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Valentine , would have saved a far less amusing trifle than this " First Ni g ht . " Q . P . S . —We ajre in justice bound to rectify a mistake which occurred in our [ taper headed , " Shortcomings . " The name of the clown in \ the Sadler a ' Wells pantomime is Deulin . He is a rather average clown , and it was certainly un / ortunate that we confounded him -with Mr . Kochez , who , as Vivian truly observes ( though his language is strong ) , was " bad . "
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A correspondent of the Daily News gives the following SpMc portrait of Omer Pacha , to whom he had a . special sanction at bis head-quarters : — " The first thing that ictc pie on seeing him -vras , the singular ingenuity disjpfrjred by the French and English artiste , who have undertaken to reader his features familiar to the European public , iii mating their portraits so very unlike the original . Anj of them mat have come under my notice would serve jost at Well lor memorials of the Emperor of China , or the Czar Nicholas , as of Omer Pacha . But independently of the false impression irbich they haaTlaft on my mind , I must confess that I found ife somewhat difficult to realise the idea that I w * i actoaHy in the presence of the redoubtable chief , whose name has beea on every tongue for the last sis months . Take away the huae moustachios . which half conceal his month .
and thegreybeard beneath it , and you mighty fancy at first glanceyourwlf talking to a ' fine old English gentleman , ' who had never performed any more warlike exploit than rarinfofc down a fox . There is a kindly , good-humoured ^ l eam lfli hi ^ eye , an honest candour , which -puts you at your due , becanae you feel that he is so ; not merely a rude soldierySmkaeiA , but an approach to lorJiomnite , though witfiont the smallest want of dignity . On a longer acquaintance you discover that the outlines of bS face bear iliB ^ praiid ^ iiof / Heicules ^ energy , ' and even of audacity , and there is a massiveness about the vrrinkles even that nothing save afierce 8 trag * te with tim . conldiave produpeo . Wrmttmmi T : vnxta in plirenolocy , one . would say that his
whole intellect was lodged in his forehead . In moments « f edLciteihent ^ wnen bis eyes fl ash under the cover of his large fiyebroWB , a * they sometimes do ,, evet in ordinary conversation ^^ « pneaKffira ranwd s oue more of a roused lion than anynxan ' Brl ever saw . His mannac is _ 4 hat of a polished « mjthi | iin- ^^ 8 !^ coafces ^ untiring , his patience inexhaustible . xlis observations , even upon topics which one would suppose possesse d 1 ra . t little interest for him , bear evidence of great «» inim and varied iriforniation . I was surprised by his ^ powriilje knowledge of JEhgHshx home politics ,- though when speaking on the subject with , an Englishman , he shows some
dmdence v ia . Pronouncing an opinion , and generally throws ro ; iemarks into " an interrogatory form . Regarding her ftfeign relations , he , as might be expected , speaks wi £ h more boldhess ^ and expresses his confident belief that any hesitatiojl ^ ihe shows in grappling with Russia now is but postponing the struggle to a period when she will find herself i ^ prejpared for it , and will perhaps have to meet it alone , for iie ^ do ^ a not entertain a doubt that two powers representing ' tin&ciples so opposite to one another cannot subsist side iky Bide : without a collision , which must end in a combat & fovtrtmce . "
The same writer gives an interesting anecdote connected with Omer Pacha's early life : — " As all the world now knows , he is a Croatian by birth , and commenced his military Career In the Austrian army . A qoarrel with his supenora drove him into exile about twenty-three years ago , « fd about tne same time , or soon after , his brother , for political masons , emigrated into Wallachia , where he established himself as a professor of languages at Bucharest , where fortune seems to have favoured ium , bat he heard nothing more of his relative , and gave him up as dead . In 1848 , when the Turkish and Russian troops occupied the Principalities in conjunction , Omer Pacha commanded the former , and for some time resided in tlie
