20 MAY 1848, page 9

Plotless Plays Are Dangerous Commodities. A Farce Called...

Man, produced at the Lyceum, belongs to this category; being merely intended to exhibit the domestic practices of a " slow" man (Buckstooe) with a " fast" companion (Mathews).......

Theatres And Music.

Theatrical excitement has chiefly been kept up this week by a party of tlemen amateurs, well known in the literary world, and also of some ge p c ebrity on account of their......

The Lords Of Ellingham, A Play By Mr. Spicer, Published

some years back, and having for its historical basis the " Bye " conspiracy vi ll ain , i n the time vi of James the First, has been produced at the Olympic. A 11 ' who be-......

There Has Been Nothing New At The Italian Theatres This

week, either in respect to pieces or performers. At Her Majesty's, we have had Jenny Lind in La Sonnambula and La Figlia del Beggimento—each for the third time; and in both she......

Philharmonic Concerts.

The concert of Monday had the usual merits and defects of these per- formances. The two Symphonies were Haydn's in B flat, the fourth of the " Salomon" set, and Beethoven's......

Improved Representation.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. London, 9th May 1848. Sza—The question how to conjoin extended suffrage with thorough protection against that tyranny of a majority which so much......