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

7HEA7'.RICAL AND MUSICAL ITEiILS

Miss Fanny Gwynne appears in the Christ:
burlesque at the Haymarket, which is entitled "
Frightful Hair."
Miss Lucy Rushton, Miss Maria Simpson, i‘jri
G. Jordan, and Mr. Coghlan, join the company
the St. James's Theatre.
Mr. Desmond Ryan, the musical critic, died 4)/1
the 7th inst. of disease of the heart.
old
Mr. John Brougham has completed 11,' d
theatre in New York. It cost $50,000 dollars, 3",
it is said to be one of the handsomest buildings 0
the great city.
;II be
Miss Hazlewood's Christmas offering Vl"' til
Planche's splendid burlesque, " The Fair One
the Golden Locks."
Mr. Guiver, the treasurer, and Mr. Addison 611(i
nounce their benefits at Drury-lane on the 17th an
18th inst. respectively.
There is a fierce contention going on in the 1/:,
courts in America with respect to the right to
great sensational effect in " After Dark." uer
An attempt to rob Mrs. Howard Paul a mv
jewellery, at Worcester, last Wednesday, forts
nately failed.
Miss Neilson appears in Dublin on Mona
next.
Mr. Barney Williams has purchased Mr. u°10:1
Brougham's last new drama, " The Emeraldßjrlg ;
the price paid was $2,000. A
The dimensions of her Majesty's Theatre ar-the
follows :—Height from pit floor to ceiling in -t;
centre, 63 feet ; from stage to roof over, 70 feeto
basement under stage, 24 feet ; back of stage eg
curtain, 52 feet 3 inches ; curtain to front of 13(456
in centre, 70 feet ; width of proscenium, 40 by
feet high.

(From the Musical Standard.)
It is stated that an altercation between two ivi .0
viduals arose at Rossini's funeral which resultis°l
a duel.
heMrs. Wood, the American actress, the pure' Ale
of the St. James's Theatre, intends as soon es -03
becomes possessed of the property to enlarge

reconstruct it. tvi°
A new theatre is to be erected at Brorapton'
large houses having been purchased for that P
pose in Brompton-row. the
Aldlle. Cecile Aleyerbeer, second daughter of to
late celebrated composer, is about to be mar° jeal
Baron Walburg, a member of the Archmolog
Institute of Vienna. be
ko
" The Horrors of War," an opera buffs, is "Iv j,4
enacted on the stage of the Paris Athenee• fr'tbo
to be hoped that the public will long believe i°
truth conveyed in a title not particularly joe()st of
Ferdinand Hiller has given, before a circle
at
admiring friends, a very interesting seance' 05,
which he played a number of his own compo3itri°o
including one described as a pretty " °Pe.e
without words."

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EATHER IN THE BALTIC.—ADOtneh
gram has reached the Tyne which does not give ticiag
f
avourable prospect of the north country steamers 00101'
from the r
ice at Cronstadt as the peviou on. The noeS
liugwood, of Shields, which had been cute out 15 —oleo'
got to a point where nothing could be seen but not
ward, and had to put back eight miles. It is 0100 over
the steamers detained in the ice will have to rernsil'al es
the winter, as there were 16 deg. of frost at Croasta
Wednesday.
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