settlement upon that portion of the eastern coast of New Holland that had been named by him New South Wales . There he had discovered Botany Bay , so named by Banks and Solander—the naturalists who had accompanied Cookifrom the abundance and variety of its -then unknown productions . A few miles to the northward of Botany Bay he had named a magnificent inlet of the ocean Port Jackson ; which now forms the harbour of Sydney—in beauty and extent second only to that of Rio Janeiro . No time was lost in carrying the new scheme into operation . Captain Phillips was selected to take charge of the expedition , and to superintend the formation of the penal colony . He sailed from England in May , seventeen hundred and eighty-seven , and in January of the following year landed , at Port Jackson with seven hundred and fifty-seven convicts . From this small beginning have sprang , at various intervals , the colonies of Australia and Van Dieman ' s Land . It was only in eighteen hundred and thirty-five that Governor Sir R . Bourke came down from Sydney with Mr . Lonsdale , the surveyor , and a few others , and laid out the plan of the town of Melbourne , on the Banks of the Yarra Yarra . However , had it not been for this system of transportation , many more years must have elapsed before the capabilities of this extraordinary country could , have become known . There were no visible inducements ; to attract towards it any private enterprise . It was not until the Government had , Dy the aid ot the criminals , ' caused the country to be opened up , the fertility of its soil to be made known , and the suitableness of many of its districts for pastoral purposes to be quite understood , that emigration properly began . Sixty-three years ago nothing but the existence of Australia was known ~ now it is a foremost figure in our , picture of the History that has yet to be acted in the world . —Dickens ' a " Household Ward */
The total amount of the foreign trade of Odessa last year was 34 , 605 , 076 silver roubles ,, viz ., —exports , 24 , 777 , 717 silver roubles ; imports , 9 , 827 , 359 silver roubles . Large as the exports are in comparison with the imports , we must not forget that corn , the principal production of the country , forms here the . greatest item of export . Thus , wheat -was exported to the amount of . 14 , 066 , 031 roubles ; rye , 1 , 884 , 179 roubles ; barley , 212 , 059 roubles ; maize 1 , 594 , 324 roubles ; flour and meal , 150 , 808 roubles . Among the other items are;—linseed , 1 , 644 , 302 roubles ; wool , 4 , 268 , 144 roubles ; tallow , 439 , 732 roubles ; cordage , 126 , 002 roubles . The export of tallow has diminished for the last few years . England , which formerly imported thence the whole of her demand in that article , now draws her supply from South America , ler colonies , as also from the Baltic , at prices which put competition out of question , considering the high price of cattle in Southern Russia . —Hamburg Correspondent . The whole number of meeting-houses returned by tho Qaakers at the time of the late census was only 371 , while in 1800 they possessed 413 . In 1847 , the Society of Friends raised and distributed , in mitigation of Irish distress , the enormous sum of 200 , 000 / . We also learn that the number of persons in England and Wales , in 1851 , aged 70 years and upwards was 503 , 305 , aged 75 and upwards there were 253 , 143 , aged 80 and upwards 107 , 041 , aged 85 and upwards 33 , 201 , npwards of 90 there were 7 , 796 , above 95 there were 1 , 545 , and 215 were npwards of 100 . There were at the time of the census 539 places of worship , with 10 , 448 sittings , of "isolated congregations" refusing to acknowledge connexion with any particular sect . The mortality of Glasgow in the year 1858 exceeded that of any year since 1847 . One in tweaty-six of the population died . The average of the preceding five years was one in thirty-four .
town ; but his brother , who heard of him every moment } strange to say , neyer saw him , and little imagined that , the Ottoman general and he were so closely connected . At length , when at the commencement of the Busso-Turk crisis , the German papers began to drag Oiner Pacha's antecedents to light , it transpired , amongst other things , that his famil name was Lattos , which lie had , according to custom , laid aside when taking service under the Sultan . One of the journals fell into the hands of the linguist at Bncharist , and his curiosity was instantly roused , and a few enquiries at last satisfied him that the redoubtable Mussulman chief was indeed his long lost brother . He came to Turkey , presented himself to Omer Paslia , who was under the impression that he had been killed in
