28 Anniversary Address. 



Comit. March, dni vail. Anad. Ma. Admiram." — 1076. Melros, 

 Chapter of the Monastery of St Mary's. " S' comune capituli 

 Moaasterii de Melrose." A.D. 1422.— 1091. Monastery of N*^ 

 Berwick. " Sigillum commune Monasterii de North Berwick." — 

 1124. Priory of St. Bothan's (i.s.) " Ave Maria graciae plena." 

 A.D. 1557.— Duke of Buccleuch. 1674.— A smaller seal of N^^ 

 Berwick. — Four unknown." 



A painting, hung on the wall of the room, bore the inscription, 

 "John Duns Scotus, Doctor Subtilis. Born at Duns, A.D. 1274. 

 Died at Cologne, Nov. 8, 1308. Presented by Mr James Watson 

 to the Feuars of Duns, A.D. 1811." Along with this portrait, 

 and also belonging to the town of Dunse, was shown a copy of the 

 works of Duns Scotus, in black-letter, double-columns, printed at 

 Yenice in 1490. 



Dr James Denholm, Broomhill, showed some valuable manu- 

 scripts and papers, of which the following is a list : — 



1. Unpublished poem, holograph, of the Ettrick Shepherd. Dated 



Mount Benger, Apr. 6th, 1827. 



2. Prize Power signed by Lord Nelson, 8 July, 1803, and witnessed by 



Captain Hardy of the Victory. 



3. Crimean Despatch signed by Lord Raglan, 1855. 



4. King's Constitution signed by Wm. Pitt, in favour of Andw. Miller, 



to be Commissary of Stores at the intended settlement in New 

 South Wales, 1786. 



5. Printed circular soliciting subns. for National Monument on Calton 



Hill, signed by Scott, Jeffrey, Alison, Cockburn, "Grecian" Williams 

 and others, 1821. 



6. Pass to Gaily Ho. of Commons, written and signed by Wm. Cobbett, 



Ap. 3rd, 1823. 



7. Signature of Ld. Brougham— Letter of Sir E. Brydges— Signature of 



Sir S. Eomilly. 



The Eev. George Gunn exhibited a fine entirely polished celt of 

 greenish Silurian slate from Stichill ; Mr Leitch, Fairneyside, a 

 socket of Silurian slate, with a hole in it, for a spindle to revolve in ; 

 Mr Loney, a pair of fine red deer antlers, both broken below the 

 branches, found six feet beneath the surface, in a drain near 

 Dogden Moss ; the Eev. Joseph Hunter, a small old hand-bell, 

 from Cockburnspath, said to have been rung before funerals. 

 This bell is encircled by three lines of inscription : — GIFTED* 

 BEIOHNHENEIE -BOWEE • IN • EDINBVEGH • TO • THE- 

 SESSIONE-AND-KIEKE-OF-COCKBYENSPETH-1650. A 

 drawing of a curious double-spouted, snake-headed, brass vessel, 

 like a coffee-pot, found in taking down an old house on the 



