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      this THEATRE of LUCY ESCOTT and Mr . HENRY HAIGH . —RE-APPEAR ANCE of Mr . LEIGH MURRAY . —PROFESSOR ANDERSON has much pleasure in being able to announce that he has succeeded in obtaining the services of th <* whole of the available English Operatic Talent forthis Theatre . On Monday next , Feb . 18 th , and on "Wednesday , Feb . 20 th . will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL . Arline . the celebrated American Prima Donna , Lucy Escott ( her first appearance at this theatre ); Thaddeus , the new tenor , Sir . Henry Haigh < his first ap pearance in London ); Devilshoof , Mr . Farqaharson ; the Count Arnheitn . Sir . Durand . On Tuesday , Feb uary 19 , Bellini ' s Opera of LA S 02 JNAMBUI ^ A . Amina Lucy Escott ; Elvino , Mr . Henry Haigh ; Count Rodolpho , Jlr . Durand . Each of these Operas will be produced on the grandest scale the whole of the unlimited resources of this , the first theatre in the metropolis , will be called into requisition for the occasion . The mise en scene will be characteristic of all that has been produced on the boards of Co vent Garden . Conductor , Mr . Lpder . Full Band and Chorus . The opera to be followed , each evening , witii the new Farce , condensed , of WHAT DO YOU WANT ? ( in consequence of numerous inquiries . ) The Wizard , by Professor Anderson ; the other Wizard by Mr . Leigh Murray , who will have the honour of introducing his celebrated facsimiles of 3 Ir- Charles Mathews and Mr . Charles Kean , The performance to conclude , each evening , With the Ballet of L'ECOSSA . IS FRETILLANT , supported by Mr . Flexmore , Mr ; W . Barnes , Mr . Charles Brown , and Miss Emma Home . Mademoiselle Anriol will make her first appearance these eigbt years at this theatre , in the role of Josephine . Private . Boxes , £ 3 3 s ., j £ 2 2 a ; , £ 1 is , and 12 s . ; Grand Balcony , 4 s ., Upper Boxes , 23 ^ 6 d ., Pit and Amphitheatre Stalls , 2 s ., G-allery , Is . Private Boxes and Seats in the Balcony , Stalls , and Upper Boxes may be secured on application at the Box-office of the Theatre , which ia open , under the direction of Mr . 0 * RBILI / Y , daily from 10 to 5 . Doors , open « very evening at Half past Six . Commence at Seven . Second Price at Nine o'Clock .-

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      ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE . — Lessee and Manager , 3 It . ALFRED WIGAN . Monday , and during the -week , will be performed a new Comedietta , entitled STAY" AT HOME , in Which Messrs . GVining , Emery , V : Vining , Miss F . Ternan , Mrs . Stirling , and Miss Bromley will appear . After which the new and doubly - moral , though excessively old . Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza ., ent itled THE DISCREET PRINCESS ; or , THE TB ^ EE GLASS DIS TAFFS , in which Messrs . Emery , F . Kobson , H . Cooper , Mis 3 Marston , and Miss Maskell , will appear . MONDAY , February 25 th , STILL WATERS RUN DEEP , in which Mrs . Alfred Wigan will re-appear .

