English Opera House.
A tew fnusj f&rce, entitled T'he Bashfril 1Men., was last night -:'r VJ S,t this Theatre. The main feature of the piece is borrc.ved rom a stO'T .? tht r-ree a peaTeiral woik of which ill r. Cum- rx rai-- csth prri-xil-I awhor. In the tale to which we allude, Ctlnibczta. has curmcent-a!ed all the wmaylS?i: honre of Lord Cttes- ter6ead's `atkard fvIllBw.w and Goldsmith's You.sg Af6tlor. fit has blMdred two rvd rstrxraita tocether, and rmade a verv extra.- rcantcrture. rfe. Rls.Ytinroon. the hero of the fablc, has Natx rea:rcd r?h vcry mod,erate ext;eeeation. a:xd he has, from his I ,euh enine,d a partialitv for blonderinz, that would not disgrace the Co ..sn c.'f )ublin. The " grim scrgeant, Death," who, rc- !?c hMtnt aS'Vou uifll is fmpienlyv an excellent friend to the living, *cnrosew 'i~ osia ion, and Rushing-toe becoines, attheame moment, v- -t xy ~t an r.d rsn-vtnLsblec. ?j i'friend:;s in thceplenitud eof theoir w avatindLtng thai he is exceedingiv stupid, send him to college, Wtrney e tZ rm-ws with manner% as uncouth. and a brain as ill- re-r1=03. as -brth he s;t o'at. I>?e is invited to the house of Sir 7,v,ai FFrierd). and. t dinner, commits mistakes innumerable. The da&!eter tfS'.r Tholsr .a handsome accormplished young lady, tallb i? Iee with this bear in himan form. The choice apiiears to ts- rzthezr c Iuitious, h:t de- g . 7O? d4ptiaaridum all." The )'-iorV ffrainly. deItermined to hnvc a comic revenge en Blushing- '-7, t,STe eheansves t ais d-nicile. lie is utterly distnmayed at mtorvement but. asthe bottkirculates he become regenerated, Tnakrc lore sa rather an o4r,' style to Ifix.v .Pricrtzdl, b,tnishes th.-t hoas.- his old formal college tutor, who, with a imrralr relation. ha td imulentiv *4'trtded on hii revels, and dmec-l;es rhamlzf trdebredI to a -stir of bright laughit'g eyes tar a moore aomraue knowlr,tge of huiman nature than he had ever i'.d or, 'a i ere eis. properly speak:ing, but one character in the iecc-that of sRt.o7 icgan_which was admirably supportedby M'r. TMathews. So 1onue as he aippears in this farce, it must be at- :-ctim- wttonat the aidt f hi- whinisicalo poers, it could not out- .rc =a ereninc. Ne acrtr of the present dav could keep ur, with so much spirit, the lauhable interest of thedinner-scene. *tr;can a-s4ly ign-iggwi thc prrturbation and confusion of a sensitive man, -no, tt:'S teo cspzirv. commits a tIlosand alisurtlties: but 2l1 atha- tpltles the' uiWrt-enate wizht befosc you. You almost fte,ey tha! rou are i:-irin_ At table Sith him) and. while you pity .a. eeaterati.on. s-ea irvol.ntarilr wish yourself nut of reacl of the souup pron, wrhich t.e br-3ndishtes wvith so little regard to the ap- parel cf his nci.h 1ars Matheir's drunken soliloquy was ex- vvdirnzlr gmo.. The ocat_ional peering forth of the real character, ,-r-laidandod o ias it han been bh one ofanartificial nature, the ^--rpgin off (-hanpace ntid hSur,-undv, was hit oif nost amtus- i-.ev. 7iThs wes eert,inly one of the finest personations of ..?u;lcennes_ hr aobrir!r. th.at we hare everiwitnessed. His love- 'one w-s an es,u9i e ;ic_^ ot comic fooling His whole perforn- avegrrtcx p uire. anzd .as very warnlyv applauded. The r* Ce ic. we understand, tilt pro,durionl of 31r. Moncrieff. It affisrds AI r. atie zsr a tite opportinit t-or the display of his abilitics: and entht arnnt, if it ha"d no other nerit, is worthy of praise. R.XGLISfl OPERA HOUJSE.