Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-10 00:00:00

OPINIONitAT HOME AND ABROAD.

" MECHANIC INSTITUTE, ST. JOUN, NEW BRUNSWICK. —III a
few days the lecture season of this institution will close, and while
we look back with pleasure on the lectures delivered, none will

longer hold a place in our memory than that of Mr. Malone Raymond,
on Monday evening last. The sulject was Jerusalem : and with
the utmo,t felicity, and in language the most chaste and captivating,
and with a manner and grace the most fmcinalog, the eloquent
lecturb'er escorted, an it were, his delighted auJience through the
domes, ror`icoes, cathedrals, temp:es, and valleys of the Holy City,
and led them in treathless silence up the " m ,untaTns round about

Jerusalem," and by the pools of Siloam and Bethes la, and along the
banks enclosing the billows of the Dead _Sea. Beautifully Im-
pressive, th 3 lecture was an excellent description of that land

consecreed in the minds of Turks, Jews, I •fide's, and Christians :
particularly dear, however, to the latter, as the scene of the holy and
mirectfous ministraton the death,! resurrection, and
ultimate ascension of the Redeemer of mankind. While it was

historically descriptive, it faled not as a production remarkably
illustrative of the reco d of Szriptural truth, and in confirmation of
the Oracles of Divine Inspiration. The Valley of Jehosophat was

minutely described—being, in the minds of many, the spot destined
to be the great a:at of the final judgment of the quick an I the dead."

St, John's Paper

From the Montreal Pilot, Nov. 12, 1853:—" tis a long time since
we attended a lecture which passed off with such brill:lacy as that
of Mr. Malone Raymond. He i s the complete impersonation of the

genies, wit, humour, and fun-loving character of his conn.rymen.
Alike irresistible in his lively and in his lathetic descriptions, he
entrances and carries with I,lm his audience, whose admiration and

de'ight are evinced in turn by roars of laughter, by shouts of
approbation, or by the still more unequ'vocal language of silent
emotion. The nom, on both occas:ona that he api eared before a
Montreal public, has been crow,!ed. We are glad to dad that he
has determined to give one more lecture this evening, And we
strongly recommend cur readers not to omit to avail themselves of so
rare an opportunity of spending an agreable hour as this lecture
affords."

" MISS KATE SAILON.—This sccomplished young lady, who wil
shortlS, give a series of Lectures and Readings in our city, belongs to
that moat r,spectable and benevolent eau of the community
called Friends ; her mother w.s the friend and associate of that
kind-hearted and charitable lady, Elizabeth Fry, with whom she
visited many of the prisons and other abodes of the wretched, both
on the Con tinent of Europe and throughout the British dominions,
many of the unfortunets inmates of which have cause to bless her
memory. Miss Kate Saxon was educated at the celebrated Qus.ker
seminary at Croydon, about twelve miles from London, where,
among other accomplishments, she, at an . early age, displayed
elocuti-nary powers of a high order, and after her retire
ment, from the col!egiate institution alluded to, had
numerous advemag otts offers made tl her to lecture
and read the oughout the var:ous literary soc'eties of England ;
th, se offers were duly accepted, and the fair candiiate for public
approtaticn soon bec: me extremely popular. Subsequently Bliss
Kate Saxon gave her lectures in the United States and Canada, and
has continued_ to do so with unequalled success, up to the present
period ; on one occasion only she appeared with the cerebrated
G ermanic Musical Society in this city, when she read the great
leading passages of Shakspeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' to
a crowded and admiring audience. 7 his young lady eannot fail to
prove an object of interest here. Her figure is light and elegant ;
her face handsome and expressive, her voice most musical, and
altogether her manners and delivery, fascinating to the highest
degree. From the likeness of the young lady which we hAVe seen,
and which now adorns the windows of many of the stoma in Ches-
nut and other streets in this city, we advise the you•ag gesitieutta
to tale care of their hearts,"—
Philadelphia °Fel%