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gtill the only Don Giovanni extant , returns to us wonderfully vivacious , and sure of a hearty welcome . Mademoiselle Jenny Nk ? , being indisposed , resigned Donna Anna to Madame Rudbrsdobff , a robust Teutonic soprano , who was a fixed star at Drttry Lane last season , and who contributes power and intelligence to the performance of the opera at Covknt Garden , if not grace of person , beauty of voice , taste and judgment in singing . Mademoiselle Bosio is , in a word , the best Zerlina we have heard since the ever-to-be-regretted Pbbsiani : she warbles your heart away , looks bewitchingly , and , what is more , positively acts with a coquetry that made us envy that rogue Masetto when she bade him feel her heart . Mario is a true cavalier as Ottavio , and he sings the II mio Tesoro with infinite tenderness and grace—but not as Tam-BESI . IK can sing it , and we sigh for Tamberxik even while we listen with delight to Mario . Mademoiselle Mabai does not make us forget the adorablyingenuous Amaua Corbari , but she is a very pleasing and efficient Elvira . IiABUtCHE , as Leporello , is the Iiablachb of we don ' t know how many years!—gag and all : perhaps it is not Leporello , but it is very pleasant and amusing , and the audience thoroughly enjoys it . Tagliafico is the most fatal , most icy-handed , most marble-voiced , and monumental of Commanders , and Polonini is such a Masetto as you may see any day within an easy distance of Naples , a compound of naivete ' , passion , and macaroni . Madlle , Cerito danced the minuet to admiration ; the orchestra was perfectj and the audience , as it always is with . Don Giovanni , was thoroughly delighted with the inexhaustible melodies of the Eaffaelle of music . There is no attraction , we rejoice to say , so unfailing as Don Giovanni , even in this age of the " lyric drama . " Luerezia Borgia is announced for Monday next , for Grisi and Mario , but Ronconi will be missed in the Duke , though Tadibtjrini succeed him . We cannot say more of the new prima donna at Dkcry-lane , Madame Arga , than that her Norma is entirely satisfactory to very crowded and miscellaneous audiences , at astonishingly low prices , and " no free list . " What can we say more , or better , of Signor Armandi , the PolHo to Madame Akga ' s Norma , except to remark that your cheap opera audience dearly loves loudness , and cares little for intonation ? At the Hatmarket , a new opera by Mr . Hehet Smart has been produced , with Mr . Sims Reeves as tenor . The title of the opera is Berta ; or , the Gnome of Hartzburg , and a new farce , an " original adaptation from the French , " Only a Halfpenny , has provided Mr . Bucks-tone with a good part , which no other actor could make so much of . Mr . Webster , Madame Celeste , and Mr . Keeley have returned to the Adelphi , and Janet Pride has resumed its success . Mr . Wright has once more migrated to Sai > ler s Wells . Miss Komek has commenced her operatic season I
at the Surrey with a new opera , by Herr Meyer Ltxtz , the musical director ; the libretto by the emphatic Mr . Henri Drayton , the leading singer in the performa nee . We have not had an opportunity of judging personally of the merits of Mephistophehs : we trust the score is more novel than the subject of the opera—at all events its success appears decided , and for the next three months Opera reigns in those regions beyond the river . An Italian dramatic company from Turin is performing with distinguished success at the Italian * Opera House , in Paris . The critics speak very highly of Signora Ristori , who is equally powerful and intense in tragedy and fascinating in comedy : in the former , uniting the passion of Dorval with something of the inspiration of Rachel ; in the latter , recalling more than once the abandon and finesse of Madlle . Mars . Jules Janin , in a very pleasant feuffleton , expresses the universal astonishment of the Parisian audience at la Ristoki appearing . with her natural olive complexion , without pearl powder , vrithout / ard r without rouge , without encre de Chine , withoue any of the aids and devices which even ladies in society employ in profusion . The Italian troupe will , we believe , give a series of performances in London at the conclusion of their engagements in Paris . The St . James ' s Theatre will probably be their destination under the auspices , we trust , of Mr . Mitchell . Talking of the St . James ' s Theatre , we learn with real satisfaction that the eccentric M . Levassor , of the Palais Royal , will commence a short series of French Plays and Matinees R € cr € atxves et Comiques , at that theatre , on Wednesday June 6 . A London season without French Plays is a saison morte . We have no need to recommend M . Lbvassor to our readers . Mr . Wylde , ever indefatigable in sustaining the public curiosity , is about to open another new room at the Great Globe in Leicester-square , on Monday next . In this new department he has placed a careful and authentic model of Cronstadt and the surrounding shores of the Gulf of Finland , and a larger model of the Baltic , its gulfs , shores , and islands , particularly interesting to us at this season when the second campaign in those waters is opening with new hopes of distinction and success . We are indebted to Mr . Wylde for his enterprise and zeal in enabling us from time to time to follow the movements of our fleets and armies by the aid of these precise and vigorous models , which offer a far more satisfactory and complete representation of the lands and waters they depict , than the largest and clearest map ever afforded . Mr . Bueford ' s Panorama of Sebastopol , and the Allied positions , without being perhaps strictly accurate in every detail , is oue of those picturesque and life-like versions of a scene of which we have all some likeness or other in our mind ' s eye , which assists the imagination of the spectator without any serious infringement of the reality , and , without undue licence of effect , gratifies and axcites . * "
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Attempt to Sound Niagara KrvER . —The gentleman who has been trying the experiment of sounding the river below Niagara Falls writes as follows : — " Another attempt was made with a similar iron of about 401 b . weight attached to a No . 11 wire—all freely suspended , so as not to impede the fall of the weight . I then let the weight fall from the bridge , a height of 225 feet ; it struck the surface fairly , with , the point down—must have sunk to some depth , but was not longer out of sight than about one second , when it made its appearance again on the surface , about 100 feet down the stream , and skipped , along like a chip , until it was checked by the -wire . We then commenced hauling in slowly , which made the iron bounce like a ball , when a cake of ice struck it and ended the sport . I am satisfied that no metal has sufficient specific gravity to pierce that current , even with the momentum acquired by a fall of 225 feet . The velocity of the iron , when striking , must have been equal to 124 feet per second ; and , consequently , its momentum near 6000 lb . Its surface opposed to the current was about 50 superficial inches . This will give an idea of the strength of that current , and , at the same time , hint at the Titan forces that have been at work to scoop out the bed of the Niagara river . " —New York Herald .
