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312 ANNUAL MEETING. Presidext in the chair. About three hundred and fifty ladies and gentle- men were present. A few toasts were proposed, according to usual custom, and responded to by the Vice-Chancellor, the President, the Worshipful the Mayor, Sir Charles Anderson, Bart., the Principal of Brasenose, the Warden of New College, the Rector of Exeter, Mr. Ilallam, and the Rev. Edward Hill. The healths of two distinguished visitors there present, Professor Waagen and M. Passavant, were also received with much enthusiasm. The company proceeded at an early hour to Exeter College, to enjoy the brilliant hospitalities to which they had been most kindly invited by the Rev. WiLLiAJi Sewell, in his capacity of President of the Oxford Archi- tectural Society. Nearly seven hundred persons shared in the entertain- ment there prepared with singular taste. The gardens were illuminated, the hall adorned with unique effect for their reception, harmonious sounds filled the crowded quadrangle, and nothing was overlooked to enhance the gratification of the numerous visitors, or evince the cordiality of the welcome with which the Institute was honoured on this occasion. Thursbay, June 20. At nine o'clock a numerous party set forth on an excursion to Ewelme and Dorchester, under the direction of the Rev. E. Hill, whose well-con- certed arrangements had insured their gratification and convenience. They reached Ewelme, the more remote object of the day, about eleven, and were received by the Rector, the Rev. Dr. Jacobson, Regius Professor of Divinity, who with great kindness attended them to the church, the hospital, known by its original name of " God's House," its curious cloisters, and the endowed school. Mr. J. H. Parker directed their attention to the peculiar features of these buildings, erected, about 1440, by the Duchess of Sufi'olk, widow of Reginald de la Pole, and daughter of Sir Thomas Chaucer. He pointed out the curious details of moulded brick- work, the richly carved timber-work, the interesting tombs of the foundress and Sir Thomas Chaucer. The Mastership of the Hospital is now attached to the Regius Professorship of Medicine, and the Rectory to that of Divinity. Dr. Jacobson invited his visitors, with a very hospitable welcome, to repair to the Rectory garden, v,-hcrc a collation had been prepared for them under the shade of a spreading acacia. On their return towards Dorchester, a few arcliaeologists repaired to the "Dyke Hills," where an excavation had been made (by the obliging permission of Mr. Latliam, the proprietor), and some Roman pottery, with other ancient relics, disinterred. At Dorchester, the Members were kindly received by the Vicar. Mr. Freeman delivered his discourse on the church, and guided the visitors to the various points of interest. He showed that the original structure was of the Transitional Norman period (about 1180), and was nearly of the same extent as the existing fabric ; but it was almost wholly rebuilt about a century later, and an eastern bay, or presbytery, added about 13G0. A discussion ensued, in which Sir Charles Anderson, Mr. Petit, Mr. Penrose, ^Ir. Parker, and other members, evinced the lively interest excited by their visit to this fine archi- tectural monument. The Rev. John Barrow, of Queen's College, offered some interesting remarks on the sepulchral cftigies, brasses, painted glass, the " Jesse window," and other curious details. The restoration of the fabric had been partially carried out; and a few contril>utions were offered