106 CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA. 
March 1. Cornish Telegraph publishes a letter entitled ‘‘More of the 
Praed Family,” and signed ‘‘ One of the Branches.” 
March 1. Cornish Telegraph publishes an inquiry by Mr. KE. H. W. 
Dunkin, concerning a Sepulchral Urn found at Porth Curnow, St. Levan. 
March 2. Western Morning News states: ‘‘ The Rev. W. Iago, of Bod- 
min, has been invited by the President and Council of the ‘Society of Anti- 
quaries, London, to accept the office of Secretary for Cornwall; and the 
Society’s diploma has been issued, conferring that appointment upon him.” 
March 4. Cornwall Gazette publishes a report of a Lecture delivered 
by Rev. W. Iago, before the Mayor and Corporation of Bodmin, on the 
ancient Ivory Casket—the supposed reliquary of the remains of St. Petrock. 
March 15. Cornish Telegraph publishes, from ‘ Notes and Queries,” an 
article entitled ‘‘ Cornish spoken in Devonshire.” 
March 18. Cornwall Gazette contains an account of ‘the building of 
the Wolf Rock Lighthouse.” 
March 22,29, April5. Cornish Telegraph publishes ‘‘The Building 
of the Wolf Rock Lighthouse ”—a Paper read before the Royal Institution 
of Great Britain, by Mr. James N. Douglas, Engineer to the Trinity Board. 
March 22. Cornish Telegraph publishes a notice of ‘‘ Trengwainton 
and the Price Family.” 
April 8. Western Morning News has notices of the Solar Phenomenon 
on Wednesday, April 5th. 
May 2. Opening of “ The Bishop’s Library,” at Truro. 
May 3. Cornish Telegraph states that Mr. J. T. Blight, F.S.A., has in 
his possession fragments of pottery from the cromlechs of Algiers. 
May 3. Cornish Telegraph states that a Silvery Hair-tail had been 
caught at Helford, and that Mr. Charles Fox describes it as two feet long, 
and like a bar of silver. 
May 18. West Briton publishes a letter, signed ‘“ Curiosus,” having 
reference to the preservation of antiquities; and also a letter signed ‘‘ A,” 
concerning the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. 
May 20. Cornwall Gazette publishes an extract from ‘‘ Land and Water,” 
from a contribution by Mr. Matthew Dunn, of Mevagissey, on ‘‘ Marine Life 
on the Coast of Cornwall.” 
May 23. Royal Institution of Cornwall, Spring Meeting. Mr. W. 
Jory Henwood, F.R.S., F.G.S., &¢., President, in the chair. The President’s 
Address comprised copious information concerning the Cornish Fisheries, 
the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall, and its Mines and Mining. The 
following papers were presented :—On a Weapon of Stone found in a Stone 
Barrow at Pelynt; Mr. John Evans, F.R.S., F.S.A. On Pustulopora clavata 
of Busk, from the Wolf Rock; Mr. C. W. Peach, A.L.S. Notes on the 
Ornithology of Cornwall; Mr. H. Hearle Rodd. On the Poll-Tax of 1377; 
Sir John Maclean, F.S8.A. On the Manor of Penvrane and the advowson 
of St. Pinnock; Sir John Maclean, F.S.A. On the insulation of St. Michael’s 
Mount; Mr. W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S. On Jews in Cornwall; Rev. J. 
Bannister, LL.D. On the occurrence of Cobalt in connection with the Tin 
Ores of Cornwall; Mr. R. Pearce, F.G.S. Description of a Fresco in Ludgvan 
Church, from the original drawing by Dr. Borlase; Mr. W. C. Borlase, F.S.A. 
On some Antiquities in Hast Cornwall; Mr. R. N. Worth. Observations on 
