It matters not how loudly we may call,-in admirable keeping.
Gives us the blow, and then the overhaul,

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We shall meet with them soon at the British Artists' Society, when we shall have much pleasure in noticing many of their productions, which reflect honour on British

art.

DRAMA.

thinking maligner of his sister, demands his
instant avowal of the falsehood. Otto is
unable to do this, without publishing his
marriage with Frederica: his union is,
however, discovered, and Frederica and
himself condemned to die by the despotic
Landgrave, when the tyrant (he having been
wounded by Anselm,) expires in a paroxysm
of rage, and his death "makes four lovers
happy." This is the cobweb outline of a
story, which to detail at length would occupy
a whole page.

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be classed as mere stage-trick. In doing this, the author has once or twice given up what should have been the moral power of the dramatist into the hands of the attitudemaster: where he should have depended ou sentiment, he has struck a picture. The play was announced for repetition amidst general and, it gives us pleasure to repeat, deserved applause.

DRURY LANE.-Don Juan and the ballet have `attracted some tolerably good houses. The next extraordinary novelties are, the OPENING OF THE HAYMARKET. — Mr. German singers, and, we presume, the new Morris, it is almost certain, will make au Easter piece. The actors are, therefore, Mr. Charles Kean showed considerable experiment at Easter. From what we have promised a continuation of their present improvement in his acting of Hugo: it was hitherto heard of his plans, we think them holiday. We are glad, unfeignedly glad, bold, energetic, with at times a touch of deep likely to lead to a fortunate result. If Mr. that the opera and ballet system has been feeling, which gave us hopes to expect far Morris be determined to compete with other carried to its present ludicrous extent. better things of him, when he shall have re-theatres, he must make a company he Trick is, fortunately, suicidal. The present leased himself from the trammels of imita- must not depend upon two or three leviathans, must be the last season in which the English tion. We are not disposed to criticize this but he must pick the corn from the chaff at drama is cast into the shade by imported defect—a great one, it must be allowed, the minor theatres; he must make an exTerpsichores. We must go back to the good with harshness: it the rather induces us to cursion into the provinces, and bag a few old plan; for we know of nothing worthy of treat the young actor with indulgence, inas- actors for the London market. We are the future speculations of an ingenious pro- much as we look upon it as the almost in-aware that there is at this time a consideprietor,-unless the bench of bishops were evitable misfortune of a son brought up rable dearth of acting talent; still we doubt to be engaged, "at a vast expense," to per- under the shadow of an original genius, to not that a judicious and industrious manager form some extraordinary novelty, expressly copy even the failings of the natural object of might marshal a very respectable force from written for them by the author of The Lions his admiration. In our opinion, it is a the ranks of the minor and country theatres. of Mysore; unless Mr. Irving "kindly con-disadvantage to be the immediate descendant Several of the old faces will not be at the sents" to play Samson in a ballet of action; of any professor, if the son—as we once heard Haymarket—at least, they are not at present or the Duchess de Berri comes out in a ro- an honest gardener observe, relative to the engaged,-during the forthcoming season: mantic drama by Chateaubriand, entitled La probable occupation of the child of a poet, amongst these are W. Fairen, Cooper, Harley, Princesse s'amuse: unless we are to be be "brought up to the father's business." and Mr. F. Vining. Their places may be very astounded by some such extraordinary event, Consanguinity at once provokes imitation well filled, and at a saving of considerable we do not easily perceive how the English and comparison. Warde played Otto care-expense. Mr. Burton, a purely original and drama is to be kept off the boards another fully: still we do not admire him when, in vigorous actor, who appeared at the Hayseason. Besides, the present is the last any way, liegeman to the blind bow-boy; market last season, will fill up the gap made campaign of the gallant (the word admits of there is in him a coldness, a sneering, calcu- by the absence of Harley, to whom, in our the double pronunciation) captain. Drurylating manner, a subtlety of style, not cha-opinion, he is vastly superior: in fact, Mr. has been a Moscow to him. It is said he racteristic of the agonized husband. Warde's Burton's Wormwood is one of the most intends, on relinquishing the theatre, to take Cassius is the best on the stage: his lovers graphic and chaste delineations of character the Bedford hounds. Facilis descensus-are icicles and vinegar-cruets. Bennett on the stage; it is equal—and we are aware from ballet dancers to dogs! Several persons played the Landgrave,—a Nero in little, a of the high standard of comparison-to are already named as being desirous of hid-foolscap Caligula. He was something too Dowton's Cantwell or Munden's Marrall. ding for the house. We hope it will fall into grinning in his rage, a little too spasmodic in Mr. Elton will, in tragedy, of course, outthe hands of some practical man: we heartily his scoru; yet, on the whole, we know no weigh Cooper; whose comedy, however, will trast it will not be taken as a fashionable one who could play the part better. We be missed. The place of Mr. Vining may be appendage-a "genteel thing." Of course, have the less compunction at scolding well filled by many now acting in the prono man in his senses will bid for the theatre, Bennett, because all his faults are corrigible: vinces at thirty shillings per week. From to carry it on under the present ruinous if he would but tame himself, if he would the minor theatres alone, actors, if well sesystem of triple companies and enormous not so wind up the strings of rage to the lected, might be obtained, capable of giving salaries: should any demented individual screaming pitch, but use his powers judici- due force and effect to sterling dramas; evince such a determination, we trust his ously, he would be a most valuable actor: as which, on the other hand, Mr. Morris must relatives will immediately apply to the Lord it is, he combines in himself the worst faults spare neither money nor pains to procure. Chancellor. We would not have a national of Macready aud Kean. Helena (Miss E. On this point, we must confess, (having his theatre made a halfway house either to the Tree) is merely passive prettiness; in this evidence before the committee in our recolBench or Bedlam. part the author has failed to do enough. lection,) we have our doubts. If, however, Mr. Morris falsify these doubts, if he obtain fiue original pieces, we have no fears for the executive talent of a company at present open to him.

