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COMMUNICATIONS 



TO THE 



MONTHLY MEETINGS 

 1857. 



March 3. — An analysis was read, made by Mr. Procter, of the 

 bronze handle of an Etruscan patera in the Museum of Antiquities. 

 It appeared to contain in 100 parts — 



Copper 88-72. 



Tin 8-04. 



Lead 8-13. 



99-89. 



100. 

 In the older analyses of ancient bronze no lead had been noticed, 

 but in the later ones by Davy and Wilson a small amount of this 

 metal is mentioned. 



April 6. — Robert Davies, Esq,,, F. S. A., read a paper " On the 

 Origin of the Great Council of the North," The object of the paper 

 was to show that the germ of this Council might be traced to an 

 earlier period than 1537, and that its real prototype was the Council 

 which accompanied Henry the eighth's illegitimate son, the Duke of 

 Richmond and Somerset, into Yorkshire in 1525, when he was 

 appointed Lieutenant General of the North, and Warden General 

 of all the Marches towards Scotland. A certain number of persons, 

 some of them holding office in the Duke's household, and others 

 especially selected for their professional qualifications, were appointed 

 to be a Council for the management of the Duke's affairs, and under 

 that designation they were clothed with extensive powers of an 

 arbitrary and inquisitorial character, extending over all the Northern 



