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December 3, 1853.] THE LEADER. 11F3
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much ado About nothing. Why Shakspeare's...
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WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS. The sixth an...
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all, of .publishing them, like engraving...
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December 3, 1853.] The Leader. 11f3
December 3 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 11 F 3
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Much Ado About Nothing. Why Shakspeare's...
much ado About nothing . Why Shakspeare ' s comedy was produced at the Haymaeket , unless to prove the tediousness it was capable of creating when , so acted , I know not . ^ The entertainment was most Lenten in its kind ; a painful , not a pleasing thing , it was to see princely gaiety with such extremely loose legs , and with tones and gesticulations which are considered facetious in farce painful it was to note how one was loud and ungraceful , and another ungraceful and loud—how a general delirium of arms and I universalexaltation of the voice were supposed to represent hilarityand how , when passion was demanded , noise , and only noise , was there to answer for it . Mucli Ado about Nothing hovers so constantly on . the unpleasant , both I in story and dialogue , the wit is often so forced and ( burn me , idolaters !) feeble , that unless the insolence of youth and beauty , and confidence and animal spirits be represented as such , unless the comedy be comedy , the mirthof high natures having the privileges of birth and beauty , it becomes mere impertinence , and is unpleasant . If Beatrice be not made fascinatingif disdain and scorn do not" ride spar / cling in her eyes "—she is an ill-bred woman , whom every man would carefully avoid . If Benedict have not manly strength and power underlying the airy coxcombry of animal spirits which makes him " flout" the sex—if his sarcasms do not carry with them their own excuse and forgiveness , then Benedict , is a very illconditioned gentleman , with whom we desire no further acquaintance . To-night we are to have Stirling Coyne ' s new Comedy . May it succeed , and keep us at least from Shakspeare travestied in this fashion . ¦ ' ' ' ¦¦ ¦'•"•• ¦ ' - . ¦ : Vivian " .
Wednesday Evening Concerts. The Sixth An...
WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS . The sixth and last of the series was given on . Wednesday last . The first part of the programme consisted of selections from Weber a-nd Meyerbeer . ; the second part was miscellaneous . The merit of the performers generally was " too little for a great praise , " being dwarfed by the genius and consummate art of Pauhne Viardot G-arcia , who looks in better health , and whose voice is firmer and truer than when we heard her last . She sang , with equal power and perfection , the moonlight scena from Der Freischutz , "Ah ! monills , " from the JProphete , and her own " JSTon piu mesta . " And as the rebellious encore of the last was not to be put down , instead of repeating it , she took to the piano , and with irresistible insouciance threw off one of her Zingara songs to the enraptured audience . Mademoiselle St . Marc , a very pretty young pianiste , whose lovely arms were positively "features " of the con cert , played with success afantasia from Literezia Borgia , by Leopold de Meyer , which was difficult , and in no sense beautiful . Benedict ' s conducting was , as usual , excellent ; and the instrumental pieces ( especially the overture to Der Freischutz ) were all efficiently performed . Why were no selections made from Weber ' s other operas ? Next Wednesday evening , the first concert of" a new series will be devoted ( the first part at least ) to Mendelssohn again . Mademoiselle Clauss will . we are rejoicedto be able to announce , repeat her exquisite performance of the Concerto in Gr minor—alas ! her last before she takes win" - for St . Petersburg . to
33irths , Marriages, An]) Deaths. Births...
