11 OCTOBER 1845, Page 10

The only variety in the entertainments at Drury Lane this

week has been one of so novel and agreeable a nature that its repetition is desirable. We allude, not to the extempore divertissement got up by M. Pichler on Thursday, under the title of Un Fite Venetienne—for it was neither very new nor particularly pleasing ; but to the dropping of the curtain at half- past ten on that evening,—a phenomenon that astonished and delighted the audience as much it did the performers and check-takers. The green curtain never looked more lovely than on this occasion ; and folks went tripping down the stairs with faces as beaming and lively as schoolboys let loose to enjoy an unexpected holyday. The Marble Maiden, when she walks abroad, requires to be attended by such a numerous suite of "supers" as train-bearers, that she only shows now and then. Of course, she can't keep early hours; for Dumilatre is on the stage from first to last. A new opera, called the Fairy Oak, is promised for next week; but the composer's name is not announced.