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22 The Leader and Saturday Analyst. [Jan...
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continues to increase in popularity and utility . On 3 £ o # day , 2 nd few * ., 'tlie various metropolitan companies recommenced their drill , which had been interrupted by the week ' s holidays . Working men are entering freely , and on Tuesday , 3 rd Jan ^ two new companies of artisan ^ vere reported ready for enrolment in the ancient city ot Exeter . On Wednesday , 4 > ih Jim ,, Mas promulgated a very well die-ested frode of regulations for the officers and men of the Liondon Rifle Brigade , which will doubtless serve as a model for other regiments . The last mail from Ca-NXda , which arrived on Wednesday , Jan . 4 , brings the account of the opening of the Victoria Kail way Bridge work of Robert hen
The Princess ' s management have intrusted their Christmas fortunes to the skilful hands of Mr , H . J , Byron , who has concocted for them , in his best manner , a racy pantomime , which , no less from its abundance of witticisms than from the excellent singing and actin g of Miss Louisa Keeley , the admirable comic dancing of M . Espinosa and the gorgeousness of the scenery , must enjoy a large popularity . The piece is called' * ' Jack the Giant Killer , or Harlequin King Arthur , and the Knights of the Round Table . " Jack is played by Miss Keeley , who , arrayed in silver armour , adds nightly to her reputation and the popularity of the theatre . The wonderful talent as a dancer and pantomimist of M . Espinosa , again , is of great service . This gentleman is obviously a great humorist , Tand his performances must be seen to be appreciated . The bright magnificences we last week described still nightly rouse enthusiastic applause . With an excellent pantomime , preceded as it is by the refined drama " Home Truths , " Mr . A . Harris has at last hit the right nail on the head , and , if he perseveres in the same direction , may now hope to rally round his theatre as regular a clientelle as that which melted away from it on the retirement of
its late lessee . . At the St . James ' shas been produced a slight but very pleasinglittle adaptation from the French , entitled " A Household Fairy . " The hero , Julian de Clifford ( Mr . H . T . Craven , ) is a fashionably disposed and indolent gentleman of infinitesimal property , who , being in sad pecuniary straits and disgust , is about to make his own quietus . But Katharine ( Miss Wyndham ) , a lady whom he has served , and who is gratefully fond of him , appears at the critical juncture , interrupts his purpose * and relieves him . She teaches him , in one short and easy lesson , the value of life , the impossibility of true happiness without exertion or purpose , and , furthermore , the value of woman as a helpmate . His better state of mind is soon the result . As sense returns , sentiment comes with it ; and a 3 Katharine is mistress of a fortune , the result need only be hinted
at . The Pantomime of " Punch and Judy " is an average one m most of its features ; but its transformation scene , the dancing of Miss Lydia Thompson , and the performance of a troop of dogs , are all so admirable in their way , that , despite the attraction of other houses , and its remote position , the little St . James ' s holds its own surprisingly . _ t Mr . Ric & abbs , on Monday evening , gave his New" Yeae , b Coxceht at St . Jaines ' s jSalt , which was opened with the tnorceau carac-Uristique bySilas , a charming feature of the entertainment , solid in its harmonious opening , and brilliant in its variations Upon the old theine of "Charlie is my darling . " The ensemble produced by : four such performers as the bendjiciare on the pianoforte , Engel on the harmonium , Sivori on the violin , and Bottesini 611 the
