The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-15 00:00:00

GLOBE THEATRE.

After having been most brilliantly decorated, this
favourite theatre has been opened for a winter season,
under the direction of Miss Alley ne. The manageress
has secured the services of a good company, the stage
arrangements have been placed in the hands of Mr.
Walter Lacy, a sure guarantee that all the pieces will be
produced in the most complete and effective manner.
The entertainments now nightly given consist of a lively
farce entitled " Board and Residence," Shakespeare's
"Taming the Shew," in which Miss Alleyne sustains the
part of the dashing, headstrong but, in the end, obedient
Katherine, and Mr. Fairclough that of the gallant
Petrucio ; and a brilliant romantic drama, entitled
" Marco Spada," in which Mr. Walter Lacy and the
whole strength of the company appears. Although the
pieces have been repeatedly performed at other theatres,
the splendid manner in which they are mounted, and the
freshness of the casts, give them the attraction of novelty,
and call forth the most enthusiastic applause. The
management has accepted pieces from the pens.of some of
our most accomplished dramatic writers, which are in
active preparation ; and as no pains will be spared to
render the pretty little Globe Theatre one of the most
attractive places of entertainment, the fair manageress
has our best wishes for perfect and complete success,

In consequence of the torrents of rain which have
fallen during the last few days, the level of the waters
of the Loire have risen 20 per cent. above the level of
last month, which was the lowest that had been seen
since the commencement of the nineteenth century.
The equipments of the French infantry have under-
gone some changes. The white gaiter has been put aside
for one of yellow leather. The weight of the knapsack
will also be considerably lessened, as its present weight
of 60 or 70 pounds overcomes the soldier on the march.
A. PRIMITIVE PARISH.—In the statistical account
of the parish of Drainy, county of Elgin, in 1792, is the
following description :—"lt is a singular circumstance
that in this parish there is no lawyer, writer, attorney,
physician, surgeon, apothecary, Negro, Jew, Gipsy, Eng-
lishman, Irishman, foreigner of any description, nor
family of any religious sect or denomination, except the
Established Church.
The War Office is still troubled with rumours
respecting further reductions of its establishment, pro-
bably in anticipation of the estimates of the ensuing year.
It is stated by the Civilian that an addition of ten
years to actual service will now be offered to all clerks.
singled out for voluntary retirement on compulsion,
in lieu of the grants previously made of five, seven,
and ten years, according to length of service actually
rendered.

EARTHQUAKE IN. CALABRIA.--The Opinion e has
furnished an account of the earthquake which has
occurred in Calabria. Up till midday of the sth of Octo-
ber no accident had happened in the town of Cosenza,
although the shocks continued at intervals, and were pro-
longed without being strong. In the neighbouring com-
munes the damage done is very serious. The little
hamlet of Cellara is entirely. destroyed, and many houses
at Stefano have been. demolished. There are twenty per-
sons killed at Vegliatura, and more than thirty at Man-
orea. At Pada, the chief town of the department, there
were no losses but at Rosano, many buildings were
damaged. At 'Cosenza thirteen' houses were destroyed,
and the civic hopital. The inhabitants have camped out
of the place. Great disasters have also occurred at
Catanzaro.