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      St. James's Hall.—Mondat Popular Concert...

      request to hear it played . All sorts of shifts and evasions were resorted to in order' to avoid going through such an ordeal . Woelfl performed the Ne Plus Ultra at a concert , and with suc h brilliant success , that it became the fashionable piece from that moment . Not only did he by these mea ns obtain what he had contemplated , in the discomfiture of those shallow practitioners -who had endeavoured to" depreciate his worth , but what he had not contemplated—the transfer of their pupils . True to his art , however , he would never consent to give lessons on the variations until the allegro had been studied . " Dat is good "—he would say— " It will help to digest de variation . " To which may be annexed—Si non e vero e ben trovato .

      Some of our readers may perhaps feel curious to know more of this wondrous sonata , that our grandmothers Trent mad about , and that so flustered the London Musical world in 1805 . We may inform them that it has been edited by Mr . Davison and forms number one of " Boosey ' s Pianoforte Studio . " The " reliefs" on Monday last , were all from Mozart . Miss Fanny Rowland and Mdlle . Behrens sang the duo from " Cost fan tutle , " "Ah ! guarda sarella ; " the latter lady gave " L ' addio" ( to hear which is enough happiness for one evening ) , with all the purity it demands ; and the former , the less interesting , " Or , che il Cielo . " The lion jiar excellence , of the concert , was Mr . Sims Reeve ' s , who was as charming as ever in " Dalla sua Pace , " from " Don Giovanni , " and " Deh ! perQuesto , " from the " Clemenza di Tito . " Xike the rest of the audience , we

      demolition and re-coHstructibn of that useful piece of cabinet work are among the ever fresh and still amusing feats of the Polish sorcerer * Mapame Tussaud . —An addition of considerable interest has been made to the historical groups of the great personages who have filled the thrones of England ' since the Conquest , and one that was much wanted to render the series perfect . It is a group of two figures , modelled from the authentic portraits still existing in a good state of preservation in the Bayeux tapestry , of William the Conqueror and his wife Arlotta . These portraits are contemporary with the original ; Arlotta herself is said to have traced the resemblance of herself and husband in the embroidery , and if so , was an artist of no mean pretensions in her craft . The group in the gallery in Baker-street is remarkably well modelled , and those who have the tiring of the figures have perfectly understood their profession .

      were glad to see the matchless tenor in seeming health and force , but , unlike too many of them , we did not insist on the encores , which it seems customary to demand from Mr . Reeves , and about which , he has already had several " difficulties" with the British vulgar . He sang " Deh ! pc-rQuesto" twice , in obedience to the summons of the unfeeling hiincirity , but declined \ o repeat the other air . Should the system , however , of-encoring . Mr . Reeves be

      carried out in this winter as before , we have only to hope that he will , at all events , when Inclined to comply for his own sake , really repeat the passage or air that may have evoked the public enthusiasm . By subst i tutingjon such occasions one air for anotherthus , in fact , singing two for one—Mr . Reeves created the demon that now worries him . He will scotch , if not kill it . by repeating occasionally a good long recitative . By his " Pretty Jane , " & c ., & c , he will but fatten it .

      The London Okchkstrai , Association . —The preliminary meeting of this Association was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern , and was very numerously attended . Mr . Benedict was prevented from attending on account of professional engagements , and in his absence the chair was taken by his colleague , Dr . James Pock . Various resolutions were passed , and a provisional committee elected . A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and secretary , and the meeting stands adjourned until Thursday evening next .

      The Cajwi ^ bell Minstrelsy able , as we last week reported , to fill the smaller St . James ' s Hall , bids fair , with the help of Mr . Mackney , to gather admirers enough to fcrowd , in time , the upper one . We , of course , attended the invitation to spend a quarter of ah hour with the " inimitable" Mackney , and found him , as beiore , as unlike all but himself , as M . Espinosa , who now astonishes the world at the Princess ' si Theatre . The

      •• Sally come up , " with which capital dancing , is combined , is truly laughter-compelling' ; so is the «« Farm -yard Imitation , " and the parody upon the popular song " Good-bye , sweetheart , goodbye , " In our last notice of this very pleasing entertainment , we omitted , most unfairly , to draw attention to the wonderful "jig" by Master Rittcr . This young man carries the art of the rustic dance to a pitch that , though only curious in London , would create a furore in the north of England , far exceeding' any that could be got up by banjo or chorus .

