13 MAY 1854, page 14

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The Royal Italian Opera has now begun to put forth its strength. The advent of Lablache and Mario furnished the means, on Tuesday, of giving the most complete and admirable......

We Are Requested To Mention, That A Performance Of The

Messiah, for the benefit of the Royal Society of Musicians, will take place at Exeter Hall on Wednesday the 17th. All the most eminent vocal and instru- mental performers in......

The Two Philharmonic Societies Have Had Concerts This Week ;

the Old on Monday, the New on Wednesday. Both were good, and they resem- bled in this that no new composition was produced at either. At the Old Society's concert, the principal......

Mr. Clarke's Lectures On The Great Novf.tists.

An interesting course of lectures by Mr. Cowden Clarke, at the Lon- don Institution, on "four of the Great European Novelists," was brought to a close on Monday. The authors......

Novelty In The Way Of Non-lyrical Production Is Wholly...

to the St. James's Theatre • where the performances go on very respectably, under a more than ordi nary amount of Royal patronage. La Grand'tnere, by M. Scribe, was eminently......

Money Market,

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The new financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Mon- day last, was favourably received, and produced an improvement in the......