The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-16 00:00:00

THE REV. W. W. EWBANK'S LECTURES
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On Tuesday evening, the Rev. W. W. Ewbank deli-
vered the first of two lectures, at the Collegiate institu-
tion, on the interesting subject of the Pyrenees, before the
largest audience that has been attracted by any lecture
this season.

Mr. Ewbank said that, in undertaking,"at the request of
the excellent principal of the institution, to deliver two
lectures on a subject not specially religious, but which
certainly might be connected with religion, like all other
subjects with which they were conversant, he should cer-
tainly not forget, and he was sure his hearers would not
wish him to forget, that he had a higher character to sus-
tain than merely the character of a lecturer. He desired
always to remember, more especially on such occasions as
that, that the character in which he most gloried was that
of a preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But God
forbid that they should even suppose for a single moment
that ignorance was the mother of devotion. Let them
always remember that every object in which a Christian
man was engaged ought always to tend to religion. They
ought to be always influenced by the spirit of religion.
And it was in such a spirit he proposed to address them
on the subject of the Pyrenees. The reverend lecturer
took up some of the most important features connected
with the Pyrenean mountains. These included the geo-
graphy and origin of the name, together with the legends
and early history of the chain. All those great generals
who have made the mountains famous were brought for-
ward, and, for a while at least, Pompey, Caesar, Charle-
magne, and others of the same character, seemed to be
revivified before the audience. The great historical events
of the locality were also dwelt upon, from the earliest
times to the present day. As the lecturer brought these
matters successively before his auditors, he drew there-
from important practical deductions, which, we doubt not,
made a deep impression upon his auditory, and conveyed
a fund of information of the most durable and useful
character.

On Friday evening, the second lecture was delivered. It
comprised, among other descriptive points connected with
those beautiful regions, the peculiarities of the scenery,
the forests, the vineyards, the natural baths, the Basques,
and their general improvement and progress, concluding
with a review of the present state of Protestantism in
France, and the advantages to be derived from historical
study and travels in foreign lands. The lecture. which
was attended by a very numerous audience, blended in-
struction with amusement. The lucid illustrations of
scenery and manners elicited much applause, and laugh-
ter was often provoked by the rev. gentleman's humorous
anecdotes and reminiscences.

FATHER GAVAZZI'S LIKENESS.—We have had the
pleasure, this week, of inspecting a portrait of Father
Gavazzi, taken in water colours by Mr. Skeolan, of
Church-street. The likeness is highly executed, and par-
ticularly pleasing in expression. The attitude chosen by
the artist is well selected, and gives a very just conception
of the original. It is a great recommendation of Mr.
Skeolan's portraits that his prices are so moderate, as this
circumstance places a desirable resemblance within the
reach of all classes of the public.
SMUGGLING.—WiIIiam Devereux, a sailmaker, of this
port, was brought up at the Police-court yesterday, at the
instance of Mr. Philip Mayler, a customs officer, who, at
one o'clock that morning, me,t him coming from on board
the Satellite tender, with 44-lbs. of cigars upon him. The
prisoner was fined 40s.—James Granville and Thomas
Lewis, two of the hands on board the America steamer,
were each fined 20s. for bringing on shore tobacco, con-
cealed in their stockings.