either of a spirited or a pensive character. The different parts were well filled. That allotted to Mr. H. Philips is a difficult but a very fine one. His opening air, after he has ratified his bargain with Eblis, is an admirable composition, and admirably he sang it. In the first part "Hah! what delight!" the movement is one expressive of the most abundant joy; but the thought of the future suddenly darts across the Vampire's mind, and the strain is descriptive of horror and despair: then, by a cleverly imagined ritornello, the sound of joy is resumed. Miss Betts, as Henrika, executed with much grace and sweetness an exceedingly pleasing scena, "Day shakes his golden tresses.' There is a great deal of variety in this composition; and Miss Betts described, with taste and judgement, the different emotions by which the mind of the heroine is supposed to be assailed. Zeriny found an adequate representative in Mr. Sapio. He gave an empassioned air, "Like a cloudless summer morning," with extraordinary effect. Miss H. Cawse sustained the character of Liska with pleasing naïveté. Her ariette, "From the ruin's topmost tow'r," was prettily sung, and was encored. The concerted pieces and the choruses were executed with a degree of skill and precision which showed that great care had been taken in bringing out the opera. One of the most original compositions in the opera is the drinking quartette, with which the third act opens. It was sung in the true spirit of mirth and conviviality, and was warmly encored. The recommendation of continual wine-drinking cannot properly be addressed to female readers; but, as the perusal of the song will serve to amuse them, we quote it, "In autumn we should drink, boys; You needn't, sure, be told, "Tis then the overladen vine And, better than capote or hood, In winter we should drink, boys. In summer we should drink, boys; Liska's song will be more pleasing to the ladies: VOL. X. "From the ruin's topmost tower In the sun's descending beam, Trooping came the guests so gay, But no bridegroom-Father, say, Should not that my brow shade over ? Evening sinks on hill and dale, Mourns one perjured lover. And to pity move her. Night is on its starry_way, Yet no bridegroom-Father, say, Should not that my brow shade over?" 3 P VAMPIRE (aside.) Hah! the web of Hell grows stronger : IANTHE. Ever, ever, am I thine. VAMPIRE (aside.) She is won, her heart is mine, A new melo-drama, styled the Witness, has been repeatedly performed with strong marks of approbation.-Many years previous to the opening of the scene, a sudden quarrel has taken place between two friends, Henderson and Elton, while engaged together in smuggling, which, we are told, was not then considered derogatory even to gentlemen. A scuffle upon the deck of a vessel was thought to have proved fatal to Elton; but Henderson was acquitted for want of evidence upon a judicial investigation. Since that period he has brought up his own daughter, Catharine, and Frank Elton, the son of his friend, as brother and sister. After an absence of some years, Frank is returning to his protector, and to the beloved companion of his childhood. At some distance from the house he is benighted, and wanders into the cottage of a deer-stealer, where he hears an old woman declare that she can prove the murder of his real parent against his adoptive father. Not being pleased with the character of the people, he escapes, is pursued, and only gains Henderson's house by swimming across a river, and of course makes his appearance wet to the skin. His man, Tom Tremor, has arrived before him, and is upon very good terms with Alice, a domestic. They help their young master to the only change of apparel at their command, which happens to be precisely the same kind of dress (that of a sailor) in which his father had fallen. In this he appears before Henderson, who shrinks with horror from the sight, and the dreadful suspicions of the youth are heightened by the incident. After an interview with Catharine, in which their affections are checked by their fears, Frank retires to rest; his father appears to him, denounces Henderson as his murderer, and warns him to shun the family. Henderson and his daughter enter the apartment; Frank accuses him of the deed, and he falls senseless upon. the floor. After this, Henderson confesses to his daughter, that, having twice borne the indignity of a blow from his friend while both were under the influence of intoxication, in a moment of revengeful passion he sprang upon him, and both were nearly involved in a common fate, by falling from the vessel in their struggle. He, however, escaped, and the ship moved on through the