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LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1839

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BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
On the Ist of January will be published, price 2s. 6d.,
Part I. of
THE WORKS OF BEAUMONT AND
FLETCHER.
With an Introduction by ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq., LL. D.
To be completed in Sixteen Monthly Parts.
Edward Moxon, Dover-street.

THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND.

Just published, price 125.,.c10th, the Second and Concluding

VoluMe of

THE HISTORICAL MEMOIRS of the
QUEENS of ENGLAND.

From the commencement of the Twelfth Century.
By Miss LAWRANCE.
Edward Moxon, Dover-street.

JOHN THOROGOOD has been confined in
the Common Gaol of Chelmsford since the 16th of
January last, for not paying a Church. rate of ss. 6d.
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liberty, which is violated in his person.
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DRURY LANE THEATRE.

The delightful old .opera of Love in a Village was revived
at this theatre last evening, "with the costume of its
time." This attention to costume is all very well,and is de-
serving of great praise, as denoting a desire on the part
of the management to do all that can be done towards
realizing the creations of the poet—but why in an
opera attend to costume alone—why not represent it with
the music of the time also—why not give us the ori-
ginal music and songs of Love in a Village—the
whole music, and nothing but the music of the
opera? This is of infinitely greater importance
in an opera, considered as a w ork of art, than
the costume. The music is characteristic of the
taste of the age in which it was composed, and there
were many songs introduced into the opera last night
which, albeit beautiful in themselves, and exquisitely
sung, accorded ill with the general character of the
piece. Mrs. Alban Croft made her first appearance as
Rosetta, and her Rosetta was an improvement on her
Polly, inasmuch as she did not overload her songs with
ornament ; her voice is melodious and and powerful,
and she has it completely under her command. She
was well supported by Frazer, as young Meadows, who
was in excellent voice, and sa:g with great taste and
feeling. Lucinda found a very able representative in Miss
Betts, who sang with great power and execution, and was
rewarded by the hearty plaudits of her audience. Mrs.
Waylett, as Madge, was admirable. This lady's repre-
sentation of the Country Lass is at present unequalled
on the stage—dialect, dress, action, all was perfect.
Hammond made a very good Hodge, and Leffler a
jolly Hawthorn ; while the Justice Woodcock of Dow-
ton, like old wine, is not the worse for having a smack
of age with it ; and Mrs Selby, asSOer, Deborah, was
as proper and decorous an old maid as 2oUldThe desired.
The opera altogether is well got •np, and well per-
formed, and we would advise all admirers of old English
ballad operas to witness its representation. The house
was respectably filled.

EAST INDIES.

HERAT.

" Letters have been receivedfrom Herat dated 9th
August. The envoy and officers of the mission, arrived
there on the 25th July with three lacs of rupees, without
meeting with any interruptions, on the route from Can-
dahar. They were busy making out plans, sections, and
estimates of the expense necessary for the repair of the
works. The place is one mass of ruins. The breaches
in the walls, the Persian trenches and mines, are still
visible. Owing to the tyranny and oppression of Kam-
ran's vizier, it is nearly depopulated ; he having sold all
he could get hold of as slaves. In 1826 the population
amounted to 40,000 or 30,000, now there are not more
than 8,000. The Turkomans bring down horses, for
which they will only take slaves in exchange. Eleven
young fellows is the price of a good horse. Every thing
is very dear, owing to their having been no harvest for
two seasons. The Persians left the surrounding coun-
try a desert, not a vine or fruit tree to be seen. The
climate is delightful at present, but the winter is said to
be severe. The officers have had a ruined palace al-
toted to them. They went to the palace the day of
their arrival, and salaam'd to old Kamran, who looks as
if he was nearly worn aut. They dined next day with
the Vizier ala mode Affghanee. He is said to have
good cooks and excellent sherbet, but the wines were
execrable."