6 DECEMBER 1851, Page 11

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There is one generous quality which is eminently conspicuous among the amusement-seeking portion of the English ; and that is the warm friend- ship, not to say gratitude, which they feel for an artist who has often contributed to their recreation. The Parisians are noted for a feeling of impatience with respect to actors who have long exhibited before thew, and their admiration for talent is said to produce no hearty sympathy with its possessors. The English, on the other hand, draw no fine dis- tinctions between the substance and its attributes ; and if the artist has once pleased them by his talent, they go on applauding him even after the talent has faded out.

The cheer with which Mr. Wright was received on his reappearance at the Adelphi last Monday was a fair indication of genuine British feeling. Wright, who had so often been the sole object of a visit to the Adelphi- Wright, whose very school of acting consists in the maintenance of a con- stant familiarity with the pit—Wright, who could convey more by a wink than Lord Burleigh by a nod—Wright had been indisposed for se- veral months, and dark reports had been current, to the effect that his re- turn to the Adelphi boards was scarcely to be expected. What therefore could be more joyful to the true Adelphians than the intelligence of his recovery, except the ocular demonstration that the intelligence was true ? Mr. Wright returns as well and as "funny" as ever ; and while we own his reception as an instance of generous enthusiasm, we have not the slightest intention of including him in the same category with those who after a decline of talent still receive applause.