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A BLIGHTED BEING . This little piece has two merits that deserve recognition—a -wildly improbable story which amuses everybody , and dialogue which overflows with hearty good spirits from beginning to end . Mr . Robson , who is the hero of the farce , has added one more to the list of his really wonderful performances , by his acting as theBlighted Being . The g _ reat " tragical-comical " point in his character this time is that he believes himself to be poisoned by gome inscrutable process , which it is impossible for himself or . any one about Km to detect . He distrusts even the air that comes to him through the keyhole of his room—he shrinks from every species of bodily nourishment , except a boiled egg . This distracted , suspicious , and terrified state of mind , was represented by Mr . Robson—as only Mr . Robson could represent it , on the English , or on the French stage either , for the matter of that . Every now and then , while we were all roaring with laughter at the quaint—exquisitely quaint—humour of the performance , the actor startled and astonished us by a touch of the most impressively real tragedy . Among many other good , points of this last kind , Mr . Eobson ' s first reception of the apothecary , after he believes himself to have been poisoned , struck us as being one of the truest , least artificial exhibitions of vehement emotion that we have seen , since the days of Lemaitre ' s Paillasse . We can give the performance no higher praise than this , and can offer our readers no better theatrical recommendation than to go said see it . The farce w-as acted , as to the minor characters , with the artist-like completeness which has honourably distinguished the performances at the Olympic since it opened under Mr . Wigan ' s management . The only jarring notes in the general harmony were the notes of Mr . Leslie ' s voice . Mr . Danvers made a wonderful Irish apothecary ; Miss Turner acted the part of Susan ¦ with the most winning ease , grace , and -vivacity ; and Mr . Harwdod Cooper , as Cummings , -was , without any exception whatever , the best waiter we have seen on the stage . If this gentleman acts other minor characters as admirably as he acted this minor character in A Blighted Being , he will be one of the most valuable members of the Olympic company . In the present state of English schools of acting , when signally unsuccessful Hamlets and Macbeths at the large theatres go and figure as great tragedians at-the Eagle Tavern , or the Britannia Saloon , instead of relapsing usefully into respectable Horatios and Duncans , a good actor of a small part is really and truly , in virtue : of his rarity alone , a -very distinguished man . Managers are showing signs of activity in all directions . A new four-act drama has been produced at the Adexphi , on which -we shall report next week . A new two-act drama is announced , for production on Monday , at the Olympic . The Spanish Dancers have returned to the Haymabkjbt . Mr . Charles Keanhas re-appeared in the Courier of Lyons . Mr . Allcroft is reported to have taken the Lyceum ; and Mr . Ranger has made his bow to the audience of the St . James ' s Theatre in the little comedy of Vanity Cured . _ Playgoers cannot , at any rate , complain this year of the want of dramatic entertainment—present or promised— for the winter season .
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , October 17 . BANKRUPTS . —Edward Wilxiam Pack , Lawrencelane , and Nelson -square , Blackfriars-road , hat manufacturer—Thomas Howard , Finsbury-wharf , City-road , limcnerchant— -James Sueman , New Hampton , market garlener — Geobge Erasmus Cimjpham , Faninedon-street , lcensed victualler-OiiVEit Appmstow , Leicester , trimmer -William Salmon and Thomas Bateiet lion * -. King's jynn , Norfolk , shipbuilders — James Lasgpok Bcixeb , Jollaton Rawleigh , and Woodbury Saltorton , Devonshire , > rick manufacturer—Wilxi am Cr , A » K , Bradford , Yorkshire , ailor — Henky Wales , A-ttercliiTe , near Sheffield , innceoper . ' SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — R . KitG-omt , Perth , writer—D . OAMBitoif , Hamilton , lace manufacturer . Friday , October 20 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . —Paul Rhodes , Monstouo , near Otley , York , innkeeper . BANKRUPTS— Edward Hawkins , Ponsonby-slreet , Westminster , buildor — Charles Peakif-, Old Jewry , City , merchant — Harvey Meadows , Wavboya , Huntingdon , drapor and grocer — Hkn « y Mantle Hircjicocic , Ilkeston , Derby , miller — IIobkiu Lamiikut , Liverpool , merchant—Joim Hewjstt ( and not Hewitt , as advertised in lust Friday ' s Oazotte ) , Leamington Priors , bvickniakor — Tjiomas Wheeldon , ltakowoll , J > orbvHhirc , tailor—William Yeaxukkd Ball , "Wood-street , Cheapside , -wholcsalo plover—William Moss , Liverpool , cabinetmaker—Isaac PlivTCUkii , Liverpool , . stock and share broker—Ohrjsxopjiek Ckkv , and Cunisxoi'iTEK Ciiew , jun ., Chelsea , fcuildors— Oeohoe M'Milladt , JHaekfriarsroaa , drapor—Peteii Okmekoj ) , Geoiiqb Hey worth , J . IMOTHY JlEYVOfiTH , I ' -DJIUMD BlUKQJI , and ROJUiUT t-RossLEv , Egypt Mill , Lnnenstor , cotton manufacturers—Lambert Taxljc y , luce , in . 'iir "NVIgan , cotton ajiinncr .
