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nicated to our Society ; and it is well known that at the time of his 

 death Mr. Bell was busily engaged with the vast mass of materials 

 he had accumulated. The frail body in which his earnest spirit was 

 enshrined was unable to withstand the severe weather of last 

 month, and he died January 18th, 1888, at the age of 54. 



Mr. EooKE PEX2O3s"GT0isr was a barrister who distinguished him- 

 self so greatly during his &st circuit that he was received into 

 partnership by a firm of solicitors at Bolton, and practised there for 

 many years. He was a man of great capacity and varied interests ; 

 and in conjunction with Professor Boyd Dawkins explored the Cave 

 of Windy Knoll and other caves in Derbyshire, as well as the cairns 

 belonging to the bronze-age in the neighbourhood of Castleton and 

 Eyam, from which he obtained valuable antiquities. He was elected 

 a Fellow of this Society in 1875, and during the same year con- 

 tributed a paper to our Journal. His principal work was the 

 establishment of an excellently arranged museum at Castleton, 

 which is unfortunately about to be dispersed. Mr. Pennington 

 was also an occasional contributor to the Proceedings of the Geological 

 Society of Manchester. 



Among the losses which the Society has sustained during the past 

 year we have to regret the decease of some of our oldest Members. 

 The Bakox de Bastekot was elected a Pellow in 1825. He contri- 

 buted a paper on the Geology of Folkestone to the first series of our 

 Transactions in the year 1827, and also wrote on geological subjects 

 in several French journals. During his later years he resided in 

 Pome, where he died last year, after being no less than sixty-two 

 years a Member of this Society. 



Five others among the Fellows who passed away last year had 

 maintained a connexion with the Society for more than half a cen- 

 tury. Foremost among these we must mention Mr. Edwaed 

 FAxsoisr, the distinguished architect, to whose skill in design modern 

 London owes many of her finest buildings. He was born in 1812, 

 became a Fellow of this Society in 1834, and at the time of his 

 death was President of Eoyal Institute of British Architects. 

 Captain W. H. Beeto:n-, was also elected in 1834 ; G. E. Eyee, Esq., 

 in 1835 ; The Eev. Lord Chaeles Heevey, in 1835 ; and A. 

 Ceichtos-, Esq., in 1837. 



Nor can we omit to notice the loss of Mr. James Babee (elected 

 in 1843), and of Dr. John" Millae (elected in 1858), who, as the 



