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      No . 493 . Sept . 3 , 1 S 59 . ] TPjE LEA D EB . 1 OQ 7

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      FACTS AND SCRAPS .

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      The Earl and Countess of Derby are at Tavraouth Castle , Perthshire , on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane . The Marquis of Stafford , who has been cruising with the Duke of Sutherland in the Undine yacht , has arrived at Tarbet , Ross-shire . , # " The Prince Imperial , tvho continues to enjoy excellent health , " says a letter from Biarritz , " rides out on the beach on a little pony given him by the Queen pf England . He is watched with great interest by the numerous persons who always assemble near the spot . " Sir Allen McNab is seriously ill , having been attacked Avith bilious fever and the gout simultaneously , ... .. . . ¦ „ ... „

      Signor Mazzini is at present staying at Stella for the purpose of recruiting his strength . He is unwell from severe labour , and intends remaining at his present abode for some days . The Council-General of the Indre-et-Loire decided two days ago that a subscription should he opened for the purchase of a sword of honour to he presented to Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers . Each of the members present inscribed his name . A correspondenf informs us that there has been a great influx of French excursionists at Ramsgate . Lodgings are so scarce that even garrets yield 2 s . 6 d . pei * night . . The lionian Catholic bishojos of Canada had put forth a manifesto against representation by population and mixed schools .

      Bishop Carr has been afflicted with so serious an illness that he has been compelled to resign the rectory of Bath , to which he was nominated in 1854 , on the resignation of the Hon . and Rev . W . J . Brodrick . Dr . Carr was consecrated to the bishopric of Bombay in 1836 , and resigned it in 1851 on account of ill health . The acrobat Blondin has again crossed over Niagara river on his tight rope , carrying a man on . his back ! lie promises next to take over a cooking stove with him ,- and when in the centre of the rope to cook some omelettes . A quarrel took place on the banks of the river during the last exhibition , arid one man was precipitated into the river and drowned .

      The weather has been favourable for harvesting throughout Canada . In Upper Canada the crops had been secured , and in the lower province they were being got in . A steam " elevator" at Oswego arid the adjoining warehouse had been destroyed by fire , entailinga loss of 150 , 000 dollars . The warehouse is said to have contained 150 , 000 bushels of wheat and corn . Colonel Frederick C . Cotton , of the Madras Engineers , has drawn up a memorandum on the subject of cheap water communication between Kurrachee and the Indus , for the Commissioner of

      Scinde . He recommends—1 st , a canal from the Indus above Tatta ( probably Jerruk ) ; 2 nd , a canal to join the harbour Kurrachee with Girzee ; and 3 rd , an improvement of the passage through the Delta , by locking the water up to the level of high spring tide , and making artificial cuttings where they are required . This last improvement is urgently vqquired both for the use of the Indus flotilla and for the Oriental Steam Company . Should it be objected that the canal would entail a great reduction in the volumo of the Indus , some of its flood water might be stored in the Kiirjoor Lake .

      A letter from Boston , United States , says : — " There is a strong sabbatical feeling growing up in this country , and which principally exhibits itself in the large cities . In New York the liquor shops arc closed , nominally at least , on the Sabbath , tho experiment having been commenced about a month ago , and porsovered in . Tho Philadelphia ™ have stopped tho running of cars in their horso railway s on Sundays , and purpose to compel the steamboats on tho Delaware ? and tho Schuylkill to lay up on that day . Vesuvius is bursting out into patches of firo in all directions . Professor Pahnierl describes ; tho process as follows : —¦ " The flro runsalong in hiddon

      and naturally-formed conduits , tho walls of which it bursts through when in any great mass , and thon overflows . Every , spot of firo , therefore , doos not imply that a fresh mouth has boon opened , but that ft rupture has taken place , " During tho past fortnight the drift boats at PortlUovon have boon catching from 15 , 000 pilchards down to 200 and 300 per boat por night . Somo loots havo taken a large quantity of lake . At St , Ives , a few days ago eevoral eoinoe were shot , and bout 000 hogsheads of pilchards wore taken . At Sonnen Cove 250 hogsheads wore caught . Tho fishermen complain groatly of tho ravages committed by the dogfish , for those posts actually attack tho nets when they aro alongside tho boat .

