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    • ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.
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      xnu rNooiiny . vjconiry , ouDsonoers , ana ouc , are respectfully informed that the SEASON will COMMENCE on Tuesday , March 28 . —Full particulars of the Season will be duly announced .

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      ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE . — Lessee , Mr . ALFRED WIG AN . Monday , ' and during tho Week , will be performed a Now Musical Comedietta , in Two Acts , called THE WRONG BOX . Principal Characters by Mias P . llorton , Miss Wyndham , Misa Turn « iB ,: Mr . Robinson ( of tho Lyceum Theatre , his first appoaranco ) , and Mr . Alfred Wiffan . Al'tor which a Now CoinedicLtn , called TO OBLIGH" BENSON . Characters b . y Messrs . Emory , F . ltobson , Loalio , Dlrs . Stirling , and Miss Wyudhaui . To conoludo with iTIIJ' ] FIRST NIOHT . Olinraoturs Uy Mosnrs . A . Wigan , I > fl « lio , Franks , II . 0 i > oi ) cr , Vincent , Mifs 1 ' . llorton , and Miss Wynuhani .

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      DOES YOUR HAIE FALL OFF ? . If so uso tho . BOTANICAL EXTRACT ( an effectual remedy ) , Us . fid ., 5 s ., 10 s . Od , and 21 a . If your hair ia changiiiK grey , uso the Restorative Fluid ( riot a dye ) , 2 s . 0 d ., 5 s . and ll . s . I ' ropared only by Mr . TAYLOR , Hair Restorer , who ' may bo consulted ( gratia ) on all diseases of tlio hair , it ) , Nyw litind-streot , removod from 29 , Edward-street ., ]» ortroan-K ( iuarc . Private HoomB for Dyoiag llair .

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      CHRISTIANITY AND SECULARISM . S IX LECTURES on the above Subject will be delivered in the London Mechanics' Institution , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , by tho Eev . BROOKE HBRFORD ( of Todmorden ) , on MONDAY , March 20 . TUESDAY . „ 21 . THUESiDAY , „ 28 . MONDAY , „ 27 . TUESDAY , » 28 . THURSDAY , „ 30 . At the * conclusion of eiLch Leoturo opportunity for Discussion will bo afforded , when some friends of Secularism will explain their opinions of the arguments of the lecturer . Tho Leotures will commenco at eight o ' olook . Tickets for tho Course , ls . Single Admission , 3 d . Tickets can bo obtained at tho Institution , at 240 , Strand , and ut 147 , Fleet-street .

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      O OCtETY of the miENDS oi ITALY . k _ > On Monday will be published , the MONTHLY RECORD , for March , containing important articles on the War , ar ^ d on its probable effect on Italy , and on existing European relations and boundaries . The RECORD , price lid . ( gratis to members ) , may be obtained on application at the offices of the Society , 10 , Southampton-afreet , Strand * or by sending three penny stamps . Persona can become members by paying an annual subscription of hajf-a-crown or upwards , either to the Secretary , or to the account of P . A . Taylor , Esq ., Treasurer , at Messrs . Rogers , Olding , and Co ., Bankers , Clement ' s-lane .

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      A . R ^ UJNriojsr of lo ^ dois ; ( Bj b ^ jlTL Charter . )—Every subscriber ' of one guinea will- fiaye an impression of a large plate of deep nationalj » nd historical interest . " TILBURY TORT . Vn ffl ? mMm % $ & $ by J . T . "Willmore , A . R . A ., afterH < J . r S ^ anfiejd , fi . < A ^ i <« M >!« r delivering at the office on payment of the suiasoriptibn . Each prizeholder will b « entitled to select for hirnself , as Heretofore , a work of art from one of tlie publio exhibitions . —4 4 * . West Strand , March . , aSBiiSBSK ^} Hon l S ^ etaries .

