The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

RASTER ENTERTAINMENTS.

What were known to oor forefathers, and, indeed,
to the middle-aged of our own time "Beater Entertain-
ments" have had their day, end vanished with great-coals,
etsge-coechas, watchmen, prine-fighta, Corinthianiant, end
other &rho of the past. Greenwich Feb, put down by the
MOM W ot perstradei dagoottem, Chalk Farm built °m end
mimed eat We seadeabestoa retreats and bowling-green-
posseering Immo. en to the rowloriog mob bat badly com-
plained kr by ere llies la Greenwich Park, donkey-reciag
ue ibikkilalb. m taedgfag la gymnastics on those plows-
orielicas tar tie yeemeties of health end activity at the
bet er Pebereso4llll. Nor an the theatrical attractions lees
itL et. No Gam" art lab &or, no blase of gee ma
Itimph, as apetede with interminable procenkaa mad
wow* giseeme es la the ell days, no burlesques •Ith Mo.
*Oft Am lei atrelobliag parodies as la maw
meet dues, am sew pesdacod as special alien
is
it dr Sake baltiarsagesse. Ti. ; we tog perdue,
ltr. Ilwiteme did rebus • berbegeo last sight, from the pea
elf Mr. Fmk TANA me et the most daring poseurs of
lhaday;bedfordswdtbe great Drury-leas sad the pretty,
sysigbtly Lyman we duet ; the Priseeres limited its
'greeds= legbe yeidaslieset two sew farm sad the revive&
at ea oM diesuripieee ; Oa We °felts Olympic remained lea-
ehaoged, sad the Ailielpii—etreagest phase ot all—pare a
mow awoke of ea oil eyeesela. The gimes of Bailin.
Isesey, Remits, ma ether hogesatere 41 Andes Lamb's
sapper Wide weald Weil be weleashelys If paultled is re-
vise the gimp= of the maille-at woe sad look ea at our
deraessay ; bet If goestimed as to the alteration, massagers
would wham point to their receipt-accounta, and from the
roar is which the arbor places of amusement were
ormemed hut aight, we met allow that such pantomimic
I reply, awash angle, valid be decidedly conclusive.
PRINCE6i9 THEATRE.

The perferieesese esoneeseed lut night with a
new faros mead The !Nosh larhave, or, Me Griefs Buri-
n/es, by Mr. Cloche Donn sad written with all that seat-
nese of diatom mid knowladgie of wage requirements for
which this geademea le resowimil. The incidents are not
particularly seer, bat they way wry mirth-provoking; and
if the laughter midge bad rolled bicesesntly through two-
thirds of the pins rather flagged towards the end, •
very slight euctilimast will bring the little piece to •
sporklimg IreisretWa, and remove the anti-climas which
appeared bas le extol. The plot is laid in Landon, at the
pluent day.

This Mit piece, which w so adadrably acted by all coa-
semed that M would be 'wittier es what one character for
palmate aggrebdise, wee Mewed by the revival of the
megited dams ef Ault amid Marguerite, ia which Mr.
Mahe Kra appeased se Blaghleeegbeler, and delighted
tbe seam* by hie adadiebbe msbe-up (looking the very
usaballeaset of Retech's ouillese), hie quaint make& irue-
Illd his picturesque puma The final eons, too, the
apothem& of Marguerite, created the usual =thulium

Tbesebirtsfaments concluded with a face, entitled Samuel
tia aeirtth of Himatlf which probably is founded on
E Harm fld w eAereAs, produced at the Vandesdle in 11148,
but which in ita English dress is full of the broadest sans-
Naas, is excellently acted by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and
fisher, and was received with the greatest applause and
loogloirot throughout.
HAYMARRET THEATRE.

At this theatre, the manager, more adventurous
Ana meset ethers, did produce an Easter piece, end on •
stele of considerable splendour. It is a burlesque of which
Talfourd is the author—one of titre quasi-mythologioq
dramas which arouse the least learned of holiday audiesor,
Wmply because there is nothing clerical about than, except
the war, and perhaps a modicum of the driers ; sad
through which run • thin line of story and a mornewlest
Wender vein of humour, but which, plentifully aprielded
with the r,rr.t. outrageous puns, dashed with a little slang,
and roompaaled by a few smart parodies on popular sow
aim as an adequate vehicle for elaborate acemerr
rich iscoration, and graceful grotipinp. Tba piece ow this
sees is entitled Pluto and l'roserpine, soil the tale is the
Warder outline of the old legend of the abduction of the
daiserlsre of Ceres from the midst of her flowers by the
Monarch of Tartarus. The pried* parts were reader/4
by Mrs. Burlingham White, Mr. Compton, and Mrs
Leclercq, with every disposition to do justice to them.
ADELPHI THPATRE.

274 Poor Strollers (in which Mr. Webster and
Masao Celeste made their marl', and were welcomed with
the newel atediality) was followed by the Easter novelty—" A
grand oriental spectacular operatic drama" in two acts, called
The Csiligge/ ilerded, end staled to be founded on Boieldieu's
opera of thee mac It is, in truth, jnot Boieldiett'e opera,
enlarged in dimensions by the introduction of a gond deal of
Adeiphi humour, and with swat portion of Boieldien's
music cut out to mate room for several modern interpolations
which, having an incongruous effect, might well have been
spared. The piece, however, was admirably got up,
went off with the greatest spirit, was moat heartily ap-
plauded, and will prove a bighly acceptable addition to the
Adelphi report/mi.