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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, CO VENT GARDEN.
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NEXT MONDAY , August 7 th , 1854 , MADAME GRISI ' S BENEFIT . npiIE PuMic are respectfully infoi'iiiecl that -S - the Admission to the Pit on the abovo occasion will hu "BY TICKETS ONLY , tho number being limited , fit Tickets , 2 ls . etujh , nia . y be . had at tho JJox-pllic (; of the Theatre , or of the principal Librarians and Booksellers . ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA > COV 1 SNT GARDEN . MADAME GRISI'S Last Appearance in England find Farewell Bouelit . Madamo Grisl boss most respectfully to inform the Nobility , Gentry , and the Public , that tho Directors of tho Royal Italian Opera having kindly placed their theatro at her disposal , slio has , previous to' her ck ' - parturo for tho United States , ni'rauged to give a Farewell Benefit . Tho evening fixed on is Monday next , August 7 th which occasion will bo tho last on which Madamo Grisi will have tho great honour of appearing boforo an Unglish audionco . The entertainments on this occasion will embrace tho flrst act of Bellini ' s Opera , NORMA , nn < l tho whole ol Meyerbeer ' s Opera , LES U . UGUJ 3 NOTS—omitting the lnst act . Tho performances will commence with tho first net of Bellini ' s Opora , NORM A . Norma . Madoino Grisi ; Adn , licis « , Mad lo . aiaraii Ovovoso , Signor Tagliallco ; Flavio , « iKuor Soldi ; and Pollio , Signor Taitibcrlik . T ^ 2 ^ 'JIV ^ . ' ^ t'AV ., , " wholoof Meyorboor ' H Grand Oporn , LES JIUaUjaNOTS ( cuuittiiiR the lost act ^ . Vnloiiilim Madamo Grlsnj Margarita di Valois , Mmlllo . Mnrai ; Diuiiit d ' onoro . Mmlllo . Ootti ; Urbano , Hadlio . N . Didioo : Jlnrepllo , Mons . Kelgfor s 11 Conto di San UHb , Signal 1 Poionini ; r V ^ di Nvvura , Signor Taffliadeo ; )) o Uwsho , SIkiioi-Luigi Meii ; Tavanncg , Slgnor Soldi -, Moru . Slptuor Fortiui ; Huguenot Boldior , Signor SMboIH ; and ltmil di Nanirls , Sifjnor Mario . Ooinposor , Dh-ootor of tho Music , ami Conductor , Mi : < X ) nta . Tickets for tlio Bpxea , Stalls , or tho Pit , mny lio had at ( h < 5 JJox-olllco of tho theatre , which is open from Ton till I'iv ^ o Llook , and of tho principal hibrnrlans anil MuhIcscIIith , AdiTilHHlon to Lho Pit byl'ioliet » only , thonuuibor yf wliivli will bo limitod ,
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ROYAL OLYMPIC THE AT It 1-3 . Lessee Mr . ALVliKD WIOAN . Iiost week of tho Season , On Monday , and during tho waok " TO OBLIGE 1 JKNBON . " ( JharactcrH by Mmars . Emory , V . ltobHon , Lowlio , M \» * Miu-oton , a » d Miuu H * Turuor . Aftor which THE FUIST NIGUT , CharaotorH by Mcsars . A . Wlgaii , L « hU « , Ih-nnkn , H . < oopor , Vinoont , Mo « ro , MIhb Emily Orinoiulo , and Mbs P . Hartou . ' To conclude with THE WAJf » IililMNQ MINSTltJBL . Jem Bagga , Mr . V . Kobson . On Saturday , August 12 th . A variety of Entortainmonta for tho Benefit of Mr . AV . S , Bmdon . AoUng Maniigor .
