At the English Opermhouse, PrastcoE's version of G ay Manntt-
ing, called The Witch ty' Dernclenah, has superseded the SILIKSPEARE hilIDIMZ. It is very well cast. W. BENNET-es Gtossin and APIAN's Dirk Hatteraieh are admirable. COMPTON'S Dominic S(11111)SOTI is the best since lasTox : we have never seen him to so much advantage. The absent manner and bewilderment of the simple. minded pedant are ea- pitally expressed : the deep sepulchral tone of his voice, his hollow eyes, and grotesque sable costume, give one the idea of a resuscitated bookworm.
A very smart and amusing farce, The P. for the Rotten Borough, was prodimed here last night ; and received unanimously the suffrages of all parties. The M. P. is a hedge-side adventurer, set up in the part at a moment's notice ; and he goes through it with as much adroit- ness as if truding on false pretence's and making fine speeches" appro- priating" the property of others' and legislating for the country_ were one and the same thing. COMPTON plays the character very pleasantly he has some of the ease of WRENCH, and the comicality of HARLEY, and a quiet unvulgar humour quite his own. He is capitally dressed. There are smile clever hits at railroad politics and lawmaking morality, that the audience eagerly caught up and relished mightily. Miss POOLE, as the gipsy wife of the M. P. elect, makes a spruce little tiger. The farce appears to be the work of a new band : it is one that we tome will soon give us another hearty shake—of laughter.
We are glad to see an opera by young NI ACFARREN announced as being in rehearsal here: pity the company had not begun the season with it, instead of ending, us they are like to do.
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