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A HEART OF GOLD . As the question at issue between Mr . I ) ougla 3 Jerrold and Mr . Charles Kean . involves some important points of interest to dramatic authors , we subjoin here the account of the transaction given by Mr . Jerrold himself in Lloyd ' s Newspaper : — " For obvious reasons , A Heart of Gold is not a subject for criticism in tins journal . A few facts , however , may be given by the author in this his farewell to all dramatic doings . The piece was written some four years since , at the solicitation of Mr . Charles Kean , and duly paid for . The hero and heroine were to be acted by himself and Mrs . Charles Kean . They were , in fact , written to he so acted . " Subsequently , however Mr . Kean ' s tragic claims were questioned in a wicked publication called Punch ; and the actor himself graphically rendered in certain of his many moods of dramatic inspiration . Whereupon , Mr . Charles Kean broke his compact with the author of A Heart of Gold ; he would not play his hero , but find a substitute . A new caste of characters was proposed , against which the author « -ave his written protest . But Mr . Charles Kean had , in 1850 , bought the drama ; and therefore , in his own mercantile way , conceived that in 1854 he had a right to do what he liked with his own black-and-white ' nigger . ' The author thought differently , and stood to his protest . Despite of which , however , on the close of last season Mr . Charles Kean ' s solicitor informed the author ' s solicitor ( there is parchment on Parnassus !) that A Heart of Gold would be produced at the commencement of the present season . To this no answer -was made . The author had once protested , and that he thought sufficient to Mr . Kean and to himself . Nevertheless , the piece was put into rehearsal ; and yet , the author had no notice of the fact . Perhaps Mr . Kean thought the author might spontaneously send his solicitor to superintend the rehearsals ; who , with Mr . Kean ' s solicitor , would settle writs of error as to readings , misconceptions , and so forth . Had the author done so , even under such , professional revision , there had doubtless been fewer misdemeanours against nature , good taste , and propriety . "Yet it Is under such wilful injuries committed b y a management that a drama isj . neverthelss , to be buoyant ! It is through such a fog of player ' s brain that the intention of the author is to shine clearl y forth . With a certain graceful exception , there never was so much bad acting as in A Hecirt of Gold . Nevertheless—according to the various printed reports—the piece asserted its vitality , though dragged and stabbed , and hit about the head , as only , some players can hit a play , hard and remorselessly . " In a word , against the author ' s protest of misrepresentation , was his play flung , huddled upon the stage ; without a single stage revision allowed on his part . Solicitors have been alluded to , but it should be stated , legal interference , was first employed by the author for his self-security . He would have no written or personal communication with an individual who had violated the confidence of honourable minds by printing "for private circulation onl y" private letters : letters that—had the writer ' s consent been , as is usual in such cases , demanded—might , for him , have been posted in market-places . It was in consequence of this meanness , that tlie author , in subsequent correspondence , employed a solicitor . For , in the writer ' s mind , it requires a very nice casuistry to discover the difference between picking the confidence of a private letter and picking a lock . To be sure , there is this difference in the penalties : in one case we employ a policeman—in the other contempt .
