The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-12 00:00:00

HAYMAREET THEATRE.

On Saturday evening a new comedy, by Mr. Tom Tay-
lor, entitled the " Babes in tie Wood," was produced at
this theatre. The title applies to Lady Blanche Rushton and '
Mr. Frank Rushton, who have made a runaway match, an(
find themselves plunged into the horrors of genteel poverty
with the chance of bein g precipitated into genuine pauperism i•
After suffering all sorts of inconveniences, even to incareiert
i-
tion in "the Bench," the young married people obtaitt ti
forgiveness of their parents, and all ends happily. Mir a
Sedgwick, of course, sustained the part of Lady Rushton-.;
and although the character did not furnish her with an y
very novel materials, she brought it out in exquisite styli
The great part of the comedy. however, is that sustainer
by Mr. Buckstone—one Mr. Beetle--a hen-pecked husband
of a lodginghouse-keePer, whose comical sorrows caused I
vehement laughter. Nothing could have been more
ludicrous than the appearance of Mr. Beetle, after his
promotion from boot. cleaner to the office of housemaid.,
looking for his black-lead brush which he had lost, afti-cr
giving the finishing touch to the drawing-room grate. Vali
acting of Mr. Buckstone throughout the piece was the Ter y
cream of comicality, and fairly convulsed the audience wit It
laughter. Mrs. Wilkins, as Mrs. Beetle the • " superior "
wife of the aforesaid Mr. Beetle, acted with great spirit and I
effect. The other characters in the play, if we except that
of the Earl of Lazenby (carefully sustained by Mr. Chip-
pendale), are very thinly drawn, and, in many instances,
beneath the talent of the artistes who had to sustain them.
The great fault of the piece is its extreme length, a defect
easily remedied. At the tall of the curtain Mr. Buckstoneb
announced the comedy for repetition every evening.

TILE ENSUING SMITHFIELD CLUB

CATTLE SHOW.

The ensuing Christmas prize cattle show of the
Smithfield Club is fixed to take place this year at.
the Baker-street Bazaar, on the 11th, 12th, 13th,
and 14th December, and the entries already are ex-
ceedingly numerous. The death of the Duke of
Richmond,who, as immediate successor of the late
Earl Spence:, for many years filled the office of
president of the Smithfield Cattle Club, has caused
a vacancy in that position, and the subject will be
taken into consideration at the annual general
meeting of the club, to be held on the llth Decem-
ber. It is generally believed that the choice of
the club will fall upon Earl Berners, in conse-
quence of the e great attention the noble lord hat;
paid to the interests of the club, not only as vice-
president bat as locum tenons for the late noble
president. Considerable misapprehension exists as
to the proposed removal of the Smithfied Club
prize cattle show from the Baker-street Bazaar.
An impression is abroad that the removal of the
show will take place this year. This is erroneous..
The contract between the Smithfield Club and
Mr. Boulnois, the proprietor of the Baker-street
Bazaar, does not terminate till the Christmas of
1861, and the proposed building for the reception.
and exhibition of the stock at Islington will not
be in readiness to accommodate the show till thti
Christmas of 1862. It will be remembered the.;
some two or three months since there was a great
controversy upon this subject amongst the members
of the club, and that several meetings were held a t
the Freemasons' Tavern to decide the question of
removal or non-removal to the site of Dixon's cattle
lairs in the Liverpool-road, Islington, which was
carried by a considerable majority. Tao late
noble president, the Duke of Richmond, expressed
himself adversely to the removal, in a letter which
was read at the final meeting presided over
by Lord Walsingbam ; whilst Earl Berners,
who was also absent upon that occasion,
expressed his written concurrence in this proceed..
ing. It is mot improbable, therefore, that
there may be same contest upon the point at the
annual general meeting of the club in reference to
the election of president. It is stated that an opi-
nion has strongly gained ground amongst the mem-
bers of the club that it will beimpolitic to move the,
locality of the show, and more especially to a district
so far away from the central and fashionable end
executed
se which,lves
of town as Islington. It is believed, however, that
the change of ,opinion, if it has taken place, has
come too late, Its it is understood that the deeds and
upon certain
conditions,
the
to the limited
liability company who are to erect the building at
Islington for a period of twenty-one years.
r club bind
themselves byra

Gounod's " Faust" has been withdrawn from the
list of operas tc, be presented at Covent Garden during the
present season,