FRENCH THEATRICALS.
The promise that a second dramatic version of Uncle Tom's Cabin should be produced at the Gate on Saturday last was duly kept. The authors, MM. Wailly and Texier, so far differ from their predecessors at the Am- bigu-Comique, that they look upon the original story as a thing to follow, not as a thing to avoid. They, however, contrive to end the tale happily for Tom, since St. Clare lives to liberate all his slaves, instead of dying just as he is about to do a good action. Interest in the African race has even spread to the theatres of the banlicue, which have had a black drama of their own Leber° is Negre. So successful has this been, that it has wandered from the banlieue to the little Beaumarchais, situated on the boulevard of that name.
Saturday was an important night for the third " Theatre-Lyrique." The dancer St. Leon, having migrated from the more fashionable quarter, made his debut with Madame Guy Stephan in a new ballet, composed by himself and M. Gautier, and entitled Le _Latin de la Vallee. The good folks of the Boulevard du Temple, delighted with a visit from the erratic Western star, mustered in great force on this occasion. As for Madame Guy Stephan, a white dove, decorated with ribands, was launched in the air by the spectators, for herslorificalion. Another honour, of a more exalted kind, is desired by this same Theatre-Lyrique. One of the the- atres is to he called ." Theatre de l'Imperatrice," and the .question as to. the enjoyment of this distinction lies between the " Lynque " and the Odeon.
Few would suppose that La Terre Promise meant Paris ; but neverthe- less, that is the signification given to the expression by MM. .Armand Durantin and Raimond Deslaudes, who use it as the title to a three-act piece, brought out at the Vaudeville last Monday. The moral of the story resembles that of the " Wronghead" episode in our Provoked Hus- band A provincial party comes up to Paris from the Departement de l'Oise, expecting all sorts of enjoyment, but is grievously disappointed to find all manner of annoyances.;
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