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Among tlie monuments in the church at Ross, is one of the 

 altar kind, on which are two recumbent figures for William 

 Rudhall and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir James Croft, of 

 Croft Castle, in this country, in the time of Queen Elizabeth. 

 Next is one with the effigies of John Rudhall, his son, and the 

 Lady Cholke, whom he married, most beautifully executed, and 

 no doubt of Italian workmanship. Close to this is a statue 

 erect in armour of William, brother of this John, who both 

 died without issue. 



As family memorials so soon pass into oblivion, and as what 

 I have sent you are no where recorded, I hope you will deem 

 this contribution worthy of your notice. With every wish for 

 the success of your Magazine, 



I remain, most respectfully, yours, 



SAMUEL R. MEYRICK. 



Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, 

 7th July, 1834. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND 

 SURGICAL ASSOCIATION.* 



Among the distinguishing features characteristic of the present era, one 

 the most striking is that system of co-operation which has spread, more 

 or less, into every active pursuit. It is foreign to our present purpose 

 to enter upon any investigation of the causes which have lead to these 

 combinations, or to attempt to trace these causes through their varied 

 ramifications in the production of the important eflfects which have 

 already resulted from their operation upon the general mass of the 

 intelligence of the community. It will suffice if we make some observa- 

 tions upon such of the effects produced as relate more especially to the 

 cultivation and dissemination of scientific knowledge. 



The assembling together of the luminaries of the world of science, 

 and the blending in one common object — the advancement of the sum 

 total of human knowledge — of the high intellectual acquirements and 

 energies of the leading spirits of the age, was an idea first acted upon in 

 Germany — a country ever distinguished for originality and depth of 

 research, and for a closeness of investigation and reasoning, which, 

 though deeply tinctured with the philosophy of rationalism, drinks deep 

 of, we had almost said exhausts, the fountains of knowledge. But if 

 Germany has the merit of setting so illustrious an example of the com- 

 bination of intellectual power, our own country has not been backward 

 in treading the same path, nor in the energy and ability with which 

 she has entered upon pursuits leading to the attainment of the same 

 ends. The proceedings of the British Association for the advancement 

 of Science at York — at Oxford — at Cambridge, bear ample testimony to 

 the truth of these observations; and an institution established upon 

 similar principles to which our own county has given birth, and which 



* Vols. 1 and 2, 8vo. London, 1833 and 1834. 



