Last night's lecture of the Fort-cathedral School was given by Sir Havilland de Saus-mares, who took as his subject " Conantinople and ber Masters." The ry of Constantinople, as the lecturer made most apparent, is too entrancing and fraught with too much interest to be disposed of io the compass of single lecture, and Sir Havilland Sauemarez was obliged to cartsil his comments oe Modern Tarkey. The Make his aadieoce hope that able to lecture again on the Constantinople of to-day, with its haman and canine interests, its medley of nationalities and the life stories of some of the prominent actors the recent drama enacted within its walls, The lecture was followed with rapt attention and the audience fally endorsed the vote of thanks prop ised at its close by the Rev. A. J. Walker.
The following is the gist of Sir H. de Sausmaren's remarks The subject was comprised in five dealing with the history of f Constantinople beginning with the far es when, in 650 B. C., Byza~ 8 followers wandered from Megara in Greece, and settled themselves on the promontory which is now koo wa Seraglio Poiat in Stamboul, giving b name to the place, Byzantinm. There in w qanint old story quoted by Tacitns, that Byzas, before starting, consoltet the oracle at Delphi and was told by Apollo to wander until they found a place opposite which was a city of the blind.
'So they journeyed eastwards until they came to the towa of Chalcedon of their countrymen few years befo 12d, seeing the iufivitesuperior site of the promontory opposite, they decided the oracle' words applied to. the Chaleeds aod so founded that city of Byzaatiom, afterwards Constantinople.
Landmerks of its history remain, connected with the deeds of Xerxes and Zenophon, bat it was not till Rome' had pushed her conquests farther and lowing ap Greece and cies, that Coostantinoble became really great. Then Constantive, who, in 324, had become sole roler of the Roman world, a world that stretched from the Persian frontier to the Atlantic, reoogoizing the central position and magnificent site of Byzantim, transferred thither from Rome the seat of the administration of his vast empire and cslied his new capital the city of Coustensucceeded old who continued to 5] their native Greek, called themselves Romans, and.
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