5 SEPTEMBER 1846, Page 9

THE THEATRES.

The departure of Mrs. Warner from Sadler's Wells seemed likely to leave a gap in the company not easily to be supplied. Miss Cooper, an amiable, agreeable actress, is not fitted for characters of strong passion; and Mrs. Brougham, with all her personal attractions, cannot possibly take a posi- tion in the higher class of drama. Hence, the discovery of an Edinburgh lady, Miss Laura Addison, is particularly fortunate. She is not a finished actress; but she has what is more wanted than finish for a house like Sad- ler's Wells—a quick intelligence in discerning all the phases of a charac- ter, and great fire in bringing out the more forcible points. Some of her gestures are a little odd, but there is nothing slovenly in her performance; and when she has a strong emotion to deal with, she makes it tell with immense effect. The part of Lady Mabel, in Mr. Marston's Patrician's Daughter, was selected for her deb6t; and the fifth act, in which the lady dies, afforded abundant scope for her power. Her success ie unecpurocial.