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      MADAME JENNY CrOLDSCHMIDT-LIND . MORNING CONCERT . HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS , 3 IONDAY NEXT , FEB . 18 . l \ y | "E . MITCHELL respectfully announces that XTJL Mr . and Madame GOLDSCHMIDT'S FIRST MORNING MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT will take place on MONDAY NEXT , Feb . 18 , commencing at Two o ' clock . PROGRAMME . Pabt I . — Overture , ' Jcssonda" — Spohr ; Air , " Ave Maria , " Mr . Swlfc ( Clarionet obligato , Mr . Lazamis ) - Oticrubini ; Scena , " Crude ) , " and Aria , " Non ml dir , " Madame Jenny Ooldschmidt ( Don Giovanni ) — Mozart : Concerto ( D Minor ) , Plutioforte , Mr . Otto Goldsohmidt——Mendelssohn ; Air , "Oh . del mlo doles ardore , " Miss Dolby—Stradella ? Duo , P « r piacer alia Sienora , " Madame Jenny Goldsohmidt and Sign r F . Liblaohe ( It Turco in Italia)—Rossini . Part I £ . —Overture , " Baryantho "—C . M . von Weber ; Air , ' Quando lasclai la Normandia , " Madame Jenny Goldsohmidt ( Roberto )—Meyerbeer i Romnnzn , " Deflorto enlla terra , " Mr . Swift ( II Trovntoro ) -Vor < ll ; Duo , "La Mere Grande , " Madame Jenny Goldsohmidt and Mlsa Dolby-Meyerbeer ; Tarantelie , Plunoforte Solo , Mr . Otto Goldechmidt—Thnlborg ; Songa , " My heart tho . / EoHan harp resomblos" —( Uencdlot ) , and " Invitation to danoe" ( Dnlecarllan Melody ) , Madan \ o Jenny Goldsohmidt : Weddinc March ( Midsummer Night ' a Dream)—M ^ endelssohn . Conductor . M . BENEDICT . D oom open at Ono , to commence nt Twoo ' clook precisely , Keaerved and Numbered Souta . £ 1 la . caoh ; Unreserved beats , 10 s . Cd . The places will bo appropriated acoordlng to tho priority oi application , and no more tickets will bo issued than tuo Koom can conveniently nocominodato . ^ Application for Tickets to bo made nt Mr . Mitoheu / b Royal Llbrury , 03 , Old Bond street .

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      DR . LOCOCK'S PULMOJSrlC WAFEBSE XTRACT of a Letter from Mr . J . Cole , Ohomlet . Aboryut- \ vnh . — "I bcU no muoh of Dr-LooocU ' 8 Puhnotiio Wafuia na nijy Drugglat In W « los , nnd oan bear testimony to tliulr oinonoy . " DR . LOOOOICS 1 'UI . JMONIC WAFEUS give Instant , rouof , nnd a rapid cure of usthnia , oouglia , and all disorder *) of tha bronth nnd lunga . To SINGKKB ( uull'UHLIC SPEAKERS they nre In-I ynluublc , A > r olqarlng and atrcngtlienlng tho voloo . They have n most nloasunt taste Price Id . l id ., 2 < j . 9 d ., « nd l 1 m . per box . Sold by all Ohomla'a .

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      BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS . This preparation is one of the benefits which tho science of modern chemistry has conferred upon mankind ; for , during the first twenty yearn of the present century , to apeak of a cure for tho Gout wna considered a roraunco -but now the efficacy nnd safety of this medicine is so fully demonstrated by unsolicited testimonials from persons in every rank ol' life , that public opinion proclaims this us one of the most important discoveries of tho present ngo . Sold by PROUT nnd HARSAKT , 299 , btrnud , London , < ui < l nil Medloino Venders . Price is . Md . and Qs . Vd , per box .

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      February 16 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 165

