Our ordinary record of " Parisian Theatricals " serves as
a sort of pro- phetic almanack, with respect to the doings on the English stage ; for the transfer from Paris to London of any piece that makes a sensation, and does not violently revolt British notions of propriety—(a slight shock is no impediment)—has now become a matter of course. Lea Eyes, the last new ballet, which is still flourishing at the Imperial 'Opera, has been turned into a burlesque for the Adelphi by Mr. Selby ; the grand " effects" being conscientiously retained, and the personages being made to talk in somewhat indifferent metre. Language, however, is but a secondary consideration in works of the kind ; and as the tale of the animated statue is in itself ingenious, and affords Madame Celeste an opportunity of exhibiting, by some very excellent pantomime, the growth of intellect in a being originally inorganic, a femie of more than usual significance is the result.
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