The Philharmonic Society Have Engaged Richard Wagner As...
their concerts for the ensuing season ; a step which they have taken, we believe, after long inquiry and anxious deliberation. Herr Wagner, (the uncle of Mr. Gye's Johanna,)......
Parisian Theatricals.
Although scarcely a year has elapsed since the production of r Eloile do Nord, the composition of an opera is a slow work, and therefore M. Scribe has had plenty of time to......
M. Jullien Is More And More Successful In His "classical"
career. He has followed up his Beethoven and Mendelssohn Festivals with a " Mo- zart Festival," which he gave on Tuesday evening. The house was the fullest of the season ; the......
Where Is The Man?
To be, or not to be, a military nation, is the grand question posited by the Times this week : the same question, mutatis mutandis, might be applied to any other branch of......
Quarto Ruh Yilusir.
The Parisians, whO, from the days of Moliere downwards, have ever enjoyed a laugh at unfortunate husbands—as if the estate of matrimony were the most ridiculous thing in the......
Topics Of The Day.
STATE OF THE CABINET. THE explanation of Lord John Russell involves disclosures which, on reflection, are even more painful than the surprise at his abrupt desertion to the......
Money Market.
STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The English Funds have been rather unsettled this week ; attributed more to speculative transactions and various rumours than to other causes.......