contrabasso , was hovel , arid Very captivating . The next curiosity was Sivori ' s exquisite performance of Paganini ' s celebrated " Clocliette /' a marvel of its order , but yet doomed to pale before Bottesini ' s superb aria , with variations for the double bass . Herr Reichardfc gave in so impassioned a manner his own ballad of " Thou art so fair and yet so dear , '' as to secure an encore . We may add that Madame ' Cprbari , a recent acquisition , was in no great force , having suffered from a sea passage the previous night . Madame Badin , an energetic a ' n , d , jpiquante : little vocalist , was heard to great advantage in two compositions by her husband , " Farfalla " and " The Patriot . " Herr Engcl showed the capabilities ( in . such agile hands as his ) of the harmonium for secular music , by his admirable performance of Mozart ' s serenade , " Deh Vieni alia Finestra , " of which he gave the well-known and elegant guitar accompaniment , as well as the
voice part , in a wonderful manner . Here ends pur catalogue of sensations . Two artists , whose names figured in the programme , were not present in the flesh , namely , Miss Balfe and Signer Tag . liafico . The former was replaced efficiently by Madame Cor . bari ; Signor Ciabatta handsomely represented the latter . But the absence of Miss Balfe was very little noticed after all . TJhati young lady , whose success as a vocnlist seems to havo been decreed and arranged b y her parents , masters , and friends irrespective of the public , and without the entire concurrence of nature , who forgot to endow her with the requisite physique , hag , Mr . Willeart Beale alleges , thrown up a regular and lucrative engagement . The Soirees of The London Qleo and Madrigal Union , at the Egyptian Hall , Piccadilly , are among the most refined wo havo
boon bidden to for soino time . As . the season is to be bub a short one , wo may as well advise our music-loving readers ' that , they have no time to lose . The first part consists of choral and ballad compositions ' , from the 13 th to the 17 th centuries ; the second , of more modern works . The vocalists are but six— 'all , that are necessarybut are highly trained in their beautiful art . Their faultless execution of the celebrated inadrignl , " Down in n flow ' ry vale , " and " In going" to my lonely bod , " of H-orsloy ' s exquisitely polished " Colia ' s arbour , " of Bishop's delicato and less-known " Lo , the day ' s champion , " is a treat to oven those most familiar with part rtongfs and singing . Of the solos , ' " Barbara Alien " is so purely nnd
puthotically given by Miss Eylos , us to draw tears and an oncoro ; tin ' lady charms no'loss in the sprightly north country ditty ( reprinted in , Mr . Chappell ' s collection , ) ' Wool may the keel row ; " and Mr , Lawlor successfully introduces a revived convivial song-, from tho same invaluable repertory , called , " May he vyho wears ft sulky ftico . " Mr . Lund is cnpital , both at the piano and in tho part song's ; and Mr . Oliphaut , the enthusiastic secretary to the Madrigal Society , officiates aa " literary illustrator . " His accomplishments and position were guarantee t ' ov what we find the case , namely , that his commentary is , though brief , vovy scholarly , gonial , and interesting . Tho " Patchwork " pf Mr , and Mrs . Moward Paul , renovated in
over the St . Lawrence , the greatest Stepson . This event took place on the 17 th December last ; and at a public dinner which followed , the memory of the great engineer was druiik in solemn silence . During five nights , after it had been opened for traffic from west to east , there passed 162 cars , containing 11 , 723 barrels of flour , 1552 barrels of pork , 140 bales of cotton , and 110 tons of general goods . From east to west there passed 130 _ cars , containing 534 tons of general goods , 170 tons of iron , and 39 , 000 feet of lumber . The great bulk of the money for this undertaking lias been found by British capitalists , and this magnificent Work will , there is no doubt , greatly increase the prosperity of Canada . Telcraphic news arrived on Thursday , Jan . 5 , in anticipation of -the BombatMaix of 12 th December . The Right . Hon . James Wilson had arrived at Calcutta and taken his seat as a member of Council . Ifc is not certain whether the Nana Sahib is dead or alive ; nor whether Jung Bahadoor is about to assist or delude us . From Oudo comes another telegram , to the effect that 2000 rebels under Mammoe Khan , the Khan Bahadoor , and Beiri MadoeKhari , had been taken prisoners ; the Begum escaped . From the colony of Victoria we learn , by the mail received on Thursday , Jan . 5 , that the ministers had been defeated in the . 