18 OCTOBER 1856, Page 9

The piece brought out at Drury Lane with the title

of The Adventurer, is another instance of a novel being flung upon the stage with all its narrative attributes sticking to it in its dramatic character. In this case the novel is the Madame Barbe-Bleue of M. Eugene Sue, based on the hypothesis that the rebel Duke of Monmouth, after his execution, lived in retirement at Martinique. A Gascon here, as in the Lyceum piece, is the guardian genius, rescuing the Duke from the clutches of his English persecutors, just as the other Gam* by his zeal in recovering the Queen of France's jewels, saves her from the machinations of Cardinal Riche- lieu. Decidedly, Gaseous are in a fair way of becoming as popular as British sailors in the eyes of the London public.