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audience was . almost absorbed in gazing at the manifold marvels and beauties of the Hall ; it was rather a feast of sight than of sound : the harmonious symmetry of the structure , the rich and various melody of the ornamentation , the bold and brilliant span of arch , the airy sweep of gallery , the bloom of colour and the perfect grace of form held the audience entranced ! and the star-shaped burners , shedding a pure and equal radiance , without glare , or heat , or heaviness , and lending height and distance to the variegated roof , were a wonder and delight . We plead guilty to the same distractions ^ and we have only space to add that the Concert was conducted by Mr . Benedict with great efficacy and with uncommon zeal , and that the orchestra , ineluding many of the most eminent instrumentalists , and the well-trained choral force of the Vocal Association , exerted themselves to the utmost to bring out the rare qualities of the Music HalL Madame Kodbrsdorf and Miss Dolby , Mr . Santley and Mr . Montebi Smith were distinguished among the singers on this occasion . Mendelssohn ' s Lobgesang occupied the first part of the performance ; but the second part , whicli included Handel ' s Coronation Anthem , Marcello's noble ' I Cieli immensi narrano , Mozart ' s divinely beautiful « Ave Verum , ' Cuercbini ' s Benedictus for three voices , and Beethoven's Hallelujah chorus , was by far the most interesting and effective . The Prince Consort remained to the close , and on his departure from the Hall a loud and general cheer was raised for Owen Jones , who was enthusiastically welcomed as he was seen to pass across the orchestral platform ~ The w hole audience seemed to partake in his triumph and to feel that the occasion permitted them to testify their public admiration for a man who to all the other attributes of true genius unites the rarest and the noblest;—modesty and simplicity , The second concert ( miscellaneous ) takes place this evening , and the programme is infinitely more inviting than that of the first . To the opportunity of seeing the new Hall and of hearing excellent music is added the satisfaction of doing good , for these Inauguration Concerts are for the benefit of one of the most useful and deserving charitable institutions in London—the Middlesex Hospital . This hospital was founded in 1745 , and ten years ago was considerably enlarged to provide for the pressing : wants of the adjacent populous districts . At present the institution stands in urgent need of subscriptions to prevent the necessity of closing some of the wards . It deserves to be recorded that this is the only hospital in which the most terrible of all maladies , cancer , is permanently treated . The directors of St . James's Hall deserve well of the public lor having inaugurated their beautiful building with an act of charity .
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Baron Brunow , on landing at Dover last Saturday morning , was received by the Corporation , who presented to him a very flattering address , to which the Ambassador replied with much emotion and in very cordial language . The Baron , when here before , was very much liked , and exhibited a great partiality for this country . The Vacant Canonry of Canterbury . — This vacant Canonry has been bestowed by Lord Derby on the Rev . W . G . Cheshyre , M . A ., Hector of St . Martin ' s with St . Paul's , Canterbury . A Voluntary Church-Ratb . —The churchwardens of Gillingham , an extensive parish adjoining Chatham , having determined not to endeavour to obtain another church-rate , proposed to raise a fund for the support of the Church by a voluntary donation . Miss Nightingale . —A deputation from the working men of Sheffield , who were connected with the movement in that town for a monument in commemoration of the Crimean war , waited on Miss Nightingale in London , on Thursday week , and presented her with a case of cutlery , with an appropriate inscription .
