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London, England, 1849-09-24 00:00:00

DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
; Name of Corapiusy. per of Paid. Pee
Annum. Share.
.. - -
X s. d. # s. d.
East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 136
East Country ........ 205. per sh. 100 0 0 - 21
London 51. pr cent. Stock. - 116
Ditto Bonds.. ••• • • • 41. per cent. - - -
St.iratharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - 79
Ditto, Scrip ....... . - - - -
-
Ditto 80nd5...... - 1141. pr cent. - -
Southampton •• -- - 21. per cent. ,60 0 0 50 0 0 -
117fLIDGES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Pric
Annum. Share.
--- -
X. S. d. X. E. d.
Charing-cross...." - - - 25 0 0 -
Southwrk,Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 3 - -
Ditto Nw of 734 p. c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - -
Waterloo -.•..•• • • • • - 100 0 0 - 33
Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 , 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. ls. Od. - 40 0 0 24
Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 16
WATER.AIITORICS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of raid. Price
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
East London. ..... •• • • 8/. 100 0 0 - 179
Grand Junction •• -• • 41. per cut. 50 0 0 - bl
Kent.... -••••• • • • •• 31. 103. 100 0 0 - 76
Lambeth •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 99
Now Rivr Lndn Brdge 2/. 10s. - - -
Vauxhall .••••• • • • • - 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - -
West Middlesex •• • , 51.0 a. pr cut. - - 122
OAS.-LIGHT ELNID CORE COMPANIES.
- -
Dividend Amount
Name of Company.. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X. s. d. X. s. d.
British ••••••• • • • • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14
Ditto rrovincial.• •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 13
Bristol ••••••• • • • • • - 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
Brighton .• ••..•• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16
City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250
Continental Coisolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 6 30
Equitable .••••• - • • •• 501. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 26
Imperial .• .... •• •• •• 3/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67
Independent ....... • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 623
L0nd0n...............- ••• • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ditto
- 50 0 0 50 0 -
Plicenix . .........• .. 4341. per et. 50 0 0 46 0 0 2734
Ratelitf .. •••..• • • • • • 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75
United General ... •• • 7s. 6d. 60 0 0 50 0 0 13
Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 46
Ditto, New ........lie. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9

MUSIC IN OLD TIMES.
The following singular advertisement of a concert in
the year 1697 shows how greatly the march of music
has progressed since that time, though it is universally
allowed that the advance of music in England has, till
lately, been unusually slow;—" Monday n: xt, the 28th
instant, will be performed, in York-buildings, a new
Concert of Musick by the Chiefest Masters in England,
when Signor Ramponi, an Italian musician, belonging to
the Prince of Vaudemont, at the request of several
Persons of Quality, will for once sing in the same in
Italian and French.—Half a guinea entrance."—(From
the London Gazette, No. 3377.)
ZINGARELLI.
A very romantic incident occurred in the life of this
composer during the time he was Maestro di Capella at
Milan. For a time it obstructed the quiet path of Zin-
garelli, who fulfilled the calm routine of duties of that
office without a shadow of care falling over his heart,
and indeed at the time threatened to be of more serious
consequence to him in his future career. It tends to
show, moreover, how the nobility of Nature's genius
overcomes and throws into the shade the nobility of rank,
with all its adventitious lustre. The FATE that swayed
the destinies of France—nay, of almost all Europe—at
that period was Napoleon Buonaparte, who, though the
' Conqueror of Nations, was the patron and friend of
many obscure musicians. I may premise that Zingarelli,
next to Pasiello, was Napoleon's favourite composer, for
though the genius of the future celebrated musician
Cherubini was at that time both recognised and en •
couraged—but not with sincerity—by the Emperor, yet
his inclination and taste, not to speak of other motives,
turned more readily to the simpler beauties of Zingarelli,
which appealed more effectually to the feelings of him
Ice. who, though not a scientific musician, might have been
one had his star shone in a different hemisphere. In the
year 1811, therefore, on account of the birth of a son to
5 the Emperor, a grand and solemn Te Deur:: was com-
mended to be performed in every church throughout
- France and the Papal States. Orders to that effect were
- accordingly dispatched from the Tuileries to all the
- rovinces, and the same command reached in its course
- the " Holy City" itself. Never were there such extensive
474
- preparations made for celebrating any event before as
6% there were now in the "City of the erasers." So gor-
geous were they that it seemed as if all the riches, all the
8 glory of the earth were concentrated in that one spot.