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THE THEATRES AT HOME AND ABROAD . London , done to death by thunderous and choleraic weather , is in a rapid state ] of decomposition . Drcry Lane , it is true , closed on account of the intense ; heai , on an unlucky day , when the thermometer fell suddenly to 60 . But all the other and more prosperous houses , including St . Stephens ' s , have announced their last nights . The Pkfncess ' s , the Adex-phi , the Olympic , are on the eve of closing . Whoever heard Grisi sing in . fsucrezia Borgia on Thursday must hftve felt the fact of its being her last appearance in that opera , and her , last "but one in any , in England , all the more poignantly that her voice was , even extraordinarily full and strong that night . As for her sumptuous and southern beauty we dare not trust ourselves to speak , on the brink of Silence i and the cruel Past ! Mario , too , like Sardanapalus , seems resolved to set in , glory . He has surpassed himself of late . Robust and sweet tenors abound , but where shall we find that peculiar quality of voice , at once virile aud
voluptuous in its tenderness , again ? We do not forget the large and passionate style of Tamberlik : it is the peculiar timbre of voice to -which we allude , and the secret charm of which seems likely to be lost to the operatic stage with . Mario . Grisi ' s benefit , -we feel an exquisite pain in reminding our readers , is on Monday next . She has selected the first ( we wish it had been the last ) act of Norma , and the Huguenots , terminating 1 with the grand finale of the fourth act , for this sad solemnity . The death in life of a great artist is a solemnity , and we use that word without afleetation . It is wise to dispense with the last act of the Huguenots on this night : it is always somewhat of an anti-climax , and few situations could leave a more enduring impression on an audience than the final duo of the fourth act . Still , Valentine is not so absolutely identified with Grisi as
Norma or LucreziaBorgia , and we almost wish she had taken her farewell in a part in which she has had no rival . What a Vos Vakte et Plaiidite it will be on Monday night ! The Opera . Comique has closed at the St . James's . Wehave only to repeat our regrets that the enterprise was not better advised . In spite of its general inefficieneyj it had all the elements of success in Madame Marie Cabel . But there were two capital faults from the beginning ; operettas , unknown beyond the Theatre I / triqce , were produced instead of the gems of the Opera Comique , and the mistake was corrected top late to effect materially the fortunes of a short campaign . The delightful prima donna was miserably supported , and the result was unsatisfactory to an audience accustomed to the best ensemble .
Still the large audiences on the nights of the Sirene , and the Diamans de la Couronne , have proved convincingly that the Opeua Comique is , in itself , a success in England .
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CORN MARKET , Mark Lano . Friday Evening , August 4 . There ia now inoro animation in tho fcrado , and largo salos might have boon effected at an advance of ! 5 s . over Monday ' s quotations ; but as the prices demanded woro goncraily Higher than this , tho amount of business wis more limited than it otherwise would have boon . Oats arc Is . dearer , nut Barley and other Spring Corn remain unaltered . A g reater disposition to purchase both Wheat and Oats has become apparent , « , nd may . bo attributed to tho last fy \ v days having boon wot , though tUe general opinion seems to bo that oven a return of tho lino weather would not bo likely to roduoe jwesent prices . enpoci » lly ns it is ciuito
auparont that stocks throughout tho country are short . Harvest is making soino progress in tho most forward districts , but generally wheat is not ready to < uit , and in tho northern countIob many ilolda are . said to bo laid by heavy atomiH . In tho south and middlo of JTronco , t-ho harvest is nearly comploto . whlle in tho north it is in much tho same condition us our own . Prices have declined in ahnont every foreign market , aay ^ Ca . to 8 a . per qi \ , yet tho crops in North Germany , and jn Donmark and Ilolatoin , arc going on woll . lliaro will bo abundance to export this yonr from Spain , nud . the shipments of Oatu irow Archangel , up to tho 22 nd ult . amount to 00 , 000 qru . Some of tho latter , 11 L in hand , have brought 2 f » s . Gd ., and tlioro are sollorNOl' GO II * . Stettin Wheat at 623 ., cost and freight ; .
