To the performers, and to them alone, are we indebted for any of the amusement this trifle affords.  Mr. Keeley and Mrs. Waylett were, so far as acting goes, perfection; for never were parts better fitted to them.  There are only three characters in the piece; the third, the hostess of the "Cochon bleu," is very well done by Mrs. Selby.  The persecuting Adolphe (who turns out to be the gentleman’s nephew) never appears upon the stage, for all his rude efforts to get into the lady’s chamber are fruitless.

Such is the prying disposition of the British public, that the house was crammed to the ceiling to see a lady and a gentleman placed in a peculiarly perplexing predicament.

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  As Romeo, Kean, with awkward grace,
    On velvet rests, ’tis said: 
  Ah! did he seek a softer place,
    He’d rest upon his head.

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LATEST FOREIGN.

Several Dutch males arrived from Rotterdam during the last week.  They are all totally devoid of intelligence or interest.

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AN USEFUL ALLY.

  “Crack’d China mended!”—­Zounds, man! off this minute—­
  There’s work for you, or else the deuce is in it!

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“Draw it mild!” as the boy with the decayed tooth said to the dentist.

Webster’s Manganese Ink is so intensely black, that it is used as a marking-fluid for coal-sacks.

There is a man up country so fat, they grease the cart-wheels with his shadow.