New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-10
Thackeray's Fifth Lecture

Thackeray'> Fifth Lecture
Nr. Thackeray commenced his 6ith ,un. "a,
Thursday, June =. By rtmarknS that the moral ~
most novels was the same. and convened IN rre,,v
much the same way. Wee was discounted In ths,
ihrd volume and there Was an ordinary course of 10,
wards and ptnishmenis He alluded. then. ~ open
ing hi> lecture, 70 >v.eS Gulllyer" which aides
ne SAID could scarcely De expected ~ read even Tor
the sake Of its wonderful W.T. and satire AMI IA
Fielding's " Jonathan Mild" m which IN, an,hor.
selecting ScOundrc. his subject, conu..ed ,,,,
through his career with crinnng Difference saw nm,
finally hanged and BID HIM good morning. These
were mentioned 10 show the Temor>sle>>n,>s of IN,
morallSi> Oi that time now they appeared 20 have
no pity for scountr,ls OF any species. ana DISCHARGED
the duty Of flashing them With relentless punctaa
Ity. This eXordlum led up 10 10 the introduction II
the name Of hogarh
Hogarths arr Mr. Thackoyay described IS beng
under - moral aspect. of good simple character
II interested simple hearts The moral was Usually
the same Tommy. the naughty boy. MEETING WITH
bad end. And HoSayth appeared 10 have no SYM
paihy With any sort oi ra>cslS People went ~ see
hangngs IN those DAYS. indeed q great moral
lesson-recommendcd 10 apprentices, amt The Young
generally. HogarthS pictures made All tn people y
The past time 1--we AGAIN for Ms We SAN them AZ
moving there We iNcd again m the moNemsmN
that time. IN the crowds ~ ~ hanglngS ~ fyonrn-
now that Iyournla- ;he moSireSpcciaslc ';sirIG
the habltsbe globe "
Having described az some length the sn' ociS u
Hogarths chief piciurcs. aHc drawn povt-.'l coz
traSi between his time and ours the lecturer "a -
his personal character. which, he sald. stood ,ft
clear before uS like hS blue ewes with taer Aeca.
bright lOoA IN hls pOriral; No man was lf<S ~
hero He was sturiy. strong fellow, loving As
friend and ms glass and having proper baafs,s,s
contempt for French frogs. frcnch soldiers 'Oren-
erS gCnCrally-and foreign PAINTERS m particular.
"COrcgglO" the worthy man would cry, hook az tho
works of Bill Hogarth Look AZ my a'iarptceu
the church OF So-and>o" In fact he seemed 70 ihak
tha, the world was IN conspiracy to- 90 ann mus
uce IN the matter of hI> powers rs historical pam
ter. This was common sort OF del1>ion lA>lon
used 10 believe that nature meant HIM for a'Iagelal,
and perhaps each Of us. continued Mr ThacSery,
thinks he i something which he Is not"
The lecturer next gradually approached the artists
contemporary, Smollett, described as man OF de-
clded humour, manly. eo0i character preserving
his fine qualities of heart through long struggle
against m fortune, and of BRAN through pro,acli
course OF laborlouS writing IL was a hart night u
those days. He faced The world like one of those
Scotch cadets his countrymen, whom Scott oVcdD
paint. 4 man of gentle birth and narrow means
his crest an OAK tree, his arms hon. well symbohs1
his character and career Throughout his hie h
was emphatlcally gentleman. iilscharacieIS ~ee
doubtless drawn from the people ne met IN ms raves.
Mr. ThackCray did not rank his invention hlgh. he
was "A writer of keen. bright insight INTO All hat
came before him Bovine was As excellent paia.-
ing of character As Squire Western. What novel
reader did not remember LlSmahago ~ Perhaps
" Humphrey Cunker" was. on the whole the most
laughabe of all stories. II was full OF the authors
genuine humOr
Ficldng's birth and employment, brought HIM sad
mihaI acquaintance with every rank OF mankind In
all probability he Was the very hero Of ms own boOS
"a kind OF Tom Jones. When he entered on lch-
don te those who remembered the gTear old wits
sand that Young Harry Fielding was, IN spsritS AMI
Wit, equal 10 any of them One could fancy the gus
10 with which he entered the pleasures of the town.
revsling IN them like youths IN that llomcrc feast.
a college breakfast lie made friends every where.
