The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-25 00:00:00

WAS ADAM BLACK OR WHITE?

1)r.
otherGathrie at a meeting held in Edinburgh
the
night, %aid he was not sure but what
Adam was
black. (Much and long-continued
laughter,reaso land cheers.) He would tell them the
(Renewed laughter.) Major Den-
ham,eaona n tnaryd7ishtiynguished African traveller, went to that
u
cradle andof spent
slaventthrereaoeer,foaunrdyheaadrsgient tsheeaheoeumse-
tomed to the dark beauties of Africa, and had got
so much to admire what men called God's imago in
ebony, that when he reached the shores of our own
land, and saw the white ladies, oh, they looked very
sickly like to him. (Laughter.) That was a fact
in a man's experience. (Renewed laughter.) And
he was now going to tell them a fact in philosophy,
and he had never heard it answered. The celebrated
Dr. Fleming, professor of natural science in the Free
Church College, and one of the greatest naturalists
of his day, maintained that black was the right
and proper colour, and that we are all blelikedd up
—0 oars of laughter)—that we were j:ustne
of those shawls that were seen sometimes in the
Cowgate—(laughter)—the colour clean go.ne.
(Renewed laughter.) He would give them a PhY'
sical fact in connexion with this. The skin that
covered our bodies was composed of certain layers
sort of membrane which consisted of a congeries of
—,jr
hoantewoof
stlalelseearanneadtottenrinsit_s c(alLilued
giitthe
eor_etbe couttniutws/m .
s a
cells. Now, in the white men these were very like
_thethbeoyx
with
hat lwvhasatitistneaakdlleredlo-a-r
how—there was nothing in
werees I-ie pa tll in
fosrubesht shops as
regard
as thoserd t
ot ofhe Air. Knoxae.
them—(laughter)—
the rife mucosinn
gffinlll filled
was not
atlubthlaaeadelrekl ?IfPoeikiltni filillearetnat stglia::cenlrwcd. )apsull: Tli a t wa s rat h e r a philoso-
phical argument. (Renewed
opi-
nion was held by some that
old original race of man ; black face
heart. There was many a man dark e
and a white
_
thlaeught.) Th
was the
laughter,)
race
face and a black heart. (eh ocriiro had a white
.

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E? OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
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THIS EVENING, DINORAFF. Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss
Iciller, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. 17. Harrison, Mr. T. Chapel,
Mr. H. Corri, Mr. St. Albin.
To conclude with the First Act of TROVATORE.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baakstone,
THIS EVENING the periorniances will commence with
the new comedy, DOES HE LOVE ME ? Messrs. Howe,
Chippendale. E. Villiers, and Buckstone ; Miss Amy Sedg-
wick, Miss Florence Haydon. and Mrs. Wilkins.
Followed by a new comedy, entitled ROMANCE AND
xLITY. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, W. Farren,
and John Brougham; Miss Korence Haydon; Mrs. Wilkins,
and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam.
And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclercqs.
Commence at 7.

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee and Mana,,ter. Mr. A. Farris.
This Theatre will RE-OPEN* on SATURDAY NEXT,
oct. 27, when Mr. Fechter, the favourite actor of Parisian re-
nown, will make his first appearance on the Enzlish stake, in
an adaptation of Victor Huc.r,o's celebrated Play of RUY
BL AS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq. ; characters also by
Messrs. Walter Lacy, Meadows, Garden. Graham, Raymond,
Morland, Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris ' • Miss Rose
Leclereq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath. To be preceded by
SUSAN SMITH. After the Farce, the admired Play of
THE FIRST NIGHT.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
In consequence of the extraordinary success attending the
production at this Theatre of Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of
"THE LOVE CHASE," the brilliant reception accorded to Miss
Gougenheim in the character of Constance, and the enthusi-
astic applause bestowed on Mrs. Keeley' personation ThefWidow Green, the Management feels called upon to announce
its repetition during the week.
THIS EVENING, the performances will Comraence with
Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. The
scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Calicott.
Principal characters by Mr. T. Lyon, Mr. Henry Neville, Mr.
George Vining, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell,
Mrs. Keeley, Miss Kate Saville, and Miss Gougenheim.
After which, a BALLET DIVERTISEMENT, in which
the celebrated Dancers the Misses Marie and Annie Collin-
son will appear.
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THE PIONEERS OF AMERICA, principal characters by
Mr. H.Watkins (his 10th appearance in England\ Mr. Henry
Neville, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Forrester,
Sir. H. Butler, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. J. Morris, Miss Kate
Saville, and Miss Turner.

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and Mrs. Billington.
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isher, Billing,ton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Mr. David
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