- Never before did 11 Popolo exhibit such excitement. St.
- Peter's was arrayed with the most costly magnificence—
: cardinals, priests, every sacerdotal functionary wore their
_ robes of office, and it appeared almost like a solemn re-
- ligious festival. In the high altar the sacred candles
were kept constantly burning, while the acolytes cease-
lessly swung their censers, from which ascended the
incense in fragrant clouds. Amid the throngs that
crowded the streets, on the morning to which I allude,
Ice even at so early a period as the first grey eastern streak,
might be observed one, who, from nis abstracted manner
and hesitating step-seemed as if borne down by some
5 oppressive thought; and so deeply was he engrossed by
some painful train of reflection—to judge from the
- rapidly changing expressions that appeared to pass over
- his strongly marked and mobile countenance—that all
0 wonder at his uncertain step ceased, which raised a feel-
- lag of curiosity rather than of surprise. He possessed a
- fine and commanding figure, and though the pressure of
- Time's unsparing hand had bent his stature in some
degree (for a slight stoop was perceptible), yet his tread
- was firm and elastic, and although he might have been
- of some fifty years of age or more, he looked many
U% years younger. Anxious to avoid the crowd which was
s every moment becoming greater, he at last gained an
5 unfrequented part of the city, where he soon became lost
2M to view. Every one whom he passed was hastening to
4% one point. No one recognized him—no one for a
6}( moment imagined that the solitary form which they
96% beheld retreating from all that they ardently tinged to
254 witness; that the face shrouded beneath the hoed of his
gown as if to shun all observation was that of one who
- knew not, cared not where his footsteps led him, so that
Os. they bore him from the very pace they were so anxious
s to reach; that the shrinking figure they saw was that of
- their Composer Zingarelli—their Maestro di Capella—
', was that of him who was to be (or ought to have been)
72 the leading spirit in the rites about to be celebrated.
Little dreamed they of the dire confusion and dismay
the absence of that one individual would create. It
iN seemed, truth to say, as if all Rome was congregated in
one spot—and that the most magnificent temple in the
whole world—in order to impart the most stupendous
tact to this royal festival. The ceremony soon began,
Ice, but when it arrived to the point when the very " soul" of
the performance should have proceeded all was silent-
- the deep-toned organ was mute, its solemn reverberations
s were unheard. The curtain of the choir was withdrawn,
but the seats were unoccupied—the choir was vacant.
And where was he beneath whose fingers, and at whose
sign, should have burst forth the gran3 and startling
. chords of the Te Dem? Where were they whose
• voices should have given utterance to the hymn of praise?
—lnvisible. All was consternation, and the abrupt
stoppage was hailed as the worst omen by the populace,
which seemed to vie with its forefathers in yielding to
tee. the grossest superstition—on eager search being made
the Maestro's place was also found tenantless. Where
was he? All Rome was present, and then the recollec-
tion of the Fugitive flushed across the minds of many,
•. and messengers were quickly dispatched on his track,
who after some time returned with the composer. In
6% reply to the questions put to him by the superiors, Zin-
-274 garelli intrepidly replied, "I do not acknowledge Napo-
ic leon for my king. I know of no Infant King of Rome,
and I will never join in praising or thanking heaven for
that I cannot view as a gift or a blessing." All threats,
all entreaties were equally fruitless, Zingarelli was firm
tee. and inflexible. " The key of the organ-loft is where
none but myself can discover it," continued our corn-
- poser, "the music I have removed, the choristers I have
forbidden to enter the choir, and I would sooner lose this
hand than that it should raise the baton. No! never will
I conduct such a sacrilegious ceremony—not one note of
my Te Deum shall be heard in honour of his pretended
King of Rome." The conclusion of the service was
quickly hurried over, but the organ gave forth no sound,
the choristers were not present, and great was the ex-
citement caused in Rome at the daring of Zingarelli.
