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to their brains—must , in short , have a modicum , of brains to answer the appeal . The disfavour into which Congsrevb and others of his school have fallen , arises , as we conceive , partly from the plain speaking of their profligacy ( for now-a-days we demand that our immoralities should be delicately wrapped up in inueado ) , and partly from a better motive—from a dislike , or rather a horror , of that uniform disbelief in anything good or noble which was the central principle in the dramas of the earlier comedy writers . Licence in itself , though bad , is but a venial sin compared with this shocking obliteration of the instinctive sentiments of humanity . Licence is not necessarily inconsistent with generosity of nature , and with faith in the goodness of the heart ; but the writers of the age of Charles II . and Anne denied the least spai'k of nobility in any human act—denied the very possibility of virtue in deed or aspiration . Utter selfishness , meanness , and disregard of othersa cold , calculating , smiling , sparkling vlllany—the heart corrupt to its very centre , and the brain a mere cynic without the grandeur of self-denial—such was the picture of human nature which those classics of the stage presented night after night to delighted audiences , who thought they were seeing vice castigated , but were in fact abetting its extension . For , if the charge against humanity was anything approaching truth , the flaunting it so gaily in the face of the world could only increase the evil , by offering the excuse of universality ; if false , which we believe it to have been , it was a libel on mankind . Therefore , we are inclined to agree with Jeremy Collier that the influence of such exhibitions was demoralising , though we arrive at the conclusion by roads very different from those travelled by that dirt-eating divine . Fahciuhar was the least sinner in this respect of any of his school , though bad enough ; and the Beaux ' ' Stratagem , produced as a relic of bygone tastes , will do no harm to audiences of the present day . It may be doubted , however , if it will ever become popular . To say the truth , it is rather dull as an acting comedy . It possesses what we conceive were the common faults of all of its class—a frittering away of the dramatic action into a number of small sections , so that no one character is brought into any prominent relief ; and a want of that skilful combination by which the various incidents are brought to bear upon one common centre , and to aid in the elaboration or the disentanglement of the plot . Perhaps , also , our modem tastes have been accustomed to the quick movement of the lighter pieces from the French , and to the effective , and tableau-like termination of the acts ; all of which we miss in the " Beaux' Stratagem . But there is abundant knowledge of the villanous side of human nature—abundant wit and
biting satire ; and the Haymauket company did their best last Saturday night to give vitality to this disagreeable view of life . The principal acting lay with Miss Reynolds and Mr . Buckstone . The former performed the part of 1 Mrs . Sullen with vivacity and spirit . It was a difficult part , for the lady is all along intriguing against her husband up to a certain point , yet perpetually holding to her honour for safety against dangerous extremities ; but Miss Reynolds managed to convey the general idea of the character without offending the audience . Buckstone was inexpressibly ludicrous in the country servant , Scrub , suddenly awakened to coxcombical ideas of gait and gesture by the example of his supposed fellowservant , the disguised gentleman , Archer ( Howe ) ; and his imitation of the mock illness of Aimwell ( Mr . W . Farkex )—his soothing encouragement of himself to " take a little of this cordial water "—videlicet , the contents of a tankard of strong ale—were evidences of high comic faculty . This incident , however , is an interpolation ; and we remarked some others . Howe and Fabben played the two rakes with life and energy , though without any conspicuous talent ; and Miss Swanborodgh did the most that was possible for the uninteresting character of Dorinda . Miss Bella CopeiiAND , who performed the landlord ' s daughter , Cherry , is a young lady netv to the stage . She has a slight figure and a small voice ; but plays with a pleasant freshness and absence from conventionalisms . An older actress would have given more sting and smartness to Cherry , but might have failed to interest us as much .
