Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-30 00:00:00

1/I:2CATICS.

A letter wa.,,wead from .Dr. Nevins, who report>d that
be had visited, the lunatic aviums at Lancaster and Rain-
hill, and that he deemed it desirable that the guardians
should remove >sa .c msiderable number of them to the
workhouse, is,coreequence of the crowded .state of those
institutions.
As some daubso were expressed as to whether the
-visiting magistrates would assent to the propositicn, the
letter wai referred to the visiting committee, who were to
meet Dr. Nevius.and. Mr. Gough on the subject, and report
thereon.

INCRILARE,M TlT£ NUMMI'. OF GUARTAANS.
A letter was read from the General Poor-law Board, in
reply to a memorialasnt from that Board, praying to have
the number of guardians increased in the townships of
Everton, Wavera.ee, West Derby, and Kirkdale. The
letter stated that tine Board had considered the memorial,
and were ready to iesee an order for increasing the number
of guardians in Everton from three to four, in Wavertree
• from one to two, and in West Derby from four to six, but
.-saw no reason for making any addition to Sirkdale.
The letter received theassent from the Board, but it was
. decided to urge. upon the General Board the necessity of
irgiving one more guardian for Kirkdale.

TIIE REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS, &C.
A letter was ,resd from the Registrar-General, stating
that it was his .!ntention to tt,k the Secretary of State
to have the Union of Toxteth-park united with the West
...Derby Union for registration purposes, and requested the
clerk to bring the,matter before the Board, although he
did nct see any objectioa that could be urged against it.
After a few words from Air. SelAw, the clerk explained
that it had nothing whatever to do with the union.

.The -tatter was received.
After transactiag some routine business, the Board
-adjourned.

COX'GRESS OF THE ARC ELEOLoaIUAL

CLOSING MEETING.

The proceulinga of the anneal meeting of the British
,logical institute were brought to a close yesterday
by an egg, egaie meeting of the members and their friends,
mhich took,plale at the Town Hall, Cbest'r, at nom.
n the,abenta of Lord Talbot de Malahide, the Presi •
dent, who had
.been cal'ed to London in order to attend to
his Parliamentary duties, the, Lord Bishop of Chester
presided.
His Lonnsnap., in addressing the meeting, reviewed the
p-ocecdi! gs of tie we k, rsm,arking that the papers
which had been..read had afforded both instruction ape,
pleasure.
Sir ••CHARLES • &:-DEasos moved a vote of thanks
to the Mayor and Corperation of Chester for the
assistanca rendered to the Institute in placing
the Town • Hall at their disposal. In doing
so he alluded to the great pleasure which their
visit to aester had affinded the members of the Institute,
more (speglally so from its prolimity to that interesting
country Wales, which had given them the opportunity of
visiting son .-e of the celebrated castles of the Principality.
Their visit to•C irnarvon Castle have brought to light a most
important lalitorical facte s iz., that the old tradition that
Edward the Second was born in the Eagle 'Tower at the
Castle, was not correct. Up to the present time it was
generally bei,lawd that the Prince was born there, but
the Rev. Mr. ,Hartshorn bad proved from documentary
evidence that it•A-vas impossiblf.
Thanks were vvo:ed to the Lean and Chapter of the
Cabiedral, the CoestAer Arcbmalogical Society, the Secre-
tariez,ki.
The „Rev. J. L. Peirce, in /wring a vote of thanks to
the Lancashire and Coeshire ILs'oric Society for the
invitation to Liverpool, and to Mr. Watts for the
invitation to Speko•hall, rermsrined that these local
spcie'ias were among the brightest..-spots of the National
Institute. The visa to Speice-14111 must have been
enjoyed by every lover if the old domestic architec-
ture of Engleed. They were also deeply indebted
to the authorities at Liverpool, and to M. cats, of Bp•ke
Hall, for the princely hospitality vihi7eh:b.ad been shown to
the members a the ins,itate.
The Rev. Dr. ilyme acknowledged the. compliment, re.
marking that for two years the ilistoiric Society of Liver-
pool had looked forward to the Eeeti 1g at Chester with
gre4t interest, and they would now- look back upon it with
feeliago of pleasure.
On the motion of Mr. Philip Egerton, lart., M.P.,
secor4d by Mr. E. D. Salisbury, M.P. for Chester, a vote
of thatas to the B.slaop was carried with a‘nlamation.
His L9:IDSHIP having replied, the proce(diogi of the
Congt ess_xere brought to a close.

CONIFORT.-1512 LIDGING3.—A boarding-helve keeper in
Baltimore advert set to " furnish gentlemea with pLoasant
and comfortable-rooms; also, one or two gentlemen with
wives."
DE Vrli OF ,TIII,DOWAGER LA.DY MAYWEIJ, OF CALDER-
WOOD.--This la'dy, the widow of the sixth baronet (the
',leant Sir W. A. is the eight baronet) died
suddenly at Khlutf,,East Lothian, on the 19th current,
aged 76. _Her Ladvaiip's maiden name wns Hannah
Leonora Paiiay, Youngest daughter of the late Robert
Pasley, Eq., of 'Mount Annan. Dumfriesshire, who m9r-
ried the sixth baronet oCCalderwood on sth May, PM.
He died 12th lan , 1829, and was succeeded by his cousin,
the late General Sir William Maxwell, father of the
present IyA.onct.
A Sit ,won, oe FLERRINGI.-,A Erora correspondent in-
forms us teat considerable sensation has been created in
that neighbourhood by there beingfoulad a large quantity
of herrings, on a recza,t morning, lying sattered in one of
the Dall'aalro ?arlet s, stoich is nearly half a mi:e from the
shore. When cooked the herrings were found quite good
and fresh ; and it is rega)&d, from Lumercus substantial
reasons, as impossible that they could have been carried
by any kdivi,luals, and thus scattered by them over the
garden. They filled an average sized basket. Many con-
_ject Ites are afliat as to the cause of this singular pheno-
ixemoa ; but the most is that it has been occasioned
by a w ,terspour, several instaness of a like character
having occurred in the north since the commencement of
the present century. The superstitious have made the
most of this occurrence, and s•nae are found to be in a stat?.
.of indignation against the p rions who dared to eat
fish fluad under such equivocal circumstances. Bat we
are glad to add that ap judgment has yet overtaken
them far such a daring act of impiety.—Northern. (Trick)
Ensign,