without fear of contradiction, are among the persons who may be termed the Favourites of Fashionable Society!!!!

Tremble, ye fashionists, for more is yet to come!

"The coxcomb, who has been applauded for his gallantry, and called the tout ensemble of a gentleman by the lady fair, whose fan, perhaps, he may have fantastically returned after a fall, is heard, on the following day, taxing a respectable individual with the utterance of an untruth, for stating an incontrovertible fact."

Eh bien mon ami, quid tum postea? What has this to do with the vices of Fashion? Surely, a gentleman may be allowed to pick up a lady's fan, and return it "fantastically," without offending even so stern a moralist as Scrutator. As to the last part of the sentence about the "respectable individual,” and the "incontrovertible fact," we must confess we are "abroad" as to its intent; but we leave it, satisfied that coming from such a quarter, it must mean something.

"The man of Hauteur, who has humblingly solicited the hand of one of the belle assemblée to a favourite dance; and has bent so low as to stoop to pick up her bouquet that has fallen on the floor; is seen on a future evening in a place of amusement by individuals, not, perhaps, quite so elevated as himself in point of wealthy acquirements, who respectfully pay him the compliment of a bow; but he passes on without condescending to return the honour:-and this is one of the self-styled Elite of his age! A pretty specimen this of a gentleman!-a splendid sample of a man of bad taste, doubly-distilled in the Alembic of ignorance and arrogance."

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The secret is out. Mr. Scrutator has been cut. No man can endure a cut-no man ought to endure a cut-it is a cut beyond the endurable. A fashionable has cut Scrutator" in the streets,' and in revenge Scrutator cuts up the fashionables "in a pamphlet." Cut for cut-all fair-all just-all honourable.

We have bestowed a great deal too much consideration on this pamphlet, which, seriously speaking, is beneath criticism. The few extracts we have made, and we would not soil our pages with more, are amply sufficient to show our readers that Mr. Scrutator is a fool, who is about as conversant with the mysteries of fashionnable society as he is master of the art of writing good English. We are no admirers of the "perfumed exquisites," &c. whom he attempts to satirize, but we beg leave to inform him that it is a task much beyond his meagre capabilities either to reform their vices or chastise their follies. With this we conclude, admonishing him for the future not to think of writing pamphlets till he be perfectly satisfied that he can spell his own name, of which we are by no means absolutely certain. We beg leave to apologise to our readers for having introduced to their notice such a mass of turgid nonsense and pointless trash, alleging, as our only excuse, that we strongly suspect the pamphlet in question to be the joint production of the leisure hours of Colonel Sibthorp and Mr. Kearsley, who have thus amused themselves during the brief cessation of their stupendously arduous parliamentary duties.

THE DRAMA.

COVENT GARDEN.

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This theatre closed on Friday, July 6th, after, what we should have termed, not an unsuccessful season, had not the Monthly Chronicle asserted that Mr. Macready lost money by his speculation. We have no power to contradict the statement, though the crowded houses we witnessed at the commencement of the season led us to believe otherwise. In regard to the last three or four months, the want of patronage has arisen from the neglect our most gracious Queen has been pleased to shew to all British formances, and the decided preference given to foreign entertainments, for unless actors or singers have sallow faces, black whiskers and mustachios, they meet with no favour in the eyes of her most Britannic Majesty. The consequence has been, that the Italian Opera was nightly crowded, while English actors were playing to empty benches; for the public will flock to the place considered the most fashionable, and where the Queen goes there also will go the multitude; and, therefore, most of our best actors are now leaving their native land for America, where they know their talents will be properly appreciated.

Mr. Macready has, we understand, determined, notwithstanding his loss, on continuing the management of this house; and we trust he, in his next campaign, will produce more novelty-sterling novelty-than he did in the past season; for a theatre like Covent Garden it is not probable will answer by alone acting Shakspeare's plays in the beautiful style this lessee has done; but novelty on novelty, and that of the most deserving description, will be the only means by which such an establishment can be made successful.

