The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-25 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

of the country. With regard to the principles of the
s ciety, that was a matter which they ought never to speak
of lightly. It was a deeply serious matter. The object of
the society was—and it should never be forgotten—the
salvation of perishing souls through the preaching of the
truth as it was in Jesus, the sending forth to the colonies of
men prepared to preach the great fundamental doctrine of
justification, by faith in a crucified Saviour, the need of
originating the work of the Holy Spirit in the heart of the
pen hiag sinner. These were the great points which the
society was anxious to have preached throughout the length
and breadth, of the colonies, and it was for the maintenance
of clergy and catechists, who were instrumental in making
known the truth, that the society existed, and for which they
claimed support in Liverpool. On that ground then he
appealed to the meeting, as. being composed of those who
had the privilege of listening to evangelical teaching
from Sunday to Sunday in that vast town. (Hear,
hear.) He appealed to them, whether a society,
based upon such principles, and possessing such a character,
had not a true claim, a real claim upon their confidence and
t* eir supp )rt. (Hear, hear.) But not only did he claim
sthoelrtslupport upon that ground, he would also touch upon
anwh, r matter, which was brought out in the report,
namely, the variety of the character of the operations of that

_ The importance and the varied. character of its
operations oeght to be very distinctly laid before the
meeting. In that respect, he could not do better than just
go through, seriatitn, the different details of operation
.vhich the society undertook to discharge. The first, and
most important one was, to send faithful clergymen.
catechists, and teachers, to the English speaking colonists
of Britain; to the English speaking fellow subjects they
had in the vast colonial empire, and in foreign lands
generally. French Canada was mentioned in the report ;
at present there was a very large field there, and at that time
it was rendered more deeply interesting in consequence of
the French Alliance. Some century ago,. nearly, when
Canada was first possessed by England, she found there
60,000 French settlers, who were Romanists. This country
pledged itself, he would not say how correctly, not to
interfere with the religion of the Romanists, and conse-
quently, through a misunderstanding of the terms of
the union, Borough a misunderstanding of the act, no effort
had been made by the Church of England to disenthral their
French-Canadian fellow subjects from the tyranny of the
power of Rome up to the present day. The 60,000
Canadians had now grown up to 700,000. A widow, some
time ago, resolved that she would carry out an object which
lay very near to the heart of her departed husband. She
re:saved on building and partly endowing a church, where
a minister should labour, with especial reference to an
aggressive movement upon the Roman Catholic population,
upon the estates she had in Canada. Far some two or three
years a good man, a native of Switzerland, laboured there
with more or less success; but the widow was anxious that
the work which she had commenced in the day of small
things should not be left in her hinds singly, but should
be transferred to some responsible body in Canada or
England. She made overtures to that society, to the effect
that if they would undertake the superintendence, she would,
in addition to the expense she had previously incurred, set
apart £lOO a year, partly for a school, and partly for a lay
reader, it they would meet her by a grant in aid of the
movement generally. Their Protestant friends in Canada
warmly took up the subject. In Quebee several hundred
pounds were raised last year. At Toronto, in London
(Canada West), and even in New York, Brooklyn, and
Philadelphia, large sums were contributed by their English-
speaking neighbours to strengthen the hands of the soeie
so that, like the Irish Church Missionary Society in Ireland,
it might be instrumental in Canada in bringing the truth
before those 700,000 people who had been so long neglected,
and for whom the Church of England, until the present day,
had made no effort to set before them the truth as it is in
(Bear.) The movement there was most interesting,
because so many of the long-oppressed slaves, who had
escaped from the bondage of the United States, were found
in large and increasing numbers in the whole of tho western
portion of Canada. Every month, even to the present clay,
in consequence of that most iniquitous Fugitive Slave Bill—
(hisses)—numbers of those poor people were escaping at all
points into Canada from the United States. 50,000 of them
at least, were there found located in the different
settlements. They arrived from week to week in utter
wretchedness. They hod to travel by night and to
secret themselves by day. They were often hunted
with dogs, and, if ever captured, they were taken back
and treated more infamously and more cruelly than before.
The rev, gentleman here norrated some instances of the
escape of slaves, and their happy settlement in Canada.
There were 7,750,000 natives of Africa, descendants of
natives of Africa, still in bondage in the Western Con-
tinent of America ; and while these were thus in bondage
7,750,000 of these people, there were only about 2,620,000
that were free, so that the work before them was large ;
but God was on their side. Let them move on in faith,
and let them strengthen the hands of this little mission,
believing that the oppressed children of Africa will yet
walk in the light of the Gospel of Christ even as they
themselves now 'lid. (Hear, hear.) Then, again, there
were the Red Indians, an exceedingly interesting race, in
Canada, whose children were under Christian instruction
in three or four settlements there. In the West Indies
they had the emancipated negroes and their descendants,
who were the objects of the continued care of the society.
There were 40.000 of these, and the society was endeavour-
higApienlarge its missions among them. In different parts
of obr colonial empire the society also employed clergy-
men and laymen to visit British sailors. He might inform
them that, some twenty years ago, a pious captain was a
very rare person to be met with. It was almost an unknown
thing in many a foreign port to meet with a captain who
professed to have any regard for his soul. Now, amongst
the two millions of the seafaring population of England,
the United States, and the colonies of England there were
at least 10,000 sailors who were regular communicants,
and at least 800 who were acknowledged to be pious con-
verted captains. (Applause.) What a blessing to the
merchant service of England and the States to have such
a body of men in its cause, or what better claim could
the society have for the support of the mercantile com-
munity ! On the continent of Europe, too, there were a
vast number of English residents, as well as English
travellers, who claimed the attention of the society.
There were fully 100,000 English persons dwellipg in
different parts of the continent of Europe, and another
100,000 annually travelling there. He found, from
the official returns, that, in 1855, 313,000 people
left England for France and the continent, but the annual
average number was 200,000. These 300,000 English
speaking people had a very strong claim on those who
were anxious that their church should not be misrepre-
sented on the continent—the Church of Rome should not
be able to point to an unworthy character as a represen-
tative and minister of the Church of England, as was the
case the other day, when a Roman Catholic bishop laying
the foundation stone of a new convent, not far from the
coast pointed with scorn to an English clergyman,
officiating in that district as the representative of English
Protestantism. Lot them set to work then, and wipe
away that reproach, by providing true and faithful men
to be the chaplains in the different parts of the continent
of Europe. (Hear, hear.) He had thus endeavoured to
make good the claim which the society put forth, on the
confidence and support of the evangelical members of the
Church of England. and he would now speak a little of
the character of the agency which it employed. The rev.
gentleman then read extracts from the letters of Admiral
Trotter and other gentlemen, in proof of the fitness of the
'society's agents for its work, and observed, that the fact
of fourteen) colonial bishops having written their testi-
mony in favour of the society, and that the colonies con-
tributed; 5,000 a year to the funds of the society—more
than two-thirds of its entire income—was the best proof
that those who had the opportunity of witnessing its
operations fully appreciated its value. In conclission, he
declared that this need for an increased support still
continued, and that, if the society had ten times the
income it now enjoyed, it would not have sufficient to
meet all the applications that were made to it from time
to time, in the most urgent manner, from distant places
in the colonies. The rev. gentleman resumed his seat
amid general applause.

