2 JUNE 1860, Page 21

Liszt is about to marry a Russian princess. "The German

journals," says the Gazette Musicale, "announce the approaching marriage of Franz Liszt with the princess Wittgenstein. The dispensation so long expected- has arrived from Rome. The ceremony will take place at Fulda, and will be performed by the Bishop."

The town of Zwickau, the native place of Robert Schumann, is about to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his birth by a performance of some of his best compositions on Friday next, the 8th of this month. Schu- mann, it will be remembered, died about two years ago in a lunatic asylum. He is one of those men of genius who, since their death, re- eeive that justice, which was withheld from them while living. His widow, Clara Schumann, is one of the greatest pianists of the age.