POETRY

... PO E'r aiy. TRUE LONELINESS. 'Tis lonely in the Desert, When eye of man may scan O'er all the wide. wide waste of sand, No trace of fello'-nian; When from no meaniest Arab tent Doth the long smoke-clolnd lise, Grateful as that finom Heaven sent To pathless Israel's eyes. With no green thiing to look upon, And the Sun-glare in the skies. 'Tis lonely on tile Mountain, Amid th' ?? snow, When from ...

Terrible Accident at the Philadelphia Theatre

... An accident of frightful fatality has occurred at the Continental Theatre, in Walnut-street, on Saturday, 21st ult. Since the destruc- tion and accompanying casualties of the National Theatre, sonme years ago, we have had no Theatrical matters so terrible to recount. A few weeks ago, Mr. William Wheatley, an old and favourite Actor and Manager, leased and refitted the place. At great expense ...

Published: Sunday 06 October 1861
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1029 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

BALLINASLOE FAIR

... I . 1 (3a1o1m OUL RcroI-onrca.) B3ALUANASLOlP .TscURSDAoY NJoocsr.-The great Octo- ber fair of sheep, horses, and black cattle commences here to-morrow, and will be continued on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. The general opinion is, that there will be a large supply of cattle and of horses, bat that the display of sheep will be limited, owing to the severe mortality amongst them from rot ...

THEATRE ROYAL MR. G. V. BROOKE

... - I , , - I t . . ,V, tooe in onf-tls m Ost -nd A whilst £lc Wcipi~isiait ?? jeplttd ?? ?? aoofie'glh~ltio ebO I ?? f ( ?? tr dfivelopt cnt lh l1t d elfftill ffjp-ropilft3T7C1WII jttl a; i tlef tbls DIe1ta anthd ?? ?? :fhei1, plt n~d aednotsbhoio ?? dO Jri 81rara,~ {htb ldeg'iost,'crthngibehe1notira6|o hrttiihc'of. the'lev'Oil, Uoarluina It iabni jbiotiee o ?? thbt titiel,,sl rt~ilibinl^ al ...

LORD WENSLEYDALE AT AMPTHILL

... LORD DWBNSLEYDALB AT AMPTHILL. The twentieth annual exhibition of the Silsoe and Ampt- 'WiU Labourers' Friend Society has juet been held at Ampt- ' hill, the competitores being assembled. Lord WmnsnLmDaL spoke as follows: Referring to them as his friends and neighbours, his lordship said it gave him great pleaeure in being present at the twentieth mneeting o'fthis exclent and usefal soojety. ...

CONTINENTAL MUSICAL ITEMS

... CONTINENTAL MUSICAL ITEMM The celebrated RouffG, said to be entirely reco- vered, all lovers of the drama will learn with much pleasure is engaged at the Gymnase, and will shortly appear in one of his most renowned ?? Perrin. Arnallias finally quitted the Palais Royal, and joins the Varidria for the winter. Verdi has just put the concluding finish to a new opera, of which the highest ...

THE EXHIBITION OF 1862

... TEE EXEIBITION OF 1862. On Monday (says the Morning Post), not less than 520 applications for space were received, and on Tuesday-the last d3y for rcceiving applications-tho numbor was b72. It Is not correct to suppose, as has been stated by some of our contemporaries, that those who have come in the last will stand but little chance of recoiving allotment of spaco. In this respect all stand ...

DR. KINKEL ON MEDIÆVAL ART

... DR. KINKEL ON MEDIEVAL ART. CONCLUDING LROEURE. The audience assembled in the lecture theatre of the Midland Institute, last evening, to hear Dr. Kinkel's third aed lash leetusa on Mediaaval Art, was even more numerous than those thit have assembled on the two previous ooca- aloens. Mhomedan art belng the special subject for con: lideration, the lecturer commenced by pointing out the ...

THE PRIZE PICTURE—SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS

... rlll at*o advertisement, the ballot sub- , -r, tho award Monday Yesterday the ballot-box wis opened in the |S .T.ce Cjunell, when appeared that tho »jj subscriber* favour tho follow- , are r.vugcd the order oi vo. V>*». Antechamber »t Whitehall daring Pjj-j lloaiocts Charles II. G. &1. Ward, 'no. 45. OiUIo Callum. By raw. Qe.oon Marsriret's fimoecl the Soottiah Parliament.' By John ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... FASHION AND VAtiETSES. The following left for Englando yesterday, per Royal Mail steamers ?? Travers, 5th Dragoon Guards; ifon Agar Ellis, dp;, Captain Coote, Mareblneess of Bath, Mrs Fra1k1 , MISS Glbbou, Biro Iforrison, Mrs Uore, airs Morreon, Mics Coh'n Marriott, Dr Callum, Miss Briscoe, Messrs E 0O1arrell, James O'Farrall, Henry Shepherd, G it Swiufan, J Wright G Shipwortb, J G Lindsay, E ...

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... THlE LONDON XUBIC HALLS. VczIrcT's.-The Eastern evening amusement-seekers night after Exight crowd this spacious Hall, and give ample proof that tbe enter- taiumernts gratify them to the full. In addition to former attrac- tious, Mr. Wilton. has produced a new feature in Miss Mortimer and tsr. Newman, who are designated The Great Australian Duet Vacelists. Whether from Australia or Dot, is ...

Published: Sunday 27 October 1861
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1717 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF SPORTING AND OTHER DOGS

... [ATY GREAT EXHIBITION OF SPORTING AND I OTHER DOGS. I Thi experiment of having 'a show or exhibi- st ticat of dogs, which wau tried at Birmingham a few years le since with greati sucels, and almo last year at Leeds with a Ig like result, haa mduced the promoters on the present noes- s eion tb follow i'their wake, and they have attained a greater degree of profieuncy, notwithstanding the ...