350 Tlie Fiftij-third General Meeting. 



The annual DINNER of the Society took place at the Pembroke 

 Arms Hotel, at 6.30, the President of the Society being in the 

 chair. From here the party adjourned to THE TOWN HALL, 

 which was nicely decorated and arranged for the Evening Meeting, 

 some eighty Members or Associates being present. The maces and 

 charters of the Corporation were exhibited, as well as some other 

 objects of interest and books connected with Wilton. Here, in 

 the unavoidable absence of the President, the Mayor of Wilton, 

 MR. E. SLOW, took the chair, and after a few words of welcome 

 to the Society, called on Mr. C. E. Straton to read the paper 

 prepared by Mr. Ft. T. Richmond, on "WILLIAM AND HENRY 

 LAWES, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THEIR MUSIC." Mr. 

 Richmond unfortunately had been summoned by telegraph to the 

 sick bed of his mother, and could not himself be present, but he 

 liad very kindly lent his piano for the occasion. The paper was 

 illustrated in a delightful way by a series of songs by William and 

 Henry Lawes : — " Gather your Rosebuds," " Amidst the Myrtles," 

 " Sabrina Fair," " Back, Shepherds, back," " To a Lady Weeping," 

 and " I prithee send me back my heart," sung by Miss E. Rawlence, 

 Miss Ward, Miss Pjuchanan, Miss D. Buchanan, and the Rev. 

 W. F. Robinson. 



CANON WORDSWORTH then read his paper on " GROVELEY 

 CUSTOMS " ; and, in the absence of Dr. Blackmore, who was due 

 to read a geological paper, THE REV. E. H. GODDARD was called 

 upon to read MRS. STORY MASKELYNE'S jiaper on "TAN HILL," 

 the writer herself being unable to be present at the Meeting. 

 After this a few words by THE REV. E. H. GODDARD, on the 

 places to be visited the next day, brought the evening to a close. 



WEDNESDAY, JULY 18th. 

 Witli the prospects of a long day before them the Members, to 

 the number of fifty-four, left the Town Hall in carriages at 9 

 o'clock, and drove first to COMPTON PARK, where MR. AND MRS. 

 PENRUDDOCKE received them most kindly and showed them all 

 over the house and its exceedingly interesting contents. The 

 exterior lias, unhappily, been modernised and spoilt, but the 



