THE HARMONISTS.
THE first meeting for the season, of this highly respectable musical Society, was held at the Albion Tavern on Thursday last; Mr. JOHN CAPEL, M.P. in the Chair. Sir GEORGE SMART and Mr. Arr- woon presided alternately at the pianoforte. The glees were sung by Master PHILLIPS, Master BENNETT, and Messrs. GOULDEN, KING, HORNCASTLE, Goss, E. TAYLOR, and LEETE. Among them were STEVENS'S "Some of my heroes," "0 thou that callest," WEBBE'S " Hence all ye vain delights," Sir GEORGE SMART'S "What are sighs," and "The Skylark's Song" from The Airs of the Rhine. Master PHILLIPS was a pupil of Mr. Coal% the organist of Bristol Cathedral; and Master BENNETT of Mr. PRATT, the organist of King's College, Cambridge. They are now in the Royal Academy of Music. We mention the instructors of these lads, for seldom have we heard more correct intonation, and more finished expression than their singing discovered. Most of the glees were executed in a style of finished excellence, worthy of the established reputation of the ingers and the good taste of the conductors.
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