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that of Henry V., still preserved in Westminster Abbey. The 

 sword resembles that on the great seal of the same monarch. 

 The knight bears no shield, nor is the horse protected by 

 defensive armour. From all the points noticed, and from the 

 shape of the crowns, Mr. Pidgeon said he was led to conclude 

 that this very interesting remain was sculptured in the early 

 part of the reign of Henry VI. Its original destination it was 

 impossible to do more than guess — it might have formed part 

 of a shrine or altar in the Priory of Birkenhead. 



Mr. J. J. Moss exhibited a fragment of slab or brick 

 which formed part of the Porcelain Tower at Nankin, and was 

 procured by General D'Aguilar, when in China, during the 

 war in 1845. The fragment is a piece of porcelain, though 

 not of the finest kind — it is about an inch and a half in thick- 

 ness, and of a bluish white colour. 



Mr. Huggins then read a paper on Street Architecture, of 

 which the following is an abstract : — 



In his introduction, the author reminded his audience, of 

 the high rank of architecture among the arts, and dwelt upon 

 its hallowing and ennobling effects upon the mind, observing 

 that York Minster, and St. Paul's Cathedral, are equally 

 exponents of mind with the volumes of Shakespeare and 

 Milton; that like these, they are capable of being read, and of 

 producing the loftiest emotions which the heart can know : 

 that there is an instinctive yearning after the beautiful in the 

 breast of every man, and that the mission of the architect is, 

 with the sculptor, the painter, and the poet, to minister to 

 that want. 



After glancing at the peculiarities of streets in early times, 

 as mentioned in ancient authors, he entered upon the imme- 

 diate subject of his paper, thus : — 



" It has been the custom, as is well known, in the improve- 

 ments alluded to, in London, Liverpool, Birkenhead, and 

 elsewhere, in fact, it is a feature of the day, to form the new 

 streets invariably in straight lines, with long double rows of 



