20 CONVERSAZIONE MEETINGS. 
T the Conversazione Evening Meetings of the Society 
held at the Museum, in Taunton, during the winter 
of 1850-51, Papers on the following subjects were read, 
viz. 
1. On Ancient Defensive Armour, by the Rev. F. Warre. 
2. Onthe Deposits of the River Parret, by Mr. W. Baker. 
3. On British Shells, by the Rev. W. R. Crotch. 
4. On Microscopie Fossils, by Mr. C. Moore. 
5. On Street Architecture, by Mr. C. E. Giles. 
6. On Female Costume during the Middle Ages, by the 
Rev. F. Warre. 
. On the Castle of Taunton, by Mr. W.F. Elliot. 
8. On Male Costume during the Middle Ages, by the 
Rev. F. Warre. 
9. On the Geology of the Somersetshire Coast, below the 
mouth of the Parret and Blue Anchor, by Mr. W. 
Baker. 
10. On Ancient Music, by the Rev. W. R. Crotch. 
11. On the Rise and Developement of Eeclesiastical Archi- 
tecture, by the Rev. R. Mate. 
12. On Eeclesiastical Vestments, by the Rev. F. Warre. 
At one of the above meetings, Mr. Baker stated, that a 
specimen of Gold Ring Money, weighing 120 grains, had 
been recently discovered in the deposits ofthe River Parret, 
at Bridgwater, several feet below the surface. Ata sub- 
sequent meeting, a letter to Mr. Baker from Mr. Albert 
Way, was read, on the subject of this discovery. Mr. Way 
observed that it was a remarkable fact, that the specimens 
of these rings were found in counties bordering on the 
coast, as in Sussex, Dorset, and in the present instance at 
Bridgwater. 
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