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      wfticta devoted study and research , aidedby a laTish employment of pictorial andmechanical contrivance , can suggest . But ib would be art injustice to Mr-Charles Kean to speak of this revival of Jtictard IT . as if it were only a spectacle of unprecedented grandeur and completeness . On Monday evening last we were enabled to testify that the interest of the action and tlie exquisite beauty Of the language were never for a moment sacrificed to the decorator arid machinist . Such life-like portraitures of mediaeval history as the Iastsat Coventry ^ the Great Hall at Westminster , the Bedchamber of John of Gauit , have never been witnessed on our stage ; but thiey intensify and do not disguise the poet ' s creation . The historical episode of the Entry of Bolingbrqke into London is a marvellous realization of the description in the play ; It does not distract the audience from the play itself ; it is not a mutilatibn , or an intrusion ^ yrhich the poet himselfwouldresent ; it is a Ireathing picture of the troubled times in wMcb / tlm play is c ^ the representation is carried out , is as admirableias thei propriety with which

      the minor parts are performed ; and Mr . Kejan himself , amidst ali this luxurv ° i fw " ^ - accesspri € s , / upholds the prerogative of the poet in his personS of therKzng . ; Hw reading 13 throughout refined and highly intellect !^ S elocution dignified and impressive , his bearingthat of a gentleman and ^ KJn " But it is m the passages where the irresolute and vacillating RickardtetrlZ all the violence of weakness that the actor's deep study of the character -iml highly cultivated art are most manifest ^ and the sympathies of the audience ' -, r £ most forcibly engaged . Mrs . Kean ' s personation of the Queen is nobly Wliei £ and even in her expression of irrepressible'despair thereis a ^ ebvereign grace -imf a womanly as well as a queenly majesty . The rest of the characters / £ **! cially Bolmgbroke ) are adequately performed , and the completeness of the picture is never marred . We could say much , had we space at command , upon this most interesting dramatic solemnity ( forsuchit .. is ); ' but we must be content to express our conviction \ that Mr .. Ke an lias in this production of ' Richard the / Second contributed ain ineffaceable tradition , to the annals of the British ! stage

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      ' . ' . ; The Bisho ? of Exeter on Divorce . — -A long letter from the Bishop of Exefeer to the Archdeacon of Barnstaple and the clergy of that archdeaconry ; , on the subject of divorce , has been published . It is intended to convey the Bishop ' s advice to his clergy in connexion > vith the question whether they are bound in conscience to refuse to marr y persons , one or both of whom liave been divorced from a previous . marriag-c on the grou . nd of , adultery . He is of opinion' that no case offering any real difficulty will arisen as the persons ' to whom objection is made : wili probably be married by a registrar . His iiordship continuesi : —• ¦ ' Ou the only specified particular in whiclt you ask my advice—namely , whether you should pledge yourselves not to intrude into the in

      parishes and churches of ' yourbrethren ^ such cases as the new Act contemplates ^ ^ vitiout hesitation , I advi se you not to do yourselves the injustice of appearing to think such a pledge necessary , any more than it is necessary for you to pledge yourselves . not to commit any other very discreditable action . There is another p oiht on / -which' you seem towish my advice , though you do hot directly ask . , —whetheryou should rnake ' an appeal' to her Majesty , in order to' prevail on her to withhoid for a ; while the order in Council vfhich alone can bring ; the Act into fullX operation ;' : Here 1 have no difficulty whatever in saying that I advise you not to pray her ilajesty to nullify an Act of parliament , which , as such , is her own Acti" ; ¦' . ' . ¦ '' ' ¦;¦ .. ' .. ; '¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦ ' . '¦'¦ ' ; ' . -i ; :. ' [\

