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DOYAL OHYMPie THEATRE. Jt 1) Lessees, Messrs. F. RoBSOnrand W. S. Emijen.
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' Monday , ana during the wcck , the performances will commence with the Drama of the LIGHTHOUSE ( by Wilkie Collins ,-2 Ssq . ) . The music and original overture by Francesco Berger . Principal characters by Messrs . F . Robson , G . Cooke , Addison , waiter Garden , Miss Wyndham , and Miss-Swanborough . .- To be followedby a Comedietta entitleoTiA SUBTEai = U < 3 E , in which Mrs . Stirling ; Mr . George Vining ,. and 2 Ir . G . Murray will appear . To conclude with MASANIELLO- Masaniello , ilr . p . Robson .
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LYCEUM THEATRE—VFiNI—VIDI—VICr ! ' TJROFESSOK ANDERSON . Excitement -L Tremendous ! Success Extraordinary ! Ovations nightly . The Theatre crowded from : the- door-step of the Pit to the topmost ventilator . The Great Magical l ) rama os £ A NIGHT IN WONDER WORLD surpasses aU tliafc Professor Anderson lias done . Everyone in . London , or coming to town will see it- Eighteen more performances only ,. previous to the Wizai-d ' s Farewell . N . B- —While Generals and Legislators' are debating how to take Delhi , the Great "Wizard hasi taken London by . storm . Every Evening at Eight . Fashionable Day Performance THIS SATURDAY , August 22 ud , at Two , o'clock , and on SATURDAY NEXT . If you want to . make a Hundred Guineas send to the Lyceum a Stamped Envelope for a Prospectus of the Great Conundrum Prize Scheme , and theu send in your Conundrumu
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MADL . LE . ROSA BONHEUR'S GREAT PICTURE of THE HORSE FAIR . —Messrs- P . and D . COLNAGHI and Co . beg- to announce that the above Picture is now on View at the GERMAN GALLERY , 168 , New Bond-street , from 9- to 6 . —Admission ,, la . —Will closo on 31 st instaut . .
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npHE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WOIiLD JL IN THE THAMES . The celebrated " Black Ball " dinner " IilGHTNING , " Belonging to Messrs . JAMBS BAINES and CO ., of Liverpool , ana sister ship to the "James Baines" send the . Champion op the Seas , " recently inspected and so highly eulogized by Her Majesty the CJue&n and Court at Portsmouth , is expected to arrive in the Thames , to embark Troops for India , on or about the 21 st instant . While lying off Gravesend , the " Lightning- " will be thrown open to public inspection for- a few days , arid a , charge of one shilling admission will be made , the receipts to be given to tho wives and families of the soldiurs who sail in her . The "LIGHTNING ?' is 2093 tons register , 3500 tons burthen , 243 feat long , and . feet wide . She is THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD , having made the passage from Melbourne to Liverpool ia 03 days , when her speed during the whole voyage ( round Cape Horn ) , a distance of 15 , 000 miles as tho crow flies , averaged 10 miles an hour . On the 27 Ch of February , 1853 , she ran 19 milos per hour for 24 conseautivo hours , and l ' rotn tho 28 th June to the 4 th July , 1856 , her hourly consecutive speed averaged 15 miles .
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HOLLO WAX'S PILLS FOR DROPSICAL SWELLINGS AND TURN OF LIFE . —This is a most distressing period in woman ' s history . It destroys thousands ; the whole of tho humours collect together , aud , like a tide , sweep away health and life itsolf , if not timely and powerfully chocked . The most certain remedy for tlieso dangerous symptoms is HoUoway ' s Pills . Armed with this great antidoto , tho flery ordoal is passed , and tho sufferer is 0110 © moro restored to tho possession of unimpaired health . They am equally ollicacious at tho dawn or womanhood . ,, . Sold by all Medicine- Vendors throughout tho world ; at Professor HOLLO \ VAY'S-B 3 tablishraents , 2 . i'A , StraudrLoudoii , d » U ao . Maiden-lano . Now York j by A . jjfaunpa , Ooustantiuonlo ; . A . Guidicy , Smyrna ; aadil . Muir . JUolta .
