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A report on the lecture about the life of Sir Walter Scott delivered by J. C. Neild at the Wesleyan school room, Chippendale, 'for the benefit of the Prince Alfred Hospital Fund'.
John Cash Neild informs readers of the Empire that the lecture given by him in support of the Prince Alfred Hospital Fund 'instead of leaving a surplus ... did not, unfortunately, pay its expenses'. Neild says that the location of the lecture (in Chippendale) 'is not a favourable one for lectures on literary subjects'.