PARISIAN THEATRICALS.
The most recent event at the Imperial opera is the production of a new composition by Prince Joseph Poniatowski, to which MM. de Saint Georges and E. Pacini have supplied the words. The title of the work is Pierre de ifedieis and the Pierre and Julien, who figure therein, are supposed to be the veritable sons of the magnificent Lorenzo. But their names alone connect them with history, and our readers may long search the Florentine annals before they find how the two brothers died in con- sequence of a common passion for the niece of tie Grand Inquisitor, who—poor lady 1—ended her days miserably in the seclusion of a convent.
M. Victor Sejour, who so recently distinguished himself by his Tireuse de Cartes, has just achieved another success at the Ambigue Comique,
entitled Le Compere Guillery. The compere is an historical personage, with respect both to his name and to his social position; for in the reign of Henry IV. there were actually three brothers Guillery, Breton gentle- men by birth, who built for themselves a fortress in a wood, situated on the confines of Bretagne and Poitou, which nerved as a basis for maraud- ing operations in other provinces. In the play, the excesses of these adven- turous gentlemen are justified by their vow to avenge a murdered mother, and their chief, the compere Guillery, receives a romantic colour from his passion for a young lady of high degree, whom he saves from a hateful match, but only at at the expense of her life and his own. How- ever, he is honourably killed with ball, and is therefore more fortunate than his historical prototype, who was ignominiously hung.
The aggregate receipts of the places of public amusement during the month of February, amounted to 1,765,398f., being 115,570f. 40e.gess than those of January. The fact that February is two days shorter than January must not be overlooked by those who would reason on these statistics.
Madlle. Gautrot, a young actress, has been condemned to a day's im- prisonment and a fine of 15f. because she prematurely walked off the stage at Amiens in consequence of certain sounds of disapprobation. This severe punishment of feminine susceptibility makes an ugly episode in the annals of the most gallant nation in the world.
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