Mr. Chaplin, the Magistrates of the County, the Directors of the Railways, and all whose hospitality, welcome, or liberality in affording facilities for the Excursions and other arrangements, had contributed to the successful issue of the Meeting." His Lordship observed the resolution was long, but this arose from the extreme liberality and kindness that every one had shown to them; he briefly alluded to the entertainment at Wollaton, and the hospitalities at Sir Charles Anderson's: he mentioned that gentleman that he might again hear his voice; they had often heard it with pleasure, but at no time more so, than when, at York, Sir Charles first invited the Institute to come to Lincoln.

SIR CHARLES ANDERSON acknowledged the compliment. MR HAWKINS then moved, "That the warmest thanks of the Institute be given to the Lincoln Local Committee; to the Worshipful the Mayor, their Chairman, and their Secretary, Mr. Carline; for their zealous and valuable assistance in preliminary arrangements; to the President and Council of the Mechanics' Institute; the Trustees of the City Library; the Curators of the Public Records of the Church and Diocese, Mr. Swan and Mr. Smith; for facilities of access and attentions obligingly rendered on this occasion.” He remarked, how warmly and cordially all the members of the Institute felt the assistance rendered to them, and which they most fully appreciated. MR. ALBERT WAY seconded this resolution, and said, that however much they might appreciate all the kindnesses his friend Mr. Hawkins had enumerated, there was one other feature of this meeting, which had shed additional lustre on their proceedings, and thrown a charm and grace over them unknown on former occasions. It had been most gratifying to perceive how many ladies had followed the bright example of Her Most Gracious Majesty (by whose permission so precious a relic of Early British times had enriched the Museum) in the encouragement of archæological inquiries; their presence had cheered and crowned with success proceedings hitherto accounted by some dull and unattractive. He would, therefore, beg permission to propose "The most cordial thanks of the Meeting to the Countess Brownlow and the Ladies of Lincolnshire."

The NOBLE PRESIDENT, having put the two last resolutions, they were, like those which had preceded them, carried unanimously, amidst hearty acclamations. The business of the meeting having been concluded, the President retired; a large number of those present then repaired to the Museum to take a farewell inspection of the treasures there collected.

DONATIONS.

The following list comprises the Donations towards the Local Expenses and General Purposes of the Institute, on the occasion of the Lincoln Meeting.

THE EARL BROWNLOW, President .

THE MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON (for the Lincoln Volume).

THE LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN, Patron of the Meeting
RICHARD ELLISON, Esq., High Sheriff (Lincoln Volume)
SIR RICHARD WESTMACOTT

MRS. TROLLOPE (Lincoln Volume)

THE VEN. THE ARCHDEACON OF LINCOLN

THE REV. PROFESSOR WILLIS

RICHARD CARLINE, Esq.

J. BAILEY LANGHORNE, Esq.

JOHN HAYWARD, Esq.

ALBERT WAY, Esq. (Lincoln Volume)
CONTRIBUTIONS, by J. Drew, Esq.

CATALOGUE OF ANTIQUITIES,

EXHIBITED IN THE MUSEUM FORMED DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, HELD AT LINCOLN, IN JULY, 1848.

ANTIQUITIES BROUGHT FROM

FOREIGN COUNTRIES, COMPRISING ANCIENT REMAINS, EGYPTIAN, ETRUSCAN, GREEK, OR ROMAN, NOT CONNECTED WITH BRITAIN.

Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, comprising figures and ornaments of bronze and porcelain, scarabæi, necklaces, alabaster vessels, a singular fictile vessel of yellowish-red ware, from Thebes, with one handle (the form much elongated in proportion to its diameter), amulets, and other remains. Also, a small vessel, or unguentary, formed of a kind of steatite, from Athens.-The Rev. Edwin G. Jarvis, Vicar of Hackthorn.

Scarabæus, from the tomb of the Egyptian Kings, within the Great Pyramid of Gizeh.-Mr. A. S. Melville.

Fictile vessel, brought from Egypt, about 1802, by the Hon. Capt. Courtney Boyle, and stated to have been found in one of the Pyramids. It is of greenishgrey ware, formed, apparently, to serve as a kind of dredger, having, a few inches below the mouth, a false bottom, with many perforations; and at the bottom there is a hole, as if to put in flour, or any like substance. There is one small handle. Height, 94 in.; width of mouth, 34 in.*—Rev. John Wilson.

Three Etruscan vases, from the Collection at Sudbrook Holme, one of very beautiful form, resembling that of a glass vase, from Agrigentum, exhibited by Lord Northampton; another being a vase, with two handles, of elegant design. -Richard Ellison, Esq.

