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      Magnetic Evenings At Home. Letter V.—To ...

      -. jy g ___— has some influence over me , in that position , close to the chair , which I cannot explain—an influence which made me-think of somebody , and see somebody whom he is often accustomed to think of . I can't tell vou anything more about it > except that I saw Miss S because her brother influenced me , sitting where he now sits /' Is this answer a confirmation of the opinion I have ventured to express at the beginning of my letter ? or does it only add one more mystery to the other ° unfathbmable mysteries of clairvoyance ? W . W . G . ( To be continued . ' )

      March 6, 1852] The Leader. 233

      March 6 , 1852 ] THE LEADER . 233

      Work, Not Wait. " Wait A Little Longer."...

      WORK , NOT WAIT . " Wait a little longer . "—Street Song . Full long the promise has gone forth , Of better times and brighter days , "When honour shall attend on worth , And meet reward on honest ways . The Peoples have been told to wait Until this golden age appears . To wait ! Why , that has been their fate For some six thousand years . To wait is good * to wait is brave ; To wait , it is the hero ' s part : But waiting never freed one slave , Nor healed a single wounded heart . O Poet , write thou "Work for Waitj In humble faith and active deed : The Worker is the lord of fate ; The Man who waits still fails at need . George Hooper .

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      Farewell, Dejazet. Site Has Left Us, The...

      FAREWELL , DEJAZET . Site has left us , the brilliant , the witty , the- incomparable ! Gone from our loving applause to her own Vaudeville > public , and we shall see her no more this year ! A trail of glory she has left behind her , and that crisp quick laugh will ring in our eats for some time yet . Her last week showed that the attraction of her name had increased . Two new pieces , Caesar et Napoleon , and La Douairihre de Srionne , were produced , only the latter of which could I find time to see . O Time ! Time ! Eaax Rerum—eater of so many things ! . . . . But , at any rate , I did see La Douairiere , and a gay , pleasant little pieco it was—a fact of which you would have no conception , if you had only seen its mangled image , Grandmother Grizzle . As Dejazet is fled , and no one but Dejazet could be tolerated in the part , I don't know that there is any use in telling you " all about" this piece which you cannot see ; and yet , on second thoughts , remembering how a gustative sympathy reads , with water in tho mouth , the minute description of a banquet which 7 ids taken place , I may as well say something of the piece you cannot see . " ¦ Quoi ! maman , " exclaims the open-eyed child , in Be " ranger , to her garrulous grandam , whose tongue is loosened by the wine which brings back memories to her brain- — " Quoi ! maman , vous n'dtiez pas sage J " You—tho model of severe virtue and starched propriety ! You — the terror of all giddy girls , the abomination of young men ! You—lean , old , savagely virtuous , never relaxing , never laughing ; to whom love seems

      sin , enjoyment debauchery , mirth frivolity ; whose pale and withered hand seems as if it had never clasped anything but a prayer-book ; whose filmy eye looks upon this life as if its joys were all fleeting like summer shadows , its pains alone abiding . You , too , once were young ! WW a surprise ! That lean rigidity is the urn in which are contained the asnes of a life once ebullient , once eager , once loving ! That pale and withered hand furtively sought the pressure of another's ; those dull , sad eyes were drooping beneath the weight of more than they could express \ the pulses were quick , the heart was full , " and " Earth was fair to see , " and beauty and youth burst forth in their eternal hymn of Love , which seemed eternal ! QuoiJ maman , votes n'Stiez pas sage ! Is it you , in whose presence my heart scarcely dares to beat , that I hear singing—Conibien je regrette Mon bras si dodu , Ma jambe bien faite Efc le temps perdu ! It is even so . The old Dowager de Brionne , who would not suffer a cork to be drawn in her house , who banished love , who banished laughter , who preached abstinence in everything but prayers , a glass of wine opens the floodgates of pent-up memories , and she astounds her grand-daughter and others by the revelations of her ancient gallantries . Dejazet , as the frumpish old dowager , was diabolically virtuous , and set the person most vividly before us . Very noticeable was the finesse of her changing expressions as the wine took its effect , and the gaillarde re-appeared ; and the audience were amazed to see Dejazet one instant the old woman , and the next transformed into the freshest and youngest of boys , bounding from the Scole de marine . But of what use is it recurring to her performance—she is gone , and I am left to sing—Combien je regrette Son bras si ( peu ) dodu , Sa jambe bien faite Et mon plaisir perdu I But after all , ily a compensation , as that amiable , but not very wise philosopher , M . Izais , would say . If Fretillon departs , Euy Bias arrives ; if sparkling Vaudeville , with its facile laugh , has quitted St . James sstreet , its place is taken by sombre Drame , with its agonies and terrors ; if Deiazet has left us , Frederic is here !—Frederic , le rot du drame , the greatest artist melodrama has ever seen—Frederic , rightly called Lemaitre , has brought over with him a repertoire of tears and laughter , terrors and excitements , such as will shake the nerves of the fashionable audiences into something like forgetfulness of-their own impassible existence .