waters, leaving the drowning wretch to his fate. After a terrible conflict with the horror of cherishing a murderer, the natural affection of the child triumphs, and Catharine endeavours to screen her father from the officers of justice, who are brought in pursuit of their victim by Frank. He is eventually seized, and the evidence of Old Janet goes directly to prove the facts confessed to Catharine by her father. But, in the midst of the trial, another witness appears in the person of the elder Elton. He was saved by a miracle, and has only been waiting to convince himself that his old friend had shared his penitence for their past lives, and to renew their former friendship. In this story there is a strong melodramatic interest, and some of the situations are well managed. Beside the plot we have described, there is some highly amusing relief in a few scenes of farce, given to Keeley and his clever little wife. They both played admirably, and the latter sang some of Lee's songs so well as to obtain warm encores for two of them. Miss Kelly was an interesting representative of Catharine, and Mr. Vining, as Henderson, deserved the applause which he received. THE HAYMARKET-THEATRE. A NEW farce has been brought forward by the active zeal of the manager, whose expectations of its success have been fully answered. It is entitled William Thompson, or Which is He?-Dr. Soothem, who keeps an asylum for lunatics at Richmond, has an old friend, a fishmonger, in London, between whose son, William Thompson, and the doctor's daughter Julia, a match was projected by their parents, in the royal style, without the intended bride and bridegroom having ever seen each other. William Thompson engages a place in the stage-coach, but suffers it to start without him, after he has sent his luggage to it, and his place is taken by another William Thompson, a somnambulist. When the coach arrives at Dr. Soothem's gate, inquiry is made whether it contains a Mr. William Thompson; the sleep-walker answers in the affirmative, and is astonished at find. ing himself received with a most friendly welcome. He is introduced to Julia, in whom he recognises a lady he had some time before met at a masquerade, where they had a conversation of a very tender nature. He now perceives the mistake to which he is indebted for his good fortune, and resolves to keep the secret from Dr. Soothem until he shall be irrevocably united to Julia. In the mean time, Julia receives a letter from a cousin Julia, declaring that William Thompson had engaged himself to her, and that she was coming to Richmond to upbraid him with his perfidy. This letter she hands to William Thompson, who is obliged to confess that he is not the man whom her father believes him to be, explains how he has been so fortunate as to be taken for his namesake, and entreats her, as she loves him, not to undeceive her father before their union is completed. To this the young lady very naturally consents. Just at this moment the real William Thompson arrives, full of vexation for the loss of his seat and luggage; and he was no sooner in Richmond than a series of ludicrous disasters commenced, every one of which, as they passed in succession before the audience, excited the risible faculty to its utmost pitch. He was first arrested for a debt, for which his namesake had become security. He was no sooner delivered from the talons of the bailiffs, than he was attacked by Dr. Soothem's dogs, who, scenting a venison pasty he had in his pocket, tore off the skirt of his coat, and nearly frightened him out of his wits. In this state he reached the doctor's door, where he was met by his rival, who, on learning his name, endeavoured to send him back to London by a plausible story of the doctor's sudden death. Before he reached the gate, however, he met with the doctor himself, whom he mistakes for the undertaker, and enters into conversation with him respecting the death and the time of the funeral, and mentions his having come down to Richmond to be married. It immediately strikes the doctor that he is a madman whom he was expecting from London, in which opinion he is confirmed by the appearance of his torn coat, which he concludes to be the effect of a contest with his keepers. Acting on this impression, he has him secured, and, as he offers considerable resistance, the doctor thinks it necessary that his head should be shaved and blistered, which operations are accordingly per formed. He is no sooner delivered from duress as a madman, than what he considers a much greater calamity overtakes him, being compelled to fight a duel with his successful rival; and though, as in some other duels, the pistols