Pbopeett ani> Lifh.—The persistent manner in which our judges show by their" sentences that they consider property of i more value than life is beginning, remarks a critic, to have its effect. On the stage of a transpontine theatre the indig* nant hero thus apostrophises the double-. : dyed villain— •■ Sceoundrel, tremble; your hour is at 'and ! I 'aye long known*- yer, - to be a murderer; but you are worse—ay far worse ! You area forgerer!" Divine-Ast Scandal.—On the day after " Tannbauser" failed 1 in Paris'* Meyerbeer called on Rossini. The great' Neapolitan was seated at the piano with , the score before him. "Mr dear fellow," . said Meyerbeer, " You hare got the music upside down." "Oh yes, I know !" replied Bossini. " I tried it the usual way, but it wouldn't go a bit. It's better now."
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2600, 8 May 1877, Page 2
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134Untitled Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2600, 8 May 1877, Page 2
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