The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-05-25 00:00:00

RDUSDY IN A DIFFICULTY.

Aminling to the Ciocinnati Commercial, Mix Itousby
has had an unpleasant experience in that city in rouse-
queneeil the inability of the native artiste to sustain her
in "Twist Axe and Crown." at the Granil opera House.
We am told that on the opening night Miss Helen ,
31i:thews we.. 1111 Able to appear as Queen Mary -an itn•
pertant part -whi••lt one of the young ladies had to read.
This w.is atinoyinz. 1,. the first act,and in the tirst, throne
iv, during •' of her waits on the stage,
*a• having a little stage talk' with Isahel Markham
f %Ibis tlara Itareittiorti when the Snanish envoy, Simon
Itinard, e: • on, n•mling hi. part from a hook. Mr. W.
Pani had taken Mr. J. C. Strong's part, :mil had to real
it. Thb: substitution appeared to strike 31r5. !titulary with
surpri-o anger. Al the end of the tied ant Mrs.
Ron.),y appeared Islore the curtain unattended. She was
evidently lesoiring under great excitement, for her voice
r.sin began to tremble, and her hands to work nervously.
But what she add was dingle* heard. It was this :-
1;01(1.4111'11MA 1.4110 N.--ht is a painful ant one„finnen
duty to neys.•lf supl to you that I have to perform. But I
must sty soint•thing in explanation of the ,h.gmeeful
treatment I have expenented here. This piece has been
miserably pvisomted, and to-night one of the actors is
drunk, and would not give up his part, and the result you
have *Eva. Is that the way the public of I 'inrinnati is to
1.,. treated Is that the way they treat an English arti3t
a .trati•er here This is a play I lime played a thousand
Ktigli.la audience., with .'efdt, awl before
hew York audiences. I hail wish.l to prodme it here
satjsfactorilV. Otero the fair spe yoke ...minimum,'
to quiver.) You must pardon me if I ahow spirit Hshe was
crying now)—hut I can't help it. I have done all that
I could (immense applause). But this is simply
.h-.h "—(renewed applause).
'it ith this the Ludy retired. But the matter wan not
allowed to drop there. The audience, heartily in
sympathy, devoted hands and feet to applause, until,
bathed in team she again appeared, %Ming her eras, and
bowed her thanks for their iryinpathy. Between this and
the rising of the certain again there were 101U11116 of a
9uarrel on' the stage. balton S voice could Is: heard raised
in anger. The wait between the artn we,, .ind it was
thought at one time that the curtain would not rise again.
BUt it went up, and the second act went on. In the midst
of this art, while Courtney was telling Elizabeth of the
rising in her favour, there was a noise at the lack of them
...ehes being rudelY jostled --luite an interruption. in
fact. This led Mrs. Rouslby to call 'let down the curtain,"
Italtworder we. obeyed, cutting off the set in the first
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" Trehinshun, Belch, 11n7conshire, May 11. Is7S.
with the request made
" Dear Sir Joseph,- -To comply
in your note of April it2nd, is, I am sorry to say, impossible.
I don't understand how a Man can be neuter in such
matters ; to he in possession of a vote and not to exercise
the right of voting, but standing quietly by while others
are working, betrays an amount of indecision and
Imbecility of character which to sue is unaccountable
Mr. (Dun's address is so vague that it isn't worth the
Paper its written on ; let us have scimething we can gran,
and lay hold of; such as I consider Mr. Maitland's to be.
In my humble opinion the farmers are in far better hands
under • Liberal ministry than a Conservative one, although
a at deal was expected frcou them. What have they
_ _ _
I .b.ne worth speaking of for the tenant I Depend upon it
The sentence of death Paned upon the VnUngunman, Sir Joseph, the tenant farmers will be heard in the
Mary Coward, at the late memos, of the central Legislature on the subject of unient.rfahk and also the
I 'riminal Court, has been respited during her sweet,.
7 much-complained question of game. but I cannot, for the
pleasure, life of me, see how the game can be a separate question.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied bY the bulge alt must be a Tenant-Right Bill, otherwise tenant-right
ildinburgh, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Edward
would be a phantom;_ and allow nie, Sir Joseph, to tell
if Saxe-Weimar on Friday went to Portsmouth, to view you, if no one citewin that those tenants of your, that
the ship. ...Ina, about to teal upon the Arctic suffer from the ravages of game will not be your tenants Expedition, lone—they cannot pay their way. 1 say it in all serious.
It is stated at Portsmouth that the Queen will probably neettlthey cannot keep on and pay. 1 anal offend you, no
be present at the opening of the dockyard eXten":", n, don for life, by taking such liberties, but lam afraid
JsilY- The turret ship Inflexible, constructed to carrY an there sno flue that informs you of the true state of things,
eighty-one ton gun, and the finest ship in the Royal Navy. and I beg to add that game, combined with the insolence
will be launched at the Mane time, of gamekeeper*, will do more injury to the Conservative
There is a good story told of Mr. Lowe. He and cause than anything else in the southern part of Breoon-
lb. wife were dining at a friend's, and conversation shire. •I lis
verY Presumptuous of John ?my), to advise
turbed upon the marriage service. The ex-Minister Sir Joseph Bailey, but I'll risk being laughed at, and aay,
ctoicised it as containing some very ill-advised purges. give your tenants the ground Caine, and every facility and
" For instance" be said " what could be more absurd than liberty lo pursue them wherever they may go, ex en into
that • bridegroom without property should declare that he the covers, then you will have good farming on your estate,
endowed his 'nide with all his worldly goods? When I and never will you have cause to regret Wang such a stop.
married" he added, "I hadn't • shining in the world." Leaving it to keepers will not do; they will not kill the
" But thee"chl in Mrs. Lowe, "You had your splendid rabbits.—l am, yours most respectfully.
talents." "Yes ; but I didn't endow you with them" war "JO= P• 1111%
the menet nob. guy 3.5. Balley. Glum* Park.'