21 DECEMBER 1850, Page 7

As a theatrical event of the week, we may mention

the " Westminster Play." In the prologue, the death of the Queen Dowager is lamented, having been practically mourned last year by the stoppage of the usual histrionic festivity. The epilogue is levelled at that never-foiling source of merriment the Peace Congress" ; and is highly amusing, with the in- evitable defect that the imagined absurdities fall far short of those ac- tually committed by the orators in the Paulskirehe. The fast from Te- rence last year has heightened the appetite on the present occasion ; and _itndria, which is acted quite as well as usual, seems to be received with increased relish.