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The ANTiauARiAN department of the Museum has re- 

 ceived some interesting additions ; the most important of 

 which it owes to the liberality of the late Lord Mayor, and 

 the Corporation of York ; who have presented to the Society 

 a large collection of fragments of Roman pottery, and other 

 Roman remains of various kinds, discovered on the removal 

 of the rampart of the city walls near Eootham Bar. Among 

 these is a stone formerly belonging to the temple of Serapis, 

 and bearing an inscription to that dtity. This remarkable 

 relic, which was found about the middle of the last century 

 on the premises in Tanner How, lately occupied by John 

 Telford, Esq., and was afterwards in the possession of B. 

 Smith, Esq. of New Buildings, had been for many years 

 unseen, and supposed to be lost, hut was brought to light 

 again by the workmen employed in removing the house in 

 the Mint Yard, in which the well known antiquary, Mr. T- 

 Beckwith resided. It has happily now found a secure, and, 

 it is to be hoped, a lasting resting-place, among other monu- 

 ments of Roman art, superstition, or power. 



The Antiquarian Committee regret to state tliat the liope 

 expressed by them in the last Annual Report has not been 

 realized. Few replies to the queries so extensively cir- 

 culated by them have been received. They cannot, however, 

 allow themselves to believe that replies may not yet be ex- 

 pected. The queries are numerous, and many of them require 

 time and pains in order to be fully answered. As it is not 

 possible that the object they have in view, and which they 

 have so distinctly stated, should be deemed unimportant and 

 unworthy of attention, by the many enlightened persons whose 

 assistance they have solicited, they still look for such returns 

 as shall enable them to fulfil the design of the Society in their 

 appointment. In the mean time they gratefully acknowledge 

 the zeal and liberality of the Yen. Archdeacon Todd, who 

 has already in various ways rendered them the most valuable 

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