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rons friend , she resolves upon the sacrifice of her heart ' s yearning , and on a dinner tite-a-iete with her mother ' s portrait ; . The incident is by no means improbable . It is neatly though very sli g htly worked out by the author ; well acted by Mrs . Stirling , Mr . Wi > an , and their associates , Mrs . Emden , Mr . F . Vinihg 1 , and Mr . TV . Gordon ; and , we ought to add , very elegantly put upon the stage by the management . . At the Steand a very brisk little sketch , entitled " A Race for a Widow , " is made the vehicle for an immensity of eminently practical jestrnpr , of the same character as that so familiar in . " The Goose with ' the Golden Egg-s . " Mr . Rogers and Mr . Turner ( as Messrs . Cornelius JPopjoy and AdplpJius de Cremorne ) , a pair of aspiringclerks , are represented as desperately pursuing 1 a certain
welldowered widow , Mrs . Wilmington ( Miss Button ) , with whom they are uttei-ly unacquainted , and in mistake for whom they assail a married lady , Mrs .. iPepperpod ( Miss Lester ) , and work to stage insanity lier husband , Capsicomb JPepperpod ( Mr . Bland ) . After a great deal of boisterous fun , in which the audience'heartily join , our two clerks of course discover that the fair widow has already placed herself beyond their reach by contracting a second alliance . They have , therefore , nothing left but to return ingloriously to their normal occupations , minus the capital expended in the profitless love chase . The farce , though a poor one , derives strength from the buoyant fun engrafted upon it by the actors , and is favourably received as a prelude to the ingenious burlesque on " The Miller and his Men . " . :
Messrs . Sorrell and French are the authors of a really original comedy of considerable merit , called " A Friend in Need , " which was brought out with such marked and well-deserved success at the St . James's Theatre on Monday last , as to demand our especial notice . The plot is not so intricate but we may do this in a few lines . A certain Mr . Hertford ( Mr . Robins ) has a charming and marriag-eable daughter , Ada ( Miss Murray ) , and a rich ward , Blastings ( Mr . F . Robinson ) . The play opens on the day when the latter attains his majority , and when the unjust guardian , who has secretly gambled away the young man ' s inheritance , sees no better way of avoiding disgrace than to flavour , and if possible arrange , a match between the young people . Nothing would better please Mr . Hastinqs : nothing " could be less agreeable to Ada , who is in love
with an ill-conditioned young man , named Leslie ( Mr . Belford ) , whose only aim is to possess himself of her supposed fortune . Thus at the very opening- of the play we have a scene of high interest between the father and daughter , in which the one pleads for moral life , and the other resigns her free love out of filial affection . This is succeeded by another of stronger cast , in which the lover , Ilasiings , presses his suit upon ; the maid ' s unwilling' ear , while she sees her father in the background preparing 1 for suicide in case of her halting-in the painful task . Observing that the march of affairs is unfavourable to his views , Mr , Leslie now shows his colours , and develops schemes of baseness , which have the effect of disgusting his friend SparWey ( Mr . Belford ) , a free and easy gentleman , of loose-fitting habits , but happily of more strict morale ,
whom he has introduced to be a spectator of his anticipated triumph . Sparklet / , at once abandoning the unrighteous alliance , throws the influence of his manly character into the scale of virtue . Jle exposes , to a certain extent , the meanness of his ci-devant friend ; talks Ada into love of a fancy portrait of Hastings ; induces the latter to relieve the guardian by the loss of a stake at 4 < : arte equal to the sum of his speculations ; and having seen everybody to the threshold o f happiness , pairs off himself with Ada ' s pretty little cousin , Fanny ( Miss Nelly Moore ) . Tho performance of all the artists named' merits considerable praise . That of Miss Murray , who is certainly an actress of natural power as well as singe acquirements , and of Mr . T 3 elford , whose gifts are of no less order , and
