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is noticeahle, and nho the very perfect and dcUcate fbssils 

 taken tVoni the chalk formation, and a small case contain- 

 ino- chitons. — To the first of these, Mr. F. Field made 

 vahiable additions, in his cholce collection of niinevals 

 of various kuids. — Among the objects contributed by Mr. 

 H. Lawson, was a napkin once belonglng to Henry VIII, 

 also a model ofthe ancient ducking stool. — Several ancient 

 deeds, with a MS., In a glazed drawer, being the reflec- 

 tions and prayer of King Charles I, on the occasion of his 

 Queen's departure from England, dated A.D. 1G42, and 

 Said to be an autograph of that monarch. These inte- 

 resting relics were contributed by the Kev. F. Lockey, 

 of Swainswick, whose collection also included a curious 

 iron vessel, which was found on the shore, off Charmouth, 

 Dorset, inibedded in conglomerate; and some well-exe- 

 cuted rubbings of brasses, from Banwell, Hutt<m, Dyrham, 

 Rotherficld Greys, and other places. Among the smaller 

 objects in Mr. Lockey's collection was an adniirable elec- 

 trotype copy of a medallion of Pompeia, the wife of Julius 

 Ctesar, which was dug up in Bath. — A case of coins, the 

 property of Mr. G. Robbins, presenting a valuable 

 series of English coins, from the time of William the 

 Conqueror to the present period ; also numerous specimens 

 of tesserje from Carthage, earthenware laraps from Syra- 

 cuse, some beautiful heads of sraall figm-es from the same 

 place. This collection, contained in a glazed case, attracted 

 much attention, from the variety and extreme beauty of 

 the specimens. — Among the objects of rarity and interest, 

 the property of the E.ev. J. MuKCH, was a finely-executed 

 silver ring, dug up in the Victoria Park. — Well-delineated 

 plans of several churclies in Somersetshire, by ]\Ir. C. E. 

 Davis, architect ; also drawings of the Castle de Sancto 

 Laudo, executed by G. F. Rüsenberg. The same gen- 