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R UPTURES EFFECTUALLY CUR ED , WITHOUT A TRUSS .-Dr . BAHKER'S cqlobratod REhYIEDY is protected by tliroe patents , of iiiifirlnntl , France , and Vienna s and from Its groat buccoss xn prlvato praotioo is now made known as a public duty through the medium of tho press . In ovory oase of singlo or Uoultlo rupture , in either box , of any ago , howovor bad or lou /^ standing , it is equally applicable , oifluoMng a omvl" » fow days , without Inconvenience , anpl will be hallotliw n boon by all who havo boon torfcuvod with trusaoa . Bout post ireo to any pavb of tho world , with Instructions for uho , mi rocolpt of 108 , Od . by post-oifloo ordor , or utamim , n . v QU > A % KE 8 > BARiCJSlt , M . D ., 10 , Brook-stroot , Jlolliprn , London . —Any Hirringomont of this kiplo patont w 11 bt > praoqodod oKalusb , and rosfcralnod by injuuotion ol mo Lord HIkIx Ohancolloi .
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" I ^ BJBSTH . —Messrs . GABRIEL supply COMJL PLETE S 13 TS ; without Springs , on the ljriiiclplj' 01 capillary attruotlon , avqiUlnB < -ho uocoaaity ol oxutiuuiK aturapaor oauwlnBany pain . SILIOIOUS BJJfAMJfflLLHD AME 11 ICAN Ml ^ M M , TBU'i'll . tho boat in Europe—guaranteed to ftiiswci u \ i . y purpoao of miiatlcaftlon ov urtloulaOion—' from tin- oil- I 11-1 Tooth . Setis , 41 . -te .-IIar Majesty ' s Royal Lottors ^' . > f . } V } } 'S buun awaudgd for tho j ) votluotion of a por-footly v » tul j ' MNAniML , for doaayad FltONT TEE'l'l ( , which on 11 only bq obtained at Moasrs . Gabriel ' s MatabllshmontH , , \} 3 , LUDQATE HILL , ( lvo doors f » X ) m tho Old Bnllay saucl at 1 M , DUlCM-STRUJaT , LIVERPOOL . Consultation and ovor-y Infonimllon gratia .
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T&E ' iC&tKKiik P 2 uiACB CbMKiarr . —A-apeciar general ifleeting oftfiesharentfldersof ^ hraebmpany was Held * on-Tuesday at the Bridge Hquse Hotel , London Bridge , B&v FanjnfiKr ,. toe'chairman- of the * Board * of © freefcwrSj presififfgi Bftv Hbrsleyv one of the shareholders * , said file c 6 mmittee > nacDmmendbd that tbB-sharelieMersahaaldba called ? itogather twice : insteadof once a > yeax , viz ; in ; June . andVDeeembetv ; and' thafc seven days' notice * by circular ,, should ; . he be given ;• that , the directors be iiw creased . fjcom eiglit-to twelve ; and that 6301 . a year be set . apart for the directors , instead of the amount now gat down for refreshment ; that there should be a daily supervision by one of the directors over the works ; , instead of the present- weekly inspection ; that receipts snouia be . grven for the transfer of shares' ; that the
garden ? a&oold'be-opened ' on Sunday afternoon : ; that the refreshment department should be altered and : improved ; that the contracts : should' be open to public competition . ; that the two guinea season tickets should . be abolished ; that 10 s . 6 d . season tickets , for children under twelve years . o £ age should be issued ; that the admission on . Saturdays should be Is . ; , that Wednesdays be set apart far special fe " tes ; that the great fountains play on Is . days' ; that the heads of departments supply an-annual estimate , of" alLworks ; and that a debtor and creditor account of all items above 507 . be furnished . In conclusion , the committee expressed their approval of the plan-proposed by the directors for raising 250 , 000 ? . by debentures , forming a primary charge of five per cent , in perpetuity upon the company ;—Mr . Slack then moved ! that ; the ; report of the committee be received , and that the directors should- be recommended to carry out the
suggestions as , soon as possible . This was seconded , and carried . Resolutions , were their carried , increasing the directors from eight to twelve , at . a . fixed annual expense of 630 ? . ; and ordering that the shareholders should be called together twice a year . —Mr . Addiscott then moved that every shareholder shall have special admission to the grounds of the palace on Sunday afternoons ; and that every holder of ten shares should have a family ticket for six on the same day . This was opposed on religious grounds , and Mr . Slack moved an amendment , in favour of Sunday openings generally , requestingthe-. directors to use their best endeavours to . get the , law : altered , if there were any legal method for so doing .. After some further discussion , Mr . Slack's amendinemt'waa carried . The- original amended motion , ¦ with the words * ' ** to be carried out . by the directors if possible , " -waft-then , put and carried .