PARISIAN DRAMA.

COVENT GARDEN.-Reputation, or the The play succeeded, and deserved its sucState Secret, is the title of Mr. Planche's cess: it is very creditable to Mr. Planché, new play, produced (we are glad to say, with and is certainly a great advance beyond any saccess,) on Monday. The plot, although in of his former productions. The language is itself simple, is worked out-nay, in some graceful, and carefully wrought. In addition instances encumbered-by a great variety of to this there is, throughout the piece, a very incidents. We shall merely state the gene-sweet sentiment; we are at once enlisted on GRAND OPERA. Notwithstanding the nural bearing of the drama. Otto, the prime the side of virtue and innocence; our atten- merous prefatory eulogiums which have for minister, has secretly married Frederica, tion and sympathies are kept alive to the weeks appeared in the theatrical and other the sister of the Landgrave: to account for last; and the denouement, strikingly, yet papers, upon the unequalled splendours to his nocturnal visits to her, he names Helena, without violence, brought about, accords be displayed to the public in the new fortha humble girl, as the object of his attentions. with poetical and moral justice. There is coming opera of Gustave, ou le Bal Masqué, Helena is about to be married to Anselm, too much action in the piece; that is, there the public were scarcely prepared for the when the scaudal becomes bruited; the is evidently, on the part of the author, too wondrous magnificence with which this truly marriage is postponed, and Hugo, the bro- great an anxiety to engage and excite the gorgeous spectacle, performed for the first ther of Helena, having discovered the un-audience by incidents, several of which may I time on Wednesday night, has been got up.