The Rev. J. C. Ryle then came forward to address the
meeting, and was warmly applauded. He said it afforded
him great pleasure to come before them for the purpose of
pleading the pause of the Colonial Church and School
Society, as he had always been a member and friend to it.
(Cheers.) He heard Mr. Thomas say that at first there
were not more than 200, or from that to 300 at least, of
English clergymen, who were found to support the society,
and he was one of those. (Hear, hear.); For the last 16
years there had been• great difficulty in supporting the
society, hut, notwithstanding that, the society had gone on in
prosperity, although they had met with coldness from some,
and the cold shoulder from others, yet'they had prospereq.
(Hear, hear.) The question bad been frequently asked by
persons who were solibited to support them; Why should we
be called on for support t and as a reason why they should
not, it was alleged that the society was a schismatical and
disorderly one—(hear, hear)—but these, and such like
charges and hard words, broke no bones. He would ask
what was there schismatical or disorderly in the society
Treason treason, was shouted in the 4oyal House of Judea,
but the Queen who 'raised the cry, and exclaimed loudest,
was the most treasonable amongst the traitors, and amongst
the conspirators there was not found a greater one than
Athelea herself. (Hear, hear.) He did not know why
each charges should be brought against the Colonial Church
and School Society, because the body has the support and
sanction of all the colonial Bishop, and of the English
Archbishops and Bishops they had six with them, and these
not counted the worst on the bench. (Hear, hear.) They
had the patronage of the queen and, if the body was
schismatic or disorderly, they would not have the
,sanction,
privilege, and patronage, of such exalted authorities.
He did not know why such a cry was raised—were they not
free in Great Britain, and were they not free to carry out
the evangelical truths of the gospel to their own
countryman in other places 'ban at home, and that by the
free support of themselves and others ? He could not sae
how the society could be called schismatical and disorderly,
because they required support on the broad grounds of
Christianity. Those who 'refused their support, did nut
examine the principles of the society, They did all openly,
they bad nothing' to coma]. or lieep has from the public.
The report Woilld prove that. (Hear, hear.) They ask
for support aud privors, for the help of those who much
seed them, that God would enable the society tq spread
the truths of the gospel. They eought for support on
behalf of the colonist; who speak the same language, and
who are spi=ead over fifty or sixty dependencies of Great
Britain, from the uttermost ends of Africa and Australia,

