Of the Olympic, under Mr. G. WLLD'S management, we have
had but a glimpse ; but that sufficed to convince us that the light comedians of his little company—including Messrs. BAKER, T. PARRY, and Hai, FORD, walking gentlemen, Mr. STOKER, a vocalist, Mr. WEEKES, a good-humoured Irishman, and others of merit—are capable of better things than Charles O'Malley gave them the opportunity of doing. A lively and ingenious interlude, called The Little Gipsy, pungent with salt of LEMON, is one of those pleasant trifles that suit the company and the audience of a small theatre. The "Little Gipsy" is the character assumed by a quick-witted girl, to soften by her arts of fascination the obdurate temper of her kind-hearted but wrong-headed old grandfather : it is played by Miss FORTESCUE, with delightful naiveté; the melting tenderness of her plaintive tones and the sprightliness of her raillery, are quite bewitching. The cleverness of this young actress is admir- able, but the charm of her performance is the genuine and spontaneous character of her expression and action, both in serious and comic scenes. In this piece Mr. WILD plays a tinker in his best style : Mr. ISaooKas, as the obstinate old Commodore, and Mr. MULFORD, as his man Tom Duff, also deserve praise : the quiet, prompt, intelligent way in which Mr. MULFORD played a very simple part, denotes an actor in a good school, of which there are but too few specimens on the stage.
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