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      Christmas At The Theatres : A Joursey .T...

      magician , and , as we submit ourselves to his guidance , we pass through the realms of Faery , with their samphire cliffs , their banqueting-halls of silver columns , their golden . groves and amaranthine arcades—the entertainment concluding with an old baronial hall at Christmas time . . Striking northward , we enter the Princess ' s Elysium . Here the adventures of the White Cat are lively depictured , and , among other radiant wonders , we see a dance of fairies , each damsel gleaming like a distinctive gem or flower , as if all Golconda and all Cashmere had been showered on the sight . We open our eyes on the Paradise of the White Cat ' s lovely island , lying slumberously on the bosom of a silvery lake ; and we behold a wondrous Christmas Tree , which bursts into an efflorescence of magic splendours , gradually breaking like a rich dawn out of the dark leaves and branches . And , when the harlequinade begins , we have no end of fun , and some special ingenuities in the way of mechanical changes and effects . We have now left Oxford-street , and are beating the air for the neighbourhood of the Strand , where we drop down in the classic home of the departed Vestkis : —the Lyceum . Lalla Rookh shall here conduct us into the East , and Mr . William Brough shall keep our wits awake by the constant sparkle of his puns , and Mrs . Charles Dillon as the fair heroine , Miss Woolgar as Feramorz , Mrs . Buckingham White as a captain of Ghibers , Mr . Toole as his ( or her ) chief assistant , Mr . Barrett as the father of Lalla Rookh , and Miss Eliza Webb and Miss Esther Jacobs as a Peri and a waiting-maid , shall delight and fascinate us by the spirit and vivacity of their acting , singing , and dancing . Of the gorgeous marvels of the transformation scene—a temple of gold , silver , and jewellery , basking in the light and heat of its own radiance , and lapsing from one beauty into another with the softness and tenderness of a vision—we will only say that it worthily follows in the bright wake of its predecessors in the same locality . Mr . Robson of course reigns supreme in the grotesque world of what we may call tragic burlesque ; and so we get into a very peculiar region when , entering the Olympic , we compose ourselves to see and hear The Doge of DuraUo , or the Enchanted Eyes . Mr . Robert Brough—whose literary partnership with his brother seems now to be dissolved—provides the manager with a part suited to him in the shape of a Doge who has found out the agreeable fact that , whenever his daughter cries , she weeps pearls of price , and who therefore , to gratify his cupidity , makes her continually miserable , until she is spirited away by a lover , when the sordid old father falls into a passion of rage and disappointed avarice . Strangely fine is Mr . Robson in this part , and he sings two capital parodies—one on ' Hoop-de-doodem-doo' of the Christy ' s Minstrels , the second on Hood ' s * Lost Child . ' The other parts are well sustained , and the scenery and costumes are bright and picturesque . At Sadler's Wells , Mr . Phelps ' s Fairy region reintroduces us to the charming legend of Beauty and the Beast , combined with the adventures of L ittle Goody Two-shoes , and JHother Bunch's Book-case in Baby-land . At the City of London Theatre , we have William IL , and ye Fayre Maid of Harrow ; at the Standard , Georgey Porgey , Pudding and Pie ( an entertainment including a very lustrous transformation scene *); at the Victoria , Harlequin Prince Love-the-Day , or Little Red Riding Hood and the Elfin Wolf ; at Astley ' s , a pantomime on the

      well-worn subject of Don Quixote ; and at the Surrey , one on the Shakspearean substratum of Queen Mob , or Harlequin Romeo and Juliet . These are the chief visions of loveliness provided for us this Christmas by the theatrical enchanters . The Saloons doubtless furnish their own public with more ; but , dazzled and blind with the flood of brilliance through which w e have been cleaving , we drop down homewards through the night—we , the Asmodeus of the journey , and you , the instructed Paterfamilias—and find ourselves once more among the things of earth , as the bells are ringing out the dying year , 1857 , and heralding the birth of the yet shrouded mystery , 1858 .

      2 Q The X.Eade B. [No. 406, January 2, 1...

      2 THE X . EADE B . [ No . 406 , January 2 , 1858 ^

      Herb Wiljaxba Fkikell, The Famous Russia...

