pkRisIAN THEATRICALS.
There have been several revivals of late in the French metropolis. Collin d'Harleville's comedy, Le Vieux Celibataire, has been resuscitated at the Theatre Francais, where it was originally brought out in 1792, when the same establishment was called the Theatre de la Nation. Pierre Lenoir, a melodrame of the robber species, written by MM. Dinaux and Eugene Sue some sixteen years since, has been represented at the Porte Saint Martin, where it immediately succeeded another galvanized work, the drama of Laperouse. At the Gaits, an attempt is made to reap advantage from a popular topic in a piece by MM. Arnault and Jnclicis, entitled La Veldts de Marengo. The action takes place in Italy, at the time when France was personified by Napoleon I., whose victory at Ma- rengo releases the principal characters from their political embarrass- ments, but the coming glories of Napoleon III. are foreseen by an Italian Count, the patriotic hero of the tale.
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