28 FEBRUARY 1852, Page 12

The accession of the Conservatives to political office has been

aptly celebrated at Drury Lane by the production of the most Conservative ballet ever seen. A spirit descends in the neighbourhood of the Rhine, and by fascinating a burgomaster, causes him to abrogate a law against dancing. Who has not seen a similar agent perform a similar operation on a similar patient on a similar spot, fifty times over? Water-spirit- fascination—Rhine—these be words venerable in ballet literature ; and we would add, that the feats of Mademoiselle Plunkett, graceful though they are, are not marked by the slightest tinge of novelty. There is something in this stern avoidance of all innovation that borders on the sublime.