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      In consequence of the Repeal of the Advertisement Duty , the following B-edttced Scaie is now charged for Advertising in this Journal : — £ s . d . Pive Lines and under . . . . 0 2 6 Each , additional Line . ... . . . 0 06 Haifa Column . . . . . . 110 0 Whole Column 2 10 0 " Leader" Newspaper , 7 , Wellington Street , Strand . # # * Advertisements reaching this Office on Feiday night will appear in all JEditions .

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      NEXT WEEK , A SUMMARY OF THE SESSION , BY "THE STRANGE E , " Wltli ArnSAB IN " % \ t " fMkL "

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      ryXUXJ KAFIHS . —St . George ' s Galieey . Jil LAST SIX DAYS of thia startling and extraordinary Exhibition of Savago Life and Customs . Daily , at Jlalf-jw * Throe and Half-past Eight . Morning Receptions , for Conversation with tho Kafirs , from Eleven to One , admission Ono Shilling . Reserved Stalls , at Mr . Mitchell ' s , Itoyal Library , 33 , Old Bond Street .

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      rpiIE AZTEC LILLIPUTIANS , exhibiting X . Daily at tho MARIONETTE THEATRE , L owthcr Arcade , Aflolaido Street , Strand . —Admission , Ono Shilling ; Reserved Seats , 2 s . ( id . Afternoon Exhibition , Two till l' » v «»" Evening , Eight till Ten . The Aztecs are the Wonders oil ' " World—a Race of tho Human Family hitherto unknown . i-i } e J liavo been honoured with a special command to appoivr "f ^ F " hor Majesty tho Qunen , at Buckingnam Palace . 60 , 000 ot tm > < 51 ito of the Motvopolis have looked with wonder on tho AsstocB .

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      Dll . KAIIN'S ANATOMICAL MUSUum , ooiiKiHting of more than 700 Modols , is Now Opon , ftt tll () PORTLAND GALLERY , Regent Strefit ( opposite tho IW " teohnie ) , ovory day uxoopt Friday , for Gontliimen only , Jlr 0 " Elovon till Five , and from Sovon till Ton . On Fridays , I" ™' over , tho Morning Exhibition for Oontlomon will «} oho at !« o ' clock , \ yhon Ladi < m only will bo admitted until Fivo ° !! l , ' Explanations for ( Jentlomon by Dr . Leach , and for LadioB vy Mra . Leach . —Admiasion , Ono Shilling .

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      MIL ITAttY Oil OTHEIt EDU 0 ATIOWA MARRU 3 D GICNTLEMAN who has boon «« l «« lltm '' ' Btindhurst , bas passed a llrst-chiSH oxamination , and lian Bt'rV in tho Army ut homo and . abroad , , wiHh « s to rccoivfl int ° .. family , ON 1 « 3 or TWO YOUNG GJSNTLJSMMN ' , to oclucuto -i " Collogo or tho Army . . n D A . llttfurtmoi'H givon and roquirod . Apply , by letter , to " ¦ *¦ ' ¦ "' Eldon ChamboiH , Dcvoroux Court , Tomplo , or Gollno Jl «» ' Bromloy Common , Kout . _^^— —

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      be traced to the dearth of good Italian composers . But for the operas of Meyerbeer , indeed , and the works composed by Rossini and Donizetti for the Acadeime Koyale de Musique , the present condition of our great lyric theatre would have been a doubtful one at the best , if even its existence had been prolonged tip to the actual period . The most successful and proatahle of the foreign operas which during the last seven years have been engrafted upon the Italian stage , Fideho excepted , are those borrowed from the French stock . . Owing to the interesting and dramatic character of their , plots , these operas have , served , in an equal degree as vehicles for fine acting and fine singing . The thoroughly German works , on the other

      hand , courting attention chiefly to their elaborate and magnificent music , have hitherto been less happy in gaining proselytes among the public of the Italian Opera . Meyerbeer being for the moment exhausted , tne Camp of Silesia & sealed book , and the Afncaine still in embryo , the management was perfectly justified m ita search for novelty , in giving a . trial to one or two of the operas of a composer who enjoys so distinguished a reputation as Spohr , and whose Azor andZemira may still be remembered as one of the most lucrative musical pieces ever brought out at Covent Garden when Covent Garden was an English theatre . The production of Faust was , therefore , a wise step , and that of Jessonda not less so . If

      the ' paying' operas , like the Huguenots , Lucrezia Borgia , &c ., were given every week , their attraction would soon diminish , and their value to the treasury be dissipated . The legend of the bird which laid the golden eggs should not be forgotten by directors . , " It may be at once stated , that great pains have been bestowed by the Coventgarden management in getting" up the opera , and that , though in some respects the cast might have been stronger , the whole performance manifested a respect

