MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE.
Ma. JOHN HuzzAri has opened another singing-class for schoolmasters, at Exeter Hall ; and, preliminary to its commencement, he repeated on Tuesday his exposition of the system of M. WILHELM of Paris, which he has adapted to the purpose of English teachers. The lecture was listened to with great interest throughout, by an audience both nume- rous and select ; and the proficiency of the pupils who sang the ex- amples excited the surprise of the unlearned, and at the same time afforded pleasure to such as were able to test the soundness of their instruction. The performers consisted of the boys of a private ex- perimental school at Battersea, (conducted under the direction and at the joint expense of Dr. KAY and Mr. TUFNELL, the Assistant Poor- law Commissioners,) and a few young men ; the juvenile portion of the choir having been under tuition nearly a twelvemonth, the more adult, who were equally perfect, a much less time. The pupils sang in unison any succession of notes indicated by the lecturer ; and their exercises on the scale were so arranged as to produce agreeable choral effects. The clear, progressive, and demonstrative method of the process, overcomes all difficulties, by presenting them successively at the stage when the pupil is prepared to comprehend and master them; and each step is so gradual that the advance is easy and sure, the knowledge previously acquired qualifying the learner to take the next `step onward.
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