      Herb Wiljaxba Fkikell , the famous Russian physician and prestidigitateur , had the honour on Thursday of exhibiting his extraordinary performances , by special command , before the Queen and Prince Consort , the Princess Royal , the Prince of Wales , and the Royal and distinguished visitors enjoying her Majesty ' s hospitality at Windsor . The Revenue Returns for the year and quarter ending on Thursday present the rather formidable falling off , as compared with those of the preceding year , of somewhat more than 1 , 800 , 0002 . This diminution would have been greater but for an unwonted i ncrease under the head of Miscellaneous : and as we learn from a Ministerial organ that this increase is principall y owing to sales of military stores , it would really appear that these sales had been forced on at a time when military stores are so much in demand for the purposes of trying to save appearances . In the Customs there lias been a diminution in the year's receipts of 1 , 154 , 023 / . ; in the Excise , of 601 , 7781 . ; and in the Property Tax , of 890 , 4252 . The first two items indicate a falling off in the year ' s consumption amounting to nearly two millions ; and this falling off in consumption appears to have been steadily increasing throughout the last nine months . —Daily News . ,

      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. F...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . FIRTH . —On the 1 st nit ., at Byculla , Bombay , the wife or John firth , Esq .: a son . LONGE . —On the 21 st ult ., at Great Yarmouth , the wife of Robert Bivcon , Longo , Esq .: a son . WEMYSS . —On the 17 th Nov ., at Durahahi . tho wife or Lieut , and Adj . H . M . Womyss , 1 st Bengal Fusiliers ; a daughter . MARRIAGES . COX—DRUMMOND . —On tho 20 th ult ., at Kidlington , near Oxford , Captain Edmund Henry Cox , Royal Mnrluo Artillery , to Francos Emily Codogan , oldest daughter of the Rev . Arthur Drummond , rector of Charlton , Kent . DIOKIN 8 ON—TOMPSON—On the 20 th ult ., at Totnos , Devon , Jamoa Dickinson , of Lincoln ' s- * mi , Esq ., barrister * at-law , to Anno Maria , the elder daughter of Gilbert Northoy Tompsou . Esq ., of that place . DEATHS . •— -PAGAN . —Killed , ott-thol 2 th , Sopt .,.. at _ Domii ,. haylnK- )) fiO n , previously uoundod eight times during tho siego , Captain ' Robert 0 . II . B . Fogan , fourth hoii of tho into Miijor-Gonorai C . S . Fagan , C . B ., aged 34 , leaving a widow and six children . RHDMAYNE . — On the 23 rd ult ., killed iu action with tho rebels , licnr Mundesore , in Malwa , Leonard Red may no , Esq ., oi Her Majesty ' s 14 th ( tho King ' s Light ) Dragoons , oldest ; son of tho Into William Trusuro Rudmoyno . liua ., aged 88 . V ' SHERIFF . —At Delhi , on tho 14 th Aug ., of a wound received hi notion on tho 12 th Aug ., Lieut . David Francis Sheriff , 2 nd Bengal Fusiliers .

      The Opera In The Winter. Mr. Lumle Y May...

      THE OPERA IN THE WINTER . Mr . Lumle y may fairly claim the honour of having accomplished the most complete democratic and social revolution in the operatic world , in a metropolis not , like Paris , celebrated for startling innovations . Imagine ' The Opera , 'in all the fullsignjncanceoftho . se words , on the last night of the old yearl Piccolomisi and Giuglini in La Traviata on the 31 st of December , in the city supposed by intelligent foreigners to be enshrouded in fog one half of the year , and deluged with ruin the other half ! Let them laugh who win . From Paris we hear of impenetrable fogs and of the languishing Italiens . In London we have no fog to speak of , but , on the contrary , bright brilliant weather to usher in the new year ( may it be the omen of a brighter and happier year than the last !); and we have , moreover , the Italian Opera House—the house of old time , sacred to the deities of aristocratic summer—thrown open to the winter public , and thronged from floor to ceiling with immense audiences of all sorts of people . But even this is scarcely so surprising as that the Italians ( who in the brilliant summer season are often ' indisposed' ) should , in the depth of December , be ready and able to sing with all the freshness , vigour , and delight of larks and thrushes welcoming the spring . After exhausting the compound-worded phraseology of German enthusiasm , and stirring the Dutch critics to a more than Dutch courage of expression , Madlle . Piccolomiki has come back again to her island home , her second country , as she may now call England , to unlock the silence of our songless winter , and to lighten with unaccustomed joy the saddened evenings of the departing year . A blessing on her for not having stayed away with the swallows till the green leaves come again ! No wonder she comes rapturously welcomed and caressed , like a spoiled darling , as she is ! She comes home to us again as bright , as airy , as birdlike as ever , captivating , enchanting , fascinating all hearers and beholders , and shedding the light _ and warmth of a sudden spring upon the wintry night . Giuglini has been singing admirably ; his voice , like fine and generous wine , gains in strength , mellowness , ami bouquet , month , by month , and in the existing dearth of tenors who have a voice , or who , having wa voice , know how to use it , it is indeed a luxury to listen to the full , rich , tender tones of Giuglini , singing with that evident sense of enjoyment which is caught by an audience like a contagion . The performance of the operas generally has been highly creditable and satisfactory ; and the orchestra , if not always steady and precise , has had one great merit , due to its conductor : it has been kept down in the accompaniments . We see no reason why the winter operatic campaign should not extend into the spring , and so the whole year become one entire and perfect Opera-Season .

