Barham, in an agreeable manner, sketched the proceedings at the 

 recent Autumn Excursion of the Institution, his remarks being 

 illustrated by diagrams and a rubbing of an inscribed stone, but 

 the most interesting part of the proceedings, from an historical 

 point of view, was the reading by Dr. Barham of a papei', con-^ 

 tributed by Mr. Deeble Boger, founded upon entries discovered 

 by that gentleman in the book of '' Minutes of the Duchy (of 

 Cornwall) Council," during the life of Edward the Black Prince, 

 and translated by him from the Norman-French. These "Minutes" 

 were found at Mount Edgcumbe, and Mr. Horwood was sent 

 down to examine them, in 1872, by the Historical Commission, 

 but their contents were not published, and it remained for 

 Mr. Deeble Boger to shed a new light upon the history of the 

 county, it never having been known hitherto that the Black Prince 

 visited Cornwall It appears, however, from Mr. Boger's paper 

 that he was at Restormel on two occasions. 



Mr. Ball, of St. Austell, then read a paper '* On the Capitula- 

 tion of the Parliamentary Forces under General Skippen at 

 Castle Dor." 



After a short discussion. Dr. Barham proceeded to give an 

 account of the rubbing of an Inscribed Stone taken at the Excur- 

 sion, and then described Dr. Samuel Ferguson's method of taking 

 paper casts of rubbings. Thick blotting paper is clamped and 

 then beaten into the indentations of the stone by means of a 

 clothes' brush ; on drying, it gives a perfect cast of the inscription. 

 It has the advantage of giving a true and exact representation, 

 and photographs taken from these paper casts in a certain light 

 exhibit the inscriptions very clearly. The photograph of the 

 paper cast of the Ogham inscription at Tavistock was shown by 

 Dr. Barham. 



Mr. T. Cornish, of Penzance, gave a very able lecture " On 

 the Stalk-eyed Crustacea of Mount's Bay." 



This paper gave rise to some discussion ; and then on the 

 motion of Mr. Tweedy, seconded by Mr. Remfry, the thanks of 

 the Royal Institution of Cornwall were voted to the authors of 

 the papers read. 



Major Parkyn proposed that the thanks of the Meeting 

 should be given to Dr. Jago for presiding ; the proposition was 

 seconded by Mr. J. Henderson, and carried unanimously. Thia 

 concluded the business of the evening. 



