12 JANUARY 1856, Page 10

As we have no space to write a "novella "

of the Boccacio dimensions, we shall not attempt to describe the plot of the very amusing farce pro- duced at the Adelphi with the title Urgent Private Affairs. When a piece has a distinct idea for its basis, it is easy to state that idea and leave the luxuriant details to the imagination of the reader ; but when a plot is merely formed by an ingenious concentration of incidents without illustrating any special character, collision, or subjective crotchet, one must relate everything or nothing. Let it be sufficient to say, that the jealous suspicions of Mr. Dentatus Dott are totally free from political allusion, and employ in a most diverting manner the whole comic force of the Adelphi, with Mr. Wright at its head.