| Show BONA PARTES CAPTIVITY LAST NIGHTS LECTURE IN THE THEATRE A large lame and intelligent audience assembled at the theatre last evenin evening t to hear the lecture by mr james A abc fic knight on the ca captivity ot of bonaparte at st helena che the ehe lecture was very interesting and gave good satisfaction and for f fully ully an hour bour and three quart ers the speaker had the undivided attention of his hearers A prominent feature was the exhibition of some fine stereopticon views illustrating the subject thrown by an operator stationed in the ze first circle upon a canvas covering a space as large as the theatre curtain immediately iu in the rear of the lecturer upon the stage mr mcknight prefaced his lecture by a brief allusion to the main points good and evil in napoleons char character acte r and took the position that whatever might be said for f or or against the dead liero hero he was impelled to do what he did by a power superior to himself the speaker then gave a hurried sketch of the events in Bona partes career immediately preceding the subject under consideration from his exile to elba to the tha battle of waterloo waterloo and his bis surrender to the english E lish by whom he was conveyed to th the ats island land of st helena the first view shown was the landing at jamestown the only point on the island where it is practicable for f or boats to put in next came the briars 11 a pleasant little cot cottage tae where tte ane captive first stopped while the barn rayl raly at longwood was being prepared ared tor for his reception anywhere and where ge he e earce desired 1 to remain but was prevent eq by the strict orders to the contrary given by the english government N next ext was shown 1 longwood 11 where napoleon spent the five years immediately preceding r wedin his death and where he was so unfeelingly harassed by the unreasonable restrictions of his keepers notably by his bis mortal enemy sir hudson lowe the governor 0 of I 1 th the e i island sa I 1 nd after this came the planta pianta plantation t on 1 I the governors official I 1 residence and finally the tomb where the remains of bonaparte slept f for fon or twenty years from his death in ia 1821 6 to the exhumation of the body an and d its removal to trance in lii islo isio the f funeral procession p passing a asing through jamestown on its way to the ship was also exhibited with one or two other less notable scenes and subsequently a series of fine views in the city of paris which the lecturer had intended to close with a picture of the present magnificent tomb of napoleon beneath the dome of the In Inva lides but was unable to do so through orl ori an accident by which the plate was broken while on the way from washington the auditorium was darkened durin during the exhibition and the views or most moet of them made a splendid spectacle and served to impress with emphasis upon t the he minds of the audience the interesting iron tron eres cres ting narrative of the captivity death and other incidents in the man mau of De stinys wonderful career wo wc regret that limited space precludes a a fuller synopsis than the very imperfect attempt given above |