DRURY LANE.

This theatre closed on the Queen's coronation, after, we should imagine, the most profitable season Mr. Bunn has had during his reign, owing entirely to the attraction of Mr. Charles Kean. With this gentleman's departure the attraction ceased; and how the lessee kept open so long is wonderful; but he wished, we suppose, to close with eclât, and chose the coronation night for that purpose, when the theatre, being open gratis, was, of course, crammed to the ceiling. We trust, however, this was the last dying speech" of the Bunn dynasty.

HAYMARKET.

Madame Vestris, C. Mathews, and Power, have left this house to fulfil their engagements on the other side of the Atlantic, where we hope they will reap golden opinions from brother Jonathan.

The manager, however, has made ample amends for their loss by engaging Mr. Macready, and entering into arrangements with Mr. Sergeant Talfourd for the production of his Athenian Captive. The space between the termination of the former and commencement of the latter engagement, has been filled up by Madlle Celeste and Mr. Hill (the personator of Yankee peculiarities) both of whom are too well known to the public to require comment, while performing in stock pieces; for the latter, however, a new farce was produced on Saturday the 21st, entitled, New Notions. It met with decided success, although merely a vehicle for Mr. Hill's peculiar talent; it has a very slight plot which runs thus. Mr. Ledger (Strickland) a retired tradesman residing at Portsmouth, has promised the hand of his ward, Ellen Woodthorpe, to an old acquaintance, Major, who having lost half his liver and amassed a large fortune in India, is daily expected to return home. On the other hand, as a matter of course, the ward (Miss Cooper) has plighted her faith to a more youthful lover Markham (Hemming). At the commencement of the farce, the youthful pair are contriving a secret meeting, when an interruption takes place by the entry of Major Wheeler, (Hill.) This gentleman has just arrived from "the States" with "New Notions" for everything, and without ceremony introducing himself to Markham, offers him shares in his "New Notions," which are extremely ludicrous. His proffers are peremptorily refused, notwithstanding which he soon discovers Markham's purpose, and agrees to facilitate the marriage or elopement, a mode of proceeding he admires, because it is "going a head;" forthwith he introduces himself into Ledger's house, and being mistaken for the Indian Major, is treated with the greatest civility; he here discovers papers in Ledger's dressing gown, that explain that gentleman's anxiety to marry his ward to the old major; and, using these in favour of the young lovers, they join hands and all ends well. We recommend our readers to see this farce; for genuine comic acting it is a great treat, and Mr. Hill is inimitable.

Since writing the above, Mr. Macready has appeared in Ben Jonson's comedy of Every man in his humour. We are delighted to state that the house was crowded, and the welcome given to this eminent tragedian sufficiently indicates that the public still appreciate genuine merit. There is little or no plot in this comedy, its principal beauty consisting in its faithful delineation of the characters of the day: it requires many and very talented actors, and although some parts, as performed here, we could wish to see amended, upon the whole, it was above mediocrity. Mr. Macready, as Kitely, portrayed all the contending passions of a jealous, suspecting, and irresolute man, with great skill; his interview with Cash, in the fourth act, betrayed a deep knowledge of human character; but subsequently we thought he became too violent: a man, whatever his feelings be, generally

attempts to conceal them from his menials. Miss Taylor had but little scope for acting in Mrs. Kitely. Buckstone hit off Matthew well; and Webster was at home as Capt. Bobadil; we cannot say as much for Hill, who played Stephen; his acting was overstrained, and at the same time weak; he was very imperfect too in his part. To conclude, no part in the comedy was better performed than Brainworn, by Mr. Strickland.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

This theatre commenced its Summer campaign on the 2nd of July. The performances consisted of a new musical piece called Gemini, (the musical portion of it being two ballads, sung by Miss Poole); Blanche of Jersey; and a new farce called Lying in Ordinary.

