17 SEPTEMBER 1842, Page 12

The new comedy, so repeatedly postponed at the Haymarket, is

now positively announced for Monday, under the title of Alma Mater, or a Cure for Coquettes. It is by the author of London Assurance; and being only in three acts, is more likely than his last effort to be successful. Many a modern five-act play, now forgotten, might have lived a few seasons, compressed into three acts.