MR. "CAMEO."

West Coast Times, Issue 292, 30 August 1866, Page 2

MR. "CAMEO."

(Td THE EDITOB OF THE WEST COAST TIMBS.) Sinj — Into the .midst .of. th.c histrjo.nic rdw hds pluiiged the noble " Cameo." The 1 occasion has produced the Man, and this Is he.

Mark the roll of those large lustrous eyes, see with what dignity he enters- on, the scene of contention to the slsw music* of his own vanity. Observe the confidence ' with which the distinguished dramatist refers to his past career on the boards, to his unerring judgment, to his pure intention's, to his unquestionable taste, to his £fenerous feelings; to his piternal solicitude, in shortj to all those "attributes thai distinguish the perfect man.

On this occasion he comes forward, not as a member of the Executive of the Opera House, not as the husband of a lady who plays under her maiden name, not as the author of a nursery tale, after the manner of " Mother Hubbarb" — in fact, he pleads neither in the character of the heavy tragedian, the stage paterfamilias nor the erudite literati, but simply and humbly as the Evangelist, destined td lead, the people d? Hj-ikitika" io trie true patlj qf thinking with regard to "Miss Julia Mathews.' 1

In the performance of this mission, he prefers having his Gospel written in small fype— huge poster letters imn% an »wCSJ" itatlbri to his Sigbi He purJJ6ses ThtoW Ing th^ ty-llllancy of the brightest " stdrri" ld.to shade, dnd wljen he. spedlcl let n8 maii one. hi 3, luk „It is iinf;dttilna{^ jiqjfc ever, tjiat,. like all perverse generations; this one is not likely to ..reward thjejt teacher iiwith atheiM recompense iKan v&s given to the propteta of old. The tnwri cause of this exhibition of ingratitude lies in the fact that the pupils, long ago— -aa I far back, in short, as first acquaintancehad no respect for, nor confidence in, the teacher. They remember' him as an actor only capable of sustaining the character of a third-class silper-^as an elocutionist fit • Only tb mouth dnd 'tijangie the. verse ol T/.en'nysbn— as a novelist whose inane, iiftetings it is an. abiise of type .to pu'iriisHj and Whose,, judgment a^ a critic' is but. a composition gi envy, ignorance, and iin.% pudeuce. It.may be well for Mr " (Cameo. to know^ that the lady who is the subject; of his vile a?pe'raiorisj is Imown afld ffSpedted thi ! ot|ghoutthe Australian colpnies. for her private virtues and great accomplishments, as much as her detractor is known- and .recognised in f Etokiljika as ar >?.»tick" on the stagej and a "scribbler" ofMjj , . - • , •" it would be waste of valuable spice, Mi' Editor, referring further to this spiteful effusion in your contemporary of last even-^^ ing. The writer of that production' b^J^ commended himself to the people of this place in a manner which, he may rest assured, will in future bear "its legitimate frUitsi

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