24 The Eleventh General Meeting. 
lordship for the manner in which he had discharged his duties. 
The Society had been exceedingly” fortunate in its Presidents. 
They had, first, Mr. Poulett Scrope; secondly, they had the late 
Lord Herbert of Lea, then Mr. Sidney Herbert ; thirdly, they had 
Mr. Sotheron Estcourt; and now Earl Nelson had just completed 
his term. He was quite sure they would all thank the noble lord 
for what he had done. ; 
Earl Netson returned thanks, and expressed a hope that the 
Society might increase more and more. He trusted the members 
would not lose sight of a congress at Stonehenge, and that the 
trilithon, which had fallen within the memory of man, might be 
restored. 
Mr. Cunnineton proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. E. T. Stevens 
for his great labours in connection with the meeting. In fact, he 
said it might truly be called Mr. Stevens’s meeting. 
Mr. E. T. Srevens returned thanks, and acknowledged the 
assistance which he had received from the curators of the temporary 
museum. A 
After hearing several glees sung by the amateurs, the company 
retired, highly pleased with a most agreeable entertainment, and 
deeply grateful to the Mayor for his hospitality, cordiality, and 
urbanity. 
THIRD DAY. FRIDAY, Serr. loru, 
Again a large party of archeologists, no less numerous than in 
yesterday’s expedition, proceeded on an excursion to the Chalk 
Valley; with the same magnificent weather which has attended 
them throughout, and with a very long days work before them. 
They first visited the Hospital of St. Nicholas, at Harnham, 
which was founded, under the auspices of Bishop Poore, by Ela, 
Countess of Salisbury. It now supports a number of poor men 
and women, a chaplain, and master. The chaplain’s apartments 
and the adjoining chapel are formed out of part of the southern 
aisle of the ancient church of St. Nicholas, some of the arches of 
which remain. The visitors inspected this chapel, which is early 
English in character, and which was restored by Butterfield, a few 

