The Dinner. 



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now without farther comment, as we hope to print Canon Jones' 

 short description of each of them at a future page of this Magazine, 



THE DINNER 



took place at the Swan Hotel, the President of the Meeting in the 

 chair; when the usual loyal and complimentary toasts were given. 



The Rev. Canon Jones, in returning thanks for the Bishop and 

 Clergy, observed that it was twenty-four years ago since he first 

 took part in the work of the Society, on the occasion of its first visit 

 to Bradford, and he hoped he had contributed to its advancement 

 ever since ; he trusted, moreover, that those who came after the 

 archaeologists of the present day would continue to carry on the 

 study and promote the work of the Society. 



The Rev. A. C. Smith, in returning thanks for the General 

 Secretaries, expressed his sincere regret that his colleague — Mr. 

 Charles Talbot, had felt compelled from ill-health to resign office. 

 All those who had taken part in our Annual Meetings of late years 

 would recollect how much Mr. Talbot had contributed by his 

 architectural and archaeological knowledge to the edification of the 

 Members, more especially by his judicious remarks on the various 

 Churches they visited. Mr. Talbot had also been a contributor to 

 the pages of the Magazine, and had taken an active part in the 

 working of the Society. It was a source of satisfaction, however, 

 to be assured (and Mr. Talbot had written to him to that effect) 

 that he would still continue to take a warm interest in the work of 

 the Society, and would gladly do all in his power to aid it. The 

 Society was happy, too, in securing as Mr. Talbot's successor a 

 gentleman so highly esteemed throughout the county as Mr. 

 Medlicott, one who had long been an active member of the Com- 

 mittee, and for many years had evinced a keen interest in the 

 antiquities of Wiltshire. 



The Local Secretary, Dr. Highmore, and his colleagues, Rev. F. 

 Whitehead and Rev. W. N. C. Wheeler, were duly thanked for 

 their indefatigable exertions in making preparations for the Meeting; 

 and the toast of The Ladies was not forgotten by the President, a 

 toast to which Sin John Hannah replied in graceful terms. 



