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of Wilmslow, and had very often heard it; and even as 

 recently as last week he had repeatedly heard it. The 

 curfew was always tolled there at eight o'clock in the 

 evening, except Saturdays and Sundays. To accommo- 

 date the pubHcans, a deviation from the hour on those 

 days had lately been made, and instead of eight o'clock, 

 as formerly, it was now tolled at eleven in the evening 

 of Saturday, and at nine in the evening of Sunday, in 

 order to warn them to close their houses in Wilmslow. 



Mr. T. C. Archer remarked that the curfew was regu- 

 larly tolled in the cathedral at Chester, and other in- 

 stances were cited by different members. 



This concluded the business of the meeting. 



SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 



Royal Institution, November 2nd, 1857. 

 DR. INMAN, President, in the Chair. 



It was announced that the Coimcil, in order to extend 

 the usefulness of the library, had communicated with 

 other societies, with a view to an exchange of publica- 

 tions, and had also made arrangements for the more free 

 circulation of books among the members. 



Referring to the bequest of the late Mr. Yates, includ- 

 ing the Transactions of the British Association up to the 

 year 1854, the Secretary mentioned that Dr. Inman had, 

 in the handsomest manner, promised to continue the 

 series during his own lifetime, he being a life-member of 



