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LECTURES ON SCOTTISH MINsTRELsY.-Mr.C Clire.
hugh and Mr. Dempster commence series of lee.
lures on Scottish Mnstrelsy at the Society Library
Rooms next week. This generous rivalry will
make the subject very interesting and amusing
Both the champions are Scotchmen, and both
came, we believe, from the neighborhood of Edin-
burgh. Both are fine singers, and shrewd, intelll-
gent men. The veteran Clirehugh is well known
as the Figaro of New York, and Mr.. Dempster
has made his name familiar all over the Union as
capital vocalist A great zeal of interest has
been excited about these lectures by an inkng Of
what they will likely be, obtained through a pri.
vate lecture by Clirehugh the other evening, in
which he stated that the great religious revolution
in Scotland, was owing, in some degree, to an in.
genius application Of the old Church Music, sung
at mass So it was in France also in the time OF
the Reformation in that country. In this country
the immense power on the popular movements ex.
ercised by song gsinging, has been likewise demon.
strated in the election OF Harrison and Polk-he
victors absolutely outsinsing their antagonists and
by that means gaining the day. The temperance
cause has also been essentially promoted by means
of song-singing Song writing then becomes
very influential profession. Why, therefore, should
we not give ''beneft" to the great song writer,
Morris :!