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j BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . GRAY . —May 25 , at Surbiton-hill , Surrey , the wife of William Gray , Esq ., Bombay Fusiliers : a daughter . DRUMLANRIG- —At 26 , Wilton-crescent , Belgrave-square , the Viscountess Drumlanrig : twins—a boy and a girl . TREFFRY . —May 30 , the wife of R . B . Treffry , Esq ., M . D ., of Nottingham , prematurely : a son . MARRIAGES . ROBINSON—TAYLOR . —May 24 , at Reading , Alfred Robinson , Esq ., of Bristol , to Emma Allen , eldest I daughter of T . A . Taylor , Esq ., Canel House . RUB 1 C—BROOKS . —At St . Luke ' s , Southampton , John ! Parsons , son of John Rubic , Esq ., of Potsdam , Prussia , to Harriet Alice Brooks , daughter of John Coupland , Esq ., I Southampton . . WILLIAMS—CARY . —May 2 G , at Woodford , Essex , Watkin i AVilliams , of the Inner Temple , barrister-at-law , Esq , to | Henrietta , daughter of W . H . Cary , Esq ., Woodford . I DEATHS . I WH 1 TTENHAM . —May 9 , of consumption , after four years * sniveling , Honor Whittcnhnm , tor upwards of seventeen i years the faithful and devoted servant of Dr . Oliver , of ! Addison-terraco , Kensington . i STRAIN GFORD . —May 2 y , at OS , Harley-street , Percy , 6 th Viscount Strnngford , ap , xd seventy . four . 1 LOVE —April 21 , James l . ovc , Esq ., of Staunton-upon-Wyo , and Ross , Herefordshire . As a Lieutenant in the Royal i Horso \ rtillory he was actively engaged in the Peninsula Campaigns from 1809 to 1815 , receiving for his services the medal and clasps ; aged sixty-three . GRAEFF- —May 22 , at Mannheim , Hofrath and Professor Franz Gractf . Aulic Counsellor to II . 11 . H . the Grand-Duke of Badon , Knight of tho Order of the Lion of Zaehringen , &c
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , May 29 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . —John Hoskin , Blackburn , currier . BANKRUPTS . —Gkokgho Smith Steeddeii , Lancelotplaco , Knightsbridgo , builder- Henry Cpx , Reading , grocer—JosKrn Douglas , Sumner-terrace , Bromptoii , « pothecary—Chaklks Massinguiam . Birmingham , jeweller—WinHAM Butciikb , Lichfleld , coach builder—Peregrine Joyce , Worcester , commission agent—John M'Cautut , Aston , Birmingham , publican—Samuel Warhkn , Gloucester , licensed victualler—Thomas Hake , Exeter , kirrior—John Chiustie , Accrington , Lancashire , nine In no maker—John and Georoe Bakton , Manchester , copper roller manufacturers — Benjamin Gregory , Sheffield , builder . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —J . Forrester and It . Mijlwain , Glnsgow , plasterers—A- Macdonkij ,, Kilnionivaig —\ V . RnwEi . T ,, Glasgow , carter—V . Doucm . ab anil J . Baibd , Edinburgh , merchants . Friday , Juno ] . BANKRUPTS . —Francis Butter , Borkloy-Htm > t . Olm-konwoll , lmkor—Wn . UAM Siciri' I ' khiiles , East Dmilmnj , Norfolk , builder—Okohoe Gent , South row , Ni-w-rond , grocer—Thomab and JoHHrii Routi . edok , Liimbotli , isaw mills proprietors—Thomas Femwit Brown , Woolwich , licensed victualler—George John Humimikkyh , Crowncourt , Old Broad-street , City , underwriter and insurance brokor—Pkiieorine Joyce , Worcester , commission uKont —John Parkin son tho elder , and John Pakkinhon the youiiKor , Leicester , hosiers— Wai / i'eii Bhkttem ., LUtlo Marlborough-Htrticfc , printer—Homo ut and Douoi . Aalii . AOKr-ooic , New-road , Whitochapel , drapers — John Lkaicm , Ramsden , Kirkburton . ¦ Yorkshire-, woollen nianiilaoturoi—Jameh Miiauowh and Richard Edwin Biudy , Man cheater , limo merchants —Thomas Daviiw , Nurboth , Pembrokeshire , owrior—John Lui'Ton , Bradford , innkeoper . . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — Roiiert Jackson , Douglas-street , Glasgow , wood merchant—David Amx-A . NDEM , Kirkintllloch , victualler and limo merchant .