310 ‘CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA. 
Walter Raleigh; Rev. H. G. J. Clements, F.R.G.S. Submerged Forest and 
Mammoth Teeth at Sidmouth; P. O. Hutchinson. Fauna of Devon, Part 
IX; E. Parfitt. On some unrecorded Hill Fortresses near Ashburton; P. 
F.S Amery. Relics of the Past observed at Torquay ; W. Pengelly, F.8.S., 
F.G.8. On the occurrence of ‘‘ Calosama Sycophanta”; J. B. Rowe, F.L.8. 
Researches into some Ancient Tumuli on Dartmoor; C. Spence Bate, F.R.S. 
Memoir of Sir George Cary, of Cockington; R. Dymond, F.8.A. The Cave 
Man of Mentone; W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S. 
July 23. Cornish Telegraph publishes a letter from Mr. W. C. Borlase, 
Castle Horneck, descriptive of ‘‘The ancient settlement at Chysoister, in 
Gulval.” 
July 29 to August 5. Royal Archeological Institute of Great Britain 
and Ireland. Meeting at Exeter. The Earl of Devon, President. Honor- 
ary Secretaries, Sir John Maclean, and Mr. Joseph Burtt. The following 
were the sectional presidents and officers :—Antiquities— Mr. O. Morgan, 
M.P., F.S.A., president; Mr. G. T. Clark, F.S.A., vice-president ; Mr. W. H. 
Tregellas, secretary. Architecture—Ven. Archdeacon Freeman, president ; 
Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P., F.S.A., vice-president; Mr. Talbot Bury, F.S.A., 
secretary. History—Sir John St. Aubyn, M.P., president ; Sir John Maclean, 
F.S.A., vice-president; Rey. C. W. Bingham, secretary. The following 
Papers were read. The Worthies of Devon; Mr. G. Clarke, F.S.A. On a 
Medieval Ring, found near the site of the Priory of St. Mary, Pilton; J. R. 
Chanter. Stone Remains on the eastern side of Dartmoor; G. Wareing 
Ormerod, M.A., F.G.S. The place of Exeter in the History of England; 
Mr. Freeman. Royal Letters and other documents, amongst the municipal 
records of Exeter; Mr. W. Cotton. The Birthplace, Origin, and Character 
of Sir Francis Drake; Dr. Drake. The Stained Glass in the Cathedral ; 
Mr. Stuart Moor. The Abodes of the Cornu-Britons; Mr. W. C. Borlase, 
M.A., F.S.A. Grimspound, and its associated relics; Mr. C. Spence Bate, 
F.R.S., &e. Ancient Mining Implements; Mr. R. N. Worth. The Heraldry 
of Exeter; Rev. F. T. Colby, B.D., F.S.A. The Celt and the Teuton in 
Exeter; Mr. T. Kerslake. Dowrish, an ancient seat of the family of that 
name; Dr. Drake. A few facts about Newcomen; Mr. T. Lidstone. A 
Paper on a Cornish Miracle Play, by Rev. Dr. Bannister was not read, owing 
to its authcr’s illness. 
July 29—31. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Meeting at St. 
John’s Hall, Penzance; Mr. Branwell, vice-president, in the chair. The 
following Papers were read:—On the Mining district of Cornwall and West 
Devon; J. H. Collins, F.G.S., St. Austell. On Machinery for dressing Tin 
and Copper Ores; Henry T. Ferguson, Truro. Description of the Tin 
Stream-Works in the Restronguet Creek, near Truro; Charles D. Taylor, 
Devoran. On the application of Portable Engines for Mining Purposes; 
John Richardson, Lincoln. Description of a Machine for shaping the models 
used in experiments on the forms of ships; W. Froude, F.R.S., Torquay. 
Description of the Mechanical Scraper for removing incrustations in the 
mains of the Torquay Water-Works; Mr. Little, Torquay. Description of 
the Brecket Chains for suspending double-headed rails on the West Corn- 
wall Railway; J, D. Sheriff, Truro. On Hydraulic Machinery for steering, 
reversing, and discharging cargo, &c., in Steam-ships ; Andrew Betts Brown, 
Edinburgh. Excursions to Messrs. Freeman’s Granite Works at Penryn, 
and the Restronguet Stream-works. Visit to Messrs. Bolitho’s Smelting- 
works at Chyandour. Excursions to Botallack and Land’s End; Messrs. 
Harvey’s Foundry at Hayle, Dolcoath, and Carn Brea. 
