On this page

• Departments (1)
  • 
• Text (6)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    UorEMBEB. 29, 185a] THE LEAD1E. H47

  • 

    THE DKAPER I2T AUSTRALIA. Tke Draper in....

  • 

    THE CLIMATE OF EGYPT. Egypt-: Its Climat...

  • 

    /ft*\ (Ti J. Cfi/i}£ jliXw ^ *

  • 

    In an additional stanza to the song of "...

  • 

    THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES. Miss Dolby...

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    The Northmen In Cumberland And Westmorel...

    lie treads upon at every step he takes , he has been cautious not to set up an hy pothesis , or claim for individual words a Scandinavian origin without substantial reasons . The absence of dogmatism in a matter of speculation always induces us to treat an enquiry of whatever subject with greater leniency , and , in fact , to be carried along with the stream of argument as though conversing with an affable friend . Mr . Ferguson is not equally strong in his proofs or _ inferences everywhere . He establishes , however , his point that a sufficient importance has not been , conceded to the Scandinavian dialect as an element in the formation of our language . It is not to tie p hilologist alone that the present work will prove acceptable . Throughout are scattered little anecdotes of history linking the past and the presentlocal traditions , introducing us bodily to the customs of the old sea-rovers , from whom Mr . Ferguson would hare- us believe the youths of Britain inherit that ' salt blood' which makes them turn , with the steadiness 61 instinct , to the ocean as thnir home—startling revelations of the origin of y ords we have been long familiar with—so that the book cannot , fail to t ) e interesting to the least unit iated student .

    Uorembeb. 29, 185a] The Lead1e. H47

    UorEMBEB . 29 , 185 a ] THE LEAD 1 E . H 47

    The Dkaper I2t Australia. Tke Draper In....

    THE DKAPER I 2 T AUSTRALIA . Tke Draper in . Australia . Being a Narrative of Three Years' Adventures and Experience at the Gold Fields , & c . Freeman . " The * Draper' was leader and treasurer of an emigrant party -which arrived at Sydney in March , 1853 . They immediately started for the bush , with a . horse and cart , arms and provisions , and camped at night , as though they had learned tent-pitching in the Sahara . They saw natives and opossums , enjoyed the hospitality of the scattered settlers , endured the ordinary discomforts of Australian travel , arrived at a digging , took out their licenses , and began their search for gold . For some time none was discovered ; but after the patient labours of many days , the work began to pay , and the treasurership ceased to be a sinecure . Evening after evening , the Draper received the gold dust collected by his whole party , weighed it , cleaned it , and packed it away : — °

    The largest quantity-of gold I procured in one day was fourteen ounces and three-< i narters , troy weight . This was all found within a very small space of ground , deposited about ten feet from the surface , upon the top of yellow tenacious clay . At the end of five weeks , however , his strength failed ; he quitted the mines , exchanged , his dust for money , and journeyed to Melbourne , where , oh the morning-after his arrival , he witnessed the execution of two murderers . His next speculation was in torses ; but , by November of the third year , he had ' made up his mind' that he might prosper at home as well as in a colony , and started for England . Nevertheless , lie adds to his narration a chapter of encouraging advice to emigrants . Two or three examples of this we will select , as to the persons who should emigrate :- ^¦

    The most suitable men for the colonies are those who are brought up to manual labour , whether they intend going to the gold mines , or think of settling down in the bush to pay attention , to any kind of farming . There are a limited number of mercantile men required ; but generally the latter class are too numerous , while the former are too few in number . The mercliant or clerk cannot always find a business suitable ; but the labouring man can , withoutdoubt , find employment . This is not new advice ; but it is neglected by an extraordinary number of persons who visit the colonies in search of wealth and find only disappointment . I would advise persons who feel inclined to go to the gold mines of Australia , not to join any one in England , unless they are tried friends ; and if so , club together oy all means ; but if you have no friend whose character 3 ou well know , leave the choice of a companion till you reach the golden land , as it will be much better not to enter into any engagement previous to emigrating than to risk separation after once beginning to labour .

    This , again , should be told to every ' intending emigrant . ' Indeed , we strongly recommend to that personage , usually so bewildered , a a attentive perusal of the * Draper ' s' homely , but entertaining and intelligent book .

    The Climate Of Egypt. Egypt-: Its Climat...

    THE CLIMATE OF EGYPT . Egypt-: Its Climate , Cliaracter , and Resources as a Winter Resort . By A . Henry Rhind . Edinburgh : Constable and Co . There are many persons who affect to be Platonists , and some who assent to the Platonic doctrine that the best way to treat a man in weak health , is to let him die oft * with all possible rapidity . Mr . Rlnnd objects , and counsels the invalid in some cases to go to Egypt . There have been diversities of opinion on this point , but Mr . llhind takes them boldl y into his programme , and allows that Cairo has its drawbacks , though the river has scarcely one . Not in a hygienic sense only does he treat of the Kile and its valley . Milk and chickens , crocodiles and game , and general topics connected with a Winter ' s sojourn in Egypt come lightly under discussion ; but the main ( j nestion relates to the climate . Is it healthy ? In some parts , and for some

    peaple . ^ Its grand excellence consists in its exquisitely genial equability , comparing day by day , while its grand defect consists in its great , though steady diurnal variation of temperature as between day and night . This defect , however , is mare theoretical than of actual importance in practice . Even at present , with no other habitation than a boat or a tomb , it can be fthttost completely guarded against by avoiding exposure after nightfall ; and Were there houses that invalids could live in for a part of the time in the Saeed , ^ and for a part in the latitude of Cairo , the nearest approach to cumaticaL perfection that the earth can afford would probably be attained . Moreover , the same conditions may he counted on with certainty year after year . '• To a traveller in a climate so warm and delightful , the golden age is no fable . " The natives of Egypt and Nubia scarcely suil'cr at all from phthysis ; the peatilencea that visit tho lower country seldom or never penetrate to a distance of thrco hxindred miles up the valley , and visitations of fitaall pox are now extremely rare .

    In his acute and instructive essay , Mi * . Rhind investigates a number of collateral circumstances , which , in addition to the climate , may bo supposed to act upon the health of tho inhabitants and of travellers .

    /Ft*\ (Ti J. Cfi/I}£ Jlixw ^ *

    € ljt Ms —?—

    In An Additional Stanza To The Song Of "...

    In an additional stanza to the song of " The Young English Traveller , " Mr . Albert Smith thus alludes to the daring emulators of himself who are constantly ascending the White Mountain : — "He nest proceeds to Cliamouni , and up Mont Blanc ae climbs , And , coming ba . ck , of course he writes a letter to the Times ; In fact , he climbs Up anything , without an aim or view , " Because he has a notion it ' s the sort of thing to do . " The most characteristic ' bits * , we think , the ' Patter' song , descriptive of the scenery of the Rhine , into which Mr . Albert S ^ irra concentrates the essence of fifty ' instructive' guide-books ( and makes it a sparkling essence into the bargain }—taking the time at a terrific pace , and . striking put fun and

    wit like fireworks ;—the German verger in the cathedral of Cologne—a perfect daguerroot 3 'pe—the distressingly true and tearful interview between a British Mamma and Miss , overheard from an adjoining bedroom , and retained with a pitiless accuracy ; and last not least , the * Galighani' song , which Mr . Albert Smith turns into a ( very rapid ) vehicle for all the latest news down to * this evening ' s paper , * summarized with a delightful humour and vivacity , not usually to be found in newspaper columns . Whether Mr . Albert Smith is getting a little tired , or not , of his own success , we know not ; certain it is that the public enjoyment shows no syrriptorn . of flagging , and Mont Blanc at the Egyptian Hall ( although the Mountain itself is now only a , point ( Vajypui for the pleasant social satirist ' s tour of observation ) is as much , an institution among us as the Opera . ; . . -. ¦ . ¦ . [ . ' •¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ' ; ¦ ' ' ; - . .-. ¦ ' ¦ . ' " ... ]' . ' ¦ ¦ \' - " - ¦ ... ' /¦

