We have now reached the very dullest point in the
English theatrical season. The Adelphi company continue their performances at the Hay- market Theatre, but of course no novelty is attempted there. The New Strand enjoys a monopoly in its district, and rests on Mr. Mark Lemon's drama as a piece de resistance. The theatres over the water flourish, like the Adelphians at the Hay- market, without peculiar novelty of production. At the Surrey, there is the wonted "Opera season," with an emulation of the Covent Garden Huguenots. Astley's adheres to its Indian history and its Moultan. To the out-door and day-light places of amusement the warm weather is doubtless propitious. Cremorne rejoices in its chivalric representations; Vauxhall in its balloon, and its young Hernandez the equestrian, who may be compared to a balloon for his lightness.
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