at Caernarvon, Conway and Beaumarais, one of the towers should be restored as an example of medieval military architecture, and to serve also as a local public museum: and concludes by soliciting the Committee to use their endeavours to obtain a grant of money for the restoration of a tomb (at Penmynydd, in Anglesey) of one of Her Majesty's direct ancestors, of the race of Tudor, deceased in the fifteenth century.
January 8.
The Cambridge Antiquarian Society presented the complete series of their Proceedings, hitherto published.
The Rev. Stephen Isaacson, Rector of Dymchurch, Kent, exhibited the upper moiety of a thurible, formed of yellow mixed metal, which was discovered in the sea-wall at Dymchurch. By the general character of workmanship, which is somewhat rude in execution, it appears to have been fashioned towards the close of the sixteenth century.
Mr. Charles Roach Smith exhibited a number of beads, discovered in the county of Antrim, and communicated for the inspection of the Committee, by Mr. Edward Benn. Two or three of these ornaments, formed of glass, or semi-vitrified ware, resemble the beads which are frequently found in London, and other places, with Roman remains.
The Rev. William Haslam, of St. Perran-zabuloe, exhibited two ancient rings. The more ancient of these ornaments has been noticed by him in his recently published account of the Oratory of St. Piran in the sands, near Truro, page 146; it is of silver, and ornamented with the intention, apparently, of representing a serpent. It was found on a skeleton which was buried almost on a level with the foundation of the oratory, arid therefore, probably, before it was covered up by shifting sands. The other ring is of gold, elegantly fashioned and enamelled; it is set with a ruby, and appears to be a work of the later part of the sixteenth century. It was found in the cemetery of the convent of Friars-preachers, Kenwyn-street, Truro.
Mr. Way communicated a letter from Mr. Jabez Allies, of Worcester, relating to the recent discovery of a small female figure of bronze, at the depth of about 18 feet, in sinking a well behind a house in the High-street, Worcester: it belongs to Dr. James Nash, of that city. Roman coins have been found in the vicinity, and the figure, which was sent for the inspection of the Committee, appears to be of Roman workmanship. Mr. Allies exhibited likewise a small rudely sculptured stone figure, which, as it was stated, had been found in making the excavations for the new London bridge. It bears much resemblance to figures of South American origin.
Mr. Way also submitted to the inspection of the Committee sketches of some remarkable sculptured crosses, which exist in the Isle of Man. One of these stands in the churchyard at Braddan, the shaft is ornamented with figures of dragons, or monstrous animals, intertwined together, and on the side is an inscription, apparently in runes, of which it would be very desirable to obtain a cast, or an impression, which might easily be taken with strong