33 IRTHS , MARRIAGES , AN ]) DEATHS . BIRTHS . On llio 29 t , h of September , ill , Singapore , the wife of Oaptnin J . W . ( Joml , Deputy AniaHljint Connnin . Mnry- ( Jenernl , mid Superintendent IJ . M . ' Coal Depot : a hoik On Mm ' rtl . li of October , < * K . Mureo , Punjab , the wife of Lieutenant- Colonel YVolleidey , II . M . 'h Tenf . h Regiment : a daughter . . On the 28 t , h of October , at tho Keetory , Wolwyn , IlertM , Lady IfooUib y : n daughter . On | , lm 2 i ) l ; h , at , Ilydo-park- ^ urdeiiH , the Hon . MrH . Arthur I Kinnainl : u daughter . t tlio 2 H !! i November , lit . Until , [ the wife of Captain J . h \ Ntirliiitf , 1 J . N : a daughter . On tho 2 Hth , n ( . Ii'ornhnin-hnll , ueuvJlury St . U < hnundn , tho Lndy J * lu » Horni a daughter . MATMUAfJNS . On i , l 1 ( 1 20 th of October , at MountHtiinrt , Kotlmmy , thomiidoneo I < u the MiirrhionoHM of Unto , Lioutoimnt-OolonelO . C . Ynrboroii ^ h , I ' ;•"•> of the Ninety-lirnf . l £ e |< -imcnl , third hod of the Info John I < -oolie Yiii'boroiifrh , of (! an )|) Hinount , PononHter , to Flora Sophia ) J ' llklYttn . mitt . 1 . _\ . i ,... .. i' ¦ v .... ; . l / » i fi ' ... j ., l' / i ,,.,, lii , !/ l ,., i . r ! 11 ..,. I
j On [ I hnr . sday , ( be 2-lth , at tho pari . sh church , Dunleld , Jume * , Bon of tho late OhiirleN Matltiiw , Hhi [ ., of Lnmphey-eourt I ' embrolumhire , to Murin Harriet , daughter uf the Into William JUwhtonie , 10 s ([ ., ol Jlowiuk , . LnneiiHhiro . DEATHS . On tho 21 nt of November , at Torquay , William M . Do Uutta lute Captain lit tho Ni tfhty-c'itflith ( OonniuiKht KangerH ) Regiment Heeond Hiirviviiiff Hun of General Sir Au ^ notiiH Do JJuttn , K . C 11 ' i a ^ ed thirty-. sevon . ' ' ' On tho 22 n < l , at ralHhull , Stiilfordshiro , tho ' Jtitfhl , lion William tho IJurl of i ) nvti ») i > u ( , h , ng-od nlxty-irino . ' On the 2 . 'Jrd , at Harnubury-villiiH , Inline-ton , . Innet , hiHtHurvivintr HiHterof tho Into Sir Alexandor terrier , K . O . IL .. J 1 . 1 J . M Coiwnl uf , Rotterdam , a ^ od eighty . On the 2-tth , id Lan . sdovvn-iircHcont , Cheltenham , Lieutonant-( . JenoralOniUianlVlcl'liorHon . oftho HcnK ^ lAniiy . ngtHlHOventy-livo . On tho 2 till , in London , the lion . Lady Palmer , wife of Mir John I Henry l'nhnor , Hurt ., of C ' alton-pnrk , -NorthainptonHhire atred mxty-novon . ' "
¦"> "iny ll 2 | ll ! fm , Ol' ( II I'ilVMI tulllll ,, rih <| ., <> l wumn iiiKi' -villllN , ^ otlin ^ -hill , and granddaughter of tho late Nieoll RaynHford , ¦ ' ''"• l-i of llrixworth-hnll , NorthnmptoiiHhiro . On ( he ail . lt of November , al , Sulxlonnory Church , Ohlohoiitor , W . I ,, Hnid , |<; H (| ., TVI . 1 > ., II . M . MedieiilStuH ; Honoltlie late Captain *'; Hopo Koid , R . N ., ol'Urnn ^ e-hill . Ayrnblro , to , S [) i > liin , daughter ' » ' the lu ( , « ChnrloH Coolco Uundy , Khij ., of Houth (; ato-houno , Clii-•¦ liCHtor . On the 2 ll , h , nl St . Geortfo'H , Hanovor- Hqunre , tho Kev . Vrceman 'eatlicole Kinhop , younfftiHl , hod of tho lat (; CbarloK Itinhop , Khu ., . locuratoi-Ocnorar to Ihh Mii , jeHtv Ooorpi the Third , ( o lOinily "iihI ( Ihhoii , ( -IdcHl , daiij ., 'hter of tho ltev , Kvnn Nepwm , chnplain In wdijuu-y to her Mi ^' . nly , mul domentle chaplain to Jl . K . il . tho J'uehoHH ofGloueeHtor . '
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all , of . publishing them , like engravings , will secure the Talbotypo a mo-I nopoly of general favour . ¦ ^ icephore ^ iepce / theoriffmator , as we We already remarked , of hehography , died m 1833 ; and it was not tilU 839 that tlie process which he and Daguerre had struck out between them was made known . Mepce , however , had left a son , with whom Daguerre entered into a new agreement , of equal participation in the profits of their labours ; and in July , 1839 , the French Government purchased their secret with a pension . We shall give but a slender outline of the process , because , for reasons hinted , the Talbotvpe will engage our principal consideration . The tablet on which the pictures of the Daguerreotype are produced is a thin sheet of copper , plated with silver , and rendered sensitive by an | application to be presently described . It has been shown , that the difficulty .. which , baffled every precursor of Niepce was—how to arrest the action of light , or rather , of its