The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

THE EARL OF
THCARLISLE AT
BIOR PE .

MORPETEI, SATUB.DAY.—Yesterday evening the
F.arl of Carlisle delivered a lecture in the Town. hall
of this ancient borough, under circumstances of con-
siderable interest. A few days ago, it being known
here that the Noble Earl was shortly about to visit
his relatives, the Hon. and Rev. F. R. Grey and
Lady Elizabeth Grey, at the rectory in this town,
the committee of the Mechanics' Institute, of which
his Lordship is the patron, assembled and passed a
resolution inviting him to avail himself of the occa-
sion of his visit to give a lecture on whatever subject
be might choose to the members of the institute at
large. The resolution was duly communicated to
the Noble Earl by the secretaries, and in the course
of a day or two elicited from his Lordship a courteous
reply to the effect that he had not had time to prepare
an original lecture, but offering to read his lecture on
the " Poetry of Pope." The committee gladly em-
braced this proposal, and the necessary arrangements
were made for the occasion.
The Noble Earl arrived here by the mail train on
Wednesday night, after attending the banquet given
that day at Newcastle upon- Ty ne to Mr. Ord, and
immediately proceeded to the rectory, where he
joined the Countess of Carli,le and the Dowager
Countess Granville, who are also at present on a visit
there. On the following day his Lordship, ac-
companied by his agent, Mr. Fenwick, of Nether-
ton, visited the magnificent new church of
St. James, the foundation stone of which
was laid by him a few years ago, and which has been
erected by voluntary subscriptions collected under the
auspices of the pious zeal of his brother-in-law, the
Hon. and Rev. F. R. Grey, the rector of this town.
They also inspected, under the guidance of the Rev.
Mr. Lowe, the new Roman Catholic chapel built re-
cently in Aldgate, on a beautiful site which was for-
merly part of the garden belonging to the residence of
Lord Collingwood, one of our naval worthies.
Yesterday evening, preparatory to the lecture, the
fine old Town Hall, erected under the superintendence
of Sir John Vambrugh, was brilliantly lighted up for
the occasion, and by eight o'clock, the hour appointed
for his Lordship's arrival, was completely filled by an
audience of nearly 300 persons, consisting of the mem-
bers of the Mechanics' Institute and their families and
friends, including the wealthier classes and a great
number of the trading and operative inhabitants of the
town, all of whom were admitted by ticket. The
raised bench from which his Lordship spoke was
adorned with several choice bouquets of flowers, the
votive offerings of ladies in the town. Shortly after.
eight o'clock the Earl of Carlisle, accompaniedb y h
sister, Lady Elizabeth Grey, entered the hall,_ and
their appearance was the signal for a round of en-
thusiastic cheers. The principal members of the
committee occupied seats in the immediate vicinity of
the chair.
On the motion of Mr. N,libriaariaoai
nriMcro.uArt.
Oltarlton, the deputy-judge Wmsoof
the 3,n
Leet and Court Baron in this town, was called to the
chair, and briefly introduced the Earl of Carlisle to
the meeting.
His LORDSIIIP then proceeded at once to read the
lecture on the poetry of Pope, which he delivered in
the winter of 1850 to the members of the Mechanics'
Institute at Leeds, as will be still in the recollection
of our readers. To numbers, however, of the present
audience the subject had all the freshness of novelty,
to others, who had previously perused it in print
at
the time of its first delivery, the interval that had
since elapsed was sufficiently long to reinvest its se-
cond reading with considerable interest ; but the
pleasure and the charm of listening to it from the
lips of its amiable and accomplished author were on
this occasion new alike to all. The thorough ac-
quaintance with his theme which the Noble Lord ex-
hibited throughout, his nice and delicate criticism, his
profuse but still judicious selections from the writings
of the great author whose merits he was expounding,
and the unaffected warmth and feeling of his elocu-
tit; kept the interest and attention of his auditory on
the stretch for nearly a couple of hours, while the in-
teresting quotations which he gave in illustration of
his subject moved them ostensibly to admiration, to
laughter, and to tears. The lecture was frequently
interrupted by the plaudits of the company, and on its
conclusion, which was loudly cheered,
The Rev. W. AntE rose on behalf of the com-
mittee, and, addressing the meeting, said he had been
requested to propose a vote of thanks to the Noble
Lord for his kindness in reading to them the lecture
to which they had listened with such delight and sa-
tisfaction.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CLEMITSON having seconded the motion, it was
carried by acclamation.
The Earl of CARLISLE then rose and said—Ladies
and Gentlemen, you must allow me, in a few words,
to express my very deep sense of the honour I have
just received at your hand.), in the first place to the
mover and seconder of the late rEs&ution which they
have so considerately brought forward and so very
kindly as regards myself, and to yourselves for the
