Mr. PEAKS, one of the oldest and most successful caterers
of thea- trical entertainments—having been twenty years Treasurer of the English Opera-house, and produced twice as many dramatic pieces of one kind or other—is going to venture, for the first time during his long career, on the perilous experiment of a benefit. " Perilous," we mean, as it has generally proved of late ; for in Mr. PEAKE'S case, We should hope, there can be no risk whatever. Mr. PEAKE is a most respectable man, and a very general favourite : his claims, we are sure, will not be overlooked by old playgoers; more especially as all his friends among the actors have come forward to aid him—including those of Drury Lane, by BUNN'S permission—and he will produce a new three act drama of his own on the occasion. The lean state of the Lwow' treasury cluing the late disastrous seasons, cannot but have affected the private exchequer of its keeper; and an overflow, which he may reasonably calculate on, will seasonably repair his losses. The benefit takes place at the Lyceum on the 10th December.
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