The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-07 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

LORD LINCOLN'S PROPOSID VISIT TO MANCRISTRII
Everything about the much talked-of requisition to Lord
Lincoln from the electors of Manchester —about the number
of persons who have signed it —about when er how it is to
be presented—is involved in the deepest mystery. Whether
it has been actually abandoned or not is not known. All
that can be learned from his committee now is, that, instead
of Lord Lincoln coming here on the 9th, as at first stated,
he has consented to address a meeting of his supporters en
the 12th, et the Corn Exchange, and that he announced his
soneent in a letter which was received on Tuesday, by Mr.
Ald. Neill, the chairman of the committee. It as expected
that his lordship will arrive on the I Ith, and that Ye will
honour the mansion of Mr. John Peel, Swinton Park, by
making it his residence during his stay.
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Apr 19rama.
ST. JAMES'S TILEATRE.—M. Perlet, whose engage-
ment is about to close, had his farewell benefit last evening,
when he performed the: part of Ilarpagon, in Moliere's
" L'Avare.• His appearance in this masterpiece of the
French comic drama was so admirable that it only increased
eta regret, that, during the whole period of his engagement,
he has thrown away his talents upon trifling vaudevilles
and farces, instead of performing a eerie+ of characters wor-
thy of his genius and rank on his own national stage, indeed
Moliere's " Bourgeois Oentilhomme," and Scribe's " Bee-
nand et Raton, are the only pieces deserving the name of
comedic, in which he has appeared during his visit.
He certainly has not produced the impression on
the public which might have been expected from
his great powers and reputation ; a circumstance for which
the very inferior quality of his repertoire may serve to
account. " L'Avare" is a sterling comedy, equally delight
ful in the closet and on the stage. The character of the
miser is developed in a series of incidents, natural and pro-
bable in themselves, productive of the moat amusing and
whimsical situations, and enlivened by dialogue sparkling
with gaiety, wit, and humour. It is a pity that a piece, so
admirably conducted almost throughout, should be spoiled
by its els,nossenserst. Holiere is not tappy in general in the
winding-up of his plot but in this play he is peculiarly
unfortunate. A piece of pure comedy, the very reverse
of the romantic or sentimental, is abruptly ter-
minated by • bundle of melodramatic discoveries and
recognitions, not surpassed in absurdity by the bur-
lesque catutrephn of " The Critic." Moliere, in
this play, seems to have been as much at a loanloe+as Boos, in
"The Rehearsal," when be had got all his characters on
their knees on the stage, and did not know bow to get them
off; and to have taken as summary means to get rid of the
difficulty. Peelers personation of the miser was perfect—
quiet and unewaggerateil, but ful of the richest comedy.
Every tone, look, gesture, and movement ; the restless, un-
easy Lawns ; the sharp, suspicious glance, the fretful irrita-
bility bursting ever and anon into a storm of passion; the
self-satisfied chuckle when his schemes succeeded—all were
parts of a finished picture. His monologue when he rushed
upon the stage after the low of his hidden treasure, was a
scene of wild despair almost tragic in its force and int:nifty.
And in the subsequent scene, when Vakre, suspected by
Harp:gm of having stolen his casket, confesses his clandes-
tine attachment to his daughter, the miser's amazed excla-
mations, " Amoureux de ma cassette "Les beaux yeux
de macassette!" produced bunts of laughter. The comedy
was altogether well per ormed, and went off with great
rCartigny, in particular, was admirable in Maitre
ectos, and etiolate and Elise were very pleasingly repre-
sented by M. Heron and Milne. Vallee. At the conclusion
of the play, Perlet was loudly called for, and came forward
amid great applause. The theatre was well attended.