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366 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF received a fresh evidence of bis munificence, in the encouragement of antiquarian and scientific research, namely, the survey of one of the most interesting remains of antiquity existing in the Northern counties, that portion of WatUng Street which lies in Durham and Northumberland. He felt confident that this work would arouse a fresh interest in the investigation of National Antiquities, and lead many, who, whilst resident near sites replete with curious vestiges of British and Roman times, had hitherto regarded them with indifl'erence, to give attention to the early history of their country, and preserve such remains from injury. The motion was seconded by Sir William Lawsox, Bart., and most cordially adopted. The meeting then separated ; the remainder of the day was occupied in the examination of the large assemblage of Antiquities and Works of Art arranged in the temporary Museum. A numerous party availed themselves of the kind proposition by Mr. George Bouchier Richardson, and visited, under his guidance, the remains of the ancient Walls and Towers, the Castle, Churches, and other objects of antiquarian interest in Newcastle. In the evening a conversazione was given by the Literary and Philosophical Society, to which the members of the Institute were invited. A discourse was delivered by the learned Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Edinburgh, Dr. Wilsox, on the advance of Archaeological Science, and its claims upon public attention. A varied interest was also given to the proceedings of the evening by the introduction of subjects of a scientific nature, and the display of numerous works of art, examples of local manufactures, models, autographs, itc. A coloured facsimile of the Baveux tapestry, of the full size of the original, claims especial notice : it was prepared under the direction of the Rev. J. CoUingwood Bruce, and presented the most complete reproduction of that remarkable relic of antiquity hitherto executed. Wednesday, August 25. This day was devoted to meetings of the Sections of History and of Antiquities, which, by the kind permission of the Philosophical Society, assembled at their Lecture Room. At ten o'clock the chair was taken, in the absence of the Earl of Carlisle, by the distinguished historian of North Durham, the Rev. James Raixe, and the following memoirs were read : — The State of Newcastle in the Saxon Times; and — The Ancient Trade of Newcastle. By Mr. John Hodgson Hinde, V.P. of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle. Memoir on the Archaeology of the Coal Trade. By Mr. Thomas John Taylor. During the course of the meeting the noble Earl, President of the Historical Section, having arrived in Newcastle, took part in the proceedings ; to which succeeded a meeting of the Section of Antiquities, the chair being taken by the President, the Hon. Henry T. Liddell, who took occasion to bring before the Society a discovery of more than ordinary interest. He stated that upon his family estates in the parish of Whittingham, Northumberland, a set of ancient bronze weapons, five in number, remarkable for their unusually perfect preservation, and their dimensions, had been found fixed in the moss, the points downwards, within a space of very limited extent. It appeared probable that those