Drury-Lane Theatre.
Mr. Sapio appeared, for the first time, on Saturday night, as Pi tnee OrZando, in the opera of The Cabi-et By assuming the two cburac- ters of the Seraskier and Printce Orlardo, this gentleman has placed himself in direct competition with Mr. Braham. He has seized the bow of Ulysses, and he certainly manages it with skill and dexterity. Mr. Sapio's style is any thing but a borrowed one. He deUghts in tasteful ornament; but that ornament i8 neculiarly his own. We were verv much pleaced with the manner iri which he sang his first air, " The beautiful maid." lt is a beautiful melody, and no part of its beauty was obscured by Mr. Saplo's perforlanee. In the " Polacca," a most difficu t composition, he was extremelp tuccessful, but, in our opinion, not so successful as to authorize a third repetition of the air. Indeed, we ean hardly conceive any ex.. cellenee sufficiently brilliant to call for so distinguished a mark of approbation. This hyperbole of praise, we are apt to think, is, in general, the creature of injudicious p2rtisans-not the offipring of those whose severe but unbiassed opinion is really va. luable. The first part of the " Polacca,' was 'sung with great spirit by Mir. Sapio; in the second part, with the ex. ception of the running passage, he was not so happy. We here wanted the bold, vigorous, full, and decisive tone, which Braham uniformly pours forth. rhere is - swagger in Alr. Sapio'e gait. and a redundancy In his action, which he would do well to correct. They are as offensive to good taste, as the utter tameness and immobility by which the general run of singers are distinguished. liss Stephens was a very delightful Floretta. Her singing was delideus, and the light playfulness of her acting was quite characteristic of the merry and kind-hearted .fil de cAiarabre. ffer song, " he bird iyonder cage," was most emphatically encored, It exhibited . rare u3nion of vocal and comic talent. Her rival in ithe affections of Whimsim,lo was well supported by Ms. H. M*ghem This lady les. no inconsiderable degiee of comic Dower: perhaps it is on thbs account that she Is not mnore frequently brought forward. Mr. Downe appeared ou these boards, for the seconrd time, in the chazcac ter of Peter. It was a listless performance. If the lessee of this theatre wishes to have all Ar. Mtunden's rharacters murdered, se. riatitn, he could not have selected a more competent executioner than AMr. Downe. Hariey rattled throwgh the character of W7him. .icufo in a most amusing style: it is an ad libitnm part, and the actor made thie most of the latitude which was given him. Browne's Marquis de Grantd Chateau was weU dressed and well acted. Efrftarm-In our notice of Drurv-lane Theatre on Saturday, for "stifling" dialogue, read " trifling" dialogue. DRURY-LA2E THEATRE.