12 MAY 1855, page 12

An Invocation.

[AFTER 'WORDSWORTH.] " Wellington is gone, and where is his successor I" 'Spectator, 28th April. Wellesley ! thou shouldst be living at this hour! England bath need of thee !......

In Its New Character Of Operahouse, Drury Lane Was Closed

on Wed- nesday evening, quite unexpectedly ; the performance of Don .Pasquale having been announced in that morning's papers. No explanation has been given ; and the......

'arnim

Verdi's latest work, II l'rovatore, was produced at the Royal Italian Opera on Thursday evening. The great success of this opera, not only in Italy, but in Germany and France,......

With The Acting Of Miss Cushman In The Principal Character,

and with the aid of such splendour in apartments and upholstery as befits the dig- nity of an Italian Podesta, M. Victor Hugo's drama, Angelo, Tyran de Padova, though by no......

Parisian Theatricals.

It seems as though something must always happen to keep the Demi- Monde of Alexandre Dumas fils before the public. The editor of one of those exclusively theatrical journals of......

Topics Of The Day.

THE MOVEMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. IT would be curious if the war, whieh was to stop all legislative action not imperatively called for—which hail stopped a wise and large......

The Reappearance Of Mr. Wright At The Adelphi On Monday,

after two years' absence, was the signal for the heartiest demonstration of good feeling. An Adelphi audience is a sort of nation apart, with its own peculiar likes and dislikes......

Dignified By The Presence Of The Queen, Who With The

Prince Consort and the Royal Children occupied her Majesty's box at Drury Lane Theatre last night, the amateur pantomimists, who gained such laurels at the Olympic, repeated......