MR BROMBY'S LECTURE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3664, 12 April 1883, Page 3

MR BROMBY'S LECTURE.

[To Tire Editor of the Daily TnT/EGiuru.] <3 rK) —Mr Bromby has ]iad his lecture, and the good folks of Napier their " intellectual treat." The subject matter of his address is no longer shrouded in mystery, and the Hon. Mr Bromby is on his way to some other part, apparently believing that one lecture is sufficient to satisfy the intelligence of his most ardent admirers. From your report of the meeting Mr Bromby did not keep his hearers in long suspense as to the subject of his lecture. "It -would," ho said, "be distasteful to the Englishmen present." It is to say the least scarcely consistent with gentlemanly instinct, honorable pretences, or more particularly the laudable object Mr Bromby professes to have in view—that of "raising fund to build a cathedral in Hobart"—to travel a neighbouring colony, invite the public to hear his lecture, and as soon as the desired "wherewithal" in respect of admission was received, inform his hearers that the subject matter would be distasteful to a certain class. It is not tho few shillings which Mr Bromby may have received from those unconscious of his intent that there can be much objection, but merely to the introduction of'matters extending as far back as the thirteenth century, calculated to interfere with the stable harmony existing amongst all classes in Napier. What the feuds and cruelties of ancient times have to do with the relationships existing in tho colonies amongst all classes few, I think, will be able to understand excepting Bromby and similar friends of Ireland, who appear to regard " sporting " with the ignoraucc of the people a most lucrative profession. There is no doubt but Ireland is in much want of friends_ at the present moment, famine is stalking through the land, and thousands of unoffending people are starving for the want of food. What a field for labour Ireland now at present presents, and what are its friends now doing in its behalf ? Mr Bromby can collect funds for his Cathedral in Hobart. Mr Redmond, in a short space of time, can fleece tho Irish .sympathisers in Australia to the tune of ill,ooo to foster and continue the agitation that has brought this ruin upon the country, but not one penny is reported as having been sent to satisfy the months now craving for bread. England is condemned for not relieving the distress thus created, while its creators are feted and lauded for their acts. Ireland's greatest enemies can be found within its own circle.—l am, &c, Ikisiihax. April 12, 18S3.