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No. 430, June 19, 1858.] I 1 H E LEADE B...
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No. 430, June 19, 1858.] I 1 H E Leade B...
No . 430 , June 19 , 1858 . ] I H E LEADE B .,,- 597
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- ¦• ' NEW NOVELS . ' . , '; . ' ' The Ladies of Bever Hollow . A Tale of English Country life . By the Author of " Mary Powell . " 2 vols . ( Bentley . )—The best of the autlior ' s excellent manner is exhibited in thianew ^ tale of the ladies of Bever Hollow . It is a picture of English country life , with a quiet romance passing across the scene and several portrayals of character altogether pre-Haphaelite in their warm blending of natural details . Mansions , farm-houses , and cottages occupy the foreground , landscapes and gardens are in . the rear , and most conspicuous among the personages of the story are the ladies of the Hollow—thoroughly human contrasts , and so true to life that we may well believe them to have been studied from models . Scarcely less real and even more fascinating are the younger heroines , in whose fortunes the reader is immediately interested . Pleasant \& the word that accurately describes this last book by the author of " Mary Powell . " . 2 he Gilberts and their Chtests . A Story of Homely English Life . By Julia Day . 3 vols . ( Newby . )— -Here we have a book in three volumes which is , as it professes to be , a homely story of homely life . It is easily and gracefully written , and will amuse many readers . The author has evidently * seen much of town and country manners , and turns her knowledge to excellent purpose . An amiable feeling is prevalent throughout , in spite of occasional interludes of satire , and Miss Julia Day , after skilfully managing her drama so as to reserve the delightful denouement for the very last page , certainly advances h « r reputation more than a step beyond that " which she acquired as author of The Engagement .
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. PUBLICATIONS AND REPUBLICATIONS . Messrs . Smith and Elder have published a new and cheap edition of that sweet and touching story , A Lost Lovey by Ashford Owen . It is but an hour ' s reading , but the hour is one of rare and memorable pleasure . From Mr . John Chapman we have a curious book—The Confessions of a Catholic Priest . ~\ . \ , professes to be an authentic autobiography , and among the confessions _ many are accompanied by apologies . Though there is a want of reality in the tone , the narrative itself is probable enough , considering that perverted priests and patriots in exile belong to a vagrant and adventurous race . The writer—now dead—had much to say against the order to which he once belonged , and if we are really to accept this volume as a veritablebook of confessions , it certainly contains some remarkable illustrations of life and character . '
Preachingy Prosing , and'Puseyism , withotherPeasof'the Pod . By Feltham Burghley . ( Hope . )—This odd book is at least timely . It is the work of a clever and > apparently , young man , who has read much , thinks strongly , and writes with unlimited confidence in himself . Mr . Tanswell's long-announced work , The History and Antiquities ' ' Lam beth ( published by Mr . Pickton ) , has at length appeared , with numerous illustrations and a goodly list of subscribers . We reserve it for further notice .
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.Fight For Thk Championship.—An Encounte...
. Fight for thk Championship . —An encounter took place on Tuesday , between Thomas Paddock and Thomas Sayers , for 400 / . A great many persons were present , and large sums of money were betted on tho issue . Twenty-one rounds were fought , occupying one hour and forty minutes , when Paddock -was vanquished . Sayers , therefore , remains the champion of England . Thk Crops . —Tho magnificent weather , which has now prevailed for some weeks , has brought on tho crops vory favourably , and it is universally anticipated that tho harvest thia autumn will bo remarkably fine . Prices , consequently , havo boen deprcssod in tho groat corn markets .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS BIRTHS . BELGRA . Vfi , -Jnno 13 . at tho Rectory , tforth Kllworth , tho wifo of tho Rov . C . Belgravo : a daughter . Jvuwwri ' HAMER . —Juno IB , at Hafod , Caernarvonshire , tho wifo of J . P . llnracr , Esq .: a son and heir . NA 8 MY'rH .-Juno J-, 4 " ntsI » -iiiB-provc , Middlesex , tho wifo of 0 . J . Nasinyth , Esq .: a dnuHhtor . RUSDENT .-rJuno 15 , at Bowdon Vnle , Cheshire , tho wife of It . V . liusden , Ksq . : a son . MARRIAGES . JONES-THOMAS . —Juno IB , at All Souls ' ,
Lnnghamplaco , by tho Itev . J . H . Gurncy , M . Jones , Esti ., ofPenylaii , Cardiganshire , to Sarah Prances , daughter of R . G . Thomas , Esq ., of Llanon and Iscocdj Caorinarthonshirc . PARSONS—COMPS 0 N . —Juno 14 , at St . James ' s , Westminster , by tho Rov . J . Beanies , C . Parsons . Esq ., of Prestoign , Radnorshire , to Sarah , relict of tho lato G . J * Oompson , Esq ., of Cleohury Mortlinor , Salop . DEATHS . BENYON . —Juno 15 , at St . Leonard ' s-on-Sea , in her 4 t ) fh year . Sarali , widow of Henry B . Bonyon Esq ., of Roundhay Lodge , near Leeds . BUNTING . —Juno 10 , at Myddelton-squaro , tho Rov . J . Bunting , aged 80 . 0 ROKER . —Juno 11 , at Lavenham Rectory , Suffolk , J . D . Crokor , Esq ., ngod 70 .
