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August 30. Death of George Smith, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., at his resi- 

 dence, Trevu, Camborne ; aged 68 years. 



Se'ptemher 2. Cornish Telegraph records the discovery, on the 21st of 

 August, by Mr. W. C. Borlase of Castle Horneck, of a sepulchral urn in a 

 barrow on the top of Tredinney Hill, near Chapel Cam Brea. It was found 

 in a kist-vaen, formed with eight stones in layers of four. It was resting on 

 a natural granite rock, and was covered by a flat stone. The diameter was 

 about eight inches, and the length of the vessel about thirteen. The urn 

 was perfect, except the bottom, which appeared to have been removed before 

 interment. There were four handles, and the urn was ornamented with a rude 

 chevron pattern. The mouth was downwards. It was filled with human 

 bones, which, from their size, must have been those of a woman or a small 

 man. A few flints were found on the removal of the earth, and a consider- 

 able quantity of ashes lay around a large natural rock in the centre of the 

 mound, on which the body was, in all probability, burned. 



September 3. West Briton publishes a letter from " Curiosus " giving an 

 account of a recent opening of the " Tich Barrow," popularly called " The 

 Giant's Grave," near Camelford. In the interior of the barrow was a flat, 

 rough, and irregular granite slab, placed over a stone case or chest, about 

 nine inches deep, with a clay bottom ; and on this were laid the bones of a 

 human skeleton, but no urn, implements, or ornaments. The bones, which 

 were of unusual size, were collected together, carted away to Tintagel, 

 packed in a box, and sent to Mr. John Douglas Cook (now deceased), late 

 Editor of the Saturday Eevievj. 



September 5. Death of Mr. W. E. Hicks, at his residence, Westheath, 

 Bodmin, aged 60. 



September 10. Cormoall Gazette publishes a letter from " Christopher 

 Cooke," on " Cornish Churches." 



September 10. A fine meteor from Theta Pegasi to near 20 Piscium j 

 colour, pale yellow ; duration four to five seconds ; arc traversed, about 

 40" ; fine train. 



September 29. Eoyal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. 36th Annual 

 Exhibition; Mr. John St. Aubyn, M.P., presiding. Mr. Glaisher, F.E.S.A., 

 delivered a Lecture on " Meteors " ; and Mr. Frank Buckland on " Salmon 

 and Oyster Cultivation " ; and a Paper was read by Eev. C. M. Edward 

 Collins, on the Establishment of Potteries in Cornwall. 



September 30. Miners' Association of Cornwall and Devonshire. Annual 

 Meeting at Falmouth ; Mr. John St. Aubyn, M.P., President. Discussion 

 on the subject of " Underground Temperatore." Papers, &c.. On the work 

 of the Miners' Association ; Eev. Saltren Eogers, M.A. On the New Deep 

 Adit in the Upper Harz Mines ; Hilary Bauerman, F.G.S. On Boring 

 Machines ; J. H. Collins. On Dynamite ; Messrs. Webb and Bennetts. On 

 a Process for the separation of Copper, Iron, and other heavy impurities, 



