testimonial, and that the name of the Honorary Treasurer be coupled with his in this acknowledgment. IX. Proposed by Mr. Dorrell and seconded by Mr. Goss.-That the thanks of the meeting be offered to the committee of the Royal Academy of Music for the kind permission to assemble in the concertroom of that institution. The unanimous thanks of the meeting were then voted to Mr. Lucas for his able conduct in the chair. MR. HAROLD THOMAS.-At the last general meeting of the Philharmonic Society, Mr. Harold Thomas was elected a member. HERR RICHARD WAGNER is about to give a series of concerts and operatic performances at the Théâtre-Italien, in Paris. Mr. HORSLEY'S "GIDEON."-A full, and " full dress," rehearsal of Mr. Charles Horsley's new oratorio, Gideon, took place on Thursday evening at St. James's Hall, preparatory to its performance at the approaching Glasgow Festival. Nearly fifteen hundred persons were present, and the greatest interest seemed to be excited for the success of the new work. The solo singers were Madame Clara Novello, Miss Witham, Mrs. Lockey, Messrs. Sims Reeves, Lockey, and Weiss. Of course we cannot venture to pronounce critically on the merits of so grave a composition, after a solitary trial. The opinion of the majority of the audience, however, was unanimous, and at the end of the performance Mr. Horsley was summoned to appear, and received with loud and long-continued cheering. Jones (Porter to the Adelphi Chambers)... Miss Constance Belmour ... Mr. Benj. Webster. Mr. Billington. Mr. W. H. Eburne. Mr. C. J. Smith. Her Majesty's Examiner of Plays. The Theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. Shortly after eight o'clock, the Queen and Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Arthur, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and accompanied by the dinner company, entered the theatre in St. George's Hall, when the performance immediately commenced. LIVERPOOL-(From our own Correspondent.)—The adjourned annual meeting of the proprietary of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society was held on Monday, at the Cotton Sales Room, Mr. P. G. Heyworth presiding. The report, which had been printed and circulated amongst the proprietors, was taken as read. The following are extracts: "The expenditure of the society has slightly increased during the past year, but the excess has arisen from the extraordinary outlay required for repairs consequent upon painting and decorating the hall. The Committee have much pleasure in drawing the attention of proprietors to the increased sum received from the sale of extra tickets, showing that the concerts have proved more attractive to the public. The proprietors will also notice the increased sum received for the letting of the hall. Six stalls have been forfeited to the society for the nonpayment of the year's subscription; there now remain two boxes and 251 stalls the property of the society. The practical members have rendered very valuable services during the past year, and your committee have pleasure in recommending that a resolution be passed embodying the thanks of the society. Your committee have again to record the efficiency and zeal displayed by Mr. Henry Suddlow in the discharge of his duties as secretary and treasurer. Referring to their circular to the proprietors of October 12, 1859, regarding the state of the roof, the committee have to announce that Messrs. Tite and Clifton's detailed report has just been received, in which they repeat their opinion that the existing condition of the hall is perfectly secure, but they recommend a periodical inspection, and propose certain remedies in the event of any weakness being hereafter detected. "Your committee recommend that twelve concerts, all full dress, be given durnig the present year, and that the subscription be as follows:-Boxes and stalls, £3 3s; gallery stalls, £2; gallery, £1; annual subscribers to the stalls, £4 4s. They also propose that proprietors should be allowed to transfer their right of entrée for the any resident gentleman, approved of by the committee, and not in season to resident gentlemen, upon payment of 5s. as before; and that business for himself, should be allowed the privilege of purchasing a ticket, or making use of a member's ticket at the subscription concerts, upon payment of 10s. 6d. for the year, in accordance with the resolution passed at the annual meeting in January, 1856. "The members of committee who retire by rotation, but who are re-eligible, are as follows:-Francis Braun, Esq., Louis Grüning, Esq., Benjamin Heywood Jones, Esq., H. W. Meade King, Esq., A. G. Kurtz, Esq., James Lister, Esq., C. W. Neumann, Esq., Henry Rankin, Esq., James Smith, Esq. But as the practical members, in accordance with their privilege, have nominated Mr. Rankin to represent them on the committee, only eight other gentlemen can be "The financial statement showed a balance against the society of £126 19s. 6d." elected. The report and accounts were adopted, and the thanks of the society given to the practical members. The Chairman moved that twelve subscription full-dress concerts be given during the year. Mr. R. King said it was thought, last year, when the committee fixed to have eight full-dress and four undress concerts, that the undress concerts would be availed of by the subscribers and others, but they had been disappointed. The tickets had been given away to people they had not been in the habit of seeing at the full-dress concerts. Mr. R. Walmsley called attention to the exertions made within the last few years to pay off the debt, in which they had been successful, and did not see why, with a reduced cost, they should pay the Another same subscription. thing working against the interests of the society was the gradual lapsing of shares into the proprietors' hands through the non-payment of subscriptions. This year there had been six, last year eight, and the previous year three. Since 1848 or 1849 there were thirty or forty shares less paying subscriptions. Gentlemen who