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also described the very remarkable relics still existing of a Roman road from Bow 
Bridge, at the foot of Towbury Hill, to the Mythe Tute, near Tewkesbury, and 
also from near Severn Bank, for about two miles towards Pershore. He concluded 
his interesting paper with a summary of the accounts he had from time to time 
given to the Societ}r of Roman stations, camps, and forts lately discovered, at 
intervals, all along the Eastern bank of the Severn from Ombersley to Ripple, and 
of Tute Hills, by which they were flanked, overlooked, and defended. 
LIVERPOOL ROYAL INSTITUTION. 
At the last general meeting of the proprietors of the above Institution, the 
following resolutions were passed:—That an annual subscription of £8 shall 
admit the subscriber and all the resident members of his family to all the lectures, 
and to the Museums and Galleries of the Institution.—£2 to admit the sub¬ 
scriber only to all the lectures, and himself and family to the Museums and 
Galleries.—£l to admit the subscriber to the Museums and Galleries. 
All subscribers have the privilege of introducing their friends (whether strangers 
or townspeople) to see the Institution, either personally or by note, and of taking 
tickets to the soirees, for themselves, families, and friends. 
Heads of schools are admitted to the lectures, Museums, and Galleries, gra¬ 
tuitously, with their pupils, when three or more attend; the subscription for 
each pupil being £l annually, and the ticket transferable in the school. 
The morning courses of lectures, commencing at ten o’clock, are open only to 
proprietors, annual subscribers, and their friends—the latter on subscribing to the 
particular course, or on payment of one shilling for each lecture. 
The evening courses, commencing at half-past seven, are open on the same 
terms to the public also. 
The Museums and Galleries are open to the public on the first Monday in each 
month, from nine to four ,free of charge ; and at all other times, during the same 
hours, on the payment of one shilling. 
Arrangements have been made for a course of lectures on German literature, by 
M. Migault, to commence on Tuesday, Jan. 22 ; on Acoustics, by Mr. Addams, 
of London, to commence Feb. 11; to be succeeded by courses on French literature 
by M. Jules Lefebvre; and on Italian literature, by M. Grimaldi. Further 
arrangements will depend on the support afforded by the public. 
The soirees, which caused so much pleasure and intellectual gratification last 
Winter (see Vol. III., p. 123), have been resumed. The first was held on the 
12th of December. The paper for the evening was 44 On the Footsteps discovered 
in the New Red Sandstone at Storeton-Hill Stone-quarry, Cheshire,” by the Rev. 
Thomas Dwyer, M.A., and Mr. Cunningham. The paper was merely a full 
exposition of the facts brought under the notice of the Natural-History Society at 
