Another Oriental spectacle, called Arajoon, with more bustle and scenic
effect than its predecessor, now introduces the Bayaderes at the Adelphi. The tableaux are not equal to some we have seen at this theatre: and the fun made by YATES and WILKINSON is small in amount, and not of the chastest kind. Mrs. YATES'S lamentation over her supposed dead daughter, and her frantic joy when her child awakes from the trance, are worthy of a better drama. The attraction of the Bayaderes seems unabated, and will doubtless continue for a long time, as all London must see them once at least : but we cannot help wishing the excellent company of the Adelphi were better em- ployed than they are at present. The effect of the Hindoo dancers is rather injured than otherwise by introducing them into a melodrama, with which they have a very indirect connexion : the curiosity of the exhibition is in themselves ; and we advise the ingenious manager, in his next change of performances, to produce them as an interlude between the other pieces.
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