ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 6838, 10 February 1891, Page 2

ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

MB E. T, SMITH,

Mb E. T. Smith .appeared before a'-lawe and appreciativeaudienoe inthe/Aeademv The Rev. B,J Neillaoied aa chairmiiDj and introdaqed : 'lie brilliant elooutioniflt, who reolled with admirable dramatic power Gougb'e etirrina oration entitled« Man, and hie Masters '• In tbi?, as in his oihef reoiiale, Mr Smith ehowe that he liveaia bis sabjeote, and as as is a mail of exceptional gifts Be" holds iho mirrttr up to , nalu'e" with , a power which caasos the audienoe— :

By turps to feel tbe glowing tiuiii '; • Disturbed, deligfliteiV raised, reaaed. To-night's entertainment .promieee (o proveone of the most thoroughly intoreeling which Mr Smith has'given at Thames. Anamber of;:local vocalieta have ooneented to .lake, part with msa and piado, forte, rsqitalf, and Mr Smith" isiet do#n for no lees than.ten '.recilale ofa'moet varied obaiao'er.. These, indlade pirsms andproaeoratiOne, some.highly tragio and needing the drainatio, talent which Me Smith undoubtedly:.■ p'oraoseefyothers enio. tiomlvapd touching,, and otbere egoin exceedingly laughable. It may be fai/lv espee'ed: that Mr Smith, will treat each item in his very best #le, : and-therefore the audiehoa will haye d rich literary feast 6£ a dbaraotor which h'ae'never'•; before been experienced m the Thames. The Jtev. Dr O'Dallaghan will occupy tfce chair,- ; We ; may rematk f Ibo,thet a iiondoa paper, in speaking of'Mr Smith's Evenmg .with; the ; eaid that every corner of the room wasi drammed, inoludingthe platform and galleries, and a more..lively,' qheerftjl evening oi : eimple and innocent fan; with ebmo; palhelio vrecila(ions? could-hardly; bo imaginad. Mr Smith's humour brought dok shotils of laughter from the audience,' and was not only irresistible, bnt.entirely free from unrefinement and vulgarity. His sketch oIE the;meeting he attended,where, tbo p?% formers were always late with the exeep. tion of one young man who never disap. pointed anybody,, and,' whom. Mr Smith imitated in a supposed reoitatiodjperforme.d under the difficulties of a cold in his. head was inimitable,! , ; In Anckland, too, the same entertainment; was so: highly appre. ciated that Mr Smith waa engaged to a second eyoiimg of aeimilar cbaraeter,