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A FATHER TO HIS CHILD, ON THE DAY OF HER BIRTH

... I BY T. JENKINS. Helpless, harmless, innocent ! To this world of sorrow sent- To this scene of misery come, Here awhile to seek a home;- Here, where thou may'st often stray, O'er many a dreary, devious way, By many a tortuous pathl may'st wind, In search of what thou can'st not find- Long-lost content, and peace of mind. On this wide earth there is no spot, Thou can'st choose for thine own ...

FASHIONS FOR MAY

... (From the I'London and ParisLadiee'MagazineofFashion.') Our more recent communications from Paris inform us that the materials in fashion are likely to be of great variety this season ; silks, ylaces and shot, mostly of light colours, mus- lins,peki7/s, satins, enousselinesde laime,&c. &c.; with respect to the make, there appears to exist some degree of rivalry between tig t sleeves and ...

Published: Sunday 03 May 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 579 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBLIC AMUSBMB1TS. ROYAL ACADEMY, TRAVALOAR-SQUAILE.- The EXIIIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY in now OPEN.-Ad- mission (1rom Eight o'clock till Seven), is. CataloUt I0s. HENiRY HOWARbh, R.A., 8ec. THE SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the NEW SOCIETY of PAINTEltS IN WATER COLOURS to now OPEN, at their Callerv 63 I allnmall Weet,adiohiini the Brlitih In- stitutio i, fronm Nine o'30ekci till dusk. ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBLIC AMUSBMBNTS. EXHIBITION of the SOCIETY of BRITISH ARTISTS. Suftilk-street, Pall-msall East, is now OPEN daily from nine till duik.-Admlsslen, Is. E. LATILLA, Besq. will deliver a LECTURE To-wou5tov; EVYEX. Iea, May 13, at EbJ&t 'eleook oan tile ADVANTAGES of ART to a country, and the L GISLATIV EIMPROVEMENTS to its progress. -Admission to the Evening Exhibitilonand Lectur. Is. HI. B. ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBLIC A.4 USERMBSTS. The TH IRTY-SIXTPH ANN UAL EXHIBITION of Lho dOCIETY of PAINTERS In WATER COLOURS, ait thieir 0,a.Ilry, PalIrlmaI ~ira IS NOW OPEN. Oppen eahdaiy from r~icotidiiduk .-Adruitlanee tp. Catalsg'oe,fid. R. IiLES, Secrotary. THE SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the N13W 10CXETY of PAINTENS; IN WATER COLOURS Is now OPEN, at theivr Oallkrv Li Pail-mall West, adjoining thle Britisht In ...

THE LATE SIR SIMON CLARKE'S PICTURES

... THE LATE SlR, SIMON CLARKE'S PIC2'URES. f The most genuine and SxtraTrdlfary gallery of picturet that has ever been bron~ht to sale since tile collection madE Iby Wats)n Taylor, YEuq were seld by Christie anaf Manson, tat l heir great room io lng-strect, on Friday and Saturday last. They produced abeut29,OO0- Many ofthese pie. tures being well-know, ei'wuvrea of the respective masters, it may ...

THE THEATRES

... TmR T-.- - WTALA OPERA.-THEI TAMBUHINI Row.-Tbis the- h a on Thursday night, the scene of a row greater than Ta l wt ssed within its walls since, in the olden time of weors sOff~ to the subscribers,sowe thirty years ago, when nobleman jumping into the big drum, and into the piano-forte, while their companions d the violins, disarmed the guard, pulled up the seats, ibestryed the chandeliers-the ...

Published: Sunday 03 May 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4870 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

COURT AND FASHION

... - | SUNDAY..-Her Majesty attained her twenty-first. year, and appropriately passed the day with her nearest relatives, her husband and mother, and a few personal friends, at Clare. 11ont. Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended divine service at Esher church. The demonstrations of attachment that she ande eirealg teroa the the ivay to Claremont on Saturdax? Bud Ili her way to t church on Sunday ...

Published: Sunday 31 May 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 601 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MISCELLANEA

... MISCELLAYEA. REPUBLICANISM AND MONARCaY-A republic might do verv well for a people so truly enlightened that they wanted no go- verning at all-butwhere can the demagogues who advocate this form of government point out such apeopleI There is nothing in the history of mankind to justify the belief that such a people have ever existed. or will ever be found. Of this fact it is cu- rious that ...

Published: Sunday 17 May 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 792 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY

... HXflYBITION of SYNe ROYAL ACADEMY., Having availed ourselves o the earliest Copportunity lof placing before our readers a hasty sketch of the principal contents of the exhibition, we propose now to allude to some of its works a little more in detail. A second visit conelriria us in the impression that the eahibition of tie preseat yeaeis superior to ary ef its prodec}ssors for s8oe time post. ...

THE STAGE

... TH4 STAGE. j :6 1 3 K> g 7.l~ PMAJESTY'S TIMATRE. founded upon Auber'sI e lah des Fees,' wdeioliltera te4 at the above the duriog the last we*. ?? aslendid in scenery'sad geitere-arrange. merits. T~he p ta ~lmit si , thl. ?? of the original piece: -A hunter sees a beautiful fairy, and hecomes pos. sessed of her veil, without w hich-tbe Fates have so or. dained it-the ariel creature is nat ...

MUSIC

... MU SIlc. I - .. .r, - v MADAMDEB LLSWiLLE Ou1&Y's Conce- took ?? oaiWednssday'imorning,! in the' horseeof Mrs. le ~Perlins,'widbibh,:tough~tolerably large, was well filed ta o64the ocCasion, ,;Madam our? ?? ie apipearance at this-cocet, his I puipill dfthe dele. kd, brated Czerfi 'jadi~e'tt fpaigiiniidius ie stroogly--of -lUez aiggct oma oe the Jnstrumentipsheis Iapaerfmc ibslany'n played ...