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THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851

... THE C(R IEAT EXL-IIIBITION OF 185]. X'~e tdttaittl that at iti extraoidiiaty special P0 court held on Tulesday last, the Goldsmiths' Corn-I party unaltimously decided to awvard the SuI off po .£1,00t) frplizes to be given to those artists i of the caift, of the United Kingdom, who so to cau ?? works of the highlest design and merit, in uold Land silver plate, for the Ex- pt hibition of 1N)]. ...

LOUIS PHILIPPE AND THE FINE ARTS IN FRANCE

... |LOUrS PHILIPPE AND THE FINE ARTS IN FRANCE. | (From Galignhnie Messenger.) Count de Montalivet publishes, in the last number of the.Re.ue deq Dleuz Monds another long article bn King Louis Philippe and 'his civil list. It is, like the-former one, a masterly refutation of the innumerable 'calumnies which were heaped on, his Majesty; but contains 'many new facts. The Count .specially notices ...

PRINCESS'S THEATRE

... PRINCESS'S THEA TRE. The Tempslar, an original play in five acts, was produced e at this theatre on Saturday with complete and decisive t success. Until the production of this play the enterprise of the mnanagement had been conficced to three Shaliesperi;n re- ( virals and one other of the first class of dramatic cornposi- ttion, relieved by two highly successful truees. It remained to besceii ...

ROMANTIC HISTORY

... R:OMA-,NT!- _IST ORY. (From the 6heflleld Times.)- Our obituary this week records the death of a persoer (Anna, Duchess of Pslata), the history of vcoal fdrtunes.wolfld~flI nosmall page in romantic story. She was the daughter of John Peele, a small farmer, at Corriughlammnear Gaiisborough, who eked out a somewhat declinimg livelihood by dealing in horses4 &c., having previously been in better ...

SCHOOL OF ARTS

... SCI1OOL OF ARTS. LZCrTURU ON THUl UUIANWJA DhIDON. On Satuirday afternoon a vrery interesting lecture on the ntew and greatest wonder of the world-the Britannic Bridge, ( -was delivered by George Lees, Ecq., LL.D., to the pupils ofc the School of Arts. This being an extra lecture the doors w ere open to those unconnected with that valuable institution, Near the platform there wetse among the ? ...

THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW

... I g Saturday Vaing the day for the public inauguration; of ote new Lord Mayor, the occasion wax, as umeual, acrpletq holiday in the City. Prom av, early hour crowds of pedes. 0 inane, in holiday attire, woe seeni ?? their way from all pats of London towards Gu~ldhall; and though the Weather was at firs ttit~er inauspiciods,asa the mortaing ad. vanced it clexrardup anti there was uo olsj to th ...

THE THEATRE

... On Saturday evening, our ex:cellent M~anag~er commtenced his farewell winte r season3, On which occasion the house wfas remlarkably w-ell attended. With one or two exceptions the cornpany is the sam~e as la:st season, and all the established fas- vouchtes, on makin~g their appearance. wvere received with much applause. The first piece wvas the celebrated comnedy of ?? Thle Honey Mloon, in ...

THE EXHIBITION OF 1851

... TH EXHIBiITNv QoF- ?? .. V roogh Oex. ?? rthnuib have bee, he for.,wt aoO ~aec f ijttdins ery ?? antict.18ttl64 , ad23. , 206;to. ZbI~l e Floor. Table. See. ?? 21.91 1486~ 6 Weti U, 8 .. 11104 1,267 11 190 wool. Sf:. ?? 4,078 1,662 ~ 731- MOOL ?? '583 50 ,0 reseed ?? 6,32 I e ota Total 17,19j *W loi am Total amout of saperfiale feet app 1,5 _ Of Itoit 55fI Dobevry erally repra 9j28. Ti te ? ...

LITERATURE

... fI LT E R AT . AG&ICUL;TCBA P~trsIooau-AsntAa &G VEGETABLE- for the use of Practical Agriculturists. By T.- Lindley Kemnp, M.D. Williamc Blsckwlood & Sons. At a times *hen the s~gricuicurists think they need all the aid which they can derive fronm the appliances, of science, the present treatise mxay he hailed as a. laudable attempt still far- I ther to elucidate the funrdamenetal principles ...

DRAMA

... DRA;1. , r PRINCESS'S. Anew. play, in five aGts, calle !The Tenaplr,' was produced at this theatre on Saturday with very rtreat, and, on 'the whole, ?? puccesr. it , from the pen of Mr. Sblous, who comes before the b publio for the firt time as an s ?? t6 literary e Xnonar9- Itsconstruetive defea lbtra the menx- a perlenoed dramatist; but, on the other: band, it haem an interesting story, ...