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Glancing at dramatic doings in Paris , we find tliat the TaEATaB Franoais has suddenly closed for three weeks ' for repairs . ' Perhaps the intense heat may have had something to do with these repairs . A five- > act comedy , written by Alexandra Dumas , the son , for the Gyjwask , has been transferred to the Francais . It is reported that this successful scion of Montechristo has been engaged to write exclusively for that classical stage . But this appears to us problematical , unless the young author of the Dame a . ux Camelias and Diane de Lys has suddenly become a convert to the new Ecole du bon sens , or to the old school of" the unities" and Alexandrines . A little comedy at the Varietes ( where three new pieces , on an average , have been produced of a night , of late ) , called Les Antipodes , is spoken of as charming by the critics . It is a slight affair , and represents a scene of domestic complications supposed to be going oa at the same moment in Paris and Pekiu—the stage being divided into two . At the Ambigu , even in the dog days , an audience is found for a formidable drama in six acts ; after which a troupe of Danish dancers of ' marvellous beauty and choregraphic talent' refreshes the exhausted nerves of tlie palpitating pit and gallery . At the Imperial Circos a tremendous naval and military spectacle attracts nightly the patriotism of the Faubourgs and the curiosity of tourists . It is called the Guerre d'Orient , and among the principal characters are Admiral Dundas and Napier , and Lord Raglan . At the Portb St . Martin , Melingue , the great melodramatic actor , i& creating a sensation in the drama of SchamyU composed expressly for him by Paul Meurice . His performance is enthusiastically described as uot a mere impersonation , but a " veritable incarnation of the Circassian hero . " English ceLebrities in the contortionist and tumbling line of business seem to be in vogue at the Hippodbome . We hear of " Miss Cecily" ascending in a balloon , of " the celebrated equilibrists , " " Brothers Price , " and of the Magic ladder by " John . "
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BRITISH 1 'UNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( 9 H ? I 2 o J JttIOI ! . f ) Sat . Mun . Tuon . Woil . ' Thur . Frid . BankStook 212 \ 211 . 4 5 i ( i »* 'UOA ;) por Cent . Rod m m Ml 1 » aj " iiaj a . por-OQnt . Oon . JlLn . 02 * j \ m uufl M" m $ waJ gMiwJa far Account oaf injg UEfl m HU lt > A iafeff ::::: ; : : £ rf ^ £ ''"* ^ 3 ) ltto , under ilOOO Up . „ .,, „ . " , * r £ SttJiioo 1000 1 > av i - ¥ " * *»* " * " * x * Bitto ; sm » u ;;;;;; : ;;; t » II &l % 5 ? rip
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FROM THE XONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , Aug . 1 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED—Alfred Bennett and Henry Mortimer Burton , Jbiri ' s-place , Holland-street Sojittrwark , engineers . BANBJa , U ? fS . —WiUiam Matthews , Cottage-road , Harro \ T-road , 'builder—Samuel Z ! agury , Cullum-street , merchant ^ Sitaon Stow Hitchcock , Blackmoro , near Ingatestone , Essex , maltster— George HpwesiMortimer-road , Kangsland , licensed victualler—Frederick Smith , Standon , near Ware , miller- ^ -Corneliu-S Gibbs , Thorndoti , Suffolk , innkeeper—Peter Taylor , Manchester , millwright—Hugh Hart , Hulme , Lancashire , tinaberrinerchaTit— "William Makin , jun ., Manchester , provision dealer—John . Sellick , Colerne , "Wiltshire and Bristol , paper-maker—Henry Swire and . John Lockwood , Shepley , Yorkshire , worsted manufacturers—Joseph Smithson , Mirfield , Yorkshire , corn miller—Thomas Robinson , Hexham , Northumberlandi currier—Henry Brownentt , Liverpool , merchant—Williaui Athevton , Liverpool , merchant . Friday , Aug . 4 . UANKRUiPTS . —Charles Staples and JohnCollyer , Southampton , ship plumhers—James Henry Mackoy , St . Helen'splace , merchant—Robert Mason , Manchester , stationer-John Holland Oatea , Halifax , painter—John Milligan , Manchester , draper—Thomas Boyden and Joseph Edward Mansford , Cullura-street , merchants—Julius Calisher , Norfolkstreet , jeweller—William Bullock , Warwick , ironmonger and braeier—Samuel Hammond , Loetfs , ilax-spinner—Nathan Calisher , Norfolk-street , Strand , jeweller—Benedetto Bernasconi , Red Lion-strccfc , Clerkenwell , looking-glass frame manufacturer—John Howard , Norwich , butcher- James Wilsher Aldridgo , Witham , Essex , corn-morchant . SCOTOH SEQUESTRATIONS . —William Hodgson Gratrix , Glasgow , dyer—William ( Srossart Johnstono , Dumfries , bookseller—Georgo Mitchell , Paisley , dyer—Messrs . Leys , Masson , and Co ., Aberdeen , llax-spinnors—Robert Bennett . Kelso , cabinet maker—John Boss . GlasKOW , builder .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . CARLISLE ^ -AuKUst 1 , at tho Doanery , Carlisle tho wife of tho Very Rev . the Dean of Carlisle : a daughter . GORDON . —July 20 , at Argyll House , the wifoof Lieutenantr y olo J } ° 1 tn 0 Hon ' Alexander Gordon : a daughter . ¦ L 4 S ^ ' ~ Auf 5 ust ! atSydonham , tho wife of S . Laing , Esq ., M . P .: a son . MACGREGpit . —July 81 , at May-placo , Crayford , tho wife tvt ^ J a ^ S ^ MaoGregor , Esq ., M . p . a daughter . NEWARK . —August 2 , in Tilney-street , the Viscountess Newark ; a son . DM ROS — July ; ai , at 7 , Grosvonor-square , tho Lady ElizamJJ ? JU *• *^ ° , i a daughter . TIJKE . —July ai at tho Manor House . Chiswick , tho wife » of Harrington Tuko , M . D . ; a daughter .
