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212 THE LEADER, [No. 414, February 27,18...
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LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Hah Mr. JKban never ...
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CORN MARKET. Mark-la-no, Friday, Februar...
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BRITISH FUNDS FOR, GL'HJi! PAST WEEK. (C...
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FKOM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday^ Februa...
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212 The Leader, [No. 414, February 27,18...
212 THE LEADER , [ No . 414 , February 27 , 1858 .
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LOUIS THE ELEVENTH . Hah Mr . JKban never played any character but Louis XI ., he must have taken rank as a dramatic artist of consummate skill . It is no exaggeration to say that his performance of this part is marvellous ; as fine and subtle a personation as ever was achieved by the Dii Majores of the last century , whose painted semblances are preserved in their Walhalla , the Garrick Club . It has been said that at the commencement of the play Mr . Kban shows a comic side of the Kings character ; from this we cannot but dissent . Fools will laugh at the distortions of a countenance or the sharpness of- » voice , without reflecting whence these outward seemings arise , and a theatrical audience always numbers many fools ; but a more critical intelligence perceives that , from first to last , the tenacious purpose of Louis ' s life never wavers ; if he buffoons it is by accident , his preposterous gestures and shrill falsetto are not intended to amuse , they are merely the excess of simulation , the too redundant expression of the passions which ruled his every heart-beat . These passions , superstitious cowardice and cunning , deep and dark ambition , fear of death , greed , revenge , are all admirably seized , and fixed with the rapidity and sureness of sun-pictures , by Mr . Kbam , whose play of countenance alone is a study , and whose change of feature , manner , and tone of voice , from cajolery of Marie de Comities to malignant exultation when he hears that Nemours is in his grasp , is a prodigy of art , that haunts the memory by its intensity and its truth . X .
Musical Notes. The Second Soiree Of The ...
MUSICAL NOTES . The second soiree of the Musical Union , at the Hanover-sqoare Rooms , on Tuesday , was well attended . Molique was the First Violin on the occasion , and played with that profound feeling and fine expression for which he is justly celebrated ; his daughter , Mademoiselle Anna Moltque , the pianist of the evening , proved herself not unworthy of her name . Talking of pianists , we
read with pleasure in the Paris correspondence of the Daily News the mention of a concert given at the Saixe Preyed , by Madame Szauvady , who , as Wilheimine Cuiuss , fascinated and charmed all musical . London some years ago . May we hope that she is coming back to her old admirers on this side of the narrow seas once more ? We were announcing recently that the summer matinees of the Musical Union would be given in the new St . James's Hall . We dare say many of our readers have very little idea where and what the St . James ' s Music Hall is . The local habitation extends from Regent-street to Piccadilly , and includes a room for concerts second only to Exeter Hall , and , we believe , capable of containing a larger audience in comfort . The new building includes a Bestaurant , —but at present we are concerned with the Music Hall more particularly . The beauty of design and decoration will be all that the name of Owen Jones may be thought to promise . We trust the acoustical properties of the hall may be found successful . On this point a feeling of doubt is unavoidable , since , up to the present day , the science of architecture , so far as the two sornewhat important conditions of hearing and breathing are concerned , has been little better than guess-work . When a music hall or a theatre has been equally favourable to the music and to the audience , it has been a lucky hit , not at all a , predetermined certainty . The St . James ' s Hall will be formally inaugurated by two grand evening performances on the 25 th and 27 th of March , under the immediate patronage of Her Majesty and the Prince Consort , in aid of the funds of one of the most deserving charitable institutions in the metropolis—the Middlesex Hospital . This Hospital has a peculiar and exclusive claim to public sympathy and support . Beyond the ordinary functions of an hospital it offers a home to the victims of the most terrible of all diseases—cancer . Dr . Fell's treatment of this incurable malady ( incurable in the sense that the predisposition can never be extirpated ) has been practised at the Middlesex Hospital with decisive effect . But to return to a pleasanter subject : the inauguration concerts are to be under the admirable directorship of Mr . Benedict , and the "Vocal Association , which under his auspices won the cordial admiration of the celebrated Cologne Choral Union , will rally to the standard of their esteemed conductor in six subscription concerts to be given at intervals during the season .
The Leviathan In The Stereoscope.—We Hav...
