166 ANNUAL MEETING, 
proceeded to St. Nicholas’ Church, in some respects, perhaps, the most 
valuable of allin the town from an archeologist’s point of view. The 
early Norman work was pointed out by Mr. Nevinson and the vicar, (the 
Rey. T. W. Owen,) and both gentlemen agreed that some portion of the 
building was probably Saxon. Mr. Owen exhibited the first register of 
marriages and burials bearing date 1559, a deeply interesting volume, 
which he has had bound to better preserve it. Walking from the church, 
the house in St. Nicholas Street, in which it is supposed Bunyan once 
resided, and in which Dr. Watts on one occasion passed the night, was 
noticed, and the journey of the company was brought to a conclusion by 
a visit to the Jewry Wall and the Roman Pavement, which is preserved 
in situ, in a cellar close by. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
The annual meeting was held in the Council Chamber of the Town 
Hall, at half-past three o’clock, Mr. Grorcz STEVENSON, of Leicester, (the 
President,) occupying the chair. The attendance, which numbered about 
seventy, included Mr. E. W. Badger, of Birmingham, and Mr. W. J. 
Harrison, of Leicester, the two honorary secretaries; the Rey. H. W. 
Crosskey, Dr. Deane, and Messrs. W. Graham, W. R. Hughes, G. H. 
Twigg, J. Morley, J. Rabone, A. Scruton, J. F. Goode, C. J. Watson, 
Alfred Hughes, C. Pumphrey, J. Levick, F. Underhill, H. Burman, 
Lawson Tait, H. J. Devis, and Bernard Badger, (representing various 
Birmingham societies;) Messrs. George Perry and Thomas Bolton, 
(Dudley,) Mr. Edwin Wheeler and the Rev. W. Katterns, (Peterborough,) 
Colonel Basevi and Major Barnard, (Cheltenham,) Messrs. J. S. Hedder- 
ley, L. Lee, A. H. 8. White, G. B. Rothera, and J. Mosley, (Nottingham,) 
W. Phillips, (Shrewsbury,) the Rev. C. F. Thornewill, (Burton-on- 
Trent,) the Revds. O. M. Feilden and G. G. Monck, (Oswestry,) Messrs. 
F. T. Mott, T. Carter, C. Packe, J.P., W. Kelly, A. Paget, A. H. Paget, 
J. B. Everard, E. Clephan, W. Kempson, M. Maxfield, E. L. Stephens, 
W. Pilsbury, F. J. F. Kirby, H. §. Jones, and W. Emmerson, (Leicester,) 
the Rev. J. D. La Touche, (Stokesay,) the Rev. J. E. Vize, (Forden,) 
the Rev. J. M. Mello, (Chesterfield,) &., &c. 
After the minutes of the last meeting at Birmingham had been 
read by Mr. HK. W. Bapesrr, and duly confirmed, the Presipent proceeded. 
to deliver his address, which has already appeared in full in our pages 
(see Vol. II., p. 187.) 
The Rev. H. W. Crossxry, F.G.S., moved a vote of thanks to the 
President for his admirable address, and expressed his agreement with 
the advice given by Mr. Stevenson. They might solve many problems 
by instruments which were at hand, and many discoveries might be 
made in every field of science if they would set about the work. The 
advice which the President had given them was sound, and if they were 
determined to make discoveries he believed they would succeed. He 
trusted that meeting would be the starting point in systematic effort in 
several scientific directions, and that the Chairman would be repaid for 
his address by seeing the members of the Union act on the advice 
which he had given. If they pursued scientific pursuits they would 
find a fund of enjoyment which would be most refreshing to them in 
the present day, when there was so much excitement, and so many 
differences, both on politics and religion, and when so many things 
were reckoned by their mere money value. In answer to those who 
wondered how it was they could take such interest in the studies that 
