The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-19 00:00:00

DRAMA.

PRINCESS'S.

The story of the petits oomady, Our Wife. or
ins Roof of Anions, which made its int oppose.
Mee at the Priamee's yateldey oresiag, will be reuse
• difficult one to =ravel. It is entirely Pie In ,
locality, perhaps else la Mesas, bat If not, these le di the
men coedit des to Mr. Malmo fro weals; hi Implkold '
Mies se ingoaionsly se If he were a sada silks MI visa
whole history is sa imprebability. M. Posissel is as
hosed haberdasher, carrying ea a thriving bather Is fits
lowa of Amass, somewhere about the yese 111114. whom
Louis the Thirteenth war King of Frau', sad Cordial
Richelieu prim Waster over his. M. Poniard has • peaty
daughter Rosine,'.whoie chum have igeitoffithe comaistibbs
hearts of sll the Kara Musqadeon quartered a the Min,
=dismally that of the Coast De Brim, who aspires to
the honour of her had. Bo fez all is plan sea ling, but we
sea get late a labyrinth of revoking istrlacy. The eon-
seat of the Coat De Briassepore is formally demaaded by
old Potaaret, and the latter is ideated, is ea soseedisigly ,
polite reply, that U he attempts to stir one foot farther la
the matter he may safely ealeulate on spending the re-
mainder of his drip in the Bastille. To this alternative the
old gentlemas damn, end the lover is is despair,
when his colonel, the Marquis De Liffey, stops is, cod
offal to arrange the matter so as to obviate all i
objestion on the past of the old Coast. It appous that he
baton had been teased is lea, ludas ea his return from
the battle field found his his Gm fa the am of anther. He
bad fought and slats kis rival, sad the duel being without
+lames, had rendered hiss obnoxious to • moat dome of
the stars old Cardisal, by whisk duels of that dilatation
were paskhable with death es the esedeld. Is eensitiors- '
ties, however, of hie foram sonless, ke was permitted to
seek hi earl In some forlorn lope, sad he Winded rota-
with to telly out span the slaty theue•ad Spaniards who
babiegnered the tows, and take the royal standard trom the
top of the panel's tat. Hawing what the
resell of this adman must be, his plus for his Ideal it
to many Resins jai before eating oat es his lariats
einadiran, cod age, by making her a mareldasese, to
roma all chetahs to her slam with able bleed. A
string et martian@ sow rose es la quick illemisiDO.
Raise is in nelity La love with himself, not the Coast, and
takes his of., la the mast wan good faith. He oleo
beams soddenly amides, sad the Coast disparately
jealous, but the latter tads ell his forme frissiship return
was he lam from the Marquis the nal state of the ease.
While they us dkeoselag the matter, die Marquis ethos*
bidding geed-bee, cad the Count alienating between grief
at his Mood's noble eaniflee, and joy at the moped of ob-
Uinta' the bead of Remise, • semester swim he. the
Cardinal to my that the Marquis's rival having ban a
traitor, ha had dens the state gad lIITTICO is de-
spashisi him, and was to be rewarded, set slats.
Reda, who is madly penal at all the mystery
that is going ea, meats in at this janglers is her wadding
ball dress, and is suddenly assailed with lea from both
palm's, each belkniag her to be his wife. Another
massager strives to may that the Spanish gourd expected
the Marquis to make good his bast, which he lad forgot-
toe, and off he mass to he..., having his wife so ladigasat
that ohs admits her father to apply to the Cardinal for a
dams. But the empliedloas are may half over. The
Marquis is followed to the Bpsaisk eamp by kis trusty
moquettes*, ad with their 'imams nano notaries%
mash to the elagris el his hind the Count, just as old
Pomade has ebtaised the divans from the Cada&
All is at last 'upload: the Marquis lads, to
his supra, that Baia Mei himself, set his
friend, the Metes is tors le pleas, sad the Count ~SIM
himself with Rtelse's pretty soma Marione, who seemed
as if istrodused into the estion solely to get him oat el the
diffialty. The glees, of whisk the above is but sa beak
doll attar, was a 'templets name, sad, what is more,
illmonod it. The dislegss Li tbsoughost pleasant and
ledig, without befog either elaborately witty or drain*
knissesta The iseldents fellow in quick seemseles, sad
die lama of the maim is kept up to the last Is plea.
lag bow so lariats • plot Is to be unravelled. Timm we. •
sonstant Ire of Mohler last ovoidsg through both aide, and
'lmo at the casinos It wee smaressod he repetition
lan ma sot • eagle &award vela. The author Is
NMI indebted to the setae for the galas sad fidelity
with width they Merpreted his ideas. Mr. Ryder, is the
lffiempie De Ligay, we. the vevy mat of • mumpeteet of
the Lag's gaud. He might have been Pietas make
out is his voyage of die every after Mae of Matria's Mir
sated stack. Mr. David Plebes, es whew the min wall*
of the pita fed as the Coast De Brass, made quite • II
la his sew shanoter. He snowy waged as savor* kis
villa solo iscideatal to his wain. cod kept the haw OW
roughly aimed with his porpleaities, she dierseAdy baud
WIWI about es lees his irked or his sweetheart. Miss
Cartons Lectors% leek* ilesesd, sad Wed her pea Amp
laity, and Mite Murray se Marlette wee stsesfal enough
Ito essitole the Count fa all his dkappolatnimais. The

