1 JULY 1854, Page 14

The English Glee and Madrigal Union continues to rise in

favour and success. The concert of Monday last was attended by an audience lite- rally overflowing, for many people found it barely possible to get within the doors. The music, as usual, consisted of a selection of beautiful spe- cimens of the ancient and modern masters, from Wilbye to Bishop, sung With a degree of delicacy, refinement, and expression, to which we can- not imagine anything superior. This society have done a great deal for English music. They have not only revived the taste for that fine spe- cies of vocal harmony which is so peculiarly our own, but they have 'shown that our English part-singers can contest the palm of merit with those of any other country, even Germany itself.