At the dosing of Drury Lane on Saturday night, Mr.
Anderson made an affecting valedictory speech on his want of encouragement. One of his topics of complaint was the coolness of the press. Indeed, the com- ments of newspaper critics on his management were seldom enthusiastic ; but it is also true that on the part of the management little was done to excite enthusiasm—the complaint was about as reasonable as that of a man who should find fault with his kettle for not boiling when he had put no combustibles in his grate. Mr. Anderson also referred to the com- petition Of " three foreign theatres,"—apparently forgetful of the fact that all thew theatres have been open at this season for many years, and that he came into the field with a full knowledge of their existence. The undertaking' at Old Drury seems to have been a failure ; but the hopeful about large houses are consoled by the assurance that the "battle of legitimacy " will be fought again next year under the same auspices.
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