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THURSDAY, JUNE 5th. 

 A small party of members and friends went to Box Hill. 



TUESDAY, OCTOBEE 7tli. 



A Lecture "On tlie addition to our knowledge of Old 

 London, obtained by observation of the Line of Railway for the 

 Extension of the INIetropolitan Inner Circle, and on Recent 

 Discoveries at Bevis Marks," was given by J. E. Price, Esq., F.S.A. 



The i)aper was illustrated by a large series of Maps, Plans, 

 Sections, and Diagrams, together with Sketches of many of the 

 Antiquities discovered. The Lecturer remarked that, in the pre- 

 paration of his observations, he had been much indebted to the 

 authorities connected Avith the line, and especially to Mr. E. P. 

 Seaton, the Resident Engineer, for the facilities for investigation 

 which had been afforded from the commencement of the works to 

 their completion. The excavations necessary had been made in 

 portions of the City of London Avhich were of the highest interest to 

 the historical antiquary. Commencing at the Mansion House Station 

 the line proceeds down St. Thomas Apostle, across Cloak Lane to 

 Dowgate, cutting in its course directly through the now dried up 

 ■channel of the old Walbrook. Then beneath Cannon Street it 

 passes to Fish Street Hill, through Pudding Lane, Eastcheap, and 

 Tower Street to Trinity Square, thence through the ancient City 

 AVall under the Minories, and so on past St. Botolph's, Aldgate, 

 joining the Metropolitan Railway at Aldgate Station. At most of 

 these different sites, as likeAvise at many others, relics of the more 

 ancient city had previously been profusely met with. At Qiieen 

 Street, Roman remains with indications of the site of the late 

 •cemetery or burial ground belonging to the old church of St. Thomas 

 Apostle, Avere disclosed. Near to the churchyard of St. John the 

 Baptist, a depth of 35 feet had to be attained for the requisite 

 foundations ; here the ancient watercourse was well defined, the 

 soil aboi;nding Avith potterj', cinders, oyster shells, &c., and a fine 

 Roman amphora three feet in height was brought to light. Lender 

 the site of TalloAv Chandlers' Hall Avas observed a curious subAA'ay, 



