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course of a trial that took place in this country in whicli he was 

 concerned. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Barr and to the President, and 

 the proceedings terminated. — Manchester Courier, March 28th, 1866. 



Dudley and Midland Geological Society. — The first Field- 

 meeting of this Society was held on the 16th April, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Nuneaton. The parly first examined the altered MUl- 

 stone Grit of the Hart's Hill range. This stone is here inclined at 

 a high angle, and passes conformably under the Goal-measures of 

 the district. The line of hills is extensively quarried along its 

 entire length, the material being chiefly used for road purposes. 

 The quarries first visited were those on the estate of Mr. Dewes, 

 who offered every facility to the party. In a tramway leading up 

 to these quarries, the gritstone presents a "very coarse appearance, 

 and seems scarcely to have undergone any change. Above this the 

 stone has been fused into a compact quartzite, which is coloured by 

 the oxides of iron and manganese. A considerable mass of igneous 

 rock underlies the gritstone, and has probably been the agent in 

 changing the coarse stone into quartzite. A large quarry has lately 

 been opened on the eastern side of Caldecote Hill, below the ordinary 

 Hart's Hill stone. The igneous rock in this place very much 

 resembles the Basalt of the Eowley Hills, but is . much more 

 compact, and of a higher specific gravity. The material is now 

 prepared for paving purposes, for which it seems admirably adapted, 

 and is extensively used. The course of this mass of igneous rock 

 was traced for some distance to the north. At the Hart's Hill 

 quarry, in the gritstone, a very interesting trap-dyke was noticed. 

 The party next visited the Coal-measures in the neighbourhood of 

 Stockingford. The outcrop of the several seams of coal in the 

 "Warwickshire field was traced in the valley. In the Neah cutting, 

 approaching Nuneaton, on the Midland Eailway, the Lower Coal- 

 shales are seen, with several beds of intrusive igneous rock, which 

 shoot among the shales in a most curious manner, and have baked 

 the coal-shale into a kind of porcellanite. The last point examined 

 was a dyke of trap rock in contact with the Millstone Grit. This 

 occurs near the Nuneaton Eailway Station. The party .was con- 

 ducted by Mr. A. Startin, of the Warwickshire Field-club ; and the 

 details of the geology of this important district were fully ex- 

 plained. After tea at the Newdegate Arms, Mr. Charles Twamley 

 conveyed the thanks of the clu.b to Mr. Startin for his able guidance, 

 and a vote of thanks was also passed to Mr. Dewes, for his kind 

 hospitality, and for the facilities he had afforded the party. 



Norwich Geological Society. — The monthly meeting of this 

 society was held at the Museum on the 3rd April. The following 

 paper, by the secretary (Mr. Taylor), was then read: — "The Eela- 

 tion of the Upper and Lower Crags in Norfolk." 



He stated his belief that the apparent great difference between the 

 Eed Crag and the Norwich Crag had arisen as follows — At some 



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