25 OCTOBER 1856, Page 10

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A new drama entitled L'21voeat des Pattyres has recently been pro- duced at the Grille. The scene is laid in London during the protector- ship of Cromwell; and the principal personage (played by M. Melingue) is a barrister, broad is his views of charity, and strict in his notions of justice, who pleads the cause of his rival in love, and not only obtains his acquittal, but is arrested for the theft which the unworthy client has committed! Of course, the author, M. Paul Meurice, extricates him in the end from this dilemma, and rewards him with the object of his love. The progress of the theatrical season is shown by the official state- ments of the total receipts at the places of public amusement during the last two months. August shows only 618,778f. 65c. • while September boasts of 1,123,701f. 25c. This advance is in the face of a decline in the items of miscellaneous " sights."