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ancient articles of clothing, and also of ornaments. Upon 
these T cannot say anything at all, as I have no idea of the 
date of those interesting objects. One of them is a ring, 
which appears to have been found at Driffield ; and the other 
on a pair of ancient shoes, which were found with a skeleton 
on Austwick Common, Clapham. Not being myself a 
scientific man, I venture to supply my deficiency by bringing 
and laying before the meeting a sword, which was found 
upon an estate of mine in the North Riding, It was dis- 
covered by some men who were making a quarry on the side 
of a hill near my shooting-box. The scabbard is in a good 
state of preservation, whereas the sword is considerably 
decayed. It was found about twenty-five years ago, and has 
been lying about my house ever since ; and it occurred to me, 
when Mr. Denny wrote and asked me to take the chair, I 
might supply my deficiency of scientific knowledge by 
exhibiting the sword; and if it only serves to puzzle the 
members of the Society I shall be perfectly happy. 
Sir George William Denys, Bart., of Draycott Hall, 
Richmond, Mr. G. P. Wall, of Sheffield, and Mr. Robert 
Southern, Silkstone, near Barnsley, were unanimously elected 
members of the Society. 
The following noblemen and gentlemen were elected as 
Officers and Council for the ensuing year : — 
THE EIGHT HON. THE EARL DE GREY AND RIPON, K.G. 
The Rt. Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam. 
The Rt. Hon. Earl of Effingham. 
The Rt. Hon. Lord Wharncliffe. 
The Rt. Hon. Lord Londesborough 
The Viscount Milton, M.P. 
His Grace the Duke of Leeds. 
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk. 
Jas. Garth Marshall, Esq., E.G. S 
The Earl of Dartmouth. 
The Viscount Galway. 
The Viscount Halifax. 
The Lord Houghton, D.C.L., &c. 
Edmund Denison, Esq. 
John Waterhouse, Esq., F.R.S, 
John Spencer Stanhope, Esq. 
Edward Ackroyd, Esq., M.P. 
Thomas Wilson, Esq., M.A. 
