6 JANUARY 1838, Page 15

An amusing trifle, called The Culprit, has been very successful

at the St. James's this week. The culprit is a sea. captain, who by his frequent absence from home alarms the jealousy of his wife ; but her suspicions are put at rest on discovering that his supposed " flame " is only the smoke of a pipe, which he had been forbidden to indulge him- self with at home. The acting of Mrs. STIRLING, Madame SALA, and HARLEY, is capital.