12 MAY 1849, page 11

Topics Of The Day.

ENGLAND IN THE WEST. FORTUNE favours the Manchester school. As the potato-rot helped them to a repeal of the Corn-laws, so another triumph seems coming to them by means of......

The Adelphi Theatre, Through-the Curious Means Of...

has at command, enjoys such an uninterrupted course of good fortune, that the manager seems now and then to allow his prosperity to impede his dis- cerning faculty, and to......

At The Old-established London Theatres, " French...

would be looked upon as a periphrastic euphuism for a bore. The pro- ductions of the modern Parisian taste are sought with avidity, but there is an instinctive shrinking from......

May Is The Month Of Concerts As Well As Of

Exeter Hall meetings. This week there have been several that challenge a passing mention. First, there was the grand concert of the Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden, on......

Drury Lane Has Just Opened Its Doors As A German

operahouse. Herr Raeder, the manager of the German opera at Amsterdam, has brought over his whole company, including the chorus and orchestra, with some addi- tions from......