Council, and we must hope also the attention of every member 

 of this Society, is the proposed demolition and removal of the 

 church and church-yard of Osmaston-by-Derby. Without con- 

 demning the contemplated purchase of a church, church-yard, 

 and vicarage-house (which, from the purchasers' point of view, is 

 perfectly justifiable), your Council would ix)int out that sucii a 

 scheme is, from the lowest point of view, unnecessary, tlie church 

 being required by the population, largely on the increase, where 

 it now stands ; and from an archaeological point of view, the 

 scheme is worse than Vandalism, as destroying an ancient 

 building of historical interest; for no "removal," even if it be 

 taken down and rebuilt (a most improbable contingency) stone 

 by stone, can ever make the erection on a new site the old 

 church of Osmaston. The suggested "removal" of the church- 

 yard and its contents is so unprecedented, that beyond expressing 

 uncompromising abhorrence of the violation, your Council would 

 leave the matter to those more nearly concerned. Your Council 

 hopes that every member of this Society will do his or her 

 utmost to oppose the carrying out of the proposed demolition 

 of church and church-yard. 



All our members will deeply grieve to learn that our Editor, 

 the Rev. Chas. Keriy, met with a very bad trap accident in 

 June last, by which he has been completely, but we sincerely 

 trust only temporarily, crippled. In spite, however, of all 

 difficulties, Mr. Kerry has worked untiringly at the volume 

 now in our hands, both with the view of making it as attractive 

 as possible, and at the same time avoiding every additional 

 cost. We are indebted to the Duke of Devonshire for a hand- 

 some contribution of ;£io towards the cost of illustrating the 

 Hardwick tapestries. Our sincere thanks are also due to 

 Mr. S. Taylor-Whitehead for his generous presentation of the 

 collotype picture of his tapestry representing a Toiirnamtnt. 

 It is very gratifjing to know that one of our mtmbtrs thus 

 records his appreciation of the County Society's work, in the 

 year of his own shrievalty. And, again, we have to thank 

 Mr. Hugo Hatpur-Crewe for kindly presenting us with the 