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tion and a rare research , and animated by a fine perception of the picturesque that Mr . Kean has won for himself a lasting reputation in the annals of our national stage . So far from making the poet a mere vehicle for the scenepainter and the machinist , he makes them the poet's ministers and interpreters , and we may-well believe that Shakspkahe himself would desire to be represented before a nineteenth century audience with all the means and appliances which the art , learning , and science of the nineteenth century can furnish . If , the speaking actors of his plays are not always worthy of these mute interpreters , if the figures in the foreground are not so true as the " still life" of the scene , surely Messrs . Grieve and Telbin are not to blame , nor is Mr . Kean to be censured for permitting those eminent artists . to assert their superiority . The difficulty of an adequate personation of Shakspeaue ' s plays lies in the number of characters , each of a distinct relative importance , each demanding the voice , presence , and manners of an educated gentleman , which are unavoidably committed to the tender mercies of such actors
as Shakspeabe ( by the mouth of Hamlet ) has too faithfully described . In a romantic play such a 3 The Merchant of Venice , in which the tone is always that of high-bred elegance and exquisite refinement , the painful incongruity to which we lmve alluded occasions a continual discord , and obscures the beauty of the poet's design . With every disposition to indulgence , we cannot honestly profess that the noble "Venetians who surround Antonio at the Princess ' s Theatre bear even a faint resemblance to what is called" good company , " and whether they are lounging in practicable gondolas , or chatting in the public square , we are compelled to acknowledge that they look strangely out of place . Not so , however , the ladies : it would be difficult to conceive a nobler womanly grace , a more perfect union of dignity and sweetness , than Mrs . Kean ' s Portia . In the scene of the caskets , her manner is instinct with suppressed emotion and passionate reserve ; in the scene of the trial , in the robes of the young and learned doctor , she mingles with an assumed austerity of demeanour the touching candour and persuasiveness of one accustomed to reason with the heart , and the playful archness and disguised tenderness in the scene of the rings are infinitely charming . She is
well seconded , by Miss Cablotta Leclercq , who , as Nerisaa , takes all eyes and hearts by storm with the bewitching undulations of her attitudes , and the irresistible provocations of voice and eye , while Miss Chapman , notwithstanding the stage fright of a debutante , wins our sympathy by the timorous gentleness and caressing melody of a fresh voice and artless air which render Jessica doubly interesting . Shylock is certainly one of Mr . Charles Kean ' s finest parts ; profoundly studied , elaborately finished , lit up with flashes of his father ' s genius . It is a peculiarity of Mr . Charles Kean ' s Shylock that it has nothing of the sordid -violence of a vulgar usurer ; it is the type of a detested and persecuted race , grasping , rapacious , and vindi ctive , but whose rapacity has something awful and pathetic in its loneliness , and whose vindictiyenes 3 has something of the grandeur of a national revenge . When ShylocTc leaves the court discomfited , bereft at once of his ducats and his daughter , we rejoice no doubt at the safety of Antonio , but we revolt at Grratiano ' a insults , and we cannot escape a pang of pi ty for the Jew . Mr . Kean ' s make-up ( an admirable picture in itself , in which every detail , even to the colours of the ancient kings on the sash , attests the preoccupation of the artist } contributes perhaps , in some degree , to this impression .
Of the other characters in the play , Antanio is by far the best personation in the cast at the Princess ' s . Mr . Graiiasi looks the merchant well , and his elocution ( but for a little unnecessary vehemence once or twice ) is marked with intelligence and propriety . Mr . Ryder ' s JBassanio is a sad mistake ; Mr . Walter Xacy ' s Gratiano is indifferently vivacious ; but Mr . J . F . Cathcabt speaks those beautiful lines in the fifth act , beginning , " Look how the floor of heaven , " far better than we could have expected . As to the scenery , we need only repeat that the Place of St . Mark , the scene of the Canals and Gondolas , the Itialto , and the Council Chamber of the Doge ' s Palace are almost too real j they scarcely leave enough to the imagination of the spectator .