to a small bit of an island Heligoland—in these dependen-
cies they found sixty millions of people speaking in the
same tongue, and he was sure every B itish heart beat high
at the thought of having the pure gospel preached to that
vast number of fellow-beings. (Cheers) The Colonial
Society cared for theSe beings the same as they cared for
these at home, and the colonists were as grateful to them
for the blessings bestowed on them, as they were to the old
mother country itself. (Cheers.) Who could tell, before
another hundred years passed away, what these coloni:s
would become. (Hear, hear ) The United States of
America were not known a hundred years ago, and they
all knew what had happened in the last 100 years, and
what had been done, and what avast amount of influence
the States of America now possessed in the affairs of the
whole world. What was in the womb of time to be
brought forth in another hundred years no man could tell.
In allusion to this subject, he qdoted M'Auley's idea of
an artist sitting on Waterloo bridge (in the course of time),
sketching the ruins of St. Pauls. He (the rev. speaker)
did not think such would happen, but, again, no man could
tell what a hundred years would brieg forth. Therefore,
as no man could tell what the colonies might yet come to,
it became a serious question whether the old country was
not in duty bound to stop the progress of immorality,
infidelity, superstition, and all the other evils that was
sure to follow in a rev colony, like Australia. (Hear,
hear.) Whether the colonists were to band dawn these
things to their pee erity rather than the pure Word of
God's Gospel. (Applause.) The Colonial Church and
Sch ol S aciety was formed to prevent such frightful oils
He said this country, too, owed something to the colonist
for former bad government and neglect—for, in the olden
time, they were governed bad, indeed ; and, whilst this
country rendered them soma little justice for past errors,
was their nothing to be done for their souls? (Hear.)
He then quoted from Chateaubriand, who stated that the
first thing the Spanish did, when planting a new colony,
was the erection of a church, a monastery, and a nunnery.
When the Freneh planted a colony they opened an ope a
house, but when the English settled down, the first thing
they did was to build a gin shop—(hear, hear)—
as if drir k, drink, drink was the only thing they cared
about. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He then alluded to the
labours of George Whitfield and J9hn 'Wesley in America,
and the letters that had been written to the Bishop of
London deprecating their labours. It was time that this
country should pay the debt due to the colonists by diffusing
the true Word of God amongst them. In reference to how
the colonies were populated from England, he instanced the
case of his own parish, which, in 1841, contained 287
inhabitants, and in 1851 it had increased to 289, having
gained just two in ten years. He said the marrieges and
births had increased, bat he accounted for the decrease by
showing the emigration that had taken place to C inada,
Australia, and America, and gave an interesting account of
the want of ministers in the colonies, and stated that in the
bush in Australia persons live for years without seeing a
clergyman, or attending a church ; and he showed that it
was to remedy such evils that the society laboured, and
pointed out the vast benefits it had already done in the
salvation of souls. He next dwelt on Germany and Switzer;-
land, where their ancestors were sheltered when they had
to fly from " Bloody Mary," and c ,nteeded that some
clergymen were sent to preach the Gospel iu these places,
but were not qualified for the task, so that the
do trine of Cranmer, Luther, and Jewell could not be recog-
nised. (Hear, hear.) He complained of the approach that
some ministers were making towards Romauism, and said
whilst these appeared to be Protestants without, they were
Romans within. (Hear, hear.) In support of this he held
in his hand a copy of a sermon preached at Port Elizabeth,
in South Africa, by a clergyman of the Church of England,
and the fiat thing he said was, the more the bible was cir-
culated, the more Christianity decreased. He (the reverend
speaker) would say that as Satan took advantage of every
opportunity, it required authorised interpreters to expound
the bible ; and, on Ns point, he argued that the society
should have properly qualified persons. They did not want
tractarians—they wanted tie distributson of the truth that
is in Jesus. He cmcleded an elevent, eddress _
of all to subscribe liberally, and voted two lines froim
clerk at Norwich, which were, he sail, applicable in some
instances

"The hand ever ready to rk eeive,

is alwals fumblieg when to give."
(Cheers and laughter.)

by. bezzin,

A hymn was here sung, dur'ng which the usual collection
was made.

