"HOTSPUR." TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 505, 9 May 1879, Page 3

"HOTSPUR." TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST.

Sir— As one of the play-going public I must protest against your critic's censure re Mr. Vincent's Hotspur. When he has learned to distinguish between rant and force he may then criticise what the audience of Wednesday night testified to as a truly legitimate' 1 piece of acting. It is a pity that embryo tyros of the Jen should presume to censure men who by ard study and close attention to their pro* 1 fesslon. have won a reputation in the estimation of those whom the just opinion of one out-" weighs a whole theatre of such scribblers as your would-be critic. I do not know Mr. Vincent nor did I ever speak to him, and I write this from a sense of justico to a deserving actor. , , I am, Sec, c , ' Grip 9th May, 1879. LWo simply-stated that Mr. Vincent as Hotspur was rather disappointing after the excellent acting of which be has shown himself ' capable, and we added that he appeared to] pay * too little regard to expression, aad exhibited a tendency to rant the parti- We still .adhere to this' opinion, notwithstanding the .superior; judgment which our correspondent arrogates to himself. We take no notice of his impertU' nence— Ed. E. P.]

The Freeman's Journal says that transfusion of milk into the blood of a patient dying from exhauslion was performed at the Provident Infirmary, 11 Beresford Place, Dublin, on Wednesday, 22nd January, by Dra. Meldon ' and M'Donnell. Altbongh apparently having only a few moments to live when the operation was undertaken, tbe patient has since re- I covered.. A About a pint of milk was taken from I a cow, lent for the occasion by Mr. Moore, of ] ■ 66uth -Anne-street, and was directly injected i into the vein. , " j As a specimen of the language used by , j ' gentlemen' in the Parliament of New South Wales', we cnll'the following from the Sydney. ( Morning Herald's report of the Parliamentary proceedings in that colony on a recent date :—: — " Mr. Hoskins : Haw, haw ! Mr. M'Elhone : _. I'll make you ' haw haw ' on the other side of " your mouth before I have done withyou. Mr. Ho'kins : Is that right ? Mr. Speaker (in a sickly voice) : I wally think the hon; member . is out of order. Mr. M'Elhone: 111 DbtsUb- < mit to the jackass laugh of the hon. member. • The Speaker : The hon. gentleman ii not in , order iti alluding to any hon. member) as a - Jackass— [Mr. M'Elhono: I said a jackass , laugh] r-or in saying any hon. gentleman is •; laughing like a jackass. Tho hon.. gentleman' -' should apologise to the House ana withdraw • the expression." , i