The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

The X.w Haymarket Spring dleeting is the title
of Mr. Planshi's new extravaganza. A large audios., war
esmasbled last eight to whew soother triumph of this
dramatist, who, popular u he is, has scarcely yet had josh's
done to his remarkable powers. Mr. Plaache has hitherto
divided the honours showered sue him. wit► the actor,
the woe-pa titer, and the nushiaist. Bet when the meters
have left the hoards apse which %bey gained their traasitory
laurels., when the maces temples and palace. shall be
►ariad behind other palates and temples taut/atlas new
dramas, when the maehines which hoisted up Mr. PlaukCs
gab or demos' shall he doing duty for other memben of
the celestial or iafernal hierarchy, the author will be found
to he Irmly fired in so seas poetics la the field of liters.
ten.

The story of the new extravaganza may be placed is the
some estspry u that le which that of the simile knife.
grinder recorded in historic page will be found. The author
does not carry us op to Olympus or drag us down to Tar-
tarus. We are unfilled to the city and the metropolitan
Wets. and hulloed of having gods and goddesses as inter-
locutors in the drams, we are obliged to pat up with mythic

personifications of the cities of Leaden and Westminster
The eurtaia rises upon a geese of Handball, when the City
of London (Mrs. Caroline White) is seen sound salon. Time
(Mr. Chippendale) comes in chanting the hour "Put
twelve o'clock," after the fashion of the sanest watchmen.
The somnolent City, however, " takes no heed of Time,"
and the old "devourer of all things" is obliged to
samosas. his 311618100 in tremendous tones before she
as be roused. Time then gives the City a
bit of his Riad as to the miserable state into
ankh she has fallen, sad utters manses hints se
to the sesessity of reform. Highly canted, London appeals
to her faithful giants, Gag and Magog, who roll their eyes
about, and bellow oat " Fee, Faw, Fain," in the most ab
ject state of antique imbecility. In toe midst of her de-
spair the " Lord Mayor's Fool (Mrs Blackstone) is shot
upwards from some underground dwelling place to afford
her consolation. He tarns out to be, nevertheless, a com-
forter after the fashion of those who eciosbined to make Job
feel his calamities more deeply. Every seggestion of the
Fool comes in the shape of stinging sealants, which add
to the irritation of poor London. The Moos, an al-
legorical representation of the present Lord Meyor, it
may he preenmed, is Una appealed to to help London out tf
her 'nape, bat the only intelligible reply that can be got is,
that the mule of the City is to be tried at Westminster.
Upon the heels of this annonacement appears Westminster

herself (Kim H. Gordo's), who endeavoun, rather assumes..
tally at Ent, to make it up with London. Eventually the two
mitten beams better friends, and Weeusiaster introduces to
Lowden her two adopted donation, Belgravia and Ty-
bands. The former is said to be a young lady who
" Borne years ago
Wee found in the ' Five Fields at Pimlico.' "
I London

then shows her sister the playgoing sleds
in Landes, and Westminster returns the compli-
ment by i•vitiog her sister to see those of the
west. The party then proceeds to the West.end,
ethers the various theatres are pecentod to the two
Cities I. the character of bents who •re running for the
" Great Metropolitan lisadiesp, or Loudon sad West.
mauler Easter Stakes." Mr. Bsektone's Jlatravagessa"
is of course one of the hones entered. A 'plated jockey
dome t►ea takes place, and the whole °occludes in the &p-
-laned saaaner with • 'magnificent tableau, the mass
Wilariag with gold and silver, sad reepleadeat with all the
Wow of the rsiabow. Mr. Buckstaae "backs himself "
Mimi the cattai•, sad bows to the decision of the publie
osssr•l sad the Jockey Club in particular.
The actors were, considering the length of their pease
remarkably " wall up." Mrs. Caroline White sad MY
Gerdes seem to have drunk deep of the spirit of burlesque.
They enunciated their speeches ultra•heroicelly, aad
heesght out the points with great force. Mr. Boaketone
was, as usual, *scaliest. The piece was an•ouaesd foe
repetition without • dimeatient voice. The hoes* was
crammed to the ceiling with an audience which seemed to
enjoy every joke with an lateen relish.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
27t0 Mukteer of Toledo ; or, King, Queen, and
Bane, was produced as the Easter piece at this theatre. It
is aa adaptation horn the Fraser, and combat of two acts.

AI)ELPHI THEATRE.

The quasi-diabolical thawed social intrigue, known
by the Dame of the MyatericW &MVP' or, 5d14016 its Paris,
was revived at the Adelphi, last night, and exhibited the
versatile facility of Mediate Celeste, who, being no Satan
after all, but only a clam woman, contrives, by amain
several insides* disguises, to keep the biro is a state of
wholesome perplexity and taros, seen the plot is
at levet diaentanglad. and all his cabers-'
meats removed. The sew Eater entertainment, called
77w Fai►y Tale. of )face► Goose, may be described
as as extravaganza medley, the program of it combining so
lees than five populu fables, with which the tonsil's of the
youthful pair—Colin, the wise old dame's very dutiful sou,
and Marion, fair daughter of a patrician family, the wealth
and pride of which had appeared to forbid their affectionate
hopes—are ingenicessly istatwised.