      --,:-; The Bishop of Exeteb .- —The burial board of St : Tttotaas , _ near Exeter , met ; on lionday ^ and unanimously adopted / a petition to Parliament , ; prclying that the recent Act relating to burial grounds might be so amended as to get rid of wh at was -terrned a 'f quibble ' which the Bishop of Exeter has raised , and .. under which he refuses to conaecvate the new cemetery of St . Thomas . This ' quibble' liasreference to a certain ., division Wall inthe cemetery , the character of which his lordship does not approve . ¦"' . ; ~ V . ' ¦ : ' :: . ' - . ' - ' - ' . ' { - \ .- \ " ; " : '¦' . . ' ¦/ : ' \ . ; : '' \ -: ^ ' . '¦ ' v "' ' ' "¦¦ ' . ¦ Mr . Hodges , of the Western Circiiit , has been ' appointed Chief Justice of the Cape Colony . :. ¦ '¦ : ; '¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      The Pbkce of Pbussia , on Wednesday night , attended the quarterly communication of the United Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of England , which was held under the presidency of the Earl of Zetland , Grand Master . On Thursday , he \ vas made free of the Merchant Tailors' Company . . Mr . Normax TSI acdonalp , Controller of the Lord Chamberlain ' s department , died suddenly on Tuesday afternoon . ; " ¦' . ¦ ¦; . \ . ' . ; ' - - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ " ¦ ¦¦ ; - ¦ ' ' '¦ \ - ' . '¦ ' ¦) ¦ ' . ¦ ' / . ' . ¦ ¦• . ' ' ' '¦ ' . " , The Royal . British Bank ..- —Ameetingof : theshare-1 older 3 of this bank was held on ^ ^ Wednesday eveniag- at the Guildhall Tavern , to receive a report of the progress made . in raising a sum of 180 , 000 ? ., necessary to effect a compromise o £ 6 S v 6 d . in the pound , in addition to : the 10 s . in the pound expected from the estate . The Chairman ( Mn Wyld , M ; P . ) said there was every prospect of this arrangement being carried out . :

      Mr . Bright has addressed a letter to Mr . Lloyd , the chairman of hi 9 Birmingham Election . Committee , to say that hia health will not permit him to be in the House till the usual per iod of commencing the session , and to call attention to the urgent necessity of reconstituting the government of our Indian Empire . Mr . Hindlet , M . P . for Ashton-uncler-Line , has died within the last few days . The Falkirk Bank Cask . —The Queen has been pleased to remit the remainder of the sentence in the case of Thomas Gentles ,, one of the two young men who were convicted , at the Stilling circuit oh the 29 th . of September , and sentenced to eighteen month e'

      imprisonment for breach of trust and embezzlement in the branch of the Commercial Bank at Palkirlc . The two young men were the instruments by which , i n a great measure , ' tho lato Henry Salmon , manager of the bank , was enabled to embezzle its funds , his defalcations amounting in all to about 26 , 000 ? ., and , though the jury expressed their belief that the young men had received , no portion of the money , they were found guilty ns aiding and abetting the manager in perpetrating his frauds . Gentles was liberated from Perth Penitentiary last Saturday . Suioxdk . —Mr . Henry Horn , the Becorder of Hereford , and Mr . Henry Mozley , the Coroner of Derby , have committed suicide by shooting thomselves .

      Atxbmptbd Wife Mukdkr . —A plumber named Thomas Fa ^ vn , is under remand at Hammersmith , on a charge of assaulting and seriously wounding hia -wife . There is also a suspicion of bigamy .

      The Services ; at Exeter Hali- —Theseservices were continued last Sunday , when between four arid five thousand . pers 6 ns assembled , many of them belonging to the working class es . When the rninister began to read the Litany , it was somelittle time before his auditory fell , into the way of joining in the responses , and , even when they did so , it was not in the sonorous , confident manner noticeable among- regular church frequenters . Among the gentlemen , on the platform was Dr . Liying-Stbne .: ' . . -- . ¦ ; ' . ' ¦¦ '¦ . ' ¦¦¦¦ ¦' '¦ ' . ' --r . r :- ' ¦'"¦'¦¦) : - ¦ : ¦ ¦" ' / . ' ¦ " . \" ' ' - ' - /¦ : ¦ : : - ¦¦ : The EoTAt Society . —rThe anniversary meeting of the Fellows of the ' -iRoyal Societywas ^^ held , on St . Andre > v > --day in their new rooms at Burlington House . The Prcsid ^ ntj Lord W " rottesley , in delivering hij ^ innual address , noticed the advances made by science ? mce the previous aiiniyersary , particularly as relates to terres--trial magnetism and geographical researct .: :

