22 The Seventeenth General Meeting. 
hearty welcome from Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, and had an oppor- 
tunity of inspecting one of the richest and most valuable collections 
of porcelain and china to be found in England. Many of the most 
interesting objects were removed from their cases, and some observ- 
ations were made thereon by Mr. and Mrs. Morrison. 
It was now nearly six o’clock, and the president had invited the 
company to dine with him at Compton Park, eight miles off, at 
half-past five! A contemplated visit to Chilmark Church had 
therefore to be abandoned. It was dusk when the party reached 
Compton, and a conversazione being announced for eight o’clock at 
Wilton, they had but little time to devote to an inspection of the 
many interesting family relics to be seen at the house, through 
which they were conducted by Mr. Penruddocke. The portrait of 
Colonel Penruddock, his letter to his wife a few days before his 
execution, and the cap which he wore at the time of his being be- 
beheaded at Exeter, were naturally inspected with painful 
interest. 
In a spacious tent erected near the house, a capital cold collation 
was provided. Mr. Penruddocke occupied the chair, and tendered 
a cordial welcome to his guests. At the conclusion of the 
repast, 
The Hien Suerirr, in proposing “The health of the President,” 
said that what he had undertaken to do he had done thoroughly 
well, and he (the High Sheriff) was quite sure that every one 
present would only hope that the same hospitality which he had 
shown them that day might be shown in every district into which 
the Society might make excursions. The President had set them a 
good example. But it was not only in the creature comforts that 
he had thought of the Society, but it was through the assistance 
which such gentlemen as Mr. Penruddocke gave to the objects 
which brought them together, that the Society occupied such a high 
place in the estimation of the public. After other remarks, Mr. 
Ravenhill concluded by proposing the health of Mr. Penruddocke 
and his family. 
The company then left the tent, and proceeded to Wilton, which 
they reached shortly after nine o’clock. Mr. Swayne invited the 
