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

Drury Lane Theatre.

Ss°
A very laughable farce, entitled "A YOU 04
from the Country," was produced last night' :$8
satisfactorily answered the purpose for which it the
intended—viz , to occupy the early vieitotS tC,ceo
pit and gallery until the time set for the corntoe;
went of the great tragedy of "Macbeth," wilie"oo
now attracting overflowing audiences. Mr BeiViig,
is the young man from the country, who is
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taken by a sharp lawyer for a man who has late
come into a fortune of £30,000. The consequet;co
is the young provincial is courted and made aj,rice
of, and the pretty sister (Miss Helen Howard) 'la
to lure him to a marriage. The real heir
Jones, who for love of a Miss Lucy Parkins°llA the
guises himself as a footman, in order to avoid
very peppery old father. After a sufficient tube
has been created by these mistakes, And to
young man from the ccuntry has been viathe
bear the consequences of all sorts of blunders,
or
mistake is discovered, and, although not the lof
sessor of £30,000, he is the owner of a far7oo6
£3OO a year, which is quite sufficient to Pure gt
him a pretty wife and no end of enjoynient%
Filzjames, Mr G. F. Neville, Mr Spencer, gisil te
I.,,clercq, and Miss Howard contributed grewAt Itho
the hilarity created by the performance, 80'
curtain descended amidst the loudest applause'

Reported Loss of Captain Semmes' "
Steamer Sea King.
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Yesterday afternoon a notice was posted at 1,1°10).
announcing the loss of the Sea King, screw flt:bAlt
ship, on the rocks near the Desert Isles, off Fill 3-361
on the Island of Madeira. This is the stealuero of
is believed to have been taken up for the servi-ss
Captain Semmes, late of the Alabama. Sll°lloo
fine new vessel, built in the Clyde last Year'njot
has:made one voyage to China, arriving in 1.4c)-00;
two or three months since, with a valuable card ll
the first season's tees. She cleared out from lit
is
don on a voyage, as stated, to Bombay, and told
represented that the Laurel steamer was deePAlift;eo°
out with stores and men to meet her. The •'''',;(li
mail steamer Calabar, which arrived in On)
part of last week, had on board 36 men, vill°o
refused to serve in the Sea King, which wa pi
ported to have had her name changed to th° epd
'modest), and had hoisted the Confederate flit the
that Captain Semmes had been pointed out
eoco
future commander of the steamer. The intellive
of her loss has come from Gibraltar, a neWoP°Potl
that place announcing that the Sea King, Clole6
Cozbett, had been wrecked near the Desert. tAo
and that 42 of the crew had been picked uP 0
boats. It is thought just probable, hoWever .„jele
some mistake may have been made as to tile Tlie
ing up of the boats and the fate of the stoP'of
reported wreck of the steamer and the resetl°,4 es:
hands may be another version of the WI
men who left and came home in the Calabar."
Sea King is stated to have been insured for uP

of £30,000.
Pp. 4
" THE COMING STRUGGLE," LONI)°' 03
NORTH-WESTERN" AND LANCASHIRE AND S:011011,a" cte"
The great fight of the next session will be that 0,11-0800:
with the proposed northern extension of the Great 010 IP
the promoters having secured as their allies this 9004
Lancashire and Yorkshire Compan). The atteMPCio
part of the latter line to obtain access to the MetreVopooe'jr;
as might naturally be expected, be very seriously - JP°
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not only by the Great Northern, but also hY t'veleer
powerful London and North-Western, which WellicloOtllft
seriously interfered with by the construction ad°
competing line for the northern traffic. The i'ci°o3o Irt
North-Western have not only decided to give t,°. toPAY
posal their strongest opposition, but they will e', "°,0007;00t
some lines in the north which will prove to the gr," it
and Yorkshire Railway a very formidable set
any advantage which they may obtain from tile.,i'of
with the Great Eastern. A very large proportith'iotigo
Lancashire and Yorkshire traffic is due to what tetioce'
upon their line by the London and North-Weste—f 08;1
In return, therefore, for the threatened invasion ° ice it:ol+
tropolis, the London and North-Western
support to application for powers to make sane er Poe
will give them direct access to Hartlepool, and,.°,. cot'
of importance in the North-Eastern districts. le'coterilio
rnunication with which they have been hitherto I.
to use the Lancashire and Yorkshire 11'3":$10740
struggle is one which shout Ibe watched with ecie Eter
interest by railway proprietorr, Great iqsuce ri_ro Ara ,tie
vigoro.die OP,
and the contest will be proportionately
nest. If the London and North-W extern obtoincapire obi
pool lines, it will bo a severe blow to the
ortViliviesinetetiltips
Yorkshire. Hither the London and NA cod°
consistently refusedto to associate itself with aljpetit,oo'
lines, but now that they are threatened with oef, ato
the most valuable portion of their business, tPWhsolx
tend that they are fully justified in the eteP
have taken,—.Rgilway 11'ofs.