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Warminster twenty-one years ago, and he (Sir John) could assure 
his lordship that that fact was by no means forgotten by his neigh- 
bours, for since he had been in the neighbourhood he had been many 
times reminded of it. Great satisfaction was also expressed at his 
Lordship’s presence with them once more. He would not occupy 
their time, but he thought he should be only echoing their wishes 
if he not only suggested a vote of thanks to his Lordship for his 
Address, but expressed a hope that when the Society once more met 
in Warminster, they might again see Lord Bath filling the position 
he had so well and so fittingly occupied. 
The Rev. Preb. Sir J. E. Purxtres, who seconded the motion, 
said, as regarded archzology itself, every educated mind must feel a 
warm interest in it. Old Churches, old castles, old manor houses, 
old deeds, and everything else connected with the past, were, as the 
noble Marquis had pointed out, some of the chief handmaids of 
history. Archeology, again, was one of the best correctives that 
‘they could possibly have for conceit. People were sometimes apt 
to talk a great deal about the progress of the nineteenth century ; 
but when they looked upon the architecture, the stained glass, the 
sculpture and the painting of the past, he thought they ought to 
speak, not of modern progress, but of modern decline. He only 
wished that there were more archeological features of interest in - 
the town of Warminster, possessing, as it did, a history of eight 
hundred years at least, for it was even mentioned in Domesday as 
_ ©old Warminster.” He could assure them that the presence of the 
Society in the town was hailed with pleasure and delight by the 
- inhabitants. 
_ The motion was put to the meeting by the Rev. A. C. Suita, 
and carried by acclamation. 
_ Tue Presrpent then called upon the Rev. A. C. Sarre (one of 
the General Secretaries) , to read the 
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REPORT. 
“The Committee of the Wiltshire Archxological and Natural 
History Society has again the satisfaction of congratulating the 
Members on the onward progress and general prosperity of the 