are only loaded with powder, yet poor Thompson, not being let into the secret, no sooner hears the report, than he falls flat on the ground, and a considerable time elapses before he can be convinced that he is not taking leave of life with three bullets in his body. Soothem's niece Julia now arrives; and the doctor, learning the mistake he has been under, and that William Thompson, the son of his friend, was engaged to his niece, and was now, after all his mishaps, very willing to redeem his pledge, and that the other Thompson and his daughter were equally willing to enter into matrimony, resolves that both pairs of lovers shall be united; and all the mistakes terminate in mutual contentment. Vining gave considerable effect to the character of the intruding Thompson: but the drollery of Reeve more particularly amused the audience. Fashions. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGRAVINGS. DINNER dress. THIS Costume consists of a robe of painted India taffeta, of a delicate pattern of colored flowers on a white ground. A broad flounce of white crêpe lisse ornaments the border of the skirt bound with pink satin. The body is made quite plain, with short sleeves of white satin, under those which are long, of white crêpe lisse; these long sleeves are only moderately wide, and have antique English points at the wrist, of white satin. The hair is arranged in ringlets on each side of the face, and parted on the forehead: the summit of the head is disposed in the Egyptian style, with a plait of hair, en serpent; a comb of white and gold is placed obliquely on one side, and on the left side of the bow of hair, on the top of the head, is a small rose of Paradise. The ear-pendants are of wrought gold, and shoes of pink satin complete the dress, WALKING (OR MORNING VISITING) dress. This is a dress of etherial blue gros de Naples; the border is formed of an elegant Vandyck ornament, from every point of which depends a tassel; and the ornament is headed by rosettes of riband of the same hue. A canezou-pelerine of embroidered tulle is trimmed with lace, and has a falling collar of the same at the throat. The hat is of white watered gros de Naples, decorated under the brim with an entwined rouleau en bandeau, and a small rosette on each side. Bows of broad white riband, mingled with pink and yellow, adorn the crown, which is very low. Strings of striped riband float loose. The gloves are of pink kid, and the shoes, which are tied en sandales, are of black corded gros de Naples Fig. 1. Representation of a turban cap, of white tulle, folded in bias, trimmed with white gauze riband with satin stripes of yellow, and ornamented with small fullblown roses. Fig. 2. A Promenade hat of Leghorn: the riband which trims it has scarlet and blue stripes on a white ground. FRENCH DINNER DRESS. This costume, which is intended for family re-unions and small dinner-parties, is of fine India muslin, richly embroidered over a broad hem, which is finished en lan guettes. The sleeves are à l'imbecille, confined at the wrist by a low ruffle. The body of the dress is quite plain, and made high, with a handsome full double pelerine of fine lace, which is left open in front. The head-dress is a hat of white chip, trimmed under the brim with aurora-colored riband, and crowned by double garden-poppies of straw-color, striped with blue. A veil of white blond, turned back from the face, is added. A double ruff of lace encircles the throat, and fastens in front with a bow of riband. Half boots of satin, and a sash edged, and figured with corn flower-blue, complete the dress. MONTHLY CALENDAR OF FASHION. NOTHING is at this season so much admired for an out-door envelope, as a rich oriental shawl; but when the weather is mild, a high dress of fine Merino, or even of chintz, with a muslin pelerine richly embroidered, and trimmed with lace, is more in vogue for the morning promenade. The sleeves of the pelisses are extremely wide; it is true that this is a fault which can very easily be remedied; but, without being endowed with the gift of prophecy, we can foretell the speedy downfall of these deformities in dress; they are now so common, that they are seen on females of the lower and vulgar class. Pelisses of slate-colored gros de Naples are much in request: we have seen one which was elegantly trimmed with fringe, and made in the tunique style. Round the throat was worn a narrow ruff of tulle; and a pelerine-cape was bordered with the same fringe as that round the skirt of the pelisse. Leghorn bonnets are still worn in the morning walks, with ribands of some dark, yet bright color, and a very full ruche of crape at the edge. These bon |