At Her Majesty's Theatre, Jenny Lind has been performing every
even- ing; and has repeated her parts in the Elisir d'Arnore, the Sonnambula, and Lucia, to enormous houses. The principle of combining a number of first-rate artists in one "pas" was first adopted by Mr. Lumley in the case of the celebrated " Pas de Quatre," when the Taglioni, Cerito, Carlotta Grisi, and Lucile Grahn, were brought into unaccustomed union. Never was a greater excitement than that produced by this famous "pas": the danseuses were cheered as if they were rival competitors for a grand prize. And not the least subject of admiration was the tact the manager must have employed to bring together so many heterogeneous elements without an explosion. This principle has now been too often applied to produce the excitement of former days; but still it is pleasing to witness such a brilliant combination as that of Cerito, Carlotta Grisi, Rosati, and Marie Taglioni; and hence the new divertissement at Her Majesty's Theatre, Les Quatre Saisons, in which each of the artists represents a distinct season of the year, is an attractive spectacle. Lucile Grain:, one of the "glories" of the old " Pas de Quatre," has appeared at Covent Garden, in the ballet of Marton L'Escaut, brought out last year for Fanny Elssler.
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