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... ?? - .- ofullewo. DEMOCRATIC PERIODICALS. The English Republic. For October. London: Watson. The Operative. Part IX, London: Vickers. The Christian Socialist. Part 11. London: Bezer. THESE periodicals represent with great ability different phases of the political and social movement, among the intelligent and reflective working classes in this country. Their circu- lation may be limited, as ...

Public Amusements

... PuFblic XmuemtlltU. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. Bartley has for so many years been esteemed for his qualities as a genial actor, and as an excellent member of society, that his farewell performance I on Monday night may lhe regarded as an important theatrical event. At the end of Henry IV., in which he had played Falstaff, be was led on by Mr. Kean, and enthusiastically cheered as he crossed the ...

FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... ICa PRODUOED BY STEAM Powcr.-That ice can be produced by mechanical means many may have heard; but that steam may be used as an auxili- ary for the purpose will seem hardly credible. It is, however, now being daily demonstrated at the Great Exhibition by Mr. Thomas Masters, of the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent Street, the inventor of various ingenious machines for freezing. The ...

PACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... PACTS AND INCIDENTS OFjTHE GREAT EXHIBITION. 0, On Saturday last £1,862 2s. Od. was taken at the n- doors of the building, the number of visitors being in0,236. DurinY the afternoon a most extraordinary Sn specimen of Gold ore from California was placed in is the American portion of the nave, which, from its le size and evident richness, attracted an immense a- amount of attention. In ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... TElE GREAT EXHIBITOY. n ?? noise of the hammer is now hoard incessantly d and up to the latest hour within the Glass Palace, and a corresponding amount of ahldevement marks in the close of each day, The nave was never fuller of packages than it is at present-a circumstance which is partly attributable to the inadequacy of Le the wharfage for the reception of the goods. There d are only two ...

Public Amusements

... , vublic alnuoemrato. k DRURY LAN9 THEATIRE. A crowded audience assembled at this house on ' Saturday evening, 'attracted by the announcement of a new drama, from the pen of: Mr. Bourcicault. When the curtain drew up, however, we found our. ;7, selves treated to the opening-secene of that venerable 'yacquaintance, Simpson, and Co. 'At first the audi. ence did not know, wbat to make of it, but ...

Public Amusements

... ioubisr amuommon0. HAYMARRET THEATRE. The town has lost too many of its old favourites not to welcome back one of its choicest, after a long and severe illness, with great heartiness ; and I, the warmth of Mr. Wallack's reception at this theatre on Monday night was commensurate with lids merits arid his popularity. lie selected for his 6 re-appearance the character of all others requiring the ...

THE EXHIBITION

... SEASON TicKETS.-In consequence of the immense demand for ticlkets of admission for the opening (no less than 10,000 having been applied for on Wed- nesday) the Executive committee decied that from Thuraday morning the price should be increased by a guinea each, in the hope that this addition to the kg charge would limit the number of visitors to some- a, thing like what the arrangements ...

FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT I ~~~EXHIIBITION. On Saturday the numbers did not exceed 12,000. The receipts were-seisson-ticlkets, £33 12s. ; at the doors, £1674 10 :-to al receipts, £1,708 2i. On Monday 07.555 persons visited the Crystal Palace, and £3,016 'Al, was the amount takdn at the doors. Another ch;.tge has been made in the number and ?? of the jets of gas displaying the re- ...

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... Ug)lemo. Is Magazmine. February. Simpkin, Mar- shall and Co. ho Commission to inquire into the Working the English Universities has been made Io ppropriate occasion for an admirable ar- ,,en tihe constitution and existing condition these institutions in Scotland, The writer pialtially sets forth both their advantages .i their defects, and making all due allow- iec for the latter, it is easy to ...

Poetry

... ;2909tri). W- fIlE TOILERWS DREAM. reokbelin~es are from a volumo of .0D n~lain srr~, and are the production of a 'he by 1.81 They are indeed beautiful, ad under i'll; 1, thoroughly anrd thoughtfull; nppro. es hau5gbing bowers, in by ,,reon twining elms, a plcasant shade, WIWIr'e - noon is made, At SI wift-footed hours At'1,rih()ch breath of the enamoured flowers, r: I i,11 whero the ...

Public Amusements

... J;?Jublir ailluormclito. ADELPHIL One of those Adelphi melo-dramas, whose intri- cacy of plot is not to be unravelled except by pro- ficieuts in the mysterious arts of Adelphi construc- tion, was produced at this theatreliast night. It is founded upon the drama of Paillasse, which for the last three months has been played with suc- cess in Paris, and in its Eiiglislh dress is called Bel- ...