13 AUGUST 1853, Page 12

When an audience bas received a good five-hours entertainment, it

has certainly recovered the value of the money paid at the doors ; and if the manager chooses to devote a sixth hour to dramatic recreations, it may be looked upon as a sort of gift-horse, into whose mouth it is not fair to look. Hence, though a farce, on the subject of the Cab Strike, pro- duced last Monday at the Adel hi, was probably one of the worst farces ever written, the public suffered no wrong ; for a melodrama, a spectacle, and a good farce, had been already enjoyed, and the moment when the novelty commenced was close upon midnight. Surely the actors have a right to alo something for their own amusement now and then !