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Yicar, Mr. James, for the labour of lore which he has expended, 

 at his' own unaided cost, in clearing a considerable portion of the 

 plaster away, and rerealing the exquisite work beneath. 



The portion of the building now used for worship is dis- 

 figured by the wooden fittings of the Transept, which bear the 

 stamp of James the First's time : amongst wHch is to be classed a 

 curious old Altar monument in the Choir to Serjeant Hoskyns, 

 covered with latin verses by Bonham of Essex, Daniel, Dr. Donne, 

 and others, in the extravagantly laudatory fashion of the day. I 

 trust the time may not be far distant in this Church-restoring 

 day, when this gem-like reUc may be wholly reUeved of its 

 mask of white-wash, and the unsightly intiusion of its Jacobite 

 wood fittings and pews. After inspecting Dore Abbey and 

 Ewyas Harold Church with its curious Tower, the Members 

 dined under Canvas, and were joined by the present High 

 Sheriff, and separated after a most interesting day's excursion. 



The last Meeting of the year, which was a joint assemblage 

 of the Malvern, Worcester, and Cotteswold Clubs with our own. 

 at Malvern, on the 7th of September, I have to express my 

 great regret to have been prevented attending. The Excursion 

 was to the Worcestershire Beacon, where Mr. Stmokds, President 

 to the Cotteswold Club, lectured on the Geology of the surround- 

 ing Country. Dr. Btrii has promised to make this Meeting 

 the subject of a separate paper to be presently read to you. 



I can hardly conclude my address without some reference 

 to a subject which appears to have lately revived much of the 

 same feeling between Science and Theology, which those who 

 are old enough to remember it will call to mind as having cha- 

 racterized the discussions which arose at the infancy of Geological 

 Science in our day— I allude to the subject of Sir Chaeles 

 Lyell's late work on the Antiquity of Man. The conclusions 

 that have been indicated by men of science and exaggerated 

 (as is often the case) by their foUowers on this topic, have na- 

 turaUy startled the minds of many by the conflict suggested with 

 some received theological views. I do not think it is sufficiently 



