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      rapiers a gentleman whom she has just married according to Scottish fashion-The piece turns upon the entrapping of this gentleman , a cavalier of the time of the Commonwealth , into an unexpected marriage with the lady ( a young widow ) , who is herself equally inveigled by a third party ; but fighting speedily leads up to love , and the wounds which the cavalier has received from the fair hands of his opponent are healed by the smiles and tenderness of the charming 1 victor vanquished . ' At the City of London Theatre , Mr . and Miss "V andenhoff have been performing high class tragedy . Mr . Vandenhoff , long familiar with the London stage , is here seen on the extreme verge of dramatic civilization , acting in high classic style in the severest of classic dramas ( Talfourd's Ton ) , and winning attention and interest from the sometime worshippers of the melodramatic . This success , no doubt , is not a little Aided by the acting of Miss Va . ni > enhof : f ^ ¦ B ^ p * fc-J M ^ BA ^ r ^^^^ ^»^* y m « ^ t ^ ^^ ^^ w *»^ 9 «»^* V a m ^ v ^ v ^ ^ m v ¦** * r « v « » - ¦ ^^ ~\ w Jk ^_ y V M ^ »^ V 4 ^^ w 'kh ^^ ^ ^ b > J ^ m ^ u T jj ^ j ^^ ^^ M f Am * * » , ^ ^^

      the only merit does not lie in the diction , and the words serve tc « convey some really interesting story . " Jullien—and the fogs—have arrived . Not that we mean to identify , in anything more than contemporaneousness , the harmonious Frenchman and our dull November visitors , those drooping mists that steam up from the Essex marshes and the muddy river ; but it ^ so happens that we generally have to make our way to the Promenade Concerts through an atmosphere damaging alike to the stiffness of shirt collars and the curling of mustachios , and at petty warfare with lungs and throat . "Wednesday , however , was a fine , though cold , night for M . Jdliien ' s first appearance at Her Majesty ' s Theatre—for it is in that classical and aristocratic locality that we are this year to enjoy our musical peregrinations . In this favourite resort of fashion did the large crowd , which , on Wednesday evening filled every available place , behold the well-known Mton , hear of the familiar ai and the old

      —a lady who unites grace , dignity , and passion , and who has the power of being classical without being frigid—as if an ancient Greek statue should "be made to pulse with living blood and veritable human emotion . The Times critic appends some interesting remarks on the new development of East-end dramatic tastes . He writes : — " Xet us add that the tragedy lias been followed by one of those old-school melodramas on the subject of murder and of wrong accusation which , a Londoner of the West-end would declare to be just the thing for his eastern brethren , and that the interest awakened by this humble production has been less than that created by Ion . Familiarized as he is with all the ordinary expedients for producing dramatic effect , and taught to regard long-established motives and sentiments from an ironical point of view , it is the western man who easily grows impatient while witnessing a dramatic representation , and who considers the word ' slow' the most damnatory of predicates . In the east , the poetical drama is a comparatively fresh phenomenon , and , as its theme is usually one of generally human importance , — -or , as the Germans say , dllffetnein-menschlich— it has all the capabilities of awakening sympathy , provided

      many rs , get up ' rows' for the delight of inextinguishable ' gentdom . ' We have not the space to particularize all the performances or performers ; but we must find room to note that Miss Catherine Hayes apappeared for the first time after several years of travel , and was' received with a degree of enthusiasm which nearly destroyed her self-command . She sang several ballads and cavatinas , and was loudly and repeatedly applauded . —Between the first and second parts , " God save the Queen" and ¦« ' Partant pour la Syrie" were sung ; and here -we must interpose an objection . Why are we to be for ever pelted with the latter air ? There was some reason to be alleged for it during the war ; but there is now absolutely none . It is not the national air of Fran ce in any genuine " sense , for it is only recognized by one section of Frenchmen . The French military and quadrille bands are not always thundering "God save the Queen" into the ears of the auditors ; they do not even play "Partant" so often as we do , though it is the chosen air of the existing Government . Surely , then , it is time for us to give up what is nothing better than a clap-trap—especially after the recent insult passed upon the English press by ' the Imperial Moniteur .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . COLE . —On the 1 st inst-, at Bognor , Sussex , the wife of O . J . D . Colo , Esq ., H . E . I . C . S ., H . M . ' s Vice-Consul at Jodda : a son . MONCRIEFFE . — On the 3 rd inst ., at Moncrieffo House , Perthshire , tlio Lady Louisa Moncrieffo : a son . MARRIA&ES . BAILEY—WARD . —On the 25 th of September , at St . Peter ' s Church , Colombo , John Bailoy , 3 Ssq ., Assistant Govornmont Agent of Badulla , to Kathorino Cecilia Elizaboth , daughter of his Excellency Sir H . G . Ward , K . Q . C . M . G ., Governor of the Island of Ceylon . GROOM—REID . —On Tuesday , tho 23 rd of September , at St . George ' s Cathedral , by tho Right Rov . tho Bishop of Madras , William Tato Groom , Esq ., 1 st Madras Fusiliers , to Helen Maria Isabella , eldest daughter of Liout .-Colonol P . A . Reid , C . B ., Quartormastor-Goneral of tho Army .

