COMMUNICATIONS 
TO THE 
MONTHLY MEETINGS, 
1857 . 
March 3. —An analysis was read, made by Mr. Procter, of the 
bronze handle of an Etruscan patera in the Museum of Antiquities. 
It appeared to contain in 100 parts— 
Copper .. 
.88-72 
Tin . 
.... 8-04 
Lead . 
.... 3-13 
99-89 
Loss. 
11 
TOO. 
In the older analyses of ancient bronze no lead had been noticed, 
but in the later ones by Davy and Wilson a small amount of this 
metal is mentioned. 
April 6.— Robert Davies, Esq,., F. S. A., read a paper “ On the 
Origin of the Great Council of the North.” The object of the paper 
was to show that the germ of this Council might be traced to an 
earlier period than 1537, and that its real prototype was the Council 
which accompanied Henry the eighth’s illegitimate son, the Duke of 
Richmond and Somerset, into Yorkshire in 1525, when he was 
appointed Lieutenant General of the North, and Warden General 
of all the Marches towards Scotland. A certain number of persons, 
some of them holding office in the Duke’s household, and others 
especially selected for their professional qualifications, were appointed 
to be a Council for the management of the Duke’s afiairs, and under 
that designation they were clothed with extensive powers of an 
arbitrary and inquisitorial character, extending over all the Northern 
