The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-12 00:00:00

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL 1T.E.1115.

Miss Fanny Gwynne appears in the Christiovo
burlesque at the Haymarket, which is entitled 11
Frightful Hair."
Miss Lucy Rushton, Miss Maria Simpson, It;
G. Jordan, and Mr. Coghlan, join the company
the St. James's Theatre.
Mr. Desmond Ryan, the musical critic, died °LI
the 7th inst. of disease of the heart.
Mr. John Brougham has completed hie a
theatre in New York. It cost $50,000 dollars, 10
it is said to be one of the handsomest buildings
the great city.
;II be
Miss Hazlewood's Christmas offering "1,103
Planche's splendid burlesque, " The Fair Una
the Golden Locks."
Mr. Guiver, the treasurer, and Mr. Addison 14liti
nounce their benefits at Drury-lane on the 17th s'
18th inst. respectively. lesf
There is a fierce contention going on in the
the
courts in America with respect to the right to
great sensational effect in " After Dark." er
An attempt to rob Mrs. Howard Paul a-f
jewellery, at Worcester, last Wednesday, forvto,
nately failed.
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Miss NeiLson appears in Dublin on .m.--31

next.
Job°
Mr. Barney Williams has purchased Ntr•
Brougham's last new drama, " The Emerald Si"
the price paid was $2,000. 0
The dimensions of her Majesty's Theatre at the
follows:—Height from pit floor to ceiling illiat;
centre, 63 feet ; from stage to roof over, 7°4; to
basement under stage, 24 feet ; back of sta,,,g-00
curtain, 52 feet 3 inches ; curtain to front O bi 96
in centre, 70 feet; width of proscenium, 40
feet high.

(From the Musical Standard.) jodi'
It is stated that an altercation between two 'A
viduals arose at Rossini's funeral which resulte"
a duel. het
Mrs. Wood, the American actress, the roach 013 e
of the St. James's Theatre, intends as soon 38,003
becomes possessed of the property to enlarge
reconstruct it. N tfl°

A new theatre is to be erected at BromPt°l3cor
large houses having been purchased for that
pose in Brompton-row. f the
Mdlle. Cecile Meyerbeer, second daughter °f the
0
late celebrated composer, is about to be inartl,ical
Baron Walburg, a member of the Archoe'°D
Institute of Vienna.
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jo to /1:4

The Horrors of War," an opera beat - IG
enacted on the stage of the Paris Athenee• .„
to be hoped that the public will long believe 1;
truth conveyed in a title not particularlyjoe°°l; of
Ferdinand Hiller has given, before a circa
admiring friends, a very interesting seclit„:oo4o
which he played a number of his own canP°3l-rett.
including one described as a pretty " °Pe
without words."

THE WEATHER IN THE BALTM—An°tbef
gram bas reached the Tyne which does not Ole o°o4
favourable prospect of the north country steatnev4wehsocativAli
from the ice at Cronstadt as the previous one. i"."5,
lingwood, of Shields, which had been cut out
got to a point where nothing could be seen but —1:011),
ward, and had to put back eight miles. It is tboug ore'
the steamers detained in the ice will have to rernli,liat °I)
the winter, as there were 16 dog. of frost at Cronsls
Wednesday.
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