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MUSICAL NOTES . The second soiree of the Musical Union , at the Hanover-square Rooms , on Tuesday , was well attended . Molique was the First Violin on the occasion , and played with that profound feeling and fine expression for which he is justly celebrated ; his daughter , Mademoiselle Anna Mociqtje , the pianist of the evening , proved herself not unworthy of her name . Talking of pianists , we
read with pleasure in the Paris correspondence of the Daily News the mention of a concert given at the Saixe Pubyei ,, by Madame Szauvady , who , asWit-HEi-MiNE . CtAUSS , fascinated and charmed all musical London some years ago . May we hope that she is coming back to her old admirers on this side of the narrow seas once more ? We were announcing recently that the summer matinees of the Musical Union would be given in the new St . James ' s Haix . We dare say many of our readers have very little idea where and what the St . James ' s Music Hali- is . The local habitation extends from Regent-street to Piccadilly , and includes a room for concerts second only to Exeter Hall , and , we believe , capable of containing a larger audience in comfort . The new building includes a Restaurant , —but at present we are concerned -with the Music Hall more particularly . The beauty of design and decoration will be all that the name of Owen Jones may be thought to promise . We trust the acoustical properties of the hall may be found successful . On this point a feeling of doubt is unavoidable , since , up to the present day , the science of architecture * so far as the two somewhat important conditions of hearing and breathing are concerned , has been little better than guess-work . When a music hall or a theatre has been equally favourable to the music and to the audience , it has been a lucky hit , not at all a predetermined certainty . The St . James's Hall will be formally inaugurated by two grand evening performances on the 25 th and 27 th of March , under the immediate patronage of Her Majesty and the Pbince Consort , in aid of the funds of one of the most deserving charitable institutions in the metropolis—the Middlesex Hospital . This Hospital has a peculiar and exclusive claim to public sympathy and support . Beyond the ordinary functions of an hospital it offers a home to the victims of the most terrible of all diseases—cancer . Dr . Fell ' s treatment of this incurable malady ( incurable in the sense that the predisposition can never be extirpated ) has been practised at the Middlesex Hospital with decisive effect . But to return to a pleasariter subject : the inauguration concerts are to be under the admirable directorship of Mr . Benedict , and the Vocal Association , which under his auspices won the cordial admiration of the celebrated Cologne Choral Union , will rally to the standard of their esteemed conductor in six subscription concerts to be given at intervals during the season .
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The . Leviathan in the Stereoscope . —We have received copies of six photographic views of the Leviathan as she appeared at Mill wall during the process of the launch . Here we have he . r from every point of view—broadside on , partial side view , bow , and stern . We see the Iaunching-cradles from the river-side at lowwater , the paddle-wheels , the hydraulic rams , and all Mr . Brunei ' s complicated apparatus for setting the delicate monster afloat . Messrs . Robert Howlett and George Downes have succeeded in arresting and fixing on the plate , not only the general effect , but every minute detail of this great achievement of the nineteenth century . N ! o artist , however skilful , unassisted by the sun and by science , could have faithfully and completely represented the characteristic wonders of this truly national undertaking , which , by the aid of the stereoscope , every one may now possess almost in its reality .
The Property and Income-tax . —A . public meeting was held at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , on Monday evening , for the purpose of considering the best means of obtaining a more equitable adjustment of the tax on trades and professions ; Mr . Alderman Wire in tlie chair . The following amendment was carried unanimously : —" That the present mode of charging one uniform rate on all classes of income , without reference to the source when those incomes are derivedwhether permanent or precarious—is manifestly unjust , and tends to create a general and systematic evasion , and has been submitted to for the last sixteen years , under the repeated plea that the tax was only required for temporary purposes , and that this meeting is of opinion that in any future alteration of the existing law the charge on incomes derived from trade and professions ( schedules D and E ) should not exceed one-half the charge on funded and realized property . " A petition to Parliament was also agreed to .
