LEVY LEVANTING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 37, 12 February 1878, Page 4

LEVY LEVANTING.

The Auckland Star says that the exit of Levy, the cornet player, has not been quite so brilliant as his entry to that city. He had arranged to give one of hia popular concerts laat night at Cambridge. Miss Pit's snd others of his company booked through by the 7 a.m. train to Hamilton, L°vy stating that he had engaged a special train to follow later in the day. After leaving, the artists suspected that there was a screw loose somewhere, and it was agreed that Signor Giorza should return from Mercer to report on the situation. On arrival, he made enquiries at the Auckland station as to •what time " Levy's Bpecial train" was goiDg to Waikato, and found that it was ' b hoax. It was clear that the members of tbe company who had been sent to Cambridge in advance were cruelly duped. Levy, his cornet, wife, baby, and all had engaged passages by the City of New Xoik, expecliug to leave at 4 o'clock in tho afternoon. Newspaper and other monetary obligations were treated by tho "greatest living instrumentalist" with an amount of indifference which indicated his supreme contempt for anything or anybody, excepting himself and his braeen instrument — in short, Levy was going to bolt. Unfortunately for him, there are in Auckland various officers and institutions of the law, designed for the j special henefit of such levant rs, and these were set in motion, bringing such a legal blast about his ears aa not only eclipsed bis "Russian air with variations," but caused him to mind his "stops." He was a;ked (0 answer an encore wilh " Shall auld acquaintance be forgot ?" and was commanded in the unyielding style of his friend the Russian Emperor to " eland and deliver," •which he reluctantly did to all who were fortunate enough to get wind of his intentions. He has gained an unenviable notoriety in the colony, and, as a grand finale, he Bends his company upcountry without paying their last week's salaries, and then bolts. We are informed that a certain " uncle" iv Sydney had charge of Levy's trophies until the great cornet player could redeem ihem. These, having been reßCueJ, were brought by the Hero, and, baying with bim all that was dear in this world y he had left his company lamenting — not his absence, nor his refined phiz., nor hie trumpet — but their dearly earned money aod their broken contracts. _ We believe, however, they will be able to form a capital concert company, and may turn their misfortunes to good accouut. Poor Dick Thatcher has been travelling regardless of expense in the South, preparing for a Southern (our of the great cornetist, and is left to wrestle alone with disappointed hotelkeepers and theatre proprietors.