who thoroughly looked his part , stands out , of course , prominently ; while Miss Nolly Moore must be noticed for an early developed talent , which will some day , we apprehend , secure for this pretty and painstaking 1 young ; lady an enviable career . We must not omit to notice the excellent comedy and accurate north country dialect of Mr . Charles Young as Squire Wannop , a foxhunting' gentleman , with a mover-ending , still beginning story of a fox hunt , ever brought to a check at a provoking * five-barred gate . The character is about as unnecessary to tho plot as a fifth wheel to a conch but is so ably delinente ' by Mr . Young ns to east a warm , glow over the entire action , and contribute most materially to the success of the comedy , which , to all appearance , is destined to attain considerable popularity . _ _ _ _ _ „ '
. , „ „ . A crowded gathering of tho members of tho Musicai , Sociktv of London gave tho appearance of a superb wilderness of flowers to St . James ' s Hull lust night . Never was soon elsowhero such a massive ground of blue and silver , anil scarlet nnd gold drupory , figured with every poBsibJo variety of flornl hond-gofir , as dass / Jod our wondering oyos ns wo stood in tho gallery . Tho society is , indeed , now so full that candidates for admission have to wait with patience for vacancies . Tho attractions of the evening were the superb " Eroicu" symphony of Beethoven , which
the master begnn in honour of Napoleon , tho First Consul , bufc to which , on hearing that his idol had assumed tho purplo , ho added a funeral march . The band , admirubly directed by Mr . Mellon , nhd selected from the first , rnnlcH of . tho profession , played tho symphony , ns they should , religiously . Wo need say no more . An infinitely colourless " Symphony concortanto" for two grand pianofortes and full bnnd , by JOiissok , n properly half-forgotten xnaater , whom it is intended by some person or persons well lwown , for purpose unknown , to bring into fashion , was very cleverly plnyed by Mr . Charles Sntoman and Mr . Lindsay Sloner , bufc
produeed an effect of dulness which was deepened in spite of Mr . Santley ' s splendid singing from a MS . recitative and air . by M . | Benedict . . The Mendelssohn overture , " The Isles of Fin gal , " was so superbly played and found such favour with the company that , in compliance with . the general demand , it was repeated . The " Lurline " overture , also , by way of compliment to the English school , was introduced , and was an exceeding relief at the close of the first part , following as it did the two toughest morsels in the pi'ogramme . Miss Augusta Thomson , a Scottish vocalist , who has gathered musical laurels in one or two continental cities and at Buckingham Palace , was the only lady-vocalist of the evening-. She has a pure and well-trained organ of wide compass , if not of much power ; and was well suited by Auber ' s song , ¦ * Jours de mon Enfance" ( from the Pre aux Clercs ) , and a duo with Mr . Santley frorat Meyerbeer ' s " L'Etoile duNord . "
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April 23 , 1860 . J The Leader and Saturday Analyst . 409
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PARLIAMENT . fTIHE St . George ' s in the East scandals were again prominently brought - " - into view on Friday , by Lord Dungannon giving notice that on the lltli of May he should ask Government to say unreservedly . whether' they intended this session to introduce any measure which would give Bishops in their several dioceses power to deal with differences between parishioners and incumbents which arose relative to the mode of performing divine service . The annexation of Savoy question , it appeared , was not to be allowed to slumber , the Marquis of Normanby intimating his determination to bring on his motion , thereby raising a small squabble with Lord St . Leonards on a point of priorit y . The long threatened motion of the Marquis of Normanby , relative to the withholding of certain papers , which would have thrown at an early period a clear light on the position of the Savoy Annexation question , was debated on Monday . The gist of the motion was to . make it imperative on Ministers to place on record all matters of national importance trans - mitted through or to the Foreign Office . The motion acquired additional piquancy from the circumstance of Earl . Gov / LEY having come
