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genteel comedy ; the rich / ermier general—we have our old theatrical acquaintance , his friend the dissipated " Marquis" —we tave the charming young lady of humble life , who longs to soar out of her lowly social position . —and lastly , ' we have the simple and warm-hearted peasant , who is devotedly attacked to her ; and who , by turns , presents himself in tlie briskly sentimental and . the vociferously humorous capacities to applauding audiences . Here and there , in the course of the story , these characters are placed in some clever dramatic situations , and the whole comedy is enlivened from' beginning to end by music which cannot be criticised piecemeal , which is very possibly not written according to the strict " rules of art , " but which is marked throughout by a delightful grace and gaiety , always pleasant to the . ear , and always suggestive of good spirits from the first note of the
overture tothe laatof 1 the Jinale . - The acting and singing of the male member * of the company—excepting Mi Meillet , who played Pacome cleverly , and sang his music -with great spirit and geniality—call far nothing special in the way of remark . If we might venture to give M . Leroy ( Mbo play « d the part of the fermier gSnfaal ) a friendly hint , we would recommend him to be a little less loud and fcoisterous ia his low comedy . He reminded us , now and then , of a school of comic acting which we have studied elsewhere outside the booths at fairs , and the professors of which are irreverently alluded to ia general society under -the appellation of " clowns . " With the exception of this gehtteman , howeyer v the" rest of the company acted and song together neatly and iarmonipasl y enough , i Q 8 ut all the great triumphs 6 f the evening ( and they w < 3 ^ the lady . Madame Cabel has a pretfey ^ round , Watteati-like face ; possesses the Frenchwoman's secret of niSosainor /* fininni * n < vltr ftivfainrl + K *\ tA \ tn \ +. fn \ erwaoa sm « l vZiraoZfrtT " \ tiaa tlia rtloawiaf mt ¦¦ ¦ - \ n iri ¦ » v in irr tt
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1 u : QLTM ^ IG . W& must not omit to mention the revival of Mr . George Dance ' s farce of Hush Money at the Oltbimc , which was redeemed from failure by the very cleyer achig of Mr . Robson . In the hands of an . inferior artist the character of ; Jaspar Touchwood , -would have been simply comic . Mr . Kobson has created a new part , by turning to account the tragic elements which ninety * mne actors out of a hundred would never have discovered . The usual faults were visible throughout . The part was overdone—too
mucL excitement , > too / much strain—but the nervous power , the facility of musjqular action , and its obvious ; relation to the absorbing passion , were unmifttalcably evident . The' performance , therefore , was effective—and that is saving a great deal when we consider that the play is as worthless a prod . uctaon ' as we ever saw . Mr . Emery acted tie Waterman to the satisfaction of . the audience , and Mrs . Wigan ' s Sally was a decided success . But wjijris Mr . Yincerit- allowed to personate a young gentleman in a dress which no gentleman would think of-wearing ?