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      Blackburn , 85 , 9 i : Caledonian . 75 f , 76 i ; Chester and Holyhead , SO , 32 ; b ' astern Counties , 54 , 55 ; Great Northern , 93 , 94 ; Great Southern and " Western ( Ireland ) , 97 , « 9 , Great Western , 604 , 50 |; Xiaiicashirio ^ and Yorkshire , 91 , 91 ^; London and Blactwall , 5 i , 5 J ; London , Erigliton , and South Coast , 102 , 1 O 4 ; London aiid Korth-Western , Sl-5 , 95 i ; London and South - Western , 88 , 89 ; Midland , 814 , 85 ; North-Eastern ( Berwick ); 92 , 93 ; Sonth > Easteru , ( Dover ) , 62 } , 63 J ; Antwerp and Rotterdam ; 5 { , 61 ; Dutch Ehenish , 5 i , 5 i dia . ; Eastern of France ^( Paris and Strasbourg ) , 25 i , 25 i : Great Central ot France , ——; Great Luxembourg , Bl . 6 i ; Northern of France , 34 J , 35 J ; Paris and Lyons , S 3 ^ , JJSi ; Royal Danish , 13 | , 15 i ; Hoya ) Swedish i , }; Sambre aiid Meuse , 6 J , 6 f .

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      ¦ .. . . . ; . '• : ; ' ¦ : ; ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦•¦ ¦ : ' : : - - ¦ ^ —? . . . ' ... - . ¦ . : : . . : . ' :. : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ London ; Friday Evening , December t , During the past week failures in Hamburg and Sweden lave . brought down many ' tall' houses ; that depended upoii their foreign agents and remittances in London . The dreaded ith of the month has cornel ; that once over \ ve may expect a lull for some time . Meanwhile the collective wisdom of the country will bore each ptheri and the public , until their constituents are well nigh driven mad with currency , drain in gold , balance of trade , &c . A fortnight ' s discussion awaits us upon a subject that hardly ten irien in the louse of Commons have aught but the most superficial aiowledge . The ( desired , end , as the ultra Liberal party will tell you , is free trade in money as in other commodities . To ask for an explanation will be useless ; the answer vou obtain will render you bewildered for the rest of the day ^

      and your onlyclear conception of Jfree trade in money . ' is that every citizen may be allowed to issue his own paper , and get money or money ' s worth for the same , if he can . However stormy matters have " - '' beeu ' -ia commerce , home and foreign , nothing frightens British Three per Cents . The panic served to bring in purchasers to the amount of six millions of stock , withdrawn from joint-stock banks discount houses , from mercantile adventures , from sale of shares in joinst-stock banks , &c . Hence we have seen the funds at 91 . Railroad shares are lirni , particularly foreign and East Indian of all sorts . Canada railways are ^ considerably higher ; American are beginning to raise their ^ heads again . In the hea \ y market , on the ^ whole , Midlands have

      made most progress . . Westerns ' . are now at 50 . A . report to-day obtains credit that there , ivill , be ho dividend oil this stock the coming half year . London and North-Western , and Lancashire and Yorkshire are tlatter , South Western are at 88 , and would seern low ' -at that price . Caledonian stock oscillates between V 6 and 78 , aha is the most improving stockiu -the whole niarket . Berwicks are firm at 93 . In mining shares no great amount of business doing . Great Wheal Yor is about to call il . per share . It is feared this gigantic adventure , that gives work to so many Cornish men , will be obliged to stop . No particular feature in any other : shares . Miscellaneous shares . are barely quoted , Joint-stock batiks are beginning to find favour again .

