The Lyceum, we regret to say, has started 'with a
stumble. Mr. Wright, once the most stationary now the most migratory of the come- dians, made a debat in his own person, in a farce wherein he discoursed pleasantly of his own vicissitudes,- alluding to recent times when he had little to do for his salary, saying that he felt that position _Desk and So' forth. People like to peep now and then behind the scenes, and this scat of satire was for a while found amusing ; but a piece d'oceasion.in which actors appear in their own proper persons, and which is thexefoxe devoid of all real dramatic interest, should be brief accordingly, unless i$ can be eked out with some fantastic brilliancy, like Mr. Planche's Ascent of Mount Parnassus. This doctrine was not borne in mind by the writer of the Lyceum piece ; and as the story continued long after the joke had left off, the patience of the audience began to leave off too. Never mind! —the ancient Greeks thought an occasional slight misfortune rather s good omen than otherwise, and looked with a feeling oflitirror on unin- terrupted prosperity. It was because his ring was not lost that the, case of Polycrates was deemed desperate, and an old Athenian would have con- sidered that this little slip augured well for the glories of the commencing season.
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