of buildings by County Councils and Corporations was by no means 

 always a success, as the tendency seemed to be to convert such places 

 into tea-gardens. 



Lord Balcarres thought that the County Councils had been rather 

 more generous than Mr. Willis- Bund thought, although there was at 

 the moment a wave of economy. He instanced the case of the taking 

 over by the Northamptonshire County Council of an Eleanor Cross. He 

 thought the Schedules should not be limited to such subjects only as 

 were suitable to the care of County Councils. Any scheme should be 

 carried out in a large manner, so that it might provide matter for 

 students all over the world ; this was being done in Germany. 

 Private monuments might well be included in the Schedules, but it 

 would be most dangerous to bring pressure from County Councils to 

 bear on private owners. The potential responsibility of the Board of 

 Works was all to the good, although, for the present, financial stress 

 stops action. 



Mr. Laver (Essex) proposed, and Lord Hawkesbury (President, 

 Yorks East Riding) seconded, "that, in view of the importance of pre- 

 serving our National Monuments, the ('.overnment be respectfull)' 

 asked to proceed at once to the appointment of an Inspector of Ancient 

 Monuments in the place of the late Gen. Pitt-Kivers " : this was 

 carried unanimously. 



Lord Hawkesbury called attention to the proposal to mutilate con- 

 siderably the monument in Westminster Abbey to Capt. James 

 Cornewall, R.N., who, after losing both legs at the siege of Toulon in 

 1743, remained on deck in command until the close of the engagement. 

 This was, he stated, the first monument directly erected by Parliament ; 

 the object was to make room for a memorial of the late Lord .Salisbur)-. 

 The meeting entirely agreed with his view that the removal or 

 mutilation of a monument erected by the nation was to be deprecated 

 as the worst of precedents. Mr. W. P. Phillimore mentioned the 

 mutilation of the monument to Capt. Tyrrell that took place some 

 years ago. 



The Rev. H. A. Lipscombe drew attention to the possession by the 

 trustees of the Saffron Walden Museum of brasses that had been 

 proved to come from Sawbridgeworth Church. These the authorities 

 there were anxious to replace, but the trustees had so far declined to 

 restore them. Instances were given of brasses that had been so 

 gi\en up, Mr. Hope stating that the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge 

 had set a good example in this way. 



It appearing that there was no chance of the Bill for the Custody 

 of Local Records being proceeded with this session, it was decided to 

 refer it to the Sub-Committee, to which Dr. Phillimore was added in 

 place of the late Mr. Blashill. Dr. Phillimore stated that the National 

 Society had reprinted the Bill with certain new clauses suggested on 

 behalf of the clerg)'. 