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      RO YAi ^ A ^ OMl ^ 0 ^ f ^ Of SOIBNOB .- ' : ¦ --: ^ f ^^^| Pf !»^ l ,. v ,,.. ; -,. Notice , ii hereby gtv ^ m thatlthe preliminary OPENING of this Institution , on Saturctoy ; nexti iywiU be' extended during the ^ hole of tli » foUowing W « eki > iAdmiasl <) ii ; IJBJ 3 Saturdays ^ 2 s . 6 d . Hours of Admission from 11 to 4 icauta from 7 tol 0 . . . ¦ i . ; , Marohl 5 th , 1864 . ' - ¦ '

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      DB ; E ^ H 3 »>^ BEM 0 YA 3 i a ^ d JMBOifc . _ . _ -, „ VA ^ tASPP 1 ***** . - ^ Dr . KAHN'S celebrated MUSEUM is NOW OPBBT in the spacious premises known as the SALLE ROBIN , " 232 , Piccadilly , opposite the Haymarket .- ^ Oben for flrentlemeii ^ fronl lliJll 5 / and trom ^ Twl 10 daily . Explanations by ^ Dr . Beach : ^ On ^ Wednesday * and Friday , a portion of the Museum is open for ladies only , from 2 frill C Explanations given to the ladies by Mre . Leach . Admission , Is . , ; ' t - x \ ¦ ' ¦ K - * .

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      faculty , might have been effective . But the i

      Now , this is really a good dramatic situation . But to make it one of interest as well as truth very different treatment was necessary . In the first place , the author should , have interested us in the Duchess . He has cot done so . We qnite sympathise with the Duke ' s weariness . We "« fto ^ not see adequate motive for her silence on that ugly chapter in her early life . She , a woman whose truth is somewhat fatiguingl ^ dwelt upon , she who is said ( not shown ) to love the Duke with devoted passion , would have told him of her infancy —told him of her father , ^ . t any rate * she would hate wished to tell him ; wished that no such hideous secret should remain a secret from her lover ; and in tfaie struggle of such truthful instinct with natural , shrinking from revealing such a secret , a dramatist would have found glWious opportunity . I can ( . imagine such a woman constantly impelled to tell her husband , and yet constantly restrained either by his carelessness or her shyness ; and so the tiling gets put off till her perception of his no longer caring for her makes the idea of an avowal too appalling . Theii— "when her mind was , in this sjate—the reappearance of her father would have been tragic But in Mr . Chorley's play the father appears just as all fathers appear in melodrames ; and melo-dramatic issues are all that we have . She is suspected of Saving been his mistress . He murders her lujisband in a sudden and : almost ludicrous manner ; and she retires into a convent . ., This outline is filled up with a number of episodes , not one of which do I

      understand . She is made jealous of her husbana ^ -but nothiag comes of W jealousy . Her husband is made to love , or to have loved , thf Lady FitffcP but nothing comes of it ; and whether he loves or lovea not is wrapped ^ M obscurity . There » a villanous courtier of the Iago school named cJuit Abelard ^ whom , on the stage , they persist in calling Abbilard-but his acts and motives jare all mysterious and melodramatic . In short , it is p , strancA medley of hints , notes , and intentions , none of which rise into dramatic clearness and purpose . Let me , however , be just even iri details . Theiunts and intentions were often good ; the situations sometimes striking . The whole of the second act was impressive , and parts of the scene in Bellotto ' s hut , in the third , rivetted attention ; My criticism points rather to organic defects , which defects prevented the isolated merits from driving away the ennui produced by the whole . . y . ' ¦ -. ' . ' .

      The play is wearisome because it is not true , but still more so because it is not clear . Jt is made up of small details , nowhere && broad massive clearness of dramatic effect . ?• Tjiere is some , good ^^ w ^^ iiig ^ every npW f iM then , -but it is in half lines . Insteadjdf , poetry -WS ^ ifiaT ^ B ^ iw ; P ^ ver 8 g ; riip stead of passion , finikin Lrritabilityi . ; Everything jfc 6 tt a siriall scale , Even the fifth act , which is like aFjtencii \ meib'dra ^^~ ;^^ . ^ | E » Si ^ t ^> 0 rea |^ aik impression of Terror , by bringing the gloom pf ^ tfee ' i catafalig [ ae ionthe stage , ana which ^ 1 us to anticipate a ^ le ^ jfcr f ^? - rag&M & $ ** *** that the author cannot " move ,-a Jia © horror skiliuUy , ^ , as ^ l ^ wles Ija ^ htBaid of the old English Dramatist ; for haying hung his ^ QhapeJ with blacky "having lighted his candles before the altar , baying , l ^ ttfe !; ip'iil » bier , he lets all these materials do . the duty of the-poet ,-and cannot work-out of them any grand dramatic terrorl ' v '" . ' , '¦ /' ¦ ¦¦¦' . , > . { , * ^ li ' ^ J'J' ^ *''" ' £ - % ' The piece was put upon the ^ tage with ^ . gf ^ t vcaffe ^ iii ] iwiM ^^^ - ' « --. 9 ^ 6 scenery and presses were new and effectivei TJie a 6 fing ^ % as iiidj ^ ii ^ l but . it is fair to add that the actors had no material to ^ 6 rk with ; MiiB Gushman had a very long , monotonous , and not agreeably part . Her best scenes were / the second and the'last . Her manner of listening ' * $ > the slanderous insinuations of Count Abelard was ihe : very best bit of acting I have seen of hers . But I cannot , say that . on the whole it' was an , attractive performance , - ' Ywftjf /'