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      EKOMt THE LONDON" G A ZETTE , ¦ '• :. ¦ . ' .. / . ' ' /''¦ ' . ¦ '/¦ '' . ' . ' .-. Tuesday ,. Z > ece > nber : 'l- \ ; : . ' . '¦ ' . ' . ' . - "' : ¦ ¦ . - \ r ' : BANKRIJPTS . —Lbon Lempabtj Bruriswick-place , Cityroad , and Fenchurch-street , general irieTcharit — Louis MpaicE BACHBACH , Clement's-lane , and , Albert-road , Ualston . merchant - WittiAM Lake , Banbury , tailor — John Mapp , juri-v Grays-inh-lane , licensed yictualler—James Low , Rayleigh , Essex , carpenter — John "; Kino , Westrop , Staihing-lane , glove manufacturer- ^ Qh aeles Edwabd Handy , Darlaston ; Staffordshire , apothecary ~ J 6 hn ¦ WiLUtAMB , Harley Kings , Worcestershire , plumber—George WnirwEW ., Bristol , shipowner—Samuel Stocks , Huddersfield , woollen cloth merchant— -John Rothert HtJBiBAEr )! , Leeds , wool merchant—Thomas Gorberx" , Sheffield , ( iron merchant—WiitiAM Dat Maetijt , Sheffield , watchmaker—Phixip Andrew * August Juijckbe ; Liveri pool , and Winsford ; Cheshire , rnercharit ^ -Henrx Ei . iAS Moss , Liverpool , merchantr-Joseph HARKlsVBoltpri , Lancashire , chyniical manufacturer—John Pi

      .. -- ¦ .- ¦ . ' . ' : •¦ '¦ . :: ; ,, - ,. Friday . December ' 4 . . : ¦¦' -: ' : ¦ ' / -.-IfANKRUPTClf ANNULLED . — Thomas Cr-AJHAJif , Headingley , Leeds , liursoryman . v : BANKRUPTS . —Ebenbzer Goold , Leamington Priors , bookseller— -Robekt Wotston , Wolyerhampton , builder—William ; PAtMEiti FinSbury , London , laceman—George Spink , St . Ives , Huntingdonshire , boot and shoemaker—John Denbigh , ' "Bryan-street , Islington , hearthrug manu ^ faefcuror — - Henrv Fahringxon , VValaall , Staffordshire , auctioneer—Charlbb Hakuison , Runcorh , rope maker—John Warden , Stratford-upou-Avon , Warwickshire , brick manufacturer — John Wilkins , Barkw « ll , innkeeper—James Muxmns . LiverjpooU grocer — -Chaexbs Mabxin Nexbon , Oxford-streetj London , baker—Rorert Whiston and James Henry Staples Wildsmtth ; Wolverhampton , manufacturing chemists—James Henry Buti , bb , Liverpool , merchant—Joseph Goslow , Walsall , Staffordshire , licensed ¦ victualler-rOUA . BiiEs Smith , Aldorwasloy , Derbyshire , miller—Wihiam Codddjt , New Xenton , Nottingham , lace tnanulacturer—James Cbedxand , Hulmc , Lancashire , builder—Wiixram Cross , Saint Ann ' s-road , Mileend , victualler — Edward Meyers . Leeds , grocer — William : Bird tho older , aiid Wiixiam Bikd the gounger , Great Yarmouth , spirit merchants—Chables P . chlbsinghbr , Bdwaed Schlesingbb , and Charlbb Parfitx , Basinghall-street , drysaltors .

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . ; ' ; '¦ . " v , " ¦ ' ;• "¦ ¦ . ; ' BIRTHS , V- , '¦ ' ' ' '¦ ' ; . ' . . " ¦ ; AMEDROZ . —November 30 , at Blaridford-squaro , tho wir © of . H . P . Amedroz , Esq .: a son . ' CUMWL 1 NG . —November 29 , at Spring Lodge , Cheltenham , tho wife of Major It . O . Uummiiig ; a daughter . DIMSDALE . —Novonibor 29 . at Upper Hyuo-pai'k-strcot , tho wifo of R . Dimsdalo , Esq . ; a 'daughter . ' ¦ '¦ ¦ : ' . ' ' - ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ' . MARRIAGES . ' \ " ' - ' ' : . ' ¦ '' HILL-rSEYMOUR . —Deccmbor 2 , at AH Soula' , Langhamplaco , E . C . Hill , Esq ., of Cranbourn , Dorsotshiro , to Oardie , daughtor of tho lato W- Seymour , Esq ., of Batn . MANNING—SPEIR . —Dooombor 3 , at St , James ' s Church , SuHBox-gardonB , Mr . Serjeant Manning , to Charlotte , widow of tho lato W . Spior ; Esq . ' ' ¦ ' . DEATHS . ' ¦ . ' BALLY . —Docombor 2 , W . P . Bally , Esq ., of Sion-liill , Bath , aged 59 . ¦ '¦ _ . '' CO 8 BY . —Decombor 1 , at Qucon's-piiraolo , Bath , Francos , Eliza Jane , daughtor of H . Coaby , EHqi , formerly of tho ' 1 st Dragoon Guards , agod 25 . .. , JENKIJN HON . —December 1 , at OwcrCottage , Fawloy , near I Southampton . Elizabeth , wife of Hcar-Admiral H , Jeiv kinaon , agod ca .