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      Coraraminl Mnra ,

      -? London, Friday Evening, January 1. Ye...

      - ? London , Friday Evening , January 1 . Yesterday the settlement of the 31 st of December account passed over , and the Stock Exchange year closed with a more favourable aspect than the recent disasters , both at home'and abroad , nave authorized us to expect . On that day shares generally maintained the late advances , and closed after a slight decline during the day , at the opening prices of the morning , and in many cases at an- advance of i to 4 per cent . Consols which opened at 931 , 04 , receded to 93 j , on tho breaking up of the Bank Court , without announcing any reduction in the rate as had been anticipated , recovering , however , at the close of the House to 93 $ , J . A reduction has been made by the London and Westminster Bank of 1 per cent , on deposits , which is now 4 per cent , on small amounts , and 5 per cent , on sums of 6001 . and upwards . The Bank of France has also reduced its rate from 6 to 5 per cent ., being its lowest rate since September , 1856 . Large parcels of gold aro arriving , and more is expected . The demand for money is easy , both at the Bank and Stock Exchange . English opened this morning at 93 j , i , as against 94 at which they opened the 1 st of January , 1857 . The different estimation iu which some of our leading a ha res are held at tho opening of the present year , to the corresponding period of 1857 , may bo gleaned from the following comparison : — CLOSING PRICES . Jan . 1867 . Jan . 1808 . London and Brighton 112 108 Caledonian « 34 854 Eastern Counties U 6 i 60 Great Northern 014 « 8 Great Western CO 4 66 } London and North Western ... 107 0 » S Midland 83 02 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 07 i 041 North Stafford 121 14 } South Eastern 71 J 72 * London and South Western ... 1074 074 Berwick 84 08 York and North 00 80 After business hours , Consols close 941 , 4 . and markets generally very good .

      Blackburn, 0i 101 Caledonian, 86|, 802; ...

      Blackburn , 0 i 101 Caledonian , 86 | , 802 ; Chester and Holyhoad , 34 , 80 ; hiasteru Counties , 50 . ) , CO 4 : Groat Northern , 07 ft , 084 : OSreat Southern and Wustoru ( Ireland ; , 07 , U » , Oi'uat Western , 00 , 6 ( 5 J ; Lancashire and Yorkshire ) . SMJ , 00 ; London aud lilnckwall , 0 , < U ; London , Brighton , and South Coast , 107 . 101 ); London mid North-Wostorit , 1 ) 81 , ¦ . 00 . «~ -Londou-and ... « outlM- \ Vuattir | ii .-0 . 7 ., _ fltjL ^ J \ lJl 5 llan < l , OlS , Q 2 i ; KorUi-Unatoru ( Berwick ) . 0 7 * . 08 Jij aoirtlt-KasTcri ! ( Dover ) , 7 < 5 , 7 » t Antwerp and Rotterdam . Oi , 7 ; Dutch Ithouish , Hi , 2 i tlis . i Mastem of Franco ( Paris and Strasbourg ) . 27 , vtrt ; Groivb Central of Franco , ; Groat Luxembourg , 74 , 84 ; Northern of Franco , a 8 i , ' Mi \ Purls mid Lyons , J 14 } , iJSti Royal Danish , 10 ,, IB ; Royal Swodlnli i , l \ Sauibru and Mouso . 84 , Sil-

      Co Un Market. Mark-Lane, Thursday, Janua...