allowed themselves to lose their shares only did so because they could get an equal quality of music at a less cost. A reduced subscription would benefit the society. As to the letting of the hall, it had only been used two or three times, owing to the high price, which the majority were unwilling to pay. He proposed, as an amendment, that subscriptions during the ensuing year be two guineas and a-half for stalls, and that no change be made in any portion of the arrangement. Mr. Sharpe seconded the amendment. The Chairman thought such remarks tended to damage their property. A great many stalls were forfeited, some from holders becoming bankrupts, or proprietors deceased. As to extra expenses, they had been increased by joiners' and plasterers' work, &c., consequent on the decoration of the hall, besides coal and gas. Mr. H. Banner thought it might be well to consider whether they could not with profit let the building at a less cost. Fifty pounds was a large sum, and they could not compete with St. George's Hall when they made such charges. The Chairman replied that the committee were not desirous of making the hall too common. They wished to make it select. The amendment was lost by a large majority, and the original motion carried. Some conversation followed as to the price of stalls, which the chairman stated to be the same as last year, 18 guineas. The committee for the ensuing year were then appointed, and after a vote of thanks to the chair the proceedings terminated. Mr. H. W. M. King said that the question as to letting the | Oh! no! The walls of a conventicle, doubtless, may be pleashall had been under consideration, and the committee would ing; and pulpit platitudes, from whence come weekly absolution agree with some of the remarks that had been made. But the without extra payment, makes sweetest music to such dwarfish Philharmonic could never compete with St. George's Hall, seeing minds. But, heavenly powers! hold not the "mirror up to that the latter paid no rent. nature!" Show not the " very age and body of the time" to such as these; lest, like the king, in terror they inquire, "Have you heard the argument-is there no offence in it?" Solomon has put on record the truism (with exceptions), "He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow," and these have a sufficiency of the yet coveted product, knowledge, to influence them in religiously shunning the temple of the great philosophical poet, fearing that the combination of the two would so increase as inevitably to sink them down into perdition. Yet, Iago-like, should there remain sufficient courage within them to peruse my dottings, will they not, in whining accents, cry, "You charge us most unjustly!" W. D. LEEDS (From a Correspondent).-Dr. Mark and his Little Men drew nearly 3,000 persons at the Town Hall, last Saturday, when the annual Juvenile Night was given by the Town Hall Concert Society. With the exception of The Messiah night on Christmas Eve, this is the largest audience ever drawn at a concert in the Town Hall. Dr. Mark's visits here are always looked forward to with pleasure, and his juvenile band really play capitally. Miss Clara Wight sang two songs with excellent taste, and was warmly encored in "I cannot mind my wheel." DRAMATIC DOTTINGS. (From a Melodramatic Contributor.) I MUST plead guilty to an inbred weakness for tracing effect to cause. I do not remember the time when it did not, in a greater or less degree, influence the waking moments of my life. But here I am simply about to record one little example of this weakness, and it will serve as a key to the general tenor and habit of my being. When a boy, I was deeply struck by the horror exemplified in the souls of most pious persons at the mere mention of the ominous words: "C theatre 66 opera -"play" "stage" "boxes" (not collecting)-"pit" (not bottomless)-"gallery" (not chapel). Knowing very little then what those terms really signified, so soon as opportunity offered, I set myself to attempt the discovery, with an ardour that would have done honour to Columbus in his search for a new continent. My first essay being made in a very provincial theatre, and my exchequer compelling me to patronise the lofty region of the gods, which was peculiarly airy above and around, successfully producing the effect of a huge pair of bellows, defying sound to reach our elevated position, I returned with little addition to my knowledge on the point; whilst the little I did get served to stimulate my 66 young idea into a still stronger desire to "shoot." man. I pass silently over the lapse of time during which I fed the flame of inquiry by all possible means lying in my path; and few and far between they were. Till, having amassed a sufficient sum wherewith to purchase Shakspere (ah! unhappy thought-my "uncle" has him now!), yes, Shakspere entire -and the reader must remember there were then no "People's Editions" to be heard of, far less bought. Here, then, was the cause of the effect I had so long been in search of. Oh, but I had been more fortunate than Diogenes-I did find my honest I perused the ever-living, ever-mighty bard with a relish I shall never again experience over another author, past, present, or future. I imagined myself standing in the presence of something more than human-a demi-god at least. I marked and marvelled how he played upon the heart-strings of proud humanity, and bid them give out their true and proper soundits too-weak will unable to resist him. Then could I understand the why and wherefore those pharisees, hypocrites, shied so terribly whenever anything having reference to the temple of Momus crossed their line of vision. Yes! yes! time and circumstances had thrown me much in the way of the soi-distant saints, and I could well understand how they were unable to sit within such walls bon gré! I could easily fancy how, like the Queen of Denmark-though from a cause not equally foul, indeed, yet for a cause- -they would mentally, at least, exclaim: 8. 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