New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-23
n The meeting of the New York Lyceum

introduced to the audience Ills SUBJECT "'S '''I
10 and Times Of Wentworth Earl OF otralloio
In irving his lineage, he remarked thal aiming '
.-;o.;os of blood that entered into his conlPosi-
,;a, ,,,as . single drop of the old Plantagenet
s+re,m inst enough to give him the swapping
,rr+ie or as he remarked, the hentucklan
boatmen would say, make him hall horse, nail
..lIicator species He described his boyhood-
said even in his infancy, in his black eye, and
crsped hair, and swarthy complexion made dark
er in moments of infantile passion, could be seen
the future energetic character OF the man. a
student at Cambridge, he perfected himself espe-
eiallv in the knowledge OF his mother tongue.
Married at 16, he left his wife to travel with his
tutor on the continent Entering into para-
nent when he was but 20 years of age, he put
himself beside Pymm, Hampden, Elliot and
others, in that terrific struggle against hngy
us1rpation under James the First. But at length
he was bought over by Buckingham with
title, who had for years nsulted, disgraced and
imprisoned HIM.
After Buckingham's death he rose rapidly from
step to step until he was made Lord Lieutenant OF
Ireland a despot in every act he mlsrued Ire
land. wronged England and enraged the Scotch
At lengh he was impeached by the House OF
Commons and brought to the scaffold. The Lee
turc was interesting deeply so. But we could
hardly forgive DR.. Bacon for jumping from the
mere fact of impeachment right over the entire
trial, with all It's thrilling incident and tragic IN
tcrest. to the bare statement that he died on the
bo
but other things could have been better omitted
than this-for instance, the long description OF the
contest between James and the Parliament and
tbe sneeches made in the Parliament All this
was deeply interesting, for wc believe there never
was an epoch in the worlds history when human
freedom had SO much at stake as in that struggle;
but il was tantizing to drop the curtain just
when the tragedy became absorbing. 1t was like
scene closing at the theatre just before the
GREAT SCENE to which all the others tended By
the MANAGER very dignifedly announcing to the
audience that the character was represented dead
at the end of the scene and hence it would be
omitted.
DR.. B. intends to take the subject up again, but
we venture to say he will never get his audi
ence where he can make so deep an impression
as he could have done last evening by bringing
his great powers to bear on the last great scene Of
Stafford's ife especially where that trial was SO full
Of touching incident, and the delay, and agitation
of the King SO intensely exciting We know
the temptation to nger around such characters as
Hamden and Pymm, and dwell upon that fierce
struggle for English liberty which DR.. Bacon
managed with SO much skill; but we do beg Of
him not to let us down so sudden at the close.
II Dr. GARDNER's INTRODUCTORY LECTURE
on Botany and Vegetable Physiology on Monday
evening, at the University Chapel, was very well
attended
The lecturer opened with view Of the differ
ent races of the vegetable kingdom and intro
duced in pleasing manner notice of many Of
the lower individuals usually neglected. He
showed that they were Of great Importance, and
illustrated the subject by many novel and curious
facts. He next displayed the remarkable pecu
liarities of the plants Of arctic, temperate and
torrid climates and traced these characters in a
clear manner to the agency of light and heat
In conclusion he threw out some remarks on the
influence Of the vegetation of those different
zones on the social condition o.! man. The lee
turc was heard with marked at tcntion by high
ly intelligent audience. 1t was illustrated bv
beautiful drawings and a tasteful arrangement of
exotics. Wetake pleasure in recommending this
course of lectures to the public. The next lee
ture is on Monday. the 9th inst.
u The Boston boat due early Yesterday
morning, arrived last evening at six. She was
detained at New London till five in the morning
by the strong wind
u A terrific storm swept along the Eastern
Coast of England the latter part Of October, doing much
damage. The British ship Burkamporte Of $50 tons,
wrecked oil Margae. She was bound 10 Port Philip, and
bad94 emgrauts aboard Expecting gale she hove
Negate Roads and and anchored ard prepared ride
the but she driven from her anchorage and hurled
the rocks Fortunately every soul board got off
IN safety Another ship named Emma lost the
place
u The Columbia IS. c. Temperance Adyo
gives details OF railroad on inst
Ogdensburg, between Charleston aud Columbia. The
train in with while at fall speed, aud
thrown from the track suddenly that the passenger
some 80 l9 feet long,) thrown winklng
top t1ning and Of the sit
behind pitched the top of That compartment Of
the passenger which the freight rushed
I'd persons both ladies and gentlemen five Of whom
tirey escaped injury OF the others four ve,y
materially injured and fifth had his shoud.r dsoca,,i
and otherwise seriously bruised The whole party
capped being crushed By the rmness of the mbers of
which they seated, and exrcsted from TIE
BY passing under the freight stood mounted
that om which they provdentially delivered
Thus Of about thirty passengers the live, and bones Of all
rnacuIousl preserved The destruction of the cars
viii cost the company two or three thousand dollars.
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