'debate on the address , at the assembling of the new Parliament ; Mr . O'Shanassy and his colleagues had resigned , and Mr . Nicholson had formed a * new administration . At Sydney , the New South Wai . es Government experienced a ministerial crisis ; Mr , Cowper's educational bill was rejected by the assembly , which was followed by the resignation of him and liis colleagues . Mr . . Forster has succeeded in forming the new ministry . During the past week Trade and CoaoiEBCE have borne . a" fa * , vourable ^ aspect . On Monday , 1 st Jan ., were published the . returns of the Revenue for the quarter and for the year respectively , made up to the 31 st December , which exhibit a satisfactory state of the national resources . On the Customs' the increase amounts to 732 , 0001 , and on the Excise to 1 , 075 , 000 , ? . Upon the whole , the annual receipts for 1859 come , up as nearly as possible to the receipts of 1858 ; and , if allowance be made ' - for a decrease of 683 , C 00 / . under the head " Miscellaneous "—always an uncertain and fluctuating item—exceeds it by half a million ; and if we add to this the decrease of a million and a half from the reduction in the income taxthe revenue of 1859 exceeds that of 1858 by nearly two
mil-, lioiis . A t the commencement of the year Consols were at 95 f , and continued with little variation at about the same figures at the time pfpur going to press . Tho French Rentes were at 69 f . 15 c ., but declined throughout the week . In consequence of the ^ remarkably warm and wet weather , the reports from the country are favourable of the youn " wheat ; but the corn markets pf Wednesday , January 4 , were dull . All trade is flourishing . Even the shipping interest is recovering . Freights to India at tho present time are ao high that ships can easily return in ballast and make a good profit . The latest accounts of the Paris Bourse state that a good many " executions " of defaulters affected the market . One speculator , a null ) of title , was said to have failed for a million of francs . The uncertainty respecting the ' Congress contributed materially to render tlie market heavy .. The Rente on Thursday fell 10 c . for cash and 30 c for account , closing at 68 fr . 50 c . and 68 fr . 45 c . Mobilier iell 3 fr 75 and
5 ( r . The Orleans Railway fell 7 fi \ 50 e . ; Northern , . o . ; Lyons , 3 fr . 75 c . Southern rose 6 fi \ 25 c ; and Western and iluatorn ltjft off without any chnngo . By the Australian mails we learn that tho quinvtity ol' gold « 3 uat received by the escorts from . ' the several golcllields during tho month qf Ootober was 26 , 323 ounces . Du ' rin «? tho corresponding' month of 1858 the receipts amounted to 22 , 037 ounces ., There is , therefore , an increase of 4 , 286 ounces , or 19 percent ., in the quantity vocoivotl during the month . Thoro is , however , still a . slight falling off in the yield from tho Western gold-fields ; but the amount recoived from the Northern and Southern g-oldfields still continued steadily to increase . From Hho 1 st of January to . tho lat of Outober , . 1858 , tho amount forwarded by escort was 204 , 113 ounces , During the corresponding' ton months of 1859 tho receipts have amounted to 240 , 719 ounces , which ia an incroaao of 36 , ( 30 ( 3 ounces , pr nourly 18 per cent , in favour of the present year . At this festive season the Public Amusements rise to a condition of importance ; we havo therefore devoted a considerable portion of our Record to their hiatoiy . To begin with tho , OUjinqio Tlioati'o , ifc is a pleasing task to havo to chronicle tho success , with the 6 < oneral I'Ublio , or a now . burlesque , by Mr . JR . B . Brough , entitled " Alfred the Grout , or the Minstrel King ' . " And it ia a still moro agreeable task' to , say , that in no partioxilur doos . ^ his . porfonnanco of the tulonted author fall short of hia famous fcmvestio , " Mecloa . " Npr is Mr . Robson less powerful in the hero . Tho scenery , especially a lovely marine lnndscnpo by Telbiu , is in the best taste , and inoat udijiirably painted .
22 The Leader And Saturday Analyst. [Jan...
22 The Leader and Saturday Analyst . [ Jan . 7 , 1860 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 7, 1860, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07011860/page/22/
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