The Press. — London, England, 1854-05-27 00:00:00

ADELPHI. THE temptation to adapt the Fillet de Marbre for this theatre was obvious : its French directress, and one or more of the corps especially famed for repre senting French characters, seemed to promise a safe success forth° most famous of the Parisian pieces of the last two or three years. Unfortunately this drama is intimately interwoven with French habits and ideas, and its English adaptation becomes very difficult. In The Marble Heart, the ladies, about whose position in the original there is no doubt whatever, are suited to English prudery, by making their position alto gether unintelligible. What is worse, the spirit of the piece—kept up by the repartee, easy impudence, and vivacious folly so consonant to our neighbours— was totally lost. Tho subordinate actors, on whom much depends, were very indifferent; and Mr. Selby, with his eternal grimaces, worse than indifferent. Mr. Webster mouthed to very little purpose, and Madame Celeste has acted parts which are all heart so long that she is quite unfitted for a fine de marble. Miss Woolgar had the part of injured innocence to play, but it is so useless an excrescence that all her efforts were unavailing. The strength of the piece lay in Mr. Leigh Murray, who—a rising young artist— falls into the meshes of the " marble heart." As a monologue of a man driven absurdly, ridiculously, and irreclaimably mad by the face of a pretty woman, his acting was vigorous, effective, and truth ful ; and to the interest he excited amongst the audience the piece owed its success, such as it was. OLYMPIC. ON Mcnday last The Mummy, a broad farce, ren dered inimitable by the late John Reeve, was revived at this house. Mr. Robson, as the hero, discharged his part to the evident satisfaction of the audience; but the merriment would have been much greater had the inferior parts been better acted and the piece put upon the stage with more attention to the minor details. An extravagant farce of this kind depends much for its success upon the care with which the accessories are produced, and in this in stance the dresses and properties are unworthy of so excellent a management as Mr. Wigan's. Mr. Robson introduced and sang with great power Hood's song, "The Lost Child." 425,772,095 I BANKING DEPARTMINT. Proprietors' Capital £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits' 2,671,551 Other Deposits Seven Day tit other Bills Government Seen- ritiee (including Dead eight An.) 410,406,300 Other Securities 15,425,281 Notes 6,100,M Gold & Silver Coin 734,874 Banks, its. /31,666,494 issionero of £31,686,494 • including Exchequer, San National Debt, and Dividend A The foregoing return, when compared with that of the'preceding week, ending May 13, exhibits the following changes. In the Public Deposits Other Deposits Notes Issued Do. Reserved Seven-day Bills Coin and Bullion Government Securities.. DECREASE of 1,219,183 Other Securities INCREASE Of The Rest INCREASE of The amount of active circulation In Notes 420,879,085 Do. in Seven-day and other Bills 1,069,7ei4 21,713,640 Coin and Bullion In both Departments FOREIGN RAILWAYS. .3e 3( .4 3i • e 1 'Tuesday. 31 3d 4 3 d 1 l ik 4 t 1 2T 1 Oj i i " A 14 die 51 2 I dts; id par 7 9 16 1143 1 32 1 8 9 16 1p 44 6 35 7 291 30 33 7 29i 30, 8 i - i)i .14 5 4: pm 3 4 4 b y 4} d 4i dts A 4 4 5p 5f Wis 5i41413 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead' Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junction East Anglian Eastern thiton East Lancashire E.& W. I. Dks.& Bir. Jn Edinburgh *ft Glasgow, Eastern Counties 1 Ednbrgh., Perth, Dund 1 : Great Northern Gt. St.h. and Wet of Irs. l Great Western Hull and Selby Irish South-Eastern Lancashire& Yorkshire I Lancaster and Carlisle, Leeds Northern Lon., Tilbury, & Sthond Lon., Brighton, de London and Blackwall London and Nrth-West. Londndrry. & Coleraine Londndrry. & Entiaklln. Man., Stief.,& Lncolnsh. Midland Do. Binn. and Derby Newmarket. Newp.,Abei 1 iereford Newry and Enniskillen New., Warrnpnt.,& Boa. Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Devon North Staffordshire North. Western N.& Sth.-Western June. Oaf., Wrcstr., and Wolv. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Binning. Shrewsbury & Hereford Shrewsbury h Chester Shropshire Union .... South Devon South-Eastern and Dov South-Western South Wales Sth. Yorkah. & RI,. Dun Stockton & Darlint,ton Thme. Haven Dk. R Ball Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon & Croydon Woodford York, Newc., and Ben York and Nrth Midland BANKS— Australasian Chartered Bank of Ail , Ch. Bank of India, At, W - I Ijl3l e 4 , I 9 1] .149 ft 1 7 8 Ilbi 8i 1 9 ' 1 1 .41 3 7 8 lbi '69;60;' 53 5 1 12 i 13 4 87 8 86 90 •rsi 101 3, :CO 4 ;86 8 12 4 '6O 86 ' Is i 1.00 be l2o i4 82 4 16e2( l ,Fte Mil 1 961 • 1 ;wool; !! 8 4d' 66 lii I cc sot e Gjd . 7 4 .28 9 'sot 1 lab 7 12 1 51-11d ! i 54 4 51 8 8 2 113 5 I - 7 Sri 2 i ; ii e 1 411111 •loot 711 , iii .-, ~as 1 l lssu e !Se id! 17 I' 2 !8i 8I I 1 40 8 AO 6 " 7 ;2 4 I 3 4 } 1 131 2 1 IN 4id rl 7 I & China I Eng.Sctch & Aust. Ch I Lon. Bnk of Aus. & Lon. Char. Bnk of Aust.) Oriental Bank Co r. Roy. Aus. Bnking& Old Importing Company. South Australia Union of Australia Do. New MINES— Brazilian Imperial D... (St. John del Rey) Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Nouveau Monde ... MISCRLLANEOO9 I Australian Agricultural Brit. American Land 1 Canada a 20 13 ti' 13 Ili :61 i i 177 8 1 X3O 1 1 0 . 1 00 1 3id di4e Ito 1 20 1 48 8 4i3 8 , - 41 8 41 70 270 2 , :1 81 7 8j I 4i 129 31 42 4 1 11 1 146 C 165 75 I 3 9;d 1 1 13 5 4 3 Sid .' lelf 211 ,11 .7 .‘ 6.1 Crystal Palace 1 8 1 7 p Crystal Palace of France p North British Au'. Laud i II Do. Preference Peel River Land Min 4 . 4 d I Scottish Aust. Invest .is 4 p South Australian Land 36 Van Diemen's Land 1 2 3 ii 42 4 li t 451 Oil 66 7 17ii 4 0 iii7i 4 120 /65 6 46 7 ei 41 4 7 77 23 31 85 7 59 4 53 8 3 24 d 14 0 4 31d 13 5 77! s 8 I 34 0 4 3 d 30 9 3 174 4 84 4 0 90 It 66 7 47 8 lel d I 2 ! IP! 112 8 PORZIGN Per Cent. Mond. Belgian 4 Ditto 24 Brazilian 5 Do. New ai Buenos Ayres... 8 Chilian 6 Danish 5 Ditto 3 Itch. (Ex 19 Guil )ite Ditto 4 French Do. 4l _ Do. Bank Stock Granada Deferred Mexican 3 Do. Account 3 197_i 1,6* '77 0 ,1 Ojc :2 1, Peruvian 44 Peruvian Scrip .... Portuguese 4 Russian 5 I - 129 ii '4l a ' ea 71' 17 ICA( 20 91( 76 12520 C Ditto 4e Sardinian Spanish 3 1/o. New Deferred 3 Do. Pass. Convert. Venezuela tte Ijs 11 5 111 i • 5 75 ;2& 1 - 'I, 1 3i 9 14 G 9 WM. '2 A 30 I 204 A 7 1 id 4"11 II 3 !ill 311 16i! I 6+71 1,66 76 !be fi 871 68 10c, 94f 76c ' 2820 f. 1 97 i - 41 100; 17 09 1 4i I 1 1 6 1 7 P - r I li l 4 6 11 - 43 47 05 so 6 Pa Id 21 1y) 37 0 I - "+A i 14 6- Friday. - 100 i !94( (A);3 1 2840 f., Ili a - I 99 1191 391 d•MW .., - -r - tAii: 4 14 d 8 91 2 - 2 41 I 82i - 1i.1... I 1121'1U. Seven Diy & other Notes '0••••-•• .4 " ,4 ' York and Nrth Midland ..64 7446 7 146 7 484 ' 7l 47 8 ON Mcnday last The Mummy, a broad farce, ren- Bills dered inimitable by the late John Reeve, was revived 31 £31,666,494 Australasian at this house. Mr. Robson, as the hero, discharged /,666,494Chartered Bank of Asia lid I ()O i l 04c1 1 04d 1 4d his part to the evident satisfaction of the audience; .• .Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of Ch. Bank of India, Aus trails, & China ,11 162 10 1 2 10 1 2 Ilti 2 111 National Debt, and Dividena Accounts. but the merriment would have been much greater Eng. Sctch it Aust. Ch 1 41 3164 3141 3034 Std 4 T w h e Lfo e r n eg i o n ingretur 3:e w x h h e i n its compared with that of the ' receding L on . rink of&uc&indi f iJ I 1 _„ _ had the inferior parts been better acted and the ) . b the following changes. In the Lou. Char. Bnk of Aust. l lo 110 1 204144 294 4904 14 d piece put upon the stage with more attention to the P u b l i , c g May Deposits DECREASE of £7 6 ,886 Oriental Bank Corpor. 