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , June 1 , 1855 . Tim Funds continue to rise , and the few Bears that arc loft must have made a dismal loss this last settling . Tho different ; telegraphic communications that have arrived from tho Crhnoa ' tlus week , and through Paris , have given a groat impetus to all kinds of stocks and securities . But tho principal excitement has prevailed in tho fl per cent . Turkish scrip . A riso of 4 and 0 per cent , has taken place , and still tho buyers are numerous . Various reports arc in circulation that tho present
Caledonians , 64 J , 654 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow , 58 , 60 ; Eastern Counties , 12 3 , 121 ; Great Southern and Western of Ireland , 97 , 99 ; Great Western , 68 , 69 ; London and Brighton , 101 , 103 ; North Western , 1034 , 1035 ; Southwestern , 84 $ , 854 ; Midland , 74 J , 7 Si ; Great Northerns , 92 i , 93 |; ditto , A stock , 78 , 80 ; ditto , B stock , 125 , 127 ; Leeds , 81 f , 82 *; Yorkshire , 52 , 53 ; Berwick , 75 . 76 ; Oxford , 28 , 30 ; Lancaster and Carlisle , 75 , 80 ; South Devon , 13 , 14 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 8 J , &i ; Eastern of France , 364 , 37 ; Great Luxembourg , 34 , 4 ; East Indian , 24 f , 254 ; Bombay , 2 i . 24 pm . ; Extension , East India , 34 . 34 pm . ; Madras , \ lj pm . ; Northern of France , 36 } , 87 ; Paris and Lyons . 274 , 28 pm . ; Paris and Orleans , 474 , 49 $ ; Paris and Rouen , 41 , 42 ; Rouen and Havre , 23 £ , 24 J ; Great Central of France , 3 J . 4 pm . ; Western of France , 8 , 8 J pm . ; Western of Canada , 2 lg , 21 ii ; ditto , Bonds ( 76 ) , 110 , 112 : ditto ( 62 ) , 107 , 109 ; Grand Trunk of Canada , 6 , 5 i dis . ; West Flanders , 8 f , 4 ; Royal Danish , 1 , 2 pm . ; AguaFrias . J , ?; Brazilian Imperial , 24 , 8 ; Cocaes , 2 £ , 3 ; St . John del ltcy , 81 , 33 ; Colonial Gold , 4 . £ ; Waller , g , f ; United Mexican , 5 ? , 61 ; Santiago do Cuba , 6 | , 7 ; Peninsular , i , gpm . ; Linares , 7 , 74 ; Pontigibaud , 15 , 16 ; South Australian , Copper , ~ , 1 ; North British Australasian Land and Loan , 5 , 1 ; Scottish Investment , lj , 2 ; Australian Agricultural , 33 , 35 ; Peel Riv 6 rs , S , 3 i ; South Australian Land , 381 , 39 i ; Australasian Bank , 82 , 84 ; London Chartered Bank of Australia , 214 , 224 ; Union of Australia , 72 . 74 ; Oriental Bank , 37 , 39 ; Crystal Palace , 34 , 31 ; General Screw Steam , 14 J , 15 ; Canada Government 6 per Cent . Bonds , 113 , 113 J ; Canada Land , 119 , 121 .
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CORN MARK E T . Mark Lane , Friday Evening , June 1 , 1855 . The arrivals of Wheat and Oats smco Monday are liberal , and of Barley moderate . During the last two days thero has been some demand for Wheat for Franco , and a few sales have been made . This has caused holders to bo extremely iirm in their demands . Business dono has been at fully Monday ' s rates . There has been a fair demand for Oats , but not sufficient to prevent a decline or" Cd . from Monday ' s rates . Barley , Beans , and Peas remain without alteration . The arrivals otf tho coast aro few . A cargo of Saidi Wheat arrived has been sold to the Continent at 52 s . 9 d ., and ono of Behoira at 4 Cs . 6 d . to United Kingdom . For a cargo of Beans oil' the coast ; 50 a . is asked to tho United Kingdom . Mazngan Maiaso on x > assago is offered at DOs . per 4 S 0 lb . ; Galatz at 4 Us . ; Egyptian nt 40 s .
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June 2 , 1855 . ] THE LEADER . 525
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Leader (1850-1860), June 2, 1855, page 525, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2093/page/21/
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