THE LEGEND OF MONTE PILATE

... THE LEGEND OF MONTE PILATF. SU*ORSTUD BY A SWISS TRADI5TION GIVEN IN THE 'DERBY a 3ERCUREy OF MlAY THE 8TH, 1850. S 'Tis said 'neath Pilate's rocky heights, Where gloomy storm-clouds keep Their shadowv watch, a spirit walks, r O'er waves that never sleep. a Darkly the mirror'd waters shine, v And rending tempests sigh, Where round the deep blue mountain lake a Dread portents meet the eye. i ...

SUDDEN TERMINATION TO THE Wednesday Concerts

... SUDDEN TERMWINATION TO TEE I Wedniesday Concerts. The WVernesday Concerts have terminated suddenly, and in a manner that reflects anything but credit ?? those musicians and vocalists wvhlo ' ore engaged for last WFednesday's entertainment, and this we shall attempt to show. Wedtne-sday last was to have given the eleventh con- cert of the springg series, with the second, appearance of Mdlie. ...

Published: Sunday 19 May 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1322 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Reviews

... MBtllwo0. Free Trade out Free .Traded; or, the Sef-En- franchiser. By I WANsBEcrK. London: . W. Strange, 21, Paternoster-row. l COMBINED with some eccentricities of thought X and expression there are some wholesome i truths set forth in this pamphlet. The author observes:- Let our first political right be our all-absorbing c iheme: the accomplishment of which, to be the im-N mutable datum ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... LIT Y[E EA. X WA~ 'S ARiOOi Yt IS from Within now that , mast look for dhapge, fpr when. eduction, ba'ed 'ljBoll correqtL)now~P b ,Qf 01W 9 constitution, shall have lra:d thie man, these will be found no impediment to the advance of the whole race to all that is necessary for.tF ey p Ce5&t; g.ijest If which.Phis jluiks -ls iscfptl' proitoh-s hlee4hi~g1^rsfer?'- ings of our nature gain strength ...

LITERATURE

... ILIT ERATTU RE. -The Intperial Odaopcedia. Dedicated by perraise-ion to her Jfa- jesty. The Geography of the British Jnapfre. Part I. London: Charles Knight. IF we may judge of the intended character and extent of this work by the title page, and. such indefinite indications as are given in the prospectus, we would be inclined to regard: it as an .attempt to carry out the vast design suggested ...

FOREIGN MUSICAL MEMORANDA

... FOR:EXGN DMUSICAZ DiEDzORANDA. PARIS.-At the c4,--A n-.. Al -_ . tau urana Upera Alboni continues to be eminently successful in the part of Fides, in The Prop/ket.-Auber's new opera, L'Enfant Prodigte, is not likely to be produced before the beginning of the winter ?? Thomas's new comic opera, A Alids-smmer Night's Dream, is performed nightly to crowded houses at the Opera Comique. At the same ...

Published: Sunday 19 May 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 819 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

POETRY

... MAY. [FOR THE EXETER FLYING POST.) Here's a song for merry May I For tie pleasant time of May I With its bright and sunny hours, and its hedgerow blossoms gay: For its mirth and golden gladness, For its laughter light and glee, Ohl the joy, and oh! the blessing that so sweet a time shosld be! Now the fields are Clothed with verdure, And the meadows all are green And the wild buds blossom gaily ...

MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL EVENTS

... GRAND MORNING CONCERT AT HER MAJESTY'S TIE[ATREE.-The first of a series of grand morning con- certs was given at this theatre on Monday last, under the conduct of Mr. Balfe. It was supported by the entire corps of the establishment, assisted by the band. The programme was long and miscellaneous, being divided into three parts, and the performance occupied at least four hours! The concert ...

Published: Sunday 19 May 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1250 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... RErIEqS OF BOoKS. Tnc RIFLE R1 NGIIis.'t -BY CAPT'. MATyNP READ-. Shoberl, Mrirlbo)t-ogh-streeLt-Tho author of this work served in the AnieriqaiiJarlmy durinig the war betwedn that country and Mexico. Thei adventures that befel him while carniaigiinug with the invading tiroops ale narrated in a freslh vigor(us style, and a ehiarming off- hand mitanner. Tile author ?? us that, although rmich ...

THEATRICALS, ETC

... SADLER'S WELLS. -The liberality of Messrs. Phelps and Greenwood in appropriating the entire re- .eipts of their theatre in aid of the funds of the Grand 13dutrialExhibition of 1851, they fiefraying the whole of the expenses, was rewarded by as crowded and en- thbsiastic an audience as ever assembled within the walls of a theatre. Immediately after the last bar of the overture was heard, Mr. ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... LIfTERAIY NOTICES - . . A _ . .. lion weal CLIFFE'S LOOI( OF NORTH WALES. pri- ?? This is an excellent little work-one of tihe best, inefor tourists, with which we are acquainted. In addition to the most recent and anuieniticated in. formation regarding the antiquities of the country, hat the scenery which proves so attractivc to strangers ies- is very accurately described, and all the objects ...

Reviews

... Eewo. On Free Trade out Free Traded; or, the Seyf-En- th franchiser. By WANSBECK. London: us W. Strange, 21, Paternoster-row. tb COMBINED with some eccentricities of thought se and expression there are some wholesome th truths set forth in this pamphlet. The author D observes:- ra Let our first political right be our all-absorbing co theme: the accomplishment of which, to be the im- wi ...