The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-25 00:00:00

GLOBE THEATRE.

On Saturday a burlesque extravaganza 0
Reece, entitled " Brown and the Brahraie',oo
Captain Pop and Princess Pretty Eyes," wag root
duced here, and met with perfect suc:tess. The ibat
of the trifle is neither new nor original, but
nowadays is not considered of much imPert:
provided the original idea is old enough to intv'ao
emne nearly forgotten. It is over thirty le3r,flwal
since the farce of the " Illustrious Stranger',,roie
performed at Drury-lane with Liston as neery of
Bowbells, Harley as Gimbo, so the working 11; be
the humorous idea contained in that piece e3:11,0r1
excused. Mr. Reece has accomplished his te'stoll
effectively, and the extravaganza goes remer'o3oa
well. The fun all proceeds from the Pr°,P„,,, ao
marriage of Brown, a cockney, shipwrecken "we/
Island subject to the rule of a Brahmin r
with the daughter of the aforesaid triage
potentate. Brown goes in at once for the Met' ido
but when he finds he is to be buried with tbteopce
of his young heart's loudest affection be firightg
repudiates the agreement, and talks about hie All,
and privileges as a true born Briton. 4,600
however, is made happy by the recto beep
of the princess to life, whose death "shad,
but a pretence to frighten away the be reo
Brown, who by chance stood in the way ef,ttaiped
lover of the lady, Capt. Pop. Mr. Clarke e"*" gag;
the part of Brown very humorously, and Misie
gie Brennan, Miss Hughes, Miss Clara Tbc°,titt°'
Miss Laura Morgan admirably filled the otbefrxe
The scenery is very beautiful, the dresses a llp
perb, and altogether the trifle is so well aea pug
morously done that it will secure for itsel!, 0111
and successful run. Mr. Byron's oonledi
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Success" continues in a course of uninterra;ocel.
cess, and nightly attracts very crowded anal
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SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—This 1-rfortelin-0,
issued a specially interesting programme for I"'It
at Exeter Hall on Friday next, ;the 29th inet•notori",
prises the overture to Hander's '6 Occasions'
r;
three works by Mendelssohn, viz.:—" 1-'9l-,olol,°:er
" Psalms cxiv. and xlii.," and Spohr's "Lest ,-.ooo'Pip
l'he principal vocalists will be Madame Lee% otle
rington, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Curaod°s,
Lewis Thomas.
,1569 Of.
YO TESTIMONIAL TO Mn. RICHARD to uires
11. P. FOR CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—The testimol2.9:agss.
of
Richard Young, late Liberal member for Cetabburio 01111 e
per
tnd which will consist of a piece of plate of "-to, &II of
upwards of 600 guineas, will take place at Pit,bo Ist
it the Guildhall at Cambridge on Thursday'
February next. ifittiettlis
ASCENSION.—We understand that t..°„,e tto
sought to England by the Megtera, to give tpd /iro();
recent court-martial, are to return to the is,ith pre' ote)
game ship, which will leave England about the fg. Ail ote*
captain Wilmshurst is to return by the nett
about the 27th inst.— United Service Gazette. were I;_v,
THE PORT OF LYNN.—In 1868 dui4 of 5 00,
at Lynn on 88,520 tons of coal and 99,623 tee" wore 0)0
flaking a total of 188,143 tons. In 1867 d° de, SOl,O
on 100,470 tons of coal and 86,671 tons of 0.0000
a total of 187,141 tons. There was thus 1
year in the movement of the port of 1,002 to: fir Ater tera
THE " GREAT WESTERN" BALL.
real sire3,o,o
nual ball in aid of the funds of the Gre3tioo 'OOO
Rail way Widows', Orphan, and Superseo3st.Pl ocier
street.ll af
will take place at Willis's Rooms, King-
1n Tuesday, the 2d of February. The ball :'.risto'oe'
th
jo's tbeworl‘
the patronage of a very large number of
and in order to secure a most brilliant gstV.reoly olda
cutive committee are constantly and energet'
so. 13°.
The stewards on the occasion will be *OOO3AI V
Browning, Longhurst, 8011, Craig, Adkins' boa VlOO cll'
Winter. The celebrated Coote and Tilleelo
bey° of '
in attendance; and from the exertions that °li 00:140
ball of unusual brilliancy seems to be a the e° of t
of
greatest certainty. The object for Which
wortbps
ment is being organised is one that 'b:o eortfrailoa
strongest support, and it is to be hoped t ,bao
the committee will be attended with Were
success.