The Duke Of Wellington.
The week brings us two more memorials of the Duke ; an equestrian statuette by Count d'Orsay, and a subject portrait by Mr. T. J. Barker. The former is advertised as " the......
Intellectual Characteristics Of The Late Duke Of Wellington.
A man by action's logic taught to espy Art's dim conclusions with intuitive eye ; Who, while the thoughtful ponder'd, guess'd or knew What best beseem'd both him and them to do......
In Memoriam.
Embalm the venerated clay ; Rear high the monumental stone ; The homage of a mourning land Let glorious obsequies enthrone. Give dust to dust with martial pomp Let conquer'd......
Desideratu3i Of Railways.
Burton Crescent, 28th October 1852. SIR—Being an old subscriber to the Spectator, may I beg permission to point out to railway companies generally, one of the numerous causes of......
Turning From A Piece Which Has Scarcely Any Incident At
all, we come to another novelty of the week, Sarah Blangi, which is likewise in five acts, and which literally overflows with events. Sarah Blangi, whose place of action is the......
While All This Activity Has Been Going On In The
West, Shakspere's Henry V has been brought out with great splendour at Sadler's Wells. It was Mr. Macready who, during his management of Covent Garden, set the example of......
Ulm To T1j Dltiter.
THE COLOGNE PRISONERS. London, 28th October 1852. Sin—The undersigned call your attention to the attitude of the Prussian press, including even the moat reactionary papers, such......
The Marionette Theatre Has Been Reopened For The...
a gentleman named Woodin in the class of entertainment termed mono- logue, or monopolylogue, according to the fancy of the learned for com- pounding. Mr. Woodin has all that "......
441cyratrts.
If our memory has not become treacherous, Mr. T. Carlyle, in illus- trating some notable case of bookmaking, once told a story of a craftsman. whose talent consisted in whipping......
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