      Oroveso ) is remarkably picturesque . ; and his execution—although the music does not give him half so many chances of distinction—fine enough to place it on the same line as his Sarastro , ' in Mozart ' s Zauberfldte . The solemn priest , with reli . ffion in his mouth and nothing but pride and relentless bigotry in his heart , was never lost sight of . It was a true and striking , though repulsive picture . Ia such parts Herr Formes has no rival , and it was to be regretted that the sombre air with chorus , ' Tu che sei sovra le sfere' (' Der auf morgen abend' ) in which the Hio-h Priest invokes his Deity , was the only one allotted to him . "What little Signor Stigelli had to sing , as Lopez , was sung carefully and well , as is usual . with this gentleman . Jessonda having originally been composed with recitatives ( an innovation which Ipohr was the first to make in German opera , and in defence oi which he wrote a preface ) , the trouble of composing new ones , as for Per Freischutz and Faust , was happily uncalled for . "

      for the name of the composer , and was creditable to the establishment . Jessonda —like Faust , last season—obtained a succks d ' estime . Liked and applauded by the connoisseurs and the general audience , it was patiently endured by the habitues of the stalls and grand tier boxes . Nevertheless , to the credit of all , it must bo said , that even those who failed to understand and appreciate the ^ music listened to it with attention , and that no marks of impatience interfered with the execution and enjoyment of a : work which has been acknowledged a chef d ' oeuvre for up . wards of thirty years , and belongs to the classics of the art . : The most uriexcep . tiou ' able performance in the opera , however , was that of-the High Priest , Dandau , by Herr Formes . The traditions of the part , both histrionic and musical , are doubtless familiar to the German basso , who must have played it often enough before he came to England . His conception of the character ( a kind of pitiless

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On August tho 6 th , the wifo of G . E . Hughes , D . C . L ., of Doetors ' -commons : a eon . On tho 5 th , at Fitzroy-parlr , Highgato ( under chloroform ) , Mra . Lewis C . Hertslot : a Bon . On tho 7 th , at tho Royal- Arsenal , Woolwich , tho wifo of Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson , R . A ., Director of tho Royal Laboratory : a aon . On tho 9 th , at Putney-hill , tho wifo of Charles Warner Lewis , Esq ., barristcr-at-law : twin sons . On tho 9 th , ut Leigh Rectory , tho wifo of tho Rev , C . It . Harrison : a son and daughter . On tho 11 th , at 13 , Bodford-row , tho wifo of Hugh William Elcuin , Eaq ., solicitor : a daughter . MARRIAGES . On tho 20 th of June , at Trichonopoly , Lieutenant , II . B . Rammell , Esq ., youngest son of T . Rammoll , Esq ., oi' Rnmsgate , to Mary An no , daughter of Captain II . J . Nichols , II . E . I . 0 . 8 . On August tho 3 rd , at CaBtlo Monzies , Porthshiro , by tho Very Kov . E . U . Ramsay , Dean of tho Diooess of Edinburgh , Robert Hay , Esq ., second son of Sir Adam Hay , of Ilayaton , Bart ., in tho county of Peebles , ( o Sally , oldest daughter of A . Duncan , Esq ., of Rhode Island , in tho United Btaton of America . On tho 4 th , fit Wath , noar Ripon , M . Ronde , youngest hoii of Edward Hawkins , Esq ., of tho British MiiNouni , lo Mary Littledulo , only daughter of Frederick Groonwood , liuq ., of Norton Cony era , Yorkshire . On tho 4 th , at Waloot Church , Bath , Hugh Mullet , Eiiq . ( lato , of tho Fourth Light Dragoons ) , only « on of H . Mallet , lim \ ., of Aah , North Devon , to Georgiana , youngoHt dimghter of the lato Vonorablo Henry Rathurst , Archdeacon of Norwich . On tho Oth , at St . Mary ' s , 1 ' addinglon , Lioiitenunt-Colon < ri Studhohno Hodgson , eon of tho late Oonorul and grandson of tt jo lato'JL''iold . Marslial Studholmo Hodgson , to Caroline , rHiofc ] i ^ jB ^ W Sf * Afl ? 'JBSW » nor Br uce Clrichostor , Hart ., of Arlington-court , ( f yY ^ t ^^^ QtRV at St . George ' s , Hanover-squaro , Llewellyn ; ^ ° Pt ?/ f ^ K ^ 0 ^ fr ( pwtQn Nottage , Glamorganshire , to Mary , tho ; ~ Onl * -rf ^ RTitA ) : yn ^ l , ThomiiH Williams , of tho sumo place . ] » -i ^ ^*;« lr ^ K © V outou " P " - ^ - *" ' Mdwartl BourehiorSavilo , j l _ S ! Sl' ! t ' ^^^ P ^ l 8 ' Devon , to Cornelia Antoni / i O'Callaghan , J ^ 3 SwSM rwfeW of th « L | wly William Somerset . ] W ^^ ' ^ zSkKuT . hriHt Ohuroh , 8 t . Marylobono , William M . j - * vj ^ f ? ^ S ^ v ^• MMwueut-atroot , poUoUor , third sou of Goorgo j ttaavai

