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Of course you preserve a lively recollection of , '» THE COX . OGNB SENGEBS , who last year produced such an impression at the Hanover-square Rooms , revealing the vast capabilities of choral effect ; and you will therefore be glad to hear that Mr . Mitchell , to whom you owe so many an entertainment , has again engaged these singers , who will give their first concert on ± he 5 th or 6 th of May . Mr . Mitchell , who does engage the Kolner Manner Gesang-Verein , and doe 3 not engage a troupe of Gerrnan tragedians , deserves , and receives , my warmest ack nowledgments . Apropos of music , tnWgh I haven ' t time nor space to tell you of the concerts which are commencing " with their usual severity , " I must squeeze in a line to note the appearance amongst us , once more , of Ebnst , assuredly the greatest violinist in the world , and the one who never leaves * dissatisfied . ViviaiJ .
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Thi Bite of thb Batv—Phyllostoma Tiastatym . —This is a common bat on the Amazon , and is , I believe , the one which does much injury to the Iiorse 3 and cattle , by sucking their Wood ; it also attacks men , when it has an opportunity . The species of . blood-sucking bats seem to be numerous id the interior . They do not inhabit houses ., like many of the frugiyorous bats , bat enter at dusk through any aperture they may find . They generally attack the tip of the toe , or sometimes any oth « r part of the body that may be exposed . I have myself been twice bitten , onco on the toe , and th « other time on the tip of the nose ; in neither case did I feel anything , but awoke after the operation was completed : in what way they effect it is still ( jnite unknown . The wound is a small round hole , the bleeding of which is very difficult to stop . It can hardly be a bite , as that would awake the sleeper ; it seems most probable that it is either a succession of gentle scratches with the sharp edge of the teeth , gradually wearing away the skin , or a titurating with the point of the tongue , till the same effect is produced . My brother was frequently bitten by them , and his opinion was , that the bat applied one of its long canine teeth to the part , and . then flew round and round on that as a centre , till the tooth , acting as an awl , bored a small hole ; the wings of the bat serving , at the same time , to fan the patient into a deeper slumber . He several times awoke while the bat was at worlc , and though of coarse the creature immediately flew away , it was his impression that the operation was conducted in the manner above described . Many persons are particularly annoyed by bats , while others are free from their attacks . An old Mulatto at Guia , on the Upper Rio Negro , was bitt « n almost every night , and though there were frequently halfa-dozen other persons in the room , he would be the party favoured by their attentions . Once he catno to us with a doleful countenance , telling us , he thought the bats meant to eat him up quite , for , having covered up his hands and feet in a blanket , they had descended beneath his hammock of open net-work , and attacking the most prominent part of Ins person , had bitten him through u hole in his trousers ! We > could not help laughing at the catastrophe , but to him it ¦ vrna no laughing matter . "—Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro .
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PENCIL NOTES . Pbaise so lofty followed the first day ' s public exhibition of Miss Howitt ' s picture of " Gretclen , " at the Portland Gallery , that our laggard criticism will . appear doubly ungracious . As a first effort , the picture is certainly remarkable ; and , with so much evidence of a rare capability for work , we shall be astonished if Miss Howitt does not rise , in a few years , to a high position . It would seem unfair to this young lady artist to compare her with Retsch ; and to say that , after an immense amount of labour , she has not succeeded in . ' giving us as good an illustration as will be found in Ketsch's outlines ; but there is an evident purpose in Miss Howitt ' s very ambitious and , we must say , very faulty picture , to provoke this comparatively odious comparison . She has chosen the vivid hues of the pre-Haphaelite school , and has complicated the difficulty of harmonising these colours by introducing various reflections ; as , for instance , the reflection of the bright scarlet dress on Gretchen's lip and on her hair . In the attitude of the girl—she Is returning from the fountain , wounded by the tongues of her companions , > nd is entering the porch of her home—there is , unskilful drawing apart , a very touching ^ indication of deep grief . The head is flung back , the eyes are closed , and one hand is pressed against the brow ; the figure is thrown forward , and , being quite out of the balance , seems to be advancing with an uncertain step . If othing could have been better than this device , or , indeed , than the intention of the whole arrangement . The failure is simply that of inexperience ; it is a great failure , proportionate' to the greatness of the endeavour ; but it is accompanied with a kind of success more valuable than belongs to some pictures , " calculated to sustain the reputations , " et cetera . There is a work at the Portland Gallery that differs as widely , in subject , style , effect—every quality , in short—from Miss Howitt ' s first essay , as one work can differ from another . An extraordinary performance is this second picture . It might easily be mistaken for a . Rembrandt . Such unconstrained , successful daring , such wonderful power , is very seldom seen in any modern painting . The subject is a robber ' s cave , with two fearful
rascals busied in disngunng their spoil . One is melting a silver Cup ; the other , chppmgup , a huge silver plate with a pair of sheers . The painVer of this work is Mr . G Harvey . We do not remember his name , but hopl to see ability so singular as his employed on many more works , as eood and better than this one . 8 In Paris they are taking bronze casts of the Venus of Milo , for the principal public gardens , and a few museums in the departments . ShaJl we incur the charge of Vandalism if we express a wish that Louis Napoloon had ordered this beautiful torso to be promoted , in the " copies * ' a complete form ? At all events , th . e Vandals who only desire to restore the missing limbs of statuary should be lightly censured . . , Other bronzes are in process of castihg ; ' and , when complete , will occupy conspicuous positions . Xhe statues of Francis I ., Louis XIV ., aad jfe Emperor—allfo be executed in Florentine bronze—will adorn the court of the Louvre and the Carrousel . A colossal statue of Louis XVI ., by Raggi , is warehoused somewhere near the Champs ¦ de Mars , waiting orders for a final destination . This statue is of vast dimensions , being full twenty ; feet highi It represents the king in his state robes , fleur * de-iys- bespangled . -His ' ¦ " miir j ^ esty holds in one hand a plumed hat , the charter in the other , and appears to weigh both very attentively . ' , The interesting collection of models , supposed , to be original studies of M .. Angelo , Raphael , Donatello , and others , -will be exhibited ai ; Marlborou <* h House until the 1 Oth , when the exhibition : closes . No pnei should miss seeing these fine examples of art in the early stages of its working ; Such exhibitions are wisely made exhibitions apart . " By all meaha , there , sbould be opportunities for observing the artist ' s process ; and separate ^ collections of rough designs would , moreover , tend to keep unfinished works out of the principal galleries . ' ¦ , 7 ; ., The name of Marlborough House reminds us that the " Department of Practical Art" has to fortifyijtself . against a new and powerful antagonist . Charles Dickens has evidently conceited a strong distaste for the principles disseminated by the head School of * Ensign . < : ; Tjlie schoolmasters tnenase !