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it mildly, had been dining. He sought refuge up a tree, and from 

 thence he was compelled, before he was released, to deliver a sermon. 

 That, ladies and gentlemen, has been exactly my ease. I was an 

 innocent man, coming to day to enjoy, as we all shall shortly, the 

 fruits of others' learning, when I was captured by our Secretary here 

 and others, was driven up this tree, and was compelled, as a condition 

 of release, to deliver this address. The subject, if I may modestly 

 so say has been some of the uses of antiquity, and, whatever you 

 may think o£ my address, I am sure you will say with me, as has 

 been said of adversity, that sweet are those uses. 



The Rev. Canon Jackson did not think Sir Charles was such a 

 tyro in archaeology as he professed to be. On the contrary, he had 

 given them a very good specimen of his ability, and he hoped he 

 would in future years pursue it and give them some more of the 

 results on another occasion. He hoped, should he ever go back to 

 India, that he would take particular notice of the monuments which 

 they were told existed, but which they never found anyone able to 

 give them any information about. Some said those monuments 

 were connected with that at Stonehenge. As to Stonehenge, if 

 anybody proposed to meddle with any of the stones, except just to 

 lift them up — ^if anybody attempted to restore it, as some people 

 had restored parish Churches, he would be the first to take a 

 hammer and knock him on the head. There was a great difference 

 between restoring and merely hoisting up a stone and setting it 

 where they knew it really ought to stand. He had great pleasure 

 in moving a vote of thanks to Sir Charles Hobhouse for his able 

 address. 



The Rev. Canon Jones then proceeded to give a descriptive 

 account of the principal objects of interest to be seen in the town 

 of Bradford, and subsequently conducted a large party through the 

 town, pointing out all that was most worthy of notice, beginning 

 with the Parish Church ; then the Saxon Church ; Church House ; 

 the Shambles; the Old Market Place; the site of St. Olave's 

 Chapel ; Kingston House ; Chapel on the Town Bridge ; Chapel 

 and Almshouses of St. Katharine ; Tithe Barn ; St. Mary Chapel, 

 Tory ; and ending with Christ Church ; all of which we pass over 