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      BIBTBS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . . . EBBINGrON . —March 9 , at Stonehouse , Devon , the wife df Lieutenant-Colonel Errington fifty-first ( K . 0 . ) Light Infantry : a son . EA RTiE ^ March 8 , at Brentwood , the wife of Joseph Earle , Esq ., swfgeon : a son . , MARRIAGES . HOSTE—BU 3 &ROUGHES . —March 9 , at Burlingham St . Edmond , in the county of Norfolk , Dixon Edward Hoste , Captain Royal'Artillery , to Jane Mary , daughter of the Rev . Jeremiah Burroughes , rector of Burlingham . MifAHiOPf—DAViBS . —March 9 , at the parish church of Streath&ro , Captain AI'Mahon , Fourteenth ( King ' s ) Light Dragoons , to Julia , widow of Joseph Davies , Esq ., of Stonecot . Surrey , and daughter of James Coster , J 3 sq ., of Hill-house , Streatham . DEATHS . ASPINALIi . —March 10 , at the residence of her father , 1 , St . Maiy ' s-road , Peckham , Annie , wife of the Rev . W- C Aspinall . BAZAINE . —March 6 , at Paris . Amelie George Bazaine , granddaughter of Sir George Hayter , aged nineteen . HORN . ^ March 11 , at Winokfield , Hants , Jane Charlotte , the wife of Q . W . Horn , Esq .

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      Makch 18 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . cjg ^

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      COBN MARKET . . Mark Lane , Friday Evening , March 17 . Loca . 1 TBASB .-Th . ere are this week again liberal supplies of Wheat and Flour , and moderate of Oats and Barley . The demand for Wheat remains in the same sluggish state as on Monday , and to effect sales lower . prices must be taken ; but at the same time few holders are disposed to submit to a further decline .- —Barley and O * ts remain as on Monday . : , . , F . O . B .-r-Prices recede in the Baltio ports , and there are a ^ good many offers in hand , but buyers are not willing to come forward at present , and we hear of no transactions of moment since last week . . . . Pioatinck Tbajde . —We have again some arrivals this week;—say forty-two cargoes in all . For the time the bade is at a standstill . We Know , up to the moment of writing-, of but two' sales of cargoes of all sorts—rtrtz ., one Wheat and one Barley , the latter at 28 a . The price , quoted for tli © Wheat is nigher than we supposed it possible to obtain ' in th-e present state of the market . At Liverpool < some extremely low sales of Maize and Flour have taken place , and the market does not appear inclined to rally at present . From France we have orders to sell Flour and Wheat . In Ireland stocks appear quite sufficient to meet the demand . The same is the case in Scotland .

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      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , March 17 , 1884 . Despite of the daily second edition canards , at one time breathing dire war and the next day promising the renewal of negotiations , to be surely contradicted by the Government in the- evening , in their places in both Houses , Consols maintain a steady and dull aspect . Speculators are sick of bearing , and purchasers , apparently , have done their utmost . All railway shares are heavy , and the great feature during the week beyond the Consols [ account and the bi-monthly share-settling , has been the languid and inactive state of business . The new Stock Exchange , a most commodious and very handsome building , has been opened , and is a great improvement on the old building ; the loftiness of tho hall , however , causes such reverberation that the infernal yells of the bulls and bears is likely to deafen the members occasionally . The export of bullion to the continent continues very considerable , aud during the early part of the week there was a rumour of the Bank boing about to put on the screw again ; at present , however , tliis would seem unlikely . Gold mining shares partake of the general languor . Port Boyals announce a call of 5 s . per share ; the directors of the Chartered Bank of . India , China , and Australia , seem to be at issue with tho majority of their shareholders , who are desirous of seeing the concern wound up . Consols close at four o'olock 008 , 1 . .

