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of each month, a meeting- of tlu; Institute will be held at 

 their rooms, Plumraer Hall, commencing at 7 o'clock ; on 

 the intermediate Monday erening Mr. F. W. Putnam will 

 deliver a lecture, at the same time and place, on some zool- 

 ogical subject, illustrating the same with specimens from the 

 Cabinets. A course of ten Scientific Lectures will also be 

 delivered at the Lyceum Hall, Salem, usually on Thursday 

 \ evenings, commencing about the middle of Novembei-. 



Rev. Dr. Withington of Newbury gave a brief account of 

 the early history of the church of which he is the present 

 pastor and over which he has been settled about fifty years. 

 He alluded very happily to the conservative character of his 

 church during the Whitefield excitement, a century since, 

 the unhappy differences arising therefrom with the sister 

 churches, and the peaceful settlement of all discord at the 

 time of his ordination. Dr. W. casually stated that his par- 

 ish, when he was settled, was the largest in extent in the 

 county, and contained 2500 people ; and as the law then 

 would not allow the other ministers to marry members in his 

 parish, he enjoyed the monopoly of the business, and joined 

 in marriage an average of twenty-five couples a year. 



The Rev. George D. Wildes of Salem, being called upon 

 by the President, occupied nearly an hour in a very inter- 

 esting resume of the incidents of the morning's ramble, 

 interspersing the same with very graphic historical sketches 

 of the houses, localities and people of the olden times of 

 Newbury and Newburyport. Quite a large number of the 

 members of the Institute had been detained by engagements 

 at Salem, until a late hour, and the valuable remarks of 

 Mr. Wildes enabled them to follow the course of the Insti- 

 tute in the visits of the morning. 



Mr. Wildes stated in substance, that no towns in our an- 

 cient, and truly old English County, were more fruitful in 



