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      ST . JAMES'S THEATRE . On Monday , April 18 , will be repeated , the Comedy of ATSTDRE , with other Entertainments . , " >_ ., „ ,, ~~ c , The highly popular Play of LK CHEVXLlKli DE ST . GEORGE ' S will bo produced on "Wednesday next-Mr . Mitchell bogs to announce that M . ltOUEUT HOUDIN havinc entered into several provincial engagements , his extraordinary SEANCES FANTA 8 T 1 QUES , now in course of presentation at this Theatre , cannot possibly bo extended beyond the 27 th of this month ; the Entortainment tun therefore only bo repeated in the following order : —On Tuesday Evening , April 1 »; Wednesday Morning , April 20 ; Thursday Evening , April 21 ; Haturday Morning , April 23 ; Tuesday livening , April 2 ( 1 ; and tho-Last Morning Entertainment , on Wednesday Morning , April 27 . Boxes Stalls , and Tickets may be obtained at Mr . Mitchell » , 33 , Old Bond Htreet ; and at the Uox-ofHco of tho Theatre .

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      MR . ALBERT . SMITH'S MONT BLANC , EVERY" EVENING , at Eight o'clock , except Hului-diiy . HtallH , 3 k . ( which can be Been red at the Uox-ofllco every day from Eleven to Four ) ; area , 2 h . ; gallery 1 « - A Morning rerformance ovory Tuesday und Haturday , at Three o ' clock . ,, , A View of the celebrated M > r tUi Glaoo , from Montanv « rn , has been added to the Illustrations . Egyptian Hall , Piccadilly .

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      ON SUNDAY MORNING , APRIL 17 th , at Eleven o ' clock , a LECTURE will bo delivered at tho Oxford ltooniH , 38 , Castle Htreet , "xforcl Btreet on T 11 E KCHEMI 5 Olf A CHURCH . Hy WILLIAM MACCALL , Author of tho " Education ofTusto . '

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      Do you"imuisS your oats yet p Ono biiMhol < if Oatw crushed will nearly make two . Immense saving , uml important improvement of the animal . Out Bruisers , Chaff Cutters , Hougho , Threshing Machines , Domestic ! Flour Mills . Light Carts , Mining Tools , JJrick and file ditto , Corn DroHsiug ditto , Horse and Hteum Machinery put up , &o . Rupiiirs done . -M . WEULAKH und CO ., US , Fonehuroh Htrtiot . Pamphlet u ^ i l !' eediiu ^ ' l » . 4 d . List with 240 Illustrations , la . M ,

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      HEAL AND SON'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of HKDHTEADH , «« nt fK » o hy post ,, contains < htsigns und prices of upwards of On it Hundhi ' . o difleren I , JiedstuauM ; also of every description of liedding , lllankets , and Quilts . And their new Wurerooms contain an extensive assort inentof Hod-room Furniture , KiirnituroChintzuii , Damasks , and DimitioH , so us to render their Eslabliuhiuent complete for the general furnishing of ltodrooms . Mcul und Hun , Jtedsteud und Hedding Manufuctiueru , 100 , Tottonhuin Court Road .

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      AWA 1 WMD A PRIZE MEDAL UNDER CLANS XIX . rru ) THE CAliPET TRAD 1 S . — JtOYAL I VICTOMIA 1 « 'ELT CAItPETJW ( i . — Th « PATENT WOOLLEN CLOTH COMPANY beg to inform the Trade that their NiiW Pattuunh in Caui-iith and Tahi . k CoVicrs for the present houhoii are now out , uiul will be found far superior to any they have hitherto produced , both in style and variety . The public can be supplied ( it all rosped able Ctirpot-houtiea m London and the country . The public deem it neiiessHry to caution the public ; against parties who are Helling an inferior description of goods as Felted Carpets , which will not bear comparison with their inunufactui-o , either in style or durability ; and that the gonuinouoss of ! , lm goods can always be tented by * purchasers , as Ihe Company's Carpets are nil stamped at both ends of the pinoo , " Royal Victoria Carpeting , London , " with the royal arms in the centre . The Company ' s Muniiliiotoritw are at , Elmwood Mills , Leeds ; and Itorough Ho ad , London . Wholesale Warchousou ut H , Lovk Lank , Wood Htukht , Ciikai'SIDic .

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      mHE COMMITTEE of the TESTIMONIAL I from the friends of Free Thought , to constitute a Presentation to Mr . G . JACOB HOLYOAKE , have forwarded List-papers into the provinces , to numerous correspondents . Further applications are to be addressed to the " Secretary of the Testimonial Committee , 23 , John Street , Fitzroy Square , London . " The communications received by the Committee have , in variety , cordiality , and amount , exceeded their anticipation ; and they have fixed on the Whitsun week in which to hold the public Presentation , so that provincial friends visiting London muy have an opportunity of being present . Many distinguished names , and those of persons far from agreeing with Mr . Holyoake in speculative opinions , have frankly , practically , and generously testified to the usefulness of the free utterance ot opinion in his person . Post-oflice orders to he made payable to James VVatson , Treasurer . All List-papera to bo returned not later than tho 30 th O » Ai'Hiii next . „ -i i- i r Parties wishing to attend the Presentation will oblige by lorwarding as far us possible their names to the Hecretary by the 22 nd inst ., in order that a place may be secured lurgo enough to accommodate till wishing to be present . Mr . JAMES WATSON , Treasurer . Mr . YOUNG , Chairman . Mr . TUKIiEY , Secretary .

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      therefore , to say , that this artist was worthy , and even more than worthy , of his reputation . His acting throughout the whole of the scene whicl / begins d / Us braving ^ l ^ s ^ h < m ^ ^^^^^ consummate triumph of the art , with Macready s fifth act ot Werner , ana Frederick Lemaitre ' s second act of Paillasse . nvi .-ua Formes gave the best of his prodigious voice to the concerted music of the second actfand sang with less of his peculiar mannerism , with less of the hardness and loudness , which we nave always felt to be his , Drying sins , than usual . Madame Castellan looked as harmless as ever sang as dTd all the little that coul d be donewig the

      IsTnt ^ entTy everTand , , wretchedly uninteresting and undramatic part to which she was sacr ficed as the Matilda of the evening . The minor performers were all ireful and satisfactory ( criticism has no other words for describing their exertions , no matter of what kind ) , with the exception of poor Signor Luchesi , who sang the fisherman ' s barcarole as if he were blowing all the notes on the Pandean pipes , in the august presence of Mr . Punch ; and of the illustrious Soldi , who was more disastrously shrill , and more oppressively energetic , than ever . The chorus was generally excellent , saving a moment of unsteadiness in the first act ; and the orchestra inspired by the occasion , played with a decision , brilliancy , and ensemble quite infectious , the quick movement in the overture being rapturously encored , as a matter ot course .

      Few words must suffice for our report of Tuesday evening . Donizetti s most delightful and Jiummable of operas , the Mistr d Amore , was a tar more satisfactory performance than the Barbiere . Signor Luchesi was only less incompetent as Nemorino than as Almaviva , because lie had Jess occasion for displaying his incompetence . He scaled a height less perilous , and so his fall was easier . Still , it is fair to say that his voice , worn to a thread , betrayed , even more than on the former occasion , the traces of a finished and elegant style of vocalization—a questionable satisfaction for the audience , who only get the wear and tear . It is exasperating to the more sensitive ears to listen to a singer who is never bad enough to be positively offensive , and whose feebleness excites sensations more of sorrow than of anger in the proverbially indulgent British public . Think of the Una fartiva lagrima going off without a single hand—the dead pause of disappointment only broken by the bravi ot

      two or three injudicious friends , who contrived to make the failure all tne more conspicuous . That delicious air , the very melody of love-signs , may Be said almost to sing itself . When the delicious sobbing of the oboe in the prelude was succeeded by the flat , fatigued straining of a rebellious larynx , it was impossible not to regret that the obligato was not allowed to sin" - the air—being its own accompanyist . Signor Luchesi acted not unpleasingly . Perhaps , however , as he stood with his arms akimbo , smirking at the intrepid roulades of Madame Bosio , he forgot the bashful peasant , " and looked more like a fatuous bourgeois admirer accustomed to cheap and facile bonnes fortunes . Tagliafico , the Belcore of the night , was careful , effective , and correct , as he always is : we only missed the gay insouciance and debonair vivacity

      of the rattling sergeant . . 11 . 1 . * Madame Bosio was in excellent voice , full and clear as the heart ot youth ; and if you had kept your eyes shut , would have sent you home bewitched with Adina ; but she was never once en scene ; her pearly jets of notes dropped from a stalactite . But her final air , the burst ot overflowing happiness , would have made amends for greater deficiencies ; it narrowly escaped , as it richly deserved , a double encore . As for the Dulcamara , never was he more mischievously enticing—never

      more richlv enjoyed by his crowd of clients on either side of the foot }* ki » Srconi ^ vSn of the sublime charlatan is , like all his Portratoes at once the broadest and the finest buffoonery : it is an instance of the spontaneity of genius held in check by the continence of th ^ exwtest art : a broad conception worked out with infinite minuteness of detaiK every look is-a study , and every gesture a point : the humour of the whole —caustic , biting , incisive , and yet ever easy and unforced . ihnnA On the who ]? , this Misir d'Amore was a very p leasant . affair , though we , who so often complain of the inordinate length of extra eights , did . grumble a little , at twenty minutes past ten to find the house aWy Smptying for the Mile Mai GardSe . It is all very well on Saturdays , when we are in mortal fear of Sunday finding us in a state of amusement , but on other evenings , we can ' wait a little longer . '