When Buonaparte (with whom the Te Deem of our
tee. Master was an especial favourite, indeed he had fre-
quently commanded its performance) was informed of
this, he immediately dispatched a secret emissary with
i an order to the Prefetto of Rome to arrest "Il Maestro
Nicolo Zingarelli," and cause him to be passed over,
• from brigade to brigade, to Paris. Accordingly, the
poor maestro was summoned before the prefect and in-
formed of this command. The former, however, 're-
; hemently declared that he felt no regrets—no fear, and
would never sue for pardon, and that in Paris he would,
even to the Emperor himself; refuse to perform, or afford
• the slightest assistance towards the performance of his
Te Deum for celebrating such an event. The prefect,
•
• who knew the high-souled honour, the simplicity, and
• true-heartedness of Zingarelli, in order to spare him the
degradation and annoyance of being escorted by the
gensdarmerie, and guarded as a prisoner, took his word
of faith that he would immediately set out for his desti-
nation. In duo time, therefore, our composer arrived
, in Paris, with the same exactitude as that with which
"x% Regulus returned with his fetters to Carthage. On his
. arrival he took up his abode in the Boulevard des Italiens
(the then popular resort of his ceuntrymen in Paris),
No. 7, in the very house in which Gretry afterwards
.lived, and caused immediate notice of his arrival to be
signified to the Emperor. A week elapsed, and as yet
he had received no communication from the Court. On
the eighth day, however, a messenger from Cardinal
Peach arrived, who loaded him with civilities, expressed
his hopes that the forced and rapid journey to the French
capital had not injured the health of our musician,
lauded his talents to the skies, and spoke of the intense
admiration with which his works were viewed by his
countrymen, and by the Emperor himself. All this was
calculated to soothe the irritated feelings of our composer,
and before he could stammer forth an incoherent reply,
conceive his astonishment at being presented with a
purse containing a hundred crowns. "A gift," said the
messenger, "from his Majesty the Emperor to defray
your expenses on thus honouring him with a visit." The
poor Maestro could not utter a word. He was spell
bound, and in this favourable moment the messenger
hastened to take his departure, rejoicing at the happy
issue of his mission. No tidings from the Tuileries
during a long two months reached the poor lonely mu-
sician. "Ha," thought he, "il tempo Ai ricancia." After
.8 the lapse of this time, and when he had almost resolved
to to leave Paris and journey back to Italy secretly, he
received a command to compose a grand Missa Solennis
7s for the Chapelle Royale. This was signified to him on
534 the Ist of June, and on the 12th he was expected to have
1% everything in readiness, as its performance was to take
s, place on that day. "A mass," said the bewildered mu-
'o7 sician to himself musingly, " a mass ! well, never mind,
• a mass, or even a Dominic Saloum foe, or a Grotias
Agimus tibi, but by the sword of St. Paul, by the keys
of St. Peter, or the mule of the Pope—aye! by the
/54 Holy Virgin Mary herself, ho may have a miss, but he
- shall never say ho heard a chord of my Te Dlum for
6d his pretended King of Rome." The mass was composed
and executed in eight days, and loudly did Fame trumpet
rs the success of our composer; manifold were tho
ments and gifts he received on this occasion, besides a
,Od. present of 5,000 francs from the Emperor himself.
After a few days had elapsed five verses of a Stubat
Mater wore forwarded to Zingarolli, with an intimation,
" couched in terms the most pleasing and flittering, that
the composer was to set them to music as quickly as
possible. " Well!" said the surprised, though not un-
moved musician, "a Stab at Mater is not a Te Deem; the
triumphal rejoicing of the one has not the mournful, the
25 grand solemnity of the other. He may have a &alai
ftu Mater without any great remorse of my conscience, bat
'6P before he should have my Te Deem, I would bravo exile,
imprisonment—death itself ! I will let the Emperor see
that some of us Italians are even yet not without firmness
Ice. of character." The Stabatvbas accordingly performed at
the Palace d'Elyele on the 27th February, 1812, by all
the singers of note then in Paris. The air " -Vida suum
dulcem Natum," sung by Crescentini, and accompanied
by the Maestro on the organ, was repeated by a sign
, from Napoleon. Not a sound was heard, there was no
outbreaking of applause, but the whole mid' ,t in

silence--a wop
a silence more affecting ad tonued
praise—the silence of a multitude of heartslou subduedg and
conquered into awe and admiration by the might of one.