      Trollope , Esq ., of Woodmansterne and Westminster , to Frances Elizabeth , eldest daughter of David Charles Porter , Esq ., ot 15 , Park-place , Regent ' s-park . DEATHS . On the 11 th of May , Lieutenant George Adolphus Pidcock , R . N ., aged twenty-seven , youngest son of John Pidcoek , Esq ., M . D ., Watford , Herts . He was killed in the capture of a p irate fleet by H . M . S . Battler , in the China Seas , near Amoy , while acting Second Lieutenant of that ship . On the 21 st of May , of cholera , at the Dak Bungalow , Burdwan , Lieutenant F . A . Hook , of the Seventy-third Regiment of N . I ., eldest son of the late Theodore Hook . _ On the 23 rd of June , Maurice H . Tre-vilian , Esq ., -R . . ST ., oi H . M . S . Daring , aged seventeen , third son of Major Treyilian , of Newberry-house , Frome ^ He was drowned by the boat upsetting in crossing the bar of the river Tampico , in the Gulf oi Mexico . On the 24 th of July , at Corfu , Ionian Isles , Helen , the wife ot the Rev . William Charteris . On the 31 st of July , at 65 , Milton-street , Dorset-square , Mr . Thomas Bentley Lambe , Member of the Royal College of Preceptors , aged thirty . On the 2 nd of August , at his father ' s house , Potsgrove , Mr . Thomas Paxton , the son of Thomas Paxton , Esq ., and nephew of Sir Joseph Paxton , aged twenty-four . On the 5 th , at Genoa , Augustus Granet , Esq ., Commissary-General to the Forces . _ On the 10 th , ~ at the Residence of her son , 48 , Morningtonplace , London , Mary Cruikshank , aged eighty-four , relict of the late Isaac Cruikshank , artist , and mother of Robert and George Cruikshank . On the 10 th , at Winterslow-place , Vassall-road , Brixton , Henry William Taylor , Esq ., son of the late John Henry Taylor , Esq ., of Crayford , Kent ; also , on the same day , John Charles Edwards , Esq ., brother-in-law of the above , and son of the late Charles Augustus Edwards , Esq ., of lsleworth , Middlesex .

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      790 THE L E AD E R « [ Saturday , ^ 1

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      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation dubino the Week ending Thubsdat Evening . ) Ecuador ... 5 Spanish 3 p . Cts .: N ' ewDef . 23 $ Granada Deferred 9 Spanish Passive , Conv .... 5 £ Portuguese 4 per Cents . 43 f Swedish Loan ............ 6 | pm . Russian 4 £ per Cents . ... 101 J j Belgian 4 | per Cents 99 Sardinian 5 per Cents ... 96 £ j Dutch 2 £ per Cents . ...... 64 | Spanish 3 p . Cents . 47 f Dutch 4 per Cent . Ceitif . 98 ^

