2 FEBRUARY 1850, page 11

Topics Of The Dl I Rc L `taw The Qtjef;n's Speech :...

MINISTERS. NONE of the measures promised for Ministers during the recess are claimed by them in the Royal Speech which opens the session—not one, except an indication of some......

Xe Aii4 The New Comic Opera Produced This Week At

the St. James's, hardly deserves the success it has met with in Paris. It is a mere farce, purposely absurd and extravagant; and the music, of a slight and trivial character, is......

La Harpe Says Of The Aridne Of The Younger Corneille,

" Cette pike eat au rang de cellos qu'on joue souvent, lorsqu'une actrice veut se distinguer par im rale capable de in faire valoir." In other words, it answers the purpose of......

Le Val D'andorre Is Now Creditably Performed At The...

under the title of The Talley of Andorre. The English libretto is fairly execu- ted, and the music is given without mutilation. The principal characters are well sustained by......