THEATRICAL GOSSIF.—Drury Lane closed on Tuesday, with the benee fit
of Mr. A. LEE, the late manager ; when the Legion of Honour, the Illustrious Stranger, Turning the Tables, and Masaniello were performed to a moderately filled house. The affairs here are said to be in a very unsettled state : only "some half-dozen" engagements, and those of a secondary importance, have been made for the next season. The Haymarket opened on Wednesday, with the Clandestine Mari. singe, and a soi.disant "new comic piece in one act," entitled the Hidow Bewitched, or Love at Fault, which none of our very learned daily critics have discovered to be a new version of GEORGE COLMAN'S farce of The Deuce is in Him, with very slight alterations. Who says there is ,ne encouragement given to original British genius ? FARREN made a hit in the self-lamed and wounded veteran (Colonel Tamper in the ori- ginal) ; and a Miss SIDNEY, transplanted here from the Olympic, per. formed the heroine with great naiveté and elegance. On Thursday, we had a first appearance, in the character of the Widow Belmour (in the Way to Keep Him), by "a lady ;" who, with the exception of a very considerable share of personal beauty, and great self-possession, displayed but moderate qualifications for the mimic art. Mr. Mortars has it curious taste in music ; and we are already threatened with .a repetition of the extraordinary operatic achievements which have immortalized his management. Lord BURGHERSH'S Catharine, or the Russian Captive, was produced at the Queen's Theatre with great applause. Mrs. WAYLETT played the principal part. Inaelc.Eyed Seesaw is breaking hearts by dozens every night at the Snrry, the Cobourg, the Queen's, and the City. Mn1LsoNs benefit, at Covent Garden, on Thursday, drew a crowded louse. The Maid of Judah was exceedingly well got up ; and Miss IRYRRARITY has added another leaf to her laurel.
The French Plays have been well attended at the Adelphi. Pollan is playing three parts in one evening.
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