prompt and cordial manner in which you have re-
ceived what they proposed. I assure you, when I
found that it would he acceptable to the members of
the Morpeth Mechanics' Institute and their friends to
hear me read a lecture, I felt quite justified in em-
bracing the opportunity which a short visit to this
town put is my power to comply with a request so
obligingly made.—(Cheers.) I felt also there was
something not wholly inappropriate in a lecture
which had been read for the first time among those
who witnessed the close of my political life—my old
constituents of the West Riding of Yorkshire—being
repeated among those who witnessed the commence-
ment of my political life, my first constituents in the
ancient borough of Morpeth.—(Loud cheers.) With
reference to the lecture itself v, hick I have had the
honour of reading to yen, it bas been once or twice said
to me," Do you tink that the audiences you assemble
to bear your lectures would be likely to relish a lecture
on the poetry of Pope ; and might it not be better to
compote a lecture which more directly tended to pro-
mote the cause of moral improvement ?" Now,
with respect to this matter I have only
with regard •to to say—first,
want of sympathy in my
audiencetscielfaha-ayasnfyeel inclined to believe that where
there is
hi4l.clephesence of beauty or delicacy, or
fine and
responsive chord in it is always sure to strike a
ran human bosoms—(Cheers)—
and if I wanted assurance corroborated on this
point, I am certainylbeariunld find it in the very atten-
tive and intelligent
my lecture this evening, .1g `".;eilich
~ you have given to
point, as to the absence of r.eference to the other
toy dei,rT purpose of mo•
ral utility in the topic I heve
n to works 0? fan:e-en, I certainly do
not wish to twig
tions of poetry any higher place eti(l)artlthe composi-
occupy. But as we see is the phyeiealtbey really
which we tread, among all its abundant esatrth on
useful and substantial products—its atone,
itsores of
its iron, and its lead--there are also veins of mcoal,
precious, shining metal, its gold and silver, and 'eas
even in its darkest recesses and its deepest fissures
you will find sparkling gems and precious stones,
its diamonds, its rubies, and its garnets, so I believe
that among those matters which more directly
minister both to our temporal advancement and
our spiritual progrese, while we give them their just
and lawful supremacy, the Sepreme Architect of
nature, the Founder both of the material and the
moral world around us, has wished that we should
enjoy and approprive to ourselves the sparkle and the
play of life—all that is contributed by the rich stores
of fancy, and by the gorgeous dreams of poetry—not
in preference to, hut in conjunction with the more
grave and essential matters whi h minister to our ma-
terial, intellectual, and spiritual growth.—(Loud
cheers.) I: is with these feelings that I have felt no
reluctance to ask you for little • a while to indulge in
those
more light and graceful objects of pursuit, not
wishing to place them above those of real import-
ance, but thinking it paiate to gwould be not wholly inappro-
daily diversity the humdrum occupations of our
es with a little fancy and a little (Renewedpoetry.—
cheers.) The audiences which I have
wishedwithJ;oohtnic,t,(,).draw around me are those connected
ous portion of
th?stitutions, the working and labori-
ous
express my seo e4ommunity, because:l really wished
(Cheers)—and efs'of the real dignity of labour.—
both in advancing the important part which it plays
general amelioratsour national greatness, and the
io of
I wished to evinces sny mankind. Loud cheers.)
tribute either by tha respect for those who con-
by their ingenuity and ngth of their sinews, or
fort and well-being of the co resource to the coma
among them, to show how ranch ilht„,Y, and by coming
members of the same community, I
tent- that we are all
all the same great end before us, that od_tehat we have
prose as we can, in our day and
gteuefraotinotributing,
pperity of our common country, and ten,adto the
the great work of human progres3.—(Cheers.)
am
sure among the institutions which in our day are
distinguishing themselves in this onward coarse, it
will always be a great gratification to me to hear of
the prosperity of the mechanic? institute of this; town.
For reasons dating through some centuries no::, a
have a right to feel strongly iaterested in this town ;
that interest has been confirmed by the uniform
kindness I have always experienced among you, and
I wish that both in your cardivaey occupetions and in
the rational amusements with which you diversify
your daily life, you rosy always pursue that which is
" honest, pure, lovely, and cf good report," sod that
all such liberal institutions may flourish among you
to the very utmost.—(Cheers.) I shall not forget
the kindness with which you have received me, and I
beg permission to take my leave of you with every
good wish for your happiness and wellbeing, and
more especially for the prosperity of your valuable
institution.—(Loud cheers.)
The proceedings, which were of the most interest-
ing and harmonious character throughout, then ter-
minated, and the company then left the hall.

Lady Peel and family bave arrived at Galway upon
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