REV CHAS CLARK AT MASTERTON

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 9696, 27 December 1890, Page 3

REV CHAS CLARK AT MASTERTON

; ;>;;/.- omment ( V le(),tpr, :,:.wlib:'.\vi]| ; bo i - remetab.erecl,, v by; many : as having T visited this Colony abont'M :.'■;.; .'..years, ago, tlelivDred tho.firaUfa ■■,-■ v; To olaigf and : .; appreciatiye aidionco,-: tlie subject ;;;';.: being'"ChafeTOckens^.. A greater ;. intellectual' treat than that provided cou l<!. flpt.i;welli hive* been desired, .":..'. Qnd : theaudience ; demoifntW'tcd'tiieir »Ppreoiatio'hoftlie'Btei]ii;| l 'ab!litybi ... , the Orator hy Sv u'eqftenV;arid'liearty ,-■: .appl,a^e.,,.As,.a. spo'afe,;Slr ..Clark , still re'taiils : '!liiß,old' dramatic force, .: . and his. ve.rcajiljty is admitted to : be ; -^even-greater ! tliaii ,'on the'oc'casion of fornieY'yisjt,!,:Tho. wonderful v powers lie displayed last .(depicting die' various .characters outlined in the yrorksoj ■: -.Dickonsiwill'longliyo fo'lhe'toemory '■'. mi '" 8 a *nce', u dntl 'liif'clever ,'• the humour, Joyqpd # 'lyinpatby which.iije'^rpraiiient'in the works of the^gronl'genius'was of an equally interesting and.impressive nature, i';lii\tho','first portion of his address *Mr "(Jlark' dealt tfith' the much-read, Pickwick, papers,. and described in able manner the shootingparty composed of Pickwick, Winkle, Tupnian, /Wardle'and Weller, thai: his audience was fairly convulsed : with laughter, ; The sympathy for humaii'natureiyhich is so clearly displayed by Dickens iu his I'Tale of.Two Cife," was deputed in a touching manner; by. tiie dramatic'v account of: the Baorifice of Sidney 'Carton;for-'- 1 a' wellknown French • exile; ; and , Lis subsequent exec'iition in company with an innocent little somptress. Indeed so intensely; pathetic -was the scene at the guillotine that inany in the audience were actually ovewpo bjijlioir emotional, feelings. And Maf> ??'.* still > further to. convince /J^psliear i ers of his powerd'of: oratory, ,' Mr Claik, after drawing tho curtain oyer a scene of .mourning and distress, treated almbst immediately after roars of laughter,by his humourous'description' of'tlio diiinei party, given by David Copperfield: Equally fascinating was the lecturer in his pleasing, description ■ of. the charaoter- ;of. Dr. Marigold,.'-thf Cheap Jack, whoso career was of an amusing, and yet at times' patliotu nature.' , The eloquent manner in which he described the death ,of little Sophie, and'the glad reception of the grarid-daughier of Dr Marigold caused many a ono to shed a jilont tear. The lecturer concluded his, .most interesting 'arid' able'' address 'by referring to a recent visit mado to the grave of the great genius in Westminster Abbey,, wheroone could not help but; reflect. u'pjnl.tbe' wonderful sympathy and love of the most able Of authors. ;'.■;•. ;,,,. ..; > ii-- > Mr Clark will/lecture ; upon•',': The Tower of London" tonight, ihthis is considered | his iMsterpiece,;there will, doubtless again ,bo a large "Jfrtehdance at the Theatre Koyal,