PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBLIo AMUSiEMENT. HER MA3XSTY`S THEATRR. Meyerbeer's chasrhing'pastoral, Ditoreh, w55'pro duced for the first timen at Her ?? theatre on Saturday last, and the assamption of the Mart of the heroine by MdUe. lima de Murska attracted a full and fashionable house. Froa lthe first her success was undoubted, and -her conception rf the distiaughit' maiden-one of the most poetic creation on thelyrie ...

LOWER WARD OF RENFREWSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW

... LOWER WARD OF RENFREWSRIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW. Yesterday the annual exhibition of horses, poultry, and dairy produce of the Lower Ward of -R enfrew. shiz Agricultural Society was held in the Academy Park, Greenock. The weather was favourable, but the turn out of spectators was not so large as on previcus cecesions, which circumstance may be partly accounted for by reason of the ...

LITERATURE

... TITEIRATTJE- TBa Ae sRT N'vANrZA, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources. By Samuel White Baker, M.A., F.RG.S. With Maps, fl. Iustrations, and Portraits. In two voluimes, Lon. don: Macmillan & Co, 1866, XT has been left to the enterprise and heroism of men of our own time and country to solve the problem of the cradle of the Nile, which had bfflied the research of ...

Music

... 0u1 e. - l HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. R Flauto Mosico was produced for the first time this season on Thursday last, and repeated on Saturday. On both nights the houses were good, and we observed among the audience many persons distinguished as must cians, or amateurs of music. To such persons this opera will always be among the greatest treats that can be presented to them. It is a feast of melody ...

POETRY

... POETi6Y. BE KIND TO AULD GRANNIE. Be kind to auld grannie, for noo she is frail As a time shatter'd tree bending low in the gale; When ye Wore bairnes, tgtt, totting about, She watched ye when in, and she watched ye when out; And aye when ye chanced, in your daffin' and fun To dunt your heads on the cauld staney grnU', She lifted ye up, and she kissed fu' fain, Till a' your bit cares were ...

LITERATURE

... , TR'UR nISMOY oF A LITTLE: BAGANUIM. The little rovgamibn'u is3 now fairly ntarted on his vapobod life, in Congenial' society*. 3Eo pr4tses b!aring, and becomes familiar witlethie' dark ;erohes, and he approaches crime. It is a pitiful story of the savagelifethat circles under our civilisa-. tion. In this way te agnamuffin makes two friends of very questionable character.. I was getting ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... LYOEUM THEATER It is difficult to know on which side of tie Channel to look for the original of the new Lyceum piece, Doctor Davy, which is at all events ut into very good working form by Mr. James albery, a name new in theatricals. It is the ancient story of s young lady being fascinated up to illness point by the powers of aoninconmparable actor, and of the rough and ready meansr taken by ...

FIRST LOVE

... .FIUS'k LdV4; Of t liav 1 boeen enchanted by the igit of ?? t . 070 Thmt Dprc~clees light that first wee rogi by ngoia I.the sky But once mny heart wee piercid : gftou eif,- , stfeamiig £aem tbe oote Of two brighb eyes, this holy lighit cospletety wfteln'd me o'er I 'Twaa my flrst love; and 0 ye Stars, that slforY a0 sweetly then, Why seemsye now, when night time comeg. saodifreient And 0 ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... I X The following are amongst the latest arial at the Gresham ?? do Gassust and family, from France; Mr W English, from Liverpool; Mr a W Brown, New York; Air and Mrs T S O'Dell, froru London; Mr ?? B Bryan, Manchester Mr george FMnley, Man- Chester; Mr A HIgginson, Spain; Mr J M Abrins, London. Tle following are amongst the latest depar- tures from the Greshamn Hotel: -Mr Swalne, for London; ...

FASHION AND VARIETIES

... *. -- -AMF1O AND VARETTIES. . Dr. ]Iuatoni President of thoe Peyal College ef Physiclrans, has been created a baronet. 3 . . 'Berili' telegrtn, dated the .19thi an- nIanceCS that Prin6 Sisiiind, soik of the Crown Prince of Praeis,, 4ied.Jhe.prevoou udday a ?? y*, ?? I , ? ?? s Tite followihig ?? , amonget - the Latest Arrivals'at the *ibernla0. Htel ' r. TiXoas Lipham, .Colphel. Romps, Mrs. 8. ...

LITERATURE

... L I T E R A T U R E. BLACKWOODS MAGAZINE IV. Blackwlood and Sons, Pater- ?? June part of this venerable and popular favourite opens with a dreary poem in blank verse, extending over thirtii payes and heaven only knows how many thousand lines, called C7oeercl di ieena. Those who can appreciate domestic stories told in this dead kind of measure, may lind enjoyment and perhaps interest in the ...

Published: Sunday 10 June 1866
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1430 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture