Time Tries All/Billy Barlow's View of the Diggings

Last evening the lovers of dramatic representation were
gratified to their hearts' content, by witnessing the per-
formances of their old favourite, Coppin, who fully sustained
his former reputation by his clever personification of Mr.
Leeson, in the comedy or ' Time Tries All,' and of Grim-
shaw, in the farce of 'Grirashaw, Bagshaw, and Brad-
shaw.'
The hits in ' Billy Barlow ' were as clever as usual, and
exceedingly well- sustained. ' Billy Barlow ' had realised
the truth which has become patent to so many of our
fellow-colonists, that ' all is not gold that glitters,' and
'Billy' wisely resolves for the future to abandon the
diggings, to stick to South Australia, and trust to the
Escort, composed, as he says —
' Of good men and true
' All made of the same stuff as
'Billy Barlow,'
and with a glance of self-complacency at his care over the
grass widows, and a happy hit which drew roars of applause
from the galleries, that the swells carried their pretensions
rather humbly at the diggings, ' Billy Barlow' concluded
one of the most successful and happy pieces of humour
we have heard him deliver.
An old favourite, Mrs. Cameron, sustained her part well.
The orchestra was small but, led by Mr. Lee, was quite
effective, and the evening passed off most agreeably and
orderly.