Bluebeard, the old original Bashaw with turban and scimitar, was
summoned hack to the stage at Covent Garden on Thursday, for the especial gratification of the juvenile visiters ; and the short notice at which his bloodthirstiness appeared after so long an absence—his glory having in the interim suffered an eclipse by the brilliancy of his mo- dern rival of Olympic celebrity—may excuse any diminution of splen- dour in his train : HARLEY, however, as primo buffo, made amends for all ; and the red fire of the last scene blazed as brightly as ever. The boxes were thickly studded w ith round, merry faces, all bursting with delight ; and Punch's Pantomime, with the aid of PAYNE'S glorious burlesque of King John, went off with reiterated explosions of laughter.