Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-13 00:00:00

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of government," lie said, " were to develope and reatrai,g!
to develope and protect the good, to restrain and punish t 7
bad." Having defined his terms and stated his Fort
tions, the orator mustered around them a series of bri lit
sketches. His vast descriptive powers he made the ban
maid of philosophy. Every now and then his fancy sal,le_uo
upon a stream of entrancing words. Among_ his sketqw,_
were those of the farmer, cook, and clothier. "Wider the tit's,
of "Timothy Know Everything," he graphically descrirT
the kind though eccentric scholar and book7orm ; rd
object being to indicate the characters who make . ~',,
perpetuate society. Then he turned to the publican cire
stating their object and depicting the
dwelt with emphatic skill on the political aspects of a Yo. the
Law, and combated the absurd doctrine, that stoppine
_O,,
liquor traffic would decrease the revenue ; but, on they to
trary, lie said, it would take away the greatest obstacttraietie.
the existence of an immense and healthy home e for
Justice cannot be done to the oration in a mere notic g. ,i 5
the orator fully proved his title, and amply maintained iiiej
He conclhe
reputation in the temperance movement.
Panting results.:,3.%
his oration on Sunday evening last, his subject being
Maine Law ; its moral influence on the people'
cielo' • erea
ace,
,
M. MEIER'S LECTURE.—Last night, M. Mejeen3is
a lecture in the Royal Institution, upon the " Rs'o3 e
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or French Literature in the 16th Century." Therebf th
very numerous audience, and the chair was tak „en lecture
Rev. Professor Griffiths. The subject of M. Meier 9 careful'
was one to which the lecturer had devoted long,',Z oit
and minute study, and the warm interest which
and 010
of illustration, in impressing fully upon
himself, he succeeded, by his eloquent lan,nee nn" 5. It
might not be very difficult to deliver an interestincoeuce;
amusing discourse upon such a subject to a general°. Of to
and, on the other hand,. it might be comparative') 7 log
lay before a gathering of scholars the bare results o.l3deed
study of the theme. But very great difßetat,il,,ol the°.
oppose the lecturer .But
attempts to enniu.—discont
objects, and to offer upon sach a Slibieet 3 t Of t""
owhich shall keep alive and engross the la tere!.aactng
i•dma listeuer, and at the same time satisfy' tree enact cool'
demands of the scholar. In this object 31. 'of the sub'
pletely succeeded.. With a depth of kiiovilekie °"tot hall
jest, iu its spirit as well as its details, 11111', 111
toil
surprised every listener, M. Me'cr made t',l%,,biel t,.,,
dealt with so attractive, so varied,jand so intel It' 111'
the least cultivated among hi bare
f.-^
eili:hCarr, 01
self absorbed and fascinated

Nlejer's vie
*as faithful

and the scope of the Renaissatreb
meaning of the term, and at the b..
enlarged and comprehensive in its meaning 1,
given to it. A genuine new birth.
another spring-time warming all nature into 11enscitbri,
a movement re-acting upon inertness and torpor, 3 fBJ
across all lands where civilisation had ever been
is somewhat of the import which M. geieryi'eits
dawning Renaissance. He illustrated his lificn
examples of intellect struggling with the
ignorance and half-developed language with wul pbol,
century in France abounded; he dwelt upon thellich lot
the Etiennes, and ex.patiated upon the results ;1' 011,,i,
have followed, had the publication of the fib cl5-'5"
made in the language of the nation instead of --
-- Passing further on, M. Mejer came

