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      The Little World Of London. The Little, ...

      ducted in a kind and sympathizing spirit . While they evince their respect for the good and great in the highest classes of society , tlicy never for a moment conceal their contempt for the vulgar rich ; and while they express an active commiseration for poverty and wretchedness , they unsparingly disclose the tricks of impostors and the treacherous slough that lies beneath the foundations of society . Their contributions to the study of London lifeare undoubtedly of great value , but there is still much to desiderate . What is really wanted is a philosophical view , of the great metropolis as . compared with other capital cities , ancient and modern . It is amusing to read of the humours of the costermonger or the gamin ; to know how many drams , of crin are drunk in one night in Whitechapel , or how many ballads are annually struck off by the press of Sevea Dials ; and to learn something , of the ingenious devices by which thousands contrive to live , whose lives are apparently of no consequence save to themselves alone . We do not underrate this species of information . The genuine botanist , when he comes upon a strange and beautiful plant , is not satisfied with culling the flowers - ^ he takes care to ascertain the nature of the soil that produces it . He is not content to gaze with rapture on the loveliness of the white pond-lily and inhale its perfumes—he will also probably examine- " the "black mud over which the river sleeps , and where lurk the slimy eel and speckled frog , and the mud-turtle , whom continual washing cannot cleanse . ' ^ This filth and slime is the origin of all things . The very earth we inhabit—so are we assured in our childhood—Avas a chaotic mass of muddy water . Man himself was made out of the wet clay . Civilization is but the dry land appearing above the surface of the foul and troubled waters . The most splendid blossoms of Belgravia are rooted in St . Giles . All this is apparent to the most superficial observer . We do not ask to see the writlrings of the eel , or the flying leaps of the frog , or the patient crawling of the mud-turtle . Ko doubt it must be a funny spectacle , and quite as worthy of the usual admittance fee as the Swiss giant or American dwarf . But we would rather inquire whether these different results of the same powers of assimilation exist in a greater or less degree in London than in other large cities ? whether tliis difference be inevitable / or in what manner it may be amended ? and finally , what will be the probable consequences of a continuation of the present state of things ? For such information as this we look in vain'cither to the Messrs . Mayiiew , or to Mr . Minray—an ancient contributor to BlacJcwood—and still less to the water-colour sketches of Mr ., JVIanby Smith . Who will undertake to supply this deficiency ?

      ¦ Apbm.Il, 1857.] The Leader. 857 ^

      ¦ APBM . il , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 857 ^

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      : ¦ ' ' . ¦¦' ¦;¦ ¦ . ' ¦ - — - ? - —— ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' . - , -. •¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ' ¦ . ' ¦ - : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : . . ¦ ' . ; ,: ; the operas . If we are to believe tlie voice of rumour , the new -tenor at Hkr Majesty's Theatke , Signor Gitjglini , revives the traditions of Hobini as that great tenor sang in the days of his early triumphs . Such is tlie whisper of the -veterans of the stalls . Whether this whisper shall become an acclamation , Tuesday evening next must decide . " Una vergitf . un angel di JJio , " will confirm , we believe , the high reputation wliieh Signor Giugi > ini brings front La Scala ., where he fairly subdued the Austrians in the persons of the young Kaiser and his bride . Meantime , there is ample ' room for expectation in the announcement of us many as four first anriearances—Signor Giuglini the tenor , Wignor Viai . ktti the bass ,

      Madlle . Spezia the prima donna , and Madlle . Pocchihi the premiere danseuse —at Her Majest y ' s Theatre on Tuesday nest , the first night of the season . At the Lyceum , n o new opera or new singer is announced , but the Puritani , with Madame Gkisi and S ignor Gardonj as Elvira and Artziro , and Signor Gkaziani as Riccardo . The divertissement , Les Abeilles , is a novelty , and introduces Madlle . Deuechaijx .

      Tobacco.—The Lancet, Having Given Up Its...

      Tobacco . —The Lancet , having given up its columns ¦ : for several weeks past to correspondence relative to the i tobacco controversy , now delivers its own opinion . Its conclusions amount totliis : —1 . To smoke early in the < ln >/ is excess . 2 . As people are generally constituted , to smoke more than one or two pipes of tobacco , or one or two cigars daily , is excess . 3 . Youthful' indulgence in smoking is excess . 4 . There fire physiological indications which , occurring in any individual case , are criteria of excess . il " We most earnestly desire , " says the Lancet , " to see the liabit of smoking diminish , and we entreat the youth of this country to abandon it altogether . Let them lay our advice to heart . Let them give up a dubious pleasure for a ccrtuin good . Ten years hence , wo shall receive their thanks . " The City Medical Officer ' s Quautkkly Risroirr . —This document has been presented to the City Commission of Sewers . Besides giving the sum total of the deaths from various causes , Dr . Lctheby calls attention to the horrible conviction of the poor lodging-houses in several parts of the City , where misery , disease , filth , and immorality , are rampant .

