After many announcements, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro was produced at
Drury Lane last night. The singers made a creditable attempt, and the accompaniments were excellently played ; but the performance was tame. The smile' nce, however, as usual, relished the thoroughly dramatic com- position.
M. Jullien seems to have plunged into a sea of troubles; embarrassed with a host of somewhat mutinous performers, his management is crippled, his selection of pieces fettered, his completeness of design maned; and at last be is pilloried in newspaper correspondence. His performers accuse him of pecuniary unpunctuality; be retorts that they show uo considera- tion for the embarrassments which they aggravate. Perhaps his enterprise is too much for his strength ; but on the whole the public will not sympa- thize with harsh constructions.
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