The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

DRAMA:

Lot maim a &asap., is taw ash. lie Dumb&
Jerrold, ow atteated beliefs, thelirseibm. Ma pine Is
entitled, " Toe Illeaseee Boma, we itse MlleeecMovelligee"
sad was oriaallyproduoed at the Haymarket fleatn
ydrizr. arum Madams Celeste, who pley.d the hoeing;
to kat alit her to se drama written by a'
Ettau a author es Mr. herald. At that time the pins
a wee predated seder the ampler this of " The
ether") wee played oily a very her nights, haw
withdrawn on the termination of Maslow Celatte's
engagement., The drama as now perionaed is seen to
mob greater adaabp thee ibrieerly, for that which was
originally wasted tasty* coopletteme to the stony is now
supplied though thst medium of stage effects, sob as would
hardly havehess is amsdaeo with the taste which then
prevailed, and stilt prevails, at the Heyserket. Ueda all
circumstances third I. perhaps some justification for smutting
is the play-bilk that the piety is • " novelty," but Ski words
never acted" ought more properly to have boa omitted.
The ground work of the dream is the skey of • child whose
birth took plate at a period when its swan was driven to
mamas by the revert that her hothead. • ravel akar, bad
been killed on keeiga terries. What the anther remain in •
state of assay her leftist is steles bout her by •
gypsy wawa a sewage for SOS se injury she is supposed to
have reesived hoes the father. 'Years pee on, and tits
child is believed to be dead. The (ether, however, returns
to his he at Plymouth, and ea incident occurs which
leads the mother to sumelade that her child still lives. In
this belief die dreams that it hes fallen into the heads of
gypsies, sad durleg the dream she walks frau berme abode
into the haat Oases weaderen. She L here brought to •
state of ernmethassees, find Om story of her child is re-
counted to law, by an old gypsy who was thee at
' the point a death. The mother, frantic with joy,
demon& the raparatica of her offspring, end it Is immedi-
ately discovered to her, dressed la the garb of a gypsy,
and lying asleep ea • rough bench in their tent. This plot
Is alight enough, bat the story is well told, and although
hypercriticism might say that too much is related and too
little acted, then it auflicient laterest to command the atten-
tion of the taboos frees the beginning to the end. The
language is fonibk, sad oceaskaally poetical, and the more
comic ponies's, though betraying*** of their hay* been
hastily writtenteem with soh of that humorous satire
for s bieh Mr. Jerrold's plays era distinguished. The piece
was well pat upon the stage, and every (shouter adequately
represented—an advantage which authors, now-64w, can-
not often Wolof. Celeste wad the heroine, es in foam days,
and the other pots wen filled by Miss Chaplia, Mears.
Boyce, 0. Smith, 11. Hughes, Peal Bedford, and Wright.
Tae piece was cordially received, sad at its conclusion the
author was celled for, but he did not make hie ap•
paarance.

AND CLERICAL.

CAHRRIDOZ, MARCH 18.—ZLAISICAL THIPOB.—n. fol.
lowing list was Wised by the examiners this evenhir
:
Examiners: Edward Tbriop, MA., King's College; Rd-
' ward Meredith Cope, M.A., Trio. ; Albert Henry Wrath.
law, M.A., Christ's; Rowland Williams, MA., King's.
First Class ; Perowne, Corpus ; Schreiber, Trio. ; Hes-
itant, Trio., Clay, Trio., Hort, Trio.—teg. • Westlake,
Trio. ; Bell, Clam ; Cheethant, Christ's ; Heywood, Trio. ;
Chasm, Trim., Prescott, Trin.—wq. • Mackenzie, Trio.
Second Clam : Powell, John's ; Collett, Clan ; Craig,
Trio. ; Jenkins, Magdalen ; Calvert, Trio. ; Smith Calla j
Cort, Jahn's. Third Class : Harman, Caine; C.:1314 Trio. ;
Putter, Trio. ; Brace, Jesus ; Greenwood, Trio. ; Irving,
Emmanuel ; Mottle, Corpus ; Butcher, Emmanuel ; Clm-
bers, Trim. ; Hodgson, Trio.
Bv, JOHN'S Cotxxon.—The undermentioned gentlemen
(scholars) were this day elected fellows of St. John's Col-
lege : William Paley Andertori, B.A. (foundation) ; Morris
El kite& Pell, B.A. (foundation) ; Percival Frost, B.A.
(Piste fellow).
Tax MITCHUM LIM/ART.—The library closes for the
nem on the 25th, and all books must be returned before
that date, under the usual penalties. The library will re-
open on the 28th.