The Rev. Dr. M'Neile then rose and was enthusiastically
received. He said : Sir, it will not, I think, be necessary
for me to say nonch, but I have a little to say upon a
subject which has not been touched upon to-night. I would
think it vain and needless to attempt to follow the secretary
through each of the operations of the society, or to add
anything to what Mr. Ryle has said on the subject of the
principles of the society. But with reference to the support
of it, you have heard an objection strongly put, that the
colonists may fairly be required to take care of themselves,
but I do not think that a sounl, a strong, or a satisfactory
answer to that objection has been given.

OW, Ml'

know, as well as I-do, that the people in this gr

concerning whom so much has been said to-night, in

have large sums of money to give, are not in this room, and
that if they learn what has passed in this room, it must he
through the instrumentality of 4hose gentlemen (the
reporters) see writing. This objgition, 1 have no doub',
occupies a place in the minds of a very large proportion of
the people I refer to. They think and they say— these
colonists are rich in many respects, and they ought to
provide for themselves. They are not like ignorant
heathens, who know nothing about Christianity,
and they ought to provide themselves with churches
as well as with all the necessaries of this praent life." And
I must candidly confess that I think there is a great deal to
be said on that side—(hear, hear)—and that if the opera-
tions of this society, as regards our colonies, were pro
pounded as a permanent thing to be persevered in, to ho
continued, so that Christianity in the cOlonles was to be
stereotyped as a thing of pauperism, to be sustained by
donations from without, I think very serious objections
might be made to the scheme. Why, I would ask, should
it not be hinted (aud here I would take the liberty of
sending a hint all the way across the ocean to some of those
colonists), why should it not be hinted to them that they
should follow the example of the mother country, in esta-
blishing their church in the colonies? shear, hear.) Why
should the church in the colonies be supported continually
by voluntary contributions from the mother country ? What
are the occupiers of land doing with the land in the
colonies ? lelas it ever entered their minds that it is a
Christian duty, in men holding land under the crown of
England, to appropriate a portion of that land, after the
example of their forefathers in England, for the support of
the Church of England ? Has it ever entered the minds of
those gentlemen, who have received beneficial grants of
land under the crown, to imitate the men who received
grants under the crown at the Norman conquest, and- set
apart one-tenth of the land they so held under the crown
for the support of the brightest jewel of that crown—the
Church of Christ ? (Applause.), Ido not mean to say
that the colonists are in a' condition all at once
to do this—to give the one-tenth part of the
land which they are now reclaiming from the bush and the
forest, for the support of the Church—but Ido venture to
say, that while we come to their help, in their comparative
infant state, we ought to intimate to, them—that it is but
for a time; and, if I understood our valued friend, the
Bishop of Sidney, when he was leaving us, he said, it was
only for a time that he wanted our help. (Hear, hear.)
" I shall not promise," he said, "to do the work that
ought to done, immediately; give me help—a little while—
till I feel my way, and then, I hope, we shall be self-
supperting •, and not ask for your help any more., " (Hear,
hear.) I think the same should be done in all the colonies,
and that the help we hold out to theta from a society like
this, or from the mother country, should be viewed as a
temporary assistance. (Hear, hear.) Well, lam glad to
find that our fiends, the old and tried supporters of this
society agree in this—(hear, hear)'—and the more so,
because I think that if this view of the case be properly set
before your friends on 'Change by you; sir—(!aughter)--
they will be more likely to give substantial support for a
definite object, and for a time. than to go on indefinitely
subscribing to a soceiety of this kind. (Hear, hear, and
applause.) This is what I had to sly ; and now
I have said it, and I think I had better have done,
because it is very late. But that is just what occurred to
me daring the meeting to add, and if our friends (the
reporters) have taken it down, it should be gently whispered
upon the flags by our respected chairman and noble repre-
sentative here. (Applause.) It may answer this purpose—
it may gain us friends here in Liverpool, seeing that it is
only for a time we want them, and it may suggest to some
of the holders of land in the colonies that all the land is
not their own. They have taken it on beneficial terms, on
a small nominal head-rent under the Crown of England. I
do not • know the :exact nature of the tenure, but I believe
a large proportion of it is freehold, They have
it in the, way that many of the settlers of the
Norman conquest received and held laud in Etre.
land under the Crown of England, and 'I
would refer them, through the pages of the newspapers,
to the early chapters of " Blackstone's commentaries,"
where they will find a graphic description of the manner in
which the holders of land under the cro mu of England al.
lotted a portion of it an every one of their estates for the
maintenance of clergymen to teach in their cacties. (Hear,
hear.) That was the beginning ,of our parochial system.
Our church was not established by the Parliament. (Hear,
hear.) The tithes were not given by Act of Parliament.
(Hear, hear.) The tithes were voluntary donations by
holders of land under the crows. (Applause.) They
were taken in charge by the Parliament afterwards
as national trustees; but they were never given by Parlia-
ment, (hear, sear.) Let the colonist take 4 hint,
and if they think well of the mother country, let
them go back far enough to
tinge of our great
great grandfathers and methere, stud do as they did, and
establish a Ouch in the colonies, and not be a paper
cherub, gathering up sixpences, shillings, half crowns, and
five pound notes from life members here amongst us, who
have so many other things to do with our money. (Hear,
hear.) I think that is a hint for the colonies. Some of
them have lots of gold to send over here. (Hear, hear.)
What do they do with it ? Well, 10 them take thet) hint,