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BIRTHS . MA . RRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . JACKSON . —On the 5 th inst , at 53 , Notting-hill-square , tlie wife of Robert Jackson , HI . D . : a son . KJNG—On the 4 th inst .. at Woburn , Chertsey , the Hon . Mrs . Locke King : a daughter . LK 1 UHN . — On the 8 th inst ., at 1 , An 3 iett's-eresc « nt , Islington , the wife of Dr . Falck Lebahu : a .-on . MARRIAGES . BAXEKDALE—JOKES . —Oft the 3 d inst ., at St . Peter ' s , Pimlico , Salisbury , youngest son of Joseph Bnxendale . . Ksq ., of Woodside , Whetstone , to Edith 'Marian , 'third daughter <> f Ueutenant-GeneTal Sir Harry Jones , K . C . B . UUHltE MACI 5 VOY . —On the 8 th iust .. in Dublin , Sir Bernard Burke . Ulster Kins ; of Anns , to Barbara Fiaacea younger daughter of the lute James MacKvoy , Esq . of Tobertinon , co Meath , and granddaughter of Sir Joshua C . Mtreilyth , Bart . DOUR II AIIKIMA . N . —On the 3 d inst .. at James ' * Church , . Piccadilly , Charles Edounrd Napoleon Dorr , son of Monsieur Charles Dorr , to Margaret Bowman , daughter of the late lion ttoger Hollo , and widow of Joseph lliurimim . Esq . DEATHS . CHAMPION . —On the 8 th ult ., at Kamieach , of cholera , whilst in the zeiiloiia discharge of his duty , He \ iry Season , youngest son of the late Charles Champion , Commander lt . N BROWNE—On tUe 15 th ult .. in camp before Sebastopol . after a few days' illness , Lieut , Basil Henry Browne , 77 th Kegiment , in his 19 th year , younger son of the Rector of Toft and Newton , Lincolnshire . 1 SEA . TTY .-On'the Mth of November , nt Kurachoe , aged 20 , Jane Clelaml , wife of Thomas Berkeley Beatty , Esq ., civil surgeon , and eldest daughter of Major-Ueneral Woodburn , O . K . ( JILL-On the 3 ( ith ult , at Exeter , in her 90 th year , Mrs . < 3 lll , grandmother of the ttev . William Gill , liarotonga , South Sea Islands . DEVONSHIRE .-On the GUi inst .. at 11 , Clapton-square , after protracted suffering , Sarah , beloved wife of Mr . R . Devonshire , and nffcotionate mother of Mrs . William GUI . Kuiotonga , aged 03 . DUDLEY .-On the 7 ih Inst ., at the Vicarage , Silclty , the Ray . John Dudley , in the 9 It h year of his age , for nearly sixty two years vicar of Silcby and of Humbcraton , Leicestershire , fieuior magistrate of tho County ; Second Wrangler an < l Mathemntlcnl Prizeman , 178 . ") , of Clare Hall , Cambridge , Fellow 1787 , elected by tho University to preach tho Buchanan Sermon 180 & , published by request ; Author of "TlieMotaphorprioaiaof Hoaia . " "A Dlaserta-1 lion on the lllver * Niger and Nile , " " Nnology , " "The Awti-Materiallst , " and vnrious Essays . MIVAUT .-Ontho ftth inst ., nt hia residence , 10 , Collogcort'scent , Finchh > y-road , to the inexpressible grief of his widow und family , James Edward Mivart , agc « l 75 , for more than forty years the proprietor of tho well-known hotel In Brook-street , Grosvcnor-squnro . TREQUItTHA—On the Iftth ult ., at her residence , Myrtle cottage , Ncwlyn , near IVsnasnuce , In her 83 rd your , Mary lrcgunhn , billow of Edward Primrose Trcgurtha . Esq ., Into Commander In tho ltpynl Navy .
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , January 8 . BANKRUPTS . —Malcolm Ronald T . ano Mkabon , Wincnestor buildinm . merchant —tiMZAnhiu and Aaiuic Uknbon , Mttaaflold-Htrccl ; . Portland-place , hot « l keepers - Jwui-n 8 o » , mi : b , Hertford , innkoopwr-EowAnD Lu » i > . CninbrldKO , draper-John Page , Cholmsford , Eskux , couch builder - . iambs ^ AAooa MwnniNo and . William II mm no , Similorhmd , nj orciuurttt— Ciujulks Si . OBA . au , Nottingham , lwco manufacturer -William TnoMvi , Oardiir . Qlamo ^ an , onUmiiKer and , i , , .
ship chandler—Joiih Deakin , Turner-street , Sheffield , joiner , coach builder , and beer seller—John Habdman , Edwaed Har-dstax , and' William Garseb , Sutton , near St . Helen ' s , Lniv aster , iron and bra > s founders and engineers--Joseph Hcgues , Manchester , fustian manufacturer—Basckoft Piebj-oint Bbooke , Heaton Norris , Lancaster , grocer . SCOTCH BANKRUPTS . —John Andbevt Smith , Highr street , Edinburgh , baker—Ciiables Otto , Glasgow , hote keeper and horse dealer . Friday , January II . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED — George Weatuebhead , Neweastle-upon-Tyne , joiner . BANKRUPTS . —Robert Turner , < L . ndgate-hilI . draper—James Wilsox , Grafton-rond , Kentish town , ship broker—Thomas Hampton , Broadvyater , Sussex , corn merchant- — Geobcb Longden , Welton-in the- Marsh , Lincoln , draper—Edwabd ItaEAM Sanderson , West Kinnald Ferry , Lincoln , seed CTUsher—John Richards , Cardiff , ship owner—Alexander . Anderson , Stourbridge , innkeeper—Thomas White head and Josern Lasses-, IVIbrley . Yorkshire , dyers-James PBATTiuid Charles Absos , Cas leford , Yorkshire , earthent ware manufacturers—CHABr . Es Kox , Manchester , printsellcr —Samuel Lowe , Oldhara , provision dealer . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —Macdonald and Baibd . Glasgow , clothiers—Alexander Macinnes . Inverness , merchant—John M ' Hardy , senior , Stonehaven , gardener and merchant-John Bendelow , Afuirtown , near Inverness , hot *! l keeper .
