We took a vapour-bath at the Adelphi the other night
; and having-contrived to insinuate ourselves into the throng that crams We took a vapour-bath at the Adelphi the other night ; and having-contrived to insinuate ourselves into the throng that crams
the lobby,' we were (enabled, by the politeness of the wearer of a broad-brimmed hat, who kindly cocked it on one side for our con- Nrilience, to peep over his shoulder 'at the stage. We discerned in the distend*, a glittering company of fairy-looking beings, among whom. mingled gigantic beetles, grasshoppers, and sundry insects, that came and went, and danced about mysteriously. Anon, a meally moth, on two legs, appears, and flutters round a colossal candle. - Pit, boxes, and galleries roar with laughter ; the human hotbed heaving to and fro with a vibratory motion like a mass of jelly. Some plaintive ditties were sung by a pink-legged, lady. looking Giovanni, who flirted alternately with each of the petti, coated beauties. The songs were very much applauded by the hands of those who could use them, and by the feet and voices of those who could not. We were fortunate to escape from the crowd with our skirts whole, but with the loss of a full pound of flesh. The play- bill informed us. that we had. been seeing a realization of tam nursery poem of " The Butterfly's Ball ;" that Mrs. WAYLETT we the amorous "Butterfly beau, and JOHN REEVE a "jealous Moth:
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