Mr. W. DENNIS, as the _Earl of Arlington_, is own brother to the old Peer in _The Bauble Shop_. Perhaps this is a tribute to the representative of the aristocracy at the Criterion, or it indicates with great subtlety that, like Members of Parliament, "Peers are, after all, human--very human," and that one old Peer is uncommonly like another old Peer. Miss EVELYN MILLARD, as the soprano heroine, and Mrs. PATRICK CAMPBELL as the base heroine, look handsome, and act excellently. They take the audience with them as far as the audience will go. As good as they possibly can be in such conventional puppet-parts are Messrs. GLENNY and ABINGDON, the first as the well-intentioned but weak-willed _Lord Dashwood_, and the second as that old-fashioned scoundrel, _Captain Greville_. Mr. ARTHUR WILLIAMS rather suggests Mr. BLAKELEY as the oily, scoundrelly lawyer, _Joshua Honybun_; and Mr. LE HAY gives variety to the entertainment (which is his special line) in the entirely new and original character part of _an Irish Major_, with nothing particularly humorous to say, and nothing at all, humorous, or otherwise, to do. [Illustration: GOOD OLD MELODRAMA MODERNISED. _Lord Glenny Dashwood_ (_to Captain Abingdon Greville._) "Liar and slave!" [_Strikes him. They fight with fists._] Something new in Melodrama is wanted, and Melodrama "all of the modern time" is played out, unless a genius can hit on a new sensation. The Adelphi piece, however, has its advantages, and among these its chiefest is, that it necessitates the taking of light refreshment immediately afterwards. Fortunately, the Adelphi is close to our old friend RULE'S in Maiden Lane, and for this hospitable shelter our party made in haste; and, before the arrival of the crowd of supper-numeraries, gained a table, on which were soon placed appetising and drinkatising oysters, followed by the grateful stout. "Pretty to see," as PEPYS hath it, at the very next table to us, the good hero of the drama welcoming the double-dyed villain, chiding him for being a few minutes late, and then drowning all past dramatic animosities in the flowing bowl. "See how these players love one another!" So have I seen politicians, mortal enemies in the House, hob-nobbing together at the dinner-table of some hospitable Impartial. "And thus it is," said I to myself, said I, "that 'all the world's a stage, and men and women' like to have supper after the play and enjoy themselves generally." So philosophising, we, my companion and I, lighted the pipe of peace--I should say a cigar a-piece--and returned home satisfied with our excellent supper. _Vive_ BAYLISS! BRITANNIA rules the waves, and this is the last month for oysters till the arrival of another month with an "r" in it; but, _en attendant_, there will appear some very small, very sweet, and very digestible lobsters! "_Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle?_" But an indifferent play is well worth a first-rate supper, which may be a shell-fish view, but at all