46 8 4d 8 45 745 7 46 8 minor details. An extravagant farce of this kind Other Deposits depends much for its success upon the care with Notes Issued which the accessories are produced, and in this in- Do. Reserved -das INCREASE of SevenDECREASE Of 41,829 Union of Australia .. 70 270 2 ,69 71'69 71 09 71 stance the dresses and properties are unworthy of Coin and so excellent a management as Mr. Wigan's. Mr. Government Securities ,. DECREASE: of 1,219,183 MINES— Robson introduced and sang with great power Hood's 7,,ae Gtr Re.Stecurities INCREASE Of INCREASE of song, " The Lost Child." The amount of active circulation In Notes £20,679,065 Cobre Copper FRENCH PLAYS. Do. in Seven-day and other Bills 1,069,764 Colonial Gold 1 4 1 14p I 14 Nouveau Monde ... lllll. fe a 1 ' IT is a matter of great regret to us that our space 21,718,610 MISCELLANEOUS— I will not admit of our noticing at length the perform - Coin and Bullion in both Departments ance of Wednesday last which was, perhaps, one of the Brit. American Land 1.5 75 66 73 65 75 65 76 66 75 , FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Canada 80 85 80 93140 83180 86 80 85 most perfect that has ever been given in this country Crystal Palace idi 7p di 4p di 7 6 4 7p 6 4 7 p in the French language. La Joie fait peur, by M. Mond. Tuesday. Wednes. Thurs. Friday. Crystal Palace of France p —p p p _ Girardin, is an ill-constructed play, without any 'Verret° Ir t r i 111 i n ; .. 4 " 3:1 3 4 3 8 ' c l i 344 %die 34 3 dis 81 . 34 North British Ana. 1 _ll 1 11 1 _ll 1 11 4 11 d 4 3d 3 2i d Do. Preference merit as a literary work, and owes its success to the Belgian East. J. 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 4i . 4 Peel River Land Min l 4 1d 4 Id, par Id par /4 par Id talent of the actors. Mme. Allen and Mlles. Fix and Charle. & Erque. Scottish Aust. Invest 2(j Ip2l f p'2l 1 p fp 24 Id Luther were excellent representatives of their several I Dijon & Besanc. —pm p p p South Australian Land 36 536 8137 9 1 if 37 0 Dutch Rhenish 4 4 4d si 4d414 d 41 4 dis 41 4 d Van Diemen's Land parts ; and M. Regnier's interpretation of the some- East Indian.... 1 2r li 2p 11 2 p:1 2p 11 2 p what threadbare character of an old and faithful Do. Extension.. 1 04 1 04 1 04 1 04 1 4 FOREIGN FUNDS. servant was fully worthy of his great reputation. Gt. Indian Pen. 4 IA 4., 1I" t 1.. 4 li' Grand J. of Fra. , „ „ „I Per Cent. Mond. 2'wead. Wed. Thurs. Friday. • G.W.ofCan.,Sh. 181 ' 9l 181 91 181 91 181 91 181 91 Belgian 44 I I — *. „ B.(2dis.) 1873 Ditto Stontg Varlat anb Cilg nttilignltt. lA.& Pie.s pcpf. dip die dis dim Brazilian 597 i 974 61 981 Luxembourg ..1} 4 51 1 54 1 51 1 51 1 Do. New 4 1 91 2 Lyons & Geneva 2 ld 2 1 dis 2 1d 2 1 d 2 1 d Buenos Ayres 8 561 _.... FRIDAY EYRNING. M adras THE market generally has been . quiet during the Maria Antonia.. Danish 5 1004 1004 week!ie.& Lge. (w. in) 7 4 7 I 7 4 7 i 7 4 Ditto 3 —I , and, although on Monday there was some Nrthrn. of Frnce. 32 4 32 132 1 321 31 321 31 Mob. (F.:19 Guil )21 .59 591 tai . Prf. ii 'J 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 0 Ditto 4 8 7 I .... _ 874 lO slight heaviness in Consols, yet there has since been I` l Paris ° lry k o . ns.. 16 1p 16 4p 16 1 p 164 71p 164 7 French 3 CA( 20 68 Me ,68f50., a a gradual and continuous rise, amounting altogether Paris & Orleans 43 b 44 644 644 6 44 6 Do. 4l 9if 75 94f 75e94(60e f e 3 Paris & Rouen.. 38 735 735 7 35 785 7 Do. Bank Stock 2820 f. 2820 f. 2840 f. —f. to about one per cent. Paris & Strasbg. 