Cht Quarto.
Our list of London English Theatres is now complete. The Lyceum, which remained closed the longest, opened on Monday last, And general. contemplation may take the place of expectancy.
Really we have a goodly number of theatres to look at. There is. Drury Lane, devoted rather to Pegasus than to the Muses; there is the Lyceum, apparently contenting itself with small efforts, but only crouch- ing by way of preparation for a grand spring forward at Christmas; there is the Haymarket, anxious for a successful novelty ; there is the Adelphi, which alwaye thrives whatever it does ; there is the Princess's, studious to relieve the ponderous glories of Sardanapalus by some drama of lighter: cast ; there is Sadler's Wells, where Mr. Phelps wears the ass's head to such good purpose, that it becomes, like the Athenian owl, the symbol of wisdom ; and lastly, there is the Olympic with Mr. Alfred Wigan as its commander and Mr. Robson as its figure-head. And all these are theatres within the limits of ancient prescription, reached without excessive wan- derings to the East, to the South, or the North-west.
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