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      Money Market And City Intelligence. Fiii...

      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Fiiiday Morniwo , March 5 . Tho vngiio professions of political faith that the newministors havo thus far put forth , are already boffinning to oxcito in tlio coramorcial world an anxious ana uneasy feeling , which , unless speedily allayed , threatens to oxorciso an unfavourable influence upon all the more important branches of trndo . Meanwhile , the Funds are not only woll supported , but evince a docided upward tendency , and the partisans of tho ministry , of course , point triumphantly to this fact as a proof that public opinion is in their lavour . A moro fallacious tost could not at tho present moment bo found , for such is tho plethora of money , and m > low tho moans of employing it safely and remuneratively , that tho Funds are almost the only and inovitablo rosourco — -honeo thoir buoyancy ; and tho political baromotor may ior tho tuno bo consulted to much moro purpose in Mincing Liuio than on tho Stock Exchange , whore too heavy a counterpoise chocks its ordinary fluctuations . . ^ onsols o pened on Monday at 07 J to £ , and under tho iniiuonco of hivgo purchases advanced during tho week to " iu i oT ' llow ° vor , yesterday at 07 tf ^ . Bank Stock at » W i , ^ loj . Exchequer Bills 02 s . to 05 s . premium . in- loroign Stocks thoro has boon much adtivo spoculauon tho low priced South Amorioan Securities moro particularl y attracting attention . J . ho Railway Share Market haa boon yory Btoady .

      Cobn Exchange Mahk Lanh, Marcli 6.—No Al...

      COBN EXCHANGE Mahk Lanh , Marcli 6 . —No alteration of interest hftS tuicon placo in tho Corn Market , but prices are vory firm , 'm a tho mtolligonco roooivod yesterday of tho Prussian Kovornmont having decreed tho froo admission of corn , porn ¦ i ' until tll ° ond of Au

      The Marionettes. G-Reatlt Have These Pup...

      THE MARIONETTES . G-REATLT have these puppets improved since my last visit . They walk with a majesty quite surprising , and altogether seem " at home on the stage , "" like many other sticks I could name . The new piece , Poll Practice , is a pitiable attempt at political satire . In tWfirst place , the satirist should learn that no shaft is dangerous merely because it flies from a " twanging bow : " unless it hit the mark , of what avaiLis jtP The corruption of electors is surely a mark large enough even for the most bungling to hit-yet Hugo Vamp shoots wide ! Secondly , although one may envy the puppets their unlicensed stage , which permits them free political allusion , there is the general licence of common sense and taste , which sternly prohibits the miserable doggrel and gasping efforts at wit of such things as Poll Practice . . This rubbish put me in an ill-humour with the puppets , which it required all their gentillesse to dissipate . Mr . Simpson is hereby entreated to abstain from satirical pieces , unless he can cajole real satirists to write them The house was well filled , and the audience seemed to enjoy the performance . Indeed , the success of theso puppets is decided . e VlVIAlC .

      British Funds For Till!] Past Week. (Clo...

      BRITISH FUNDS FOR Till !] PAST WEEK . ( Closing Prices . ) Sutitr . Mond . Tucs . Wedn . TJiura . Frul . Bank Stock 210 J 219 218 $ 218 * 3 per Cent . Rod OB 98 081 98 | Oftt 3 per Cent . Con . Aim . 07 J 97 fr » 7 J 072 © 7 fr 3 per Oont . An . 172 « ¦¦••• •••¦•• ••••• : 3 per Cent . Con ., Ac . 07 J 07 J fl 7 i 71 « 7 | 3 } per Cent . An 9 i ) J 09 | 99 ? i 99 * 80 * Now 5 por Conts ¦•• • - •¦¦• ¦••¦¦¦ Long Ans ., 1800 7 7 7 * 7 7 * Ind . St . m per Cent . 2 fi !) 200 200 ... Ditto Bonds , C 1000 ... 73 p 72 p 72 p 75 p Ex . Bills , eiOOO 03 p 01 p 04 p 02 p « P Ditto , £ 500 « 3 P 04 p 01 p 02 p Op Ditto . Small 03 P 04 p 01 p 02 P lH . l > _ - ^ : j-

      Foreign Funds. (Tja.Bt Oirirtoiai- Quota...

      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( TjA . bt OirirtoiAi- Quotation huiiino Tim Wkek endino TUUUUDAY EVMNINft . ) Bolgiiin 4 ip < T Conts Wk l ' ortuguoBO 5 por Conts ., Bnwiliau W Bonds , Oonvertod , IB U ......... 35 18 'iO and 1 H ' . «) W \ PortugucBo 4 p . C't . Aoct . . ) . J Danish 3 per Oonts 7 H * Hardiuitui 5 por Lenta . . . 8 DaniHh o por Cents 103 Sardinian 6 p . Cent . Acut . 80 J DutohajporContH fiOi Spanish 5 p . Cent . Accli ... Mi , Dutch 4 per Cent . Cortif . OS J Spanish Passives ........... r > . Ecuador . fij SpiHiir . i 3 p . OciitH . Acot . iff Granada , ox Deo . 1819 .... ' M Spanmh ! $ p . CL New Del . Wi Granuda Deferred O . J Spanish Com . Oortif - | Mexican 3 per Ct . Aco ..., 3 Mi Vonossuola Honda ... Wb Peruvian , 1849 103 J Vcno / . uola Deferred 10 Peruvian Deferred .,. \> ..... 60 jf

      From, This London Gazette. Friday, Febru...