      PoLYaiujpmo Hall , Kino William Street , Charing Cross . — The prince of sleight-of-hand conjurers " Professor Wiljalba Frikell , " is again amongst us , and while Mr . Woodin , lessee of this an . ufe little exhibition room , prepares a new entertainment , gives Christmas magic soirees of the usual interesting nature . To unquestioned , and really astounding , manual dexterity—for the Professor , though , of course * he employs apparatus , i »

      not one of the merely mechanical school of conjurers - —he unites , wo must say , a very agreeable nresenco and a pleasant manner , which add an additional Comfort to evenings spent at hia exhibition . To the tricks we need not allude iu detail . As far as wo are informed , they arc repetitions or variations of former wonders , but for all wo can recollect they arcs new , and certainly no loss astonishing than over . The multiplication of fish In a glass globe j tho endless shower of flowers , cups , bona-bons , flags , ceo ., all from one ordinary hat j and , lastly , the

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      1352 THE LEADEB [ No . 507 , Dec 10 , 185 Q .

      .^- - Commercial.

      . ^ - - COMMERCIAL .

      Now Business Is Conducted Much More Sobe...

      Now business is conducted much more soberly and safely . The excess of the credit system has , by a natural reaction , brought about restrictions' which now keep it within much narrower bouuds , and a great many adventurers hang , disappointed , about the skirts of trade . In every branch of business some of these may be found , and they constitute the exception to the general rule . Thus , we have it in evidence , while shipowners in London , Sunderland , and other places are complaining , that more < roods have been carried in the ten months

      _ COKN , GOLD , AND POLITIC ^ . riOMMERCE is so exceedingly flourishing that ^ there is nothing peculiar to say about it . That many individuals formerly or still connected with it may complain , is very probable . In the very flourishing period which began after 1 S 5 JI , large fortunes were suddenly made in trade , and many persons rushed wildly into business of which they understdod very little . The number of merchants was prodigiously increased , various new methods were started , particularly by rashly extending the credit system , and speculation was much promoted .

      gradually becoming less abundant , and unless so eire ^ h fie V * are 8 Peedily opened up , wTiich will afford employment to the individual dinner the scope for alluvial mining will become exceed ' ingly limited . ^ The production of gold id . California has diminished in a somewhat greater proportion and the diminution in both regions may tend to lessen ( while the increase in commerce has the same tendency ) the alarm of those , who fear that the value of all realised property will be annihilated by the abundance and cheapness of gold .

      As it ceases , however , to be easy to procure gold , the attention of the people in both places is directed to cultivating the soil , to growing wool and cotton , and to providing abundantl y means for their own subsistence , and to export in exchange for European manufactures . In Victoria , the population amounted , oil June 30 th , to 517 366 . California is becoming a prosperous member of

      the United States ; and both countries , thougl they produce less gold , will continue to increase in population , and surely help to enlarge the general trade and the general demand for gold . The people there , as they increase will : require more of the precious metals for their own use , and we must not therefore expect such a large supply of them from these two quarters as we hitherto have received .

      Apart from these gold discoveries , which , are amongst the remarkable events of the age , and will hereafter be considered a memorable epoch in the natural progress of the human race , the present quietness and prosperity of commerce is , by common consent , admitted to be the result—to use the language of the Times—of the labours of the Parliament in " transferring , during the last seventeen years , the burden of taxation'from'the great mass of the people to the class to which the Parliament belongs . " In other words , free trade , and a small approximation to

      justice in levying the public taxes , have given the nation unexampled prosperity , wealth , and contentment . Why are we now ,. therefore , to stop in this course , or why go backward ? Why have we gone backward ? 'Those statesmen will have much to . answer for who have stopped this cuaioe— who have kupl up or increased taxation , and have kept on and much increased the restraints on industry . Those journalists , too , will have much to answer for , who now labour continuously a . ud zealously to prevent further progress in the same direction . Their attempts to throw

