PARISIAN THEATRICALS.
The programmes of the French capital show a new awakening of theatrical life. At the Odeon, lately rendered famous by the Bourse of M. Ponsard, there is a new five-act play by MM. Guillard and Desvignes, all about a poetical husband, who delights Paris with his verses, runs away from his wife because she does not love him, and kills her amant in a duel. The piece is entitled Le Merdecin de l' Arne, in reference to a country doctor, the brother of the unhappy poet, and the wise man of the story. The miseries of poverty, when compelled to wear a re- spectable outside, are treated of by MM. Briselaire and Nus, in a drama produced at the Ambigu-Comique with the title Les Pauvres de Paris. The scene of a mother and daughter, who shut themselves up together with a pan of charcoal in order to terminate a wretched existence, may, we think, be pronounced novel. M. Dugue it is said, is preparing a piece to signalize the return of M. Melingue irom the Gaite to the Porte 1St, Martin. That popular actor is to represent—William Shakspere.
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