On the 7th, an opera, composed by Marschner, and adapted to the English stage by Mr. F. Romer, was produced under the title of Rob of the Fen; or, the Daughter's Vow, and was tolerably successful. The drama is by Mark Lemon, and is of the same description as all the dramas of operas-very poor and without plot.

The merits of Marschner's music are confined in a small compass the airs, with the exception of one sung by Seguin, are meagre and without melody, and the concerted pieces are poor, although Mr. F. Romer deserves great credit for the ingenuity he has displayed in arranging them. The opera was well cast, the whole force of the theatre being called into action. E. Seguin is the principal bass, Frazer and Burnett the tenors, and Miss Rainforth the prima donna. This lady improves very much, but is still very far behind Miss Romer, or even Miss Shirreff; she has misled the public into the belief that Mr. T. Cooke was her only instructor, but we think we are right in saying that she is indebted to Mr. T. Welsh for the instruction she has received.

On the 14th was produced a dramatic sketch, in four scenes, called The Queen's Command, written by Mr. William Shaks peare, a gentleman who announces himself as a descendant of the "Bard of Avon," and therefore supposes that because he bears his name, must also be possessed of the great poet's genius. As a dramatist Mr. Shakspeare will never shine preeminent, hist sketch being merely four detached scenes, which did not display the slightest skill or tact in the arrangement. Of his qualifications as an actor we may mention, that he is tall and graceful, and his countenance does not display any great talent; but he may be an acquisition in the walking gentleman line.

A report is in circulation that the Committee of Drury Lane Theatre have found a new lessee. We sincerely wish success to the enterprise, as we imagine no person would have undertaken it, unless determined to proceed on a very different plan from that of the late management.

MUSIC.

Coronation Musical Festival.

Monday the 2nd of July, was the day selected for this grand musical performance. Although the arrangements were not so complete as at the festival in 1834, still they were sufficient to induce a great number of persons to visit Westminster Abbey, particularly as all the fittings and decorations used for the Coronation were left. The great fault in the selection of the programme was, that it might have been curtailed at least one third; but although the company evidently appeared very much fatigued, they were unwilling to quit the Abbey until the conclusion. Mrs. Alfred Shaw, from some unknown cause, thought proper to refuse to sing what had been allotted to her, after her name had been printed in the programme; and we must bear testimony to the great kindness of Miss M. B. Hawes, who undertook Mrs. A. Shaw's share in addition to her own.

The first part commenced with the Dettingen Te Deum, followed by the chorus, We praise thee, oh God, the chief fault of which was, that the chorus was not full enough. Mr. Braham sang, Comfort ye my people, with his usual good taste and feeling.

The fine chorus, For unto us a child is born, was almost rendered a nonentity by the small number of chorus-singers. Miss M. B. Hawes' fine voice was heard with great effect in an air from The Redemption, Where is this stupendous stranger. The Coronation Anthem, composed by Mr. Knyvett, is worthy of this talented professor, and the performers did full justice to it. A selection from Mozart's Requiem, was finely performed by Mrs. Knyvett, Miss Hawes, Signor Rubini and Lablache, and the first part concluded with Zadok the Priest. The second part contained a selection from The Creation, terminating with The heavens are telling, Gratias agimus tibi, (which was moderately well sung by Madame Grisi,) and Beethoven's Hallelujah Chorus from The Mount of Olives. In the third part there was nothing of any consequence with the exception of Attwood's Anthem, composed for the coronation of George the Fourth, and Luther's Hymn, which was very finely sung by Mr. Braham. Grisi and Tamburini treated us with some airs which made the audience feel that our English professors can sing sacred music better than foreigners, and the whole terminated with the chorus, The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.

ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE.

An exhibition has taken place at this theatre during the past month, which reflects infinite disgrace on all parties concerned therein. We allude to the representation of Balfe's opera of