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London, England, 1845-04-21 00:00:00

tural grounds, in the course cf which he said, that
at first he had some doubts, notwithstanding his ap-
proval of the objects of the Association, whether as a
Christian minister he had nut sufficient to occupy his
attention in matters of, as he imagined, a snore
strictly religious character, but upon exa.nination
he found that this question of earlier hours bore so
strongly upon the moral and religious interests
of those concerned, that he unhesitatingly came for-
ward at once upon religious grounds to support it.
The resolution was seconded by the Rev. J. PAT-
TESON, in a short but effective speech, and unani-
mously adopted.
COOKE EvANs, ESQ. moved, and the Rev. W.
H. HOWARD seconded the third resolution, which
was also carried unanimusly, and was as follows :
" It appearing very evident that if persons would ab-
stain from visiting shops in the evening, the chief, and
indeed the only inducement to keep them open until a
late hour would be removed, those composing this !met-
ing now pledge themselves that heneeforaard they will
purchase nu article unnecessarily after six o'clock in the
evening, and that th. y will do all in their power 0 pre-
vail upon others to act ty..n the same determination.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman, for his able
conduct in the chair, was then moved by Mr. LIL-
WALL and seconded by Mr. RENNIE, which was car-
ried by acclamation.
The REv. GENTLEMAN briefly acknowledged the
compliment, and the meeting, which was numerously
and respectably attended, separated.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION.
MR. RUSSELL'S LECTURE.

The directors of this most useful institution, ever
anxious to cater for the public, have engaged Mr. J.
Russell to give a series of lectures on " Character,"
illustrated by music. He commenced by alluding to
the great prevalence and popularity of song• sing-
ing in England, so early as the Saxon time, and that
no gentleman was thought of unless gifted with this
accomplishment, and also it was quite as much in
vogue among the lower class; he then satirically
described the affectation and absurdities so often met
with in singing ladies and gentlemen in private par-
ties of our present day, when he most humorously
described a lady who sings a leetle flat, she who sings
a little sharp, the gentleman who gargles his song,
and another who sings "Oh no, we never mention
her" with a bad cough. One man sings through his
teeth, another through his nose, a small gentleman
with a small voice volunteers "Mad Tom of Bedlam,"
and a hero with a stentorian voice warbles " Oh,
listen to the voice of 1, ve." Mr. Russell was accom-
panied by Dr. Wallis, musical director of the Poly-
technic Institution, in a most admirable manner. The
g►reat object Mr. Russell wishes to gain is to
point out these absurdities of the would-be singers,
and he advises them to choose the words of the song
that may be worth hearing as their music is a railway
for this pleasant conveyance. Both are requisite for
complete pleasure. Mr. Russell concluded his lec-
ture with one of his hints to those who keep all the
words to themselves, which is so often the case, which
he illustrated with the Pasticcio, a mock Italian
Bravura, which elicited roars of laughter from a very
large audience, which quite filled the theatre of the
Royal Polytechnic Institution.