5 APRIL 1856, Page 13

The Musical Union has also begun its season. Its first

concert, on Wednesday morning, filled Willis's Rooms to the doors with the most fashionable company in London. Mr. Ella, with his usual spirit, brought the famous violoncellist Franchommo from Paris expressly for that single occasion. The performances, according to custom were of the most severely classical character : two of the finest stringed-instru- ment quartets of Mozart and Beethoven, and a pianoforte trio of Men- delssohn. No vocal music—not a note calculated to tickle the popular ear ; and yet everything was listened to with the utmost attention and evident delight. Fashion and frivolity are not so inseparably united as many people suppose.