for rt. 4-..1111,C12.2i

and the sooner they establ
(Applause)

On the Motion of Mr. J. K 14untir
Sr: Payne, the thanks of the meetir

nation to the Chairman

eeonc?rd by

-.,
voted by

The Ch tirman, vin acknowledging the compliment,
referred to the sermon quoted by Mr. Ryle, and observed
that they would'be glad to learn that the society were about
to send out another clergyman there. (Hear, hear.) As
t) the desirableness of the aid of the society being but
temporary, be hoped that their friends outside wo.dd take
the troub'e of reading in the papers Dr. M'Neile's remarks,
and would act on the hint given in them. (Hear, hear.)
The blessing was then given, after which the meeting
separated.

KIRKDALE WORKING-MEN'S

ASSOCIITION

MR. Norm's LECTURE ON THE ENGLISH

B A LLADS

List evening the members and friends of this association
met at the schoolroom, for the purpose of hearing a
lecture delivered by Mr. Picton, on the above subject.
The school-room was writ filled by a highly respectable
company. Mr.
.J. Molvneux presided at the piano-forte.
and Messrs. Armstrong, Dodd, Haswell, and George,
were present, and kindly sung several songs in illustration
of the lecture. Mr. Joseph Kitchen occupied the chair on
the occasion. He said—He thanked the meeting most
cordially for the kind welcome he had received that
evening, particularly as he might be considered as almost
a strabger amongst them. He also most cordially thanked
them for the honourable position they had placed him
in. He assured them that he was delighted at the progress
their concerts had made, and he thought that much of
their success was to be attributed to their esteemed and
working pastor, the Rev. Mr. Leicester, and he did hope
that the working elosses of the district would appreciate
the efforts he had made, and give him their support ; for
he did not know that there was anything that had a ten-
dency to promote the social and moral advancement of
the people, than meetings such as these. He would not
occupy their time by any lengthy remarks, but he could
not ,help, befote he sat down, alluding to Mr. Piston's
exertions for the public good, in establishing public
libraries and museums. They had all seen the exertions he
had made in that department, not alone by the establishing
of a library in the north end, but also at the south end of
the town, and he trusted that they would still have
another monument to his fame, by having a library and
museum on Shaw's-brovr. (Cheers.) He concluded by
expressing a hope that the working classes would appre-
ciate the exertions that gentleman had made for their
advancement, and give him a hearty reception.
(Applause.)
Mr. Picton, on coming forward, was most enthusiastic-
ally received, and after offering a brief apology for being
rather late, proceeded to say—that this was not the first
time that he had had the pleasnre of meeting that com-
pany, and he was happy to say, that within the last twelve
months, the interest taken in the society had not in the
least abated, although he was aware that some great
difficulties had to be encountered in finding lecturers, and
subjects to talk about. For his part, he was one of those
who thought that, if eaoh individual was to do their best,
and contribute their mite to the general good, some little
instruction and information might be the result. He then
commenced reading his lecture, pointing out the beauty
of poetry, as a study, and the amusements it had always
afforde 3to the people. He said the subject that he was
about to lecture on was the ballad poetry of England;
but, by excluding the ballads of Scotland and Ireland,
he had to exclude some of the greatest gems of the lan-
guage. There was a difference l).tween the ballad and
the song, the former being usually applied to a narrative
or legend, and the latter to the expression of sentiment.
Poetry, then, had always been at every period of the
world's history, in every language bat • E,l-12•Iish

