12 FOLRTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



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THE following are some of the objects contrlbuted to 

 tlie temporary ^Museum. 

 The Drinking Cup of Etienne Manyin, who was burnt to 

 ashes at the stake, 1546, as a Martyr to the Propagation of 

 the Reformed Rehgion. — Thls cup, which is of silver, is an 

 object of considerable historical interest and regard. It 

 bears this inscription : " October, 7, 1546, Stephen Mangin, 

 for professing the Reformed Religion, resolutely suifered 

 death in front of his house, at Meaux, ten leagues from 

 Paris, At tlie stake he desired liis wife to give hlm water 

 in his usual drinking cup, which he emptied to the welfare 

 of his friends, and the success of his cause. This is that 

 cup, handed down from father to son, to Edward Mangin, 

 who had this inscription engraved on it, 1820 ;" in whose 

 possession it has remained, and by whose kind permission 

 it was shown at the Museum. The Rev. E. Mangin also 

 contributed some Gurions tops of dishes used at meals, 

 from impressions taken on the spot by Sir AY. Gell, from 

 the original white clay forms found at Pompeii. These 

 tops are three in number. They respectively represent a 

 kind of fish, pheasants, and snipes. They w^ere, probably, 

 attached to Covers of dishes resembling the modern corner 

 dishes, and thus indicated the contents, without requiring 

 the Covers to be removed. ISIodern workers in china may, 

 perhaps, take a useful hint from these curious copies of the 

 antique. To th-^se contributions from ISIr. ^langin were 

 added speclmens of Roman pottery, a grant of land, temp. 

 Edward IV., and some mumray llnen, brought from Egypt 

 by Belzoni. — Mi-. R. AVitheks contributed a sraall, biit 



