88 Notes of the Month on Affairs in General. [JAN. 



of them, like conundrums in the Almanacks, soliciting answers from our 

 ff ingenious correspondents." 



Quaere. Who is the very confidential confidant of the late King, who 

 has been so often and so keenly examined before the Privy Council 

 lately ? 



What is the amount of the last three checks signed by the late King, 

 and to whom were they paid ? 



Why did the Marchioness and her husband order post-horses with 

 such expedition, and what sudden illness made them discover that no 

 climate but a foreign one would suit their health ? 



Why has the Lord Chancellor discarded his wig of office and adopted 

 the scratch, or is it in compliment to Jeffery's nationality ? 



Why has Lord Glentworth been made Governor of New South 



Wales in place of General Darling ? Or why has Lady 's darling 



been thus transported in exchange for a gentleman who was nobody's 

 darling but his own ? 



Why has Colonel Fitzclarence vacated the Adjutant-Generalship ? 



Who is to have the Munster peerage ? 



What is to become of the continental Kings in the next twelvemonth ? 



What is His Grace of Wellington at present ? 



Who is Captain Swing ? 



The revival of Lord Byron's rtfacciamento, of Miss Lee's rifacciamento 

 of the German story of Werner, has offered Macready an opportunity of 

 giving the world some variety in his performance. The tragedy was 

 good for nothing in the closet, and is, of course, good for nothing on 

 the stage. But this is no fault of Macready. He shews that he has 

 powers which have scarcely yet been appreciated. Out of the hardness 

 and dryness of Werner he produced effects unusual to the modern stage. 

 He has not a single passage of character to utter, he has not even a 

 single striking sentiment, and yet wherever he appeared he produced 

 strong effect. The truth is, the man has earnestness a quality essential 

 above all others to the stage. He has energy ; and this, we will con- 

 fess, has done wonders even with the dull, and dreamy story, repulsive 

 characters, and common-place language of " Werner." We are glad to 

 see Macready once more in his place on the stage, and only wish 

 him a writer equal to his powers. 



Another performer on the London stage deserves a larger scope than 

 she has hitherto found. Miss E. Tree's performance of the " Jealous 

 Lady," in the little French farce, is so admirable, that it ought to teach 

 the manager of Covent-garden what a treasure he has in his hands. We 

 must not exhibit our gallantry too vividly in the praise even of a lady's 

 looks ; but it is only just to say that in this actress he has one of the 

 most graceful representatives of female grace, elegance, and animation 

 that the stage has seen for many years. Is she yet unequal to Lady 

 Teazle, to Mrs. Oakley, or to any heroine of the higher comedy ? We 

 think not ; and that if well supported by the other characters, she would 

 add greatly to the popularity of the house. In the minor comedy, the 

 only kind which she has hitherto tried, she has no equal. Her Mrs. 

 Mordaunt is capital, and her Swedish Queen, the young Christine, 

 glowing with passion and beauty, is among the most finished and 

 delightful performances on the stage. 