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THE LYCEUM . The Ltcbum re-opened its pleasant portals on Whit-Monday . Mr . Charles Matlews received a generous and hearty welcome on resuming the sole lesseeship of the theatre , which continues under the direction of Madame yefttris ^ , We Relieve that not only hosts of friends , but the public generally hail this solution of many doubts and difficulties with cordial satisfaction . Mr . ' Charles Mathews prefaces the playbill of the new season with a testimony of lively gratitude to his fellow-labourers of every degree , who have stood bravely l > y his side through good and evil fortune and report . Such a testimony is equally honourable to all . " Here I am , without a penny in my pocket , and starting th « world again !" Such were the first words with which Charles Matthews met his old
friends , and who did not fling back a cheer ? Who didfnot wish success to the charming actor whose absence for a time had only ma . de us know his value—as our chief heart-lightener ? We need onl y add one word : " Before Jireakfast" reminds us of old days—its revival is judicious , and was thoroughly appreciated by an audience which we only hope to see much larger .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . OBOTTON . —June 3 , at No . 27 , Sussex-gardens , Hyde-park , the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Orofton ; a son . KENT . —June 5 , at 4 % , Thurloo-square , the Lady Benujolois Dealt : a daughter . BOSS—June 7 , at Grosvenor-sfcreet , Gfosvenor-squaro . London , the wife of Captain Sir James Olark Ross , H . N .: 4 son . SCOTT—May 31 , at No- 24 , Royal-terrace , Ramsgate , the wife of Major T . Scott , R . M .: a daughter . VAVASOUR- —June 6 , at 20 , Queen-street , Mao-fair , the Han . Lady Vavasour : a daughter . MARRIAGES . FENWICK—PIM . —June l , at St . John's , Hampstead , Saonuel Feuwiok Esq ., MB . to Amy , only daughter of the lafco Lieutenant Edward Bedford Pirn , R . N ., and sister of th « present Lieutenant Bedford Clappertou Pim . R . 1 V . CUUDET . —PHILIP . —April 22 , at St . Clement ' s Chvurch . Naparima , Trinidad , M . M . Gaudot , Esq ., Deputy Avsaistaat-Oom mlssary-Genoral , to Fanny Polharn Reed , daughter tSr . p ° n n ; St . Louis Philip , M . D ., of the same ialarid . S . 7 , ? H - -Jftn } J 1 ' atfchrlst Church . Sydney , tWi !?? n Op Ea 3 ' Boyal Marinos , son of the late Lieu-JSSSht «?? 5 ^ B .. 8 lie > aN - fco Jo 8 sy Marifl - «« cond ttfh Wales frod Hl ° P h 011 . Chit >? Justice of New
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BILRFORD'S PANORAMA OF BERLIN . It has been said ( once or twice in each particular instance ) concerning historical pictures , charming landscapes , effective dioramas aad panoramas Marlborotigh House collections , fireworks , and w ^ kat not , that they " must be seen to be appreciated ; " and the remark is really more significant than , a reader of average carelessness would imagine . True it is that the writers who have oftenest applied that phrase , are seldom at any great pains to appreciate , or , perhaps , even to see the objects of their vague commendation . But so much the more reason may be theirs for uttering the truth , which is a truth , to our sad and certain : knowledge . Having indulged a foolish dislike to writing on questions of which -we are
impartially ignorant , and giving unbiassed opinions about objects we hive never seen , we now undergo the penalty of weakness in the long list of shortcomings that awaits us , after a month ' s absence from the field of duty . The first debt we paid on our return , a day or two since , was to Mr . Burford . His panorama of Berlin is quite in his old style of illusory painting . You look down from the summit of the Cathedral on the Lust Garten , and the Museum , and the Unter den Linten ( at least a bit of it ) , and a succession of public buildings , several of which are quite new , —you look -with sensations very nearly resembling those you experience in surveying a real city from , a great height ; and . then you turn round ( having seen all you can see by looking towards Potsdam and Charlottenburg , and intermediate
sections of an invariable sandy fiat ) , and you get quite a different kind of view—not as regards the distance , which is just as flat , sandy , and invariable —^ -but in the city itself . For you are now overlooking th . « old town , of Berlin , on the opposite bank of the Spree , and though not so . pleasant to promenade as the Linden-street or the Frederick-street , it is vastly more picturesque , the descriptive guide-book notwithstanding . But , to speak the truth , Berlin is no > t a very engaging city to look at . The older portion , with its uniform assemblage of old-fashioned , rather than antique , roofs , may gain by comparison with the detestable classicality of the new buildings at our own West End ; but on the whole the attractions of Berlin are " westend , "as opposed to picturesque and historical . If a good opera , a good museum , a good library , and a good academy of arts could make a city , Berlin would then be made one of a thousand . As it is , we would a thousand
tunes rather have had a panorama of Bruges , pr any city that few pleasureseekers would care to visit . i Mr . Burford ' s painting is another matter . He has seldom produced anything ; so wonderfully perfect as this work . The gradations of distances especially observable in looking across the old city , prove him to be one of the most accomplished of scenic artists . One only blemish we Would point out ; namely , that strange medium of " duck ' s-egg green" to which he seems partial , tut which le has here exaggerated to a positive fault . By way of compensating for this piece of detraction , we will supply an omission in his guide-book , which does not inform strangers that the ugly basin carved
from a mass of pink granite ( the well-known " Markgrafenstein" ) is in reality set out of the level ; and that the singular appearance is not a result of bad drawing . Near the " vase "—a curiosity in size , at any rate , for it is about twenty-two feet in diameter—stands , on a pedestal at one end of the flight of steps leading up to the museum , the original statue of the Amazon , by Kiss , familiar in England as in Prussia , from the fac-simlle exhibited in Hyde-park , in 1651 ) and copied in every variety of size and material . The other panoramas now open at Burford ' s are Constantinople aad the Bernese Alps , from the summit of the Faulhorn . Q .
