29 DECEMBER 1838, Page 10

Jack Frost, at Drury, will soon turn to thaw—the ice

is very thin already, and cannot long hear the weight of the harlequinade. The burlesque opening is vulgar and coarse, and the ,,grotesque masks are characterless exaggerations save only the lovely Blanche, a Dulcinea of the dairy, (played by FENTON') who is worthy of Covent Garden. WIELAND'S Clown is a failure—he has no humour, and looks like an ordinary mortal painted—though his gymnastic feats are wonderful : and Harlequin does not take a single leap, and is moreover an indifferent dancer. But for VAN A alliuneu and his lions and tigers, and a couple oft expert rope-dancers, the pantomime would he insupportable : the tricks are few and bad, and barren not only of wit and meaning, but of fun.