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attendance weekly, at a stated hour, in order to afford 

 opportunities to members for inspecting that part -of the 

 Society's collection, which must necessarily be locked up in 

 the drawers of a cabinet. ' 



Over one record of friendly feeling, * which the list of 

 Antiquarian donations presents, the Council cannot pass, 

 without changing the language of congratulation into that of 

 condolence. When the Curator of Antiquities was deprived 

 of his lamented Colleague, the Council had to deplore a 

 valued coadjutorj and the Society lost a zealous and a useful 

 friend. — The acquisitions in this branch of knowledge, though 

 not numerous, include some objects worthy of the notice of 

 the Meeting. Among these are, the medal of Cranmer, 

 presented by the Archbishop of York, the monastic anti- 

 quities received from the author of the History of Hallam- 

 shire,^ and a donation from Mr. Dalton, in a peculiar degree 

 interesting to this Society, the ancient Seal of St. Mary's 

 Abbey. 



It is impossible that the Council should advert to the 

 interest attending the remains of St. Mary's Abbey, without 

 feeling that an explanation is due to the Meeting, of the delay 

 which has taken place in executing the design connected 

 with those venerable ruins. In the spring of last year, Lord 



' The Curator proposes to attend at the Museum for this purpose, every 

 Wednesday, from one to two o'clock, except during the autumn vacation. 

 * Coins and Antiquities presented by Mrs. Drake. 

 ^ The Rev. Joseph Hunter, T.S.A. 



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