Thb Capture of Canton . —Mr . James Wyld , ever on the alert , has just published a sketch of the attack and bombardment of Canton , from the plan of the able special correspondent of the Times , taken on the morning' after the commencement of the attack . The plan presents the positions of the allies ashore and afloat very clearly , and is almost indispensable to a correct understanding of the operations . 1 ' hk Liverpool Borough Bank . —A special meeting of the shareholders of this bank was held on Thursday afternoon at Liverpool . Tho report states that oil parties are directing their best energies to the liquidation of the liabilities , and observes that tho success of that liquidation must depend on tho unanimity and cordial co-operation of all who are interested in the result . Political Meetings . —Several meetings have been held during the week in various provincial towns in favour of Keform and condemnatory of tho Conspiracy Bill . ' .
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FOREIGN FUNDS . Last Official Quotation during the Weekending Thursday Evening . ) Brazilian Bonds 101 iPortuguese 4 perCents . ... Buenos Ayres 6 p . Cents 80 S ! Russian Bonds , 5 per Chilian 6 per Cents 106 < Cents Ill Chilian 3 per Cents 74 i Russian 45 per Cents .... 9 a Dutch 24 perCents 65 i ' Spanish ... 44 f Dutch 4 perCent . Certf . 104 f : Spanish Committee Cer-Equador Bonds 14 i . of Coup , not fun 5 Mexican Account 20 Turkish 6 per Cents 102 J Peruvian 44 perCents .... 83 i 1 Turkish New , 4 ditto .... 104 Portuguese 3 per Ceucs . 45 ? : V « nezuela 4 i per Cents
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LOTJIS THE ELEVENTH . Hat > Mr . Kean never played any character but Louis XI ., he must have taken rank as a dramatic artist of consummate skill . It is no exaggeration to say that his performance of this part is marvellous ; as fine and subtle a personation as ever was achieved by the Dii Majores of the last century , whose painted semblances are preserved in their Walhalla , the Garrick Club . It has been said that at the commencement of the play Mr . Kean shows a comic side of the King ' s character ; from this we cannot but dissent . Fools will laugh at the distortions of a countenance or the sharpness of a voice , without reflecting whence these outward seemings arise , and a theatrical audience always numbers many fools ; but a more critical intelligence perceives that , from first to last , the tenacious purpose of Louis ' s life never wavers ; if he buffoons it is by accident , his preposterous gestures and shrill falsetto are not intended to amuse , they are ¦ merely the excess of simulation , the too redundant expression of the passions which ruled his every heart-beat . These passions , superstitious cowardice and cunning , deep and dark ambition , fear of death , greed , revenge , are all admirably seized , and fixed with the rapidity and sureness of sun-pictures , by Mr . Kean , whose play of countenance alone is a study , and whose change ot feature , manner ^ and tone of voice , from cajolery of Marie de Comines to malignant exultation when he hears that Nemours is in his grasp , is a prodigy of art , that haunts the memory by its intensity and its truth . 2 £ .
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212 T H E L E A D E ! R . [ No . 414 , February 27 , 1858 .
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I 21 RTHS , MAKKIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . * OHOPSEYr-Oirtho-28 th-in 8 t . 7 ftb-& . -Ken » UiBtonr 6 » to ,. Hjrdo Park , tho wife of J . 1 * . OropKoy , JSaq . s a daughter . IU 0 UARDS 0 N . —On tho 25 th hint ,, at L . vncdoon-oroscent , Olaagow , tho wlfo of John Richardson , | isq . i a son , THOMSON . —On tlio 24 th inut ,, nto 11 , Dartmouth Vlllaa , J ? orout-hl ) l , tho wife of William Thomson , Esq . i a daughter . MARRIAGES . DUETT— STEPHENS . —At Halifax , Nova Scotia , Captain Wuford Brett , JU . M . ' » 70 th Ko « iniont , A . D . O . to his JBx' uoUonoy Sir J . G . Lo Miirohnnt , ami fourth son of tho late lfcov . J . Q . Brett , of UunolnBli , Chelsea , to Mary , third daughter of Thomas Stephens , ma .
STARTUP—FUGGLE . —On tho 23 rd inst . at the parish church , Yalding , Thomas John Startup , Esq ., or Ashford , Kent , to Elizabeth Jane , only daughter of the late John Fuggle , Esq ., of Brenchley , Kent ; . DEATHS . BA . RNSTON . —On the 24 th Dec , atCawnpore , from a wound received on the 16 th Nov ., at tho attack at Lucknow , Major Barnston , of the 90 th Light Infantry , eldest son of the late -Roger Harry Barnston , Esq . . of Crewe Hall , in the county of Chester , aged 31 . HALIBURTON . —On the 5 th Ocfc-, afc Lucknow , Major John Fowden Haliburton , H . M . ' s 78 th Highlanders , in consequence of wounds received the previous day while commanding a force in the attempt to clear a communication with Alumbagh .
