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have aa opportunity of now announcing its republication m the orthodox STr ? e vSlunie form . The principal merit of the book , m our estimation , is Se cleverness of some of its sketches of society . Mr . Brooks touches a great variety of characters with a light hand . He sees readily , discriminates clearlv and possesses generally that first great knowledge—the knowing when he has done enough . His present defects as a novelist seem to us to be principally caused by haste . Passages of Aspen Court read as if the author had hardly had time enough to mature his subject before he wrote on it On the other hand , it is only fair to say that this very haste seems of ten to have dashed off most felicitously in one sentence a thought which inferior novelists would have cumbrously drawn out to the length of a whole pa < re . The tone of the story throughout ^ manly and straightforward We feel that the author honestly speaks what he really thinks ; and that good quality of itself will go a great way towards winning him the confidence and esteem of his readers .
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SIGNOR MONTI ON CHRISTIAN ART . Signor Monti having in the preceding Lecture brought down his examination of the Greco-Roman Sculpture to its total decadence at the time of Constantine , entered in his Fifth Lecture into a criticism on the application of that art to the purposes of the new religion which Avas then being established . The Lecturer pointed out the spiritual character of this creed of chanty , faith , hope , and dwelt on the moral advantages it conferred on humanity at large , and the inevitable changes it would not fail to work upon the art of sculpture , -when brought to express the new ideas , and their noble aspirations . The first symptoms of such changes were illustrated by the Lecturer , with diagrams of early Christian works from Rome , in which the Pagan materialism of forms is almost entirely subdued , and a tendency to mystic symbolism is obviously displayed . The practical treatment of those works showed , however , either the hand of an art in its decadence , or the weak and still copying efforts of a new school . . More decided modifications in the Christian art at Byzantium were also illustrated by the Lecturer , who showed that the subsequent dispersion of Greek artists , in consequence of the predominance of Iconoclastic doctrines , spread a knowledge and love of sculpture amongst the western nations , and affected also the efforts of Christian Art in Central Italy . The Lecturer then traced out the influenoe which the prevailing element of the Germanic nations has exercised over Byzantine Art itself—exemplifying his assertions by diagrams from works of different countries , such as France , England , Germany , Italy , &c . This influence tended to abrogate the decorative display and meaningless hieratic forms of the Byzantine school , and substituted for them the more sublime expression of JJie inward soul , " under a . simplicity of exterior that added to the importance of sculpture . The last part of the reading was intended to show the final traces of this Germanic influence in the art of the fourteenth , and the beginning of the fifteenth centuries in Italy , and to prepare thus for the subject of the concluding lecture , the progress of sculpture from that period down to the present day .
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' * —C ¦ ~ The Committee of the House of Lords , appointed to consider Earl Shaftesbury ' s bill for the limitation of the hours of labour amongst needlewomen , report that it is inexpedient to proceed with the consideration of the measure . The West Indies . —By the last mail from the West Indies we learn that Jamaica has Ibeen visited with very heavy rains , which had done great injury to the sugar crops . Porto Rico had been visited with the yellow fever , and twelve per cent , of tlie troops had been attacked . The same disease is also rampant amongst the shipping at St . Thorn as . The state of siege at Cuba has been raised , and the blockade removed from the coasts , all fears of a piratical invasion having ceased .
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THE OPERA . Don Pasqualc was given at the Opera on Thursday with the original cast—Lablache Tamboeisi , Grist , and Mario—and a finer ensemble is impossible . Mademoiselle Jenny Ney appeared for the last time in the Trovatore last evening but we believe Mademoiselle Bosio has studied the part of Leonora , and it is to ' be hoped that we shall hear more of the Trovatore , for an evening of vocal music and of natural emotion is to be valued in these latter days of " the lyric drama " We are glad to hear that the rehearsals of the Etoile du Nord continue steadily , and that the cas ^ of the opera , and all the stage preparations have given ereut satisfaction to Meyerbeer , a somewhat exacting judge . Meterbebk , by the by , is one of the lions just now . He has been to the palace , quite in a friendly way , and at Mr . Ella ' s last matinee , the composer of the Huguenots eat between the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury .
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THE THEATRES . — " HELPING HANDS . " The acting success of Mr . Toai Taylor ' s drama , Helping Hands , at the Adelphi , is , we think , more attributable to the comic than to the serious interest of the piece . The passion of the old man for his violin is in itself not
, n doubt , but like many eccentricities , perfectly natural , and susceptible of highly pathetic manifestation . It does not require an audience of Rodes , and Paqa . ninis , and Baillots , and Kreutzers , to sympathise with the twin-like affection of the musician for his barbiton . Sir Edwabd Bolwer Lytton has given us a very touching picture of thesamefond weakness in the first chapters of "Zanoni . " Mr . Tom Taylor has elaborated the idea with a finish and refinement almost beyond the perceptions of the audience in the Strand , and the snatches of Getman gutturals which Mr . Webster delivers with all the unction of a man familiar with sour krout from his childhood , rather puzzle than amuse the pit . But there is abundance of wit , feeling , and ingenuity in the play , and the acting of Air . Webster is a very careful and elaborate study , indicating a nice sense of art in the actor . But Kueley , as a sort of ragged schoolboy , and Mrs . Keelev , as a sort of servant-of-all-work , are unsurpassably true , and irresistibly funnj % and to the . ADELPHi audience perhaps they constitute the zest of the performance . ,
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THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL , AT THE OLYMPIC . The difficulty of getting a good " cast" for a comedy of manners cannot be denied . It is a favourite truism with those impartial judges of modern acting who boast that they never go the theatre—having retired from that business on a competency of unqualified belief in the merits of a departed school . To such critics we say , Go to the OLYMPic ' any night that the School for Scandal is peiforrned , and then write us a description , from the highest point of view which the strict dramatic rules of the last half-century may afford , of the Joseph Surface represented by Mr . Wigan . A „ « . , Our oldest recollection of the stage enables us to tell off a long list of Joseph Surfaces , differing in nothing but the names of individual actors in that extensive walk of the profession , which is called , we believe , the " heavy business . " Mr . Wigan we were about to say , teaches the actors of such parts how to act them . Unfortunately that is beyond his power . The " fascinating villain" is ordinarily represented by some worthy mediocrity who has , at the utmost , one expression at his command—that of open , unmistakable baseness . We do not say that Mr . Wigan so thoroughly conceals the real nature of Joseph Surface as to deceive the audience ; but he makes it appear not only probable but certain that such a nature would have precisely the influence necessary to the attainment of that stage of success where the moral Joseph breaks down . The I ^ ad y Teazle of Mrs . Stirling , is a well-known piece of comedy . Not so the Mrs . Condour of Mrs . Alfred Wigan , nor the Sir Peter of Mr . Emery , nor the 3 foses of Mr . Robson . The parts and the actors are as well suited as we could reasonablv desire ; Mrs . Wigan confirming our belief that she is an actress whose full power hhs yet to be acknowledged ; while Mr . Emery subdues with ereat skill a natural roughness which is more useful to him in other characters than that of Sir Peter Teazle ; and Mr . Robson throws everyone into a state of unbounded delight , by doing as little as the actor of a little part , if he be a great actor , knows how to do .