It seems to have been determined that the present season
at her Majesty's Theatre should be distinguished as "the one without a
ballet ; ' and accordingly, Le Diable Beiteus was got up on the spur of the moment to give eclat to the benefit of the ELLSLERS on Thursday. There was no lack of splendid scenes ; but, having neither novelty not character, they were merely tedious : the pantomimic action was slos venly and indistinct ; even COUI.ON was hurried and careless. The limping Devil was grotesquely droll ; but neither so full of quips and cranks as that vivacious imp of fun and mischief WIELAND, nor so sar- castic and malevolent as his prototype in LE SAGE'S novel. The spec- tacle, in short, was a cumbrous setting for one exquisite cameo of the two graces of the night, FANNY and TERESA Errsrert. Their pas de deux was a most ravishing exhibition of the agility of French dancing— which is the pedantry, not the " poetry of motion." The evolutions of the maypole TERESA are as surprising as those of the fascinating FANNY are dazzling. FANNY'S new pirouette—in which she revolves on the point of her toe, and one leg seeming to twine round the other spirally, as if personating a gimlet—is extraordinary, and beautiful of its kind and when she describes a chain " of linked neatness long drawn out" with a continuous succession of' twirls on her toe.tips, "the force of muscle can no further go." FANNY ELLsr.Elt danced the favourite Cachuca with modest grace and gayety ; and looked a most charming cavalier in her velvet suit—her fencing is equally nervous and elegant : she is indeed a most captivating creature. The opera season concludes on Saturday, with Figaro. LAPORTE continues manager of the Theatre.
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