THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



" MULTOETJM MANIBTJS GEANDE LEVATOR ONUS." — Ovid. 



THE SECOND GENERAL MEETING 



OF THE 



Wiltshire £rdja*ologtcal ant! Natural ^istorg Sonets, 



HELD AT SALISBURY, 

 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, September 13th, \Mh, and 15th, 



1854. 



PEESIDENT OF THE MEETING, 



The Right Honourable Sidney Herbert, M.P. 



After the transaction of some formal business in committee, the 

 Society met on Wednesday, the 13th, at half-past twelve o'clock, 

 in the Council Chamber, the use of which had been kindly granted 

 by the worshipful the Mayor, J. Lambert, Esq. 



The room had been fitted up as a temporary Museum, and con- 

 tained a large number of relics and curiosities, illustrative of the 

 history of the county ; of which a detailed description will be given 

 in another page. 



Before resigning his chair of office to the President of the 

 Meeting, G. P. Scrope, Esq., M.P., the President of the Society, 

 rose and said — Ladies and gentlemen: I think you must be all 

 aware of the object of our assembling here to day — namely, for 

 the purpose of holding the second annual meeting of an association 

 that was instituted last year at Devizes, under the title of the Wilts 

 Archaeological and Natural History Society. I dare say that there 

 are many here who have not yet enrolled themselves as members, 

 but still it can hardly be necessary for me to explain at any length 

 the objects and purposes of the Society. In a very few words, 



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