110 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



the same day the party was received by the members of the 

 Plymouth Institution, and the entertainment arranged by them 

 for the friends of this Society added much to the pleasure and 

 success of the day's proceedings — promoting our purpose of 

 co-operation of the scientific Societies of the two counties. The 

 crowning' point, however, of the journey, was the reception of 

 the members and their friends, numbering about 140, on the 

 following day, the 14th, by the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe at 

 Cotehele. The weather was most delightful, and the voyage up 

 the Tamar was a thing long to be remembered. At Cotehele 

 Lord Mount-Edgcumbe led the party through the woods, and 

 exhibited the votive chapel commemorating Sir Richard 

 Edgcumbe's escape (temp. Eich*^- III). The house was 

 subsequently shewn, the exterior points of interest being first 

 explained. After shewing the entrance tower, the chapel with 

 its curious turret, the quadrangle, and the various alterations 

 effected in the building at different times, the noble owner led 

 the way to an elegant banquet, provided in the great hall and 

 neighbouring rooms. Here his Lordship read a most interesting 

 paper, giving the history of Cotehele and its former owners, 

 which, it is hoped, will be placed permanently in the pages of 

 our journal. At the conclusion of the visit all unanimously 

 expressed, through Dr. Jago, their obligations to the president 

 for his great kindness. 



The Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe' s two years' tenure of office 

 expires to-day, and your Council have pleasure in proposing Mr. 

 A. Pendarves Vivian, M.P., as his successor, feeling convinced 

 that his close connection with the county and his great interest 

 in mining cannot fail to promote the welfare and add to the 

 success of the Eoyal Institution of Cornwall. Mr. W. C. 

 Borlase, M.P., having fulfilled his term of office as a vice-presi- 

 dent, it is proposed to elect Canon Moor in his place. 