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , June 29 , 1865 . Consols are still high , despite of a strong Bull account , atid tho absences of any very brilliant news . Cholera m wj Crimea seems to bo claiming its victims , not ° » a » n ? n 8 tho rank and flic , but among the staff and » ° ia omces . There have been rumours current during the weeK 01 auference 8 between tho two Governments , concerning angry messages from tho Crimea on tho part of tho two commanuing officers . Again , a sinister report found its way inw morning , to tho effect that Lord Raglan is dead , or lias resigned , owing to ill health . Tho late Emperor of . «««» was said to have trusted to Generals January and I ' """* doing his work , after their icy fashion . His successor may hope for Generals July and August to do "' "X ' « niv !» it tho muster roll of our heroic countrymen . The " ^ oiveu * banking-house , ami tho details of the losses of its pooi vro time , are still in every one ' s mouth . Your banking princes self-iauded and puffed as they have been—arc only K ™* M masters in their art : whilo tho poorer tradesmen , scouu « by them for malpractices , are but lessor in degree , yw Railway and Foreign Markets soom very i at ; i » uoc ?» * ' ^ amount of business tfono is very small . Turkish Loan I mi iff » lire , Lord Palmorston having answered Mr . Ricardo » u « . tlon in tho IIouho of Commons the other « v . «» Ji > B n > "JJ usual disingenuous manner . Mines aro neglected . V $ JT Palace Shares are slightly Hatter . Joint k * ; * .,. ^ Shares aro ilrm in demand . Great Western of Vf'CU il good—tho now shares are at 10 s . pra ., and tho old sliaios . n Tim ., ox div . and ox now . „ , , ¦ i , « ™ r Consols close nt four o ' clock , HOJ , 01 * . Turkm h 8 PW cent , 81 * , H 2 . Russian 5 nor cent . HN , 100 . A not' . co irw tho contrnctorH of tho Turkish Loan issued tli m' ""^ noon , to tho otfoct that tho Government will not K "'" " ,,, any fresh loan on tho presont terms , lms mndo tno *¦»>* market llrmor . .,, ,, ,, . iiA [ n-Calodonlans , () 2 ft , 03 ; Eastern Counties , 12 , *{* 'J . a burgh and Gfiwgov . . 67 . B 0 ; On-nt Northern , W'JffiCcrn 8 toc \ 70 , 77 ; B Stock , VM , 12 H ; Uroal , Houth «»>« , y ""„„ Went rii ,. »«* 101 ? i London and South Western , 83 . B * i {' 011 ( ' ™ , Cnr . Brighton , 100 , JOB : Midlands , 734 , 73 'J ; Lancaster ana \ j lisle , 73 . 78 ; South Eastern , 01 * ; South ««/«>« » . l ?^ ji-Oxfordand Worcester , 274 . 284 ; Antwerp , » , » l . ljaitv
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , June 20 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . — Thomas Richards , Riches-court , Limo-street , dealer in wooQ . BANKRUPTS . — Henry Lockey Edkidgb , Monmouthroad . Bayswater , builder — William Ei-worth Tukb , Mark-lane , wino broker — Daniel Gold ing , Isloham , Cambridgeshire , butcher—Frederick Divans , Great Boll-alley Moorgate-strcct , licensed victualler—Robert Martin and David Wardlaw Scott , Great St . Helen ' s , merchants—Francis Edwaiid Tucker , late of Oopthall-buildings , and Hornchureh , Essox , commission agent—Richard Kirkman Lane , Argyll-street , Regent-street , and Union-crescent . Wandsworth-rond , bill broker — Samuel Thraves and William Harrison . Nottingham , upholsterers — George Butler Ponting , Devizes , innkeeper—William Jones , Brecon , builder —Thomas Roberts . Llanstephan , Carmarthenshire , and Newport , MoumoutliHhiro . lbuilder—William Biudoewathr . Cheltenham , coal merchant—John Warburton , Shefllold , edge-tool manufacturer — George Norman Hult , Tiverton , druggist—JonN Bentley Carr , Ashton-undor-Lyne , brewer . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . - J . Foriieb , Old Meldrum , druggist — I > . M'Rae , Perth , surgeon-dentist — R . Jackson , Glasgow , bookseller— \ V . M'Kay , Rogart , Sutherlandshire , merchant Friday , Juno 29 . James Burpord the elder , and J ^ mks Bchiforp the younger , builders . Saint Neots , Huntingdonshire - John STi : yj : NHON . . innkoopov , Barham . Hull ' olk—John Howick , furnishing iron monger , Black friars-road— Wjlli a m Din ' woodie , draper . Gmy ' s-in-road-HuNJiY Bhauvoihin . Mo manufacturer , Shellold-TnoMAS Khnyon , manufacturing ohomfet Newton Heath-TiioMAB 1 ' ahton , licensed vietuallor Ruyton , Salop- Harrikit Swindell , wine merchant , Ashbourno . 3 ) orb . yshiro - BjUjlky Hiierwood and Newman Sherwood , builders and controotora--Arthur
Edwakd Teowse coach and type smith and spring maker Holborn—Isaac Bbown . I licensed victualler . Tooley-square —Robert Dent , builder , Atherstone , Warwickshire-George EDWARDB . innkeeper , Old Swinford , Worcestershire—Herbert Room , metallic bed-stead manufacturer Birmingham .
