198 The Fifty -Sixth General Meeting. 



series of state swords, maces, chains, badges, and the silver oar 

 belonging to the City Corporation was most courteously exhibited 

 and explained by the City Treasurer. Then followed lunch at the 

 Eoyal Hotel, at which thirty Members were present. MR. BURDER 

 took this opportunity of expressing the hearty thanks of the Society 

 to MR. PRITCHARD for all he had done for it, and the REV. E. P. 

 KNUBLEY said kind things about the work done during the year 

 by THE REV. E. H. GODDARD, as Hon. Secretary and Editor of 

 the Magazine. The party then resumed its journeyings through 

 the city, to RED LODGE, with its singularly unpromising exterior 

 and its magnificent 16th century woodwork, and panelling, and 

 chimneypieces, and ceilings within ; to the 13th century archway, 

 which forms the sole remnant of ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL; 

 to ST. JOHN'S CHURCH and its crypt and fine Church plate ; to 

 ST. PETER'S HOSPITAL, with its grand half-timbered front and 

 splendid court room within, where MR. AND MRS. SIMPSON 

 most kindly entertained the party at tea ; to the scanty 13th 

 century remains of THE CASTLE, past the curious Norman front 

 of ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, and several of the best remaining 

 specimens of 17th century houses, once so numerous in the streets, 

 but now yearly becoming scarcer; and lastly to the TEMPLE 

 CHURCH, with its fine leaning tower, its 17th century woodwork, 

 its fine iron screens of 1726, its 14th century brass candelabrum, 

 and its fine Church plate. 



Altogether the Meeting has been a notable one, the weather on 

 the two days of the Excursions was perfect, the arrangements on 

 both days were perfect too, and everybody said good-bye, pleased 

 with themselves and with things in general, and hoping that next 

 year's Meeting may be as successful as that of Bradford-on-Avon 

 in 1909 has certainly been. 



