THE THEATRES.
The ovation with which Mrs. Mowatt was received at the Marylebone Theatre when she made her appearance in Beatrice-a part that she plays with remarkable grace and vivacity-is the only dramatic event of the week just concluded. On the preceding Saturday, the new comic actress, Miss Fitzpatrick, played at Sadler's Wells the character of Hippolyta, in Cibber's She Would cad She Wouldn't; a piece that nominally belongs to our stock repertoire, but is seldom performed. Hippolyta is what in the elegant language of the Coulines is termed a good. " breeches part "; that is to say, it devotes the
lady to a continual encasing in male attire. For such a part Miss Fitz- patrick has the three essential qualifications of a good face, a good figure, and good spirits.
The period of Westminster activity will fairly begin on Monday; when the Haymarket and the Lyceum will both open for the season.
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