THE GREAT FRENCH HORSE AND CATTLE SHOW

... THE GEa T FRENCH HORSE AND CATTLE I SHOW. (rnot oUR OwN coRRESPONDS .) PARIS, THuSDAy EvxrrNn. I had a private view to-day of the cattle show in the Champs-Elysies, which will be open to the public on Sunday, and theneeforward till the 25th. It is a most interesting exhibition-far the beat of the kind that has ever been seen in France. There are not, indeed, any of those incomparable specimens ...

FOREIGN

... T H E T W O SIC IL IES. NAPLES, MAY 29.-Last night we bad a demonstra- tion, which was got up in consequence of news from' Palerimo. The crowds assembled in the Caffe Europa and the Toledo appeared to be in great agitation, and scarcely able to keep themselves from boiling over- About 200 persons, all gentlemen, went froom the caffo up the Toledo shouting, Viva Garibaldi !-Viva Sicilial- ...

THEATRES, &c

... THEATRESs &ow ?? - Mr. Phelps is continuing to give west-end alldie00s an opportunity ot seeing him in those characters ep1ecyallY connected with his histrionic celebrity in the northern -estO, which was en long under his managerial jurisdiction, and RlI last ?? he has added to the list has been the wilv C'ardiad in Bulwer's populaf play of Richelieu. The discriminating of Sadler's Wells have ...

Published: Sunday 10 June 1860
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 703 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

FASHIONS FOR JUNE

... (From Le Pollet. or to Summer toilet is no longer a matter of prophecy. n- The bright and genial weather with which we have lately he been favoured, has enabled the fashionables of I'aris - to display their taste to the best advantage, in adopt- ty ing the light and elegant materials prepared for the present be season. th At present, for out-of-doors dress, silks of a light shade ill have been ...

HAYMARKET THEATRE

... HAYYARKET THEATRE. Another comedy from the prolific pen of Mr. EduMLI Falconer was produced on Saturday night at the llY- market Theatre with considerable success, under the title Gi DOssJ e Love Ue ? As it will not be played again rntil Meonday week, when Miss Sedgwick, who at the present n10o meat has probably arrived at Manchester, will have returnel to London, we need not tantalise our ...

DRAMA, MUSIC, &c

... DPA, MusiO, &c purNscsss.-Mr- Phelps, who is become an immense favourite at thls theatre, has played Richelieu during the vweek, and with great saccess. &r. Phelps acts this diffi- cult character in a most intelligent and impressive style There is a profundity of thought, a power of analysis, and subtlety of conception necessary for its correct delineation which puts Richelieu far above the ...

POETRY

... D ?? SO SAD ?-A SONG. A1hy so sad? Does sunshine never a vourheart atd light your way? Do the oalouds of winter ever Parken oil life's passing day ? Times of gloom must sometimes hover; Rains must fall, aud temaposts rave; Night must earth and heaven cover; Vild must be the wintry wave. WThy eo sad? The sun is living Still behind yon cloudy rack; Stars their glittering light are giving Even ...

DRAMA, MUSIC, &c

... DRAMA, MUsIC, &cE PRINcEss's.-Sbakspere's Merry Wives of Windsor has been produced at this house in as perfect a manner as the existing condition of the EI~nglish stage will admit. The principal character-that of the amorous and obese knight, Sir .Joln. Fcfsfaf-.is admirably personated by Mr. Phelps;* thougbhis dee~p voice, with its tragical tones, does not exactly harmonize with our ...

POETRY

... . ?? SPRING RAIN. The lark sits high in the walnut tree, And it rains, it rains. it rains A jolly philosopher sure Is he, While it rains, it rains, it rains; Blithely he looks at tbe meadow below, Where the nct will be when the grass-blades grow, And pour out his song in a liquid flow, while It rains, it rains, it rains. The crocuses put up their little heads, While it rains, it rains, it ...

DRAMATIC SLANDERERS

... DRAM8.TIC SLAND)ERERS. It bsa been SD much the fashion in certain societies to slander actors and condemn things theatrical; the charges-withal so gratuitous-are so general, and the auathemas, albeit so common. place, yet are so sweeping, that one is often tempted to wonder whether the opponents ot the histrionic profession ever take the trobshle to examine for themselves into the institution ...

Published: Sunday 10 June 1860
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1049 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE

... I - - - ~ The first Annual Meeting, under the charter of the above Insti- tution, was held on Wednesday last, the 30th May, at the New Theatre Royal, Adelphi, for general purposes, and for the election of members Of the council and auditors. The chair was taken at One O'clock by Mr. Benjamin Webster, who was supported by several subscribers to the charity. Among those present we noticed Sir ...

Published: Sunday 03 June 1860
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2603 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS

... 'Tirt HOLY BIBLE, with an Explanatory and Practical Commnientary. London: Virtles 4 Co.; Belfiast: Jewies lferrion, Waring Street. Wx: have received the first part of this edition of the ]tible, and, judging from the specimen before us, it will be, when completed, one of the most beautiful ever issued from tile press. The part contains the first thir- teen chapters of Genesis, the commentary ...