Had it not been for some very fine acting by
M. Boutin, as Caderousse in the murder-scene, the second soirée of Monte Cristo would have gone off without causing a sensation. However, this representation of abject misery placed in circumstances of temptation and crime was striking enough to rivet the attention amid the general tedium. The play does not get further than the relief of the Morel family by Edmond Dantes; but we do not imagine that this has been a subject of regret among the English audience. The Historique " company, much more famous for the riot of which they were the innocent cause than for the play they exhibited, left the St. James's after their two performances. The more amusing fraternity of the Palate Royal, strengthened by the addition of Sainville, remain the sole his- trionic occupants of the St. James's.
The unlucky Monte Cristo has been the occasion of a bit of cleverness on the part of the gentleman who writes the bills for the Surrey Theatre. The public is invited to see an English version of the " drame " which is acted there, with the assurance that it is the same tpiece hat produced "so Much excitement" at. Drury Lane. The peculiar sort of excitement is not defined.
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