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      JLe / Menestrel ( a Parisian musical journal ) announces the marriage of Wieniawski , the violinist , to a niece of Mr . G . A . Osborne , one of our most eminent composers for , and professors of , the pianoforte . A cXmard of the wildest has been fledged , to the effect Jthat our gifted countrywoman , Miss Louisa Pyne , will not take the part of the heroine in a reproduction of Meyerbeer ' s "Dinorah , " by the English Opera Company at Covent Garden this winter , " ¦ as she does not find it sufficiently dramatic for her talents . " The discerning author of this story ' s being has atnusingly libelled Miss Pyne ' s appreciation , both of Meyerbeer ' s music and her own special fitness . We should hardly be going too far were , we to assert that no artist who has yet assumed the character of Dinorah is so well fitted to illustrate the delicacies of the music allotted to it . The eccentric maestro was , we have reason to believe , delighted ot

      DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL SCRAPS . Ma . CuAiu . iia Diuon had tho honour of playing in tho molodnunft of " Bolphogor , " on Friday night , nt the Queon ' s Theatre , Ediuburgh , boforq hie Royal Highuoss the Prince of Wales . Tho winter campaign at tho Adolp hl is to open with a now plcco by Mr . Watts Phillips , in which Mr , Webster , Mr . Toole , Mr . Blllington , and Mr . David Flahor ( from tho Princess ' s ) will appo ar . Signor Costa is engaged , it ia , said , upon a now oratorio » -tlio text by Mr . Bartholomew , a very practised hand in a branch of literature whoso diluouUy ia hardly appreciated , that of writing fVr musical conniQBui'u .

      to recognise in our cantatrice a future exponent his musical thoughts , such as he had not given cold England credit for . It was the general remark of all connoisseurs on the production of the " Pardon " here , that the heroine ' s part was , so to speak , designed for Miss Pyno ; and we have every hope that we shall have the opportunity of realising the wish then engendered , that the opportunity might be afforded her of displaying not merely her musical but also her dramatic talents , as the love-lorn maiden of Ploermel . If impediment arises to the presentation of the work by the Pyne arid Harrison company , it will be traceable more , we apprehend , to _ the equal difficulty of arranging an English libretto , or of acquiring the right to perform the Italian one , than to any fancied insufficiency of the fair manageress . But if a German libretto has been constructed , which we presume must be the case , as the work is in rehearsal , on dit , in twenty-two German theatres , we see no reason why some of the

      veteran " arrangers" of London need despair of finding something to wed to the immortal strains of Meyerbeer . Royal Surrey Gardens . — Mr . Schallehen , ex-musical director of the Crystal Palace , is labouring zealously , even under the very nose of the antipathetic Spurgeon , to get up a counter revival " here in favour of music and dancing . He has a strong band of-sixty performers , and a chorus of two hundred , besides soloists , and has lately had in his favour not only the attractions of the grandly beautiful Indian tiger , jungla ( said to Oudebut also those of

      be late of the Court of ) , most excellent fireworks , balloon ascents , and the gardens themselves , which are tastefully laid out and admirably kept . That his attempt is a progressively successful one cannot be doubted , if we may take the evenings of Monday and Thursday as specimens . On those occasions Mr . Horace Jones ' s elegant Music Hall was crowded by a well-composed and extremely respectable audience , who , after applauding to the echo an amply long musical entertainment , set themselves to dancing and looking at dancing with a business-like tenacity of purpose nowise akin to tho indifference , real or feigned , that

      characterises so many of the company at the more aristocratic garden of Cromornc . Among the vocal stars of the establishment are Signor Bellotti , Mr . and Madame Weiss , Mr . George Perron , and Miss Susannah Cole ; and of the instrumental pieces , tho " Traviata" and " Trovatore" selections , the legion of popular overtures , and Mr . Schallehn ' s Grand March , never fuil to reap the honest ami cheeringtestimony of delight at the hands of the company . On Thursday evening , for tho benefit of the manager Mr . Corbyn , the Christy ' s Minstrels flitted across with a selection from their renowned hudget , and the Italian fire-fiend , Buono-Corc , exhibited to tho Surrey thousands that puzzling " refractory property he seems to share with asbestos and firebricks , and which has won him such renown on tho scene of his accustomed triumph , the Ashburnham volcano at Cremorne . _

