Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-04 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

CRESCENT CHAPEL LITERARY SOCIETY.—This society
hold its usual weekly meeting in the sehool-rooms,
William Henry-street, on Wednesday evening last, when
Mr. Josiah Smith, the secretary, read an essay, entitled,
" Robert Burns, as a man and a poet ;" in which he
eulogised the manly character and poetic genius of the
bard. .

MA.NAGEM.ENT OP THE NECROPOLIS.—A meeting of
parties owning graves in the Necropolis, was held
in the chapel attached to that Cemetery on Wednesday,
for the purpose of appointing three of their body to hold
seats on the new committee of management during the
ensuing year, Mr. King presided, and the gentlemen
appointed were —Mr. William Henderson, Church-street;
Mr. Thomas Corkhill, Brunswick-road;, and Mr. Andrew
M'Bride, Richmond-row.

CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The fortnightly meeting of
this association was held in the Royal Institution, last
night.. Mr. H. S. Evans presided, Mr. J. W. Nichol.
son, of Oxford-street, was elected a member of the society.
Mr. Thomas Nicholson was also elected a member.
Three numbers of the Medico-Cltirurgicat Journal were
presented to the society, by Dr, Nevins ; the 48th part of
" Muspratt's Chemical Dictionary," by Mr. Wright; and
the Pharmaceutical Journal, for the present month, by
Mr. Bell. The paper for the evening. was by Dr. Nevins,
" On the Internal Administration of Medicines in a state
of vapour."
WEST DERBY UNION.—The weekly meeting. of this
board was held on Wednesday, Mr. H. Edwards in the
chair. The other members present were—Messrs.
Abrahams, Wensley, Heyes, Stnith, Shaw, Ledger, Stone,
Kirkus, Roberts, Roscoe, Taylor, Isaac Edwards, and
Parkin. In accordance with the recommendation of the
hospital committee, Mr. William Hall was appointed
master of the hospital, at a salary of £5O a year. Mr.
Kirkus moved that Mr. Thomas Moore, of Bristol, be
appointed assistant master (or bookkeeper) and porter, at
£BO per annum. Mr. Abrahams seeonded the motion.
Mr. Smith moved, as an amendment, that the guardians
merely appoint a potter. Mr. Shaw seconded the
amendment. After some discussion, the amendment was
put, and lost, and it was agreed that the appointment be
made, provided Mr. Moore's testimonials were found
satisfactory by the visiting committee. This was the only
business of any importance before the board.
EXTRAORDINARY RUMOUR. —TIRE BRIGHTON BOARD-
ING-SCHOOL CASE.—An extraordinary rumour prevailed
through Liverpool for the last two days, lad, without
attaching any more value to it that: to rums ars generally,
and by no way vouching for its authenticity, we merely
give it as an on dit of the day. It has been so much
spoken of that we cannot any longer avoid alluding to it.
The story. goes that one of the " unfortunate young
ladies" is of Liverpool, and that her position in
society is of the first class. She is said, too,
to be of an age when (to quote Shakespeare),
"Younger than she, are happy mothers made." Her
personal appearance is stated to be very attractive.
We shall say more on that point. The story
goes that she, is likely, in a short time, to become a
mother, bxt whether happy " or not, is oqujecture.
The most curious portion of the tale (if any portion be

true) is, that the lady has just been united in matrimony
to a gentleman who has, along with her, received some
" twenty thousand charms," in the shape of sovereigns,
,as a dowry. We tell the tale as it was told to us, but, as
it
s
correctness. remarked, without in any way vouching for
correctness. •

HISTORIC SOCIETY. —At the usual weekly meeting of
this society, held last evening, the Rev. Mr. Ramsay
occupied the chair. The secretary announced the
following donations to the society :—" Journal of the
Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic- Ngociety of
Chester," from the society. " History of the Parish of
Waterbeach," by W. K. Clay, 8.D., vicar, from the
Cambridge Antiquarian Society. " Buletin de la Societe
Archeologique de l'Orleans," No. 30. Mr. George Leslie,
of 133, Upper Parliament-street, was elected as a member
of the society. The paper for the evening was on " The
Poems of Oisin," by Professor Connellan, of the Queen's
University, Ireland. The Chairman read the paper, the
object of which was.to prove that Oisin was of Irish birth
and parentage, and to show that.the words "Scot" and
"Scotia" were originally Irish; and this was borne out
by the inhabitants of the Highlands speaking the same
language as the Irish, and a people who, he said, were
from the same country. A conversation ensued the
reading of the paper, after which the members separated.
MR. BARKER'S PAINTING OF 6' WELLINGTON CROSSING
THE PYRENEES."—There is at present on exhibition in
Mr. Isaac's Art Union Rooms, Castle-streeet, a painting,
by Mr. T. J, Barker, which can hard fail to awaken
interest in the mind of every Englishman who looks upon
it. The subject of the painting is the crossing of the
Pyrenees by Wellington, in 1813. Accompanying the
hero, whose figure is the principal of the group, is
another soldier, whose name possesses an interest pecu-
liarly fresh, and, it must be added peculiarly melancholy
to England—Lord Fitzroy Somerset, then aide-de-camp
of the Duke of Wellington, and since then celebrated and
lamented as Lord Raglan. The faces of these illustrious
men appear to be strikingly correct as portraits, while as
a mere historical group, there is the spirit and life-like
• apparent, which belong especially to
Barker's paintings. There is very much
the picture to command attention. and admira-
tion quite apart from the historic interest which

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must attach to the incident it illustrates, and the forms
it presents to our eyes. The other figures, of the group
—in especial those of the' barefooted mountaineers who
lead the horses—are full of spirit and animation • and
the mountain scenery, the gorges and torrents at the left
of the figures, and the purple beaks in the background,
form a striking and beautiful frame-work, kr which the
descending warriors and their companions are. set. No
one can visit the picture without feeling gratified that
he has had an opportunity allowed him of observing an 4
admiring it.