382 The Museum. 
ceeded to Compton House, which they were allowed to inspect, by 
the kind permission of Mr. C. Penruddocke. |Unfortunately, 
owing to the lateness of the hour, it was impossible to devote 
sufficient time for an inspection of the valuable and interesting 
collection which was displayed in the dining room. Universal 
regret was expressed at this circumstance, and it was hoped that 
on some future occasion Compton House would be taken at the 
commencement of an excursion. After being most hospitably 
entertained by Mr. Penruddocke, the visitors re-entered the carriages 
and drove through the beautiful deer park, and so in the cool of 
the evening, back to Salisbury; and it was felt by all as a subject 
of regret, that the Salisbury meeting of the Wiltshire Archzolo- 
gical and Natural History Society was ended. 
A Hist of Articles Exhibited 
IN THE 
TEMPORARY MUSEUM AT THE COUNCIL HOUSE, SALISBURY, 
September 13th, 14th, and 15th, 1865. 
Those marked with an Asterisk have been presented to the Society. 
By the Mayor AND CoRPoRATION OF SALISBURY :— 
A rich collection of Charters and other documents relating to the early 
history of the city. Also a bronze Winchester bushel sent to Salisbury by 
Henry VII., for the purpose of regulating the measures at the market, and 
recently discovered in some of the premises of the Corporation. 
By the Lorp BisHor oF SALISBURY :— 
Pastoral staff of silver, parcel gilt; the stem fluted and bossed, and the 
crook ornamented with foliage in relief set with amethysts. In the centre 
are the figures of the virgin and child, and also that of a mitred bishop within 
a glory. The upper portion has been recently regilt ; but the whole belongs 
to a period late in the ‘‘ renaissance” style, probably about the middle of the 
17th century, and is apparently of German workmanship. A similar object 
is preserved in the Cathedral at Lyons, which is known to be of German 
origin ; the ornamentation is very similar to the present example, but the form 
of the crook is simpler, indicating a somewhat earlier date. Cross and shell. 