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BUST OF WEBSTER . Mb . J . C . King has been exhibiting a bust of Daniel Webster , executed in marble for Lord Aahburton . The work is vigorously cut ; with the defect , perhaps , of being a little too systematic in the lines , but with considerable firmness and freedom . The countenance well expresses the energetic , almost fierce , character of the great orator ; and he who sees the effigy can welL understand the influence which the man exercised over his hearers and his countrymen .
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DEATHS . MACKENZIE . —June 1 , at Boulogne-sur-Mer , Sophia Sarah geraldine , youngest daughter of Sir John Muir Mackenzie , Bart . SCHULTZ—May 80 , at " Wisbech , Captain George Augustus Sohtultz , B . N ., aged sixty-nine .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , June 9 . 1854 . UiTDEtt the influence of the settlement for the account and the pressure on the Bear party , Consols at one time on Tuesday reached 94 ; the highest point that they ha . vo gone to since the declaration of war . The Hear party has been most heavily smitten , there can be but little doubt ; and groat anxiety was felt as to tho settlement of the account . With the exception of somo few small fn-ilurosand even some of these will make a satisfactory arrangement eventually "—tho settlement has passed off very tranquiLly . Tho " House" has suffered , and tho public has been tlie winner . JBy this timo it is presumed that the Bear party must haves melted away , and rosolvod itself , perhaps , into a Bull majority . Prices Keep up amazingly high ; ana
with the certainty of no loan , and tho Tprospect of a more speedy termination to the war . Consols will continue to advance . Money is easier , and foreign exchanges rather in our favour . With tho riso in Consols , our loading railway stocks have continued to advance , ana Birminghams have been again quoted at par . Caledonians have made a start , and should they pay 8 per cent , dividend , are surely well worth their present price , if not 3 J . or 41 . per share higher . Great activity- has prevailed in some of the foreign stocks this week . Peruvians , and even Russian Five-por-Cents , are better . Crystal Palacea maintain a premium of 14 to li , and are largely dealt in . Mining shares are singularly flat and . doprossod . Agua Friiw , whioh so long maintained supremacy at tho head of all " gold mines , " have boon done at J discount . Carson's Creole have issued a document setting forth the capabilities of this mine and tho report of their agent , wl » o has been twice in California , and they conclude by wishing to know the opinion of their shareholders , as to whether they shall wind up tho concern , paying fis . por share , or continue the undorlakingP New Linarea and Ban Fernando ( Spain ) Lead Mines continue to receive excellent reports ; and Peninsulas to send over oro . A meoLinu ; of shareholders in Obisrnhof takea placo on tho 14 th . Brazil Imperial continue firm , and United Mexican have advanced a little . French Rentes telograpliod 1 per cent . 1 >« ttor . Four o ' clock . —Consols closo very firm , S ) IJ , ttl J .
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548 THE LEADER . [ Saturday , ¦¦ — I — ~——^——¦—^———^—^— - — ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ - — -- ¦ , , - — — ¦ — ¦ ' ¦ - I — ' ¦ » ' ' - "" — - —¦¦¦ ¦ - ^ - ¦ -
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Leader (1850-1860), June 10, 1854, page 548, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2042/page/20/
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