accompanying phenomena , on the sensitive object . The triumph of JiSTiepce consisted alone in overcoming this difficulty ; and the operation , as may naturally be conjectured , forms the last step in the process . The first , is to prepare the silvered plate for the reception of the sensitive ioduret of silver . This is effected by a gentle rubbing over the plate with finely levigated pumice and olive oil . When cleaned , the silver coating is again rubbed with diluted nitric acid . The plate is then placed on a frame , the silver surface being upwards , and a spirit lamp is kept in motion underneath , so as to produce an even heat throughout the metal . In a few minutes a white film will be seen ; the plate is then allowed to cool as rapidly as possible , and the polishing is repeated , with the application of the nitric acid . Great delicacy is required in the whole of this operation , as , indeed , hi every step throughout the process , " dry . " or " wet , " of heliography . _ The next step in the manipulation of the Daguerreotype is the vaporising process . The plate is shut in a box , peculiarly constructed for the purpustj in lue downwards is
, so -db surer coating Demg exposed to a vapour arising from iodine . This operation must be terminated as soon as the surface has become the colour of gold . If left a few seconds too I long the plate will be violet-coloured and useless . The third operation consists in fixing the plate in the camera . This enters as well into the process of the Talbotype , and . will be explained byand-by . In the camera the sensitive tablet is solarized . The develop - ment of the image is the next step , and is attained by submitting the plate to a temperature of 167-degrees Fahrenheit in the " mercury box 7 " The plate is adjusted with its face downwards , as when exposed to the vapour of the iodine , only instead of being placed horizontally , it is inclined lit an angle of about 45 degrees . The box , of course , is carefully closed , and when , by means of the spirit lamp , a temperature of 140 degrees has been reached , it will continue to rise without further' aid of artificial heat . When the thermometer fitted in the box indicates a fall to 131 degrees the plate is transferred to another box , which is simply constructed , by means of grooves , to hold a number of such plates , and to exclude light . We now come to the final operation of arresting that solar action which , when found by Wedgwood and others to produce a change in nitrate of silver , was employed by them to copy images , fading as they did under the continued influence by which the pictures were produced . The removal of the iodine , leaving the image , was , in effect , the problem that I ^ iepco solved . Once solved , the problem is a common-place . No step in heliography bo simplo or uninteresting . A saturated solution of chloride of
sodium—PHOTOGRAPHY . [ THIKD AHTICXE . j Wk are far from regarding the silvered plate as exploded by the perfection of cniotype paper . * or certain purposes , there can bo no doubt that the polished surface will always he found the best ; but only in cases where precision rather than effect is wanted , as in copying machinery . The continuance of the " dry process" of Dnguerre will be restricted to technical requirements , Avhilo most persons who are led to practise holography by a general admiration of its pictorial results , will make the Talbotypo their exclusive study . Indeed , the facility of multiply ing pictures taken , by Talbot ' s process ; of transmitting the several copies ; and , above
common salt , that is to say—will do ; hyposulphite of soda docs better . After repeated plunging in one or other of these saline washes , the plato is held on an incline , while warm distilled water is poured over it . The Daguerrcotypo ia finished , and , being placed behind a glass ( for the light parts of the picture will come off at a touch , like the- down from a moth ' s wing ) , is unalterable—thanks to Niepce and Daguerre—by the sun ' s rays . We have not spoken of combinations employed since Dsigueire first published hin discovery . To have done so would have interfered with our purpose- of making this particular branch subordinate to other branches of our subject . Wo now turn to the calotype , or paper heliograph , invented by our countryman , Fox Talbot . () .