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Blackburn , 0 J 10 ; Caledonian , 004 , 07 ; Chester and Holyhead , 37 , 30 ; Eastern Counties , 61 , 62 ; Groat Northern , 104 , 105 ; Great Souther" and Western ( Ireland ; , 101 , 103 ; Great Western , 60 $ , 014 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 04 , Q 4 £ ; London and Black wall , <)| , Oi ; London . Brighton , and South Coast , 108 . 10 U ; London and North- Western . 00 i , 09 }; London and South-Western , 1 ) 54 , 96 i ; Midland , 1 ) D , U 9 i ; North- Eastern ( Berwick ) , 80 , « 7 ; South- Eastern , ( Dover ) , 73 . 74 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam . 6 , C 4 ; Dutch Rhenish , 8 J , 3 i , dia . ; Eastern of Franco ( Paris und Strasbourg ) , 27 * , 28 ; Groat Contra ) of l- ' ranco , - —; Great Luxembourg , 71 , 84 ; Northern of Franco , 37 S , 38 A ; Paris and Lyons , 38 IJ , 33 ;}; Royal Danish , 10 , 18 ; . Royal Swedish 4 , }; Sambre and Mouse , 8 , 84-
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CO UN MARKET . Mark-laito , Friday , February 20 . During tho week , there have been only a tow arrivals of ! tho coast ; and there continues to be an indisposition to purchase much Wheat afloat , but of Maisso there have boon largo sales made . Some of tho country markets aro rather lower for Wheat , while tho French markets aro ulightly dearer . Tho only article on which there is any change in tho valuo here is Barley , which lias advanced a trille .
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BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Pjuoes . ) Sat . ! Man . 1 Qhtes . Wed . I U' / iur . Frid Banltfitook . Ti' 7 TTT .-Trv 7 ' ¦ wiWP-HSWH-WM •«<•—1-227 5 W «* SporOont . Red U 7 07 i i l > 74 l > 7 i W ' i « 8 i 3 per Cent . Con . An . 004 004 U 08 07 07 $ 1 ) 0 J Consols for Account 1 ) 0 $ MJf i Dili 07 07 s 07 NowKporCont . An . 074 1 074 | 07 i 07 Q 07 * | 07 * New 2 f por Coats .., Lone Ana . 1800 1-10 1-10 l-ltt India Stock 22 a 2204 2 tfi 221 Ditto Bonds , £ 1000 22 p 20 p SlU p 20 p 20 p Ditto , under JMOOO .,. 25 p 20 p 13 x . Bills , J 61000 24 p 20 p U p 34 p 37 p 30 p DUto . / SOOO 31 p 23 p Wlp .,.. ! . i » 7 p 34 p Ditto , Small Hip 25 p bin 32 p 33 p
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday * February 23 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . — Robebt Buckley , Royton , Lancashire , cottonspinncr . BANKRUPTS . — Joseph Moses , Newnhatn - street . Tenter-ground , Goodman's-fields , manufacturer—William Bardgett and John Picabd , Mark-lane-chambers , Marklane , and Old Corn-Exchange , Mark-lane , cornfactors — Thomas Syckelmqore , Maidstono , currier — Thomas Garner Gabriel , Midford-place . and London-street , Tottenham-court-road , and . Birmingham , brush board manufacturer—John Thomas , 8 trood , Kent , ironfounder—John Page , Hythe . Kent , grocer—Adolph us Ackermann , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , printseller—Charles White , Willingale Spain , Essex , poulterer—Henry Martin Radloff , Peckhatn-grove , Caiuberwell , oil retiner — Henry John Chitty , Farnham , Surrey , linendrapcr—Samuel Baylev , Tipton , Staffordshire , maltster—John Beddoe , Westbromwich , timber merchant—John Button , Hereford , cornfactor—John DuLbTON , Wolverhampton , grocer—Joskpii Smallwood Parkiss , Oldbury , Worcestershire , wino merchant—Henry Redfeicn , Nottingham , plumber—Samuel Sherring and James Little , Bristol , printers—Samuel Brain , Bristol , timber merchant—Thomas Peters , Llanvabon and Cwmbncb , Glamorganshire , grocer—William : Lee , Exeter , grocer— William Barker , Dunuington , Yorkshire , innkeopor—Joskph Galloway , jun ., Bradford , Yorkshire , cloth manufacturer—Caleb Gludhill , Chosterikld , draper—Koueut Mitchell , Shelllekl , edge tool manufacturer-Geokgis Ripley , St . Helen ' s , Lancashire , ironfounder—William Henry Crabtree , Preston and Garstang , Lancashire , grocer—Benjamin Hampson , Manchebter , stationer . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — A . M'Oallcm , Cowdenbeath , grocer—W . h . Mitchell , Glasgow , hosier—R . Morrison , Glasgow , ataymakor—J . K . Kent , Jedburgh , money sorivenor—J . ICnox . Edinburgh , tea merchant—J . Muir , Arbroath , flaxspinner—J . Mitchell , Dundee , grocer —W . Brown , Glasgow , slate merchant — D . M'Cai . l , Greenock , grocor—A . Morrison , Edinburgh , smith—J . nuu A . Findlay , Aberdeen , watchmakers .