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIBTHS . BUBY . —On the 1 st inst , at Kilkenny , the Hon . Mrs . Bury : a daughter . CHAPMAN . —On the 1 st alt , at Deegha , Dinapore , Bengal , the wife of Robert Barclay Chapman , Esq ., Bengal Civil Service : a son . EBR 1 KGTON . —On the iotliinst , at Castle-hill , Viscountess Ebrington : a son . MARRIAGES . DELAFOSSE—DAVEY . —On the 12 th . imst ., at Redruth . the Rev . Augustus Newland Delafosse , M . A ., Oriel Col Iege , Oxford , youngest son of the Rev . D . C . Delafosse . rector of Shere , Surrey , to Catherine , eldest daughter of the hite William Davey , Esq .. of Itedrutli . HAMOND-BUXTON .-Oa the 7 th inst ., at Northrepps , Philip Hamond , Esq ., of Annesley Park , TTotls , to Richenda , daughter of the late Sir T . Fowell Buxton , Bart , of Northrepps Hall , Norfolk . SHOWERS-NIGHTINGALE . —On tlie 9 th inst ., from the house of the Hon . Mrs . Law , at Wargraye Clmrch , Berks , Copt . Charles L . Showers . Uth Kegt . Bengal Army , to Frederica , widow ol the late Manby Nightingale , son of Sir Chas . Nightingale , Bart-, of Kneesworth Hall , Cambridgeshire . DEATHS . FARNHAM .-On the 10 th inst ., at Leamington , Grace , Countess of Farnham , in the 90 th year of her age . HANBURY . —William D . Hanbury . aged 25 . Second Lieutenant of H . M . S . Nerbudda , third son of Osgood Hanbury , Esq ., of Holfield grange . Cogg-eshall , Essex , supposed to have been lost with , the ship and the whole of the crew , in a hurricane off the Cape of Good Hops , Africa , in June , 1855 . HJiNKY . —On Saturday morning , the 9 th inst ., at 2 , Cumberland-terrace , Regenfs-park , the Right Hon . Lady Emily Henry , in her 78 th year . PLUN . KETT .--On the 3 rd ult ., at Jamestown House , near Dublin , after a protracted illness , taken in the West Indies , Anthony Sydney Shawe Plunkett , late Lieut , of the sth Regt . of Foot , youngest son of the late Hon . Matuew and Sydney Plunfcett , of Bellough Castle , county Tipperary , RAY . —On Sunday , evening , the 3 rd instant , on board the ship Josephine Vvillis , in the endeavour to rescue a lady fellow-passenger , Herbert Wilberiorce Ray , aged 21 . WILLIAMS . —On the Uth inat ., at 33 , Milton street , Dorset-square , Mr . John Williams , in the 73 rd year of his age , and in the 60 th year of his official connexion with « ,, ¦? ; ¥ £ L eor S e I 11 - ' * library , now in the British Museum . WILSON . ^ - On tbe 4 t ; h ult ., at 19 , How land-street , Fitzroysquare Miss Charlotte E . Wilson , artist , after many years of great suffering .

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      BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Pbices . ) Sat . Men . Tues . Wed . Thur . Fri . Bank Stock 214 213 3 per Cent . Reduced . 914 , 912 92 i 92 | 92 J 91 $ 3 per Cent . Con . An . gif 919 91 a 9 t | 92 90 t Consols for Account . 9 if 9 IJ 91 i 92 J 92 | 90 | New 3 peiCent-An .. 92 I 921 92 * 93 ? 93 914 New 2 j per Cents ... f Long Ans . 1860 3 j 3 J India Stock 232 . J 225 226 224 Ditto Bonds . £ 1000 7 di 3 3 dis . 3 dis Ditto , under £ 1030 .. 7 dis : * dis Ex . Bills , £ 1000 7 dis . 7 3 is . 3 dis . 7 dis . -1 dis . 1 die Ditto , £ 500 7 dis ! 3 dis . 1 dis Ditto , Small 3 dis . 3 < 3 is 2 dis . > 3 dis . 4 dis

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      Commercial Iffaiw ,

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      MONTBY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . London , Friday Evening , Feb . 16 , 1850 . The announcement from the Treasury which reached the Stook Exchange this morning , as to the prop i 8 cd new loan and funding o ? Kxohequer Bills , caused a fall of nearly two per cent , at onoe in the price of Consols , which was afterwards fully attained . Up to noon yesterday , funds had throughout the week steadily and firmly advanced , quoting at that time ° > l % $ : but , In consequence of heavy silos later m the day . prices deolined , and left off 921 , *• Money has been much in demand , and large amounts are required to «?« i JWments on the shares of the Now Joint-Stock Bunk uni lortttktaffa ; but for tills , earlier in the week prices would have vulcd Higher , much confidence having boon fee ? FnvoHtoa Oonftrenooa , jw » d tho . ' puuHohaving The Foreign retook Market has boen steady , though quiet but the premiums on the Now Bank Shares mvo not held tholp former quotations . The Ottoman Banking Company i ^ fc l ^ \ , . one of tUo » r 8 t evidences ottho Sove . lift ?» . 1 V }' kifll ! o « ' -oo 8 . Yesterday tho settlement of tUS 7 llr , ' - ? [ - «>>«> on Jolnt ^ Stook Bank took place llio Oenoral Screw Steam Shipping Company have announced the purohnso of oJgl . t of tVoh-TnrgeflJ steamcrVby a . i-rcncU Comimny for £ 500 , 000 or more , and a proposed lur Jut purchase by tho sumo Company Is lut . mated of XmnJmK H , mftl , , n VO 88 elB " Tll ° « bovo amount of s ' oSft ^ 'io ^^ &ii ^ ar ^ rotur " raor ° tiiftu iiaif

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      CORN MARKET . , „ MUrk-luno , itYidny , Fob . 15 , 180 G . Mo » rt ! ) . y of Kll ? ll 8 h 1 and Foreign whout and Hour Blnco M < kh \ y hnn continued very moderate and tho demand Is nVL ' ? » d t 9 B 1 \ ^ h'K fmmedlftte want " , but SX !» u if « J » i 8 prin / slnB up Ju th 0 * md 0 - « nd tUo buBlnoBB h . ri u i luno , ' 8 l oior fo ™ ner rntoa Tho arrivnlH of S ? . iL 2 d «? " ? ° ° ? ? " tmin K > aml tUo »» ttor lmvc but 1 ? i L ¦ | tlUlO 0 Ol i , 8 t ™ Por *» ^ oana are still heavy , « ut Uoldors hn \ Q not evinced any disposition to give way , nua porh romnln unaHoredlln value . 8 *'

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      FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , February VI . BANKRUPTS . —William Scheme , Royal Exchangebuilduigs , Cornlull . and elsewhere , merchant—Thomas Evans , St . . lames ' s-street and St . James ' s-place , \ F « stminster , tailor—George Tillet , Cambridge-street , Old St . Pancrasroad , dust contractor—Wileiam Jam&s , Nayland , Suffolk , builder—AVilliam Bowman , Sloane street , Chelsea , tailor — Henjit Basne 3 , Winchester , wine merchant—Moeton Andhew tiDWAKps , Dean-street , Soho , sculptor—David Davis ( known as David P . Davis ) , Merthyr Tydfil , shopkeeper—Kicuabd Minifie , Honiton , baker-.-Chajiles Phiu . ip 3 Ednby and Ai-tBED Rains , Liverpool , druggists . Friday , February 15 . BANKRUPTS . —George We 3 Tbuu * Haix , Bush-lane , City , merchant—raoiias Johnson , Kensington Gravel-pits , victuallur-Alfred Williams and WilliamIIajob Holland ! Duncan-street , Leman-street , Whitecliapel , wholesale crocers— " \> iLLtAM Bell Roqebson , lted Cross-square Cribnlegate , mourning hat-band manufacturer—Gjsoboe FaBDEaW Cobiiam , Milton-next-Gravesond , carpenter—Phimp Davies Aberkenfig , Glamorganshire , grocer—Cuabies Hwmphbis ' . Fenny Compton , Warwickshire , victualler—Thomas Bba-Micn . llurborne , Staffordshire , com dealer—Albxandea , PiNKicr . it , Lydney , Grlouceater , draper—William Goulstone , Hedminster and Bristol , auctioneer—John Wood and Wainman Wood , Millbridge , Yorkshire , machine makers—IIenuv JIeueditu Jone 8 , Liverpool , merchant , outfitter , and dealer in tents .

      T^ Heatre Royal, Covent Gar D En . — Jl English Opera.—First Appearance At

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 16, 1856, page 165, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2128/page/21/