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MONKY MAltTCICT AND CITY INTJ 2 LMaifiW 0 ' 73 . I J'Viduy Kvonhitf , Poeoniber ' I , . IHKi . I Tincitu linn l >(> e » n lurl . her rall y in tho Kh ^ MkIi FhikIm The fuel ; that no udvHiico wiih inado yoMterday in the rate of dinoounl , and tho hope that tho decrenHo m tho bullion may no ! , prove ho bir ^ o m wiih aiiti
Hinallor , bein ^ now 1-10 , ' , only . Consols have Iiern dealt in al ; i ) f > for money , a > id are last quoted i ) l , J to ' . ) , ' , for inniKidiale transfer mid Tue . sday next . hVducod . ' ) per Cen ( n . reco-vored («> i ); C and Kew 11 } per Cents t : > I ) . ' , } . IJrnik Stoel : w iih dealt in at ^ 17 ' find India Htock ar »() 25 , ' ! . India Itoml . s were ratlier heavy at par ' : ni ( l Hxehe < ni (! r 151 I 1 h are . Is . to < K jircniiinn , bcin ^ Htil " l rnther heavy . l '' oreif ^ n 8 l : oc ] f . s : iro very ( Miiel , iind for the diohI , purl , only nominal . ItiiHsiuu r > per (' . 'en ( s . have been at . Ill to 1 . 1 I £ , Ifciitt ^ - I Ktondy . tSnrdiiilan IjoikIh are (/ uoti'd H !) , Dutch 2 , j per Cenl . H ( H nnd the Ji ' onr pertJent . s . i ) r »|; . "• » I 'I'hero have been Home nevere llnetiiiitionH in the Hhnre Market but the tfenornl ( one of in-ii'cs in belter , Oreiil , NorlJu'riitt havi ' been heavy at H 2 i and H . ' ) . ( . ' aledoniaiiH were II . higher . lOn . stern C ! oiinti ( 'M iiniiroved , ' ,. Ijiineatdiiro and Vorluibire rallied to (! 7 North \ Venlern .-i were Htcndy at l () 2 i . MidlnndH ro . so to c ,: > 'i ' Soiilh KuHterii . s are : ' Mu hi g her to-day ; nnd York and North Mid-IkikIh have recovered 11 . in nriee . Ooloninl SharcH were Honiewbnt depreciated . Kast India , 2 ' A l . ( inind Trunk of ( , ' anadn I lower ill ; 7 , 1 or 2 k dirt . iHeltfinn HlmrtiH were all linn . ( Jreal , ¦ | j u . \« inihoiirf , 'rt recovered Id 10 ' , ;; ditto railway to (> i . Niinnir niul bii ^ o roue r > H , iiu <{ Sainlire and MetiHe Mie Name , Went Flan-< li ! i * n I'refereneo realiMed i ) . ' NTitfl . lie . rn uf li ' mi .,.,. n ,, « , i ,:.. i .. ' ..
| I MiiKiN were dull , and linnk Hh .-iren Hut . Auntralian Airrienl tural Comimny improved ( d 4 ) i . Van Dlunien ' n Land Coinnimv Htand nl , ir > . C ' ryHtal I ' nlnee , 1 || proiiiiiiin . »» U > nny I CO . 'II TV MARK . KT . I Murk . Lime , Friday , Deeeinber 2 , 18 fi : i . J . liOnAr , TitAnn . —The mipplleHof all ( Jrnln into London durinir tho woelc have been moderate . The trndo Iiiih , howevei- , been « xeeedin ^ ly <| ui «;( ,, and where nalen are jiniNHtui a Hli ^ hl , mluellon in prlccti iiiiihI , bo mihmittod to , h \ <> . H . —The value of tho ( incut descrlptionti of Wheat him iitfain Hliffhtly mlvanced in New York , whlhi Heeondary ( iimliticrt [ nro a ohndo lower . I'ino whlto Oduchnco Wfti ) worth ( Mh . : J < i per
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 3, 1853, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03121853/page/21/
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