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ADVANTAGES 01’ THE INSTITUTION

... A large paid-up Capital, at all times available.—An influential Proprietary.—Utiles of Premium as low are with security.— Premiums payable either Annually, Half-Yearly, or Quarterly, or in one sum, or in number of payments,—Age admitted in the Policy. —Unopposed Probate* of the Diocesan Courts held sum'KTil to entile claimants to recover the amount of Policies.—A Board Directors sit daily, to ...

LITERATURE AND ART

... | -4--I THE STAGE, BOTH BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN; FROM OBSERVATIONS TAKEN, ON THE SPOT. By ALFRED BUNN. (Bentley.) This long-promised book of Mlr: Bunn's has at length made its appearance, and a most extraordfnary book it is, displaying some of the most extraordinary details of dramatic life that lsdve ever been given to the public, and better calculated to open the eyes of the public to ...

Published: Sunday 05 July 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 8120 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBLIC AMUSBMBNTS. RIOYAL ACADEMY, TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.- e i herveby given OWil.t h EXHIBITION of thes ROYAL AC&- ,I - will e inalty CLOSE THIs ])AY. thett 25th ientant. at Seren k i ?? (fron Eight o'clock till Seven) On, f i .atwlogua Oce Shillinge HENRY NOWARD, R.A.,Sec. f bittors are requested to send for their toorks om Weduesday, the l Tburidhy, the 0th inastant. * i\\1 CLOSE THIS DAY, the ...

Poetry

... ZVI 0 et rp - THE FLOWERS. L[Y w. If. PRIDFAUX ] Tiun owrb that deck this earth of oura, lhowm eloquent are they! ?? to the human heart they snlijiagly convey i And jt how pgrent :tle we to plsso their oire mninitions ily, Aldlitgazo %with listleisness of heart and inadvertent eye: To Childhoo, arce tiley tlot as hsopes Whlieh faoscinate the mind, And. Ieads1 thc yanolg hesrt gaily on1, with ...

KINGSTON TERRACE

... TO BE SOLD, BUILDING LOTS, THE LAND, otr which .it is proposed to erect a uniform Line of'Twclve Rood Houses, varying in Frontage from Feet to 30 Feet, with Gardens both to lie North and South. bounded the West the Beverley Road, on the North by the Froperty of Henry Blundell, Ksq., the East by Open Fields, and on the South Kingston College. The Site will, therefore, offer advantages for ...

THEATRE ROYAL

... (From a Correspondent.) 0 On Monday last, Mr. G. Vandenhoff. who is rapidly appronching i thepiiacle of lijstronie famo,made liisfirstappearanceln h lssecond engatgementat ourtheattre-t ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... I . JS.Au AND PA#kntirgS Tlse1Tol~esi'Of Kent visited.her Masesty on Wednesday, Visjocfbit Mq4bourne had an audreneer emednesday, of thel Queen. ?? ' Ttle yitn dinner party at the palace, ow Wedm evening, included the Earl of Surrey, Earl of I~bidge Viscount Melbourne, Lord Barham, Lord Frederickls ssv. clarence, and the Honourable William Cowrper.. The bandlof.the rOyaLregimenlt-of- horse ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... FASHION AND VA4RIETWE. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clunricarde lasve London towards the close of the month, for Portumna Castle, Galway. His Excellency dees not return to St. Petersburg till the last week in September, or early in the following month. The Marquis Conyngham 'arrived in London early last week from Slane Castle, Ireland, where the Marchioness and family are residing. It ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... FASHItO AND VARIRTIJR. . His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant entertained te fol. lo'wing distinguished personages at dinner, at the Viceregal Lodge, yesterday :-lon. Dudley Fortescue, Mr,.. stephen French, Colonel Stewart, Dr. Colles, Mr. naghan, Mr. Gorges, Captain Romilly. Lord Cosrno Russell and Captain Kingacote, Aides-de-Camp. Prince Albert rode on horseback on Monday morning to the ...

Literary Extracts

... ?? extracts. EATrNG.-Every animal eats as much as it can recurs, and as much as it can hold. A cow eats but to sleep, and sleeps but toeat; and, not content with eating all day~long, twice it slays the slain, and eats its dinner o'er again. AKwhale swallows 10,000,000of living shrimps at a draught; a nursing canary-bird eats its own bulk in a day, and a cater- pillar eats S00 times its own ...

COURT AND FASHION

... MONDAY.--Her Majesty bad a concert at Buchingharn Palace. The company began to arrive shortly before ten o'clock, and were ushered into the state-rooms, which were all opened, and were brilliantly illuminated. At balf-past ten o'clock her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, entered the grand saloon, followed by the com- pany, when the concert commenced. After the ...

Published: Sunday 05 July 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1243 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT

... i HEATRICAL miss H19pnl ?? ~ ~ H[-C ?? I~aS (lortunately for the paosad niadmirers of the drama) ,erlyti~r tldoh h tns and isi adires o th drma)nearly regained her vWontedhealth. ous and spirits. fa Mr. Haynes, tile Successful author of Conscience, or, ars the Bridal Night, Durazzo, and Mary Stuart (so ale attractive last season at Drury. lane Theatre, until Ham- mpnd's bankruptcy), is ...