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FltOM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , March 23 . BANKRUPTS .- Edward Polb , Beading . Berkshire tea dealer and grocer—Thomas Tavlob , Halilax , carlhonwaro dealer-, ) OHtf Poyntbb , Guisbrougn , Yorkshire . Brucor-JonN Foitom , Barking , Essex , sail maker—ThomabI ' iupm Thomas , Crown-court , Threadiicedle-strect , aucUouour--Wiiaxam Rowell , Newton Uushell , Devonshire , sn < UU « r -Uichakd Wblls , Blackburn . Lancashire , tea doner-Tuomas John Kowb , Liverpool , merchant — Uiciiaub Wullon , Wolvorhamptou , builder . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIOWS .-J . WilspN , K ^"' tinsmith—Mrs . K . JDAVin . Forres . l « nkcopor—J . Ahubksom , Aberdeen , farmer— BLAKBY . UohOBtt , and Co ., J *» ' «^ flax Buiunors-SUTJIEULAND and Co .. Caithness , merchant * —J . KoiiEim and Son , Galashleki , manufacturers-- ^ . Gunning . Urconock , sollcltor ~ l > . Watt , GIwpow . K' ° f or , J . Bkown . jftrtlwbire . cattle dcalor-W . M'JIwam , BImj « - ford . wrigut-Hov . J . O'Connob , Invorary . Ahordeoiial > t > o , Koinan Catholic clergyman . Friday , March 20 . BANKRUPTS—Thomas Watts , Tottenham , & ™\ S -Thomas Wiilomat Hunt HiRh-strcot . WlHodl > c . grocer—Kdwarp Lewis and Joskph Lewis , H K - . " £ Marvlobonc , grocers-John JUalbs and JBbwjamin Walks . GVorgc-atreot , W « . tmlnstor . builders- William 0 ov «««* OakmicI CiiAiiLKB Hastings Snow , Blandford I'oi ' ¦ ; ° sotshlro , bankora-SAMUKi . Visubu , Stamford , voturinary uurgoon-Wiiliam Shoi . bwielI ) Ubookk , <> ' "' X Almondbury , Yorkshire , woollen n >« ro » ttl »' rJ ^/ J ^ OwjBHS . and James Joneb , Wroxham , loalhor <» uiilo » ' John alfd % fLnW ^ manufacturers- , ) amkb Wilson , Liverpool , " hip o ' » ' *» w -JosKiMt Oubhn , KorridKo . Clumtor , atono •»< ireIm t David Walxkr Jbnkinb , BodKloy , BlnllonlHhlro . ion founder-MHHUY Muadiiuuy . Tuimtall . btnlloidslilro . iw chor-JoHN 11 OLMB 8 , Jdlliuid , Yorkshire , ^ 'VV / mS , turor — GliouctK Savaoh and John Lbeb . MuuhIwm bloaohora—Ouou . au Cla . uk , JUolboach , builder . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — Charlks AupsrsY GlftNgow , moroliuut — llonuuT JIIuiNi > wnsoN , BUlimUM "' KinrobBhlro , maniifaoturor .
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FOREIGN FUNDS . Last Official Quotation ditbing the Wbbkendiko Thursday Evening . ) Brazilian Bonds 104 Portuguese 4 perCents . . „ Buenos AyresG p . Cents 78 Russian Bonds , 5 per Chilian 6 perConts 100 * Cents HO Chilian 3 per Cents ... Russian 44 per Cents ..., 1004 Dutch 24 per Cents 60 Spanish ** i Dutch 4 per Cent . Certf . ... Spanish CommitteeCer-Equador Bonds 145 of Coup , not fun H Mexican Account 20 Turkish 6 per Cents 10 f Peruvian 44 porCents .... 81 g Turkish New , 4 ditto .... 1 ( H Portuguese 3 per Coiits . 45 f Venezuela- ** per Ctsntt
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BRITISH FUNDS FOR THI'i PAST WEJGK . ( Globing Prices . ) Sat . M 011 . 'Vues . Wed . Thur . FtHd . Bank Rtook ....,,....., ' 3 Wr ~ OoTTt : 'Re ( ir : lt ' . t " 7 . 7 . 77 "•' ¦¦ ' :::. " ¦¦¦;¦; ¦ : ;• . - . - - : - ; : ¦ ¦ ¦ ; - ¦¦ -rrrr ^ r -ttttt . — 3 poi'Oont . Coii . An . OOj 005 » 74 07 071 97 k Consols for Account 00 J 07 . 07 * 07 * Wi 074 Now ! J nor Con t . An New 2 * por Gouts Long Auh . 1800 India Stock 220 220 220 Ditto Bonds . £ 1000 ! M p ' 14 , p 25 p Ditto , under 4 J 10 O 0 28 p 8 * p 27 p J 3 x . BlllH , JC 1000 imp » 0 |> 40 P «» l > « 0 P Ditto . jeooo hop ssn imp : » op 30 p so p Ditto . Small M p Blip tin n 41 p »» p *
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CORN MARKET . Mark-laue , Friday , March 2 a WnBAT has advanced 2 s . por quarter in London , and barley and oats have also slightly Inoronsud In value . The sales reported aro—a cnrKoe of Odessa nini / . e , 3 Ss . 1 ono or Unzngan . 34 s . 3 d . per 480 lbs . ( 0110 or Soldi , on pnusaKO , 31 s . ; 0110 or Ibrail barley , arrived , 22 s . 3 d . The French markets aro all a lltllo cheaper .
