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Mr. George Goldie, Jim., thus furnishing an interesting series of 
specimens of the successive periods of medieeval art. Since its 
completion, the Hospitium has heen visited by several of our 
most distinguished Antiquaries, who have unanimously pro¬ 
nounced the collection of local Antiquities which it contains, to 
be the most curious and valuable in the kingdom. The Curator 
of Antiquities, owing to the state of his health, has not yet com¬ 
pleted the arrangement of the collection in the upper apartment. 
It has not, however, heen altogether neglected, and he is looking 
forward to the time, which he hopes is not far distant, when he 
shall obtain the aid which Mr. Edward Hailstone, a member of 
the Council, and an experienced and accurate antiquary, has 
promised, hut which has hitherto been delayed by his profes¬ 
sional and other engagements. But he regrets to say that when 
the articles, now in the cases in the upper room, shall have 
been properly arranged, many others of great interest, and which 
ought to be accessible to the members of the Society and visitors, 
will yet remain locked up, in consequence of the want of 
cases, in which they may he exhibited in due security. 
The Donations to this department have not been numerous 
during the past year; there have heen some, however, of an 
interesting character, which call for special notice. 
The Roman Tomb found near the City Walls, and presented 
to the Society by the Directors of the York, Newcastle, and 
Berwick Railway, is, the Curator believes, perfectly unique. 
Rude as it is, and having nothing to indicate its date, the name, 
or rank of the person whose body was so carefully deposited 
within it, it possesses considerable value as exhibiting a remark¬ 
able variety in the modes of Roman sepulture. To Mr. Allis 
the Society is indebted for the curious little relic of Gnostic 
superstition, discovered some time ago near the present railway 
station. It was slightly noticed by the Curator in his work on 
Roman York; but it will now be contemplated with greater 
interest, in consequence of the light that has been thrown upon 
it, by Mr. Kenrick in his remarks published in the Proceedings 
of the Society. From Mr. Henry Sotheran, the Society has 
received a curious and valuable document:—the Compotus of 
the Abbey of St. Mary, for the year beginning with the first 
