The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-20

nclent numbers to enable them to resume that
Orancn ol thelr business, the other builders might
open their doors to painters who would on in nnder
the new agreement; and So also Syitb otbar
branches of the trades. This would be a fair in
depreciation to put upon the clause but we are not
In a position to say whether it is one which tbe
Oehtral ASSOCIATION are prepared to adopt
REMlNISCENCE OF ERsKIYE.
-, am told you remember the late Lord Erskipe2',
Remember him well, SIR" was his reply: t'knew
nll I0ng pelore ne was the great that he be-
came. tie was about nine or ten wears NV senior
For long time no one knew who be was az bc
used TO go by the name of the Rampant Madman
Most people were frightened of him and mothers
their naughty children. TIl send for that mad
gentleman, they used to say He never staid long
at a time, but he paid us a visit pretty often 8
.n nat Gid ne DO, that people thought him mad p
DO, sir Why, he would stand at the very adga
OF the chf, where the flagstaff now stands and
tak by the hour-sometimes for two or three hours
t1getner. And SO loud would he speak at times,
that you might hear him quarter of a mile off bi9
rignt arm moving above his head and his left hand
elencnea hrmly on his hip" (The old man stood
up ana initiated the great orators attitude
H. az 10y. low water ne would go and stand on those
plack rocks out yonder, and talk seemly to the
waves When he once began, he never stonnad
till 1t was all over, and have seen tba nersppia
ton running down his forehead even in cool wealth
er' lie never Kept his hat on while he was sneak
ing; out as soon as he done he would put Il on
and sometimes laugh heartily. He used to taiR
ike man who had something on his mind which
ne couid not dlVulge to his feow-creatures; and
yet he dld not seem to care who heard him sneak
and several other young men have baaD within
SIX OF seven yards OF him, and although he saw
u.s. he took no more notice of US than if we had
been parcel of sticks or stones and went IN toll
ing just the same. He had been down here off ond
on, Tor more than two years before it was known
that he was the famous barrister ErskDe. and then
IL was only by an accident that we knew he was
not mad" ~
'HowY' .'On one Sunday afternoon he BROUGHT
down with him young gentleman of about TWEEN
~ years OF age who walked about the pier while
Mr. Ersklne was making a speech out on the rocks
one OF the men on the pier remarked to the Young
gentleman What pity that such fine man, and
such pleasant spoken man, when he is calm
should be so mad? Whereupon the Young gen
teman roared with laughter, and then let the cat
out of the bag, by saying who his friend was II
was afterwards that and several others then here,
butnow gone to their account, came to know him So
We'll ana Light merry gentleman he could be,
TOO. LORD bless us, siri swift as time flies II
seems only as Yesterday that he would come
down here, and say to u.s. as he mado
his way down to the elf, with his
hands in his breeches pocket and WALKING Iila %
sailor, Che had been in the navy. Won En1H, si
Come along my lads, and be the iurvI am gn
ing to make another speech. And a most beaSti
@ IuI @tlIns IL was 10 liSten to him. One minute he
would make you laugh heartily and the next minnie
he'd bring the water into your eyes bv tha tandeT
way in which he'd allude to a fading flower or a
slckly child. There was one case in particular, /
lShOnDCl' ~ hdS du dCllOn Drought against Mr.
Somebody or other, by a lords eldest son far
carrying OIL the WIFE, 1t was most beautifuI-as
we told him when he asked how we liked it. BIest
II he didn't make out as how the defendant was the
lllused party and not the man as had lost his wife
Expensive as travelling was in those davs FIVE of nc
went up to London to hear him speak that speech in
court, before the judges and the regular sworn iurv
and such crowd as there was of lords and rsntIa1
men, to be sure p e
"And did he speak that same speech ?" asked
"l es IN parts 1t was a little different and some
things were added; but it was, in the main, lust
what he said standing out on them rocIzs vondaT :
There silly pride about Mr. Erskine sir
As soon the case was over, and he was coming
out of court, his quick eve caught sipht of us. and
up he comes, puts out his hand to each of us, and
says: What you here my lads? Well follow
me- And he walked off to the old public house
near the court, called The Chequers and orders
two bottles OF port wine for us; and while we were
drinking it, explained TO US how it were not poss-
bic for him to win the dav; and that all the effect
speech would have would be to reduce the damages
He was mighty pleased to hear himself praised and
seemed JUST as proud OF our approval of any
body else's. II don't think sir" continued the
old man, "that Mr.. Erskine felt anv of the fine
things he said in his speeches.
