7 MAY 1853, Page 10

By an English version of tree RivitTe dans le Dos,

(one of Ravers amusing trifles,) Mr. Mathews has increased the list of those infinitesimal doses of dramatic fun which he now administers in such rapid succession. Be it understood, we do not mean that the fun is small, but that the pieces are short, and that the hearty laugher is suddenly surprised in the midst of his laugh by the descent of the curtain. He would be indeed a sceptic—an ultra-Pyrrhonist—who could doubt of the drollery of Mr. Mathews wriggling about with a diamond necklace down his back, and not knowing how in the world to get rid of it. This one situation may be said to constitute the plot of Trying it on.