The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-08 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

CHFLTENFIAM, Wednesday.—The twenty-sixth annual
meeting of the members of 1 he British Association for the
Advancement of Science opened this day. This meeting
is held under the presidency of Professor Danheny, M.D.,
F.R.S.; and the Vice-presidents are Earl Ducie, F.R.S.,
F.S.G., Sir R. I. MurcLison, F.R.S., F.G S., Mr. Barwick
Lloyd Baker, F.L.S.. of Hardwicke, near Gloucester, and
the Rev. F. Close, M.A., incumbent of Cheltenham- The
general committee held its first meeting at one o'clock
for the election of officers and other routine busi-
ness, but the active
Linproceedgs commence this even-
ing, at eight o'clock p.m., the Cheltenham College,
where the inaugural address will be delivered. The
meeting will extend over six days. To-morrow the
different sectional meetings will commence and will be
continued daily until and inclusive of Tuesday next.
Evening meetings will be held on Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday. On Friday evening,
Colonel Sir R. Rawlinson, F.R.S. will deliver a discourse
on " Recent discoveries in Assyria and Babylonia." On
Tuesday evening the members will dine together under
the presidency of professor Daubenv. The concluding
general meeting will be held on Wednesday, at three
o'clock p.m. One day will be devoted to excursions in
the district. The Cotswold ridge of hills, which almost
infringe upon the town of Cheltenham itself, abounds in
geological specimens, and the antiquarian has close within
his reach Gloucester Cathedral, Tewkesbury Abbey,
Sudeley Castle, Chepstow Castle, Tintern, Worce4ter
Cathedral, Hereford Cathedral, Berkeley Castle. &c.
Although this is not the " Cheltenham season," this
beautiful town is rapidly filling, and some distinguished
strangers are announced as among the expected visitors.
At a meeting of the Manchester Town Council, held on
Wednesday. it was agreed to repeat the invitation given
to the British Associa, ion, a few years ago, to visit that
city. The intention is to invite the association to hold
its meeting in 1857 at Manchester. and a committee of
the Town Council was nominated for that purpose.

THE LATE COLLISION OV THII RlVER.—Yesterday after-
noon, the enquiry directed by the Board of Trade, with the
circumstances attending the fatal - collision between
the Mail and the Excelsior steamers, was resumed
before Mr. Mansfield and Captain Schomberg, at St.
George's Hall. After proceeding with the reading of the
depositions, and the questioning of several of the witnesses,
the enquiry was further adjourned until this day at three

01E1'4 -
NUISANCE AT EGREIKONT FERRlr.—This ferry has be-
come such an intolerable nuisance that the public ought to
rise en masse in reference to it. Yesterday evening we
witnessed a scene that could hardly be equalled in any
country, not to mention "" civilised England." On her
arrival at Egremone, the half past six boat could not come
within six or seven hundred yards of the broken down,
battered, and utterly disgraceful thing called a stage, and in
order to land about a hundred passengers, a most villiannus
looking tub, which it is a libel to call a boat, was put off to
the steamer. Several r.f the passengers—the majority being
ladies—got frightened in this vile machine, and it was quite
a wonder that the w, etched vessel was not upset, and many
lives lost ; and what added to the clinger, was the brutal
conduct of the wretches who shoved the boat with long
polo, and who made rough jokes on the fears exhibited by
the ladies. We put the following query to the collector—
" When will this nuisance be abated," and he replied "in
ten. minutes," but he knew it would not be remedied during
the night. We have heard this dangerous nuisance corn-
plaikted of, but the only way to remedy it, in our opinion, is
this—let tho,e who value their lives remain ;tway, fps
Egremont ferry,