1t was all acting with him; and I'll tell YOU WHY
L think so. One day he was walking aion0 the
sands, spouting poetry out Of book he was learn
ing of it, for he read it over and over again. and
while he was doing so he turned up his ewes shook
his head andstretched forth his riCht hand in sucb
a way that you might have taken him for street
parson. 1t was most serious sort of poetry Ii
was something about Farewell the drums and ffes
the banners and the big guns-and the plumes and
the feathers, cooked hats and swords and the vir-
tuous wars and the fair women-honors decora-
tions and rewards. Oh, farewell everything !
Alas the poor fellows occupations goneP All of
a sudden sir, he shuts up the book cIasns IL undar
his arm, whistles jig and dances gracefully to it.
and remarkably well, too, did he come the double
shuttle. Another time, when he was reading out
poetry, l saw him work himself up till the tears
actually rolled down his cheeks; and now two min
afterwards ot Xr;t oil
the little boys the beach," 'And did Mr. Frs
kline know" | asked the old smuggler, "that at
first you all thought that he was mad ?' eyes,
and was very much amused at it."-Househoyd
Words.
OrrRA TIC Gossir.-In London the opera season,
unlike the custom in this city, exists only in sum
mer, the most brilliant period extending from Nav
to August. There have been during the season
just closed two Italian opera companies PLAYING in
LondOn that at the Drury Lane presenting the
most attractive features and being the more demo
cratic, as the prices ranged from two dollars down
to twelve cents, while at the Royal Italian Opera
(the aristocratic house) the cheapest place in the
highest gallery is siXty-three cents and the pit
tickets two dollars and sixty-three cents At the
Italian Opera in Paris the cheapest place is eighty
cents. At the Italian Opera in Nice seat can be
obtained for four cents. At the Pagliano Theatre
(grand operal at Florence the upper tier is ten
cents, and the parquette of most Italian theatres is
twenty cents. In New York one may visit the
opera for from twenty-five cents to two dollars for
single seat
During the last season at the Drury Lane, Lon
don, Mr.. Smith, the lessee, has given eighty-four
representations consecutive nights, fourteen diff
ferent operas having been produced. Although his
expenses have been about one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars he has been no loser and was per
fecty satisfied with his appeal to the people for the
support of frst-class Italian opera at low prices
The different operas brought out Fauorita,
LucreziG, Lucia of Donnizetti; Somnambula Norma
OF Bellni; 7roratore, frdridd, Rigoleto, Sicilian
Fespers, fVerdi;the BdrLiere of Rossini; Don Clio
raun q Mozart. q
rd, of Balfe and the GirameRto, OF Mercadante the
last proving adecided failure. Among the company,
Piccolomini, Grazian, Marinn and Badiali are we'll
known here, the other stars being Fitens Gardueci,
Giuglni, Mongini. Sgnor Ardt and Julius Bene-
dict were the conductors. At the Royal Italian
opera, which has also closed for the season. the
chief novelty has been the production of Meyer
beers new opera, lie Pardon dc Ploermel The Lon
don Times has the following about Verdis new
opera, the Sicilidn Yespers:
"Though it appears somewhat heavy and spun
out, 1t is enriched with many Of Siguor Verdis hap
pest thoughts. Instance among others the fete,
with Its spirited tdraRted and pretty unaffected
chorus, Del placer savanna Fora, in the barca-
ro4e style (act H. the whole ofthe music to the in
cidental ballet of the -Four Seasons The duet Tor
Helene and Henri; the quartette with chorus oi
monks Ode profundis), and chorus oil women
soliciting mercy for the heroine and patriot, con
demned to execution act 1.-THE most Ingenious
example of concerted music in the OPERA the bridal
sono of Helene fHerce diiette dmiche, orayura
in 6oero measure and accent (whlch maze the tor-
tune of the opera in Paris); and last, not least,
the tenor romance for Henri, La breEad teggto,'
scf t We sH than which Signor Verdi has invented no
more graceful melody. The oftener these are heard
| the more likely they to be popular. In short,
il NAV reasonably be concluded that the Vesprt
Siciliani will maintain its place among the best
oper as of its composer
Parodi with her opera company will appear in
Cincinnati on the 22d. They say she has accumu-
lated a large fortune and contemplated retiring
from the stage last spring, until seized with the
ambition to become an opera-manager as well as a
prima donna.-Epening Post.