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THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... I I Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and several other members of the Royal family, paid an early visit to the Exhibition on Tuesday morning. They inspected the different parts of the building, and watched with interest the process of examining the different packages by the Custom house officers. Her Majesty has probably never before been so ...

Published: Sunday 23 February 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1768 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... 'J GREAT EXtfi4N. ]3erwealris now a bulsy one 'withk tlb officials in th Glass Palace. They ha* but litl ib mW thina two i~torits left for *h rmcepfi~on,,.a ite t ofE al th wo41 .to q.4ipl ?? y scent byi their activityto be quite alive .toi .thoe necessty; foxi full eXertioff. More than a6 thetisid' j~ic'kans hiave been re~ediwd'zdurint the last sir dAyS, 'bf-Whic more 1 Thui' I W a fr~ohip, ...

THE THEATRE IN AN UPROAR

... I THE THEATRE IN AN UPROAR. ' .1 - - On Thursday week the handbill of the performances at e theatre, in Chester, announced that the entertain- merits would commence with a most uproqrious affair, entitled The Theatre in an Uproar, and before they finished, tle joke was more than realized, for the per- formances assumed every appearance of a comic beginning having a tragic termination. The ...

Published: Sunday 23 February 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 651 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... TEE GREAT EX.t1iBIT iN. The sale of season tiokete i adulissign, which commenced yesterday, at thle Soietyqif Arts, John- street, Adelphi, is now proceeding very rapidly, upwvards of 2,000 tickets having bceu alr-ady dis- posed of. It may be remembered that we stated a few days sincethat no free adinissions wS hatever wrould be granted ; and the fact that among the first pur- chasers of ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... TEISTING THE BUILDING. Her Majesty and Prince Akbert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and several members of the Royal janily, paid an early visit to the Exhibition on Tuesday morning. They inspected the different parts of the building, and watched withinterest the process of exarsin- ing the different packages by the custem-housa officers. Her Majesty has probably never been so near an eye ...

Poetry

... .jWo~rtry. THE WAiRNING. Beware! PThe Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path-when, poor and bhlind, Fle saw the blessed light of Heaven no more, Shorn of his noble strength, and forced to grind In prison, and at last led forth to be .A pander to Philistine revelry- *rpon the pillars of the temple laid Ilns desperate hands, and in its overthrow pestroyed himself, and with him those who ...

THE DRAMA, MUSIC, &c

... TER DRA[A. MOUSIC, &c. DRUlRY LASE.-The production of this grand operatic spectacle has been eagerly anticipated by metropolitan play- goers; and on Wednesday evenhieg a house crammed in every corner anxiously awaited the rising of the curtain which was to open upon the performance of Azael; or, the Prodigal Son. Many wise-acres confidently affirmed that the piece could net be mounted with ...

LITERATURE

... LITEIA TUBE. and Cijesisit. By the Rev. GIvcIKTo AcUIsraI, D.D. Halli, Virtue and Co. |c T~here are few subjects of greater interest at any !C time tha Me career of a talented and conscientious 't catholic priest, inl the midst of the religious and poli- tieal corruptions which prevail everyhere in Italy, ' and of which Rome is the enatre and the source. t And of course at the present moment ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... LITERARY MISCELLANEA, FAIRIES.-The best days of the fairies seem to have passed away for ever. They have enjoyed their golden age; an age of muoonlight, revelry, and song, and are now almost for- gotten. We see strange circles in the meadows, like those our simple ancestors caled fairy rings, but in our wisdom attribute them to something very different, indeed, horm blithe, dancing fairies, ...

MUSIC

... MUSIC-- M3- HI:, RSLAY'S; 0RA.TOIIIO ,'.'D4VIDj . We regard this Oratoirio as t he f irbrit of a, geniu dwe~tiled XO do great .thingS. ~rr .Chzaler' Edwardi . gorsley'sathe tsoi of th;e 'reterau Qmo~ whb has ao -leig .h'eld: so 'hikgh aplce famong the suasters of..the English . ho~iol of vocal harmony; and there seemns io' dcmbtthet i i tgze son wriJI support thie honiour of the ?? name r ...

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE

... Xi lS r AJ:ESTY'S TEATR$ Prospeots of the Coming season. In our last we briefly alluded to the Programme for the coming season, issued by Mr. Lumley, the indefatigable impressario of Her Iajesty's Theatre; we are now enabled to allude to it in detail, and give soanmething like an outline of the arrangements for the season; but let us first review the lyric and chore- graphic staff engaged. We ...

Published: Sunday 23 February 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1159 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Reviews

... lifulewo. Robeet Owen's Journal. Part 4. Clayton and Son, Strand. The present part is unusually interesting, as containing a portion of the autobiography of the Patriarch of English Socialism, in the shape of two letters to the Dean of York. It appears that the Dean is publishing in Col- burn's Newt 3onthly Magazine a memoir of the late Sir Robert Peel ; and, by way of proving tile piety of ...