6 The Ninth General Meeting. 



During the morning and evening, a large number of persons 

 were admitted to the temporary Museum, held in one of the ante- 

 rooms of the Town-Hall, where many objects of local interest 

 were deposited. In another page will be found a List of these 

 Articles. 



WEDNESDAY, August 6th. 

 An Excursion took place under the guidance of Mr. Forrester, 

 one of the Honorary Secretaries to the Meeting. About fifty 

 members and friends of the Society, left the King's Arms Inn, 

 Malmesbury, at half-past nine o'clock, arriving at Charlton a 

 few minutes after ten. After inspecting the parish church, they 

 proceeded to Charlton House, where they were courteously 

 received by the Earl and Countess of Suffolk, Yiscount Andover, 

 M.P., and several members of the family, who very kindly 

 accompanied the visitors over the drawing rooms and picture 

 gallery of the mansion. The company left Charlton about eleven 

 o'clock for Tetbury, halting on their way thither at Newnton 

 Church. After visiting the old and new Churches at Tetbury, they 

 went on to Beverston Castle, which place they reached about the 

 time fixed, two o'clock. The old castle with its chapels was here 

 the principal object of interest, from the top of which a beautiful 

 view of the surrounding neighbourhood was obtained. In the 

 National School-Room (kindly lent for the occasion by the clergy- 

 man of the parish), an excellent luncheon was provided by Mr. 

 Jones, of the King's Arms Inn, Malmesbury ; after partaking of 

 which, a paper on the History of Beverston Castle, written by 

 Canon Jackson, was read to the meeting by the Rev. E. C. Awdry. 

 The company afterwards repaired to Beverston Church, where two 

 curious monuments attracted considerable notice. Soon after three 

 o'clock the party left for Estcourt House, where they halted about 

 four o'clock. In the absence of the worthy owner of the mansion, 

 (the Rt. Hon. T. Sotheron Estcourt,) they met with a hearty 

 reception at the hands of his brother, E. D. B. Estcourt, Esq. After 

 spending a short time in examining the interior of Estcourt House, 

 the parish Churches of Shipton Moyne and Brokenborough were 



