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The Eleventh General Meeting. 



lordship for the manner in which ho had discharged his duties. I 

 Tho Society had been exceedingly fortunate in its Presidents. I 

 They had, first, Mr. Poulett Scropo ; secondly, they had the late I 

 Lord Herbert of Lea, then Mr. Sidney Herbert ; thirdly, they had j 

 Mr. Sotheron Estcourt ; and now Earl Nelson had just completed \ 

 his term. He was quite sure they would all thank the noble lord 

 for what he had done. 



Earl Nelson returned thanks, and expressed a hope that the 

 Society might increase more and more. He trusted the members 

 would not lose sight of a congress at Stonehenge, and that the \ 

 trilithon, which had fallen within the memory of man, might be 

 restored. 



Mr. Cunnington proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. E. T. Stevens 

 for his great labours in connection with the meeting. In fact, he 

 said it might truly be called Mr. Stevens's meeting. 



Mr. E. T. Stevens returned thanks, and acknowledged the 

 assistance which he had received from the curators of the temporary 

 museum. 



After hearing several glees sung by the amateurs, the company 

 retired, highly pleased with a most agreeable entertainment, and 

 deeply grateful to the Mayor for his hospitality, cordiality, and 

 urbanity. 



THIRD DAT. FRIDAT, Sept. 15th, 

 Again a large party of archaeologists, no less numerous than in 

 yesterday's expedition, proceeded on an excursion to the Chalk 

 Yalley ; with the same magnificent weather which has attended 

 them throughout, and with a very long days work before them. 

 They first visited the Hospital of St. Nicholas, at Harnham, 

 which was founded, under the auspices of Bishop Poore, by Ela, 

 Countess of Salisbury. It now supports a number of poor men 

 and women, a chaplain, and master. The chaplain's apartments 

 and the adjoining chapel are formed out of part of the southern 

 aisle of the ancient church of St. Nicholas, some of the arches of 

 which remain. The visitors inspected this chapel, which is early 

 English in character, and which was restored by Butterfield, a few 



