Last evening tho capaoity of the Oddfel lowe' Hall was tested to tho'utmcet, wheaMr B. A. Proctor, a gentleman whose fame In preceded him, gave tho first of his wries of lectures on astronomy. Not oaly was ths body of the hall closely packed, bufc the sfcf? also, and numbers were imnble to obteia ad mission. The Synod adjourned at an eg}]? hour in order to allow of its membsrs beta? present, as alee did tho City Council Mr Proctor, though not a briilisnt doea» tioniflt, lacking aa he does many of the qnali* tiee poeeeeeed by the Key. Oliarke Claris, yet hag one very great specialty, viz, th<> powr of imparting knowledge in a familiar - i ready manner. Thers is no aileoMJoa of what may be called siientiflo jargon in his discourses. He reasons out in plain and xmm nishod language the propositions heailvssMgj and provee conclusively and in a moats fotdbis manner all the theories that he Drcpatmck Indeed it ie hardly right to call theintbsorki, because Mr Frootor invites hie avdienee to consider with him the evidence ho lsjs before them of the exietoaoe of what he desires to discuss, and he really aote as it were more in the capacity of a Judge summing Dp e#Jen» to a jury than an advocate endeavoring U press hit view of a certain state of faefs apsa their minds. Added to this, Mr Preetor un doubtedly displays a perfect acquaintance aaS familiarity with hia eubjeot. Hβ olofhti Its ideas in such language m moafc accurately car? reys to hie hearers the state ef faeU, asi i enables them to follow him through iSs i moet remote paths of netronomioe! ! science without hesitancy o? wewfoa*. j His illustrations are apt and. practical 3 fes | conclusions drawn after having weighsd; yi S j were, .in the face of his auditory She whole sf j the facts for and against them, and atldcu t<3 ' this hie delivery throughout is of tfcat »]• Icquial or conversational character as u r A to require too great; a utrain on the 1 xaiud to follow and understand what as is'-iipealcisg of. '. .■■■;■*] The enbjeofc of Mr Procter's openisg .!«• I tore wae the " Lif o and Death of s WfflM, , *' and it was handled throughout in & siserfdj manner. After briefly referring to 4» .. 