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On Monday, Drury Lane opened with an entertainment composed of small pieces, in which Mrs. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs'. Frank Matthews, and Mr. Roxby played the principal parts. We must regard the programme of the past week rather as the exhibition of the company, which, as times go, is far from inefficient, than as an earnest of the style of performance on which so large an establishment will rely. Mr. Benjamin Webster, and afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, are to "star" here, and the usual attraction of a monster panto- mime is already promised.
The Love Chase, which has been revived at the Lyceum, shows far more conspicuoudy than the Irish Heiress, the value of Miss Josephine Gougenheim. She plays Neighbour Constance with a degree of viva- city; intelligence, and even fire, that augurs well for a marked position on the English stage, -where young actresses of high comedy are by no means abundant. Mrs. Keeley's Widow Green, was the appearance of an old: favonrite in a neiv,line. The somewhat elderly though blooming widow became more juveige than.usual through the treatment of Mrs. Keeley, and her. feelings Were depicted with a delicacy which gave a character of originality to the performance. Another American actress, Miss Rose Howard, has made a successful debut, in the sweet peasant-girl
Planche's Grist to the Mill. A new piece, entitled the Pioneers, is to be produced here on Monday.
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