310 CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA. 



April 14. West Briton publishes " An Antiquarian Ramble, No. 6," by 

 S J. Wills, concerning Antiquities on Wendron Beacon. 



Ajml 16. Cornwall Gazette records that recently a fisherman at Meva- 

 gissey had landed a fine specimen of the Holibut {Pleuronectes hippoglossus). 



April 20. Cornish Telegraph publishes an account of " The Kist-vaen 

 at Wendron." 



April 20. Cornwall and Devon Miners' Association. General Meeting 

 at Eedruth ; Mr. J. St. Aubyn, MP., the President, in the chair. Mr. Arthur 

 Pendarves Vivian, M.P., elected President for the next two years. Sir F. M. 

 Williams, Bart , M.P., Mr. J. St. Aubyn, M.P., and Captain Basset, 

 appointed Vice-Presidents. 



April 30. Cormoall Gazette records that there had been recently found 

 in the church tower of St. Goran, an old stone bearing this inscription : 

 " H. E. Allyn VIC 1517." Also that in the trench, running outside the 

 southern aisle of the church, had recently been found part of an earthenware 

 jar containing a coin. There had also been found a copper penny of the 

 Stannaries of Cornwall, with three ostrich feathers on one side, and a rude 

 delineation of an ancient mine on the other. 



April 30. Cornwall Gazette publishes a letter from " M. C. Burns," 

 giving an account of the discovery in the parish of St. Goran, some years 

 since, of a cromlech and kist-vaen ; and of thirteen urns containing cinerary 

 remains. 



May 5 and 26. West Briton publishes a paper entitled, " The Battle 

 Fields of Cornwall." 



Ma]i 5, 19, and 26 ; and June 2. West Briton publishes Articles entitled 

 "A Northern Stroll in the Easter Tide," by "Mot"; descriptive of 

 scenery, &c., in North Cornwall. 



May 11. Cornish Telegraph publishes an " Interesting Notice of Scilly 

 in the Heimskringea." 



May 12. West Briton publishes " Ancient Customs celebrated in 

 Cornwall during the month of May " ; by " Beta." 



May 17. Royal Institution of Cornwall, Spring Meeting Mr. W. Jory 

 Henwood, F R.S., F.G.S., &c., President, in the chair. Among subjects 

 treated of by the President, were the State of the Cheesewring ; statistics of 

 the fisheries and vegetable produce of West Cornwall ; and the detrital 

 deposits in the Caruon Valley. The following papers were presented : — 

 Copy of a Letter in the British Museum, concerning the state of Ports in 

 Cornwall in 1593 — 5 ; from Mr. Henry Lee Rowett. Notes on the Ornithology 

 of Cornwall ; Mr. E. Hearle Rodd. Notes concerning the Hirudo ; Velella 

 limbosa ; Medusa ; Hippoglossus vulgaris ; Physalia pelagica ; Scyllsea 

 pelagica ; Spawn of Doris tuberculata ; Larus minutus ; and various species 

 of Entozoa ; Mr. W. P. Cocks. Recent Observations on Subterranean 

 Temperature in the Clifford Amalgamated Mines ; Sir F. M. Williams, Bart., 

 M.P. Stannary Rolls, temp. Edward I ; Mr. J. Maclean, F.S.A. An In- 

 scribed Stone in Stowford Churchyard ; Mr. W. Copeland Borlase. Notes 

 on the Geology and Archeeology of Cornwall and Devonshire ; Mr. W. 

 Pengelly, F.E.S , F G.S. On Boiler Explosions ; C apt. Williams Observa- 

 tions were made concerning Tin Coinage ; the Stowford Inscription ; Meteor- 

 ology ; Roman Coins ; the planet Jupiter ; and Antiquities at Upton, in Lewan- 

 nick, and at Northeot, Devon. (See Journal of the Royal Institution of 

 Cornwall, No. XII.) 



