SELBY AND TADCASTER AGRICULTURAL SHOW

... SELJBY AND TAD lSTER AGRICULTURAL, SHOW. The first show of this promising society was held on Friday at Selby, The day was very fine, and an ex- ceedingly large number of visitors attended, making the town unusually lively. The exhibition was held in the Bowling-green. The entries for all the classes of stock were very good, and it will be seen that Mr. Smith, of Drax Abbey, a well-known ...

THE ALMA

... - AeK SEPTsEmitmn 20, 1854. Yea-clash, ye peeling steeplesa Ye grim-mouthed cannons roar I Tell what each heart il feeling a From shore to throbbing short I t 'What every shouting cIty, What every home would Pay; The triumph and the rapture r That swell our hearts to-day. a And did they say. 0 England, 'm That now thy blood was cold, That from thee bad departedt The u Ight thou hadst of old . ...

FASHIONS FOR MAY

... I _astmn 'r 'V. R h.mul ao hsk The abf ring question of ctrsage a Is bo5fl55 nxs wion decided upor by it aving beec determinodthat hey sho cntse w to be w~rnituorn bat at te sanre tie insist. sII ta e ?? nr the b black ?? asreseed to an ex- fent weoch may eventuily'pave the wray for the rstinfrx. duction of the paletot de dame. Great latitude ie, how. ever, allowed in the form; for they may ...

NATIONAL AMERICAN BABY SHOW

... I|I THE RTSING GENERATION IN ARMS. We find in the Cincinnati Times the following account of one of the most remarkable fairs of that go-ahead country, held at Springfield, Clark county, Ohio. It is a refreshing change from the dry columns of political re- solves and convention speeches :- I TRE ARRIVAL OP THE BABIES. Decidedly the greatest feature of this fair was the National Baby Convention, ...

THE LOG-BOOK OF AN EMIGRANT TO AUSTRALIA

... LOG-BOOK OF AN EMIGRANT TO AUSTRia . We have been favoured with a perusal, With a viewto. publication, of the log-book of an emigranf, transmitted ,by him from that colony, to his frends here. .The follow- ing extracts will be found Interesting, not only to intending emigrants, or to those who may have relationsa on tie deep bosom of the ocean, butwe,. 1hip :k,aso. to sou readers generally: - ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... L1TERARY VNSELLANEA. 'WISDOM OF OUR Ancksrois.-It is a great follo uncon- ditionally to praise our ancestors, and to forget that there is au endless number of points in whichwo move some- tines forward and sometimes backward. The question whether an entire period is superior or inferior to another is of a very different nature, and one which it is difficult to answer, if it is put in a ...

REVEIWS OF BOOKS

... - REVI -WS ?? aO s - REIES' O OKS.' ?? MkEik~lE. fkurchil theducted byD. iis quarterly magazine, so ably condseulctredeb Dbr. Forbe Winslow, has now pursued its usful caeer fo~a Pefo&f. ?? yb-Ats, 'and. has become firmly established' as 'he' leading authority Iin' 'respect to the treatment Of insanity, cerebral affections, mentl hllucnatonsaudall subjects coming within the Pwehdl6$ hee Th ...

LITERATURE

... Tnx NEWCOOMflE. No. io. December, 1854. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bonverio-street. The principal feature in this number of Mr. Thackeray's work is a cleaver exhibition of the fermentation in both Clive and Ethel Newcome's hearts, as those two chief characters in the story writhe, self-tortured by the affection for each other to which they will not abandon themselves. Much as we admire the ...

Published: Sunday 17 December 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2195 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

EXTORTIONS AT AMUSEMENTS

... TO TEE EDITOR OF TEE EBRA. Sir,-I cannot but admire the policy adopted by MR. ALBERT SxITH at his popular and most successful entertainment of an- nihilating all those gross impositions which assail the visitor to a theatre at every turning he may take in the building. I can call it by no milder name than imposition, and one, too, which has nothing to hack it but the most stupid of reasns-old ...

Published: Sunday 24 September 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 932 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LATE ROYAL OPERA, AND Arrest of Madame Caradori

... THE LATE ROYAL OPERRA,' AND Arzest of Madame Caradori. 23enjamin Sloman, surrendered 'on Thursday, at the Central Criminal Court, to take his trial upon an indictment which charged him with the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury.. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson appeared for. the defendant, Mr. Ballantine, in opening the case to the jury, said ...

Published: Sunday 24 September 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3059 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

SADLER'S' WELLS

... I[I PERICLES. The ?? last Saturday night at this theitrebrought together not only one of the largest assemblages ever packed within ts walls, but a number of those celebrities associated with Shaks- perian criticism that give to the event additional interest. The exact share that our great dramatist had In its compoeition ltualwaye furnished a fertile source of diseussion to his commentators, ...

Published: Sunday 22 October 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1520 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... (now ova owireciaVntiom5.) AvnoN.-Gi Ila~ was produced last Saturday week to a crowded house, Mrs. J. Harding appearing In the part of the Robber; Boy. This lady is rising in public estimation. Baa TON.-'heatre Rbyal.-(Lessee) Mr. H. E. Nye.)-The Sea5 of Ilco has bieon, the principal attraction during the week, and the ocncfets surpass anything of the kind hitherto produced at this tbeatre. ...

Published: Sunday 15 October 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1707 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture