22 MARCH 1851, Page 11

The new melodrama Pauline, which has achieved a decided success

at the Princess's, is a French drama, stewed down to about half its dimen- sions. Its object is to produce just that sort of horror which many of • our readers may have felt on hearing some mysterious noise in a lower apartment of the house, without knowing its originating cause. A Lady of fortune has married a nobleman who lives by murder and robbery, and finds out his guilt by degrees; the audience following her discovery -through every step. Mr. and Mrs. Kean act the two characters with the utmost tact and refinement ; and the breathless appearance of the specta- tors shows that the tale of horror, in which there is nothing physically disgusting, has produced the desired effect.