294 30 291 30 30 1 301 1 104 1 Granada Deferred On Monday the first price was 884 to 894, at 4 %, ,e c c ao tt n nth c in h n e:i.. -- p —__ p Mexican d -- di; - - di p s -- Do. Account /31 241 '241 1 241 941 1 211 1 which they remained, with trifling fluctuations, until Rouen & Havre Peruvian 44 621 1 -- — 63 -- s _Royal Swedish dis d dis — Peruvian Scrip .... ; Thursday, when intelligence of higher prices at Pan' oambre& Meuse 8 1 8 18 1 8 48 4 Portuguese 4 EN sent them up to 894 to f, and to-day they have been S. E. of France —p p -.. p- p i.... -p Ru ssi an intto 5 95 rif 1 951 f— 4 Sthrr. of France p p p pm, 44 BOl I 821 done as high as 90, although they ruled at 89 4. , Upper Ind. Scrip —p— pm p —pm Sardinian 5 83 - 2 ) $24 The political news from the Continent was thought N vi ‘ ::t n ..n o nd .r e an rs c . e . 4 3 5 4 34 54 p 3 4 5 4 11 34 4 5 D 4 3 4 5 Do, S panish Deferred 3 3 1:1 1 1 " " 1191 9 9 3 1ii rather more favourable, but this was not the only west trn. r fo Switz. si i i 31 41 d3l 41dis 3) 4/ 31 gi Do. Pass. Convert. cause for the rise. It has been observed that a Zealand 6 54 41 die 14 41 dish 41 615151 fed Venezuela 31 1 I 10 ; f., . InIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.IMII - - - - IMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMI . 1i . ililli : 1111 . ....'" MAY 27, 1854. circumstances which are necessary for the proper understanding of most plays, and especially of those which Mr. Planche is pleased to write in prose. These are so cleverly introduced, and put in the mouths of odd persons, to be told at odd times during the progress of the piece, that the audience at last find they have absolutely been cheated into hearing a long story without knowing it. The actors did gallant service in aid of his success. Mr. Van denhcff was especially good as the cool imperturbable " captain" of the swindling Knights. The comic business devolved chiefly upon Mr. Compton and Mr. Buckstone. The latter introduced some supple mental touches of a broadly farcical description, such as coming down a chimney with a smudged face, tying a servant girl's head in a bag, and other pranks, which we should have thought better omitted, if we had not seen how uproariously the spectators laughed at them. Of the lady performers we have not much to say. Their subordinate parts were played by Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. The drama, we should add, is of French extraction, but is so well-Englished in style, sentiment, and lan guage, that it may fairly escape the purview of the Alien Act. RAILWAYS-- Aberdeen Moberg., Nottng., Bstn ! & East Junction Birm. Wolv. it Stour Val 1 Birk., Lan. & Ches. J unc. Do. Ches. & Birk , 601.1 281 C. Do. do. iltd. Bristol and Exeter FRENCH PLAYS. IT is a matter of great regret to us that our space will not admit of our noticing at length the perform ance of Wednesday last, which was, perhaps, one of the most perfect that has ever been given in this country in the French language. La Joie fait pour, by M. Girardin, is an ill-constructed play, without any merit as a literary work, and owes its success to the talent of the actors. Mme. Allen and Mlles. Fix and Luther were excellent representatives of their several parts ; and M. Regnier's interpretation of the some what threadbare character of an old and faithful servant was fully worthy of his great reputation. Pug n lift anb Citg nttilignltt. FRIDAY EVENING. THE market generally has been quiet during the week, and, although on Monday there wes some slight heaviness in Consols, yet there has since been a gradual and continuous rise, amounting altogether to about one per cent. _ On Monday the first price was fiAl to 891, at which they remained, with trifling fluctuations, until Thursday, when intelligence of higher prices at Paris sent them up to 891 to f, and to-day