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i MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE London , Friday Evening , Jan . 11 , 1856 . The settling day in tl » e English Funds has taken place this week . Tho fluctuations have been very considerable during the week , but the market is firmer in appearance . The Bank directors broke up yesterday , without raising the rate of discount , in anticipation of which there had Deen iioni « heavy sales cH ' coled on Tuesday and Wednesday . It would still seem , from the price paid for continuations , that th « Hulls , speculattvely considered , are in the majority , and th « Speech from tho Throne , acoompwnled byihe Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s * hints sis to the future , will bo known . Loans , increased income-tax , a divided Cabinet , perhaps , nnil a dissolution ahead , will nil go to weaken the price of the Funds , In the Foreign Stocks there has been , a fall . Turkish Six per Cent * , at one time were as low as 7 » J . S 0 , but have rallied nculn . Railway aecuritlea are of course lower , t ) Ut have not nyinpathlsed much with tho fall in the Funds , as ia their wont . Eastern Conn ties are considerably flatter . The report of the Government Inspector on a portion of their lino , allowing its insecurity and dangerous state , of course hna been tlio cause . Great WcHtcrna arc lower , also Groat Western of Canada , Sec . In tho Foreign Mining Mnrlcet there has be « n no trade to speak of , although in the JmisIIhU Mining Mnrket . thero haeueon much investment . Crystal Palacoa remain tho aame . At four o ' clock Consols p loapd hoavlly « t 8 iiJ , J . Heavy Government sales » re 8 n A »« t 0 " > ° the cause . Outside the Slock Exchange this Is truei to a groat extent , but tho feeling in tho " House" is a « cl ( 1 < 5 d * y "Bear . As to any ponce negotiations of any mark being arranged , tjic idea now uccins to l > o abandoned . If so , the questlim nrises , nre Consols worth their present price * , nro they worth more than t 3 ? Tho lnv « Htmuntn to too made by dividends nud trust money nro iu courts of comploUon , und unlea . s there In n very dlfl ' orent fooling on tho part of the Allied towards KuhiMu , and of 1 ( twain towards the AlUen , wo must ae « tho funds lower buforo next account . Fnrllamont vrill ¦ meet ten dnye before .
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Aberdeen , 22 , 3 ; Bristol and Exeter , 79 , 81 ; Caledonian 53 | -ij , ; Chester and Holyhead , 10 , 12 ; East Anglian 11 12 ; Eastern Counties , 82 , & ; Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 , 2 ; Great Northern , S 7 J , 8 J ; Ditto , A stock , 72 , 3 ; Ditto B stock , 11 !> , 121 ; Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ) , 102 , 104 ; Great Western , 5 If . 2 J ; Lancaster and Carlisle , 70 , 5 ; Ditto , Thirds , 5 J , r . j pm ; Ditto , new Thirds , 5 f , C& pm ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 7 ( 5 , 4 ; London and Blackball , 55 , 6 ; London , Brighton , und South Coast , 93 , 4 ; London and North Western , 93 J , 4 ; Ditto South Ditto , 84 , »; Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire , 23 , 4 ; . Metropolitan , 5 , i dis . ; midland , 63 , 4 ; Ditto , Birmingham and Derby , 37 , 8 ; Newport , Abergavenny , aud Hereford , 9 , 10 ; North British , 29 , t ); North Kastern Oerwick ) , CO , 7 ; Ditto , Extension , 8 » . ^ dis . ; Ditto , Great North . Eastern purchase , 5 , 4 J dis . ; Ditto , L . ecds , 12 , 12 £ ; Ditto , York , 44 , 5 ; North Stairordsiiire , 8 J , \ dia ; Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton , 21 , 2 ; Scottish Central , 101 , 103 ; Scottish Midland , 7- * , 4 ; South Devon , 10 J , lljj South Eastern ( Dover ) , 56 , 7 , South Wales , 05 , 7 ; Vale of Neath , 18 $ . 19 ; West Cornwall , 4 , <>; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 7 £ , i >; Ardennes , ; Eastern of France , Paris and Strasbourg , 33 , } ; East India , 21 , 4 ; Ditto Extension , | . k pm . ; Grand Trunk of Canada , IOJ , i > | dis . ; Great Indian Peninsula , oj ^; Luxemhurgs . 3 ( , Si Great Western of Canada , 24 , J ; North ol France , 33 § , |; Paris and Lyons , 43 , J ; Paris and Orleans , 43 , 5 ; Sambre and Meuse . 81 , f ; Western , and N . W . of Franco , 28 , 9 ; Agua Fria , i Australian , | , £ ; Brazil Imperial , 1 J , 2 }; Cocacs , 2 , J ; St . John del Jtey , 27 , D .