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BIRTHS , MAUUIAGK 8 , AND DEATHS . 3 J 1 UTIIS . GOUQII . -Octobor 13 , ut Ituthronau , iho liuto' of thoHon . ¦ n SrSffi- A " * ! »¦ dlWfflltor . •" H-OGIC —Ootol ) ur JO , . it Barlon-undcr- 'Xocdwood , Stnf-£ ? , i sl f tllc la ( 1 . V of l-Yodorie Brock , iimu , late Cnjitiiln , 2 : > rd lf msiliort ) ( l SOii . I JO ^ KS . —Octolmi'l . t , ut l'antgliw , SAV . . tho \ viroofl > . Joiu . > . s , I ' Md ; M . V ., or PnulBlns ; u aon , tUillborn . CARRIAGES . MACNAMAttiV-HAlUS .-Soiit . as , ¦ Art hur ^ m . 'i . imjurn , tea , of CnO-dingUm Hull , IlcrifordNhlru , k > iho Lmly aopiua j'Jiza Hiiro , third UuiiBhtor of Iho Hurl iiiulUoun-, tc « Hof LiHtow »« l . » iaiUM-AU' : XAJS l ) Elt .-So )) t . 4 , nt Howmh , mmr Calcutta , Robert . lumen , second noii of the Ititflit ; Hun . Sir Ouiiea WiKrain , to Leonora , daughter of Honry Alcxnn n « l i >»\ ljN ( l ., oniownih . i in ! ilt , ~ ai » aO >' .-Oct . Ti , t , l » o Rev . . T . 1 l . lt . Suimior , w > Mllaaboth Anno , youngest dimKhtor of the lute Clmrlos cast " " ' ' ° f luVtJ 1 ' lniloro 1 ' in'k , in tho county of Liui-D 13 ATHS . M AGIJJ ] lr . 1 « H 0 " ! -. Vytlmin , Uorkrt , ¦ W i ^ r ~ a Sf ) Un } ihm 20 > k ' ° l 1 nt LhoUw . tt . loo « "Iho Almn , Sir Vul i 3 Non " s yoi "' F > JiMi ' . i'i <»» i ' . aai-a Royal Woihh inVi . r' nK ° , 1 2 l - Tho «« n «« . soa IJuronot was marrlod « ws » low weoka provloua to his cloparturu for tho Kiist .
STOCKWELL—September 20 , killed in tho battle of the Alma , whilst carrying the colours , George Thomas Dixon Stockwell , Ensign in her Majesty ' s 19 th Regiment , in his 20 thlyeary tho eldest son of the lato Lieut .-Col . Stockwell , ojf ^ tlie East India Company's Service . BllAYBROOKE—On board H . M . S- Vulcan , from wounds received in the battlo of the Alma , while gallantly carryinK the coloiirs of the 95 th , in which ho was serving as a volunteer , Lieutenant and Adjutant AV . L . Braybrooko . Ceylon Rides , second son of Colonel Braybrooke , commanding tho Ceylon Rillo Regiment .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTEIXIGEN CE . Friday Eveuinp , Oetober ' 20 , 1854 . The Funds during thowoek have bc-cn steady , with asliahl ; downward tendency , from tho absoneo of real or speculative business and tho tightness of money . This afternooii , howovur , hns rather improved prices . Tho public is still evidently waiting decisive news of some aurt from tho Crimea , but grent couildoncc is fult in tho ultinmto success of the allied armies , and that Sobastopol must fall before October is out . Railway Shares , havo accompanied the Jb ' unds . iu their rise , but : u'u still Hat , and but little business doing ' . Turldsh Scrip is lower , and will as yet advance but little . It Is not improbable— burring any uiiforseoii rovorso in tho lSost—that Consols may keep to tho present price , or cvon go higher , until Iho January dividends come oil ' . Of courac , any material political orunt , such as a , rupture with Prussia , ornnotlier American Oroy-Town disturbanco , would briiifc in both real and speculative