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      Consols , OOg , 90 J Caledonian , 54 , 54 ^; Eastern Counties , 12 i , 12 f ; Edinburgh and Glasgow , 58 , 58 ; Great Western , 27 . ' ^ 1 * ' l-a-ncashiro and Yorkshire , 68 . 68 i ; London and . Blaokwall , 8 , 8 J ; London , Brighton , and South Coast , 90 , 100 ; London and North Western , 100 , 10 OJ ; London and South Western , 78 , 70 ; Midland , 59 * . 59 $ : North Staffordshire , 6 J , 54 dis . ; Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhavnpton , 33 , 33 ; Scottish Centrals , 88 , 90 ; South Eastern , 62 , 63 -, South Wales , 34 . 85 ; York , Newcastle , and Berwick , 06 , 67-York and North Midland , 47 , 48 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , SA , 3 dis . ; East Indian . 2 * . 3 pm . ; Luxembourg , 63 , 7 ; Ditto ( Railway ) , 41 , 4 * ; Ditto , Prof ., 1 , 14 ; Madras , 2 , * dia Nam ur and Liege ( with Int . ) , 7 , 74 ; Northern of Trance , 29 f , 291 ; Paris and Lyons , liij { , 12 I } nn . ; Paris and Orloanp , 43 , 45 ; Paris and Rouen , M , 8 ( 5 . Paris and Strasbourg 284 , 28 J ; Sainbro and Mouse , 8 , 84 ; West Flanders , 3 J , 4 f ; Western of Franco , 3 , in pm . ; Af ? ua Frian , J , 1 pm .-, Anglo-Califonnan , Li pin . ; BraseiUImporial . 4 , 5 ; St . John I ) ol Jtoy , » 2 , S 4 j Groat Nuggot Vein , pm . \ Linares , llfi , 124 ; Ditto , Now , par , 4 pm . ; Quartz Wlc , g , « i ) m . ; United Mexican , 23 , 3 i ; Wallers . 4 , \ dis . ; Obornhofu , A dis . par . ; PoltimorcB , t , i pin . ; Port Royals , i , $ pm . ; Pniinsular MiiniiK 1 * l pm . ; Australian Agricultural , 3 » , 41 ; Australasian Bank , 79 , 81 ; Crystal I ' al . uso , li , ijpm .. xn . ; North iJritish Australian Land Loan , pur , Apm . ; OrionLal Hank , 4 ( 1 * 47 J ; Scottiah Investment ( AuHtralian ) , lg . lft pm . ; bouth AuMtralian , 30 , 3 N ; Union of Auatraliu , < 17 , « 8 .

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      BRITISH PUNDS POR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Fsiobs . )

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      Sat . Mon . Tues . Wed . Thwr . Frid . Bank Stock shut shut 3 per Cent . Bed shut shut S per Cent . Con . Ajx . 91 J 914 91 * 91 i 91 * 91 Consols for Account 91 911 91 91 i 901 91 BiperCent . An 92 J 92 i NeWBperCents Long Ans . 1860 shut shut shut India Stock 233 Ditto Bonds , £ 1000 Dittc , under X' 1000 4 9 . Ex . Bills , £ 1000 16 p 14 p 14 p 8 p 8 p Ditto , £ 500 16 p Up 14 p 13 p 12 p Up Dittc . Small 16 p 14 p 14 p 14 p 10 p 12 p

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      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( JJAar Official Quotation duhing thx Webk ending Totesbat Bybwino . ) Brazilian Bonds 98 J Russian Bonds , 5 per Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents . 54 Cents 1822 90 Chilian 6 per Cents 101 4 Russian 4 J per Cents .... 80 ? Danish 3 per Cents 76 Spanish 3 p . Ot . NewDef . 18 i Eooador Bonds Spanish Committee Cert . Mexican 8 per Cents . ... 244 of Coup , not fun 3 J Mexican S per Ct . for Venezuela 34 per Cents . ... Adc , March 15 24 * Belgian 4 $ . per Cents ..,, ... Portuguese 4 per Cents . 36 Dutch 2 ) p « r Cents ....... 56 i PSrtuguoso 3 p . Cents . ... Dutch 4 per Cent . Oertif . 864

      Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden.

      ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA , COVENT GARDEN .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), March 18, 1854, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2030/page/21/