er the battle-of Lowis, in t yo:x 1204. This
tad tate lecturer read, as he also did same of the ballads
^ lath century, the period of Robin Hood and hia
These called before their minds'elye the
England of yore' with its vast forests stocked with deer.
The latter end of the 14th century was the date of the
incidents related in the noble ballad of the " Chevy Chace."
The 15th century was not particularly rich in ballads,
owing, in a great degree, to the distracted state of the
country durine the wars of the Rases, hut one of the best
was, " The King and the :Sillier of Mansfield," which, for
versification and humour, possessed -considerable merit.
It was supposed to relate to an adventure of Henry IL
In the latter part of the 16th century, the genius of
English song poured out its full tide of sweetness and
power, the Earl of Surrey and Sir Thomas Wyatt
led the van, and then followed Spencer, Ben Johnson.
Carew, and the greatest of all—Shakespeare. al Having
given a great many illustrations of the ballads
of those periods, ho next alluded to songs ;of love
and war, giving specimens of each. The latter were very
numerous in this language. They were particularly rich
in sea songs, the earliest of which dated about 250 years ago,
and the number kept on continually increasing. Many of
the finest songs in the language related, to, the sea, but
the greater part of then were by authors unknown to
tame, and many of their names had not been preserved.
The songs of Charles Dibden were next touched upon by
the leesurer, and, as a specimen, read the " Arethusa,"
He said Scotland might excel England in some varietiefs
of ballads, but in sea songs this country stood unrivalled
but the difficulty was to make a selection from such
authors as Gay, Garrick, Stevens, Sheridan, Rushton, or
Arnold, but those of Charles I)ibdin enjoyed the largest
share of popularity ou shore. He next took a glance at
songs and ballads of country life, which were very nume-
rous and very beautiful, and there was a downright jollity
and careeslness in the English pastoral ballads. The
miller had always been a favourite character with song
writers. Field sports had always been popular in Eng-
land, and there was a large collection of songs and ballads
connected with hunting, _shooting, and fishing; from the
time of Robin Hood to the present day. There was
something joyous and bracing in the fres air and manly
exereiseawhether on horseback or on foot, which hardens
the frame and sends the blood tingling through the veins.
The pursuit of the fox and the hare was but a secondary
question, simply giving the motive for exertion. The
songs were bold, hearty, and free. (Sae song was
a great favourite amongst the country labourers.
called "In the season of the year.' Fielt!,
sports, and the love of nature were closely comaaea,
and where could they find the features of nata-i.e in her
various moods more beautifully depicted than in the
English songs. Of convivial songs, he would not say
much, for he trusted the age was fast passing away, in
which songs and music were to be the incentive to
intemperance and vice. There was a large class of
taglish songs, consisting of those embodying a sentiment,
many of which be particularised, and regretted that ho
could not quote them more tully, but time would not
permit. There was another class of ballads to which he
would allude, aqd that was the pathetic. Humorous and
satirical songs were very numerous in every age of
English literature, some of which were very witty and
clever; but frequently coarse. Having alluded to the
songs of Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth, Southey, Macauley,
and Tennyson, he concluded by expressing the 'regret he
felt at not having been able to do greater justice to
the subject, but it he had given them amusement, he waii,
satisfied.

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The ‘c National Anthem " was then sung by the vocalists„
the company joining in the chorus.

The Rev. Mr. Caiter then proposed a vote of thanks to
the lecturer, and to the Chairman for the evening, which
was seconded by Mr. Draper, and most heartily re•
sponded to.

Mr. Nittsllen briefly responded for the compliment paid
him, and expressed a hopo that qv! society -voul6, go_ on
and prosper.
Mr. Picto

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