Kellers . But tho tone of the ninrkut is ducidedly honllhy , thonUsurd and rash speculations which provailud onrlicr in tho year having coasud , in most caws with novoro Iohh . By olectric toloRmph this afternoon , prices como linn from 1 'arin . In Mines and othor ftilv nt » u'o » biiMinoss isnoiirly suspoiuleU , Consols closod , at four o'clock : —For account , 14 th Nov ., SMJ , VH- CalodoniaiiH , DDi , 00 ; Eastorn Oountios , 11 i , 115 j Edinburgh and Glasgow , 00 , 57 ; Great Nortlicrn , Hijij , Wi ; Great \ Y () steni , 7 ( li , 71 i Lancnaliiroand Yorkshire , 70 ? , 714 ; London and Brighton , 103 , 100 ; London mid North-woHtorn , lODij . lol ; London and South-West urn , 81 J , s-ij ; Midland , Ctfj , OSS ; North Stiill ' oi'dHhfro , 'li . 4 d | a .: Oxford , WolvorhiUDpton , and WoreoNtur , : 12 , ; J-1 ; Sork unu Nurth Midland , oil , 01 ; lici-wlok , 704 , 7 ( IJ ; Antworp nnd lUjt . tenhun , , '( . (! j , x . In . ; ICiiHtom of , FniiKHi , JWit , IIJIS ; Luxembourg , 4 ^ , ft , x In . ; Nainur uud Llego . 74 , H ; L . vouh , 2 l !{ , a 2 pin .: Ork'iun +, ' ¦ is . )«) , x . nll ; Rou (! ii , ;) 8 , l <) i Wcattsrn of franco , ( H , 7 pm ., x . lui A |? ua Fi'inM , 1 1 ; Hru' / . l l . 'H , iH ! St . -folm dol lt < ty , ^« , 8 O 5 Lliumm , Hi , Hi ; South Auslrivlian , t , J ; 1 ' oninMiiliiH , f \ , 1 ) pni-i Sun Fernando , Idlw . ; AVnllur , S , \\ AnstrahiHlun Bank . 78 , HO x . d . ; Australian Agrlculturnlrt , < 10 , 42 ; Crystal l'ulnco , 2 l ,: 5 lij Oriental JJiiuk , 4 > 2 , -U ; North l ) rltinu Auatrahiaiuu , f | . i ; iScotu -Aunlrullun luvuatrnuut , 1 , H ptu .
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CORN MAR KET . Murk Lano , Friday Evonhig , Oct . 20 . 8 INC 1 ' ) Fridny AV'hral , Ikih advniKiud In value not lo . is tliui ) 9 h , tier ( nuuMrr , « hicli Is ascribed to iho mlNtaUon opinion wliioli prevailed up to ai lato porloil , that our own oroj > would provo uiiiply HiitUoiont to tuipiily our vvtintti . Not only won ) miomL IioIiIim'h iuixIous to roiubo , but ; no 0110 couUl bo L ' ouml boliUjiioughto ontor intociiffiiKomontH for afuturo Niipply of Whoat . from abroad . Indeed , undor tho tnlluonco of tiila opinion , nldcd by a popular clamour , prlcea wuro
forced down so low , that England was the cheapest corn market in . the world , with the exception of the south of Russia . Should the Turks succeed in , getting possession of Bessarabia , it is possible that somo large quantity of wheat may arrivo from the Danube , but several months must elapse before this can occur-Tho season is no \ y too far advanced for the arrivalof any considerable supplies from , the ISaltic ports befoio tho spring ; and the groat rise which has taken place in our markets , has had the usual effect there . Wo cannot now quote 01 to Gli ll > s . Rod wheat under 5 Ss . to 50 s . f . o . b . at Stottm for preson * shipment , or 05 s , to 57 s . for the Spring . Tho jbrench provincial markets continue to advaneo , but though l aris trade is linn it remains stationary . Tlio rain which has fallen both there and hero will , no doubt , emso a greater increase in tho