expressly from Paris to . rebut an anticipated attack on his Ambassadorial proceedings . The noble Marquis , however , made out only a very mild case against Lord Cowxey , the burthen of the charge , if it could be so called , being that Lord Cowley had received specific information on the subject of the Savoy annexation ^ which he did not freely disclose , and that Lord John Russell had not communicated to Parliament all the information in his possession , at the earliest possible period . Earl Cowley defended his conduct , declaring that he had received no official intimation of the intention of the French Emperor to annex : Savoy until tho 5 th of February last , he having throughout relied on the positive declaration , of Count Walewski the previous July , that the Emperor had no intention of acquiring an extension of territory from his warlike acts in Italy . Earl Granvh . le considered the explanation of the noble Ambassador clear , candid , and satisfactory- The Earl of Malmesbury admitted the ability with which Lord Cowlky had defended himself * but hinted that sufficient ground for the Marquis of Nqrmanby ' s motion existed in the admissions of Lord Cowley himself , Lord Cowley having stated that
he had received certain private -communications oh the subject of the annexation , which he had not transmitted to his Government . After a few explanatory words from Lord Wodehouse and the Marquis of Normanby , the previous question was carried , and the motion lost . The Law and . Equity Bill of the Lord Chancellor was discussed on Tuesday . The object of the bill was to see what further fusion between law and equity was practicable . If the Bill succeeded , the powers of the Law and Equity Courts would become co-ordinate . Lord St . Leonards , with epigrammatic point , remarked , that the Bill ought to be called not a Bill for the fusion , but the confusion , of law and equity . He should give it his strenuous opposition . Lord Cranworth was for talcing a middle course ; The Bill might be faulty in parts , but on that account alone it ought not to be crushed altogether . The Bill could be amended , and therefore , he should support it . Lord Ki . ngsdown was averse to the Bill in principle and detail . Lord Chelmsford also objected to the measure . Lord Wen-st . kydai . r would not . offer , nt present , any opposition . Tho result was that the Bill w ^ ty ^*" J & cond , time . '' , J » wWl : t / .
Mr . KsrcounT , on Friday , gave a somewhat newjCTBWpSon to the Church Rates question , by urging Sir J . TRiu , AWNf ? W « nrig on the second reading without delay , as his party ( the opponents ) wore anxious to bring the question to tho filial tost of discussion and division . Sir J . Trela-wny professed equal anxiety to get on the Bill , but , unless Government helped him , he could not fix any specific day . Mr . T . Miller made some striking remarks on the , practice of sending young children to prison for such quos ( ionnl ; le crimes as playing at «• tip-cat " and " rounders " in public thoroughfares . Sir J . Pakin & ton condemned , the impropriety of sending children to be contaminated in jnil for following but these boyish games in the streets . Sir G . C . Lkwjs had no approbat i on to bestow on the Act , which made it imperative oi ) magistrates to commit children for Biioh trivialities as hud been defined , but lie should prefer to see offenders whippod mid discharged . But then it must bo recollected that "tip-cat" and of and frihtened
" rounders" sometimes struck out tlie eyes passengers g horses . It wus right , therefore , those games should bo checked . Mr . V * Scvr . LY , with genuine Hibernian vivacity , referring to the fight between Sayors and Heenan , asserted that such a combat could not have taken place in any other part of the kingdom except Knglmid , at tho same time claiming both pugilists as Irishmen . Sir G . 0 . Lewis slily remarked that fighting was not altogether unknown in Ireland , and intimated thut , brutal though a prize fight was , i |> was preferable to ahillelah riots and dodge assassinations . In reply to a question , Sir G , C . Liswih stuted that one portion of tho Bito of Smithfiold would be converted into a dead moat . market ; the destination of the otlior portion was atill in doubt . Lord J . Uvsskll brpacHy stuted , in reference to M > . Massey ' s motion to refer the Reform BUI to . a select committee , that Government would consider the motion tantamount to an attempt by a side wind to get rid of the Hill , and therefore the motion would be opposed by all the strength of the Government , Mr . P . Hicnnhbbry withdrew his motion in relation to Savoy and Nice . The Royal Proclamation relative to piety
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Leader (1850-1860), April 28, 1860, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28041860/page/21/
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