The Leviathan in the Stereoscope . —We have received copies of six photographic views of the Leviathan as she appeared at Millwall during the process of the launch . Here we have her from every point of view—broadside on , " partial side view , bow , and stern . We siee the launching-cradles from the river-side at lowwater , the paddle-wheels , the hydraulic rams , and all Mr . Brunei's complicated apparatus for setting the delicate monster afloat . Messrs . Robert Howlett and George Do-wnes have succeeded in arresting and fixing on the plate , not only the general effect , but every minute detail of this great achievement of the nineteenth century . No artist , however skilful , unassisted by the sun and by science , could have faithfully and completely represented the characteristic wonders of this truly national undertaking-, which , b y the aid of the stereoscope , every one may now possess almost in its reality . The Property and Income-tax . —A public meeting was held at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , on Monday evening , for the purpose of considering the best means of obtaining a more equitable adjustment of the tax on trades and professions ; Mr . Alderman Wire in the chair . The following amendmeut was carried unanimously : —" That the present mode of charging one uniform rate on all classes of income , without reference to the source when those incomes are derived—• whether permanent or precarious—is manifestly unjust , an < l tends to create a general and systematic evasion , and has been submitted to for the last sixteen years , under the repeated plea that the tax was only required for temporary purposes , and that this meeting is of opinion that , in any future alteration of the existing law the charge ou incomes derived from trade and professions ( schedules D and E ) should not exceed one-half the charge on funded and realized property . " A petition to Parliament was also agreed to . Tbb Capture of Canton . —Mr . James Wyld , ever on the alert , has just published a sketch of the attack and bombardment of Canton , frpm the plan of the able special correspoudent of the Times , takep on the morning after the commencement of the attack . The plan presents the positions of the allies ashore nnd afloat very clearly , and is almost indispensable to a correct understanding of the operations . , The Liverpool Borough Bank . —A special meeting of the ehareholdera of this bank was held on Thursday afternoon at Liverpool . The report states that all parties are directing thoir best energies to the liquidation of the liabilities , and observes that the success of that liquidation must depend on the unanimity and cordial co-operation of all who are interested in the result . Political Meetings . —Several meetings have been held during the week in various provincial towns in favour of lteform and condemnatory of the Conspiracy Bill . ======= 3 ===========
Births, Mattluaues, Anp Deaths. 1h11ths....
BIRTHS , MAttlUAUES , ANP DEATHS . 1 H 11 THS . "t 3 R 0 PSBY ?^ OirnV ( ft-S » thin 8 t . Tat arKonsiiigton-gnto , JHydo 1 ' ark , the wife of J . 1 ' . OroiHtey , Esq .: a daughter . lUOHARDSON . —On the 2 Sth limt .. at Lynedooh-orosoont , Glasgow , the wlfu of John Richardson , Kaq . i a son . THOMSON . —On tlio 24 th lust ,, at 11 , Dartmouth Villas , itoroBt-htll , the wire of William Thomson , Esq . s a daughter . MARRIAGES . » RB'I ! T ~ STEPIIENS . —Afc Hnllfax , Nova Sootia , Captain Wilford Brett , H . M . 's 70 th Boglmont , A-D . C to hl » Ex-< wl | onoy Sir J . Q . Lo Marohawt , and fourth son of the lato Uev . J . Q . Brett , of Uanolaish . Oholaoa , to Mary , third daughter of Thomna Stonhous , liaa .
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STARTUP—PUGGLE . —On the 23 rd inst . at the parish church , Yalding , Thomas John Startup , Esq ., of Ashford , Kent , to Elizabeth Jane , only daughter of the late John Fuggle , Esq ., of Brenchley , Kent . DEATHS . BAIfcNSTON . —On the 24 th Dec , at Cawnpore , from a wound received on the 16 th Nov ., at the attack at Lucknow , Major Barnston , of the 9 Qth Light Infantry , eldest son of the late Roger Harry Barnston , Esq . . of Crowe Hall , in the county of Chester , aged St . , . HALIBURTON . —On the 5 th Oct > , at Lucknow , Major John Fowden Haliburton , H . M . ' s 78 th Highlanders , in consequence of wounds received the previous day while commanding a force in the attempt to clear a communication with Alumbagh .
