A nteasant anti attractive musical afterpiece, called The Greek nyl,
has been this week produced at Covent Cardcn, in a it of splendour calculated to insure, by the hrillimiey of the spelt he alone, the success Of it less clever and amusing trifle than this prothwtion of Mr. LOVER. The Greek Boy is the faithful ;eel quick-witted page of a Count, dis- guised as a goldsmith ; whose he ophwas and estates, both in jeopardy, are seenred through the agency of the little Greek " tiger." V wereis personates the Greek- Boy with archness and ,iddress, and sings, with exquisite taste, two or three pre ty songs, that ere likely to be popular : Wit may instance one in partit•ular, It barcarole, with the burden " Go .- duller, row." Kese.ev, as a silly COXe011ih Who fancies himself to be o noble blood, and is delighted in the midst of his terror at being threat- ened with death by two bravoes because they call him " my lord," is extremely comic : his dress, air, and strut, are indescribably droll—the more so because he appears unconscious of it ; and the way in which, after hearing of the reception of a successful warrior, he says "I should like to be a conqueror—coming home," 5:inimitable. The views of Venice, (one of the Rialto as it appears by day ; another giving a side- view of it by moonlight, showing the steps leading up from the canal; a third representing the Dogana and Santa Salute, the latter lit up for the mass ; and a fourth the front of St. Mark's, looking towards the Doge's Palace, with the Bucentaur, like a huge gilded monster in the distance—all animated with characteristic groups of gondoliers and bravoes, dames and cavaliers, including the Doge himself and his re- tinue,) present a succession of scenes that make one feel as if looking out on the actual city ; especially when a real-seeming gondola, with its lantern, is rowed up to receive the Greek Boy. A very sprightly and characteristic dance of gondoliers and peasant-girls is introduced ; in the course of which, young MARSHALL and his sister—a pretty little pair of dancers—execute a pas de deux very cleverly. Miss COOPER. made her first appearance at Covent Garden Theatre, together with Miss AGNES TAYLOR' on this occasion ; but their characters are not so prominent as to develop the talents of chimer of these promising young ladies very conspicuously. The Bride of' Messina, we are glad to perceive, is winning the favour of the public.
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