the Polish insurrection in 1830 . Despite the ravages of time the recognition was mutual , and as joyful as if each had risen from the dead . Latto ' s son , a lad of sixteen or seventeen yeareof age , became Turk on the spot , and has recently been created binbashi , a lieutenant-colonel , by tho Sultan , in one of the regiments of the line ; and an equally auspicious change in his father ' s fortunes will no doubt speedily follow . The Beginning of Australia . — Transportation of criminals to the American colonies having ceased from the commencement of the war of independence , the gaols in England were soon overflowing with criminals and reeking with disease . The Government therefore determined , upon the favourable representations of Captain Cook , to form a penal
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MONEY MARKET AUD CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , January 20 . 1854 . As the inevitable solution of this long-protracted Eastern . guestion becomes dail y more apparent , the funds show an increased disposition to recede . Yesterday the Three per Cents , fell to 91 f , I , and at this present time are at that price . A declaration of war will now take no one by surprise , the Times by its leaders the hut two days having prepared the minds of the public , which believeth only in Mammon , and the Timea is its prophet , to hear the worst . The prices from Paris and " Vienna were much worse , and the raising the rate of discount on the Bank off Fiance will have a depreciatory effect on all French undertakings . But little business doing in our Railway market , and sales the order of the day . French Railway Shares are quoted considerably lower . The settling of the Gonsol Account , although it must have been a fearfully heavy one , has
passed off very quietly , and not so " bearish" as had be enanticipated . All minor investments have been neglected , and shares bearing premiums are dwindling to par . Californian and Australian ! adventures hardly thought of . English mining investments , on the contrary , are much more dealt in . A new set of mines , called the Iberian , in the neighbourhood of Bjllboa , and the Peninsular Mining Company's properties , promise to be very lucrative . Imperial Brazils have a meeting on the 23 rd , when it will be proposed to part with two estates that the company does not at present work , and which would enable the shareholders to receive a bonus of 21 . per share , if a sale is effected . There are still some curious rumours current of great mineral wealth having been discovered" in Jamaica ; but after theMetcalfeand Nova Scotia failures , who shall believe direotors'l reports P The " Guedalla" cruiade against the small gold companies
continues with very likely results , as far as exposure , but with little chance of recov « ry , I fear , for the unlucky shareholders . Consols leave off ax 91 | , 91 | , and tho market in tho most feverish and uneasy state , the " second editions " not tending to lessen the excitement . Consols , 014 , 91 |; Caledonian , SI 51 J ; Chester and Hotyhead , 14 , 16 ; Eastern Counties , 121 , 124 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow , 61 , 63 ; Great Western , 80 t , 81 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 61 f , 62 £ ; London , Brighton , and South Coast , 97 * . 984 ; London and North Western , 1 O 0 J , 1014 : London and South Western , 75 , 77 ; Midland , 59 | , 60 }; Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhainpton , 34 , 80 ; South Eastern , 58 , 69 ; York , Newcastle , and Berwick , 62 , 64 ; York and North Midland , 4 Ah , 4 & \ ; East Indian , 3 , 8 i pm . ; Luxembourg , 9 , 9 *; Madras , fc , $ pm . ; Northern of France ,
31 i , 31 J i Paris and Lyons , 134 , 13 | pm . ; Paris and Orleans , 42 , " 44 ; Paris and Rouen , 88 , 40 ; Rouen and . Havre , 18 , IS ; Paris and Strasbourg , 20 f , 294 ; Sambre and Meuse , 7 J , Si ; West Flanders , 84 , 4 ; Western of France , 4 J , 5 J ptn . ; Australasian , 77 , 79 ; Union of Australia , 73 , 75 ; Oriental , 44 , 40 : London Quartered Bank or Australia , par J ptn . ; Agua Frias , | , | pm . ; Brazils Imperial , 5 , 6 ; Linares , 9 , 11 ; Ditto ( New ) , par t pm .: Nouyeau Monde , par \ pm . , Quarta Rock , J , i pm . ; United Mexican , 3 , 84 j \ Vallera , f , J clis .: Poltimores , par 4 ; Pcniiusula , A , | pm , ; Port Royals , J . | pm . ; Obernhofs , par ft pm . ; Australian Agricultural , 40 , 42 ; Crystal Palace . 14 , H pin . ; Screw Steam Navigation Company , 6 K 4 dls ; North JJritish Australasian Land , i > ax . I pm . |; l * eel llivor , t dla ., par-, South Australian Land , SO , 38 .