Friday , February 20 . BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED . —R . LKKS . Oldliam , cotton spinner— J . Sauzii , Lowostof't , Suffolk , brickmakcr , BANKRUPTS . — George Everitt Last , Colchostor , manure merchant— I&obkut MoKban , Mark-lane , ship broker—Archibald Arthur Ooupbr , Old Broad-utroot , commission moroliant—Chas . Theodore Barker , Moortorraco , Now Fcckhiun , habordashor—Edmund Vincent Wallib , Homvl lltnnpBtoad , plumber—Thomas Young , Hampton-terrace , JriainpatoaU , china dealer—William Henry Osborn , Princoa-stroot , Cavendish-square , jeweller —William Lkwjs , Tipton , licensed victualler—Hknuy Oua . hu , Wolvorhamiiton , iron founder— John Powiai .. Aston , Warwick , awl blade manufacturer — Thomaci . Osotto » ¥ ., U « anpr , i ) j 8 l > JuylBr . ocor—John Gibbon , Woymouth , coal merchant—John D 6 MiM'iTCb > IitrXnbiirsp ! uorsotrf « ll monger—Thomas Inoludew and Bernard Inglisimcw , MlduloBborougl ) , York , coallltteru — William Nioiiolw , WHsdon , York , worntud Bplnncr—NATHANiKi , Howson , Sholuolu , Joinor—Jobjhpu und James Watuiiuton , Nowoabilo-upou'i ' i'ne , ttmltua—RonisuT Hbnuy Gill . HurM <" pool , innkeeper—8 am <; ki , Buckley , Auhton-unuor . Lyiiu , joiner ,-Robert Gordon , llcatou Norria , iroufoumler—Hknkv Wilkinson , Wow ton-moor , Olioaturjcard makor—Thomas Edwarub , Mmichostor , cabinet nntkor—VmunuN Hakding , Liverpool , Ironmonger—Jojin iiitw , Mauohotttci * , druggist .
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? London , Friday Evening , February-26 . ' Consols opened yesterday at a further improvement of 4 from the reaction of the early part « f the week , and closed 97 $ i for March and 974 i tor the April account ; but after business not so firmly as at the official close of the House . The bank court broke up without any alteration in the rate of discount , but as a reduction was not generally considered probable this circumstance had no effect on prices . Foreign Stocks havo been well supported , and Turkish Six per Cents have nearly recovered the figure } they ruled at prior to tho defeat of the government . The London Tramway Bill is threatened with considerable opposition . At a meeting of tho North British AustraJasian Company a dividend of 01 per cent , was declared , free from income tax . The Caledonian Railway is still in the ascendant , and closes 48 i 4 . . .... . .
This day tho Stock Exchange has almost been entirely engaged with the settlement of the share iiccount . Consols opened flat and closed about 061 07 for March , and 074 i 'or April-tho upward tendency being checked by tho general feeling of uneasiness with regard to Vrcnch affairs—that market in the Stock Exchange particularly sympathizing with tho Bourse prices .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 27, 1858, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2232/page/20/
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