      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. I...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . ilAYIiHY . —On the 1 st inst ., at 1 , Montague-place , Russell-Hqunro . tlio wifo of the ltev . E . JJayliiy , rector of Sb . Georges , Dlootnsbury : a daughter . 3 I 15 K . —On the 31 st ult ., at Whcatlcy , near lletford , Mrs . John Oowper Meo :. a daughter . AVOOD—On tho 3 rd inst ., at Athlono , tho wifo of Captain It H . AVood , 07 th Regiment : a daughter . MARRIAGES . EDQCOME—SCOTT . —On , tho Kith of February , at Rangoon , Lieutenant W . It . Edgcoine , Madras Ungincers , to Lucy , youngest daughter of tho lato ltov . Win . Scott , rector of Aldridge , Stairordshire . PIDCOCK—JATVIKS .-On the 13 th of . Vobruary , at St . Paneras Church , New-road . Spisuctir l'ldcock , 1 ' sq ., of AVoolwieh , to Elizabeth Jainos , of tho aaiuu plnco . SMITH—LEAl'INGNVKriT .. —On tho Hist nil ., at St . Mary'stho-Loss , CninhridKo , Charles Hagot Smith , Msij ., to Clara , yomigust daughter of t . Uo latu Rev . <»« orK < J 1 / capingwcll , vicar of High JJaHter , Essex . DK . VTIIS . THOMI'SON . —On Wednesday , the Hth inst ., at thoQuoen ^ lloti'J , iJholtonhain , Charles Thompson , Khcj ., WorkiiiKlon , Cumberlnnd , alter a short illness , aged 1 ) 1 . RlOUTHIt . —On tho 8 th hint ., at his rosidenco , 101 , Lissoiv

      ¦ ¦ '- . , ¦' New Entertainments. . . As...

      ¦ ¦ ' - . , ¦ ' NEW ENTERTAINMENTS . . . As if two Operas , and we know not liow many theatres , and concerts innumerable were insufficient to the public appetite for amusement , new " -Entertainments " are springing up every'day' 6 n every casual stage , and in every vacant room of tolerable dimensions . There is . afresh crop for Easter week ; tut certainly one of the most original and daring enterprises of the kind is " A Grand Illustrated Concert in Scena and Costume , Toems and Melodies by F . A . Wilson , K . L . H . G . S ., " announced for performance at the St . James ' s Theatre , under the immediate direction of the author and composer , assisted by a competent stage manager , an efficient orchestra , appropriate scenery , Crimean guardsmen and pensioners , a staff of leading vocalists , and a numerous corps of walking , singing , and dancing ladies and gentlemen . Theidea , of the originator of this entertainment is , in his own vivid and enthusiastic language , "to comprise in rapid sketch a general review of our late Crimean campaigns , from the earliest scintillations of that patriotic spirit , which fired our whole nation at the firstsignal of hostilities , and -which gradually augmented in proportion as the war progressed , until it attained that enthusiastic intensity which even the advent of peace has yet scarcely been able to extinguish- " This plan , as the author and designer candidly avows , is a little " comprehensive and excursionary ; " but if he throws half the enthusiasm into the " scena " which we find ' in the verses , the effect must be prodigious with any audience in which the British Lion and his numerous family should predominate . We have skimmed over the libretto , and really it soars above the common run of compositions of this kind : it has a smack of generous feeling and a ver satility of expression all its own . Supposing ( it is not a very strong supposition ) that the scenes and characters of the late war have not yet passed into the limbo of boredom , at least for . the-miscellaneous ' : public of a London season , we think we may fairly hope tliat Mr . Wilson ' s si ) irited exertions will not be disappointed . Another entertainment , of which we have received a prospectus , is to be given at Si . Martin ' s Haxt ,, by Mr . IIknuy Seviuouu . Cahi > kton ( who styles himself , j > ar excellence , we suppose , " The . Mimic" ) , and to be entitled " . Familiar Faces , or Old ITriends in New Places . " It Is said to be written by a smart and skilful writer , accustomed to success . More than this of Mr . H . S . Cahi-etos , " The Mimic" we know not : we only know that to succeed as a ¦ Mimic is a venial oflurice , to ' fnil is almost a crime . Xet us , therefore , give Mr . Carlexok ( before we hear him ) the benefit of the doubt , and . / wish him till success . ¦ ¦ - . '¦¦ - . ¦ - ' .. / -. . . ¦ . ' - . . ¦ .- ¦ . ¦• •¦ - . ¦ ¦ . - . '¦ . - . ' . ¦ ' . '' ¦ ¦ - -. ¦ . " - - ¦ . .

