Court and Fashion

... 2'olart and tfaslioll THI' COURT. 11 EI M A J 1E S I' Y'S L EX'E E. 'Illl: Queen held a Leve on Tuesday afternoon, il St. .1amnes's Palace, I,0nt1Oi. Iler Maljesty and his R:tvftI llighss the Prinrce Consort arrivedi from B t kid).ati Palice soon sliter two o'clock, ?? by a detachitnt'nt ol the Life CGuards, and were rO ( ?? atl. St. Jiln(oS S by thle grred t olliccrs of State. Ilk R,-yal ll ...

Fashion and Varieties

... toltion and T arictleo. T l1 HE C O U RT. Hva Majesty anit tole Prince Consort rode out on hour~phnack on Saturday morning. Prince Albert presided at R meeting of a commit- tee of' the RIoyal Co.minissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, at Buckintham Palace, on Saturday. Her Muujesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied bv the Princess Royal, honoured the Royal Italian Op-ra with their presence ...

Selected Poetry

... I Ifeleffe(I Vocti, -it I)ItEAMS OF B0yMIOOD. O(n w ?? thus linger near the stream W\herc merry childreni sport and play, When wiser thoughts alnd wvorldly cares RellAltlud 10 not to stay ? WI'v patise to maric the mimic boat Move swanllike sdown ?? laveless tide, Wh~en years have fled since joys like these Ilave becnI my boyhood's pride ? It is because my spirit learns Much Nvislonil from ...

THE THEATRES

... THE ROYAL. Several interesting performances have taken place at this Theatre since we last noticed it. The Benefits generally produce some of the best pieces, whether they be well or ill performed. On Friday that fine old comedy The Honeymoon had a good repre- sentation and reception. Mr Powvrie as the Duke Aranza, and Miss Eburne as the Dnubess, distin- guished themselves by displaying a ...

BOOKS OF THE WEEK

... True-hearted lady soldiers are now coming back from the East, after hard battling in the hospitals against sorrow and sickness, and have no doubt many a tale to tell. A work doing honour to their sex and to humanity, just published, and entitled Eastern Hospitals anmd English Nurses (1), is the first comer of a class which will be altogether new in literature. It details simply, and therefore ...

MUSIC

... music. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. We have received from Mr. Lumley, who has j]ut arrived from Paris, the folio ving information respecting the ?? he hes made for the season. The ime donne engaged by him are Albeitini, Piccolo- mini, and Alboni, who re appears alter an absence of five years from London. Alboni vill open the sfason on the 6th of May. Piccolomini will arrive on the 10th, and will ...

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 

THE NAVAL REVIEW AT SPITHEAD

... The sliips of war to be assembled on this great occasion comprise a fleet such as the world never before saw, There will be over 40 line-of-battle ships, the smallest of which will be the 10 powerful block ships of 60 guns, equal to the old seventy-four, of the sailing navy. There will be about 60 frigates, sloope, and corvettes, and 180 gun- boats. There will be no shamn fight at sea, as on ...

AE GUDE TURN DESERVES ANITHER

... AB GUDE TURN DESERVES ANITHER. Ye maunna be proud, although ye be great, The puirest bodie is still your brither; The king may come in the cadger's gate; Ae gude turn deserves anither. The hale o' us rise frae the same cauld clay, Ae hour we bloom, ae hour we wither; Let ilk help ither to climb the bras; Ao gude turn deserves anither. The highest 3msug us are unco wee, Frae Heaven we get a' ...

POETRY,

... P(-Ivm.nT, - ?Xjxx%,. COME TO THlE ?? COME Come, come to the greenwood, come 1 Come, ere the cuckoo' snot( (les on the l come, whilst theohawthorn blows Ileiutifill summ1i1ler Os, tre And honey-bees sing in 0t10 ev11tioe te. Come, COMEI to t gree do tbe,bougb; Come., aud I'll crowntewihlae o Comewil whls hesot br Soft as a lute is theard, Waing the hi'a from its bose to the browv. Come, come ...

A PLEA FOR HAMPSTEAD HEATH

... A PLEA FOR IAJXPSTEAD HEATH. t[POM AN DNFV5BL1ftXD.POX.] Still doth the giant city grow; Its bounds wide circling who doth hnow ? The leafy lane and open field To its encroaciments daily yield; Relesitless as the rising tide It mounteth up the green hill-side: Steep Highgmte's heights it seon will scale, And eoover ornseytm pleasant vale, And 'ampatead-heath. How deeply then Will be immured ...

MUSIC IN ABERDEEN

... MrUSIC IN ABERDE. * II. EXTRACTS FROIS DR. BEATTIE'S WRITINGS, in We referred in our first paper to the name of Dr Beattie ma as one of eminence, connected with Aberdeeni,who had done Su good service to mlusic. A further acquaiintansce with his writings, as well as with the character of the poet-philo- bll~ sopher himself, leads us to believe that it will contribute to and our present purpose ...