27 SEPTEMBER 1851, Page 13

• The torpor which seemed to prevail at Sadler 's

Wells Theatre Knee grasps at an opportunity to show his learning; the other looks wistfully from the poet to the scene-painter. However' we are glad to see Sadler's Wells in its pristine force. Mr. Phelps is the earliest disciple of Mr. Macready in his art of management, and no one has laboured more con- scientiously to elevate the character of his house.