THE " MERCHANT OF VENICE" AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE . The revival of The Merchant of Venice at the Princess ' s Theatre surpasses , in some respects , all the preceding marvels of Mr . Kean ' s managerial reign : in variety and elegance of scenic illustration , and in the felicitous employment of all the resources of mechanical illusion . The conventional framework of a play identified with the traditions of our greatest actors is entirely superseded , and replaced by a series of highly finished pictures , which even to the eye of a Paul Vkronese , or a Canai , etti would present the rare combination of equal splendour and fidelity . This is" high praise , but it ia the praise which Mr . deserves It be
Kean peculiarly . may easy to sack Wardour-street and to pillage every Nathan in the town for " dresses and decorations ; " but tlie result will be a tawrdry and incongruous magnificence which only tlie groundlings and the gods applaud , and from which the judicious turn with shuddering laughter and disgust . Now , to Mr . Kean belongs the credit of having redeemed the stage from this conventional ignorant tawdrinesa , which ( if an excessive realism be a sign of decadence ) is certainly not an evidence of respect for tho poet ' s creation ; and it 5 s in bringing to bear upon the representation of dramas , in which every character is an eternal type , and not merely a passing sketch , all the capabilities of pictorial and mechanical skill , regulated and controlled by a masterly discrimina-
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THE OPEHAS . There are now three Italian Opera-houses in full activity in this metropolis , besides a corps of Italian comedians , under the direction of Madame Ristori , at St . James ' s Theatre . At the Boyal Italian Opbba , Fra Diavolo , with the inimitable cast of last year , has been produced ; and for next week Flotow ' b Martha is announced . At Hbk Majestx ' s Theatre , Mademoiselle Titiisns has appeared as Lucrezla Borgia , but her fine presence , energetic declamation , and brilliant audacity in attacking extraordinary difficulties of vocalization , are not likely to efface the reputation of Gritisr , who still remains the only Luci'ezia ; nor is Giuglini likely ; to eclipse the recollection of Mario in the part of Gennaro , although his dying scene exceeded our expectations . On the other hand , Alboni's Majfeo Orsini stands . alone and unapproachable ; and her singing in the prologue and in the last act recalled the glorious season of 1847 at the Ko . y ai . Italian Opkra , when this transcendant singer all unheralded came , sang , and conquered . Mademoiselle Titiens has only four more nights to sing in England , being summoned to Vienna by the Imperial Theatre , of which she is the ornament .
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London , Priiltiy Kvoninj ; , Juno 18 . All our markets nro lower , more particularly tho heavy railway sharca . Tho spirit of ( . 'ntorprtao seems dead in every mnrkot . Monoy Tomains nb 24 to 3 por cont ., but in no Rroat demand . Tho American diillculty and tho Hilont preparations for war of our uinistur Imperial nniu ; libour mnkuu one anxious . Tho markots for nil kinds of produce contlnno very weak , and npoei \ li \ tlon so languid that tho
extraordinary heat of fho weather would seom to havo affected our commercial atmosphere Consols aro bolow OS ox dividend , and but few bargains axe recorded . French shares aro buoyant ; an improved tono at Paris Is strengthening tho market for these securities here . The fall in all tho hoavy nharos has boon most remarkable . Caledonian aro below 4 iO ( . por aliaro , or 80 per cent ., and a steady decrease of 7 O 0 J . per week does not augur well for a largo dividend These shares havo receded to 394 , -M , There has been a Blight increased demand for Indian guaranteed shares this week , but the demand is languid . In miscellaneous shares ---joint-stock banks—there Is no business doing . Tho death of a very extensive mining proprietor in tho wost of England will unlock a good inumbor of shares , it is supposedthese will bo thus forced on tho market . Tho gouornl aspect of tho market is not encouraging ; monoy is still easy at 3 por cent ., but it is understood a vory small demand would absorb all tho supply .
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Blackburn , 01 , lC »; Caledoninn , 70 i , 80 ; ChostoranU Holyhead , 33 , 85 ; Eastern Counties , CO , 01 ; Great Northern , 101 , 102 ; Great Southern mid Western ( Irolnmh , 103 , 10 fi ; Great Western , 49 , 491 ; Lancashire ami YorliHliiro , 80 , 80 J ; London nud Blackwall , 5 i , 64 ; London , Brighton , and South Coant , 107 . 101 ); London and North-Western . 00 * ; London and South-WuHtorn , 02 J , 0 , 'U ; . Alidlamd , 01 , 01 i ; North-EnHtorn ( Berwick ) , 804 , «» i ; Soiitli-liastorn , ( Dover ) , 07 , 08 ; Antwerp nnu Rotterdam , fij , 5 i ; Dutch lthenish ,. fi | , 4 iiHH . ; Jjastom of Franco ( Paris im « l Straabourg ) . 25 i , 25 ]; Groat Cnntral of l ' rnnco . ; Great Lnxoinbourg , 7 J , 7 j i Norlliorn of Franco , 371 , 38 ; Paris and Lyons , 3 l ) i . 31 ; Royal I > anl » h , j Royal Swedish ; Sambro and Mouse , 78 , 71-
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Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1858, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19061858/page/21/
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