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HAYMARKET THEATRE

... HAY MJARKET 'I'THEAT'RL'. Our stage is fallen on stllugo timaes indeed, when the opera. of Guy M1oimorring is revived for the purpose of ex- hibiting' the tulents ofae young lady ns lleg dIerir'ilies, for upon no other grounds, surely, could the light comedy com- plny of the ?? Theatre bave launched on such a venture. The pursuit of opera under difiviulties may be imagined when we' look at a ...

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

... IIEli .3AJESY'S TISEAiLL'1. Semiraimi(le 'vas given after a strange filslion last nigrit, by 1o 15l cus creditable to tile gicat lyrical establishient of the modern ilabyloun. The composer, called lo sasiN, wbo wrote) this opera, had a notioa thait Ieo created tlrcoa splendlid parts for at prima donna, a contralto, anlld a baritone. Ile liever contemplated, perhaps, that the in- signiiceant ...

Poetry

... ?? I SONGS FOR TIIE PEOPLEJ.. NO, xi. [In announcing our recent Feast of the Poets , promised to give a notice of the poems and songs of ROBURT NICOLL, and that promise we had intended to have performed this week: certain cireumstances hasve, howev~er, so occupied our time asb to prevent us fel Ilisig our intentious. The promisied notice okaU ate e* shortly. In the mteantime wve give ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... iaun e advo denfe. 2rTe History awd Pros ects Ofb the Gaugtem 1,SuEv idnee.. Edod, 4, Strand I and Vacher. pailiameat ?? is the second f ei ition of a work which enters at great length on the muh ?? of question Ofr the Gauges. We bhav so repeatedly discussed this subject that we e Uient I this yoluoe a mass of information will be found affording much practical Inowee.i her Authoe is an ...

ELECTION NEWS

... CITY OF LONDON. A numerous and highly influential meeting cf the electors of the City of London was held yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, to take measures to promote the re-election of Lord J. Russell for the City of Loudon. The platform was crowded a number of distinguished gentlemen, among whom observed Sir George Larpent, IStrt., Mr. S. J. Loyd, BaronL. de ttothsehild, Baronde Goidsmid, ...

POETRY

... (FOfl TILR EXRTEI FLYINEXESTTE 11littlrs*. ?? sanl reflections dlansl vvithin tbe mind, When, From seclulsiol fresh, among monhind Wo ldss tile joy felt While we lived retired. Anid Earlhbsil luo lavellireas In pence adimired Felt iwhile we mrrark'd tihe seasons' ?? race, Impart a sweet variety rald grace. To those grand traits onl which tilc day-s tars . rmic,. I tls shole for ages andtl ...

THEATRICAL ERA

... | THEITATRICAL ERA. ;I THE LOAN OF A WIFE, AT E 1LYCEUM..; * Mr. Wigan is said to be the author ofthe neiw burletta at this theatre, thodgfh, judgin'g from the ingenuity .displayed in the construction of the plots we should imagine the piece; to be of foreign extrac2 'tion, and 'that 'rIT. W. stood in the relation of -its dramatic godfathers rather than the absolute parent of the affair. He ...

Published: Sunday 05 July 1846
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1317 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

POETRY

... ?? P-0 E T R ?? THE PRISONER'S ADDRESS TO HIS MOTHER. During a visit to the Massachusetts State Prison, some time since, the Warden spoke with deep interest of a prisoner, whose talents as a poet had excited much at- tention. The following is from his pen:- I've wandered far from thee, mother, Far from our happy home; I've left the land that gave mne birth, In other chunes to roam ; And time, ...

POETRY

... b_ ?? THE THREE SONS. I ha'e a son, a little son, a boy just flive years old, With eyes of thoughtful earnestne3s, and tuind of gentle mould; They tell me that tuosual grace In all his ways appears- That my child s grave aund wviso of heart beyond his childish years. I cannot say bow this may be, I know his face is fair, And yet hlsi sveetest cotaeliness Ia his mild and serious air; I know his ...

Poetry

... eltrpl. WILD FLOWERS OF SUMMER. Wild flowers of summer, ye rise in our path, On the dew.sprinkled upland and fairy-trod path Ye brighten our steps in the forest'a deep shade, And ye meet us again iti the green-bosomed glade. From your moas-cotered couches reflected, ye gleam In the deep flowing river and clear gushing stream; By the bower of the lover ye gracefully wave, And ye shed your sweet ...

France. —The Fatal Accident on tiie Great Northern Railway.—The primary cause of this terrible catastrophe has ..

... The following details from the Emancipation Beljc were collected on the spot by a medical man, who made the minutest inquiries, and they bear a semi-official character. On leaving Arras, about 600 metres before arriving Borax, the line has an inclination towards Douai of about 4 millimetres in the metre, and then ascends an inclined plana of 14 millimetre. It is at this point that the ...

EXPRESS FROM PARIS

... Daily New* Office, Saturday Morning. We have received by express the Paris journals of Thursday, with our private correspondence. The Momteur contains several promotions in the army, and various civil appointments; but we record only those which have political character. M. Quenault, a 1 leputy, whose re-election is doubtful, and who not very popular, has been appointed the seat (for life) of ...