18 MARCH 1848, Page 16

If we set aside the new opera, the past week

will not furnish an im- portant chapter in dramatic history. At the St. James's we have had a comedie vaudeville, called La Fiche aux Beaux-pares partly serious, partly comic, and altogether much on the same level we have been familiar with for several weeks past. Put a little more spice in your banquet, Mr. Mitchell, and gather profitable lessons from the hearty laughs that remu- nerate Cartigny.