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THE ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 99 December 1, 1871. Sir Edward Smirke, A.M., in the Chair. The Secretary reported the result of a visit recently made by him to Southampton to arrange the necessary preliminaries of the forthcoming Annual Meeting in that town. The Lord Bishop of AVinchestcr had signified his acceptance of the Presidency of the Meeting, and the Institute would lio well received at Southampton. A memoir by Mr. J. Hewitt was read, relating to the discovery of a number of bronze guns, by a party of sionge-divers at the Isle of Symi, in the Mediterranean. They jtroved to be of Venetian manufacture. General Lefroy l«^st no time in conmiunicating with H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Rhodes, M. Biliotti, and three of the guns were obtained fur the Royal Artillery Museum at Woolwich. !Mr. Hewitt's account of this valuable addition to the collection at the Rotunda will be found in this Journal vol. x.wiii., p. 30.3, ante. Mr. Hewitt added some remarks with reference to the relative strength and bore of ancient cannon used for iron or stone shot ; and Mr. Tregellas adverted to some examples of cannon of special construction. Mr. C. D. E. FouTXUM, F.S.A., communicated a very interesting dis- sertation on Early Christian finger-rings, supplementary to his notice of several choice examjilcs in his possession given in this Journal, vol. xxvi., p. 137. Mr. Fortnum's memoir has been printed in this Journal, vol. xxviii., ). 2GG, ante. Mr. C. W. King, M.A., sent an account of a remarkable object of Roman art, a medallion in lavender-coloured vitreous paste, found in 1850 at Stanwix, on the northein side of the Roman Wall, near Carlisle. It pour- trays, in high relief, Antonia, wife of Drusus, brother of the Emperor Tiberius. When found, .some portions of the metallic rim in which it had been set were still jneserved. It has been figured in Dr. Bruce's "Roman Wall," third edition, 1867, p. 428 ; and it is there suggested that it may probably represent Antiuous. Mr. King, however, stated the grounds of his conclusion, by comparison w ith other works of antique art recognised as portraits of Antonia, that this fine relic of a very rare class of Roman iconography should be ascribed to Antonia. His memoir in given at }>. 2G of this volume. ^ntiriuttir^ anU taoili^ of Slrt evijiiitclr. By Dr. J. W. Niciiole Carxe, LL.D., F.S.A., of St. Donat's Castle, Glamorganshire. — A bronze object, very peculiar in fashion, and of unknown use ; it was found in a grave excavated in the rock at Llantwit Major, Glamorgan. This unique relic had been noticed by Mr. Tregellas on the occasion of the visit of the Institute, during the recent meeting at Cardift', to Dr. Carne's remarkable residence — the ancient stronghold of the Stradliug family ; and through the mediation of Mr. Tregellas, it had been sent, by the friendly courtesy of Dr. Carne, for exhibition to the members of the Institute in Lomlon." Wo are also indebted to him for the following particulars in regard to the dis- covery : — "The spot in which the relic was found was formerly a " Sec .in account of Dr. C.inio's liospit- of the Panliff Mcetiug in tliiiS Jounial, able welcome at St. Touat'^, iu tUc lU'j)yrt y>./L xxviii. ji. 300.