      CO UN MARKET . Mark-lane , Thursday , January 1 . Throughout the country tho uuppllou of \\ heat have bvon

      Co Un Market. Mark-Lane, Thursday, Janua...

      very moderate , aud the general tone of the trade is firmer . The demand , however , continues to be only in retail-Barley and Oats are also a trifle better , but Maize and Beans do not show any signs of improvement , Tho prices on the spot are—good runs of English re d Wheat 48 s . per quarter , Saxonka 45 s .. soft St . Petersburg 42 s . to 44 s .. Mecklenburg 62 lbs . Wheat 50 s to 51 s . per 496 lbs . ; Upland 48 s . to 49 s . per 496 lbs . Norfolk Flour 33 s . to 33 s . 6 d . Malting Barley 36 s . to 39 s . per 424 lbs . Saal S 5 s . Archangel Oats 20 a ., Odessa 18 s . to 19 s .

      Fkom The London Gazettf. Tuesday. Decemb...

      FKOM THE LONDON GAZETTF . Tuesday . December 29 . BANKRUPTS . —John Barber and . Frederick Rosenaves , Hammond-court , Mincing-lane , goneral merchants —Jonathan and Robert Hills , High-street . Gravesend , and High-street , Dartford , bankers—William Cullemore , Upper Seymour-street , Euston-square , draper-Peter McLachlan , Birchin-lano , Cornhill , aim St . George ' s-terrace , Kilburn , baker , pastry cook — John Green and William Baker , Newgate-street , stay manufacturers—William and Henry wbllstbd , Molyneiustreet and SUouldhara-strcet , Bryanstonc-square , cabinet makers and upholsterers—William Henky Watkijts , Portsea , Hants , innkeeper , licensed victualler , wholesale stationer—James Wates , Gravesend . hotel keeper—Aethur Jackson , Peterborough , Northampton , corn merchant—Thomas Rolling , Pal tor ton , Derby , cattle dealer and woolstaplor—Robert and John Blow , Great Grimsby , corn and coal merchants—Geobgk Livbrmork Shoki . amd , Stretford-road , Hulme , Manchester , ironmonger—Silas Tbtlow , Old ham , Lancaster , cotton wasto dealer—Benj amin Haigh , Dukinfield , Chester , engine maker . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —W . Morton . Hamilton , Lanarkshire , grocer—P . A . G . Grant , Kenowaird , Invorneaa-shiro , tacksman — J . Nbwlands , Dumbartonshire , draper—Ramsay and Smart , Arbrooth , manufacturors-D . Stewart , Glasgow , grocor—J . Liddbll , Glasgow , commission agent—Oonnell and Taylor , Glasgow , sowed muslin manufacturers—J . Frasbr , Muirflold , Inverness , shipowner—J . Strapp , Renfrewshire , contractor—T . Kbkwick , Glasgow , tea merchant —J . Goodall , Klrkaldy , confectioner — J . M'Lintock , Blackburn , Liiilithgowshlre , merchant . Friday , January 1 . BANKRUPTS . —Francis Claxton , Dovorcourt , Essox , Innkeeper — Thomas Ruaoh , Old Broad-st . eet , minims agent—HlJNRV Watkins , lrongato-wharf , Praod-atroot , l ' uddiiigton , merchant — John Hcott . ShrowMbury . coM dealer—Ha KNAiti ) Gkokgu Dyisk , Card III ' , ship ohai aior-Gkokge Wall , Chultuuhani , bakor— William Quayi . k , Liverpool , ship broker — William Taylor th « uW <> < William Taylor iho youugor , and Hknky Ta \ i < o » i r-Bapii » l « y ,-liuu « -n » uuilttoturcr . { i ^ ARLUJit ^ PijKiiY . ^ . !* , "' '" " i ? . " ham , lovvellor—Adoli'H F . llKCKMAK , North Shiaiclsrsh'l' - ohandlor— William Hukb , Warwick , commission ntfont—William Cook , Hlrintugham , stouo mason— -John OURzroiiD ami Jamkb Thompson , Staffordshire , Bradley ll nj ' Ironworks—Dacukl Edgar Monies , Liverpool , merchant . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —John Macdonali ) , re-Biding in Mussel burgh , partner of tho Western Dunk oi Scotland—Ronalds and Co ., Paisley , shawl mununioturora — Geohok Ot / aiiTKiisoN , Grconock , iron merchant — Rod mix Blair and Co ., Glasgow , hot-prossor — PexB " M'Larhn , Glasgow , ship carpenter . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 2, 1858, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02011858/page/20/