TJto R&tpae . StTRBET Gabohns Company- are in difficulties ; and' a petition for winding ^ up has been presented to-the Court of Bankruptcy-. Mr . Commissioner Fane has fixed this day for hearing the petition . The Directors were on Wednesday , summoned at the Lambeth police-court , by the collector of the . parish of St . Mary , Newihgton , for 87 ? . 10 s ., due on poor and highway 1 raCea . The' magistrate ordered a distress ¦ warrant-to issue . Westmik stkjj Bridge . —The select , committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the state of
Westminster-bridge and the course to be taken in relation to the suspended works have reported to the House . The committee learn * that the precautions taken for securmg ; the oia ' bri % e have been completed , and they reeommendUhat the new one be proceeded with in conformity with the- alterations m the mode- of construction as set fbrtjBc in Mr . Page ' s letter to the First Commissioner , dated the 23 rd of July last . The committee , for reaaoo ^ assigned , are of opinion that it would not be expedient , to . increase : the height of the bridge .. The witnesses * examined were ; M . R . Stephonsan , M . P ^ Mr . J . Simpson * aad . Mr . T . Page-
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eO&W HAHEffK . '_ . MStrk-Iane , Priday , Atrgust 21 , 1857 mxaTniuaithB -weeJtthere have beenibufc maderate : su « pUes oC Wheats and prices , have again . advanced ls- » but . the trade is . veryquiet . . Barley is in fair demand ; lioth on the spattand ffbatinir , ' The sales are ? : Egyptian , 25 a . 6 d . Qdessa > axriv ^ ed 26 s ; 3 d " * . Syrian 23 s . 6 d ., floating . For Smyrna 27 sj is asked Tho " crop nowin course of being-harvested ' wiU Be extremely derflcient . Tiiearrivals ^ of Oats- ( yiUhin . eight days amount to . 130 , 000 quarters ,, nevertheless prices have not given , way much . A great many are being landed for importers account ; , and the rest are taken eagerly by the London dealer * who were , nearly out of stock .
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BIRTHS , WEAJRRIAiGES , AND DEATHS ' . BIRTHS . OHAOTBlCIlllT . —Qn the IBttt fnstt , at 16 ; Montaguo-placo , OKxpnwtoe-rcmd , ttte wlffe of Mfr . William Chottorley : a dftURlltBT . ' HOO 5 ^ -Onithel 6 th . ln 8 t ., at Cumberland LoOge , Windsor . the Lady Mary Hood ; a son . . ^ MANSOB'flBIiD .-iOn thro' lUtlfc ihst ., at tho Rectory . Bland ^ ftordi Sb-Mapy ' sVrDorset , th «< wlf « of the Rot , Joseph Mans-MOKTjibIrr-C ) n . tUa 15 th inat ., at Ingsdon , the wifa of O . J . Halo Monrp , late Captain 30 th Itoglmant : a daughter . IVLABBIAGES . JJBItB 9 U 0 Bto—HXNOKS . —On the 23 rd ulty at Barbados , by tho Lord Bishop ,, assisted' by tho Rov . Thomas Olarko , M . A ' ., Henry Clement * de la FoeivJBeresfbrd , Esq ., 09 th Fo < it , ; A ' . B % © .,, youi » B 08 t son of tho late Johut do la Poor-Berosford , Bag ,,, Colonial Secretary of tho Island of St . Vincont ^ to Matilda , youngest daugntor of his Bxcellonoy Francis Bttnoks , Bjsq ; ., Govcrnor-in-Ohior of tho 'Windward Islnndsi 0 X . OEWB— -WOOLCOMBE , r- < Dinjtho 8 th . ult ., at tho . Cathedral , Barbados , by tho Lord Bishop , assisted by tho Rov . Thomas Olnrko , flia ] pr-Clonoral Sir Josias Cldtito , O . B . and K ; H commanding her Majesty ' s ; Forces-In ttto Windward anuYXooward IslandsitoAnno Wooloombo , oldest daught « n o £ Thomas Louis , Esq ,,, oC Qullpdon , and granddaughter of tho l ' ato 8 ir Thomas Louis ^ lJarfc ,, of Gholaton , Devon . DEATHS ^ BRTGHWi—O 4 r tno 8 | ih