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The Local Secretaries were then re-appointed, the names of Mr. 

 Harris of Calne, and of Mr. Frank Morgan of Warminster, being 

 added to the list. 



The council was appointed as follows: — Mr. T. B. Anstie, Mr. 

 R. Coward, Rev. B. C. Dowding, Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Rev. W. 

 Ewart, Rev. W. H. Jones, (Bradford), Mr. Meek, Mr. Merewether, 

 Rev. W. C, Plenderleath, Rev. W. H. Teale, Dr. Thurnham, and 

 Mr. Wittey. 



F. A. S. Locke, Esq. was chosen as Treasurer, in the place of 

 the late Lieut. -Colonel Olivier. 



It was stated, in connection with the meeting at Salisbury next 

 year, that Mr. Matcham had proposed that an effort should be 

 made to obtain a congress of archaeologists from all parts of this 

 country, and from Brittany and other places where Druidical 

 remains existed, so as, if possible, to obtain further information on 

 the subject of Stonehenge. 



With reference to the restoration of Stonehenge, Mr. Cunnington 

 said that the proposition made by Mr. Scarth was only to restore 

 the large trilithon that fell in 1798, and in doing that the other 

 stones would not be interfered with. With regard to the expense, 

 Mr. Scarth had set a subscription on foot, and an engineer had 

 given an estimate from which it appeared that the cost would be 

 much less than was at first expected. 



Dr. Thurnam thought that while they were about it, it might 

 be desirable to examine all the stones now in position and to test 

 their stability. If found imperfect they should be rendered more 

 stable by ramming and other means, so as to enable them to resist 

 the action of the wind and weather. They might also take the 

 opportunity of raising the altar stone, (afterwards replacing it in 

 its present position,) to ascertain if anything was to be found 

 underneath it. It was now a fashionable theory with many 

 archaeologists that Stonehenge had not been a place of heathen 

 worship, but merely a burying place. Stewart and others were of 

 opinion that it was a large tomb, and Geoffrey of Monmouth had 

 thought it probable that Aurelius Ambrosius and others were 

 interred within the area of Stonehenge. 



