Theatres.—There are altogether in London a large number. Of these the following are the principal:—_Her Majesty’s Theatre_, on the western side of the Haymarket, is the original of the two Italian Opera Houses in London; it was built in 1790, on the site of an older theatre, burnt down in 1867, and re-built in 1869. It is occasionally unoccupied. The freehold of some of the boxes has been sold for as much as £8,000 each. The Opera Season is generally from March to August; but the main attractions and the largest audiences are from May to July. The _Royal Italian Opera House_, occupying the site of the former Covent Garden Theatre, was built in 1858, on the ruins of one destroyed by fire. The building is very remarkable, both within and without. Under the lesseeship of Mr. Gye, and the conductorship of Mr. (now Sir Michael) Costa, operas have been produced here with a completeness scarcely paralleled in Europe. When not required for _Italian Operas_, the building is occupied usually by an _English Opera_ Company, or occasionally for miscellaneous concerts. The _Floral Hall_, adjoining this theatre, is occasionally engaged for concerts. _Drury Lane Theatre_, the fourth on the same site, was built in 1812; its glories live in the past, for the legitimate drama now alternates there with entertainments of a more spectacular and melodramatic character. The _Haymarket Theatre_, exactly opposite Her Majesty’s, was built in 1821; under Mr. Buckstone’s management, comedy and farce are chiefly performed. The _Adelphi Theatre_, in the Strand, near Southampton Street, was rebuilt in 1858; it has for forty years been celebrated for melodramas, and for the attractiveness of its comic actors. The present lessee, Mr. Webster, has the merit of having introduced many improvements for the comfort of the audience. The _Lyceum Theatre_, or _English Opera House_, at the corner of Wellington Street, Strand, was built in 1834; it was intended as an English Opera House, but its fortunes have been fluctuating, and the performances are not of a definite kind. The _Princess’s Theatre_, on the north side of Oxford Street, was built in 1830; after a few years of opera and miscellaneous dramas, it became the scene of Mr. Charles Kean’s Shakspearian revivals, and now resembles most of the other theatres. _St. James’s Theatre_, in King Street, St. James’s, was built for Braham, the celebrated singer; it was a losing speculation to him; and although a really beautiful theatre inside, its managerial arrangements have been very changeable of late years. The _Olympic Theatre_, in Wych Street, Drury Lane, is small, but well conducted and successful. The _Strand Theatre_, near the Olympic, has been remarkable for its burlesque extravaganzes. The _New Globe Theatre_, Newcastle Street, Strand, and the _Gaiety_, 345 Strand, and lastly the _Vaudeville_, (for comedy, farce, and burlesque,) near the _Adelphi_, are all of comparatively recent erection; so are the _Court