      FROM , THIS LONDON GAZETTE . Friday , February 27 . Bantcuui'TH . —O . and T . Hart , Union-street , Boutlwarl f , trlnuninR-manutuofcurorH , to surrender March 0 , April 1 ( 5 ; bouoitors , Mousru . Hood , Langford , mid Marsdon , l < ridfty- » U'ool , Choapsldoi and Messrs . Sale , Woi'thington , atid Hhiijinun , Manchester : olHoial assignee , Mr . Whitmoro , Jlnainghnll-Hlroot . . 1 . Noimis , Watford , grocer , March 0 , April 10 ; Molicitoro , Messrs , liiiwrttiioo , Mown , and Boyor , Old Jewry-chambers j oflloial assignee , Mr Whitmoro , BttslnghaU-stroot .

      , T T . Denis , Lime-streot and Spur-streot , Leicester-aquaro , wine-merohant , March 9 , April 8 ; solicitors , Messrs . Goddard and Eyro , Wood-street , Cheupside ; ofllcial jissignoo , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-street . __ „ , T R . TirRBADGOLD , Southampton , tea-denler , March 5 , April 8 ; solicitor , Mr . Clark , Bishopsgato Churchyard ; oilieial assignee , Mr . Boll , Coloman-Hlreet-buildings . A HiM-fl , Woodaido , near Croydon , and Isle of Dogs , Poplar , oil of vitriol manufacturer , March 8 , April 20 ; solicitors . Messrs . Freeman and Bothamloy , Coloman-stroot ; oflioial asHiLMico , Mr . Graham . , . J Simmondh , Blandfovd Forum , Dorset , builder , March JO , April 16 ; solicitors , Messrs . Vonning , Naylor , and Robins , Tokonhouse-yard , and Mr . Chitty , Shaftesbury ; official aasiimoo , Mr . Stiinsflold . , , „ ,, , O Simion , Fordingbridge , Hampshire , apothecary , March 8 , April 20 ; solicitors . Messrs . Tilson , Clark , and Morrioo , Colenian-stroot ; and Messrs . Hoddingt ) , Townsond , and Lee , Bausbiiry ; ofHcial assignee , Mr . Graham . J Wimcinh Brighton , builder , March 0 , April 10 j solicitors , Mr ' Sowton , Qroiit Juinos-Htroet ; and Mr . Konnott , Brighton j ollloml awHignoo , Mr . Nicholson , BasjinghaH-Htroot S Wii . hon , Nottingham , liotol-lcooper , March 6 , April 2 j Holicitor , Mr . Varsona , Nottingham ; olllcial assignee , Mr . Bil . tioHl . on , Nottinghum . W Bayjnkh , Tjeods , ( lax-Hpinnop , Maroli 12 , April 23 j Hoboi-¦ torn ' MoHsrs . Holdon and Bon , Hull ; and Messrs . Atkinson , Dilib , and Atkinson , Lcodo ; olllcial assignoo , Mr . Young , Loods . O . Clii , i . or , Cimtloford , Yorkshire ! , grooor , Maroh 15 , April 6 j HolicitorH , Messrs , Bond und Barwiok , Loods ; oilloial asuignee , Mr . Ifopo , Lncds , J . HotiM'KH , and Y . L . Maiihiiai . i , Bundorland , timbor-morcliaiils , March 12 , April (( ; solicitors , Messrs . Maples , Maples , and Hoarle , FrodorioVd-plaoo , Old . Jewry ; and . Mebars . Young , lfarrimin , ' und Young , Sundorland j oillouvL aasignee , Mr . Bftkor , No \ Vc « Htlo-upon-Tyno " , i Tuetday , Maroh 2 . Bankuui'TS . —Ck . Bwnnktt and A . Booth , Long-acro , dealora in Hootch whiskey and bottled boors , to surrender March 11 . April f >; Holioitor , Mr . Langton , Staple-inn , Holbornj ofllolal uHni l'iico , Mr . Johnston , Baaingbitll-streek . . . \ V . JtKOMiiT . Kingston-upoii-IIull . inaltHter , Maroh 17 , Aprjl II ; solicitor , Mr . Smith , Bhufllold ; oilloial assignee , Mr . Carriok , r . ' Brooktch , Banbury , Oxfordnhiro , printer , March 10 , Apr il 20 ; Holicitors , Moasirs . Rogorson and Ford , Lincoln s-inn-lloldo ; nnd Hmallbridgo , aiouooutor ; ofllohd usalgnco , Mr . Groom , Abohuroh-luno .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 6, 1852, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06031852/page/21/