Ctrairto.
The reappearance at the Adel-phi of Mr. Morris Barnett in his famous character of Monsieur Jacques" is a welcome event to those playgoers who expect something like fulness of impersonation from the professors of histrionic art. Id onsieut 'Teepee—the 4lletressed old composer, pressed down by circumstances but buoyed up by hope, humble in pocket but proud in.heart—came before the puha as a wonderfullyfresh picture seventeen years ago and new flint Mr. Barnett has again put ow l& tattered attire and plt,ughed the winkles of care iuto-Jais cheeks, thepic- ture is as freidi as aver. The character is,of its kind a _finished work; as strong in its colour as it is delicate in its nuances ; and as Mr. Bamett's eugagementis but for a limited time, those who wish, iu the drama's evil day, to see little isolated bit nf goodacting, should pay a Viiit to the
Adelphi as soon as possible. •
Monds.y,the-night of. Mr. Mainett's debilt, was also the first night of the Adelphi season; and the aspect of the theatre ,eliows that the period of apparent repose has been occupied with the useful toils of cleansing and painting. In the chronological order of -opening, this house comes second to Sadler's Wells; and we must say that, the general season ad- vances by most tardy-steps. _However, Mrs:. Seymmir definitively an- nounces the opening of the St. James's. Theatre, with a new dramtil),Y Messrs. Taylor and.B.e.ade, on the.2d.of °etcher; and Mr. G. V. Brooke, according to some exceedingly large placards, is to reappear at Drury Lane on the same night. Mr. ILuclitonf. tbs. lively,3rish. ader, who his been on tour—pros- perous, we believe—through the United States, has come hack to the Haymarket, with an ample store of,good-humour and vivacity. His per- formance of" Sir Patrick O'Plenipor in the Irish Ambassador, is a right pleasant spectacle, and awakens abundant mirth in these who behold it.
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