USD CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA. 
August 17. Cornwall Gazette publishes a communication on ‘‘ The 
Scilly Isles,” signed ‘‘W.”; with translated extracts, from Records of the 
Duchy of Cornwall, relating to the state of the islands, and the position of 
their owner, a short time after the creation of the Duchy. . i 
August 19. Western Morning News publishes a letter from ‘‘ Angus 
Mackintosh, M.D.,” on ‘‘ Polperro” and the ‘‘ Glossary of Cornish Names.” 
August 19 and 20. Royal Institution of Cornwall. Excursion to St. 
Columb Major, St. Mawgan, St. Columb Minor, Cubert, and Perranzabuloe. 
(See Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, No. xiv, and 55th Annual 
Report). 
August 21. Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. 40th Annual Meeting ; 
Mr. Charles Fox presiding. 
August 22. West Briton publishes a letter, signed ‘‘ Tre,” on ‘‘ Scientific 
Excursions.” 
August 22. Miners’ Association of Cornwall and Devonshire. Annual 
Meeting at Falmouth; Mr. Basset, of Tehidy, presiding. The following 
Papers were read: By Mr. Willoughby, on the New Steam Stamps of his - 
Firm. Mr. Bickle, on Husband’s Pneumatic Stamps. Myr. Tonkin, Dol- 
coath, on the Burleigh Drill in the Hoosac Tunnel, New York. Capt. 
Williams, on the Duty of Cornish Engines. Mr. T. B. Jordan, on Sach’s 
Boring Machine. 
August 24. Cornwall Gazette publishes a letter, from the Rev. Dr. 
Bannister, on ‘‘ Polperro” and the ‘‘ Glossary of Cornish Names.” 
August 29. West Briton contains an Article entitled ‘‘A Trip to the 
Lizard, &c.”; signed ‘‘ Walker.” 
September 11. Cornish Telegraph publishes a letter, from the Reverend 
Dr. Bannister, on ‘“‘ Camborne and St. Meriasek.” 
September 11, and three following days. The National Association for 
the Promotion of Social Science. 16th Congress, at Plymouth; Lord Napier 
and Ettrick, President. : 
September 28. Cornwall Gazette publishes a Paper (read at the Plymouth 
Meeting of the Social Science Congress), by Mr. J. H. Collins, F.G.8., &c., 
on the Mineral Wealth of Cornwall. 
October 10. West Briton records a recent discovery of Ancient Mining 
Tools in Penstruthal Mine. 
October 14. Inauguration of the Davy Memorial at Penzance.—Cornish 
Telegraph, Oct. 16, contains a full account of the proceedings, and a bio- 
graphic memoir of Sir Humphry Davy. 
October 25 Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. 59th Annual Meeting, 
at Penzance; Mr. Warington Smyth, F.R.S., F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 
Among Papers read were the following: On the Mining Districts of Yorke’s 
Peninsula, South Australia; Mr. 8. Higgs, junr., F.G.S., F.G.8.C., &e. On 
the Bones of a Whale found at Pentewan; Professor Flower, F.R.S. On 
Fractured Flints ; Mr. W. C. Borlase, F.S.A. 
November 6. Cornish Telegraph records the capture of an Octopus, or 
Hight-armed Cuttle-Fish, by two Gorran fishermen. 
November 6. Cornish Telegraph publishes a letter, from the Reverend 
Dr. Bannister, on the name “ Phillack”; with names of patron saints of 
other Cornish parishes. 
