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attendance weekly, at a stated hour, in order to afford 
opportunities to members for inspecting that part of the 
Society’s collection, which must necessarily be locked up in 
the drawers of a cabinet. 1 
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Over one record of friendly feeling, 2 which the list of 
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Antiquarian donations presents, the Council cannot pass, 
without changing the language of congratulation into that of 
condolence. When the Curator of Antiquities was deprived 
of his lamented Colleague, the Council had to deplore a 
valued coadjutor," and the Society lost a zealous and a useful 
friend.—The acquisitions in this branch of knowledge, though 
not numerous, include some objects worthy of the notice of 
the Meeting. Among these are, the medal of Cranmer, 
presented by the Archbishop of York, the monastic anti¬ 
quities received from the author of the History of Hallam- 
shire, 3 and a donation from Mr. Dalton, in a peculiar degree 
interesting to this Society, the ancient Seal of St. Mary’s 
Abbey. 
It is impossible that the Council should advert to the 
interest attending the remains of St. Mary’s Abbey, without 
feeling that an explanation is due to the Meeting, of the delay 
which has taken place in executing the design connected 
with those venerable ruins. In the spring of last year, Lord 
1 The Curator proposes to attend at the Museum for this purpose, every 
Wednesday, from one to two o'clock, except during the autumn vacation. 
2 Coins and Antiquities presented by Mrs. Drake. 
3 The Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A. 
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