The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-22 00:00:00

Drury Lane Theatre.

A very laughable farce, entitled " A Young .01
from the Country," was produced last night'
satisfactorily answered the purpose for which' the
intended—viz., to occupy the early visitors °nos
pit and gallery until the time set for the 000e;id
ment of the great tragedy of " Macbeth,,'
uow attracting overflowing audiences. Mr 13°1111-i6,
is the young man from the country, who is ;I
taken by a sharp lawyer for a man who has iti'ce
come into a fortune of £30,000. The conscqugc)
is the young provincial is courted and made il3rieg
of, and the pretty sister (Miss Helen Howard) t3y
to lure him to a marriage. The real heir is saisi
jonce, who for love of a Miss Lucy ParkiflOPA the
guises himself as a footman, in order to tiv°i;oll
very peppery old father. After a sufficient to
has been created by these mistakes, Ando to
young man from the country has been ma of
bear the consequences of all sorts of blunders, 00
mistake is discovered, and, although not the
031) of
sessor of £30,000, he is the owner of far boo
£3OO a year, which is quite sufficient to Pure jtft
him a pretty wife and no end of enjoynlell„ts
Fitzjames, Mr G. F. Neville, Mr Spencer, N".l/to
Leclercq, and Miss Howard contributed gretia`
the hilarity created by the performance, 0/3
curtain descended amidst the loudest applause.

084
Reported Loss of Captain Semmes'

Steamer Sea King.
• 941
Yesterday afternoon a notice was posted at I:ste
announcing the loss of the Sea King, screw °„`-ehtlf
ship, on the rocks near the Desert Isles, off For 010
•n the Island of Madeira. This is the steateer.oool
is believed to have been taken up for the serlloo
Captain Semmes, late of the Alabama. She 4 stl'
fine new vessel, built in the Clyde last ye,ain'odoo,
has:made one voyage to China, arriving ie J);gotP
two or three months since, with a valuable ca"p'
the first season's teas. She cleared out fro it
it ill
don on a voyage, as stated, to Bombay, All'ater
represented that the Laurel steamer was defeirie,
out with stores and men to meet her. The fi'eorlfi
mail steamer Calabar, which arrived in Oleo ovi
part of last week, had on board 36 men, oce
refused to serve in the Sea King, which g 8
refused
ported to have had her name changed to tl3O
nandoab, and had hoisted the Confederate 0100"
that Captain Semmes had been pointed
future commander of the steamer. The intellert!,
of her loss has come from Gibraltar, a nevOt-apto,`"
that place announcing that the Sea King , Piro
Corbett, had been wrecked near the Deserio
and that 42 of the crew had been picked °P r,t130
boats. It is thought just probable, h°vve.lheer,ich'o
some mistake may have bze made as t°
ing up of the boats and the fate of the b-134:0110
reported wreck of the steamer and the resel'-pf the
hands may be another version of the ate, Ili"
men who left and came home in the CalabetV
Sea King is stated to have been insured for tiP
of 1:,30,000,

6P
" THE r
aIIING STRUGGLE," LOW:We-4 afri
N onzn-WEsmot AND LANCASHIRE AND YOILO-itOrd,
The great fight of the next session will be that c°,:ilioteit'o
with the proposed no,-thern extension of the Greg 3 of dio
the promoters having I,,,ecured as their allies tb'° nit 00.4'0
Lancashire and Yorkshir.e Compan3. The atietnr 11,9"),
part of the latter line to obVtin access to the inetr°P:prnt.
as might naturally be expected, be very seriouslYll-0
not only by the Great Northern, but also by d Dela Lei
powerful London and North-Western, which sv°ll.-f 00'00
seriously interfered, with by the construction °330110?
competing line for the northern traffic. The 'De,"
North-Western. have not only de tided to give to,a,Ber,ijt6
posal ther strongest opposition, but they will oocarool
some lines in the north which will p.rove to II: 1)06 1:10,
and Yorkshire Railway a very for idab.le se",,,°o
any advantage which they 13
obtain € -011
with the Great Eastern. Atavaeyrylatge I:tops'ir.lii°olll7:°vlttl;
Lancashire and Yorkshire traffic is duo to vvii°
ZbQB C'
upon their line by the London and.North-
westeP i ie
In
return, therefore, for the threatened invasio„gia
tropulis, the Lyndon and North-Western v"irrieollcr
support to application for powers to make sore° 7130 r rd./
will give them direct access to Hartlepool, eucliff lb° 'IA WI
of importance in the North-Eastern districts, i-0001)-00
munication with which they have been hither° or. „le
to use tho Lancashire and Yorkshire sicl6f-so
struggle is one which should be watched viitll:;:atfesr:,
interest by railway proprietors, Great 15(010 0 ao"
Tigorolitteipy
and the contest will be proportionately
nest, If the London and North-Westernobtalll pbi
pool lines, it will be a severe blow to North'sesto,4
Yorkshire. Hitherto the London and ~v cot Do:
consistently refused to associate itself with ev;
lines, but now that they are threatened with c°",ifiv
the most valuable portion of their business, tti°;;Jxieh
tend that they are fully justified in the steP
have taken.—/ZaWaY Netts.

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