DEATH OF MISS HARRIETT GORDON.

Otago Witness, Issue 904, 27 March 1869, Page 5

DEATH OF MISS HARRIETT GORDON.

[Daily Southern Cross, March 15.)

It is with regret that we have to chronicle tbe death of that well known lady, Miss Harriett Gordon (Mrs J. P. Eydes), who expired at her residence. Karangahapeßoad, at four o'c'ock on Saturday afternoon. The deceased had been unwell for some months past, and at one time her case was coi sidered hopeless, but about ii fortnight ago *he was much better, and it was hoped that she would again < harm her many friends and admirers at no distant date. Last week, however, she suddenly became much worse, and never rallied, eTpiring as above.

Miss Harriett Gordon was well known to the Loidon puilic. even at the age of nine, as a vocalist and pianist. ;»he earned a great reputation at the Hayrnarket, under the management of Mr Buckstone, where she made her first appearance as "London," in the Haymarket Spring Meeting ; at the Olympic, unHer Farren's management ; and at Covent Garden, during James Anderson's management. Her next success was achieved at McGuire's Opera House, San Francisco, and she afterwards passed through California, earning laurels throughout hrr progress. H-r career in the colonies is well known, shehaviughe daleadin^pos'tionmthe drama. As a burlesque actress she was almost unrivalled, As a vocalist and musician her abil'tios were second to few if any, whohave ever v site I this portion of the colonies. Mrs Hydes died at the early ag« of thirtytwo. iD the zenith of her powers and abilities, and will r-e long regretted, not only by the profession, but by her many private friends and admirers.

It has been ascertained that compressed gun cotton ignited with, a detonating fuse is even more powerful thin nitro-glyce-iue, which itself haa, weight for weight, six times the explosive force of gunpowder.

The scenery of the last pantomime at the Standard Theatre, London, \va3 piin'ed on seven miV-s of canvas. Twelve ladies appeared in a dance at the Covent Garden pintomhne. -whose dresses \\ ere said to have cost 400 euinervs.

The Russians have a strange practice of baptising the infants that are left at their foundling hospitals. The i>e of the Neva is brok<-n and the. Archbishop of St Pettersburgh performs the ceremony. Sometime* the child slips out of the hanils of tbe Arch- * ishop and i* carried down the stream. "God has taken this child ; hand me another " & the reply,