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cheers) . They were at first somewhat at a loss in the matter of 

 president, as Mr. Goldney had accepted the office, but his being 

 called away from England to Vienna, to act in his place on the 

 committee for distributing the English prizes, rendered his presence 

 with them impossible. The officers of the Society then applied to 

 Mr. Goddard, and persuaded him to occupy the president's chair at 

 that meeting, and whether it had been a wise choice he left it for 

 them to say (cheers and hear, hear) . He had, he was afraid at great 

 inconvenience, accompanied them in all their excursions, which had 

 been some of the pleasantest the Society had ever had. They had 

 been most cordially received, as had been the case for the past twenty 

 years. On Wednesday they visited ten admirable churches, each of 

 which presented features peculiar to itself. To-day they were indeb- 

 ted to Mr. Fuller and Professor Church for the manner in which they 

 had conducted them. They were also indebted very much indeed to 

 Mr. Goddard, who had been the head, without which they should 

 have been a most miserable body (cheers). He therefore begged 

 to propose a most hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Goddard (loud 

 cheers). 



Mr. Cunnington seconded the proposition. He endorsed every- 

 thing that had fallen from his friend Mr. Smith. They were much 

 indebted to Mr. Goddard for the way he had supported them in this 

 rather small but one of the most agreeable meetings the Society 

 had ever experienced (cheers) . He had one remark to make, and 

 that was that their next meeting would in all probability be held at 

 Devizes, and the one after that at Salisbury. It seemed somewhat 

 premature to anticipate two years, but that was better than giving 

 about two months notice, as they had done this year (hear hear) . 

 He hoped, therefore, to meet them at Devizes under the presidency 

 of Mr. Goldney (cheers). 



Mr. Goddard said he only rose to say that he felt much gratified 

 to hear from Mr. Smith and Mr. Cunnington, that the meeting had 

 been so successful, and that the little assistance he had rendered had 

 been most gladly given. He had always taken a great interest in 

 the Society, and had attended a great many of its meetings, and 

 hoped to be spared to attend future meetings (loud cheers) . 



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