MARRIAGES . BYNG ~ EGim , TON . ~ July 20 , at Hafcchford , by special license , tho Hon . George Uyng . Ml ' ., oldest son of Vis-« ount ijhfleld . and grandson of tho Earl of Strailbrd . CouSoV'fllSS"' ^ ^ ter or tho Earl nn « H 33 ADLAM-STRAIJBENZBK -August 1 , ali Richmond , n&XWrti ? ' « ¦ llcnd ^^ K Esq ., M \ P . for NowoaaHo-on-Tyno . to Mlon Porcoval , eldest aaughtor , of tho lftte Mj « joi-, r ?? T "> , % ? S > bonzoo i - - Baatnold-liouao . y KIN « SPOR » -0 liojrT .-AuffU 8 ti j , at Salfcirood , Kent , Ityw Coarp , olden * aon of Howy lUiiBsferd , Esq ot I-Ittjpbourno , Kout , to Aiu » a Maria , damcUtor of ' tlw SS ^ J ^®*^ r tta fflU ;
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BAYLEY . —August 2 , Charlotte Mary , wifelof Sir John Bayley , Bart ., aged flfty ^ three . BEDINGFIELD . —July 29 , at an advanced age , the Hon . Charlotte Georgina Lady Bedingfield , relict of Su- Richai-d Bedingfield , Bart ., of Oxburgh Hall , Norfolk , and sister of the late Lord Staflord .
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MO : NEY MAEKET AND CITY INTEttilGENCE . Friday Eveuing , August 4 , 1 S 54 . Consols , 92 J , 92 ? ; Caledonian , 63 i , ; C 3 |; Chester and Holyhead , 15 , 1 G ; Eastern Counties , 13 * , 1 SJ ; Edinburgh and Glasgow , 57 , 59 ; Great Western , 77 , 78 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , - 68 , < 5 Si ; London , Brighton , anl South Coast , 10 , 6 107 , x . d . ; London and North-Western , 105 , 105 J ; London and South-Western , 84-J , 854 -, Midland , G 7 s , 671 ; North Staffordshire , 43 , 4 i dis . ; Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverliampton , 32 , 34 ; Scottish Centrals , 04 , 9 G ; South Eastern , 65 , G 5 J ; South Wales , 35 * , -30 J ; York , Newcastle , and Berwick , 74 i , 754 ; York and North Midland , 50 , D 7 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 6 , 6 * dis . ; East Indian . 15 , 24 pin ,
madras , $ dis ., J pm . ' jNamur and Liege ( with interest ) , 74 , 8 ; Northern of France , 32 j | , 325 ; Paris and Lyons , 175 , 18 ' pm . ; Paris and Orleans , 45 , 47 ; Paris and itouon , 40 , 42 ; Rouen and Havre , 22 , 23 ; Paris and Strasbourg , 314 , 31 g ; Sambro and ¦¦ Mouse , 8 £ , 9 ; West Flanders , 54 , 4 i Western of France , S , 6 pm . ; Agua Fria , i , J ; Imperial 33 razil , SJ ,. ' 4 ; &t . John del Key , 20 , 28 ; Colonial Gold , i , 5 j Linares y , 10 ; Nouvcau Monde , J , J ; Pontgiboaud , 10 , 17 . United Mexican 3 & , 3 ?; Australasia . 84 % 80 ; Oriental Bank ' 45 , 47 ; Bank of Australia , 2 OJ , 21 i ; Uuiou of Australia , ' < 57 , (! 9 x . d . ; Australian Agricultural , 43 , 45 ; Peel River , § , 4 dis . ; North British Australian ft , I ; Scottish Australian Investment , 2 g , 2 fi ; South Australian Land , 33 , 85 ; Crystal Palace , 4 i , 4 * .
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FOREIGN rUNDS . CLast Official Quotation during the Week ending-ThTJBSDAT E ^ -EiTINGO Brazilian Bonds .......... 100 I ' Russian Bonds , 5 per Uuenos Ayres 6 per , Cents .... ! Cents 1822 9 S Chilian 3 per Cents 75 : Russian 4 J per Cents ... Danish 3 per Cents 76 ' Spanish 3 p . Ct . New Dcf . 18 £ Ecuador Bonds ... SpanishComnaittee Cert . Mexican 3 per Cents . ... 2 A J / of Coup , not fun . \ % Mexican 3 per Ct . for ! ¦ Venezuela 3 i ' per Cents . ... Ace r Belgian 4 i per Cents Portuguese 4 per Cents . ... j Dutch 24 per Cents ....... 005 Portuguese 5 p . Cents . ... I Dutch 4 per Cent . Certif . 'Ji g
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Those who are interested in the world of splendour and misery behind the scenes should read the third volume of Doctor Veron ' s M ^ moires d ' vn Bourgeois de Paiis , in which that illustrious pill-maker , impi-esario , and statesman , gives a glowing account of his management of ibe Grand Opera during the early j'ears of Louis Philippe ' s reign . Haroun Alraschid seems a mere constitutional monarch in coaix ) arison with that majestic figure of the Sultan of the Cafe de Paris . E . P .
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742 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Royal Italian Opera, Co Vent Garden.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA . COVBNT GAK . DEX .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 5, 1854, page 742, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2050/page/22/
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