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London , Friday Evening , February 26 . Consols opened yesterday at a iurther improvement of i from the reaction of the early part of the week , and closed 9 fj \ f for March and 97 * I for the April account ; but after business not so firmly as at the official close of the House . The bank court broke up without any alteration in the rate of discount , but as a reduction was not generally considered , probable this circumstance had no effect on prices . Foreign Stocks have been well supported , and Turkish Six per Cents have nearly recovered the figures they ruled at prior to the defeat of the government . The London Tramway Bill is threatened with considerable opposition . At a meeting of the North British Australasian Company a dividend of 64 per cent , was declared , free from income tax . The Caledonian Railway is still in the ascendant , and closes This day the Stock Exchange has almost been entirely engaged with the settlement of the share uccount . Consols opened flat and closed about 865 97 for March , and 87 * 4 lor April- tlio upward tendency toeius checked by the general feeling of uneasiness with rt'gard to French affairs—that market in the Stock Exchange particularly sympathizing with the Bourse prices .
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Blackburn , 04 10 ; Caledonian , 1 ) 04 , « 7 { Chester and Holylicnd , 37 , 3 J ); Eastern Counties . 01 , 02 ; Great Northern , 104 , 105 : Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ; , 101 , 103 ; Great Western , 60 S , 014 i Laneiinhiro and Vorhshire , 1 ) 4 , 94 J ; London and Blackwall . fl * . 64 ; London , . Brighton , and South Coast , 108 , 100 ; London and North- Western , 98 i , 90 S ; London and South - Woittorn , 054 , 96 * ; Midland , 81 > , 904 j North - Eastern ( Berwick ) . 00 , U 7 ; South - Eastern , ( Dover ) , 73 , 74 ; Antwerp a »« 4 Rotterdam , 6 . 6 t ; Dutch Rhenish , »} , 81 , din . ; Eastern of France ( . Paris and Strasbourg ) , 274 , 28 } Great Central of Franco , ; Great Luxembourg , 71 , 84 ; Northern of Franco , 371 , 38 * ; Paris and Lyons " 331 , tfSJ ; Royal Danish , 16 , 18 s Hoyivl Swedish 4 , \ \ Sumbro and Meuso , 8 , 84 .
Corn Market. Mark-La-No, Friday, Februar...
CORN MARKET . Mark-la-no , Friday , February 26 . During the week , there have b « en only a few arrivals off the coast ; and there continuus to bo an indisposition to purchase much Wheat n / loat , but of Maize there have boon largo salea made . Somo of the country markets are rather lower for Wheat , while the J ? r « nch markets are slightly dearer . The only artiolo on which there ia any change In the value hero Is Barley , which Irna udvancpd a trifle .
British Funds For, Gl'hji! Past Week. (C...
BRITISH FUNDS FOR , GL'HJi ! PAST WEEK . ( Closing 1 ' uioiis . ) So , t . I Mon , \ Tues . Wed . I Thtir . ' Frid Bank-fitock . i ..... ;;; ..- * -7 rnrr- <| -SM & 1527 .-,. » ..- -227— , -, 2 s 2 « 4 3 per Cent . Rod t > 7 070 974 U 74 97 J OBJ a per Cent . Con . An . 004 Odj Wlj 07 07 ? iMIjf Consols for Account 00 } tiufl 00 * 97 l > 7 t 07 Now Spar Cent . An . 1 ) 7 4 07 ? " 7 i 070 07 } 074 New 24 per Cents Long Ann , 1800 1-10 1-10 1-10 lndfiv Stock 22 a 2204 22 * ' - Ditto Bonds , A' 1000 22 p 20 11 29 p 29 p ..... " , 29 p Ditto , undor £ 1000 25 p 2 IJ p JBx . Bllltt , 451000 2 * p 20 I ) ;« p 31 p 8 'P » 0 |) Dltto , £ 000 » lp 2 » n 20 p ...... » 7 p S 4 p Ditto , Small 21 p 28 i ) 82 p 32 p 38 p
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FOUEIGN FUNDS . Last Official Quotatioit during- thb Wbekendikg Thursday Evening . ) Brazilian Bonds 101 [ Portuguese 4 per Cents . ... Buenos Ayres 6 p . Cents 804 ! Russian Bonds , 5 per Chilian 6 per Cents . ' . 106 Cents Ill Chilian 3 per Cents 74 ! Russian 44 per Cents .... 99 Dutch 24 per Cents .. 65 i ! Spanish ... 44 $ Dutch 4 per Cent . Certf . 104 f 1 Spanish CommitteeCer-Equador . Bonds 14 * i cf Coup , not fun 5 Mexican Account 20 Turkish 6 per Cents 102 * Peruvian 44 perCenls .... 831 Turkish New , 4 ditto .... 104 PortURuese 3 per Cents . 45 | ' Venezucla 4 i per Cents