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* 7 6 jT __^ THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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« PROTESTANTISM . " Such , oli reader ! is the inviting p hrase placed at the top of a circular ¦ which bids us to the inspection of a work of art , appropriately exhibited at Exeter Hall . The figures in Mr . Newenham ' s picture are Cromwell and Milton , whom we would fain have had brought to mind in a less sectarian aspect . Sleek and sanctimonious is the face of the youthful secretary , and full piously doth he goggle upward while waiting , pen in hand , to receive the words of Cromwell . For any hint in either face of the strong purpose , strong in the conviction of holy right , of the " voice which seldom threatened in vain , " and which ( continues Macaulay ) " -had declared that , unless favour were shown to the people of God , the English guns should be heard in the castle of St « Angelo , " you may look a very long time to no effect : In default of anything better to look at , you will perceive and admire the free play of a skilful hand about the masses of drapery , and the dark , solid furniture . The painting , we may observe , was exhibited some years ago at the British Institution , since which event Newenham has done better things . Or
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BtJBFORD'S PANORAMA OF CONSTANTINOPLE . The public will pay inl great numbers , to see Burford's new picture , the subject being of paramount interest just now . A good standing ground is ctiofeBn ( the summit of the Seraski « r ' s Tower ) , and any one may soon get a cllstinct idea of the city from this panorama . The practised eye will detect signs of haste in the painting , but the chief points seemed to tell upon the etjbwd of visitors at the private -view . The picture may even bethought , bjfbine persons out of ten , more wonderful than other pictures from the same hand . If such be the general opinion , we must admit that the painting is effective . But we are not obliged-to admit that it is good . Q .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIB / THS . DE BYLAjnDT . —Jan . 16 , at Cumberland-houso , Tunbridgewells la Comtesse Alexandra de Byhuidt , of a daughter . KINTORJB . —Jan . 13 , at 35 , Moray-place , Edinburgh , the Countess of Kintore , of a sen . KAYE . —Jan . 16 , at 3 , Uppor Seymour-Btroet , the Lady Caroline Liator Kayo , of a son . LYTTELTON , —Jan . 18 , in St . Jam ^ s ' s-squaro , Lady JLyttelton . of a son . TOMK 1 NSON . —Jan . 17 , at 40 , Bryanston-streot . Portnaansquare , tho wife of Lioutenant-Colonel Tomkinson , of Wellington , Cheshire , of a son . MARRIAGES . CLARLDGB—MORGAN . —Jan . 7 , at Trinity Church , Marylebone , Captain Claridgc , of Nice in Sardinia , to Eliza Ann , relict of tho late George Gould Morgan , Esq ., formerly of the Coldatrcam Guards , and M . P . for Brecknock
ELGEE—PARSONS . — Jan . 11 , in the parish church of Blackburn , William P « reeval Elgee , E « i ., late Captain in the Fiftieth ( Queen ' s Own ) Regiment , to Frances Parsons , elder daughtar of Joseph Ealei , Esq ., of Mill-hiUhouse , near Blackburn . MILDMAT—GRENVLLLB . —Jan . 17 , at Butleigh , Somerset , the Rer . C . Aruudell St-John Mildmay , rector ot Lapworth , third son of the late Paulet St . John Mildmay , Esq ., of Haslegrove-house , Somerset , to Harriet Louisa , younfcest daughter of the Hon . and Terr Rev . the Dean of Windsor and Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville . OUVRY —DEL AMAIN—Jan . 17 , at AU Saints' Churct , PaddioKton , Henry Aime Ouvry , E aj ^ Captain in JJer Majesty's Third Regiment of Light Dragoons , second son of the late Peter Aim 6 Ouvry , Esq ., of the Ordnance-office , to Matilda Hannah . only daughter of the late Colonel-John Delamain , O . B ., formerly commanding at Agra . DEATHS . CASTRO . —Nov . 30 , at Lisbon , Don Affon o de Portugal e Castro , second son of the late Marquez de Valencia . GLTJBB . ^ Jan . 14 , at Woolwich , Kent , Jane , relict of Captain Adolphus Frederick Glubb , late of the Royal Artillery , aged seventy-two . " HOLYOAXE . —Jan . 17 . afc 147 . Pleet-stre « t , Vincent , only child of Austin and Lucy Hoiyoake , aged fifteen months . STRANGE . —Nov .-iS , at . St . Ann ' s , Jamaica , James Strange , eldest and last surviving son of Colonel Maddan , late of that island , aged forty-one . STAFFORD . —Jan . 15 , R . A . Stafford , late member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons , and surgeon extraordinary to his Royal Highness the late Duke of Cambridge . VESEY . —Jan . 12 , at Lucan-honse , county of Dublin , Emily , relict of the late Colonel Vesey , and daughter of the late Bight Hon . David La Touche , aged eighty-seven .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 21, 1854, page 68, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2022/page/20/
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