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LECTURE.
HON. wM. PARsoNs-AT THE ATHESEUM
FEBRUARY 10TH

| Hon. wM. PARsoNs--AT THE ATHESEUM
FEBRUARY 10TH.
Subject: Richard Brinsley Sheri.
dan, and the orators, wits, and
humorsts Burke, Curran, Gold
smith and others, interpreted with char
| acteristlc anecdotes
Analysis.--A group.of literary Giants
DIR. Samuel johnson and an after-dinner
MISUNDERSTANDING pedigree -Associa-
tons connected with the name of NSher-
dan-Circumstances influencing his char
actcr-His love of mystery and desire Of
| eiiect-First literary cfiorts-Lovc songs
and poetcal contributions-His reliance
on his intellectual resourccs-El
and assiduity-The comedy of 1.-THE rivals"
Extraordinary command of resources
School for Scandal-Of wit and humor.-
The office of the satirist--A Chinese nphor-
ism tan age TO 1.-Two in"-American in
dependence asserted-The French reyolu-
tion-Sheridan enters parliament-His
eloquence-The great mpeachment-The
gilded saloons of Carlton palace-Reverse
Of fortune-A disastrous shipwreck-The
lessons which Sheridans life teaches The
rightful employment of our mental facul-
ties-Westminister abbey, and the forlorn
genius.
Mr.. Parsons belongs to the ancient
bouse Of Parsons, earls of Rose, and closely
related to the well.known constructor Of
The great tclcs cope, the late earl of Rose,
president oftte British association, whose
name may be associated with those of
franklin, Arago, Humboldt and the great
lumin;,ries of Inc phlosophic fields of sci
ence. He was born Mt Clontaf, near Dub
lin, and received his education at the
ss1iemy of Edinburg, under DR.. Will
liams, the famous Homeric scholar the
friend and associate of Sydney Smith the
founder Of the Edinburg Review. He
graduated at the university of Edinburg
under Prof. Wilson, the CHRISTOPHER
North" of Blackwood, and tho erudite
Pillanh subsequently, entering Lincoln
Inn, 10 prepare for the bar. lie was then |
engaged on one of the leading metropolis. |
tan newspapers, and on many occasions
contributed papers of eminent ability TO the |
magazine literature of the day.
r0NoH'ng the natural bent of his tastes
""' "'en's he devoted himself to the lec-
'u'e Atiorm Of Great Britain and Ire,and
oos. ~ once achieved n signal sue
cess and became, perhaps, tn. most nonu-
!" Puole lecturer of the uni,oa bin adnu,
AN Bradford, England, he wa. Ma ,ho
Gu anp'on of the wOrkingmen, who s.o
q'isntly testified their gratitude 70, -, ~,
vocacy Of their cause. "a-
John Bright was so struck by the pecu.
lar force and vivacity of his STYLE us to
emphatically declare that Mr.. Parsons ell.
oquence had electrified the audience.
No orator Of foreign birth, unheralded
by political reputation, has over OBJ.
tanned SO many engagements for his open.
ing season, or given such general satisfac.
ton to American lyceums. lie is unques.
. eonAoly' without any qualification, the
most eloquent and instructive literary lee
: turer who has visited our country during
the present generation Mr.. Parsons
speaks without notes or manuscripts.
Many more testimonials universally
teeming with eulogy such as few elicit
might BIO here produced, but the above Ian.
guage quoted from the Daily News, Lon,
don, New York Herald, DC, is strong
enough to convince all that the antici.
pated lecture is a treat In store.
Fifteen leading Ennlish md Scot oh