^ are , it would seem by the first chapter > of the new story ia . JEtpuSehoid Bfp ^ t , Joined in a dismal band to ring Fancy ' s knell—poor Fancy being prematurely interred under the Museum of False Principles .- ^ A few of the questions for settlement are—ought prize-roses , or ought they not , to . bloom upon our carpets ? " Grim leouns " to glare from the domestic hearth-rug ? Greek slaves and pets of the ballet to enliven our corazzas ? * Our overcoats to be buttoned with direct imitations : of Dutch , Sam ; and ^ professed anatomical trowser-makers to g ive accurate representations of the femur , tibia , and fibula , * by way of striking novelties in stripes , ? , ,.. .... '" . . ' j ' The exhibition in Suffolk-street , by the Society of British Artists , Wnow open . On the whole , it is the best of the three exhibitions that have begun the picture season . Woolmer is severely academical , as usual ; and Ilurlstone exemplifies the great advantage that painters possess who have learnt to draw tbe figure . We cannot And room , for a cntjcism this week 5 b ^» next Saturday , will show what impression has been made on , us ' by tbio work of emphatically British artists . ; . - ; . 1 ., / ' " . ' . ' . 7-V ¦' '& "' . —
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BIETHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . WILLIAM . —April 7 , at Dacre-terraoe , Leo , Kent , the wife of J . Hill "William , Esq ., of 12 , Waterloo-place , London -. a son . CLARKE . —Feb . 25 , at ICirkee , Bombay , the wife of Captain " WiUrond Clarke , Tenth Royal Hussars : a daughter . GAGE . —April 2 at Fawaley , the Hon . Mrs . Gage : a son . HAYES . —March 20 , at Drumboo , Lady Hayes : a daughter . NEVILLE . —April 3 , at Cambridge , the wife of the Jlon . and llov . Latimer Neville : a son . RICE .- April 3 , at Torquay , the Hon . Mrs . Spring R-ice : a daughter . WlNGFllCLI ) . —March 2 < 5 , the lion . Mrs . Edward Wiiitfiiold ; a noii . WILMO'D .-April 2 , at Putnoy , Lady Eardloy Wilniot : a daughter . MARRIAGES . A 1 TCHIBON—COLQU 11 OUN . —March 28 , at St . fetor u 1 Dublin , Oharles T . Aitchison , Enq ., llonibay Army , son of thn Into Major-Gonoru . 1 Andrew Aitcliition . of R . ydo , Islo of Wiglit , lo Anuiu AolKSHon , youriKOHt daughter oftlio Into AlcxuiKU-r William Oolqiilioun , JSmj ., J-R , of C ' rosli , county I of Tyrone .
BALIiAlSTXNE , —Jffi « 3 PN ' .- rFeb . 9 . it Kwrirly , ttilbodtona , James R . - Ballautyhe , Es < i ,, Ll . D . , IWntiipafbf ^ Government GoUege , Benares , to Annabeu *! € Hfom 4 nft fourth daughter of . the late Captain T . ^ MoilcK Mi 3 ^ , R . N ., and granddaughter ot thti late Hon . Sir Geonte Grey , Bart ., K . O . B . - ,. '' A : ^ ,- " ;¦ ? ^* " OAB , B-COLBiBOK .--Maroh SO . at Trinity Ojiurcli , Siftnill , GeOwe Carr ? Esq ., of Greeulawalls , in the odjbnW ^ f Northumberland , to Isabella , the youngest daughter of the latefH ^ Colbeck , Esq . ; Iiemlngton-houise in tha same county . N ¦ ¦ ' ? - ¦ ! ' ' , _ « ,, ¦ ¦' - ¦ ¦ ' . . ¦ ' : /• ¦ ;¦ --HANBUtf—GOAD .-Peb . 13 , at Uxnritsir , Lieutenant <^ . O . Hankin , Siity-sixtlx N . I . aud Sixth . IrretfiilarCaTalry , to CeciliaG .. widOMrof thelato € apt ^ a / P : SoM , itlritTOi . Pennsylvania , by tho . Btev . 'S ?•¦ Iff , ^ Andrewfl " ifjolonelTrB Lawrence , Third Division N . Y . 8 . S , v » ttach 6 to the Lention of the United Jtfm itjlfa Cburti WElttaSjtJJ ^ Sfc daughter of the Hott . ' Henry Ghajjraan , Jusibio © 6 f tKe Court of Common Pleai for | he State of Pehnqrl ^ inia . { DEATHS . ' ' ALLAN " . —Pebruafy 29 , af Bombay . "VTilUam Gmfrix Allan only son of the late Lieutenant James Allan . E . N .. of Porres , N 3 .. aged thirty-six . AHMS'japNG . ^ -Maroli 3 , Lieuteioant-General Bir Biehard Armstrong , Colonel of the Thirty-aecoud BBgrtinent , and lato Gommander-in-Ohief at Madras , deeplyIfinented ? CARNEGIE . —Maroh SJ , at Pair Oak , Mary GeUrgfiJa , the only child of tho Hon . John and Mrs . Carnegie , aged sixteen . DOUGLAS . —April 4 , Howard , eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas , Assistant-Adj utant-Goneral , and grandson of General Sir Howard Douglas Bart ., G . C . B ., aged ten . MOWRIS . —April 4 . in the Island of Jersey , Captain John Morris , H . C . S ., late of Manantoddy , East Indies , deeply regretted . MOSTTN—April 3 , at Pengwery , Flintshire , the Bight Hon . Edward Pryoe , Baron Mostyn , aged ninety-five . POWYS . —Pebruary _ 12 , at Umbafla , Mary , wife of Captain tho lion- Charles Powys , of the Ninth Royal Lancers , and only surviving child of the late William Scott Kennedy , Esq .
