The Sun. — 1848-10-26 (London, England)

LYCE UM T EIEATRE.  Illy Father did so before me, is the title of a oneact drollery which was produced here last evening, for the debut, at this theatre, of Mr. John Reeve, the son of the John Reeve, "glorious" John of the _,ls.delphi—and as the father did, even so will do the son—mellow down into one of the richest and most unctions humorists that ever set an audience in a roar. He appeared in some of his father's' characters some two years since at one of the minor theatres, and although at that time raw and inexperienced, 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 ear, 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 cf vagaries.because his father did so before him, he was welcomed by repeated shouts of cheering which were divers times renewed, and which lasted several minutes. After a short dialogue with the lady's maid (Miss K. Fitzwiliiam) 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 gallopping 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 rewarded 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 performance. 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 occasion of the visit of the Cabman to the mansion of the Countess is to restore to her Ladyship 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. Fitzwilliatn were called before the curtain, and enthusiastically greeted. The house was crammed to suffocation.  Madras seldom supplies us with much news of interest. One item it does supply on this occasion, of a very painful nature. That is the removal in custody of an assistant-surgeon, Mr. Daubeny, from Khotagherry to the Presidency, charged with murder.  The latest advices from Ceylon, received in Calcutta, indicate the speedy suppression of the insurrection. It will, however, have cost ,money in the transportation of troops, the destruction of property, and the necessary preparations against future disturbance.  From Hyderabad the last accounts were that since General Eraser's return to the Residency he has almost ostentatiously declined any interference in the affairs of the Nizsm's Government, so much so that it was surmised to be the intention to leave affairs to take their ow❑ course until impending ruin should make the interference of the paramount state unavoidable.