New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-07

u podford appearcd for last time as the hinchh
and then surrounded by crowd OF ms 9d rieas ~, a h
professional associates the vbicb deeply touched the
hearts Of all who heard u. e,
Mr. Sotbern.-who has made large fortune
byacng Lord Du"dreary IN he nnaop agent of Mel
bourne theater. the eNpediency Vi LIT o,s NV way
~, To- ,raduollv dawnng me that AUSTRALIA Won
come 10 me- 80 must go to Australl h'e, ndere6
child-say or 10 years go had one or two communi
cations from managers there but their views anu NM
about terms, were-natuthhy %een about Increased
pices for Charley Mathews has rather seI;
To render the speculation was absolutely neces-
sary hut II he Whose reputation Is ih yonid
Snrn,1e of merely promising young actor IKE myssn'
Seriously, | don't see my way clcaI. o., narf
i've lois of dear friends in Austrana. III par I
owner of six or seven ships that sail to Australia ana
9 an uncIe buried i'm Australia Could man have
ro,t@r inducementsf But the terms! An, there's inc
s,itor In The first place should ose good 6 weeks
IN the TO and no Iaat o That nou3t has
10 be considered when making an engagemen,, tor
leave a certainty here 70 run FISK Oh an "a M b tbi
certainty there The public has nothing 20 90 WIN UNI
yon'lI saw but have and, as mine IL the risk 80 a
naturally anxious to lessen that risk as mucn az possible
ergo unless way to- pr9DaDlly vi maainS
three times IA much in Australia IA can 40 IN bhgahu
should be unwise in leaving home: The inference you
will doubtless draw is that require alSo MgnI sur
for a STIPULATED number OF performances with reason
able security before start or clear hayes 9I g0 I'll IT,
ceips playing only In sch theateIs AZ WIN nop i "a
500 I've given you the firstly NY secondly i,s
should have wife and four nte ones no Urine
to dOmosic''ed fellow Ike yours '"fsr a. i5orHrRs"
Mr.. Mathews has sent home letter from
Australia in which he gives an amusing aecou. o .he
magnificent distances which prevail there ana Oh tne
disr omforts of maritime travelling. The following ex
tracts may please theatrical readers; ,,.-.,..,..
took my berth to Melbourne, ana sald tOeVeryp0uy,
in iaunty sort of way going to Australia, just
as had often said am going to the Continent OF 10
tLought that on landing In Melbourne was mere ana
lie thing was done; but found out my mistake
Hrre-that IS in Austrai-I mean in the same sense
that on arriving Paris. should be in France or az
tude | found at that was only In victoria anu
that sydney Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart Town, and
Auckland, involved separate voyages, necesSilatln9
most disagreeable and tempestuOus trips, IN sha
steamers, OF from four or hye days 10
New South Wales, Tasmania, NewLealand, Queens
land, &C., &C. much apart as n they were eou
tries altoge Their independent Of each other TINS was
blow thought, after our voyage OF 10000 niles thas
we had arrived and had only to visit various cities a
short distances from each other as should pass from
one Provincial town to another in England Inc iacJ 49,
that never having any idea Of going to Australia at al
the trouble 10 inquire anything about it, and dubbed III
my mind all these lying somewhere together at
IN an way united these various places were not oy 9
miles apart but were separated In every c9heeiy
able way different governments, jealous Oh each
other aud divided in feeling IN manners ana IN pros
poets though they were foreign countries having no
sand miles OF agreeable sea voyages before we snail naye
accomplished Tasmania and wZealand. " You 20 10
sydney to Auckland, Is. believe me he
nearest route. How far il tF "A NIUE
under 1900 miles" "Oh is that all o. You must not
fail to go 10 Dunedin yOu will do well there How ir
from Auckland % (" about 1000 mes-only week ;
voyage; but IL a nasty coast" "Thank you I'm sure
shall enjoy IT," "Odtika will pay well also about
another l 100 miles, but you must take care TO get
good boat the reefs there are very dangerous On.
that's nothing; tbs pleasure or having once l9tteIs
addressed Thcater Royal, Okitika, would be somethlhg
and we should be on our way back 10 AuekaId a.,
Exactly not more than, say rye days anothsr ~
mesl and so on, and on After New Iealahd 10 De
sure il il only short trip OF 10000 TO san Francisco
taxing about 20 DAYS for the voyage, and then, afer
tour in the United states, hope, with the exception o
the patry 5000 more Of sea from New YORK 70 LeIPoo
We Shall have "a month or two on dry land