94 ARCHAEOLOGICAL PrBLICATloNS 1 ritF.I'AU ATION.

ARCUiTErruRAL History of Chichester Cathedral, by the Rov. R. Willis ; the Architectural History of Boxprove Priory, by the Riv. J. L. Petit; Architectural History of New Shoreham Church, and the Church architecture of Sussex, by Eilmund Sharpe. Royal 4to. To be published by Mr. W. H. Mason, Chichester. Price 30,s-. Castles and Convents of Norfolk. Being notices of many of the most important remains of anti«iuity in the county. By Henry Harrod, Hon. Sec. of the Norfolk ArchKological Society. 1 Vol. fivo. With plans and illustr.ations. To bo ]>ul)lisluHl by Mr. Muskett, Norwich. Large paper, 1/. l.s. Small paper, 15*-. (By Subscription.) Slubncological UntclligEiue. It is known probably to most of our readers tliat tlie Trustees of the British Museum have refused to purcliase tlic Faussett Collections, rich in Iiomaii and Saxon remains from the tumuli of Kent, and replete with valuable illustrations of an obscure period in English history. In vain have appeals been addressed by individuals and b}' societies, an.xiousto mark their appreciation of the importance of these collections to supply a link in the chain of evidence wholly deficient in that great depository. The acquisition would have gone far towards removing the di.sgrace that England alone amonfst European states possesses no series of National Antiquities in any public Institution ; and it is highly improbable that a collection of equal value or extent should at any future time be obtained. A perverse indif- ference, however, has been evinced towards the interests of science and the requirements of those, who desire enlarged means of instruction in regard to the ancient conditions of the inhabitants of their own country, still to be soui'-ht in vain at the British Museum. In the administrative body of that Institution the arbitrary narrow-minded spirit of the iiij'ei^ta uorrrca has been shown towards archa;ological science in England, which looked so liopefully for kindly encouragement. It is gratifying to revert to the more intelligent spirit of individual liberality, by which these collections, though lost to the national depository, have been rescued from removal to some continental museum. Mr, Mayer, of Liverpool, having added these remarkable antiquities to his extensive museum, which he has ever sought to make available to the utmost for public instruction, has determined to publish the original diaries in which the record of every discovery had been proservcd. It may suftioo to state that the researches of Mr. Faussett extended to upwards of 5O0 tumuli, almost exclusively of the Saxon period. In this publication an invaluable mass of material will be placed before the archioologist, accompanied by abundant illustrations ; it will form a guide-book to the stutU'iit of Saxon Archajology. It will be printed forthwith by subscription, and form one volume, royal 4to, The price to subscribers will be two guineas, and they are recjuested to forward their names to Mr. C. Roach Smith, the Editor, Liverpool Street, City. Th(! Annual Meeting of the Institute, to bi- held this y<'ar at Cambridge, under the patronage of the Vic(! Chancellor of the University, will commence on Tuesday, .luly 4, and close on Tuesilay, .luly 11, It is rcciuestcd that perhons who propose to conununicate any memoir to the .sections, will give timely notice to the secretaries. The Aiiiiiiul Meeting of the Sussex Archa'ological Society will take place at iiicliilsea, on .luly K5.