    MONT BLANC . Mbar Blanc reopened , with unabated success , on Monday ; and , this , time , Mr . Albert SanTir , conceiving , as he tells the audience , that he has said enough about the monarch mountain , simply gives the pictures of the Ascent ( which have been repainted , with considerable additions ) , accompanied by music , but not by : any description . The second part of the entertainment ( which is quite new ) takes us to Baden , its . Conversation House , ' and its fair , where the lecturer ( if he can be so culled ) introduces several of his marvellously dramatic and truthful character sketches . There are of course several new views from the bright and glowing pencil of Beverley ; and a new grievance is provided for Edwards , the English engineer , who is seen still looming through that dense mental fog which , steams up from his ovrn brain , and still haunted by the gigantic shadow of a wrong , which he cannot clearly conceive , or make any approach towards describing ; failing which , like Ophelia , ' incapable of his own distress , ' he sings a lugubrious song about a na , utical ghost , with an inco * herent burden of " Rule Britannia" and " God save the Queen . "

    Theatrical And Musical Notes. Miss Dolby...

    THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL NOTES . Miss Dolby has commenced tlie series of Soirees Musicahs which she generally gives at . this season of the year at her own residence . The first took place on Tuesday evening . The frequenters of tlie Olympic were on Monday night entertained by the production of Mrs . Inciibald ' s comedy of Wives as they were , and Maids as they are —one of those singular creations of the conventional days of sixty or seventy years ago . The Haymabket has recently been setting a fashion in this direction ; and , without at all desiring to see revived the exploded stage nature of the close of the last century and the commencement of the present , it is undoubtedly amusing to be introduced to the kind of dramatic entertainment which was considered fascinating by our grandfathers and grandmothers . The

    audience on Monday night , therefore , was well pleased to see Messrs Frederick and Geokce Vinjxg in the characters of Sir William JDorrillon . and Bronzdy the rake ; Mi . Cooke as Norherry ; Mr . Abdison as Lord Priory ; the ever vivacious and charm ing Mrs . Stirling as Miss JDorrillon ; Miss Swan-BOBOuau as Lady Priory ; and Miss Herbert as Lady Mary IlaJJle . The lastmentioned lady is an actress of great promise , and we are glad to record another of L her successes . —On the same night , Mr . Ronsox appeared in one of his strange pliantasmagoxial combinations of pathos and burlesque , a new farce being produced for him called Jones the Avenger . He performs a Mr . who

    Jones , ¦ is under an obligation to revenge an injured uncle ( dead when the piece commences ) , who has been deeply wronged by one Tomlinson Poor Jones fixes on a , certain person of that name ( who of course , is not the right man ) , and tracks him with a fierce , yet hesitating and preposterous , animosity . Two or tiiree times he fancies he has caused his death ; and . then he fulls into a passion of remorse . It is needless to say that the innocent and unsuspecting Tomlinson passes scathless through all these perils ; and the play-goer will easily conceive , -without our telling him , what a wild , strange portruituro Mr . Rouson makes of the vacillating Jones .

    Mr . Dillon has already announced his benefit—rather precipitately , as ifc seems to us ; and on that occasion he is to startle London , with his conception o Othello . Ho has revived the entertainment of a troop of Bedouins—a novelty which does not speak highly for dramatic prospects at the Lyceum . Mr . Emery , who has recently left the Olympic , has taken the Maryle bone Theatiib , where he will commence his campaign on the 26 th of December . We regret to find tha . t Madame Gassier , has caught a severo cold , which has prevented her from singing for a time at Ditunvr Lane . In the emergency thus created , Mdllc . Bkuti undertook the part of liosina at two hours' notice , and gob through her task with much spirit . These unavoidable indispositions are among the most porplexing of a manager ' s troubles , especially of an operatic manager ' s ; and the sudden closing of the house for tho night is not unfrequently the result —a catastrophe which was averted on the present occasion by Mdlle . Berti '» readiness .

    Amatuur Performance . —Tho amateurs who performed at the St . James ' s TnEATUii for the Patriotic and Crimean Funds , and tlie officers who played before her Majesty last month at Aldershott , purpose- giving a dramatic performance at tho St . James ' s Theatre on [ Friday , December 5 th . Tho proceeds will be devoted to the relief of destitution of tho metropolis during tho winter season . " .,

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 29, 1856, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29111856/page/19/