Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-22 00:00:00

Here, then, we say, is CHARLES KEAN a great ex-

ception, in the

it is as

a player, and as one who has distinguished himself

in the drama, that he was thus honoured by so es

traordinary an ovation- And, in honouring him

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they honoured the drama, alsO ; as, no doubt, they
specially designed to do.

Mr. KEAN has, undoubtedly, done almost ,more

than any man, in modern times, to exalt the drama ;
and, whilst exalting, to popularise it also. He has

made the staz€

mirror up to,nature ;"and, in doing so, as was well
remarked, he may be looked upon, by'even the' great

historical painters of our time, as a rival in their art,

with only this distinction, that happily* their pro-

" ductions descended fresh from the easel to posterity,
" while his, unhappily for him, perished in the same
evening, and left nothing but their fame behind."

He made his representations lessons on liistory, as well

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as on art,—lessons on archolegy in particular, and

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also on the habits and manner's of past generation

In all this there was, doubtless, instruction combined

with amusement. It gave, in short, a striking illus-

tsation of the utile dulci

In another respeCt, Mr. KEAN has sliewn how one
who is embarked in a profession which too many

have made disreputable; may, yet be respectable and
honourable in the highest degree. The Noble Chair-

man of this festive occasion well observed, that,

doubtless, even such an one felt the truth of the

" The drama's laws the drama's patrons give,
" For those who. live to please must please to livE

But, he bore testim

honoura

ite to

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the' present object of their' esteem, that he had never
been improperly' influerieed by even that sentiment.

Arid here we would, for a moment, remark that it is

a sentiment not confined by any means, in its• opera-

ation, to the stage. There are many others, of whom
it may with equal truth be said, that since they "live

to please," they must " please to live." Public jour-

nalists are among the number

and, too often; are

they found pandering to very questionable tastes,

under the idea, that since they. too " live to please,'
they also must "please to live." Let us look, then

all of us, and profit by what we observe, in the career
of Mr. Charles Kean ; who, althoueh in a nrofpgginn

which, almost more than any other, requires "its

anner to secure him so honourable a mark of

distinction as that of Wednesday night

There'is one reflection arising i out of this subject
which we cannot forbear from noticing, and that is—

how much it is to be regretted that ;the efforts of a

Charles Kean, in purifying and elevating the sources

of poptdar'entertainthent; canndt.be directed to those

commoner amusements,. which are resorted to, more

particularly, by the masses of the people

drama, as presented in all, its purity, and in all its

force; at the Princess

Theatre, was presented, not so

much to the people at large, as to particular sections

of them. NoW, the people, and especially the work-
ing classes, must have their amusements; and it is

most important, in a moral and social point of view,

that these should not be demoralising,-

•on the con-

JULY 22, 1859.

An instance is being recorded, just now, of the raPitlil
with which Louis Napoleon's war expedients can be fl3l-
- with the means of action, which ought to read s
lesson to our Government. " A very short time beff'ft

peace was concluded," says a communication from Franc:.
" the managers of an iron factory in the Rive de Gier,!'

of rue Loire, were called up to Paris, by
Minister of War, and asked whether they would engage t°,

fit out, in twenty-five days, five floating batteries sheathed
with iron plates, and perfect in every part, for the Minei°
and the Lake of Garda. Five days more were allowed for
their transport to Toulon. The batteries were completed
within the time, and everything ready, when the Emperor
of the French made peace at Villafranea." His Majestfs
uncle, when contemplating the invasion of this eountrY/
failed, it will be remembered, in getting his naval arinament
ready with any such despatch, and the abandonment of 0111
invasion, for the time being, was mainly attributable to that
giTeumstance. The case is materially altered now, however!
when his successor, whose bellicose intentions are becoming
equally intense as were those of the first Bonaparte, all
get his orders executed with such extraordinary despatch
as'this.

There is no release, of Austrian prisoners yet, it appeaol
by France. The officers are allowed to move about, °°

parole, and several of them, we learn, have arrived at Paris;
but they are still prisoners. This circumstance would aloof
lead one, to. suspect that the peace, after all, is a temporal/
device on the part of one whose conduct, in making it, is, s°
far, inexplicable.
A bill has been introduced in the House of Commons
under the auspices of the Government, we believe, for the
purpose of preventing the erection of advertising colun3o
and other prominent structures in 'the streets or the mete°'
polis. It was high time that something should be done t°
prevent such nuisances. We humbly think the bill might

ia.gc UL UUjeCLS ana we ao no
such a measure should not be extended to the large towns 01

the provinces also

THE LATEST NEWS.

- LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
• LONDON, THUitSDAY EVENING—
The market for English securities remains very quiet, 0'
in the other departments of the Stock Exchange only 5
limited business has been transacted. Quotations, however,
are rather flat, although the actual variation is unimportant'
The public are not dis

)osed to make extensive inveamentA
ro equally disinclined :to, enter into

engagements of magnitude either for a rise or fall. ,The
progress of affairs on the continent 'is still watched with
anxiety in this branch of business, and the renewed
efflux of gold from the Bank has not escaped observs'
tion. The Funds are nevertheless well maintained, 04
a few purchases soon produce an upward tendency. In
the , afternoon, owing to a small supply of money stock,
the English Market is rather flat, but no quotable"altera-
tion has taken place in prices, Consols being 941 95 fol,
money, and 95, 958 for the account. The New Threes and
Reduced are '9st 951. The New Two and a Half per
Cents., 7q. Long Annuities, 11-16. India Loan Debes'
tures, 95 ; ditto Scrip, 942, 949; ditto Bonds, ss. dis. ; and
Hxehequer Bills, 275. to 30s nroyn 11..,1, C 4-1, 091.

223; and India ditto, 221. In the Foreign Stock Market
business is rather inactive, and prices are unaltered. A very'
limited business has been transacted in the Railway Share

given rather more buoyancy to values

LIVERPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE--JULY 21.
The following Were the closing prices yesterday Ches, &, B'head .. 71 711 North Staffordsh. ,
Caledonia Stock .. 891 83 N.• E. Ber. c. Stek 931 931'
E.Counties 11 11 16 11 13-16 Yorkcapital Stock 751 783
E. L. Stock ... 93 931 Leeds' Stock 47 47i
G. Stock ..104 106 South-Eastern ..213 21i
Great Westerns ... 601' 60:4- Dutch Rhenish ....51xd 51a,
Lan. and York. 951, 951 Gt. Luxem. 6 9-16 6 11-16
Lon. & Nor. West. 941.941, G. Trunk Canada 8k xb 8$
, 1-shares 11. 1.0 G. W. of Canada 15 15h
M. and Lincoln 351 35-Z- „ 'new sharei 5.1
Midland. Stock ..103= 1031, Lomb.-Ye4etian ... 2 2;P
Nor. British Stock 57 , 57-e , new shares 11 213,,
The Market was dull to day ; 'little busines, done, ...0"
prices unsettled.

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