5 MAY 1849, Page 10

Herold's comic opera, Le Fri au.v Clercs, was performed at

the St. James's on Wednesday, with less success than usually attends the exertions of Mr. Mitchell's clever company. The music of this piece is miniature work, without breadth or strength, but full of minute details both vocal and instrumental, which require the nicest performance to give them effect; and the previous preparation had evidently been insufficient to obtain. this nicety. The drama, too, was indifferently acted; the principal per- formers, Mademoiselle Charton and M. Octave, having parts of no dramatic interest, while the characters which demanded the best acting were in the hands of subordinates.