The fate of Gustavus, the Augustus of the rest, but assuredly its execution will add noVARIETIES, north, who became the victim of a conspi- thing whatever to the reputation of M. Scribe, ANECDOTAL, MORAL, AND INSTRUCTive. racy among his nobles, and perished by the who was named as the author; and we are PRESERVATION AND REPRODUCTION OF hand of Ankarstrom, in the year 1792, is, in justice compelled to extend the same cold LEECHES. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.-M. of course, known to every reader. The and negative approbation to the composer, Moreau, of Angers, has communicated to the commencement of the opera reveals to the M. Auber, whose fame still rests upon La medical journals the important discovery, spectator the saloon of audience in the palace Muette de Portici. Of the concerted pieces, made by M Battu, lieutenant in the revenue of Stockholm, rivalling in magnificence the we have already noticed the opening chorus, police, at St. Seurin, of a new and effectual noblest apartments in the chateau of Ver-which, we repeat, is graceful and effective; method of preserving these valuable auimals. sailles, in imitation of which it was built. the finale of the second act, a chorus of the It cousists in placing them in a box, about The vast saloon is crowded with groups of people, sailors, &c. is spirited, and was cou-three feet square, half filled with layers of nobility, ambassadors, artists, (whom the siderably applauded; a trio of the conspira- rich homogeneous French soil. At the botmunificent monarch loved especially to pa-tors in the fourth, admirably sung by tom of this box is inserted a small plate of trouize and protect,) military officers, and Lavesseur, Dabadie, and Alexis, was also well tin, pierced with minute holes, and the top functionaries of every description, in rich received; and a cavatina, charmingly exe- is closed with linen, in order to prevent the costumes. Among the assembly are the con-cuted by Nourrit, in the fifth, excited some-escape of the leeches. The earth is moistenspirators; and a chorus, with which the thing like enthusiasm in the auditory, but the ed with water every eight days. By this piece opens, descriptive of the various and plaudits were bestowed rather upon the process he has preserved the same leeches opposite feelings of the different groups, was singer than the composition. Mlle. Falcon several months, and has even seen them redelightfully given, and struck us as one of is under few obligations to M. Auber; her produce. In a second letter on this subject, the most graceful and successful composi- fine voice has never been heard to less advan-M. Moreau states the results of some of his tions of the evening. After the assemblage tage than in this opera. The character of own experiments on the matter. Twelve have paid their homage to the king, a national a page, the music of which is sprightly and leeches were placed in one of these boxes ballet is performed, or rather rehearsed, be- agreeable, received full justice at the hands of several months since, all in a state of emafore the court, which presents little entitled Mlle. Dorus. To sum up, the quality of the ciation and debility from protracted absti to particular notice. The next act takes music will be clearly understood by one nence. On examining the box a few days place in the dwelling of a sorceress, or (to word-mediocrity. A more agreeable part since, nine of the leeches were found in full peak more humbly, as well as more truly,) of our task remains to be fulfilled, that of health, increased in size, and there was also a fortune-teller, where we find the monarch rendering just praises to the performers, and found a great number of ora, and minute and his associates disguised as sailors, to all the artists engaged in the various full-formed leeches produced in the box amusing themselves with one of those frolics scenery and decoratious. The moonlight itself. The earth proper to be employed is in which Charles the Second of England is view of a rocky promontory covered with of a reddish-brown colour, and possesses a said to have delighted. Gustavus consults snow, overlooking the lake of Melain, with strong power of imbibition. It must not lie the sybil as to his destiny, when she indicates Stockholm and the gulf of the Baltic in the dry, pulverulent, or be mixed with the roots the existence of the plot against him, and distance, painted by Hauer, was hailed with of grass, small stones, bits of wood, &c. The foretels his murder by Ankarstrom. The loud and general marks of approbation. temperature of the place, too, M. Moreau monarch is much amused at the prediction, A noble saloon, by Ciceri, in the fourth act, deemed of importance to be taken into consithe Count (with a considerable departure is, perhaps, even of a higher order of merit, deration. In the successful experiments now from the truth of history,) being represented though less effective. A grand staircase in detailed, the temperature was maintained at by the dramatist as his favorite and most the palace, in the fifth, with an equestrian about fifty degrees Fahrenheit. attached friend. The party are now inter-statue of Gustavus Adolphus, foreshortened rupted by a knocking at the door, and retire with exquisite skill, may also be quoted as to make way for a new visitor, who is no an almost matchless specimen of scenic perother than the Countess Ankarstrom, who, fection; but it is really difficult, without an entertaining a guilty passion for the gallaut appearance of exaggeration, to do any thing BOURBON HONOUR AND FRATERNAL AFmonarch, comes to learn of the northern like justice to the dazzling and varied splen-FECTION.-In a recent sale of autographs at Cassandra the means of subduing it. The dours of the scene which afterwards bursts Evans's, was a letter of Louis XVIII., written King overhears the confession of the Coun- upon the spectators: a vast saloon, lighted in his own hand, to the Duke of Fitzjames, tess, and also the mode recommended by by thousands of wax lights, reaching to the in 1789. He reminds him that six weeks the sybil to enable her to conquer her affec- furthest extremity of the immense stage, had elapsed since he placed in his hands untion towards him, which is, to gather a crowded by hundreds of groups, in every questionable proofs that the children of certain plant by midnight, only to be found variety of elegant and grotesque costume, Louis XVI. were not his own, (les siens,) on a bleak and solitary spot among the rocks each exhibiting the fantastic but graceful fol- and proofs of the culpable conduct of the near Stockholm. Gustavus, who is passion- lies of a masked ball, in which Mmes.queen (Marie Antoinette). He urges him to ately attached to the Couutess, meets her at Montessu, Julia, Legallois, Fitzjames, Per-bring forward a motion on the subject in the this place, where they are unluckily surprised cival, and a host of other sparkling forms, assembly of notables; that he himself will by her husband. Ankarstrom, rendered mingle all the enchantments of their delightful be absent; but that his brother, the Count furious by this discovery, instantly joins the art. This extraordinary scene was received D'Artois, (now Charles X.) will attend. He conspirators, and becomes the most invete-with an universal burst of surprise and admi- adds, that the proceedings will not be agreerate of the monarch's enemies. It is re-ration from every part of the theatre, and able to the king, who is the tool of his wife, solved to carry the plan into execution on the would alone be sufficient to secure the suc- (Jonet de sa Femme,) and significantly asks, occasion of a grand masked ball to be given cess of the worst opera that ever was per-Merite-t-il de regner?" This most extraat court, and the Count is to be the assassin. formed. As it is, it will give Gustave a po- ordinary letter was purchased by Treuttel Gustavus is warned of his danger by the pularity which we could wish had been better and Wurtz. Countess Ankarstrom, but his characteristic merited by the composer, whose share of the courage will not permit him to listen to her laurel is somewhat less than that even of the apprehensions; he mingles with the revel- decorator and the costumier, (anglice, the lers, and the opera concludes by his death, tailor.) M. Taglioni was named as the arand the arrest of the murderer, with his ranger of the ballets. accomplices.

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