The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-26 00:00:00

LY CI UM THEATRE.

lily Father did so before me, is the title of a one-
, act drollery which was produced here last evening,
for the debut, at this theatre, of Mr. John Reeve, the
ion of the John Reeve, "glorious" John of the
.mdelphi—end as the father did, even so will do the
son—mellow down into one of the richest and most
unctious humorists that ever set an audience in a
roar. He appeared in some of his father's charac-
ters some two years since at one of the minor
theatres, and although at that time raw and inex-
perienced, and evidently unused to the stage, the taste
he then gave us of his quality was sufficient to prove
that he was "a chip of the old block." Since then
lie has been practising hard in the country, and last
night he entered upon his first regular metropolitan
engagement. He is very young, and his physical
frame is as yet scarcely developed, but he is built
upon the scantling of his father, has the same merry
twinkle of the eye, the same rich comic expression
of feature, the same fat chuckle of self-satisfaction,
the same musical car, the same clear voice, and the
same agility of limb that his father had before him.
When he appeared last night in the garb of John
Trot the cabman, who indulges in all sorts of vaga-
ries:because his father did so before him, be was wel-
dcoivmeresd
times
es
renewed,s and which
ho u t s o f
cheering
lasted severalwhichwere
minutes. After a short dialogue with the lady's maid
(Miss K. Fitzwilliam) of the Countess, in whose
drawing-room the scene is laid, and which gives time
to Mr. John Reeve to collect himself and to become
better acquainted with his audience, he sings a medley
song, descriptive of the humours of a Greenwich fair,
in the course of which he imitates a tightrope dancer,
a wild-beast showman and a great circus-rider gal-
lopping round the circle, in a style that was worthy of
his father in his best days. It was indeed John
Reeve redivivus. Mr. John Reeve not only did as
his father had done before him, but he did it as
well as his father had done before him—he was re-
warded with an encore, as his father had been before
him—and he very judiciously, as his father had done
before him, repeated only the last portion of his per-
formance. Mr. John Reeve has a musical voice, and
sings well in tune, he illustrates his song with an
infinite degree of grotesque humour, and is far and
away the best comic singer we have at present on
the stage—a John Parry in action. The occa-
sion of the visit of the Cabman to the man-
sion of the Countess is to restore to her Lady-
ship a favourite paroquet which she has lost,
and as the price of its restoration he demands a kiss,
which, after much trouble, he obtains, and restores
the paroquet, who, much to the lady's annoyance,
screams out on every occasion, " Who kissed the
cabman ?" Mrs. Yates, no doubt out of respect to
the memory of her old friend the father, condescended
to appear in this part, in order to assist at the debut
of the son, with the success of which she must be
highly gratified, and more especially as it is a success
well and legitimately earned—one which will last,
and which will at no distant period, place Mr. John
Reeve in the same rank among our comic actors as
" his father held before him. At the conclusion
Mr. John Reeve, Mrs. Yates,
and Miss K. Fitz-
William were called before the curtain, and enthu-
siastically greeted. The house was crammed to
suffocation.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took walking exer-
cise this morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle.
The Royal Family took their accustomed airings.
Her Serene Highness the Princess of Ilohenlohe
Langenbum visited her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent at Frogmore this forenoon.

Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this
morning, his Royal Highness was accompanied by Sir
Robert Peel, and attended by the Earl of Listowel,
Captain the Hon. J. Denman, and Colonel Seymour.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening,
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her
Serene Highness the Princess of Holienlohe Langen-
burg, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cuttenharn,
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Caroline Murray,
Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess Har-
dinge, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir
George Couper, and Mr. Glover.
The band of the 2d Life Guards attend during
dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards
attend in the Castle.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign Office. It was attended by Lord John
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir Gorge Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Earl of Auckland, the Right Ilon.
Labouchere, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanri-
carde, and the Earl of Carlisle.
The Council sat three hours.

Mr. Purdy had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday. Mr. J. A. Jackson had also an interview
yesterday with his Lordship at the Colonial Office.
Mr. Hodges had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday at his official residence in Down-
in;;-street.
Viscount Jocelyn had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Howe Office.

CHART OF TIIE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1848, DT
CHARLES E. BERNARD, C.E.—We have here upon
a single sheet, properly methodised and arranged for
reference, the whole of the provisions of the Public
Health Act of last session. Mr. Bernard is entitled
to the thanks of all those to whom time is an object,
as by means of his chart any of the provisions of the
Act may be ascertained at a glance, thus obviating
the necessity of turning over the leaves of the Act
itself and searching for a quarter of an hour, perhaps,
for the provision required. This chart should form
part of the " paper hangings" of the office of every
solicitor, architect, civil engineer, and builder.

On Tuesday evening a large party of the National
Guards visited the Colosseum, Regent's-park. They
appeared to be highly delighted with the " Panorama of
Paris," and were observed to be pointing out to each
other the different localities of the events, in which, per-
haps, many of them had been actors. An interesting
incident occurred during the course of the evening: the
baud of music, in compliment to them, played some of
the French national airs, and upon these being con-
cluded, they unanimously requested " God save the
Queen;" they stood uncovered, and at its termination
applauded loudly, crying " Vivo la Reiner They
afterwards retired highly gratified with their reception.