Excursion on Saturday, August Z\st. 



177 



opportunity under most favourable circumstances of visiting those 

 beauties; and he was only expressing* their feelings when he gave 

 expression to his own, which he did with the utmost sincerity , when 

 he s.iid that a large portion of the pleasure they had enjoyed was 

 due to the wonderful tact and power of organization of their noble 

 President. He had been courteous, obliging, active, intelligent, 

 industrious, and in every way had discharged the duties of chairman 

 in a manner that he must with truth say, after many years' ex- 

 perience, he never saw equalled. The name of Nelson they knew 

 was very illustrious in our annals, and if there was anything more 

 than another connected with the name of Nelson it was the sense 

 of duty. The last signal given by the immortal admiral was — 

 " England expects every man to do his duty ; " and his successor on 

 that occasion had well fulfilled that sentiment, and on retiring 

 from the position which he had occupied during the present week so 

 nobly and so ably, he was sure he would carry with him from that 

 meeting the best wishes and kindest feelings of all with whom he 

 had been associated. "Peace had her victories more renowned than 

 war;'''' and if his noble predecessor achieved victory over his country's 

 enemies, it was in the power of their noble President to contribute 

 to victory over ignorance and neglect and indifference in regard to 

 our grand national monuments, and to endeavour to inspire a better 

 spirit towards their preservation for future generations. It ought 

 to be their work and labour to get those treasures left us by our an- 

 cestors studied and appreciated, calculated as they were to throw light 

 upon many of the glorious incidents of our history He trusted their 

 noble President would have no cause in future to repent the pleasant 

 week they had all spent together in visiting the antiquities of Wiltshire. 



After a few words of warm acknowledgment from Lord Nelson, 

 Mr. Lottus Brock, in proposing a vote of thanks to the Bishop 

 and Clergy of the Diocese, said they were indeed indebted to them 

 for the reverence and regard they showed in taking care of the 

 sacred buildings placed under their charge. And with reference to 

 the hints thrown out by the President, he might say, so far as 

 Stonehenge was concerned, they were not likely to fall unheeded, 

 and that a public subscription would probably be instituted for re- 