      Haymarket Theatre. Mr. Buck-Stone Lias J...

      HAYMARKET THEATRE . Mr . Buck-STONE lias judiciously arranged a . new scale ' prices for the IIavmarket Theatre . Dress Boxes , 5 s . ; Upper Boxes , 3 s . ; Pit , 2 s . ; private boxes , orchestra , stalls , and second price , being reduced in proportion . This is a well-timed refbrni . We join with the Globe , however , in urging the abolition of fees—the nuisance of theatrical lobbies .

      A Little Farce, From The Genial And Dome...

      A little farce , from the genial and domestic pen of IMr . Makr Lemon , and called Welcome , ZjIfile iih'anyerl was produced at the AuKLrm on Moiuhiy week , and , on the ground © f its own merits ,. 'us well as on that of the excellent acting of Mr . Wieiaur , was a ' screaming' success .

      Grove-North, Marjlobonc, Llonry Lliehter...

      grove-north , Marjlobonc , llonry lliehter , Hsn ... historical < painter , and Member of tlio Old Society of l ' aintors- m ; Water-Colours , aged 85 . . . . . , SKEi / rOX .-OuAVedncsda . Y , the 8 th inst ., at his sisters residence , IS , Abbay-road . St . Jolni ' s-wood , J . Sikeltoii , j Esq ., M-D ., Battalion Surgeon . Coldslreani Guards . ; FROM -TUB LONDON GAZETTi :. \ Tuesday , April ! . \ ]! \ NKllUl'TS . — Samcej , Hxcii . viius , Bedford-square , ' , apothecary— -Fit kiikhicic IJi / uciiiiit Dowi . anp , Leo , Kuril— ; John Maston , Clapham-road-placo , ( Jlaphatn-road , builder \ —Hdwahd Dukk Mookij , Southgate and the Minorics , merchant—Ciiiustoi'UKK Hall , Sun-court , Comhill , hast ! India merchant—OitAiti . icslJoi'x . ANi } and Wii . li . \ : \ i Geouuu Haiiniw , Uololpli-lauo and Southampton , provision merchants — FKEDJiRICK WlLUAM WjlISTON , ISiriniUglinm , diusirist — Elijah Lawton , Manchester , cotton waste , dealer—J \ miss Uhadshaw nwl Aahon Ooi . unson , Huru- | ley , cotton niauufauLurer . s—Kiohaud Jonub , A'owtown , \ iViontironicryHhiro , ilaunul manufacturer —William . lour * ' Uoukkts , I ' ombroy , Carmarthenshire , ( lrai ) ei' — IIhnuy j Uisuor , Duisloy , Gloucestershire , money son verier—William liuLMEit , Jtcdalc , YorkNliiro , grocer—Thomas 1 ' ykckofi , Saudnl Magna , Yorkshire , carrier—Wim-iam Uiuuon , Sijcimy-moor , Durham , grocer . SUOl'Cll SiiCiUliSTllA / i'lO ^ . —D . Itoss , Alness . merchant . Friday , April 10 . BYNKRUPTS . —Tiiomab Pjeitku , Momitflold , Sussex . wheelright—Jon t » Kmmkkson , High-street , Poplar , licensed victuallci—Tiiomab Mosi-in , Coboui'K-plfico , Old Jtciit-road , builder — 1 ' jiii . kmon < iUY , St . Jaincs ' s-road , llolloway , builder—Bartjiolomkw Ward . Iligh-stroot , Southward , stationer—Saoaii IIolukn Bi » i , att , Liverpool , sailniakcr—Thomas Row * and John 'Wai-tick . Tiiknkkv . Lincoln , ironmongors-William ' Piikem'am ., Preston , iron niorchaut — AL 1 M 113 D L ' liAULiiS Wooi > , Porshore , AV ' orcestcrshiro , linen dr «|> cr—Rohkht Alexanuuu , ( Jrawford-street , , Cainboiwell , furniture dealer—' . Thomas Lewis , Nantwicli , Chostcr , draper . SCOTCH SHQUHSTRATIONS . —Mrs . Hannah Scott , Edinburgh , publican—Uoiikht Gahvin , Kinross , rncrchiuit —John IIunuhik , Glasgow , horso dialler—Jami !» Hihj . oi ' , Hawick , baker and grocer— JM'Uiudu and Co .. Albyii Works , Glasgow , power-loom clolh manufacturers ami cotton spinners .

      Cantuwrctni Maii^.

      Cantuwrctni Maii ^ .

      London, Thurmilny Hvenhik, April' .), 18...

