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OPENING OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE

... OPEINING OF THE ADELPHI THEATRE. On Saturday night, this Theatre, as remodelled and deco- v, Irated by the new lessee. Mr Wyadbam, was opened for the sea- he son ; and, of course, the attraction of the nee house-the new re company, and the feeliwg bf sympathy which is so generally Pt entertained, for Mr>lWyndbam, crested an excitement which may have been equalled; bht certainly was never ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... Her Majesty and the royal visitors came to the Crystal Palace on Monday morning at nine o'clock, and, as some 400 or 500 exhibitors had been formally requested to be present, more than usual interest attached to the occasion. The por- tion of the Exhibition marked out for inspection was the south gallery on the west side of the transept. Hitherto the royal visits have been made in a very ...

LITERATURE

... LITER AT UR --. MARarm, and other Poems. By Henry Inglis, Eso Blackwood &Sons, Edinburgh.1 1851, - 'Beantiful-so says, almost sings, Thomas Carlyle,- Beautiful is the union of -wealth with the love and further- ance of literature, like the costliest flOwer-jar inclosing the loveliesit amaranth. Quite as beautiful, say we, and infinitely more marvellous, is the union of the practice of ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... The approaching close of the Exhibition now begins to be felt unmistalkeably. On Monday L 329.5, l5s. was taken at the doors, arid there were 6S,542 viritt)rs. The T7inas says that cert tin annooncements ofjury awards recently made by the Daily NVe-ws are entirely inaccurate. The prooranme of theclosing isso farsettled, rind circulars are about to be issued to exhibitors informing th'm that, ...

SCHOOL OF ARTS

... The annual meeting of the subscribers to this valuable in- l stitution was held on Tuesday, in their ball, Adam Square,- the Lord Provost in the chair. The Directors, in their annual report, state, that the insti- tution not only continues to fourish, but that the last year, the thirtieth of its existence, is by far the most successful that it has yet witnessed. The number of students enrolled ...

MORAYSHIRE CATTLE SHOW

... iWORA2SHIRE CATTLE SHOWV. .. 11 ._T _ _ -t.ttea..: . l _ r The Morayshire Farmer Club held their annual cattle show at p ?? the 6th August. -Tte numberof animals presented for competitition was fifty-four more than on any former oc- at casion, affording, both by their superior quality and increase, fa a proof that the laudable intentions of the Society were pro. w e dacing the desired effect ...

EDINBURGH MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... EDINBURGH MUSIc.!. F3jV. to ir. T Te Treasurer of the late Festival- presented a re- en port of his intromissiosi to a meeting of tle IDirectors, he on Friday last, from whirl it appear's that the aa Receipts were L. . 4.9 i 4 4 10 of Expences .. . 97 18 It to ~~~Surplus Lre51 re As there are still some tr ifg clais against tiel at Festival, a small sum baa been retainled to satisfy he them, ...

DRURY LANE THEATRE

... D:U2?RrLANB T7A.d4T-h' This 'Rthar opened -(in Saturday night for the Season, uvder- circutustancei whlidh, augur mstc favourably af' thez new arrangements by which ci the price of admission was reduaced.Th hos g was crowded in. all parts. After the performance of6 God save h igal customary on such ta occasions,. and thle deliv~ery. of an appropriate pi address, from thle pen. of, John ...

KING'S THEATRE

... KINGOS TIIEATIMI.. ?? - . I ft lr the band was convened on Mondnys ! lthe rcestra, to give Signor Rossini an op. t eseii6 '5tr the first time, to judge of their capabilities, e portUtatl) etlect and tone of the different instruments, psrloio to, the reverberation of the house. After the S asP ~ls ntiltto kel l their seats, Signor Rossini was intro. band had all Bt lh, the stage manager, First ...

IRISH THEATRICAL FRACAS

... [ Bass Tyr 7Re n cZ F1R. iss Byrne. ?? .L 42,, > Miss Byrne, who hasbeen f t-forminge at Crow Streeet Thear5 been induced to assist at a 00' tlh e norma's, on a night when her DeSert o required at the-theatre the 6erv' took offence at the cir epaletente tr I otomation to be made to t'lim' n . considered her no longer a rn epany. The dismissal~o 0 Onbt; . vourite naturally caused a g d o e e ts ...

THE FINE ARTS

... THIE FINE ARTS. Tbe two Scottish painters, DRavid Wilkie and Willitm 1 i Allan, are employed on pictures, which, for concephion, sU churacter, and execution, promise-to excel all theiY other D works. The former has ,laid his scene in Chelsea, on a or pension day; and the varied scene of military glee and thi carousal is unexpectedly heightened by the arrival of the ro Gazette of a victorv ...

THEATRE, DRURY-LANE

... T7HEATRE, DRUAr LANE. r ?? th. rmedv nf The Hivocrit - ' f JlajX ?? I I Tuesday night, after the comedy of The Liypocrite, a new pieceof spectacle Nvasexhibited, ?? Ninth Statuc;; ?? Ea4dad. Thesubject is taken from the OrientalTles, 'ith sorne ilterations, the principal of which ,ii ti introductiofi of an Irish character, who relieves the gra. viry of a romarntic subject by rmany touchea of ...