      DEATHS . COLERIDGE . -On Sunday , tho 2 nd inst , at Eton , Georgina , tho wife of Charles Edward Coleridge , Esq ., barrister-at-Iawyaged 2 l . JERVIS . —On tho 1 st inst ., suddenly , at his residence , 47 , Eaton-square , tho Right lion , tho Lord Chief Justico Jorvis .

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      CORN MARKET . Mark-lane , Friday , November 7 , 185 ( 5 . TirE supplies of English and Foreign Wheat continue very moderate . The demand on the spot has been languid , and only the best qualities of English are taken at former rates . Foreign is not pressed for sale , and prices remain unaltered . The arrivals at ports of call have not been numerous ; tho sales made are as follows : — Taganrog Ghirka , 65 s . Hard Taganrog , 64 s . and 65 s . Polish Odessa , with slight warmth , ( jOs . Galatz , very imperfect report , 40 s . Several cargoes of Saidi , both arrived and on passage , have been sold at 51 s . for tho Continent . Maizo is still in demand at full prices —Galatz arrived has beou sold at 80 s . and 87 s ; Odessa , 35 u . 6 d ; Ibrail , with imperfect report , 34 s ., all cost , freight , and insurance . Barley , except tho linest qualities , meets with less inquiry , and Oats sell slowly at prices hardly equal to those of Monday .

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      BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Piuoks . ) Sat . JFon . Tties . Wed . Tliur . Frid . Bank Stock 212 i 214 214 214 2 M 5 3 per Cent . Red 92 92 i 02 i 01 } Oil 3 per Cent . Con . An . 93 & Q ' i 034 03 U 2 J Consols for Account 9 ! ii 92 £ 031 031 034 Now 3 per Cent . An . W 92 j 924 Dig 92 } » 2 | Now 24 per Conta ... & Long Ans . 1860 g « India Stock < 3 2-291 Ditto Bonds , . £ 1000 4 p 4 p 8 p Ditto , under ^ £ 1000 lp 4 p 4 p Ex . Bills , -fflOOO 8 p 3 p 2 p 2 d Ditto , £ 300 5 p ; .... 2 d 2 p Ditto , Small Sp 0 p lp 2 d 2 p

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      November 8 , 1856 . ] THE IjEA . DBII . 1077

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      READING TOR ARTIZANS . ( From the Times . ') Thb Bishop of Manchester , at the recent opening of the Preston Lyceum , congratulated the meeting on . the fact that "in one -week the number of books issued from the free library amounted to 1750 volumes , and from the lending library to 1950 . " Very satisfactory indeed ; but his Lordship had a little drawback to make from this announcement . " What were th « books selected and circulated ? " He thought it only honest to meet that question , though it involved a slight confession , which he proceeded to make with rather a blushing , hesitating candour . " I am willing to admit , nay , more ,

      I am prepared to expect ; nay , more" —his Lordship becomes bolder as he approaches the point of announcement- — "lam to a certain degree glad to see , because it is a natural , and therefore a healthy system , that the class of general literature is that to which the greatest recourse is had . " It is easy to see ^ what " general literature , " as distinguished from " history , " biography , science , and theology , " means ; but his Lordship would not use so light a word as the real one ; Let all novelreaders know that they are students of " general

      literature '—that is their designation , and let them thank the Bishop of Manchester for it . But the confession advances in accuracy as it proceeds , and the Bishop actually alludes to " works of fiction . " So then the secret is out , that the operatives of Preston like novels a good deal better than "history , biography , theology , and science . " And , now that the fact is confessed , his Lordahip puts a good face upon it , and says , " Let them read works of fiction , so that they be good works of fiction . " He " would not withhold from them the glowing descriptions of Eadcliffe , " &c .