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      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation dubing the Wbbk ending Fbiday Evening . ) Brazilian Bonds 100 * Spanish 3 p . Cents . . . 48 * Chilian 6 per Cents 103 8 panish 3 p . Cts . New Dot . Danish 3 per Cents 85 Account , April 28 1 \\ Granada , ox Dec , 1819 , Spanish Com Certif . of coupon . .. 23 i Coupon not funded ... u * Mexican 3 per Cents 28 J Dutch 2 * per Cents . .... . fifljj Peruvian Scrip 3 \ pm . Dutch 4 per Cent ^ Certif . 86 J

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      THE QUARTETT ASSOCIATION Found the iust reward of unpretending excellence in a crowded audience at Willis ' s Rooms , for the first performance of their second season , on Thursday last . Without affectation of exclusiveness , and without lantaronnade , Messrs . Sainton , Piatti , Cooper , and Hill , have taken a secure hold of the musical public ; and their society is now attended with that peculiar respect which only the most unequivocal merit can command . ± lie programme on this occasion consisted of three stringed quartette of Hummel ? Mozart , and Mendelssohn , and a pianoforte sonata of Beethoven . The last named ( in B flat , op . 106 ) , well known for its immense difficulty , was played by JMiss Arabella Goddard , with a- quiet mastery and self-possession that took the audience by storm . This accomplished young lady played the first three movements from memory ; and the learned who followed her with jealous severity , score in hand , may have waited in vain to detect a flaw in an achievement seldom attempted by the miraculous tribe of pianists who have not the disadvantage to be natives . We shall , on a future occasion , give way to some reflections on this subiect , without indulging in any cant on the worn topic of " native talent . For the long and intricate fugue which concludes the sonata , Miss broddard very modestly , but certainly not from necessity , took the text , and so faultless was her execution , that the applause which crowned it seemed to be rather a nublic than a personal triumph . The quartett of Hummel ( in

      C op . 30 ) , heard for the first time in this country , was led by Mr . Sainton , and that of Mozart ( No . 7 in I >) which followed , by Mr . Cooper . It is difficult , without risking the appearance of exaggeration , to describe the effect of these performances ; such accuracy and finish * can only toe attained by consummate skill ana the most untiring perseverance . JLhe programme concluded with Mendelssohn's quartett in E minor ( Op . 4 A ) , too well known to need special mention . Mr . Macfarren ' s analyses of these concerts possesses a more than fugitive interest . They deserve to form a volume on the most interesting shelf of the musician s library . We heartily rejoice in the well assured success of the Quartett

      Association . -. on e We have one more word to add about a new society lull ot promise , called the ORCHESTRAL . UNION , which , under the happy auspices of Mr . Alfred Mellon and Mr . H . C . Cooper , gave the first of three concerts last Saturday . The orchestra is limited , but very select ; the programme of Saturday last was equally modest in extent , equally choice in character , and the playing at once vigorous and refined . We shall have more to say about the Orchestral Union . if .

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      » THE LEADER . [ Saturday ^

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      ^ HI'J' 1811 FUND 8 FOR THIS l'ANT WKEK . ( Clokino Pricks . )

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      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , April 15 , 1853 . A slight reaction has taken place during the lust two or three days , from the stagnation of the last week . Consols wore as high yesterday as 100 } to | , und leave ofl" to-day at 100 & . People Heem to bo waiting on their onra to watch the result of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposition for the reduction of tho Thrco-per-Cents , before they invest to any amount in other scour-ities . Railway Shares , particularly Irish lines , have increased in value . French Railway Shares have maintained a stoutly price . Tho great railroad feature of tho week has been tho introduction of a new Canadian lino—called tho Great Central Trunk Line , supported by great names , and which nan ulready boen deftlt in at 24 promiiun per share ) . Australian Land and MinoBhares have been singularly flat throughout the week . Tho Culiforiiiuu Mines experienced a considerable rise during yesterday , and maintain a steady appearance to-day . On © cannot believe that there will be tho same erout rise in Stock tliiH year an w «» had in 1 H 52 . The innumerable speculations that have boon rife during the hint sir months , and the money that has been sunk in the purchaon of many really worthless HharoH , although maintaining a nominal value , will prevent their entering into Hound and well-supported investments . Money is said to bo eaay in the city ; but on tho Stock Exchange , whore there i « a heavy Bill account , no doubt some scarcity . C O It N MA H K E T . Murk Lane , Friday evening , April 15 , 1 H 53 . Tjik supplies of all grain during the week have been very limited . Tho demand for Wnoat has been slow , and prices hardly maintained . Hurley has been morn in request , but at no advance in prices . Tlio value of Oa ( s ha « been linidy maintained . For other artides the demand ban been very limited , without alteration in prices .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 16, 1853, page 382, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1982/page/22/