they have been done as high as 90, although they ruled at 89i. The political news from the Continent was thought rather more favourable, but this was not the only cause for the rise. It has been observed that a i'lMlllMllwilw' THE PRESS. leading firm has been purchasing within the last few days ; and the bankers who have lent stock generally make arrangements to have it returned before the payment of the dividends, that it may stand in their name at the Bank of England. The increase in the interest on Exchequer Bills from 2d. to 2ld. per day has scarcely affected their value in the market. The change had been expected for some time. Subscribers to the Exchequer Bonds, series A, have been subjected to much inconvenience by the non delivery of the scrip. Those who have paid the ti►st in stalment were left without receipt or voucher for the sum paid, so that such of them as were in want of temporary accommodation bad not the means of obtaining money on the security of these deposits. Amongst the subscribers, it is said, are foreigners who have suffered seriously from this negligence. FOREIGN FUNDS. There has not been much business in the Foreign market, but the tone was firm, and marked by a slight advance. Russian Five per Cents. have been from 95 to N. SHARES. The English railways have been firm, and in many cases have risen from ss. to 11. per share. The foreign lines have been dull, except the Lyons, which is iu some demand. Australian Banks have fallen from 11. to 21., but the demand for the land corn panies' shares is brisk and at an advance. BRITISH FUNDS. -Oi OFFICIAL QUOTA' ng Prices. lON. end. Tuesd. per Cent. Consols B9} 81 69 Ditto for Account $ per Cents Reduced 3} per Cents B9 81 N 8 f Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent 2091 5 205 S India Stock, 101 per Cut 233 Rich. Bills, 2d. per diem 2d 1p 2 d India Bonds, BANK OF ENGLAND. ld r An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of May, 1864. IBSUZ DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .... 123,779,095 Government Debt 111,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,984,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,779,096 Silver Bullion L 26,779,096 Wed. Thurs. Friday —•— 89 8i 891 I sof I 89 69$ $ 69$ i 871 iBB * 88$ $ 88$ 8811 9$ 89% 4 9-10 41 14 .5-16 I 203 6 204 8\ Id 2p 4 1p 1 4 p 1 4p 4 ld Antw. ot Berrs.to Belgian East. J. Charle.& Erque. Dijon & Besanc. Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Pen Grand J. of Fra G. W. of Can., Sh „ B.(2dis.) 1879 Lc.&Pis.bpcpf. Luxembourg Lyons & Geneva Madras Maria Antonia Na. & Lge. ( w. in) Nrthrn. of Frnce. Norw. Truk. Prf. Paris & Lyons Paris & Orleans Paris & Rouen Paris & Strasbg. P.,Caen & Cher. Qbec. & Rchmnd. Rouen & Havre Royal Swedish Sambre& Meuse S. E. of France Sthri of Franr Upper Ind. Scrip Wet. Flanders.. Wetn. of France Weetrn. of Swita. Zealand Mond. t li d Inni te 4di li 2 r 1 Oe i 1,. .. 184 94 . Wakes. Thurs. Friday. [3i 3 dis 3i 3 die 3I 3d l 4 3d4 3d3 31 4 1 i 1 ij 4 4i 4d if 21 1 01 Ii 1. I 14 91 5 t I ___ a Id id par 7 92 1 $ 9 IC 1 44 35 7 30 P dig _ D 1 F 4din iii 9p 1 Oj t 1 .• 14 91 41 4 d li 2 1 1 ,i IP 18e 9} 12 5 1 1 -id par d par 32} 3I r 9 181 7lp 4 C 35 7 WI I - dir • d -- 8 8 I p, -p -pm 7 i S 2 8 8 MI 7 44 8 85 7 30i 4 inn 41 3 4 4 b 4 & 1) 4 p n 4 $s 4i dial be Aid ;41 IS 9 9-dil3 19 499 Friday. p 23 4 41 8 9 13 12.1 16 17 8 Td 90 92 Hi 1 14 b 9 11 42 3 7 8 14 u 4 - - 119 i 60j 69 6 lei I 23 4 88 89 01 744 I 101 103 01 $6 7 19 pla 101 i SI st t OM f 1 2i V 344 54 2 1 1 8 8 •6 8 ii i 4i ii I i 7 11 ed. 2719 r. 1 .3 4 23 4 41 i 4 a 9 9 13 124 1912 d 17 13 Ids 7d .1 3 90 58 9 ao 13i 4 14 b 9 11 9 11 ,42 3 44 3 !•7 8 7 _ 164 CI 164 Bil ' 1 5900 i 6946( 63 663 Ai 1 121 1 73 423 4 87 8 871 8 89 0189 01 31 4 74 1 jol apl 116 11 8 7, I $d 0 2 115 7 13 7 $ 7 u 90