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useful in their way, but persons must see objects themselves, in 
order to understand them properly. 
The noble Cuairman then gave the health of the General 
Secretaries, the Rev. A. OC. Smith, and Mr. Cunnington, who 
severally returned thanks. 
The health of the Local Secretaries was next proposed, and 
received with enthusiasm; Mr, Swayne, Mr. Nightingale, and 
Mr. Stevens, in turn responded ; and the latter, to whose exertions 
the success of the present meeting was universally acknowledged 
to be due, referred with satisfaction to the readiness with which 
everybody seconded his efforts, and to the hospitality offered on all 
sides to the members of the Society. 
The health of the Local Committee followed, and the Curators 
of the Museum, coupled with the name of Mr. Charles Wyndham, 
who returned thanks. 
CONVERSAZIONE AT THE PALACE. 
By the kind invitation of the Bishop, the members of the 
Society and their friends, to the number of about 200, assembled 
at the Palace, where they were most hospitably received by his 
Lordship, and Mrs. Hamilton. The chair was taken by the noble 
President, Earl Nelson, who introduced the various lecturers; and 
the pleasures of the evening were very much enhanced by the 
addition of some charming glees, which were admirably sung by 
_ amateurs, ladies and gentlemen, who had very kindly volunteered 
_ their services for the occasion. . 
_ The Rev. A. C. Smrru read a paper on “ the method of moving 
Colossal Stones, as practised by some of the more advanced nations 
of antiquity,” wherein he referred more especially to the practice 
pursued by the Assyrians and Egyptians as proved by the bas- 
reliefs found by Mr. Layard and Sir Gardner Wilkinson ; he also 
called attention to the Obelisks of Egypt, and the huge stones at 
Baalbeck which he had personally examined and measured in the 
‘spring of the present year. As however this paper will appear 
in a subsequent portion of the Magazine it is unnecessary to refer 
to it further. 

