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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 910, 16 May 1891, Page 1

allowed to resign at onob the gravity 6t the crime, and the overwhelm- •. m 'fif ?; v R e nce ioif bis criminality. Meanwhile anothei once bright and shining Hgljt bas ; made a new departure. Mr De Cobain, who was also acof Ift' eeriou9 crime, and who pre/i^Wfehti; to, investigation, has been <4neaVtheu" ,at Bilbao, m Spain. The |ig^q^rable member was discovered conrevival services! jFff^H&l"* *. $%& b , e innocent of the c^ir<es bitougfefe'against him. Possibly, l| li §ni|i.y, be sincerely repentant. <But we ace. inclined to think that either jhyppthcsi^ is inconsistent with this prorlfrinnocent he could do the cause, of, religion more good by proving 'his . innocence legally. If guilty and contrite,';' jpriyate : rejjentanca" shrinking from publicity would seem more genuine. '■SiMk'Rßß^E^h'fts-'said'faVewell to the sfc ag e ftnd pqncer£ p^^-j^lnjliis case it it h«s ,be<m; «?'a lorig,. a^lastj good bye," as Ms'farewell Wce'tf'- 1 tfdsF announced at ■« least f .y^nty^ year.s aa^,^ and /has been 1 ': at jttter : vbl^ r »ver> sineei But l P i . ;<.l as bit v. .eii-joj '.111 ■■< ■ '■■ even poparar <enorß.% l^reygll4,cah not fast indefinitoly,' ftrtattneimusibal world 1} • ' ; ii ! [, -h.i- -b^iti noiir: r. has probably this tune heard; ,tUe very ■Itist -of its 'id6lißed''singeri Seven thousand people were ""' present a t the concert, at which fflo's't of the great stars m the musical worjd assisted. Probably no singer had such a hold on the people as Sims Reeves. Bolding his art m highest reverence, he ; would never , consent to ."sing unless m i^ct .voice. A.cbncert 'whuse proIg ra^ me bpffi.^ainaine wasajways sure of a crowded au-iience, and his appear* Iffice- wal-lhlTS;gTiaT*for'suoh applause as no other artist 'could evoke. Bat his appearance vas- not always a direct sequent to tho announcement. We remember. ohc6 (the great tenor being billed to appear m Birmingham. Every seat m the vast Town Hall, some four thousand or 'so, had been taken, and the throng of pittites waiting their turn for the unreserved seats blocked the ihbrotighfare all day. Bulletins were posted hourly. " Sims Reeves has started tor Euston ;" "Sims Reeves has entered the ;" " Sims Reeves has reached Ragby ;" till finally it cnlminated m a... gigantic " Sims Reeves has arrived !'"■ Bat 1 all the same, he did no* appear^ ; , • Jfc, slight 90W, unnoticeable to ordinary throats, had affected his vocal I ftSfi',' 'i'A y I*.- v -ii : -.- org^ns,^nd,t^pagh.no one but himaelf would have' known that he was not m firfltsrate, jrpicg, he,ref qsed to sipg. ,^JjBO^SB y t»e great secret of his poridrarlly was his marvellous rendering ofijattadmuFic. ■ His ability as an actor hQ|e|?Ho bfYeJseen'his *' Captain Macheath " will deny. His success m Italiah" opera Was equally marked, but it is by HiaHmatcMess singing of "To a Bqwl|n g y; ( "My Pretty Jane," and '* Come into the' ( Garden, Maud," that SiM3(SEEyE3 !wi|l: ; be best remembered. To have heard" him singr one of these , I Tnt f-,,r, iy.: : ■■■ --,; f V . bhjje^^Q^g^w^as^.a./evel^tion ; „to hear ehenl all' waft 'an' event ''to^be bhroriicled m letjtsirs jriprej, enduring t'hanni ; arb|e. , i . . CHqflqH wardens, , ,Cliarch treaffirars; ! aV^ well- awafy bf 4he dilatoriness Wltn which subscriptions towards the " parsQft^^liperid^&'^hie^m'? Indeed, lt .tet«njßJnoiflie>]} illS D 8 !^? 11^!? *" 6 3° cl>or are usually tha.last cmilitorg^tjujin i.hinks of settrmg'WTtrTT' UnfOwufraie^, even clergymen cannot^live on promises, and long Surfferi|rgrte*a|lesmenKlook .<foivat least a trifle on a&otufc -gaitaetitneia. from them, Tl|e- j lievtrend Ji. Fynes-Clinton, of HKlklt.fJ^Jils ifiund this out, an I has I con Torced, to file his schedule. Had his stipend been regularly paid, the rer* ( r£m^ jjjirfßJf^npt^vould have been spared many a verj janpieasant hour, and tb? Chu;c^ h paiofui exposure.