      London , ThurMilny HvenhiK , April ' . ) , 1857 . ; Tin-: directors of tlio liaukof Ungland luivo taken wjso pro-1 cautious in judioiou-t rcst . riclioiiH of tlio advaueds given to I credit j uid ' on Hucnrilins . Tim KiKiintio itussian railway i I schemes , now on the eve of tlioir birUi , nr « likely to receive i but liit . li ! oncoiiragiiniiiiit in this conulry . The i > ublio icndoncy in Hit ) fiicn of dear initmiy is without doubc tcjwariln Njieeuluiion , an « l in this particular line the great merchants ,

      contractors , and ollicrs , who svro personally interested in placing as many shares as possible , would persuade the said public : t ( V (! inl > a ' rk largely . Thus theclitick put on these gentinmen by the liauk is most wholesome , and , it is to bo hoped , will itruve a great blow and discouragciiient to their Hcliuinos , The ( Iciuand lor irio » it ; y throughout tho week in tho Stock lilxcliiingu has been most lively . J'Ovisn 7 i and 8 pur cent , lias been given from cluy to day . In tho Foreign Slocks market Peruvian and Mexican have been well supported . ' Turkish ' -Six per Cent , has hitherto , in any pressure , of the money market , invariably shown great sensitiveness ; now , however , prices aro well supported . Foreign shares aro of course niuch Hatter , the only line that seems to promise better is Riga and DuiiiLburg . Grand Trunk of Canada shares aro vury ( Inn , and the Six per Cent , bonds of this lino Imvo recovered their temporary < icpri \ sMoii , and havu been dono at U < l . Groat WesLorn of Canada arc liardly !> o ( Inn ; the gloom o > f tin ; terrible calamity iK . ' . 'ir II nniil ton hangs over the holders in lliis lino , and makes them four tliaC soint ) lieavy and i ) ositivo damages may accrue from tlio accident , liirininglnun , Liinca-shirn and Yorkshire , South Western , Midland , Grout "Western , Kastorn Counties , Soutli Eastern , Caledonians , and Kerwicks , continue very llriuly supported . It is rvniiirkabju that in these present , daya railway shares maintain their prices , or aro what is termed " better liel « l" than tlio public ar > curiti <> H . In Joint-stock Jiiinks no great amount of buninnss has been transacted . Australasian banking shares of all kinds do not look strong . Ottoman ami Bank of Egypt arc ( latter , hi Jtrilisli mines thero have bt .-en a fuw bargains in Whoa ) Jlargery , Wlieal Xor , Groat Alfred , and Alfred Consols , Par ¦ Co nsols , and Fowoy Consols . Whoal Mary Anno and Trelawny shares are Htlll favourites . In Foreign Mines , a few United Mexicans at a roducod priuo , Marauuilas , und Chancollorvilles , have boon wold . Trade in Miscellaneous Hharcs is absolutely stagnant . ¦ Tlio Kastcr holidays and tho Klections , togothcr with the great scarcity of money , is stopping much business . Tho actual amount of bullion now alloat , and tho prospect of more , would raise our receipts to something liko one-and-ahalf million , if it remained m tho country , but tho ooaseloss drain to tho Continent , and the patent fact that twunty-ouc millions of securities at tho Bank ha , vo obtained advances , must mako Hunk directors cautious , and ought to satisfy Uic pukilie . Consols close at four o ' clock , for May account 113 , si . 'JJ , Turkish Six per Cent . « Q / S , 07 i ; Turkish Four nor Cunt . 101 . lllackburn , HjJ , \); Caledoninn , IW 4 . 01 ); Chester and Holyhead , iJ 5 , ; VI >; lOasUim Counties , Hi ! , llj ; < jir < : at Northern , 0 ( 1 , D 7 ; CJruat Soutlieru and Wostuni ( Iroland ) , 101 , 10 ( 1 ; Great Western , ( S «) 4 , ( 17 ; ljancasliins and Yorkshire , 10 U , 101 }; London and Jtlackwall , r > J , ( I , ' , ; London , Brighton , and South Coast , 107 , 101 >; London anil North-Western , KM , * , I 100 ; London un < l Soulh-Westcrn , KM , 101 . 4 ; Midland , 1 Hli , hlj ; North-liastcru ( lierwick ) . 8 ( 1 , M 7 ; South-KaBtorii ()> ov «; r ) , 71 . 74 i ; Antwcrji and Kottordam , 7 , 7 i i Dutch Illuriiish , A din . par . ; Eastern of Franco ( I ' arls mid Htras-] bmirg ) , ; J 4 Uli ; Ureat Central of Franco , 2 : H } , 2 * i ; Groat Luxembourg , < 1 J , ( 14 ; NorUiern of J'Ynnco , UUJ , Mi ; Paris , I ami Lyons , ( 52 , 1 ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 11, 1857, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11041857/page/21/