      odium on those who require more freedom , and a further transfer of burdens from the productive multitude to the unproductive few , will only bring damage on themselves . They are deceived by fancying that foreign trade embraces the whole ; and they continually labour , and have been successful , we regret to say , in their labours , to keep restrictions on many branches of industry which are quite as important to society as foreign trade . Perhaps we are all led astray by substituting the phrase free trade for free industry . By setting Industry partially free , Sir R . Peel was eminently successful , and he contributed to bring about the

      quiet and the prosperity which now innke commerce more advantageous than interesting , J > y departing from this course , and imposing restrictions on industry , instead of setting it , entirely free , his successors have brought on the agitation ana disquiet , out of the limits of commerce , which every one recognises to be growing ,, and many vi : ry seriously dread . Those who are must forward in praising Peel's measures , however much thoy may heretofore have opposed them , arc hardly sunsiDie how much they are indebted t , o our groat commercial prosperity for the safety ami Hueuntv they enjoy , -which they sometimes abuse , to ho » " juries on their industrious brethren .

      of this year , and more tuniiagu employed in trade , than in any previous ten months ; and that , in consequence , the bulk of the shipowners of * Liverpool and other places are perfectly well satisstied . On the whole , the shipping interests , it not the shipowners , after all that has of late been said , are not badly off . The consequence of the general well-being of commerce is , that City articles contain only long lists of multitudinous

      prices , repeated day after day with very little variation , withobservtiona on the conduct of the Governments of Mexico , the United States , and Buenos Ayres . The stream , flows so swiftly and sixioothly that , except the disturbance occasioned by politics , no breakers or dangers call for the notice of the watching critics , who rather fill the office , of the Board of Trade than of pilots . They condemn those who make shipwreck , and do not help them to get into a safe haven .

      We have to notice , that the continued extension of trade , the large supplies brought forward in the corn raai'ket last week not having been kept up this week , the com market has been quiet , and prices have not further receded . Conjoined with this , as a novelty , is the fact that the supplies of gold from Australia are diminishing , as they have before diminished from California , while the gold obtained in both countries is now the produce of an increasing quantity of labour , and therefore costs much more than when the gold was first discovered lying almost on the surface of the earth . According to the Melbourne papers just received , there was a considerable denoiency in tho escprt returns for the four weeks ending October 8 th , 1859 , as compared with the returns for the corresponding period in 1838 . In 1859 , 173 , 014 ozs . ; in 1858 , 199 , 439 oze . ; a decrease in the four weoks of 1859 of 26 , 425 ozs . ; or since 1856 the yield of gold haa been gradually and steadily diminishing , whilst the number of miners employed in procuring it has very largely increased . For the first three quarters in each of the last four years , or from tho let of January to tho 3 rd of October , tho total amounts received wore : —1856 , 1 , 980 , 530 o « s . 1857 , 1931 , 030 ozs . ; 1858 , 1800 , 345 ozb . ; 1859 , 1093 , 910 ozs . In round numbers tho yield has fallen off at tho rate of 100 , 000 ounces in the first three quarters of each year since 185 G . The alluvial auriferous deposits , say the journals , are

      Money Market & Stock Exchange.

      MONEY MARKET & STOCK EXCHANGE .

      Fitiuay Evisninci.-—'Money Is In Good Do...

      FitiUAY EvisNinci .- —' Money is in good doinaml , b lt tho supply is also good . As our trade ha * I ' " " / boon very great , and profits probably liu'H' " . " " probable that saving has boon considerable . ^ 1 "J- ™ twin been no speculation to cxlmuat it . ^ 'M" 11 " therefore , has increased ivt least quilu im mm »» culerprige has extended , and tho demand ami all lW of moiioy have kept tolerably equal . A I ""' . steady market , at the Bank rates , ia tho ah "" ' }"" iioourato description of the present condition ot u » Money Market . That enterprise is not active » moro to be attributed to a want of cimddeneo , n \ w a want of feasible schemes , than a want of c | U ) lt " V The Stock and Share Market generally has » ° n

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 10, 1859, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10121859/page/20/