Antique fictile lamps, two of them remarkable as bearing Christian emblems. An exquisite glass vase, from Agrigentum, and specimens of glass, from excavations at Nola.-The Marquis of Northampton.

A bronze fibula, of the bow-shaped type, the curved portion very much dilated, and hollow; ornamented with striæ and the little concentric circles, of frequent occurrence both on Roman and British objects of metal or bone. Montfaucon gives several examples of this peculiar type: Antiqu. Expl., Tom. III., pl. xxviii. Length, about 4 inches. Purchased at Perugia.—Rev. Edwin G. Jarvis.

Terra-cotta lamp, dug up at Tivoli, about 1820. There is nothing remarkable in its form, but it deserves notice on account of the words-AVE NERON stamped upon the base.- Rev. John Wilson.

* It bears some resemblance in form to that of the Egyptian Vase, Brongniart, Traité, pl. xxii., fig. 8.

EARLY BRITISH ANTIQUITIES, ROMAN ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED IN GREAT BRITAIN, AND ROMANO-BRITISH ANTIQUITIES.

AN arrow-head, of white silex, found on Manton Common, near Brigg, Lindsey, and a stone axe-head, of the early British period, found near Lincoln.

Mr. E. J. Willson.

A bronze celt, found in North Lincolnshire.-Miss Ellen Slater. Eleven bronze celts, of various forms, part of a collection discovered in the river Witham, near Lincoln.*-Mr. E. J. Willson.

Bronze celt, found at West Ashby, near Horncastle, Lincolnshire.

Rev. W. M. Pierse.

A bronze celt-mould, found in Washingboro' Fen, near Lincoln, and a celt of the same metal.-Mr. Edward Betham.

A bronze spear-head, with the jaw of a boar, found four feet below the surface, in Potter Hanworth Fen, in 1841.-Mr. W. Brown, of Bardney.

Three bronze swords, found near the Witham, at Washingborough.

Mr. E. L. Betts.

A bronze sword, found in the river Witham. The hilt is of bronze, formed with two volutes, resembling some discovered in the north of Europe, as also the bronze swords found at Heilly, near Corbie, and at other places in France: (Encycl. Method. Recueil d'Antiquités, pl. lxix., texte, p. 29; Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities of Denmark, edit. by Mr. Thoms, p. 28.)—Mr. E. J. Willson. Two bronze swords, found in dredging in the river Thames.

Mr. Robert Porrett, F.S.A. An unique object of bronze, a kind of chisel, found in a tumulus at Pitcur, co. Fife. (See woodcuts.)-The Hon. J. Talbot.

The spot

An inscribed tablet, discovered in 1849, in Monson Street, Lincoln. appeared to have been a cemetery in Roman times; and the tablet, with other remains, was found broken (as supposed) intentionally, and thrown into a cavity in the soil. They lay about 8 feet beneath the surface. The inscription has been read thus:-" Titus Vaerius Titi filius Claudia (tribu) Pudens Savia miles Legionis II. Augustæ piæ fidelis Centuriæ Dessenni Proculi. Annos XXX. Era.. . . II. . de sua pecunia, hic situs est.”—Mr. Arthur Trollope. Sepulchral tablet, found on the side of the river Witham, towards Saxelby, Lincolnshire. The inscription has been thus read† :

* LQ M* CLAVDIAE

CRISIDI

VIXIT*

AN LXX X X
HEREDES*
*P* C*

:

Exhibited by Col. Sibthorp, M.P.

Roman sculptures and dedicatory inscription, discovered at Ancaster, Lincolnshire (possibly the CAVSENNAE of the Itinerary), about the year 1838. These interesting remains consist of a representation of the Dea Matres, found, with a

* Some specimens of this collection were kindly presented to the Institute by Mr. Willson, at the close of the meeting.

The ivy-leaf, frequently introduced in Roman inscriptions, is here represented by an

ANTIQUITIES EXHIBITED IN THE MUSEUM OF THE INSTITUTE AT LINCOLN.

Unique bronze implement, found in a tumulus near Pitcur, N. Britain.
Exhibited by the Hon. James Talbot.

Urn found in the centre of the burial place at Lamel Hill, near York.

(Height and greatest breadth, about 12 in.)

Exhibited by Dr. Thurnam.

9 in.

13.

Bone skates found at Lincoln,

Exhibited by Arthur Trollope, Esq.

(Museum Catal., p. xxxii.)