22 Second General Meeting. 



collation was provided. In addition to those assembled on the 

 previous day, were the Most Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, 

 Lord Carnarvon, Lord Heytesbury, Lord Rivers, and the Hon. 

 Misses Pitt, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Daly, and others. After the 

 repast some of the guests amused themselves by inspecting the 

 treasures of art to be found in the galleries of sculpture and painting ; 

 while Mr. Herbert conducted others to the magnificent new Church 

 in the town of Wilton, which has been reared by his liberality. 

 After some time spent in admiring the interior of the sacred edifice 

 the party adjourned to the Town-hall, where a paper on the arch- 

 itecture of the Church (which will be found in the present volume) 

 was read by J. E. Nightingale, Esq. 



The members left Wilton House about six o'clock. 



In the evening, in compliance with the kind invitation of the 

 Lord Bishop of Salisbury, the Society re- assembled at a conversazione 

 in the Palace, the whole suite of rooms in which were thrown open 

 for the occasion. Among the large party by which the Palace was 

 thronged, were the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, with 

 their guests from Wilton House above mentioned ; Earl Nelson ; the 

 Countess of Morley; the Mayor and Mrs. Lambert; G. P. Scrope, 

 Esq., M.P. ; the Hon. R. Daly; Major-General Buckley; Lady 

 Catherine Buckley and Miss Buckley; M. Higgins, Esq. and Mrs. 

 Higgins; Admiral and Mrs. Montagu; Colonel and Mrs. Luard; 

 A. Seymour, Esq. and Miss Seymour; Alfred Morrison, Esq., 

 Fonthill; &c. &c. 



In the drawing-room, Mr. Clutton the architect who has been 

 selected by the committee for restoring the Chapter- House of 

 Salisbury Cathedral, as a tribute to the memory of the late Bishop, 

 having been introduced to the assembly by Mr. S. Herbert in a few 

 apposite remarks, read a paper on "The Origin and Uses of Chapter- 

 Houses,' ' which was illustrated by various paintings and ground 

 plans. At the conclusion of its delivery, 



The Marquis of Lansdowne said he had listened with much 

 pleasure to the address, and would venture to express, on behalf of 

 every one present, ladies and gentlemen — for the ladies, he was 

 happy to say, shared in the desire for the preservation and resto- 