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FKOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday ^ February 23 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . — Robert Buckley , Royton , Lancashire , cottonspinner . BANKRUPTS . — Joseph Moses , Newnham - street . Tenter-ground , Goodtnau's-iields , manufacturer—William Baudgexi and John Picard , Mark-lanc-chambers , Marklane , and Old Corn-Exchange , Mark-lane , cornfactors — Thomas Stckelmoore , Maidstono , currier — Thomas Garner Gabriel ., Midford-placo , and London-street , Tottenham-court- road , and Birmingham , brush board manufacturer—John Thomas , Strood , Kent , ironfounder—John Page , Hythe . Kent , grocer—AuotPHUS Ackjbkmann , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , printseller—Charles White , Willingale Spain , Essex , poulterer—Hemry Martin Radlopf , Peckham-Krove , Camberwell . oil relincr — Henry John
Chitty , Farnham , Surrey , hnendraper—Samuel Bayley , Tipton , Staffordshire , maltster—John Beddoe , Westbromwich , timber merchant—John Brijton , Hereford , cornfactor—John Dulbton , Wolverhampton , grocer—Joseph Smam-wood Parkbs , Oldbury , Worcestershire , wine merchant— Henry Redfern , Nottingham , plumber—Samuel tin erring and James Little , Bristol , printers—Samuel Brain , Bristol , timber merchant—Thomas Peters , Llanvabon and Cwmbach , Glamorganshire , grocer—William Lee , Exeter , grocer— William Barker , Duunington , Yorkshire , innkeopor— Josupu Galloway , jun ., Bradford , Yorkshire , cloth manufacturer—Caleb Glkuhill , Chcstcrllcld , draper— Robert Mitchell , Sheltield , edge tool manufacturer— George Ripley , St . Helen ' s , Lancashire , ironfounder —William Henry Crabtreb , Preston and Clarstang , Lancashire , grocer—Benjamin Hampson , Manchester , stationer .
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — A . M'Callum . Cowdenbeath , grocer—W . L . Mitchell , Glasgow , hosier—R . Morrison , Glasgow , stayraakcr—J . K . Kunt , Jedburgii , money scrivener—J . Knox , Edinburgh , tea merchant—J . Mujr , Arbroath , flaxapinner—J . Mitouull , Dundee , grocer —W . Brown , Glasgow , slato merchant — D . M'Call , Greenock , grocer—A . Morrison , Edinburgh , smith—J . and A . FiNDLAY , Aberdeen , watchmakers .
Friday , February 20 , BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLKD . —R . Lbeb . Oldhmn , cotton spinner—J . Smith , Lowestolt , Suffolk , brickmakcr . BANKRUPTS . —Georqb Evbritt Last , Colchoator , manure merchant— Robert MoKban , Mark-lane , ship broker—AHcnniAi . o Arthur Ooupkr , Old Brood-atrcot , commission merchunt—Uuas . Tiikouork Baukuu , Moortorraco , Now Peoklnun , haberdasher—Ejdmuno Vunchnt Wallis , llemcl llompstoad , plumber—Thomas Young , Hampton-terrace , llampatoaii , china dealer—William Henry Osborn , Princes-street , Cavondish-aquaro , jowolltn —William Lewis , Tipton , licensed victualler—II en fl ¥ Crank . Wolvcrhamntoii , Iron founder — John 1 ' owjbw .,
Aston , Warwick , awl blade manufacturer — Tho . mau OaoRolfX , JU « anor , J ) orby , Brocor—John Gjbson , WuynioutU , coalTiorohau" ^ monger—Thomas Jnolepjjw and Bbjinarp Inqlhi > ksv , Mtddlusborough , York , couUlttors — William NicnoJ . ts Wiladcn , Yorn , wojratod spinner—Nathanikl IIouso . n , SholltelU , Joiner—Jobjumi . and Jamjib Watkbston , . Nuwonstlo-upou Tyno , mxiithB—Rooiirt Hmnry Gill , Hurtlepool , inukoopor—Uanlubl Buokley , AHhton-uuuor- kyno , joiiier— Robbrt QoitBON , lloaton Norrls , ironfounuor—Hiinry Wilkinson , Newton-moor , CheaterJcard niakor—Thomab Edwards , Manoltestur , uabiuot maker— Vmknon Uaruimo , Llvurpool , lioiunonuor—John Bmw , Manouoatti' . drugglut .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 27, 1858, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27021858/page/20/
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