The Press. — London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 17, 1855. present at the delivery of one of the royal speeches from it, after the end of the present reign. Poor Miss Heath is addressed as " Mabry" by everybody, including her lover " Nummores ;" /howls and St. Denis are represented by " Dewnoah" and " San Denny " by Mr. Kean ; while he speaks with evident delight of the healthy state of his muscular system under the alias of "these thues." "Take um," "pay um," and " make um drunk," are perhaps inten tionally substituted for "take them," Vic., as more ex pressive of the rough familiarity of Louie, so we will say no more about them; but they are very disagree able vulgarities nevertheless. Among those parts of scenes in which Mr. Kean appears to us to be below the situation in intensity, we would mention the de scription of the horrors of his remorseful life : there was a want of imagination in the delivery of the speech. Louis could not have been so tame and so cold in the dreadful detail of his sufferings, which were real and terrible; more especially as he makes them his claim to absolution with a view to the miraculous prolongation of bis days. Mr. Koan's enumeration of his tortures was little more than a mere recital of bad dreams, in which he seemed to take no very especial interest. To conclude with something we cordially admire, we regard the actor's expression when he discovers from Marie that Revel is Nemours as a very fine combination of cunning and triumphant spite; such intensity of mean hate, and such promise of cruel vengeance, have rarely been concentrated into any human face: the look was astounding, and for a moment seemed perfectly demoniacal. rusir. THE third season of the New Philharmonic Society commenced on Wednesday evening, under the direc tion of Dr. Wylde. The two great attractions of the evening were the Mass No. 4 of Cherubini, and Beethoven's grand symphony in A. The mass was • rendered, on the whole, with great care and accuracy by the orchestra and chorus; the solo parts being intrusted to Miss Birch, Mr. Smythson, and Messrs. ' Augustus and Hamilton &sham, and though occa- ' sional uncertainties of intonation were most distinctly audible, especially at the commencement of the • " Kyrie," yet, in general, the performance of the concerted portions was very creditable to the singers. We regard this second presentment of a work of Cherubini as a proof of the estimation in which his sacred compositions are beginning to be held in England, and we have no doubt that his popularity will increase in proportion to the extent of public acquaintance with them. He seems to us to bit the exact medium between the theatrical lightness with which the awful subjects of the creation and re demption of man are often treated by Haydn and Mozart, and the sometimes rather tiresome elaborateness of Bach and Beethoven. In the present work the perfect correspondence between " sound" and " sense " is felt at once in the beautiful " Qui tollis," in which the agonised prayer for mercy of a multitude sinking under the intolerable burden of sin is expressed with most affecting in tensity ; in the contrast between the solemn pathos of the " Crucifixus," and the joyous burst of triumph in the " Resurrexit ;" in the firm and unyielding con fidence of the "Et expecto," the suggestion of the awfulness of the inevitable doom of mortality in the word " mortuorum ;" and in the sweet peacefulness of the " Dona nobis," so characteristic of its subject that we cannot fail to contrast it with the conclusion of Mozart's Mass No. 12, which, beautiful as it is in itself as a musical composition, appears little fitted to be the exponent of a prayer for peace. The great critics who last year found Beethoven's Mass in D intolerable because it was not " amusing," may, perhaps, object to the solemnity of Cherubini's treat ment of solemn subjects; but unless the well-known performance of Gray's " Elegy " to the tune of the " Sailor's Hornpipe" by a party of sailors, who could find no words but those of the first composi tion to fit to the only air which they knew, be taken as a fair model of appropriate musical expression, we do not think that many persons of average taste will agree with them ; at all events, the audience at Exeter-hall on Wednesday night were of a different opinion. The offertorium, " Landate dominum," a beautiful song of praise, introduced between the " Credo " and the " Sanctus," was especially ap plauded, and the "Jesu Salvator" encored. Bee thoven's great symphony, with its rustic rondo, its almost painfully pathetic andante, its eccentric scherzo, its wondrous trio, now pastoral, now majestic, and its astounding finale, was successfully rendered, and the audience showed their enthusiasm by an encore of the second movement. A fantasia, on airs from II Pirata, composed and played by Ernst, the " Parto," from Titus, beautifully sung by Miss Birch, a part-song of lendelssohn, "The Departure," and the overtures to Egmont, Ruy Bias, and Euryanthe, completed the programme. The proceeds of the concert are to be devoted to the aid of the Asylum for Idiots. THE PRESS. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Charles George Coombe, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Thomas's Church, Crookee, Sheffield. Toe Rev. Christopher Parker, M.A., to the Rectory of Orm side, near Appleby. The Rev. Henry Wybrow, M.A., to the Vicarage of Strettun upon-Dunsmore, near Coventry. The Rev. John Howe, M.A., to the Incumbency of Knowle, Wszwickshire. The Rev. Edwin Smith, M.A., to the }lead Mastership of the Grammar School at Preston. _ _ The Rev. John Price Jones, 8.D., to the Incumbency of living ton, near Leominster. The Rev. Henry Christmas, M.A., to be Professor of British- History and Archaeology in connection with the Royal Society of Literature. The Rev. Wm. Speke, 8.C.L., to the Vicarage of Skinpeth, Herefordshire. VACANCIES. The Sinecure Rectory OfEicitiorti,near Stockbridge ; worth 6001. a year; in the gift of the President and Fellows of St. John's College, Oxford. `ZEt 4rutg. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 12. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Joshua Jebb, retired Ml pay, Royal Engineers, to have the honorary rank of Colonel in the Army. Lieutenant Christopher Charles Teesdale of the P.oyal Artillery, employed on a special service in Turkey, to have the local rank of Captain in the Army while so employed. int gag. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. APPOINTMENT 4. -Alexander C. Gordon to the Coast Guard. Lieutenants—Tbomas Brandreth to the St. Vincent; Walter Strickland and St. George C. D'A. Irvine to the Centaur. Chaplains--Rev. Frederick W. Smith, 8.A., to the Russell; Rey. Robert N. Jackson to the Hastings. Masters—Vincent Williams to the Hawke; Robert Studwell to the Fisgard; Charles R. P. Forbes to the Penelope; Joseph G. Dathan to the Dragon ; Murray T. Wright to the Odin ; Ed ward A. Carey to the Phoenix; Stephen J. W. Moriarty to the Centaur. . .......... Paymasters—John Nott to the Royal George ; Alfred Wood to the Phoenix. Clerks-in-Charge—Henry J. R. Miall and Octavins N. Spong to the Oberon. Clerk—Joseph Singleton to the Formidable. Secretary's Clerk—John Lyon to the Conway. Clerks' Assistants—John E. C. Sullivan to the Russell ; Rus sell Hill to the Waterloo. PROMOTIONS. Second Masters—Murray J. Wright, of the Aretbusa; John M. Pridham. of the Rifleman—to be Masters. lone latktt anb titil ]ntelliput. FILIDAT TUE Stock Market has shown much weakness throughout the week. Prices generally have drooped, and business has been much restricted. Yesterday the publication of the army estimates, showing the large increase in the force and enormous expansion of expenditure, produced a more decided fall in the quotations. These have ranged as follows ;—Monday, 91 to 1 for money, and 911 ; Tuesday, 901 91 1 for immediate transfer ; Wednesday, 90 1 91; Thursday, 901 I for money, and 90 3 i for next account. To day the prevailing heaviness has continued, and before the close of business a further decline of prices was noted. Consols were last quoted at 901 to 901 for money, and 901 to 90 for the Bth March. Reduced Three per Cents., 901 ; New Three per Cents., 911. Bank Stock, 2131 to 2141. India Bonds, 15s. Ex chequer Bills, es. to 9s. prem. Ditto Bonds, 991. SHARES. Railway shares have been quiet and dull, the traffic returns still exhibiting an unfavorable corn parison with the corresponding receipts last year on nearly all the lines. FOREIGN. The amount of business done in Foreign Stocks is still very limited, but prices continue pretty steady, with the exception of Turkish, which has undergone some depression, in consequence of the reports of another loan of 2,000,0001. This afternoon the quo tations of other securities have been :—Brazilli an Five per Cents., 101. Mexican Three per Cents., 21. Por- tuguese Three per Cents., 39. Russian Five per Cents., 98t. Sardinian Five per cents., 88. Spanish Committee Certificates, 4 per cent. Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, 921. BRITISH FUNDS. Closing Prices. OFFICIAL QUOTATION. Mond. Tuesd. Wed. Thurs. Friday T—cf i le — 5ll 1 1 917901 1 : - 9 r 4 1 0 0 1 . -- 3 91 91190 , 91 90 24%. 1 14 / 9 9 1 1 1911 91 1 9 2 1 1 191 e 41; —46-18 i 45.16 212 2134 2 1 211 6 218 j 223 224 7 9 9 6 6 9 6 9 9 6 13 1 1 5 2. 15 a per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account per Cents Reduced per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent India Stock, 10} per Cot. BANK OF ENGLAND. A■ Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Nth Victoria, o* for the week ending on Saturday, the 10th dad of he., mi. ISSUE PIPARTMENT. £413,063,365 I Government Debt £11,015,100 other Securities .. 9,984,900 Gold Coin t Bullion AMAIN Silver Bullion .... ammelmmmmew• £26,063,366 Notesissued .... •AULINO Prordietors'Capitalll4,ss3,ooo Government Seen- Rest Public Deposits* 4,163,869 Dead WeightAn.i 411,546,662 Other Deposits 4 even Day I other Notes Bills 533,3;05,426 i 419,380,4111 • Including Exchequer, Savings Ranks, Commissioners of ational Debt, and Dividend Accounts. FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Brazilian b Danish 5 Mob. (Fa 12 Oull ) 2 4 French 3 Do. 4i Do. Bank Stock Mexican 3 Peruvian 4l Portuguese 4 Russian 5 Tweed. Wad. Thurs. Pricing. 100 101 ofi 62} 67f40c t,Of 6613'03f 95c 93f4c 96:35c 04f 73c f. L 9970 t 21 90} 98} 9 .0,4 36 364 751 6 76 Spanish 3 Turkish Scrip 6 fiIiARY.B. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Ant/v.& Rttrdm. Uri . Thl6 ",day. W 6 e 1 d1".. 1 8r 4" 1 ' IV " Belgian East. J t I 1 1 7. Dutch Rhenish 21 td 9i td 91 td 3f Id 21 East Indian—. 1 11 , 1 ip X ip k 8P X Ot. Indian Pen per fp r f p par tp par t p par G.W.ofCan.,Sh l7/ ti 171 8 17/ s l l7* 8 171 Madras Lyons & Geneva 1 4 li t l IOp i i i i 1 ' 11 id It Na.&Lge.(w.in) ei t Ol i 181 ri ii f 111 7 Nrtl•rn.otErnee. 33 1 1 1 4 rOl 1 1 1 ' 8 3 1 1 Norw. Trnk.Prf. 9/ ti t 81 9/ 81 94 81 1 . 9 1 is N Parts & Lyons llOl 159 2 O* -fell toloi ap Paris & Orleans 48 4 14 46 8 4 345 7 Paris & Rouen a42 4 41 3 '4l 333 401 39 40 RAILWAYS—. Moad. ruesd. Wed. Thar. Frill Aberdeen Birm.Wolv.a Stour Val Bl 984 981 9 81 9 81 9 Bristol and EWA*. Caledonian Chester and. Holyhead 124 3 1 121 31 121 31 12} 31 3 Cork and Bandon Dublin 6 Belfast June. 3 2 .I 3 2 d 3 2 d 3 2 d 3 Ad East Anglian Eastern liiiioc (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Ot. Sth. and Wet of Ire. 90 290 2GO 2 3 90 $ Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire 741 174 174 474 ' 74 1 Lou., Tilbury, 6 Stbend It 4 11 'Ol 1} 101 1} 101 Lon.,l3righton,ac 95 liiii 96 100 98 100 97 1 97 9 London and Blackwall 71 8} 7i 81 74 8/ 71 81 71 9/ London and Nrth-West. 169 1 11$1g 10U i 100} • Daa 1001 Midland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen If 2} lf 21 if 21 11 2} 11 21 Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union 31 ed 31 id 31 11 31 id 31 14 North British North Staffordshire.— 4} dad 4} ~ 44 id 41 Id 41 1 d N ort h-W es tern 8 16 i 6 46 1 6 81 Oxf., Wrcstr., and Woly . 30 1 30 230 230 2 30 ff Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dor. 565 9 561 91 58s 9 381 South- W astern South Wales 29 30 29 10 29 30 29 30 281 91 Waterford I Limerick 94 624 9 24 624 d 24 6 Miscatarmsous— Australian Agricultural 30 1 30 1 30 1 0 1 Canada Crystal Palace 3l 1 3 1 1 3 12n 31 yak Crystal Palace of France —.— — —. North BritishAus.Laud i 1 4 1 1 1 j 4 A Peel liiver Land 6211 n. 21 1 2 1 1 2 5 4 Scottish Aust. Invest. 1 1 1 1. — South Australian Land 3 5 6 3 Van Diensen's Land littroplitan Varktts• (Reported exclusively for "Tx, Passe.") CORN-EXCHANOiI Notwithstanding that very limiled supplies of English wheat bats been on sale In oar ambit this week, the demand fur all kinds —arising from canal wife' tion being completely closed—has been In a most images state. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. The imports of foreign wheat have bean ; yet sales hare grimed slowly, at last week's currency. (floating eszenee• Falmouth, have realised former terms. Fine malting barley has realised late rates; but grinding and distilling aorta bare given way is per quarter. Halt has ruled ddY. at late rates. TUBB has been a fair sale for oats, the value of Miami' *Ns. ha alk Or ward tendency. Both beans and peas have motel see 3 a fall in the quotations of Is per quarter. The Kilir Valle kin been in a sluggish state, at last week's quetegiefee• Eztou s n—Wheat. Esse: and Ken t *hit*, 110 81114 lac 62. to 725; Nortblic and Lthooln red, Mete Jas to 36s ; grinding ditto, Igo to 815 i . f Val4iliffr • • 169