THE PERAMBULATION OF DARTMOOR. 
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THE PEEAMBULATION OF DAKTMOOE. (1240.) 
ABSTRACT OF MR. SPENCE BATe's PAPER. 
(Read October 26th, 1871.) 
In this lecture Mr. Spence Bate compared the boundary line of the 
Perambulation of 1240, as shewn in an ancient map, with that of 
the forest boundary of the present date, and shewed the alterations 
in the various readings, as well as the changes that have taken 
place in the boundary of the forest. The annexed table shews the 
names as they exist in the original map, 1240 ; the perambulation 
of 1609 ; and the recent maps : — 
MIRACLES, FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL POINT OF VIEW. 
ABSTRACT OF PAPER BY REV. J. M. CHARLTON, M.A. 
(Read November 2n(i, 1871.) 
The object of the lecture was to investigate the a priori Sidmissihle- 
ness of miracles, apart altogether from any allegations as to their 
actual occurrence, in any former period of the world's history. In 
pursuance of this object the lecturer, rejecting the notion of a 
miracle as merely an extraordinary or inexplicable event, defined 
it as an immediate personal exertion of the Divine power, inde- 
pendently of, and apart from, the established system of nature. 
After showing, that in the sense of the given definition, miracles 
are formally impossible under the Atheistic and Pantheistic theories 
of the constitution of the Universe, the lecturer proceeded briefly 
to explain the principles of Theism, with special reference to (1) 
The existence of one personal Deity; (2) The real significance 
attaching to the idea of Creation ; (3) The objective antithesis be- 
tween the Creator and the created universe, in the sense that the 
proper attributes of neither can be predicated of the other. 
Having thus cleared the way, he proceeded to notice some Theistic 
misconceptions of the nature of miracles, arising from indefinite 
notions of the real distinction between Theism and Pantheism. 
