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original document laid over " with consent" at a trial for 

 libel. Two or three local novels and about as many 

 books of poems, with pamphlets on a number of local 

 questions close the list of books. The old-time relics 

 included a rery large colletlion of pieces of plate, in- 

 teresting for their association with worthies such as 

 Governor Bentinck, Peter Rose and John Croal. A 

 goblet " from H. Cooper, Purser of His Majesty's ship 

 Amelia, to his much esteemed friend, Mrs. Hester Hus- 

 bands, as a token of gratitude for her maternal care in 

 recovering him from yellow fever in 06lober 1804," was 

 also particularly interesting. A colle6lion of Dutch silver 

 toys, two centuries old, attra6ted much attention, as it 

 included almost all the fittings of a doll's house, and of 

 course miniature reprodu6lions of household utensils, 

 some of which are now obsolete. Then came some fine 

 pieces of old Dresden and Staffordshire china, all more 

 or less conne6led with colonial families, including Gover- 

 nor Gravesande, Col. Goodman, Governor Bunbury and 

 many others. A sampler worked by the daughter of 

 Governor Meertens, and a landscape in fine needle-work, 

 shewed how our great-grandmothers employed their time. 

 Church plate once belonging to the " Kerk van Deme- 

 rary" was shown by the authorities of the Presbyterian 

 Church, and Dutch Bibles dated 1788, when service was 

 held in the Court of Policy Hall, carry us back to the 

 time when no Church building existed in Demerara. A 

 Chalice from the Roman Catholic Church, New Amster- 

 dam, dated 1475, together with several beautiful pieces 

 of Church plate lent by Bishop Butler, were interesting 

 both for their antiquity as well as their artistic value. 

 A relic of slavery days was a writing desk, said 