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      BRITISH ; FUNDS JFOR THE PAST WEEK . ' : '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ' ¦• ¦ . ¦ ., "¦ ' . ¦ '' . ' : ' - . ( Closing- Prices . ) ; , . ;;¦ ;¦ ' . . . " ¦ . ; ' : , . . '¦ ' ; . Sat . Mon . Tues . XWed . ^ a'hur . Frid . Bank Stocks ........... 210 217 216 ...... 21 C 218 3 per Cent . lied ...... 90 i 001 89 i 9 « i 90 S 905 , 8 per Cent . Con . An . 91 ({ 914 91 9 U 9 U 91 Consols for Account 91 i » 1 | 91 lilt 91 i 91 fe New S per Cent . An . 90 | 90 S 90 90 i 90 j 90 i New 2 i per Cents ... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Long Ans . 1860 ............ ... „ . 14 .................. India Stock . ; .... ...... 216 ...... 218 ...... 218 Ditto Bonds . JE 1000 25 d . ; .... 33 d ...... ...... Ditto , under ^ 1000 ... .. 25 d ...... 26 d 25 d Ex . Bills , jeiOOO ...... par par id 4 d par par Ditto , £ 500 ............. lp par par ...... 3 d . P » r ¦ Ditto , Small 3 d 2 p 2 p ...... ' ( 3 p 1 . 0 .

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      FOBEIGN FUNDS . LA . 8 X Official Quotation Dumtia xhb Wbekendjho TilUKSUAY EVENINO . ) Brazilian Bonds . ' .. ¦ . ' ..... ; 99 i Portuguese 4 perConts . ... Buouos Ayrcs « p . Cents 85 Russian Bonds , 5 per ^ Chilian 0 per ContH ....... 101 Cents ...... ;; .......... '• ¦ " **¦ Chilian 8 per Cents ....... 70 Russian 44 per Cents .... -9 f > Dutch 24 per Cents ....... 63 Spaninli ....,..,......... ¦ ... •¦¦ ' ° : Dutch 4 per Cent . Oertf . 904 Spanish Committee Cor-Equador Bonds ... of Coup , not fun ........ »> Mexican Account i 19 * Turkish 6 per Cent * . J » : Peruvian 44 porOents .:., 70 ft Turkish New , 4 ditto ...... ¦«•» Portugueses por Conta . 43 J Venozuclaii per Cents .. ...

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      COKlf MARKET . Mark-lane , Friday , December * . ¦ TnROironoui tho country tho Wheat trade has improved , though bo largo an advance an some people soouieu « o ° 5 "L « ii haa not taken place . Buns of fair average English KpaBta hero at BOs . pov quarter ; Baxonka , 528 . ; soft St . Aotc £ slil ! , fo 45 a . to 48 s . ' Taganrog . Ghirka , 60 s . por 402 lbs . N . or'olK Plour , a 5 s . Exoopt Oa ^ a fooding articles aro ftH rather doaror . Barley Is ., Bcnns la ,, Maizo la . per quarter , ¦ ^' prices aro C 2 S . lbs , Danlah 29 a . Egyptian Boans , 3 > ls . M ' " f 83 s . por 480 lbs . There aro a fair number of cargoes 01 Wheat and Maizo off tho coast , but tho demand is nol ho actlvo as earlier in tho week .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 5, 1857, page 1172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2220/page/20/