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HEALTH OF LONDON . ( i'Vowi the Registrar . General ' s Return . ) Thf . deaths registered in London in the week that ended on Saturday , were 1489 . In the ten corresponding weeks of tho jcars 1844-53 , tlie average number was 1202 , which , if raised in proportion to increase of population , becomes 1322 . The actual number registered last veek is 167 uljove the estimated amount , Last week wfts the thirteenth of tho quarter , mid it -usually happens at this period tliat the deaths registered derive a considerable accession from corojuirs' inquests , the registration of wliich is in many instances not completed until the end oi the quarter .
Such cases -will be found-chiefly . in . the <* : lasa of violent deaths , wliich comprises fcactureB , burns , suffocation , < &c . ; gome are specially referred to apoplexy , disease Qf the heart , &c . ; others , vaguely returned , are classed under " sudden deaths . " No death occurred from cholera in the -week . Last week the births of 1015 boys and 933 girls , in all 1948 children , were registered in London . In nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average number was T 548 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the . mean height of tlie barometer in the week was 30 * 124 in . The mean daily reading was above 30 in . on every day of the " week , except Sunday . The highest mean occurred on Friday , when it was 30 * 264 in . The reading of the barometer increased to 30-29 in . at 9 h . a . m . on Friday . The mean temperature of the week was 47 3 degs ., which is 4 degs . above the average of the same week in 38 years . The mean daily temperature rose to 51-4 degs . on Saturday , which is 7-8 degs . above the average of the same day . It was above the average on every day of the week . The highest temperature occurred on Saturday , and was 7 ^ -0 degs . ; the lowest was also on the same day , and was 349 degs ., showing a range on that day of 3 § 'l deg 9 . The wind blew generally from the west-south-west . The mean dew-point temperature was 39-4 degs . On Saturday , the mean difference between the dew-point temperature and air temperature was the greatest in the week , viz ., 13 degs . ; the greatest difference on this day was 24-3 degs ., and was also the greatest in the week . No rain fell except on Sunday , when the amount was only 0 * 03 in .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY-INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , April 7 , 1854 . Tub reaction upwards in Consols that wo noticed lost week has been increasing by degrees , in tho absence of any bad news , and with tlio belief , which gains ground , of there being something bohind , tho nature of wuiolv the publio knows nothing about , but which is conjectured to bo a compromise or further delay . Tho sensitiveness of the Ministry to havo thoir present inaction commented upon , and tho various contradictory rumours from Boicos Bay , give tho Hulls 11 few days fresh breathing and hope . " After all it will blow over : " Iho humiliation and disgrace of course not being reckoned . Tho modern "Falkland , " it is tho light , would gladly swallow that without nausea . Ho ( JohboIs havo boeu gaining ground . To-morrow ia tho Rth , when tho bet that wtts laid six months cyjo by a ronowiml caiiitaltat , of 10 to 1 in thousand ^ that Consols would not be dono at 8 B by that day , will bo won .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 8, 1854, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2033/page/21/
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