      There is nothing more absurd than the idea current in the middle and upper classes as to the use of reading to the lower classes , and the sort of books they are to read . A great number will be shocked , or at any rate look grave and judicial , on being told that the lower classes read novels ; they think that persons of this class ought always to read serious , instructive books , and that they are misapplying their education when they do not . But how do the middle and upper classes themselves employ

      and apply their education ? How much of their time do they spend in reading grave and instructive books ? It is notorious—and the morca man sees of society the more he is convinced of it—how very little serious or regtuar , or what is called ' hard' reading , there is in the world . We except , of course , official persons , who are obliged by their office to read returns , reports , &c . In society generally , what is called hard reading is almost wholly left off in the case of women at the age of

      seventeen , and in the case of men at tho ago of twenty-one , after which they would no more think of going through any difficult course of reading on any subject than of going to school again . To do so would be a subversion of the whole existing order of things im their idea . Take nny theological party—what an amount of unconscious imposture do they practise on tho world at largo ! You would suppose from the words they throw about that they know somothing of what they were talking of . But just try them with one or two questions , and you find that 999

      out of 1000 have not oven acquired tho most preliminary acquaintance with tho subject . They havo Plenty of zeal ; but , as for its being " according to knowledge , " that is juat exactly what it is not . What non-8 ® nse » then , to expect that ladies and gentlemen , with all the day to themselves , are to rend novels , and that fati gued artizana , who havo only an hour at night to themselves , nro to study philosophy ! Aro the poorer classes to do all tho work , bodily and intollectuul too ? Aro they to think for tho rich , as woll as work for thorn . ?

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      FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , November 4 . ¦ BANKRUPTS— JamesWaiiisg Knights , Quay-street , Ipswich , corn , coal , and seed merchant and auctioneer—William James White , 135 , Vauxhall-walk and Putney late of Praed-street , Paddington , and Goswell-street , Middlesex , baker—Joseph James Reynolds , 21 , Threadneedlestreet , City , mining and share broker—John Vickeks , 14 , Eldon-road , Victoria-road , Kensington , 4 , Cross-lane , St . Mary-at-lrill , Lower Thames-street , City , and 93 , Highstrefit , Southwark , wine and spirit merchant—Samuel Bone , the elder , Dagenham , Essex , beer-shop keeper—Fkancis Seaward , 2 , Abchurch-yard , Abchurch-lane , City , licensed carman and carrier—Robert Jukes Stireop ,

      Ironbridge , Salop , currier—John Doughxt , Castle Dounirigton , Leicester , builder and auctioneer — Stephen Gheaves , Eccleshill , York , cloth manufacturer—Samuel Biggin . Henkt Biggin , and PAtrr Smith , SheflReld , saw manufacturers—Samuel Biggin , the younger , Sheffield , saw manufacturer - Charles Hammond Thompson , Conisbrough , York , common brewer—Hea . ton Weight , Burnley , Lancaster , timber dealer and sawyer—David Imrie , Belfast and Manchester , manufacturer , merchant , and shipper . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS D . Waikee and Son , 56 , South Bridge-street , Edinburgh , auctioneers and appraisers—Malcolm M'Geegok , Milton of Drimtnie , Perth , farmer , grazier , and cattle dealer ^—John Caundufb , Edinburgh , tailor and clothier .

      Friday , November 7 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . — John Gregory , Manchester , accountant and general agent . BANKRUPTS . —Louis Castriqiue , Phil pot-lane , City , merchant—Edward Joirsr Hodder , Birmingham , grocer —TnoMAS BiirNtiLET , TJttoxeter , Staffordshire , grocer—Mokris Barnett , Rainsgato , jeweller—Thomas Thomas , Manchester , milliner—William Turner , Finsbury-strcet , builder—Levi Pearson , Rochdale , grocer—Thomas Conway , Mold , Flintshire , corn dealer—William Dixlon and George Middleton , Morley , York , dyers — James Walker , Arundel , scrivener—James Steverson , Wandsworth , brewer—Emery Walker , JBlomfield-streot , Harrowroad , Middlesex , coach builder — Charles Wilkins and William Wixkinb , Chipping Lambourn , Berkshire , builders—William John Pupper , Coventry , printer — James Woop , Wolverhainpton , grocer—David Buckler , Birmingham , builder—JosEPn Suckling , yr ., Birmingham , provision dealer . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — Francis Gustavus Paulus Neison , Loitli , merchant—Thomas Boyd , Perth , glazier—William Bowie , Falkirk , merchant .