Juno , Iw Oudo , killed by mutineers ofr fftotWfilu Bogfiraout , liloutonant and Adjutant ] Arthur Bright ,, of ! the 22 nd Regiment . BJtf . L , aged 20 , alxtb , son of RoborfrBrlKht , Esq ,, of Alibot ' a LoIkU , Somersetshire . WJmX ) WB 8 ; -W fcno 11 th May , air Delhi , whilo-uallantly dflfbndtort Hlti Colonel in a Bkiriniah wltli the mutiuoora , Goiby , jatorowee , Baq ,,, Gaptaia B 4 A \ x B-OKlmenb B . N . I ,, oldoBli eon of Mrs . Major Wlnflold , of 2 ,, Briatol . sardons , Mnlda-hlll , London . ^ YTTEL'JION . —At HaBloy Hall . ¦ Worcestershire , on tho
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* ¦ Xondon . Friday Evening , August 21 , 1 S 57 . IN the absence of news from . India , English and Foreign Stock markets have been oxcessively dull , with some exceptions , amongst which we may mention Caledonian shares ( which are steadily improving , and close 395 , 301 ) , North Staffordshire shares , Grand Trunk of Canada , and some few others . Consols , have been very flat ; opened this morning at . 91 , and . close 901 and 91 for the September account . Great Westerns seems at last to ' nave settled down after their recent heavy fall ai ? about 53 ; Money is easier in the Stock Exchange . The following are tho leading prices : — Blackburn , 74 , 84 ; Caledonian , 785 , 79 i ; Chester and Holyhead , 34 , 36 ; Claatem Counties , Hi , 114 ; Great Northern , 37 , 08 i :. Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ; . 103 , 105 ; Great Western , 63 , 534 i Lancashire and Yorkshire , 99 , 09 ij Xondon and Bfcackwall , 0 , 0 i ; London , Brighton , and South-Cpast , 104 , 100 ; London and North-Western , 103 , 102 J \; London , and . South-Western , 04 , 95 x . d . ; Midland , 83 t ,. 84 &i North-Eastoru ( Berwick ) , 04 J , 951 ; South-Eastern ( Dover ) , 72 . 78 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , CJ , OJi Dutch-RIlcnisH , 4 f , 4 tns" . x . d . ; iSlvstorn of France ( Paris : and . Sfcrasbourg ) , 27 ,. 27 i ; < 3 roKt : Oontnil of ' JSrnnvo , 2 $ ' J , 2-li ; Great Luxembourg , 7 , 74 ; Norbhem of Franco , 3 At , li-fi ; l ' aria and Lyons-, JjCi ,. 35 J ; Royal Danish , 10 ,, 18 ; ALuyal « wodibh , $ , 1 ; Sambra and" Meuso , 74 , 7 ? .
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EKOM : THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , August 18 . B&NffiBEUFTCnr ANNULLEBw — " WitiiiAar Huirar Bbowosv Shefltold , steel roller . BANKRUPTS . —Ei > WAiu » Simmons Coopek , Commercial-place , City-road , leather-seller—Wiiliam Cecattin , Tring , Hertfordshire , straw hat . manufacturer—Chajikes Doshett , Serle-street , Lincoln , ' s-inn , dealer in wines—GEOXteE YbtrN& , Old-street-road , victualler—John Withbeden , late of © unstable , coal merchant—John Hinklett , jun ., Brentwoodi Essex ,, corn dealer—J _ oseph Wilimott and Johk Hartley , Essex-street , Kingsland-road , and Battersea , sawyers—John Fkedekigk Augustus Mtnch , Mincing- ^ lane ; commission merchant—Thomas Wixson , "West Bromwich , StafifordsMre , railway carriage maker—Thomas-Bukbujge Marston , Leicester , dyer—Benjamin MoaEEHT , Norton ^ Derbyshire , scythe manufacturer — Hectob . MeiiVUle ,. Liverpool , cooper—Robert Sutton and WiiiiiAM Eatwood , Liverpool , booksellers—Hug-h MaOKAt : and Wikoiam Bishton Davebs , Liverpool , shipwrights — Joseph . Beadbuex Robin « on , Macelesfield , hoswr—John Matthews , jun ., Plymouth and Stoaehouse , Devonshire , statuary . SCOTCH- SEQUESTRATIONS . —J . Ktdi > , Dundee , mathematical ' instrument maker—^ Hehnuxewicz , Main , and Co ., Glasgow , iron fence manufacturers—W . Thompson , Glasford , Lanarkshire , farmer—H . Smith , Pollookshaws , Renfrewshire * Turkey- red dyer—J . Lamb , Glasgow , miller :. Friday , August 21 . BANERUPTOIE& ANNULLED . — Thomas Pyecrofi , late of Caistor , Lincolnshire , carrier ^ WnxiAM Robinson , Spring Meadow , Saddleworth , Yorkshire , dyer : — "W " iiil . iA 3 i Oboaot , Walsalt , Staffordshire , saddler .. BANKRUPTS ' . —Joseph "Willmott and John Haetlex , Essexrstreet , Kingsland-road , Middlesex , sawyers — Anthony < tAEP 0 eth , Paue Ga . efob . th ,: and Enoch Gab-SOS . TS , Earlsheatoh , YorksMre , manufacturers—Thomas Welbokn Potteb , York , miller—Thomas Daxe , Leek , Staffordshire , chapman — Samuei . . MiJKffiN , Litchurch , Derbyshire , innkeeper—Geokgb Fox , Well's-street , Oxfordstreet , fret cutter—William Standing , Bingsland-road , engineer—Alice Gordon , Sunderlaud , slirpowner—CSbibtophek Faibxamb , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , cheesemonger—Jessie Bttspield , Yeadon , cloth manufacturer—" William : Akpield , Great Drififield , millwright— Geobge Aekwright" Peab . ce and Chables . Rose , Pimlico , timber merchants—Coknelius Davis and Fuedeeick Ngeman , Westminster , cement-and lime merchants—Johw Bean , New London-street , coal merchant—Robebt Johnson , Calthorpe-street , Gray ' s-inn-road , builder — " William Biwaed Hunt , Strand , licensed victualler —r Joseph CHITTBNDEN Cawteosn , Stock Exchange , stock dealer ^—John TJEroBBiTEJif , Pleydell-street , Fleet-street , bookbinder —Edwabd William Hammond , Staincliffe , York , woollen manufacturer—John Gateell , younger , Askham Richard , York , farmer — Thomas Nathaniel Ashman , YeovU , Somersetshire , currier—Wm . Nbwsomb . and Edwaed Wm . Hammokb , Staincliffe , Yorkshire , woollen manufacturers—John Deckbee , Percival-street , Goswell-street , wine and spirit merchant—Jas . C . CocKBitELL , "W " andsworth-road , dealer in horses .
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BRITISH ; FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ^^_^ ( Closing Prices . ) 1 Sat . Man . 'JPnei * 1 Wed . Tlivr . JPrid . B « nK Sfcoek ..., 2154 2154 215 210 3 per Gent .. RoO . 91 § 9 l | 91 fl 1 ) 1 i Ulf OlA 3 per Gout . Con . An . 91 * Oil 91 j 914 01 00 J OonsolB fbv Account 9 ljf 01 a mi 91 } ' 01 91 Now 3 per Oent . An . 91 $ 015 Oil 92 91 $ iili Now 24 per Gouta ¦ Long Ana . 1800 2 . 7-10 2 7-10 2 7-10 2 7-10 liidft , StooW 213 J 2114 2134 Ditto Bond * , fiiooo 20 d 80 d - " ..... . Ditto , undoc £ 1000 20 d 17 d 22 d 17 d IB d Ex . Bills , £ 1000 pnr par par par 4 d 3 d Dltto . jBOOO par ...... lp in 3 d Ditto , Small lp 2 d ly 2 d 2 p 2 d '
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FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Jjast Ojtitioia . Ii Quotation during the Widek ending TKunspA * MvENixa . ) Brazilian Bonds , 102 Portuguese 4 porOonts . BuonosAyreo a p . Gonta ... RusHian Bonda , 0 uor OMHaivO ppr Cents 1031 Oonta , " ... 112 A ¦ S * ? " «? por S ! 11 , 3 & " ssjn »< Hl > orOonCH .... 00 » , Dutqli 24 porOontfl ( Wtf Spnhislj ,...,. ! n 40 . Dutqh ^ perOont . Oortf . l >» 4 Spanish Committee Oer-Bquadoir Bonda of Coup , not fun 0 . ? iMoxlcan Aooounb Mi TurlUah 0 par Gouts 015 Peruvian 44 norOontM Turkish Now , 4 , ditto .... oofl Portuguese 3 jtorConta . 40 Vonozuola ^ l por Conts .. ...
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 814, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2206/page/22/
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