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bereavement they have sustained ; and that a copy of this 

 resolution be forwarded by the chairman to Mrs. Dickson." 

 Mr. Burdon Sanderson, in seconding the resolution, said; 

 " The admirable manner in which Mr. Dickson had con- 

 ducted the business, made him a pattern for all Clerks of 

 the Peace throughout England. It would be impossible to 

 find in England, one who had discharged his duties with 

 more ability, and kept the County in a better state. On 

 every subject of expenditure, and in all things, they had 

 the advice of Mr. Dickson, who knew how far they could 

 go, and who always kept them within proper limits ; and 

 not only the Justices but the Ratepayers would feel that 

 they had lost a gentleman who had given them the greatest 

 assistance, and really advanced their interests in the greatest 

 degree." The Resolution was agreed to unanimously. 



Memoranda. By James Hardy. 



A notice of Mr. Dickson would be imperfect without 

 allusion to his literary and antiquarian tastes, which he 

 occasionally found opportunity to exercise, amidst his many 

 more serious and important occupations. Mr. Dickson was 

 a Fellow of the London Society of Antiquaries, and of the 

 Antiquarian Society of Newcastle. He was a member of 

 the " Surtees Society," and the " Grampian Club." In the 

 west of Scotland, where latterly he resided during summer 

 at Underwood Cottage, Dunoon, he cordially welcomed and 

 joined a kindred society with our own — "The Glasgow 

 Society of Field Naturalists." One of his first publications 

 " The Wards, Divisions, &c, of Northumberland," was in 

 some respects professional ; although the antiquarian bias 

 of the author is evinced by the ancient names of places 

 being arranged from the original Records. It was a complete 

 picture of the County in 1833. The book was greatly val- 

 ued by the profession. Mr. Clayton Clayton, the conveyan- 

 cer, said it was most useful to him — and that he never 

 settled a draft without referring to it. Higher in importance 

 to the county historian, are the " Pipe Rolls," in continuation 

 of the Rev. John Hodgson's series. Only the first part was 

 printed, and this is accompanied by a translation; the 

 subsequent portions are lithographed, and without translation 

 but with occasional appendices : the whole, with the Index, 



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