17 JULY 1841, Page 11

Barnaby Ridge is popular at the Lyceum ; Miss FORTESCUE'S

beau- tiful personation of the scatter-brained boy being a principal attraction : the artless simplicity, unaffected grace, and genuine pathos of her per- sonation, make one willing to forget that the original character is not so collected and rational as she represents Barnaby. SALTER'S poweful performance of the desperado makes us hope that this forcible and ver- satile actor will be more frequently before the public than of late.