      . .. Wo havo heard , but wo dare not add , upon unquestionable authority , that Mr . Simpson ,, of tho last-named place of entertainment , has purehased tho remainder of the lease of the Surrey Gardens estate for 3 , o . » oi .. with a view to its con version into a junliu d'Uvcr . It is clear that it has matchless capabilities for such a purpose , and the chances are that wore it once in tho hands of bucIi an adopt at amusement catering as Mr . Simpson , its accessibility from so many parts of London would onauro its ¦ "SSrSABTffiiaral terminated with , morning performance of tho " Messiah and an evening one of Mr . Jackson ' s cantata ' The Year . " Tho former was a striking bucoobb , tho . choral singing Asnaalallv being magnificent . Tho solo cast was

      more than usunlly strong , comprising Mosaames Clara Novollo , Shorrlugton , and Sundorland , ana Misses A ' almor and Freeman } Messrs . Sims ltoovos , Sautloy , and Wllbyo Cooper , with that excellent artist , Slgnor Bollutti . Tho now ountulu is also spoken highly of by those who were moro fortunate

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      Tite annual exhibition of the French Fine Arts Schools opened on Wednesday , and will continue on the Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday in each week until the 2 nd proximo . Not the least attractive feature of the galleries is the collection of works by pupils of the French Academy at Rome , to the most successful of whom prizes and honorary certificates are awarded . . The collection of the complement of the £ 50 , 000 required to complete the arrangements between the Horticultural Society and her Majesty ' s Great Exhibition Commissioners proceeds , as might be expected , somewhat slowly . The Council are , however , sanguine that the whole fund will ultimately be forthcoming , and that they will hare the honour

      of being associated , we might almost say , with Royalty ,- in this interesting scheme for the popularisation of Brompton . As we read the schehae , it is within probability that the garden , when in full perfection , may fall into the hands of the Commissioners after all ; for the term of the lease is short , and the fine on renewal may amount , if c l aimed , to . £ 20 , 000 . The prospectus is obscurely worded ; perhaps to give as little prominence as possible to this objectionable feature ; but ladies and gentlemen who purpose becoming life subscribers should , ' they draw their cheques , make inquiry whether their rights may not die before themselves . On the roll of donors appear the names of her Majesty , the Prince Consort , and the Royal children ; and nearly 300 persons of quality and amateurs of gardening have given , lent , and subscribed sums amounting to not less than £ 30 , 000 .

      Richard Westall ' s picture of " Christ Crowned with Thorns , " recently mutilated hy a melancholy maniac , has been ably restored under Mr . Farrer ' s direction , and once more occupies its accustomed place in All Souls' church . The ^ rents hi the canvas have been closed so as to defy detection by ordinary observers , and Mr , Farrer ' s celebrity is sufficient guarantee that no more than inevitable injury has been inflicted on the picture as a work of art by that too often erring . member , the hand of the restorer . We have been extremely pleased to hear that Mr . Henry Tidey ' s remarkable drawing of " The Feast of Roses , " one of the gems of this year ' s oxhibition of the JJew Water Colour Society , has been purchased by her Majesty . A " Picnic Party , " by the same artist , is one of the ornaments of Mr . Morby ' s gallery in 'Change-allev . allude

      While in , or near 'Change-alley , we may to Mr . Sang ' s redecoration of the Royal . Exchange , which is progressing rapidly . It is far more luminous than that it is about to replace , and is as elaborate in design ; but we agree , Mr . Tite , M . P ., notwithstanding , with those who object that gay colours are out of all keeping with the material and purpose of the building . The new work is in fresco , and it is hoped will be more permanent than the encaustic paintings it succeeds . Lough ' s unfortunate statue of Her Majesty , in the centre of the area , is certainly a , painful example of what -our Anglo-Metropolitan atmosphere oun do against marble . The fingers of the right hand have absolutely rotted off , and the whole image is in a state of squalor and decay , that if not disgraceful is at least deplorable .

      Letters from Paris speak of new stimulus to the decorative energy—never very slack—of 'the French authorities . The bronze leopards at the angles of tho now quadrangle , fronting the once dingy Imperial library in tho Rue Richelieu , arc daily expected to be in position . Tho plastor models prepared for marble statues of the famous Tronchet juulPburtaliiB , compilers of the Code Napoleon , now ndorn tho hull of the Oour do Cassation . The statues themselves were decreed by tho first imperial Government , but wero countermanded by that of the Restoration . But tho models hnving been preserved as heirlooms by tho families of tho distinguished codiflers , have been recently claimed by tho faculty of Paris , with a view to ultimate reproduction in marble . .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 3, 1859, page 1007, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2310/page/11/