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Matj 18. Eoyal Institution of Cornwall. Spring Meeting; Mr. W. 

 Jory Henwood, F.E.S., F.G.S., &c., in the chair. The Chairman delivered 

 an elaborate address, mainly on subjects connected -with mining in Cornwall ; 

 and the following papers were read : Notice of Enclosures which existed at 

 Boscawen-un; Mr. J. T. Blight, F.S.A. Notes on the Ornithology of 

 Cornwall ; Mr. E. Hearle Eodd. Indications of Glacial Action in Cornwall ; 

 Mr. Whitley, F.M.S. An Inquiry into the association of the dialects of 

 Devon and Cornwall ; Mr. E. N. Worth. Chronicles of the Cornish Saints 

 (Y. — s. DavidJ; Eev. John Adams, M.A. Extracts relating to Cornwall, 

 copied in the British Museum; Mr. Jonathan Couch, F.L.S., &c. Observa- 

 tions made concerning the Laocoon ; Sculptured Eocks ; Glacial Action in 

 Cornwall ; Cornish Fossils ; Meteorology, and other subjects. (See Journal of 

 the Royal Institution of Corniuall, No. XI). 



May 20. Cornwall Gazette publishes a letter from " Christopher Cooke," 

 concerning " John Busvargus (1598 — 1637) and his goods and chattels." 



May 26. Cornish Telegraph publishes a notice of " Enclosures which 

 existed at Boscawen-un, in St. Buryan ; by Mr. John T. Blight, of Penzance. 



May 27. West Briton publishes a letter signed " Cornubiensis," on 

 " Cornish Antiquities " ; with references to the Dawney effigies in Sheviock 

 church, and to an ancient carved oak screen in St. Austell church, the latter 

 containing the escutcheon of the ancient Cornish Knights, the Ercedecknes, 

 joined with that of the old Crusader, Sir Jordan de Haccomb. 



May 27. Mr. Thomas Q. Couch publishes in the West Briton a letter on 

 " Provincial Words." 



June 10. West Briton publishes a letter from " Curiosus," on " The 

 Destruction of Antiquities," and especially on " the destruction of Cornish 

 Churches under the plausible plea of restoration." 



June 17. West Briton publishes a letter from " H. H. Drake," St. 

 Austell, on " Cornish Antiquities," with especial reference to the shields of 

 L. Ercedekne and Haccomb in St. Austell church. 



June 24. Cornwall Gazette publishes a letter from " Christopher Cooke," 

 London, concerning "Margaret Keigwin " and the "curious ring," with a 

 miniature of Charles the First, described in the Gentleman''s Magazine, Vol. 

 3, pt. 2, pp. 36—7. 



July 3. Cormi:all Gazette records a recent visit to the Cheesewring by 

 Captain Simmons, agent for the Duchy of Cornwall, in company with Mr. 

 John Freeman and his two sons and partners, the lessees of the Cheesewring 

 Quarries ; and the adoption of means for preservation of this natural 

 curiosity. 



July 8. West Briton publishes an account of Cam Marth, by " Tre." 



Jidy 13. Western Morning News publishes an article entitled " Life in 

 the Two Counties " ; and afterwards, under the same heading, descriptive 