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» . London , Friday Rvoninp , March 20 . TUB Indian loam la at last doolarod , bun tho tondora are to be sent In by April 1 st . Tho appointment of tho Duko of
Malakhoff instead of M . do Persigny lias given French funds a . fillip , as well as supporting our own . The reserve of bullion now in the Bank eoffers is prodigious , yet the authorities do not think it right to lower tho rate of discount , and thereby compete with joint-stock and private estubhsh'" Fore ' iKn stocks have been well supported throughout the week . Peruvian and Buenos Ayreaii have been bought . Turkish Six per Cents , remain without ohaiigo . Grand Trunk of Canada shares do not improve . Great Western or Canada have recommended a dividend of 54 per cent , per annum , and are slightly firmer in consequence . Eastern Counties have improved- All heavy shares are worse ; tho falling off in the traffic is so serious as . to warrant a belief that shares will fall even more . Caledonians have been sold largely by the Glasgow and Edinburgh brokers to realise profit , and they have been from four to flvo per cent , worse . The prico of Consols is improved i per cent ., and still the public conliniio to invest . „ ,, „ •! . 1 Blackburn , 9 * 101 Caledonian . 874 , 88 * x . d . ; Chester and Holylicad . S 7 . 3 U ; Eastern Counties . 68 , 6 'i : V ! i « a fXV ' 103 , 105 : Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ) , 08 , 100 ; Great Western . 584 , 50 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire . J 69 * ; London and Blackwall . 6 , 6 J ; London . Hrighton , and South Coast , 105 , 107 ; London and North-. Western . 85 i , 95 J ; London ai » d South - Western . 02 , 03 ; Midlnnd , Otfi , 96 $ ; North-Eastern ( Berwick ) , 014 , 924 ; South-Kastern , ( Dover ) , 00 . 70 j Antwerp and Rotterdam , 6 J . 6 J ; Dutch Rhenish , 4 , 34 , dls . ; Kastorn of l'Vauco ( Paris niid btrasbourg ) . 27 , 274 ; Groat Central of Franco . —— : < j-rent Luxoinbourer , 8 J , Si ; Northern of Franco , 384 . 381 i Paris and Lyons , 3 S . i * 34 ; Royal Dullish , 10 , 18 s Royal Swedish i , ft ; Sambreand Mouse , 8 . 8 i .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . FOREMAN . —On tho 12 th inst ., at Ambcrley , Sussex , tho wife of tho B / iv . Edward Foreman z of n daughter . PASKE . —On tho 4 th inst ., in Jmblin . tho wife of Charles T . Park © , Ksq ., of Jaunporo , Bast Indies s of a daughter . W ' - ' MARRIAGES . CLERK—BUCHANAN .-On tho 1 st of Dec , at Auckland , Alexander , youngest son of tho Rlffht Hon . Sir Goprpo Olork , Bart ., of Ponlculk , to Edith , third daughter of Dr . SMITH—WILLS ,-On July 19 . 1857 . at the Church of tho Holy Trinity , ab Gosport , Charles Hodgkinson Smith . Brovot-Mojor Royal Artillery , to Sarah Ann ,. daughter of John Wills , Esq ., of Exotor . Dpvon . LLOVD . —On tho 7 th inat ,. at Versailles , Edward Lascolles Lloyd , Esq .. formerly of Upper Brook- ^ trpet , Qroavouorsquarc , in Ills 50 th year . , , —8 HULD HA : Mt-Gii-tho-13 th-Feh . » -1858 ,, at , A « ra oLrh « U 3 matlo fovor ,. iiarcd 22 , Llout . John Henry Bhuldhom . of tho Bongal Artillory , oldest son of Oolong ! T . H . Shuld . ham . ol U \ o H . liI , I . dS ., ou tho Bengal establishment .