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      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Friday Evening , August 12 , 1853 . TnE aspect of the market on Saturday last was more gloomy , and experienced a greater fall , than at any time during the current year . After the hours of business Consols were dono as low as 9 GJ , and tho House closed with a general impression of a still greater depreciation ior tho ensuing week ; tho favourable news , however , appearing in tho morning papers of Monday , caused an immediate rise of 1 percent , on tho price of Consols , which closed on that day at 97 # to 98 for tho August account . Many of the heavy Railway Shares , both English and French , experienced an equal improvement Paris and Strasbourg closing at 37 } to 38 $ ; Paris and Lyons , 27 J to 281 ; Northerns , 35 j to 3 CJ . London and North Westerns loft off , on Saturday , as low as 113 J to 114 $ , and Groat Westerns , 87 J to 88 J : on Monday , tho former closing at 115 to 115 i , and tho latter at 88 J to 8 !)} . Still better prices wore maintained on tho following days—Strasbourgs having reached on Thursday 39 to 39 J ; yesterday ( Friday ) thoro was a slight decline in pricos , tho market being loss steady than during tho earlior part of tho wook . Consols wore dono at 98 . } for tho September account , falling afterwards to 98 , i ) 8 & ; Strasbourg !* worn quoted 38 ^ , 39 ; L 3 "ons , 28 , 28 ^ ; London and North Westorn , 115 . i , 115 JJ ; Great Western , Q ()\ , 90 J ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 77 J , 78 ; York and North Midland , 00 , 01 . Greater activity has shown itself in the Gold Mining Sharon , and more bargains cllcctod than for hoimo wouka paBt , and at improved prices . CORN MARKET . Mark Lane , Friday , August VI , 1853 . Tho trade to-day is nominally tho sarno as on Monday for Wheat , without much biisinoHS passing . Uarloy is dull , with , a downward tondcuoy ; and Oats are 0 ( 1 . cheaper . Both Wheat and Indian Corn on pannage ur « hold at fully former prioon .

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      BRITISH FUNDS FOR THIS PAST WEEK . ( OuotiiNa Puiokh . ) " *

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      ! | Satur . Mond . Ttieu . Wedn . Thum . I'Vt WJ Oonsols for Account ... 9 ( lj 9 ( 5 J « 7 J 97 ^ » Hj ! .... 1 } per Cent . An 100 ] ()() i <)] joi 1 ( K )| ...... Now R por Cents Long Aiih ., 1800 5 J fi'j r > l (> -i < l '" Hi '"' ( j " .. ' . ' . ' . " [ ndin Stock 2 G 8 J Zhtik 257 J 257 J Ditto Bonds , . L'l 000 m ih Ditto , under iilOOO ... Uf > 27 " " a 'i " ICr . HillH , JBIO ( K ) ldin l <| iH ip jj iiirt imr "" . ' . I ) itto , ii 500 ldis Idin lp lp par Mto , BmivU .,, idiy ldju lp adiu imr

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      HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . The number of deaths registered last week in the metropolis was 991 ; in the previous week it was 1004 . In corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 , exclusive of that in 1849 ( when cholera raised the total mortality of the week to 1909 ) , the numbers ranged from 801 to 1135 . With the exception of the infant part of the population who suffer as usual at this season , the health of London appears to be comparatively good . In the returns of fatal diseases the chief feature is the progress of diarrhoea . The deaths referred to this complaint nr the last six weeks are 28 , 34 , 64 , 73 , 81 , and 110 . Of the 110 persons to whom it was fatal , 64 were males , 46 were females ; and of the whole number 78 were children under one year . Only two children died last week of small-pox ; only 16 of measles ( though in the previous week the number was 34 ) , while 33 died of scarlatina , showing an increase of 10 on the previous week ' s return . Last week the births of 769 boys and 779 girls , in all 1548 children , were registered in London . In . the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1332 . ~ At the Eoyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 * 876 in . The reading of the barometer decreased from 29 * 85 in . at the beginning of the week to 29-69 in . by 9 h . p . m . on August 1 st ; increased to 29-86 in . by 9 h . a . m . on the 3 rd ; remained at this reading with slight variation till 3 h . p . m . on the 4 th ; increased to 30-08 in . by 9 h . a . m . on the 6 th ; and decreased to 30-05 in . by the end of the Aveek . The mean temperature of the week was 61 ' 6 degs ., which is slightly below the average of the same week in 38 years . The highest temperature occurred on Monday , and was 77 degs . the lowest was 46-5 degs ., and occurred on Friday . The greatest difference between the dew point temperature and air temperature was 18 degs . on Monday ; the least 1-2 degs . on Wednesday ; the mean difference of the week was 10-2 degs . The highest temperature of the water of tho Thames was 65-2 dogs , on Thursday and Friday . Tho wind was in the south-west on the first three days ; on Wednesday it changed to south it was afterwards in tho north , and calm .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1853, page 790, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1999/page/22/