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BltlTISlI FUNDS FOK THE PAST WEEK . ( CtosiNcr Pbices . ) Sat . Mon . Ttuis . Wed , Thur . Fri . Bank Stock 207 207 205 207 207 3 per Cent , Reduced . 871- 875 86 ; ' tJGg 874 86 } 3 per Cent . Con . An 8 Gi S 6 £ 8 Gi 8 i "> 4 86 Consols for Account . 87 i * Si 8 GJ 8 G 4 80 J 80 * Ncw 3 perCent . An .. b 7 j 87 J 87 | 80 J M 87 New 3 J per Cents Long Ana . 188 . ) .... 10 * India Stook .... .... 2 iaJ 218 J .... Ditto Bonds , £ ICOO fis . d pb . d 2 d . d Ditto , under jgiOuo 0 s . d ia . ii »» -d 3 »« d * f > . & Ex . Bills , J 61010 .... is . d 4 s . d fled - ««¦ d 8 a , d tis . d . Ditto , « . )» 0 9 i . d Is . d .... 2 d . d Ditto . Small 9 a . d ( < J * . d / in- d * . » . < l 4 s . d a . < . d
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FOUEIGN FUNDS . ( Last Orricuc Quotation noKiNa Tn » Wkkk kndinq Fripav Eveninq . ) Brasilian Bonds 99 Portuguese 6 per Cents . Buonoa AyrcaO p . Cent a AS 11 us sin 11 Bonds , ^ per Chilian « i per Coatd 103 Cvnta Chilian 3 per Cents .... G 7 Russian 4 j per Coiita .... 8 U Dutch a I per Oenta G 3 i Spanlsli .. 3 !> Dutch i por Cent . Cortlf 94 } Spanleh Committeo Cert Eqiiador Bonda ol Coup , not fun Mexican Account 20 Turklsli ( i per Cents .... 60 Peruvi « n 44 por Ccnta .. 70 . Turklsli Now . 4 ditto 4 | Portuguese 4 por Cents . YciiokuuIh , 3 ft per Conta .
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CORN M IB K E T . Mark-lane , Friday , Jan . 11 , 1856 . The supplies of Wheat here and in the prov jnces have this week been small , and the demand from , the Continent for both English and Egyptian , has been renewed . To-day prices are Is . to 2 s . dearer than they were this day week , and at outports it is impossible to buy except at an aiwance of 3 s . per quarter . Saidi Wheat has been sold at 53 a- and 53 a 0 d ., aud Beheira-51 s . to the United Kingdom . Barley is in demand , both for home consumption and for Holland . Oats are in good supply , apd tlie turn in favour of buyers . Beans and Peas remain . unaltered in value . Indian Corn finds purchasers , Galatz at 43 s . 6 d ., and lbrail , 41 s . fid . cost freight and insurance .
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Mr . Sterlin g Coyne has supplied the Adelphi with a telling title for the bills , and that is the best that can be said for Urgent Private Affairs , except to add tha . t Wright is amusing under difficulties , and the audience crowded and amused .
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From Pai'is we are glad to hear that M . Edmond About ' s new comedy is definitively in rekearsal at the Theatre Francais , and it is hoped will b e ready for the forthcoming Carnival season . The title of the comedy is Guillery ; it is in three acts , and in prose ; the principal chararters will be acted by MM . Provost , Got , Anselme , and Bache , Mdlles . Nathalie and Valerie . Great expectations are formed of the success of the first dramatic essay of the young and brilliant author of Xolla and of those charming sketches of society , ties UTariages de Paris , now appearing in the feiiilleton of the Moniteur . Guillenj is said to be full of wit and vivacity , and it is to * be splendidly put on the stage .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 12, 1856, page 45, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2123/page/21/
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