7 MARCH 1857, Page 11

PARISIAN THEATRICALS.

MM. Lambert Thiboust and Leon Beauvallet have favoured the Va,

rietes with a new piece, entitled Les Princesses de la Rampe, framed for the purpose of vindicating the character of Parisian actresses. An

amiable young woman, left in charge of an infant sister, and unable to earn by her needle sufficient for their joint support, accepts a theatrical engagement, and procures a handsome livelihood. The sister is allowed

to grow up without knowing the real source of the family revenue ; for

the benevolent actress would neither hurt her feelings nor compromise, her prospects. At last the secret is discovered in spite of every precau tion; and an advantageous match between the younger sister and the son of a respectable bourgeois is almost broken off. However, virtue triumphs over prejudice, and the bourgeois relents in time to make every. body happy.

Webees Oberon, with French words by MM. Beaumont and Chazeaux, has been produced with great success at the Theatre Lyrique.

The project of pulling down the theatres on the Boulevard du Temple, so long consecrated to " drame," is a theme much discussed in the theatrical world ; and there are few visitors to Paris who would not regret the loss of that long row of playhouses, almost next door to each other, which is without parallel in any other city. However, according to some surmises, which seem founded upon authority, the change in the site of the theatres will not be so very great after all. They will-if these conjectures are true-be merely ranged in a straight line, so as to be closer to the carriage-way instead of forming an are as at present. Such an alteration would put an end to those long files of foot-passengers that used to adorn the path, but would be highly advantageous to patrons in cabs and carriages.