22 FEBRUARY 1845, page 12

The Programme Of The Italian Opera Promises Both Novelty And

excel- lence. Mr. Lumley has culled celebrities of one kind or another from nearly all the capitals of Europe, in addition to the old favourites whose fame fills the world; and......

Topics Of The Day,

OUR STEAM NAVY. GOTER1'I3IENT are beginning to find cut that steam-navigation has destroyed the insular character of Britain. Troops can be transported in steam-vessels with......

Mr. Wilson Has Resumed His Entertainments Of Scottish...

the Music- hall in Store Street; and has announced that he is to continue them, as formerly, every Monday evening during the season. This week he pro- duced a new entertainment,......

A Glittering Piece Of Absurdity, Almost Too Puerile For A

minor stage, has been produced at Covent Garden, under the title of Shadows on the Water: but it had not such a novel piece of scenic effect as that to give variety and......

The Theatres.

THE exciting performances of M. Frederic Lemaitre have extended the popularity of the French Plays. The most numerous and enthusiastic audience of the season assembled at the......