358 Proceedings of the Society f Scottish Antiquar ies. 
of the Remains of an ancient Naumachia at Lyons, by Mons, 
Artaud ; 
Also, by the Secretary, A Narrative of the Parliament at 
Edinburgh in 1694* ; with the particulars of the seizure of Sir 
Patrick Hume at Polwarth. 
J)ec.Sl % — The Secretaries read to the Society, An ab- 
stract of the Ecclesiastical Collections relative to Aberdeenshire, 
made by J ames Logan, Esq. of Mitcham, Surry ; 
^dly^ Remarks occasioned by the similarity observed between 
certain Steinbarts or Stone-axes found near the Humber, in 
Lincolnshire, and those of Orkney and Shetland ; by Dr Hib- 
bert. 
Qdly, An account of the Proceedings of the Danish Society 
of Antiquaries ; by Mr Trevelyan ; and, 
Mhly^ Observations by the Secretary, on the ancient Bag- 
pipes of England ; accompanied by the Drawing of an English 
Bagpiper of the 16th century (from an old sculpture at Hulme 
Hall, Lancashire), which was transmitted to the Society by 
Captain Jones, 29th Regiment. 
Jan^ 26. 1824.— There was read a paper on the ancient 
Stone Circles and Cairns in the neighbourhood of Inverness ; 
by George Anderson, Esq. of Inverness. 
Mr Parry exhibited a series of Sketches, taken from carved 
oaken panneis in a Mansion at Newbury, Berks, which had for- 
merly belonged to the famous Jack of Newbury, who entertain-, 
ed King Henry the Eighth. 
Feh. 9.— The following communications were read : 
Notes on an ancient Cambro-B|:itish Ode, in praise of 
Galgacus, ascribed to Taliesin ; by the Rev. H. T. Payne of 
Llanbeder. 
2dZ^, Notice of a popular Tradition of the Parish of Eck- 
ford ; by Warren Hastings Anderson, Esq. 
Evidence relative to the alleged Scottish Pedigree of 
Sir Isaac Newton. 
Feb. 23. — A paper was read by Dr Hibberf, on the Hand*? 
fasting or Betrothing Customs of early times : 
A Drawing by Major Hamilton of an ancient Danish Mo- 
nument in the Parish of Kinglassie, Fife, v/as presented to the 
Society. 
