Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-02-10

Friday evening, instead OF Thursday, |,
on account OF the engagements Of the /.
lecturer, ty George Sumner, Fsq., nf \
Boston. We copy the following notice \
OF he lecture from the Boston Tran
script -
MERcAsTiLr LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The lecture before this Institution last !
evening was delivered by George Sum
ner Esq, on the subject of" France"
MIR. Summers long residence in Paris,
his familiar acquaintance with the secret
springs Of European politics, and his
wide reputation as scholar and
student OF affairs, naturally awakened
great interest 10 hear him on subject
he has so profoundly examined /; and he
was accordingly welcomed ny crowd
Ell, brilliant, and Intelligent audience.
His lecture fully met the expectations
his reputation had raised. Ii WAS n
most thorough and searching exposition
oi The cause and results OF the revolu-
uons in France since 1889, evinclng
sure ins oh, into The pecuiarities OF
French character, as well as II wide
grasp Of the events Of French history,
and prescni, q with great felicity the
significant facts OF his subj Ct IN their
due order aud Just relations. He drew
II vivid picture Of the corruptions and
abuses. at once absurd and criminal,
which the revolution of 1889 swept
away, and exhibited the REASONS why
that revolution. after it had accomplish
ed its henefccn, work Of destruction,
wos prevented from developing It's more
hene fccn, principles of recons,lu uc,ion.
In this az in other POI ,ions OF his lee
! lure, Mr.. Sumner exhibited an intimate
! knowledge oi historical documents ana
secrets Of State rot accessible 10 The
general reutrr, and which enabled him
\ 10 follow his own train of historical
deduction, indel cndent OF the ordinary
rruisms around which most discourses
on FIRE ch affairs group their one-sided
facts and partial arguments. Alter
rnplaly showing that the centralized
dcspotism OF Napoleon had lis necessi'y
| in the internal factions und external
enemies which threatened not merely
|, liberty, but nationality, with ieslruc-
| non, he proceeded to exhibit the nature
| Of the royals, reaction, after Napoleon
! WAS overlhrown, and the combined
| ignorance, presumption, bigo'ry ana
! tyranny of The governm' whose
| obstinate persistence III reviving eX
| ioded IDEAS OF administration produced
the rcvoluiion OF 1880. In accordanc.
with the leading priuciple o! his lecture
that no nerhmcnt n France ha'
been u., rturn,d which deserved L
i sInnt, he laced in clear light th'
naughty di;dain of public opinion, an
the corrupt administration ot Publi
affairs, which reused the people a.ains
the bur, auocracy, the arls'orrncy
officials. established by Louis Philippe
Or,hc last revolution in France. MI
Sumner was an eyewitness, and III
REMARKS Oh it we're distinguished b
rreu candor, sagacity and ntclIIgcnc'
We have no, space 10 refer even to III
topIcs Of tins portion ol lis lecture, an
in!-, d any aucmliit give abftra'
oi such Icc.ure must be necessarily
failure, rs it ~a~ itself condensed 10 u
last point consi.'rn, with clcarn'ss. W
4 believe that MIR. Sumner .cctured Ia
evcnin, for the frs, time, and We c;
congratulate him on ii triumphant 81
cess in Il new vocation.