THE FIRST WINTER MEETING. XXIX. 



Mr. HENRY SYMONDS also showed a silver penny of Stephen, 

 struck at the (Saxon) mint at Shaftesbury with a round die 

 upon a square piece of silver. 



Obv. A profile to the right with sceptre ; inscription [STIE] FNE 

 RE. 



Rev. A cross moline with " R[ICARD] ON : SAFT.," Richard 

 being the moneyer at Shaftesbury at that time. The coin, added Mr. 

 Symonds, was the latest example known of the local moneyer striking 

 coins in any Dorset mint town. 



By the Rev. J. M. J. FLETCHER : An old Moorish lamp (or 

 Spanish, of Moorish design) of brass. 



By the HON. SECRETARY : An original copy of a " Sermon 

 preached at the reviving of the General Meetings of the 

 Gentlemen and Others of the County of Dorset ; in the Church 

 of St. Mary-le-Bow, Decemb. the 2d., 1690, by William 

 Wake, D.D." (i.e., Archbishop Wake, who was a native of 

 Blandford). 



It was addressed by Dr. Wake " to my honoured friends and 

 countrymen (12 names follow), the stewards of the Dorsetshire 

 feast," and began with the words, " Gentlemen, after so long a dis- 

 continuance of these friendly meetings, it could not but be a more 

 than ordinary satisfaction to me to see them again revived in such 

 times as these, in which the spirit of Christian charity seems almost 

 to have been utterly departed from among us." This mention of the 

 Dorsetshire friendly and festival gatherings in London being revived 

 so long ago as 1690, gave them an idea how ancient an institution was 

 the Society of Dorset Men in London. 



By the Rev. J. M. J. FLETCHER : An ancient sepulchral 

 Aztec head. A somewhat kindred exhibit was made by the 

 PRESIDENT an ancient sepulchral Peruvian vessel in the 

 form of a head. He mentioned that he had 20 or 30 others in 

 the form of animals, crocodiles, and double bottles. Little was 

 known about them except that they were dug out of graves. 



Mr. FLETCHER also showed an original Aldine first edition 

 of Cardinal Polis De Consilio, 1562, lately presented to Wim- 

 borne Minster Library, Pole having been one of their Deans. 