Doubtless the effects OF hs life soon began TO tell;
he took 10 borrowing money everywhere 10 be no
wise particular where he could go for a dinner and
IA. f.n.s ar AIN aEla
amusing instance OF ms GOODNESS was ms leaving
part IN one OF them, which he knew 90 be- bad, ior
the audience TO " find out" and remdrkng with cool
Incidence, when the inevitable kissing began, "Oh,
they have found II ont, have they"
Mr. Thackeray proceeded 20 say that he could
not make "A hero of HIM" But why not tdhc me mas
as ne Was Why not take his figure, not dressed &c
hidden. hut such az he really was Beyond doubt
Fielding was sufficiently impaired by ldleness wiRs
and ease But there Was real love Oi tfilh ia
him true hatred of hypocrisy He laughed ny
pocrite To scorn with the widest and wsest WI, ha
had an eve which flashed on a scoundrel Ike p0-
hceman's lantern. He respected feminine TENDER |
ness. and loved childish conscience. Tie might
sometimes be man OF low tastes, but never OF low
mind. lie dlsdalned cant was loved by his family
and died At his work
OF his three heroes We should like, the lecturer
thought, Andrews, best Booth, second'oest ana
Mr.. Henry Jones least. II was easy 10 understand
the mutual dislike of Fielding and Richardson, AMI
to believe 1t honest IN both. But Joseph Andrews,
originally intended only TO rIdIcue Pamela soon be-
came a lOyeabe character. Oiere he quoted GO-
bOns panegyTic on Fielding, which We mention Tor
the sake of ms admirable illustration on the subject
-" TO be mentioned by man like GlDb0n was nao
having your name written mp inside 81 fehnS
everybody saw IT. As picture of manners, Tom
Jones Was ekqSlte a. work OF construction a.
mirable II full OF wonderful turns OF thought
this great comic epic. But to the hero, against
any undue admiration OF HIM, MI Ihd'"f$
begged TO protest.
This protest was delivered with considerable en-
phasis, and 1t Is matter for curious observation that
Nj Thackeray should have spoken less chaftdDy Oh
Tom Jones, than both ColerIdge and Lamp ha'e
done. He declared that tleldng's moral sense hat
been impaired by his mode of life IL might ne saH'
be a matter oflOng dispute whether Jones or BIN
Charles Surface or Joscph-were really the most
dangerous to society. Booth was better beng than
Tom Jones he owned that he was scamp, AMI
was pardoned for The sake Of his delightful Amelia
Oh which character the lecturer here pronounced
warm and graceful euloglum. And apropos Of her,
he Enthusiastically observed that Booth was lar
from being the only man who had won by coap-d,-
Utct the heart of some KIND girl, who was lar 700
good for him. He concluded by eloquently aluding
10 Fleding's melancholy death at Lisbon and com
pared Il TO the wreck Of one OF the good shs oi our
country.
The attendance was as brilliant as usual
state Of Things at Rome.
We take the following from the Roman conesp0n-
dence OF London Daiiy Mars. The date II June ~
The past week has been eyentiul. IL opened very
iugubnOusiy by the assassination OF SgpOf Marco
Evangelist on The evening OF Sunday, me lSh
INST an event which has created al Immense
sensation IN Rome. slgnOT Evangelist acid ue
Office OF Chancellor % the SGgTd f0asnlfa 1nDnha,
and high IN favor with the papal government
on account Of the strong rcsctlOnary principles ne
entertained, and the unreentlng severity With "nch
he persecuted the liberals. He was proceeding aono
ana foot on the evening IN question ~ pay VIZ
al the house Of Sgnor Mas, AM, at about gudrerw
ten o'clock and had entered a street named Ia
Pedacchia, near the Piazza di San Marco wheh a
man OF short stature dressed IN a fYOck-cOdti wiz"
trousers, and straw hat, passed him, and "di"a on
until about dozen PAGES IN advance "hel no
suddenly turned round, and furousiy Ddcs =;
SlgnOr Evangelist. Who, although a tall yo".ils1
man. not more than forty years Of age, cou1 no. ie
slsi the suddenness OF the attack but receiyeo W.,