brass Instruments ... Concertina (German and English) Vocal Classes ... Dr. MARK has also made provision for the Orphans of the Musical Profession possessing musical talent, who will find the above institution a happy home, and receive a most effective general and musical education, board, and clothing, free of all

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{ Messrs, POWELL and

ELDER.

Little Boys, from five to nine years of age, apprenticed for three, five, or seven years by paying a moderate entrance fee to cover the expenses of instrument and books.

Twelve appointments ready for Masters. For Prospectuses, apply direct to the Royal College of Music, Bridge Street, Manchester.

Dr. MARK is also open to Engagements with his little Men.

Dr. MARK begs to invite the Parents and Friends, and all those interested in his Enterprise and in the Education of the Youths of this country, to visit his establish ment. Visiting hours:-From Nine to Eleven, a.m., and Two and Four, p.m. Saturdays and Sundays excepted.

CANT

ANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-Westminster Road. Lessee, Mr. C. MORTON.-Every Evening.-C. H. GOUNOD's Opera, Faust-Faust, Mr. HENRY HERBERT; Mephistopheles, Mr. C. BERNARD; Siobel, Mrs. ANDERSON; Marguerite, Miss RUSSEL. Conductor, Herr JONGHMANS-and Selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, and Macbeth. Several interesting Pictures have been added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis.

DOUBLE BASSES for sale, six fine-toned Instruments

by good Makers; a VIOLONCELLO by Banks, in Case; TENORS by Foster and Fendt; VIOLINS by Straduarius, Guarnerius, Steiner &c.; also a self-acting ORGAN, in a Carved Mahogany Case, plays 74 tunes. For Particulars apply to J. Moore, Buxton Road, Huddersfield..

Printed by George Andrew SPOTTISWOODE, of No. 10 Little New Street, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London, at No. 5 New-street Square, in the said Parish. Published by JOHN BOOSEY, at the Office of BOOSEY & SONS, 28 Holles Street.— Saturday, June 23, 1860.

"THE WORTH OF ART APPEARS MOST EMINENT IN MUSIC, SINCE IT REQUIRES NO MATERIAL, NO SUBJECT-MATTER, WHOSE EFFECT MUST BE DEDUCTED: IT IS WHOLLY FORM AND POWER, AND IT RAISES AND ENNOBLES WHATEVER IT EXPRESSES"— Göthe

SUBSCRIPTION-Stamped for Postage-20s. PER ANNUM

Payable in advance by Cash or Post-Office Order to BOOSEY & SONS, 28 Holles Street, Cavendish Square, London, W.

VOL. 38-No. 26

CRYSTAL

SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1860

RYSTAL PALACE.—GREAT NATIONAL Arrangements have been made for a Grand Monster Brass Band Contest on the above days, in which upwards of ONE HUNDRED BANDS from all parts of England are engaged to take part. Valuable Prizes, in money and cups, will be given by the Company; and, in addition, the principal Musical Instrument Makers in London have signified their intention to present several first-class instruments as special prizes. The contest will commence each day at Ten o'clock, and on both days the whole of the Bands will meet at Three o'clock precisely in the Handel Orchestra, and perform Mendelssohn's Wedding March' Haydn's Chorus, "The Heavens are Telling;" Handel's "Hallelujah," ," "Rule Britannia," and "God Save the Queen." A Monster Gong Drum, seven feet in diameter manufactured expressly for the occasion, will accompany the combined bands.-Admission, Tuesday, 2s. 6d.; Wednesday, 18. NOTICE. Excursion Trains will run from all the principal Towns on the Midland, London and North-Western, Great Northern, South-Western, and other Railways.— Further particulars will be duly announced.

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WORCESTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR.

A VACANCY has occurred in the TENOR Depart

ment of the above Choir, which it is proposed to fill up on Saturday, July 21st. Candidates are requested to forward their Testimonials as early as possible to the Rev. T. L. Wheeler, Bromwich House, Worcester, and to appear personally at the Cathedral at one o'clock on the above-named day. The stipend is £65 per annum.

There are also TWO VACANCIES amongst the CHORISTERS, which it is proposed to fill up at the same time. The Choristers in addition to their Musical Training, will receive a first-class Gratuitous Education at the College School.

ELY CATHEDRAL.-LAY-CLERKSHIP.

HERE is a VACANCY for an ALTO VOICE in the

Attendance twice daily. The strictest testimonials as_to_character will be required,
and must be forwarded to the Precentor, the Rev. W. E. DICKSON, College, Ely, on or
before July 14th
The trial of voices will take place at Ely, on July 25th, when those candidates will

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. - The Directors respect- be permitted to attend who receive an intimation to that effect from the Precentor.

and CONCERT will take place at the

Hanover Square Rooms, on Monday Evening next, July 2. Programme, Sinfonia in D,
No. 1, Mozart, Concerto, pianoforte, in E flat, Miss ARABELLA GODDARD, Dussek;
Overture, Naiades, Sterndale Bennett; Sinfonia in C minor, No. 5, Beethoven;
Concertino, flute, in B minor (MS.), C. KOPPITZ, Koppitz; Overture, Jubilee, Weber.
Vocal performer, Miss LOUISA PYNE. Conductor, Professor STERNDALE BENNETT,
Mus.D. To begin at Eight o'clock. Tickets, 15s. each, to be had of Messrs. Addison,
Hollier, & Lucas, 210 Regent Street.