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      » London , Friday Bvoning , Novombor 7 , 1850 . The Consols' monthly settling has taken placo , and tho demand for stock has boon considerable . Tho public continue to invest , but tho protracted moutinga of tho Bank Directors , tho non-arrival of tho James Balnes , and tho probablo rccommoncomont of tho oxport of bullion , tend to kcop things flat . There are undefined hints and rumours about tho City of certain firms and houses being in dillicultioa , but as yet no names aro mentioned . Tho article in tho Constitutionnel , which has boon greedily caught up by tho Bolgiau and Contirientml Kussiau organn , is supposed to represent tlto sootion of Louis Napoleon ' s ministry that has boon acting for Itussia , and the arrival of Porsigny at

      Compiegiie , it is thougM by many people , will alter the tone of the Ministerial journals . The accounts from Paris continue very uncomfortable as regards scarcity of money , dearness of provisions , and house rent , and there are people who havo been residing in Paris who assert that the army is jealous of the Imperial Guard , &c The Italian question must come to an issue sooner or later . Thus , there are breakers enough ahead to make everybody cautious and anxious for the coming winter . Foreign stocks are very little inquired after . Turkish Six per cents , are about 90 , and have fluctuated but little during the week . The Four per Cent , guaranteed have been rather more in demand . Itailway shares have been firmly supported , and a considerable advance in price has taken pla . ee in the leading lines .

      Foreign lines are also rather better , particularly the Belgian , and Dutch Rhenish shares . Ceylons remain steady at 1 premium , and the Indian lines without change . Great Western of Canada have experienced a remarkable rise , having been done at 25 S , 25 i ; they are now 1 Z . per share flatter / a reaction having taken place . Joiut-stock Banks , but little doing in them ; Bank of J % ypts , a trifle better ; National Discount , and London Discouut Companys are firm . The shares of the once farfamed Australian Agricultural Company have moved a little this week—3 L per share—owing perhaps to a rich , discovery of gold in the vicinity of their estates . Peel Rivers liave also sympathized with this upward movement . Mining- shares are dull , both British and Foreign . At four o ' clock Consols close 925 , 93 i : Turkish Pour per Cent . S ( H , 901 .

      Aberdeen , — , —; Caledonian , 56 , 56 }; Chester and Holyhead , 35 , 37 ; Eastern Counties , 9 , -9 . J ; Great Northern , 92 i , 93 i ; Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ) , 115 , 117 ; Great Western , 64 J , 654 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 93 f , 911 ; London and Blackwall , 6 | , 7 ; London , Brighton , and South Coast , 106 , 103 ; Loudon and North-Western , 102 f , 103 J ; London and South-Western , 104 } , 105 }; Midland , 78 J , 7 S 5 ; North - Eastern ( Berwick ) , 80 , 81 ; South - Eastern ( Dover ) , € 9 } , 70 }; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 6 £ , 7 ; Dutch llhenish , 14 , 1 | pm . ; Eastern of France ( Paris and Strasbourg ) , 32 i , 33 ; Great Central of France , 3 i , Sf pm . ; Great Luxembourg , 4 i , 5 ; Northern of Franco , & 6 £ , 37 ; Paris and Lyons , 49 } , 50 ; Royal Danish , x in ; Royal Swedish , Si 1 ^ ; Saxabre and Meuso . lOi . 10 J .

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      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during this AVeek bndino Fuidav Evening . ) Brazilian Bonds 100 Portuguese ! por Cents . ... Ruonos Ayroa 0 p . Cents ... Russian BonUs , 5 per Chilinu fi per Contn Cents . Chilian a per Cents Russian 4 } per Cents .... 06 Dutch 24 per Conts 04 } Spanish 414 Dutch 4 por Cent . Cortf . 95 J Spanish Committee Uor . Eqnador Bonds of Coup , not fun 5 J Mexicau Account ... Turkish 0 por Oonts 90 j Peruvian 4 J porConts .... 771 Turkish New , < t ditto ... 101 PortuKuoso 3 por Oonts . 43 i Vonozuola 4 i per Oonts . ...

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1856, page 1077, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2166/page/21/