2 DECEMBER 1843, Page 8

A new ballet divertissement, the Frolics of Hymen, proved too

in- sipid an entertainment at the Adelphi, op Monday, after so strong a stimulus as the cold-drawn horrors of the Bohemians; but the "intense interest" of the Merchant and his Clerks—in which a conscientious cashier is driven mad by being accused of stealing a large sum that he had concealed in a state of somnambulism and cannot find when awake— produced as strong a sensation as ever. Broad farce and high-seasoned

melodrama always find admirers. •