MISS

ISS STEELE begs to announce that her EVENING CONCERT will take place at the Hanover Square Rooms, on Tuesday next, July 3, to commence at half-past Eight o'clock. Artistes, Mads. PAREPA, STEELE, ANNIE ELLIOTT, and PALMER; Messrs, SIMS REEVES, DEPRET, SANTLEY, CHARLES SALAMAN, DEICHMANN, LIDEL, DREW DEAN, W. G. CUSINS, and CUNIO.-Reserved Seats, 10s. 6d. each, to be had only of Miss Steele, 108 Marylebone Road; Tickets, 78., of Messrs. Addison, Leader & Olivier, and Miss Steele.

[R. GEORGE RUSSELL has the honour to announce next, July 4th, at half past Eight. Vocalists, Miss AUGUSTA THOMSON, Mad. SAINTON-DOLBY, Mr WHIFFIN, and Mr. SANTLEY. Instrumentalists,-Pianoforte, Mr. GEORGE RUSSELL; Violin, Herr CARL DEICHMANN; Viola, Mr. RICHARD BLAGROVE; Violoncello, M. PAQUE; Concertina, Mr. RICHARD BLAGROVE; Harmonium, Mr. F. SCOTSON CLARK. Conductors, Mr. CUSINS and Mr. HAROLD THOMAS. Stalls, 10s. 6d., tickets, 7s., may be had at the principal Music-sellers'; and of Mr. George Russell, High Street, Croydon.

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ORGAN, in richly Carved Case, 10 feet wide, 19 feet

Twelfth, Fifteenth, Mixture, and Cornopean; compass CC to F. SWELL:-Tenor E
to F, Double, Open, Stopt, Principal, Mixture, Horn, and Oboe. Pedal Bourdon,
29 Notes, 3 Composition Pedals.-Bryceson and Fincham, Brook Street, N.W.

HURCH ORGANS.-FORSTER and ANDREWS, Organ
they have taken in exchange, built by Bevington, the late J. C. Bishop, Lincoln,
Parsons, Bryceson, Holdich, &c.-For price and particulars, apply to Forster and
Andrews, Organ Builders, Hull.

DOUBLE BASSES for sale, six fine-toned Instruments

by good Makers; a VIOLONCELLO by Banks, in Case; TENORS by Foster and Fendt; VIOLINS by Straduarius, Guarnerius, Steiner &c.; also a self-acting ORGAN, in a Carved Mahogany Case, plays 74 tunes. For Particulars apply to

MAD. LOUISA VINNING'S MATINÉE MUSI- J. Moore, Buxton Road, Huddersfield.

CALE, on Thursday, the 5th July, at half-past Two o'clock (by kind permission), at Messrs. Collard and Collard's, 16 Grosvenor Street, under the immediate patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. Vocalists, Miles. PAREPA, AUGUSTA THOMPSON, Mesdames LAURA BAXTER and LOUISA VINNING. Messrs. WILBYE COOPER, PURKISS, DEPRET, and SANTLEY. Instrumentalists: Pianoforte, Mile. REMAURY and W. G. CUSINS; Violin, H. BLAGROVE; Flute, R. S. PRATTEN; Violoncello, Signor PEZZE; Guitar, Mad. R. S. PRATIEN. Conductors, FRANCESCO BERGER and Signor CUNIO. Reserved Seats, 10s. 6d.; Unreserved, 75. Gd.; to be obtained of Mr. R. Ollivier, 19 Old Bond Street, and the Principal Music Sellers; and of Mad. Louisa Vinning, 13 Hanover Villas, Notting Hill, W.

MR. BLAGROVE'S FOURTH and LAST QUAR

TETT CONCERT (Professors' Concert Union), on Friday Evening, July 6th, at Beethoven R oms. Performers, Mad. CATHERINE HAYES, Mlle, MARIE WIECK, Messrs. H. BLAGROVE, CLEMEnti, Rendle, JoHN HILL, COLChester, DAUBERT, and SIDNEY SMITH.-Double Quartett, Spohr; Sonata, Beethoven; Solos, Songs, &c.— Tickets at Leader's, New Bond Street.

MISS

ISS ELEANOR WARD has the honour to announce that her FIRST EVENING CONCERT will take place at the Hanover Square Rooms, on Wednesday, July 11th. Vocalists: Mesdames PAREPA, LASCELLES, and RAL; Messrs. WILBYE COOPER and SANTLEY. Instrumentalists-Pianoforte: Miss ELEANOR WARD. Violin: Mr. BLAGROVE. Conductor: Mr. BENEdict. Reserved Seats, 10s. 6d.; Tickets, 7s., to be had of Mr. Robt. W. Ollivier, 19 Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, W., and at the principal Music Warehouses.

GLASGOW-CITY HALL SATURDAY EVENING

CONCERTS. The SEVENTH SEASON of these Concerts, under the auspices of the "Glasgow Abstainers' Union," will commence on the 1st of September next.-Applications to be addressed to Mr. James Lawson, Secretary, "Glasgow Abstainers' Union," 118 Union Street, Glasgow.

ERBY. — T. A. JOHNSON'S SUBSCRIPTION

and terms.

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Just published, price 4s.1

RAMSGATE SANDS QUADRILLE.-A Comic and

Characteristic Set on Popular Airs. By BURCKHARDT. Illustrated in colours
by BRANDARD.
No. 1. The Excursion Boat.

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No. 2. The Promenade.

No. 3. The Bazaar.

No. 4. The Ride.

No. 5. Ramsgate Sands.

Boosey & Sons, Holles Street.

LFRED MELLON'S QUARTETT (No 2) in G Major, for Two Violins, Viola, and Violoncello, performed with great success at the Monday Popular Concerts, by Messrs. SAINTON, RIES, DOYLE, and PIATTI, is published by Addison, Hollier, and Lucas, 210 Regent Street, price 5s,

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