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Hiberniavz - Lyceum Society. 37 .
Public? If it-be true that several of the tradesmen's bills are still un-.
paid, is the Committee to be blamed, or what‘ is become of the money 2
Finally, does the Society exist, or. is a new fund necessary for its esta-
blishment and support? i ' e
Ja,,..1g;],) 1310, , i Sunscnmmz.
We are iverylsorry we cannot satisfy our correspontlenta on head,‘
but shall be happy to afford the same medium which hehas made use of,
to those persons who are concerned.--A-Editors.
HIBERNIAN LYCEUM -SOCIETY.
AT a period when the ingenuity oi'iour'Youtl1 appears to be on the’
stretch, to discover new modes‘ ‘of indulgence dissipation and folly;
when the little progress which our nation‘. has made,‘ appears to have
been almost exclusively in the line of internpcxance and lewdncss ;. we
would be willing to indulge the hope,‘ that the institution‘ of societies,
for the promotion and cultivation of oratoiy, literature,‘ ‘science, &c.p
would become more frequent : and, liowever rude such beginnings, and H,
feeble such infant attempts, wearewilling, to the utmost of our power,
to promote views so.laudabldandpdispdsitions sovingeniuousi I ' i ,
Theflittle‘ Society which by the name oi‘ the Hibcmian Lyceum;
owes its origin, We understand, to 9. fewtschool-boys, who, withthe.
advice and consent of their preceptor, met ‘weekly, to indulge themselves
in attempts at oratory,ion given questions; and were induced, a from the
love of applause, so natural to the mind, to admit to their meeting-room
as many as were willing-‘to become their auditors. ‘Finding, however,
that this unrestricted liberty was often productive of tumult; they were
obliged to contract their original. ‘plan, and confine!" adrnission to those
who were furnished with tickets. F i C I ‘ ‘A I L
Those who, in Londonjlxave attendedto public meetings’, 'for the pur-
pose of debate, must have ’T][ittI.l.erS'Sf3‘(1)Yi.til. pleasure the height of perfec-
tion, to which the custom of speaking hath brought many, who at their
outset could scarcely connect two sentences, or deliver them without he<
sitation. We know nothinglof so unpropitious a nature in Irish genius,
that should make us despair of equal fldvantages resulting from the
same cause. "That confidence, at least, may be acquired, which W311,
teach a man to deliver his sentiments with perspieuity, if not with ele-I
g“““e= and, 8.3 Lord Chesterfield remarks, he who can bring himself with
promptitude and propriety,’ to deliver, in the presence of f011l'tC91'1 01‘
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