Drury-Lane Theatre.
.T e o Conamncdat thiis house on Saturday evening with th pr fiRgaro. Accuistomed as the public hav, be' owt ness the bizeliet vocal talent of the day cDmbined in flhjperform.. aince of this. cherf d'iruvre, they will never be contEnted with the mnere mnediocrity by which it was all but disgraced an tbig occasion. Alit% Graddon. a, young lady from the Dublin th eatrntde her first appearance as ihe arch and~ lively Sscrennah. If eaabklon bas ne.. cessary requisite for the attainment of higb scueni heoaura this lady cannoz be accutsed of a deficiency itn that qualfieation: but her own prudence, or that of her friende, miKht hazve pointed out to her the propriety of not starting forward, wivt ver moderate powez,_ In a path which had been so often, an so lutely trodden by te fine3t nius,niellowedand refinedbyexperience.Te%areofM. tGmadoFn is petite: he.r features are intelligent, if niot banoslome. The quality of her voice is good, but fhs compass is no0t c21culated for a large theatre. 11 er shake (and she seems fend of thkat. ornaznenit) is feeble and undecidedi. She so attenuates her cadence, that, beyond the, first row of the pit, or the first or isecoani box from the stage, they are scarely audible. Her style of singing is correct, b,ut she never displays any of that feeling, which, whether it be of a comic or of a serious cast, it is the province of genius alone to display Aan actress, Mliss Graddon has no pretensions whatsoever. She apars to be wholly untutored in the scenlic art. She was gaff., -onna, re-. served, and actlonless, in a% part that ought to be all.p2fks and ainimation. Her reception was, favourable; and, tanks to, her friends and the kindness of the galleries, ahe was'encored ion severalJ of hier songs. Thie Coutiress was played by bliss Povey, who has neither elegance of appearance, nior musical knowledge, sufficient for the proper representation of the character. Cheu&iza, the amorous page, was persozasted by Aliss Cubitt. She has coDnfi... deuce enough for the part but, beyornd that, we arm at a. loss to dis.. cover her qualifications for attempting it. The gay, the galant Clou,r Alrnaviva was consigned to Air. Penley. It was a piteoeuc sight. W~hy did not Elliston rescue the opema from utter contempt., by takinlg the character hirasell? Mfr. flarlev uadertoolt the part of the h umocrous Fj~a,'u. It was, as his performoances always are., l3Ight anid agreeable. tt was not, however, thie Figar-o of the authtor. There are some scenes in which the cunning valet ought not towL. On the broad grin, and Harley canant, by any chance, banish it frora hlis countenance, After the epera, a dEivertiasement was peri'orme&l by the infant pupils of Monsieur Hullia. It wasra pemcbt-nctf for children. The house, at hzalf-price, was full. ZnEURVLAYB 2V HATPRe.