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and rendered a more --
historians will allow. He showed than
objectionable passages of the Heptameroa had t),,`T
lated —as in the case of our own i'llassinger—
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of others ; and that, through the whole, there 11.'
love of free thought, and a hatred of hypocrP:
itt
which do honour to the memory of thQ W
Villon, and others of the same
illustrated, and the progress of the subject 101
to an inquiry into the meaning of the word
intellectual peculiarities which belong to it
•
directly with the course of the lecture, aris;er
Raphaelite re-action, upon which M. Mejer de* ine
with whose spirit and application we cordially
can only thus hastily indicate a few of the tol!)fej
scope of the lecture introduced, and which N.,e. 0.,•
upon with keen appreciation, intimate knovilet,7 bare •
whe
style rich with eloquence. The listener 111,1'00;8,d,, se,
indeed sigularly well-read in the literature of 'bat
tle"
did not derive much and valuable additional ,b 5 of the
and he must have been a discontented critic 'Ol otbeit
admire the style, the language, and the deLl,ticie
lecture. The audience were frequently enthuse
00A jor the
applause. g ~e
MR. 'MASON JONES'S ORATIONS.---gr' ^OP tP
delivered the first of his present course of ortoto side
Hope Hall, last night. His subject was " Gr3jklthlet,
Wits and Orators of the Irish Parliament. iles%
night was singularly inclement, and inec,"."lo,.
crowded audience-gathered in Hope Hall, w'''ritioll,,,tfor"";
filled before the hour arrived at which tile °t‘be rt
commence. Mr. Jones, upon appearing °all ato th'.
was greeted with a warm burst of aPP,,e3uif,,trJo,,,,e3'
proceeded to his subject. -We have ti'.-3f !--11
once described the character and dee" o
oratory, and more recent descriptions reat'`'iope
journals have made them known to ecer..lt doce.,l se,„l
nature of the subject which Mr. Jones b3' ,t 11;
night afforded, perhaps,' a fuller and a caerej tb°4qo
for the peculiar character of his eloquence, slot Spate
.ti!(
any of those upon which we heart]. char° ,t ores
before. The noble and heroic , colde'eutre,i
Grattan affords a theme to warm even VI, gar.cAtear
and which the most fervid hero-woshipPer e3000105e I`j
in too enthusiastic language. Mr. Jones Or appleepose
own force to his hearers, and applause afte.itioe, Graff
lowed each new evidence of earnest aPPreei`or• vele;
sympathy, and of eloquent descriptive Re chararor,
early days, his youthful associations, and tile .3.t otele!
political age into which he stepped a foreal.„evia see, of,
sketched by Mr. Jones in a few vivid, Ttlie ate del
which set the picture thoroughly before ~ t 40'
hearers. His early connection with Fle°are ifitboci
mination of his career into Irish polities, 'Jr.'e I°,
brevity exhibited to the assemblage,. Grattliasb'lic
occasion to quote some specimens of. mit Per(
at the earlier period of his proro"noble
et
and declaimed in especial that a
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so eulogised by Lord Jeffery, ia essare e
drew from the audience the most iraPr to th
Tempting as such a subject must have halloo pp'
Mr. Jones nevertheless did not lay aside dater
t
and commentator, but poin-ed out with canrcer
which Grattan committed in his political qx,fi,
deprived him of his leadership in political 1
not hesitate to condemn the keenness Alfo ,„.
es ,1!
Grattan to assail in bitter words the v'
personal defects of his rival, Flood. Mr'••qtiorl)
truthful condemnation, and even denwltical ree
'
Parliament, which, by refusing every role in
tlt
classes of the Irish people, sent that pea found
rebellion lay in their way, and they, bestr,i
cordi:tl response in the mind of el);,lect•
of giving an unprejudiced view to the sa „Jell 01°,,„r
the whole of the oration there was ret than
and dispassionately-critical tone aPPellsonCs's ec:
been expected from a speaker of gr. 10.011,110 c
character. He disclaimed for his herl.Qti. in,
of Curran or of Sheridan, and renaar'e„,;er V;01
phrase, that " a certain kind of Ojai 1111'"est aPP'4I
gave some instances) was Grattan 's en, 115.10.11
didistinguishing qualitiy of these raen' fr. jot
stinguishing
the whole of Grattan 's career' Octet
clear and comprehensive survey
lect. Honestly admitting that Grattaufo'r hiulta
statesmen of the first class, he claimed
rater allas
of his char''
language, the highest honours as 311 t°Cristi" leaf
and described his distinctive charane,
with c
orator with appreciated judgment, a el_gte pas iits
quent illustration, concluding
most brilliant and stirring eloquence.
most 0510.
with su, fin,,_„3
half the audience listened with the
iu~ 01
only now and then broken by some
applause.

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