§98 Anniversary Address. 



At this meeting the following were nominated for member- 

 ship — Mr. Henry Hunter, Alnwick; Mr. James Brunton, 

 Broomlands, Kelso ; Mr. Charles Bertram Black, Melrose ; 

 Dr. John Gordon Smith, Melrose ; Rev. J. W. Carlisle, St. 

 Ninian's, Wooler; Captain James McPherson, Melrose. 



The interesting objects in and around the old Border town 

 of Alnwick — its great castle — its churches — the remains of 

 Alnwick Abbey, of Holn Priory, of St. Leonard's hospital, of 

 St, Mary's chantry and of the entrance gateway — attracted a 

 large number of members to the meeting held there on August 

 the 29th; especially as the Duke of Northumberland had 

 liberally granted to the Club the privilege of seeing through 

 the castle and its museums, and of wandering through his 

 gardens and parks. About ninety members and friends were 

 present at this meeting. 



After breakfast at the Star Tnn, the party proceeded to the 

 castle, where they were courteously received by Major Holland, 

 the Castellan, who conducted them through various parts of 

 the castle. The exterior was first examined — the gateway of 

 the old Norman keep and portions of the old Norman wall 

 enclosing the two baileys erected about 1150 — the impressive 

 barbican — the mural towers — the curious draw-well in the 

 court yard — and the two octagonal towers attached to the 

 Norman gateway erected by the first and second Lord Percys 

 of Alnwick from 1310 to 1350, and then the great Prudhoe 

 tower and chapel erected by Algernon Duke of Northumber- 

 land. 



Passing into the interior,'the party were shewn the Egyptian 

 museum containing a valuable series of Egyptian antiquities 

 collected by Algernon Duke of Northumberland; consisting 

 of statuettes, household deities, signet rings, and other personal 

 ornaments. Among the curiosities was a small bottle with a 

 Chinese inscription, which was said to have been found in an 

 Egyptian tomb; and which seems to prove that the commerce 

 of Egypt and China somewhere met at a very early period. 

 The company then went through the suite of apartments 

 occupied by the Duke and Duchess during the period in which 

 the extensive alterations and repairs were made to the castle. 



