REV. J. W. INGLIS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5602, 7 February 1879, Page 5

REV. J. W. INGLIS.

The Bev J. W. Inglis delivered last night, at the Oddfellows* Hall, the first of a series of “Scottish Lecture Entertainments.” Although the Her lecturer laboured under the disadvantages that he Was lecturing to a strange audience, in a hall with tbe acoustic arrangements of which he was unacquainted, andtnat the premises almost adjoining were in process of destruction by a fire which had drawn a large crowd to tbe vicinity, and probably caused many to believe that the entertainment would bo postponed, yet he succeeded in thoroughly interesting his audience And confirming tho favourable expectations which had been raised by tbe report* which had preceded Mm. The lectnreoflaetnight was that entitled, “Fen and Ink Sketches of the Past,” and if it is a fair sample of the series there can be no doubt that intellectual treats of no common merit are m store for those who patronise Mr w *®®* quant entertainments. The conlisted, to a large extent, of "ell-dehvered passages from favourite authors, by no means ScMslvcly Scotch, introduced by appropriate remarks, m which the language ing and eloquent as wero the J® 1 g£t and roul-stirring. ,Mr .IngM haaa resonant, not unmusical roice, great power of expression, and . j. SsTitT His humour is " . v to pathos, and both he contrives to ro the fullest extent to hkhcarers, wIMeM Ims the knack of introducing a ?£****-_,, _ is bara of Avon.” The selection. iMtmgnt were the following i—- “ Betsy and I are out,”“ How Horattja the Bridge,” “ Mansto mugh ,, Tuit to a play ” “Death of “Scotch Words, and Orj *”» MrTrgK* Shareholders." In delivering Southerner. The lecture was concluded oy a

glowing panegyric of religion as the mother of freedom, and a fervid oxhottatiou u favour of eduoatiori. , The Kev J. W.lngluwill looturoou Monday and Tuesday nights, the subjects being, « The Songs and Music of Scotland " end a Burns, the poet and the mno."