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EXECDTANTS . Violins .... M . Sainton and Herr Goffrie . Viola . . . . Mr . Henry Blagrove . Violoncello . . . . . Signor Piatti . Pianist . . . . . Herr Pauer . Vocal Union— -Mhv John Foster , Mr . "Wilbye Cooper , Mr . Montem Smitli lfP Winn , and Mr . Thomas . ' ' Mr . Ella may fairly be congratulated on the unsurpassed qualities of St . James ' s Hall for the perfect performance of the finest chamber music . We look forward to the concerts of the Musical Union as one of the rarest luxuries of the coming season . What a noble sanctuary has Owen Jones furnished for Beethoven , Haydn , and Mozart !
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The new Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden , is at length advertised to open for the season on the 15 th of May . We stood within the enceinte of the new theatre a few days since , and our surprise was almost equally divided between the magnitude of the work already accomplished in a few months , and the magnitude of the work still remaining to be accomplished in a few weeks . Were the word impossible' to be found in the language of British enterprisej we might shake our heads at the announcement of the opening on the 15 th of May : but our remembrance of the former theatre as it appeared an hour before its opening as the Roval Italian Opera , and our impression of the St . James ' s Hall as it appeared last Wednesday night , is too vivid to permit us a moment ' s doubt that on the evening of the 15 th of May , Mr . Costa ' s baton will once more wave over a creation which at the present moment is painfully struggling out of chaos . Only the practised eye can grasp the order and uniformity of the operations which day by day and hour by hour are transforming masses of brick and iron and stone into a splendid Opera House . In one part of the building , at the back of the stage , up among the ' flies , ' a vast scenic < painting-room is in construction : at the other extremity of the house , the stone lobbies are being fixed . Here is the skeleton of a proscenium ; there the iron frames of the boxes are being dropped ( excuse the word ) tier by tier . Signor Monti ( whose beautiful groups of angels at the St . James's Hall would be infinitely more admired but for the colouring , whicli gives them an unpleasant waxy lumpiness of look ) is taking in the scene with an artist's prophetic vision ; Mr . A . Harris is already marshalling his supernumeraries and giving ' local colour' to the marketplace at Naples . Is the new house larger than the old one ? everybody asks . Almost imperceptibly . Is the accommodation for the audience to be on the old aristocratic exclusive principle , or is it to * go in for' the musical million ? Very little change in this respect appears to be in contemplation—we find a larger space devoted to the grand tier ; let us hope that the pit will be sufficient to provide seats for all who pay ( not to speak of the sterner critics who don't ) , and that the enthusiasts in the gallery may not be lost in the blaze of glory of the central chandelier . By the way , why have a chandelier at all , hot , heavy , cumbrous , and awkward . Why not star-shaped burners as in St . Jajies ' s Shall we hear well , r nd breathe freely in the new theatre ? L . et us hope that Mr . Barry has studi d the works of the eminent Italian architect whose name we forget , but who , * e believe , has theorized voluminously on ventilation and acoustics , and has been tolerably successful in realizing his theories in the principal theatres of Italy . On the whole , the new Italian Opera House promises well , and we heartily wish it a full share of success .
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THE MUSICAL UNION . Mb . Ella brought his sixth season of soire ' es to a close on Tuesday evening at the HanovkbtSo . tiare Rooms with a programme of rich and varied excellence , to which a select group of executants vied with each other in doing justice . The following was the selection : — Quartet , B flat , 3-4 Mozart . Sonata , Pianoforte , A flat . Op . 39 ... Weber . Glee , 4 voices , ' Return Blest Day * . . . S . Smith . Grand Duo , E . min . Op . 13 . . . - Spohr . For Yiolin and Viola . Quartet , B flat , No . 6 Beethoven . Glee , 5 voices , ' Come , Bounteous May' . . . Spoffbrth . Duet , Pianoforte and Violoncello .... Mendelssohn . Glee . 5 voices , ' O the Sweet Contentment' . . . Horsley .
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308 THE LEADEE , [ JSTo . jlg »_ MARCH ^ 27 , 1858 .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 27, 1858, page 308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2236/page/20/
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