Public Amusements Week of Opera and Theatre Notes
Weekly performances showcased Don Giovanni La Favorita Fidelio and Il Prodigo with star turns by Madame Sontag Grisi and Tamberlini. Drury Lane hosted Tagomar the Barbarian while Cremorne announced Franconi troupe arrive, highlighting vast scenic splendor and notable audience including Queen Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuseday
Fitelio
Carlotta Grisi
Norma
Fidelio
Prodigo
Jeftele
Madame Sontag
Nofte
Madame Ugalde
Reuben
Mons
Mass
Azaclo
Signor Gardoni
Amenofi
Signor Mercuriali
Nemrod
Signor Casanova
Canope
Signor Scotti
Mannton
Signor Scapini
Boccoris
Signor Coletti
Lia
Mille
Caroline Rosati
Drury Lane
Lumley
Thackeray Lectures on Steele at Willis's Rooms
Thackeray’s third Numorists lecture at Willis's Rooms explored Sir Richard Steele as a person more than an author. He mocked perfection, traced Steele's school days, noted his debts and fondness for dress, and highlighted Steele's reverence for women, letters to his wife, and the tenderness in his character. The talk contrasted Steele with Swift and Addison using passages from their works and concluded with social quirks of the era and a nod to Swift’s Polite Conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Thackeray
Willis
Richard Steele
Thackeray
Steele
Charterhouse
Dick Steele
Captain Steele
Dicky Steele
Addison
Joseph
Strele
John Dennis
Mae
Steele Mr. Thackeray
Swift
Congreve
Dean
Stevie
Election results and candidacies across Scottish burghs and counties
The article reports last week's borough election returns with Johnstone of Alva beating Adam by 63 votes, and Argyle county electing Sir Archibald Campbell after Duncan M Neill’s elevation. It notes a Crawford petition in Parliament over undue returns, and explains a vacancy caused by Lord Ashley’s peerage succession. A curious tale recounts a gold watch recovered years later after a church walk, traced to a laborer’s widow and a man who found it long ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clackmannan
Johnstone
Alva
Adam
AnnYesnine
Argyle
Duncan M Neill
Dunrobin
M‘lachlan
Archibald Islay Campbell
Colin Campbell
Stonafield
Archibald Campbell
House of Communs
Crawford
Baru
Sutcliffe
Captain Scobell
Lord Ashley
Dundes
Angu
Winchester
Guildhall
Field
Jennings
Southampton Dock Company
Brighton
Thomas Jeffrey Hodes
London
Sarah Joda
Grove-place
Stratford
Essex
White Horse Hotel
Marine Parade
Ife
Nuneaton
Atherstane
Ciaran
Lakcuny
Mra. Wastliko
SorerbEav Stuann
Tur Green
Chiswick
Samuel Thorrington
Jill-cottage
Tiy
Sophia ‘Thorrington
Unii
Hin
Windsor
Ile
Soldwogs
Hind
Hit
Destructive fire sinks Mary White near Terceira aboard
Aboard the fine barque Mary White of Sydney nearly 100 tons, en route to London with wool and linseed oil, caught fire likely from spontaneous cargo combustion. Fire started May 17, smoke and heat grew, lifeboats launched, passengers saved by the Russian brig Preciosa. ship and cargo insured, loss over £23,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Witte
Sydney
IMLTU
Gloyd’s
Mary White
T. WT. Walker
New South Wales
London
Theron
Terceira
Preciosa
Weikman
Rin
Abo
Finland
Walker
Payal
Also Mentioned on This Page
WER Majestys Theatre
Royal Italian Opera
Don Giovanni
Tamburini
Don
Tamberlik
Octavio
Donizetti
Mozart
Beethoven
Paris
Alfonso XI
Barrytone
Signor Tamberlik
Alfonso
Signor Polonini
Mario
Fernando
Grisi
Leonora
Taglisfico
Baldassare
St. Jago
Eure
Madame Viardot
Signor Roneoni
Drury Lane Theater
Old Drury
Tagomar
Ingomar
Allomanni
Massilia
Marseilles
Parthenia
Hmodlit Mores
Sinil
Essa Feros
Ingomay
Misa Vandenholl
Anderson Susetain
Olympic Theatre
Messrs. Claridge
Robert Soutar
Dearatio Jaurela
Nano Jeremiah Boldt
Compton
Cremoayr Ganagxs
Franconi
Cirque National of
France
Iris
Apagions Cireus
Cremorne Gardens
Bristol
Starveall
King’s-wood
Glocestershire
Uraino
Bristol Infirmary
Kingswood
Braine
s—Joseph Long
William Burchell
John Burchell
Francis Bryant
Daniel Mountain
James Ricketts
Samuel Bryant
Samuel Osborne
Mr. Braine
Lter
Starveaul
Myer
John Burehell
Abraham Golding
Tony
Robert Palmer
Blaine
Grace
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