Not a dry eye was to be seen. Of a truth it seemed as
if one and all felt and recognized, in the sublime and
mournful beauty of the composition, the great genius of
its author. From this time nothing indeed could Lave
been greater than was the success of Zingarelli ; his
name was echoed from mouth to mouth, till ail Paris
rang with it. The most inordinate desire could scarcely
wish for more, but, amid it all, he--the " admired of all
admirers"--felt as if he were alone. In the heart of

Wind—E., strong breeze.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 23.--The Terrible steam-frigate,
Captain Ramsay, is ordered to be paid off on Wed-
nesday neat, and the crew commenced sending her
stores on shore yesterday. The Bee lighter was en-
gaged in assisting to take the stores on shore ; while
so employed she sank in the third watch, with a great
quantity of stores on board, and men have been em-
ployed to endeavour to raise her, which they expect
they will be able to accomplish when the tide rises to
assist them in their efforts. The stores with which
the Bee went down are not of a perishable nature,
being the spare gear of the engines, spars, and ropes.
The Inflexible steam-sloop,t Commander Hoseason,
arrived at Woolwich on Saturday evening, and will
be paid off in the course of the week.
One of the workmen belonging to the yard, and
attached to the Dockyard Battalion, died during the
past week, and his remains were interred this morn-
ing in the parish churchyard. About thirty of his
comrades attended the funeral in their Dockyard
Brigade uniform, and the cap of the deceased was
carried to the grave over the pall covering the coffin;
a proof that the workmen feel a pride in being en-
rolled to serve her Majesty in the Dockyard Battalion
THE COUNTR

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 22.-
stauds firm; no perceptible
s. d. s. d

,Y MARKETS.
-To-day the grain trade
Iteration in prices.
Wheat, per 701 b : Barley,Feeding— 32t0 3 d. s. 4
English, white .. 6 8 to 7 0 Rye, per 4801 b •• 22 0 21 0
Do. rid .. 6 6 6 8 Beans, English, pr
Irish, new .. .. 5 0— 6 3 imperial quartr 34 0— 36 0
Do., old .. • • 5 8— 6 0 Irish and Scotch,
Dantsic.. 6 6 6 9 per 4801 b.. • • 30 0— 31 0
Do., good mixed .. 7 0— 7 4 Foreign, duty pd. 24 0— 24 6
Lowerßaltie,white 6 4 6 6 European, per im-
Do. red.. 6 6 6 8 perialquarter.. 32 0— 33 0
American . • • 5 9—6 10 Peas, English, per
Canadian .. .. 6 0— 6 8 imperial quartr 32 0— 33 0
Spanish, red and Foreign .. 28 0 30 0
white.. .. • • 6 3 6 6 Malt, English, per
Tuscan and Bar- imperial quartr 54 0 60 0
letta, red .. • • 6 0— 6 4 Do., Irish •• 55 0— 56 0
Marianopoli 5 0— 5 4 Do., brown •• 54 0— 57 0
Odegsa, Polish .. 5 0 5 6 Flour, English, pr
Do., hard.. • • 4 6 4 9 2801 b
Egyptian .. .. 4 0— 4 4 Irish, extra fine • •
Oats, per 451 b United States, per
English and Scotch 211 3 1 barrel .. .23 0— 24 0
Welsh .. .. 2 7 2 I. Canadian .. ~ 23 0— 24
Irish, new .. 2 6 2 61 Oatmeal, English,
Bade, old ••26 2 7 & Scotch,pr24oll; 23 0—25 0
Barley, English, pr rish, new ..
imperial quarter 26 0 —2B Do., old .• •21 0— 23 0
Irish, Scotch, and ndian corn, per
Ilanx,per6olb.. 3 2 3 4801 b 27 6 —29 6
MONTROSE, SEPT. 21. ne farmers being busily en-
gaged with harvest operations, there was little corn
business doing here to. day. Wheat, 621bs, 455. New
do., same weight, 41s; barley, 5311a5; 225; new do., same
weight, 21a; oats, 401bs, 17s 6d; new do., same weight,
17a per quarter.
GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 20.—The num-
bers to-day were oxen, 514; mach cows, 113; sheep,
3,675; lambs, 2,406. We had a good supply of cattle,
for which last week's prices were obtained, viz.: Best
ox betf 50s per cwt., second quality 45s to 47s per ditto,
cows, bulls, and inferior, 379 to 44s per ditto. Sheep
more plentiful, which caused buyers to hang off. Sales
were slowly effected- for good sheep at prices much the
same as la3t week. Best mutton, sid per lb, middling
from 3il to 41d per ditto. Good lambs sold well—best
about 15s per head, current prices from 7s to 113 per
head. Few small-priced lambs in the market.
AZERDEEN,SIpT. 2L—Grain—Oats 1696dt0175.6d, 401 b per
bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s to 245,
521bs per bushel ; wheat, 46s to 529; oatmeal, 14s 3d to 15s Od
per boll ; flour, 37s to 45s per sack; Provisions—Beef,
5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d
to 6d; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to ss; lamb, per lb, Cd to 7,1;
tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; rotatoes, per peck, 6d to 8d ;
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os
to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 9d to lld ;
eggs, per doz, Pd to 10d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens; per
pair, 3s Od to 3s6d ; chickens, ditto, Is 8d to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto,
2s Oe.. to 2s 6d; ducklings, ditto, is id to Is 8d; turkeys, each, 6s
Od to 730 d; geese, ditto, Os to Os; butter for exportation (present
cure), per cwt, 62s to 639; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 7d
to Od ; 4b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stove of 14 lbs,
33 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large,
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to is 6d; bearmeal, Is 4d to Is 6d ;
peasemeal, Is lld to 2s; side, 7d to 8d; barley flour, is 6d to
Is 7d ; barley dust, 7d to 9d; flour, is 10d to 2s; barley, per lb,
1 id to 2d.

• 35 0 - 36 0
35 0- 36 0

DALKEITH, SEPT. 20 —The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 18st 121 b, lBst 21b, and 17st
31b. Oats, 12st 10Ib, 12st 51b, and Ilst 121 b. Barley, 16st 7th,
1
, 16st 21b, and 14st 31b. Peas and beans, 17st 71b, Oat 0b ,
and lest.Olbs.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
122 Wheat ... ...... £2 15 0 £2 4 0 112 0
730 Oats
ji;
ou
319 Barley 1 8 0 1 4 9
10 Peas :and Beaus 111 0 00 0 18 0
Average of wheat 405 6id.
howeverirsve nOt beenwit
with
grain of home growth,
We are
so Cooußmice,riSmEsP. T. 21.—T
largely ipts tor the week being:
at
th elsrse cteo 20s 91 per barrel; bar-
ley, 2,620 brls, at os to
he foreignsuaprprliiveadls
—Wheat, 3,203 brls,
brls, at 7s to 9s 41 per
blalsrr4eld, peorwibnagrretlo;
tohaotsim,
plr4o,vseod9
tone of the English markets the wheat arriving has been
taken readily at an advance of about Gd per barrel. In
repared wheat no transactions of any importance
takenhave
place. Oats are pouring in in great abundance,
and have declined in conscoence to the extent of about
3d per barrel from our quotations of last week. Some
sales of the prepared article (blacks), have been made at
8s 9d per barrel, free on board. This may be considered
their present value. The flour trade continues a uch in
the same state as last noted,' bakers confining their pur-
chases to the supply of their more immediate wants, and
exhibiting a total disinclination to speculate in the arti-
er. Prices remain unaltered. Indian corn has ad-
vanced 5s per ton, and a considerable quantity has
changed hands, at the improvement, the current value of
the article being, 61to 6155, and, in some extreme cases,
617 s Gil per ton. Indian meal continues tot ally neglec'ed.
Flow—Firsts 13s 6,1 to 14s Od; extra 14s 6d;
seconds, 12s 6d to I3s ; households 103 to Ils; thirds, 6s to 9s
per cwt. Oatmeal 10a Odto 11 sj Indian meal Qs 3cl to 6s Od; wheat-, i