demsiud for Wheat than for Flour , and tho relative valno of tlio two will thus becomo inoro equalised . Barley and Onts are scarce everywhere . There is very httlo of either grain offering from Denmark , and at tho Eriesland and Dutch ports there ' is ao much doni . uid for Oats , that prices during the past week have advanced 1 h . < ld . to 2 s . per quarter , our latest , ynotations from Enulen lieing equal to 27 s . ( id ., for 3 !) to 40 lbs . f . o . b . Cork black are ( iiiotod at IBh ., and Watorfordlls . fl « I . ]) er barrel f . o . b . Borne hulusof 1 ' ronch Boans havo boon at ijtla . to 3 «» . < 5 d . por 48 (» lbs . !' . o . b ., b \» t tho demand for the homo consumption is so grc : it that none arc now offered , for shipment , l'oaa at Ivumiksberg arc 37 h . por quarter , and at Stettin 41 s . to 43 s . f . o . b . Floating Tkapu . —The ( sales aclunlly nindo in London uro thryo cargoes Snidi at ( tl 3 n ., one Bohoira 4 ()» ., oiio hnrd luios COs . ( id ., ami 0110 Ibraila -s . At Liverpool higher prices havo boon paid , and there are buyorn both tlunj and hero for Saidi at- > O , i ., Hehoira . Us , ; lMiirinnopoli would bring 70 s . wore there any cargoes 011 piis . siijjo , which i . s witliln & * . oJ tho very highest price paid Hinco lh « harvest of lHfill . JJeaiiH havo boon hoM as fo . low : —0110 cargo Saidi USa . Od ., 0110 ' Ma ., ono U 7 s . with buyorn now ut 3 Ms .
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BRITK 3 I 1 FUNDS FOR TI 1 H 1 'AST WEEK . ( Ci < oalN < j- l'JticKd . ) t £ >' ut . Mini . Tuos . \ Vt : d . T / mr . Vrid . Bank Stock , fll )» i 210 210 ' U 10 210 « por Cont . Rod I mf , DiSfl i »; 53 » : )| mi aporOtsut . Oon . An . » . "> 11-l . j ( MX IMJ i ) . | , i , ih * OoukoIm I ' ur Account . IMS t ) i , !{ , » . U 1 H ;} \) . \ l < ' . mJ !! i por Conti , An ¦ , 1 Ncw 2 i purOuntH tj . | I " fi'i I LougAiiH . 1 SIM ) . 10-1 ( 1 . ltf 4 . 0-1 ( 1 4 || U 0-1 ( 1 indiaKtock j , I Ditto Bondn ,. £ 1001 ) lop' 10 ' Ditto , undor X 11 ) 00 ! lop 7 jj 10 10 ; lop Kx . JlillH , . 1 : 1000 7 p' 7 ¦ 7 7 p 1 ' -1 Ditto , . € 000 7 p 7 I I 7 Ditto , Wniall ..,, 7 p 4 7 7 -Ji | i l- 'OltKKiJN FUNDS . ( La . bt Oi'inciAi , Quotation dujiimij tiik Wkkk hiuko TnunsnA v livuxiNd . ) IJraailUnn Bondu til ) J itiiNhliui HoiuIh , D | iw UuonoM AyniHdiiorOiitM . n ; i . l . VuiU l . ^ iJ J « l Chilian < l p « ir CwiLn nil 1 HhkhIiui -H J '") ' CiMitn .... » r > DanlHh . i per OontH i MpmiMi !» p . <> 'l . Ntiw l >« f . ib | Kcundwr UoikIh , M ]/ iuil , ili finnmltteotort . Moxluuu ; t por Ucntrt . ... » C , "I Ci / up . not Inn . Mexican , 'J nor Ol . for I \ oiio / . nulu , 'H por ( Jouts . 2 il Ae () Jtolginu 44 por ( JuutM .... U'l l ' ortiiKUemj ' -i'iier ' OiiitM . ... JJuloli 2 i por Cmit » <) U rortuguoao 0 p , Ount . i . ... Dutch ¦ WiurCunt . Ccrtil . UB&
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October 21 , 1854 ] THE LEADER . 1005
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 21, 1854, page 1005, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2061/page/21/
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