theme and ether sppeleteneate szlibliii the ease sea pro-
priety test thinned* everything renamed et the Prin.
mem Timm

ASTLRY'S THRATHE.—DRED.
The version of Dred, at Holley% &see not
develop the equalising capabilities of that establishmeut se
fully r night ham bra expand. We thaeg►t to hove
had Dred as a Centaur, sad the ether skareeten mare or
lime depeade■t is equitatim fee exiarme. We, however,
was dieoppoiatod. Nitta der sot mike her 'bargee dome
polkas. Utak Tiff does sot data steekiegs on kerselesek.
Deed perform ell his fasts of moray apes hia two 'w-
ife ere hose.' nap that the rescuer of the eatablishasat
an sot is thor3sghly aide me of as we expeeted would bays
bra the case. Nevertheless thus was acme show elecalta.
ties. Harry Godes rues I. well asmated, sad misettee
very prettily with Lisette while la the toddle. Ho takes
km up before hies, whoa aseasted, and Mee of with her
is all comaises of joy or anew. In fast, the appears/we
of Lisette lrapieg tar Harry's eras, is he besaides kis
faithful horse, is me of the great features of the melon'.
saes. The whole lateral of the deems Moms ea Harry
and his wife. Hs saver bar to mast ea bareback before
hiss when he is threatened with Tem Grordea's magma's.
He oinks her of to the Dust Swamp ea korrheek. The
agoay retches its am* whoa the stesel fella themes ex-
Mastioa is the forest. TM proem of Wising the
steel to life egala was sae of the Sot tomb-
fog parts of the drama. It Is ►at jut to ebonite
Mee, that the arias of the lase is this sass'
tar nursed that of his harm rivals. TM Mama depth
of exhaustioes was displayed is hk attitude as he lay. The
' gradesl recovery of hie fealties a his mister partly by
ragtag sad partly by violates prevailed epos hiss to rise,
o were adairsh:y masked. We *Mold hays bra glad to re
the horse onammed Wore the swish' to main his meld
of boaquate. Ths Mums actor did their best, but Mere ma
little to them to do. The 'pad eras at the sad, when,
midst so enomoss discharge of pistol slate, some notsated
, cavaliers take up position nadasd eihretive by bias light,
was very effective. Altogether Dead at Astley's may be
eossidered as a vary tolerable latrodeetlea to the grest sad
mine business of the orating, the t' Seems Ia the Circle,"
t bat not tors.

EXAMINATIONS AT Tait INCORT3IATED LAW So.
CIIITT.--11:citanius TRIM, 1856.—At the ezuronatios
tf earsdidstes for admission oa the r all of altornsys and soli-
item of the superior were, the ena.iaen riemageooded as
deservias of bosomy distiastioa—Albert (Serape Lumley.
of Chadleigh, Dsvras`zire ; whe served his clerkship to
Clarke Langley, of Chadleigb and Wtlllsm Item
Wesley, of Great Jaisee-stretst, Bedfordues ; sad the
Coseett of the lecorporawd Lew &misty have wordiest,
awarded a prise of books to be prostrated to him. By order
ref the menet% B. 11•11011 AU, Bearetery. Law Ssaiedy's
Hall, Nee.
ORILISTAL TTRASINT.—Mr. Knighton, tho author
el •• Monet Life Ia Ceylon" and other works *boat the
But, delivered an tatereeting !retire on Monday *ming la
the Literary lastitatioo, St. Lsoaard'it-street, Vonabol.
bridge road ; Mr. CB. Mullis la the chair. The traliallt
was Cell,n, and the lectern had both photograph and
sketches team la the ialaad to illustrate his lecture. la 14
coot,, of it Ito &earthed the lost King of Kraft. OA
Wickrema flingba, as ea aasattfgated %prat, mho oramal
the elk and family of ►ie prime ntstrtor tabs semi whoa
tho offsader bad Maisel( mare& TUG poor woman, with
Mr foe, children, was brought out fa frost of the palace,
sad, fa prewar* of the king, bar etaletroa's brads win oat
off no by oat sail t►nws by a tarp ere mortar, the pestle