THE HAMPSHIRE ANTIQUARY & NATURALIST. 



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WEATHER REPORT FOR THE WEEK. 

 From the meteorological register made at the Ordnance 

 Survey Office, Southampton, under the direction of Col. Sir 

 Chas. Wilson, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S., R.E. Lat. 50' 

 54' 59" N. ; long, i* 24' o" W. ; height above sea, 84 feet. 

 Observers Sergt. T. Chambers, R.E., and Mr. J. T. Cook. 



THE HAMPSHIRE INDEPENDENT, August 2, 18 



WEATHER REPORT FOR THE WEEK. 

 From the meterological register made at the Ordnance 

 Survey Office, Southampton, under the direction of Col. Sir 

 Chas. Wilson. K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S., R.E. Lat. 50 

 54*50" N. ; long. i24'o" W. ; height above sea, 84 feet. 

 Observers Sergt. T. Chambers, R.E., and Mr. J.T. Cook. 



HAMPSHIRE FIELD CLUB. 



MEETING AT NEWPORT, SHALFLEET AND 

 NEWTOWN. 



Black bulb invacuo. 



The members of this Club had a day in the Isle of 

 Wight on Friday, the 25th July, the district visited 

 being Newport and neighbourhood. At Newport the 

 museum was inspected, and Dr. Groves read the 

 following paper. 



THE NEWPORT MUSEUM. 



Coming into a district so rich in objects which 

 are attractive, the members of the Hampshire 

 Field Club would naturally expect to find here a far 

 more extensive and important collection. During the 

 last century the Isle of Wight shared in the interest 

 in Roman and Grecian antiquities, which arose in the 

 reign of Queen Anne. This interest was increased 

 by finding in 1727 ten Roman urns at Stenbury, close 

 to Appuldurcombe, and others at Bonchurch, and 

 Roman coins at Newport in 1759 ; and it was fostered 

 by the cultured family who occupied Appuldurcombe 

 House, the principal residence in the Island. The 

 publication of Worsley's history of the Isle of Wight 

 towards the clese of the century stimulated the 

 interest in its archaeology ; and the preparation of 

 Englefield's work at the beginning of this one, and 

 the controversies to which it gave rise caused a good 

 deal of excitement about its geology. This move- 

 ment in men's minds obtained practical expression by 

 the founding of the Isle of Wight Philosophical 

 Society in 1810 or 1813 both dates are given of 

 which most of the gentlemen of the Island became 

 members. The society had its home in the Isle of 

 Wight Institution, built in 1801 by Nash, who also 

 built the pretentious looking town hall, which replaced 

 that, a photograph of a painting of which hangs in 

 the museum, and the disappearance of which all 

 must regret. Lord Yarborough, the successor of the 

 Worsleys at Appuldurcombe, was President of the 

 Isle of Wight Institution for many years. .1 do not 

 know what became of the records of the Philosophi- 

 cal Society. They would be exceedingly interesting, 

 for the society existed some forty or fifty years. It 

 was in existence in 1854. The members and friends 

 of the society deposited with it from time to time, for 

 safe custody in the Isle of Wight Institution, objects 

 and specimens, and this collection became known as 

 the Museum of the Isle of Wight Philosophical 

 Society. The Rev. E. Keil, F.S.A. , who was pro- 

 bably known to many of you, was custodian of this 

 collection for twenty-five years, from 1825 to 1850. In 

 1852 possibly as a result of the general stimulus of 

 the exhibition of the previous year, and because the 

 Prince Consort favoured the project, and possibly as 

 a result of the interest excited by the labours in 

 Roman archaeology of Mr. Roach Smith, F.S.A., a 



