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BESTOWAL OF DEGREES AT OXFORD

... I- !Quen,fefr whom inghghearty and enthusiastie dheers ere given,. Prinae Albert suceeded, and was ,very dan*ily received.. Tbherv,, af fJohnny RiwseU'; elicited a vollejr' ~iii~eMlh r abnd Mr.-'Glad2, 't¢tone was ite.5siua iiopulat, bt foieaih some faint' ,and scattsred ohierswere..givbne; j' The Bishop' of' Oord was greeted' twice :with uamlngledoapplause.. . Thie enies of.'Genercl' Wili 5 ...

FASHIONS FOR JULY

... (Abridged from Le Pbllet, JAwtna ?? Greed Monde.) The late fetes in honour of the imperial christening have called forth the taste and ingenuity of our most celebrated articses, which thee dresses we are about to describe will fully prove. A dress of white tulle, with seven flounces-the too one fastened in atthe waist. Eachflounce was trimmed with eight rsews of narrow blue velvet and silver ...

FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER

... FASHIONS FOROCTOBER. .. I . . .. I _ I 1 . . . , . [Abridged from L di leaournal Gi'rd ra do.]. Some of our most noted modiates, who at the com-- mencement of the .season spoke of ., revolution in the,. fom of dreses, bavemnowa etecmined boeontinue the style' so much 'in faivourwith lliiec, and, at the. same time; 'eo onvenient.' Basques, then,' will still be ?? ii waling and neglige dress; ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... VW -i BO ?? NAPLEeS.; PFOL1T1CAL, SOCIAL, AND RELjGIO1JS. By Lord B-. Newby, Welbeck-street.-A book just at this moment upon Naples is most apropos: ' TThe-one under our notice abounds in useful aud' interesting informatiou respecting the habits, customs, character- istics, &c., -of, the, Neapolitans, and likewise handles pretty roughly the ;stuepid and-- otinate'iiaonafch reigning over them' ...

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC

... - - TESDRA, MUSIC, ETA. t'rrwy-f La.sxir-The last-w.ek~l'tttb Italian operatic ] pextrvmancss hasindeedbeena brilliant one. -On-Tuesday, -b Beethioven's magnificerit opera ?? FideIio -as played with T a cast of almost unprecedented, power.,, N eadame Ruder3-, e dorf', as the heroine, achieved in i.itnense triumph-ber A s9inging and acting both being admirable, We have seldom -r wit tewsed ...

HUMOROUS GATHERINGS

... HUhOBOU. m -- GATHELGS. GO ~onLRoo TF 8ea ;--nk A~greeing to Earl' Stanhope's proposal0 for the 'f1rnmationIof ?? Por- jtr;lG Uer ,lthe HEotihe Wf' Lsrds found it necessary to ater gthe t ei ! of She nob1 eiarrD: moton'aris. The reportitat&~th4 ;- The .resolutionwa thaetan agreed to, t~he words, 'sunch portrait' to cornsist aa falr &a poeelble, .of 3tbhe inost eoiinentpersos in lritish ...

AMUSEMENTS IN EDINBURGH

... I AXl~lUSEMENTS IN EDINBURGH. I (FROMe OUR1 OWN COBB SrONDnENT.) T3rATP-9 ROYAL.-The success which continues to attend the produc- tion of the new Pantomime of Jack and the Bean Stalk, performed last night for the fifteenth time, is altogether unprecedented. Every evening the theatre is crowded in all parts, and on several occasions many hundreds have been turned from the doors, and this too ...

Published: Sunday 06 January 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 810 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRES, &c

... THEATRESs &ce ?? -~W lphl.-A new comic piece Dwas brought out at this theatre geridny last, entitled Urgent Private Affairs, from the pro- on Mood MrJ. Stirling Coyne. The author has succeeded in irfi Pe, out some very droll incidents upon very slight materials, wor thepiece is entitled to the claim of originality; it is not a aneltii from any of our Continental neighbours, and the an- ...

Published: Sunday 13 January 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1712 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LORDS AND FAITHFUL COMMONS at the Review

... In the House of Lords on Thursday evening, the following graphic description of their Lordshipe' journey to witness the Review created a most amusing ,soene: Lord Borvocoswonr~n said that, as he saw il their places the noble lord the President of the ?? maeny other. noble lords who had sufe-red with hiimislf from the inconveniencces and delays which had arisen in the conveyance of their ...

Published: Sunday 27 April 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2177 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRES, &c

... THEATRES. &a. Adelphi-When Frankenstein manufactured his monster, the anatomical, mechanical, and physiological secrets that were em- plowed to make up the living mockery 'of humanity might have moade an interesting catalogue, had Mrs. Shelley thought it deaiiable to publish her process for the benefit of those curious in such experi. ?? generally. The mode of manufacturing a stage Irishman, ...

Published: Sunday 24 August 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 828 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... PROVINCIAL , THEATRICOALS. I * (5051 'ou OWN 0ORR XssoifDXXSJr LXJBRP1'OL. TmKtiaT5 EO6trA-We are glad to perceive that we ire to, be favorred with a'visit from Madame Celeste and Mir. .'esrhopeathe hos 'nMonday next. During theireangageinent Madamo Celetet and Mr, Webster will appear, in The Green .Buhea, -tan#e Pride, Like and Usslkiice and other popular Adeiphi .proi0lucions. *: . AcHTR ss. ...

Published: Sunday 24 August 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5717 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRICAL RECOLLECTIONS, NOW FIRST PUBLISHED, OF CELEBRATED MANAGERS, PERFORMERS, AND PROFESSORS OF THE STAGE ..

... THEATRICAL RECOLLECTIONS, NOW FIRST PUBLISHED, OF CELEBRATED MANAGERS, PERFORMERS, AND PROFESSOBS: OF THE STAGE OF THE LAST GENERATION, ILLUSTRA- TIVE OF THEIR CAREERS. CHAPACTERS, &o,, &e, CUIEFLY RELATED FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. BY A VETERAN DRAXATIT,? No. 2. Authentic anecdotes of eminent persons connected with the stage have ever been most welcome to the public, who generally find in ...

Published: Sunday 05 October 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2150 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture