Lectare.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1623, 1 February 1886, Page 2

Lectare.

Miss T. Bl Chapman lectured m thf Theatre last ievening to a large and mixed^aiidience, members of nearly all itae'rehgious se6fcy» presented m Paluierston being preterit,' including Church of I England, Roman Catholic, Wesleyans, Presbyterians, and Freethinkers. Mr T. R. Walton occupied the chair, and having briefly introduced .the fair lectures! took his seat and apparently ag thoroughly^joy^djiejecture at a,py oiL tn¥ audience. "Miss Chapman is a young Irish lady, :of; about.the medium height, having a dark 'complexion, intellectual •f eatnreg.-and-a-pfcafling and-fascinating^-address only very rarely met with, Ag. _ a lady speake^MissJChapuian igjwriftp* Q superior to any'-whor have previously visited iPalmerston. She is certainly giffed with a natural flow of gooH dasscriptive oratPry to>liston to, which is a - genuine, treat. Her address last evening ! was listened to with wntpt attention by all. present, and th.j Kparkliiog wit indulged m at times \>y the speaker completely oyorcamcr they audjence wh» seemed if not entirely to fall An with^the ? views* of the lecturess to appreciate, " nevertheless, her "elocutionary -powers i and humourous i illustrations. The lady ,'concluded by inviting the local Catholic minister to meet her at any time on th* V same platform, an l^ refute any of the ' j statements' she had made that evening.