sot sytatrts.
The novelties of the week have not hitherto been important. At the Lyceum, there is a wild, farcical melodrama, bearing painfully con- spicuous marks of its Transatlantic origin, which serves to show the talent of Mr. Watkins, an American actor, in the character of a.comic but heroic negro, who talks like the "bones" of the Christy's Minstrels, and performs deeds that might put Achilles to the test. In other re- spects the piece, which is called the Pioneers of America, is the merest rubbish. At Drury Lane, there is an extremely flimsy fame, called Cherry and Blue, cleverly adapted from the French, and exhibiting Mr. Charles Mathews as one of those inexcusably faithless husbands who are always popular in Paris. However we find, in all directions, manifest signs of increased theatrical activity. Tonight the Princess's Theatre will open with the celebrated M. Pechter, in the new capacity of an English actor, as its principal "star." A translation of Buy Bias has been made for his diblit. On Monday, Mr. Wigan will open the St. James's Theatre, and inaugurate his new management with an original comedy by Mr. Tom Taylor, and the revival of Mr. Planche's King of the Peacocks. A new comedy at the Haymarket, and a series of French performances, are likewise loom- ing in the not very remote distance.
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