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DEATHS . BARRETT . —Juno 18 , at 60 , Herbert-street , New Northroad , Mr . William Francis Barrett , oped 20 , after a lingering illness , induced , by excessive application to business . June 19 , at the same place , Mrs . Sarah Barrett , aged 63 , from tho shock occasioned by the death of her son CARTER . —May 2 , killed whilst on duty in tho tronchea before Sebastopol , Lieut . J . H . S . Carter , Royal Engineers , aged 21 . eldest son of Rear-Admiral Carter . FORSTER . —June 7 , in action before Sebastopol , aged 32 , Captain John Burton Forstor , 62 nd Foot , youngest son of tho late Colonel Thomas Watkin Forstcr , formerly of tho 24 th Foot , of tho Manor House , Holt , Wilts . SIMPSON . —May 31 , before Sebastopol , of intermittent fever , Walter Simpson , Esq ., M . D ., of the 17 th Regiment of Foot .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . HEYWOOD . —Juno 20 , at 5 , Eaton-place , tho wife of James Hoywood , Esq ., M . P . ; a daughter . KIRW-AN . —Juno 22 , at tho Vicarage , Wootton Wawon , Warwickshire , Mrs . Edward Kirwan : a son . [ This ia tho first child that has been bornat "Wootton Wawon Vicarage for upwards of a hundrsd years . ] LONGMAN . —Juno 27 . at Chorloy wood , Herts , tho wife of William Longman , Esq .: a daughter . RICHARDS . —Juno 2 B , at 4 , Torrington-streot , RubsoIIBquaro , tho wife of Brinlcy Richards , Esq .: a son . MARRIAGES . BURROUGHES—CLINTON . —Juno 21 , at HortinRfordbury , Herts , Henry Negus Burroughes , R . N ., eldest surviving son of H . N . Burroughos , Usq . , M . P ., of Burliimliam Hall , Norfolk , to Ida , youngest daughter of the late Henry Fynea Clinton , Esq ., of Wolwyn , Iforts . MONT- JUSTIN—DE LUSIGNAN . —June 23 , at tho French Catholic Chapel , Kin # -strect , and afterwards at St . Mairylebouo Church , Lo Vicointo u'JQciuuvilley do Mont-Justin , to Mary , widow of Henri do Luslgnan , formerly of Siorra Leone . PARRTf—ENGLAND .- Juno 23 , at Walcot Church , Bath , Rlohnrd Parry , Esq ., late Royal Scots Greys , son of tho late Edward Parry , Esq ., Bengal Civil Service , to Loulua , daughter of Lioutonanb-Gonoml Sir Richard England , K . O . U ., &o . PIXLBY—ROBERTS .-Mny 1 . at St . Stephen's Church , Dura Dura , near Calcutta , Arthur Watt Pixloy , Knq ., litoutonant and Adjutant » th Batallion Bengal Artillery , to Alice Francos , third daughter of tho lato Major Itodorlok Itoborts , of tho BongalArtillcry .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 30, 1855, page 632, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2097/page/20/
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