Drury-Lane Theatre.
Mrs. Bedford, recently of the Theatre Royal, Dablin list night made her first appearance on these boards, as Rosetta, in the cheerful opera of Lnve in a Village. This lady is not wholly unkrown to a London audience, having. when rtliss Green, performed for several nights at Coyent-garden. Her figure is small, but elegantly formed, and the exprepsion of her featUres is uncommonly pleasing. As a vocalist, her claims are not of the highest order. Her voice is not deficient in sweetness, but its compass is very limnited. Her style is unassuming perhaps too much so. Some of Rosetta's airs arc susceptihie of far more tasty ornament than M1rs. Bedford deigned to bestow upon them. She en:irely mis- took the well-known song, "ly heart's my own., Instead of piouring torth the notes with Ehat zaiety and spirit which the sub- ject manitestly requires, she utteree them as slowly sad as mourt- fully as it shle were chanting a piece of sacred music. Her other songs w ere better. She sang with considerable feeling and delicacy one of Moore's meledies.-" The harp that once on Tarab's wall." But what connexhin this beautiful Irish lament has with the situation ol the Roay Riosta, we leave It to those at whose request it waa lntroduced to explain. A more inappropriate atir could not, we ihink, have been selreted. Mlrs. Bedford was favourably received; and deubtless will be an useful, if not a splendid, addition to the operatic department. The part of Ha-'. tJiorrn was sustained by Mr. Bcdford, formerly of the Dublin Thea- tre, who now made his first bow te a London audience. His tall, well-proportioned figurc, and good-humoured countenance, are well adapted for the stage. His manner is bold. even to a fault. An overweening confidence in himself leads bim occasionally to the verge of vmul rity. Mis voice is a deep tenor-full and fle- ible in its tower notes, but weak and inefficient in its upper tones. fle was; encored in all his songs; although, in our opinion, lie executed those belonging to the character but indifferently. His introduced air, MWho deeply tlrinks of wine," was intinitely better than anv other of his efforts. fie, like his lady, may he found use- ful. Mr. Terry indereook the part of Juss&re Woodcock for the first time. Ilis performance had not the richnesb of Alunden or Dowton, but it was nevertheless amusing. There was a good deal of originality about it. Young Jeadows was represented by .lr. Horn, who got through the clharacter most respectably. Ir. Knight's Hodfge was full of rustic humour. DRURY. LAY TAFA TRE.