14 OCTOBER 1848, Page 11

Of the many theatres that have recently opened, Sadler's Wells

is the only one at which an attempt at novelty has been made; the term novelty being, of course, extended so as to include revivals with a totally new raise en scene. got-Solar= opened the season, and has been followed by Rule a Wife and have a Wife; which is creditably though not brilliantly per- formed, and amuses the Islington public with its very tangible pleasantries