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ANNUAL MEETING and to the interior moat towtirds the city: hy this hist tlie party entered on this occasion. The arrangements for strong doors, bars, &c. appear in the vestibide ch)sing oft' these passages; the masonry is very excellent; the vault- 'u<r constructed with a slightly pointed arch: the whole is in the style of the early part of the thirteenth century. There is a tradition of a passage hence to the Cathedral. In the middle of the day an excursion to Romsey Abbey Church took place, when several Members, desirous of shewing the interest which they felt in the progress of the restoration of this noble fabric, oftered towards the work the following Contributions. The Most Noble the ^larquis of Northampton - - - 5 Lord Alwyn Compton - - 1 The Very Rev. the Dean of Ely 1 U Rev. G.'M. Nelson - - 1 (» Rev. A. Hussev - - - 1 A. J. B. Hope,"Esq., M.P. - 10 Rev. C. Awdry - - - 1 Albert Way, Esq. - - - 5 VV. W. Bulpett, Esq. - - 1 Evelyn P. Shirley, Esq., M.P. 1 Rev. G. H. Bowers - 10 Rev. Henry Addington - - 1 Rev. John Ward - - - 1 Rev. C. W. Lukis - - 1 Rev. C. H. Hartshorne - -10 Lewis H. Petit, Esq. - - 2 10 Robert Sonthey Hill, Esq. - 1 Miss Mackenzie - - - 1 1 R. E. E. Warburton, Esq. - 1 J. Clarke Jervoise - - 1 Beekford Hevan, Esq. - - 1 1 Rev. W. IL Gunner - - 1 P. H. De la Motte, Esq. - 1 Rev. J. L. Petit - - 2 10 Rev. W. Staunton Rev. Dr. Plumptre E. A. Freeman, Esq. .John Murray, Esq. Rev. R. Willis, Jacksonian Professor - - - - Rev. C. W. Bingham Rev. J. J. Smith - John Noble, Rsq. - - - Rev. Dr. Todd Rev. C. Gaunt C. F. Barnwell, Esq. Richard C. Hussey, Esq. R. W. Blencowe, Esq. C. R. Coekerell, Esq. - C. J. Palmer, Esq. Sir Stephen Glynue, Bart. William Burge, Esq. Brownlow Poulter, Esq. Rev. Dr. Bliss J. H. Markland, Esq. - Rev. W. Dyke Edward Hawkins, Esq. - Rev. S. R. Maitland £ s. d. 1

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In the evening a public dinner took place at the St. John's Room, at which the Marquis of Northampton presided, nearly 200 being present. Fbtday, Sept. 12. On this morning a large body of the members visited Porchester castle, every facility for the examination of wdiich was affbrded by the kind favour of the proprietor, Thomas Thistlethwayte, Esq., of Southwick Park. During the inspection of the outer walls of the castle Mr. Hartshorne pointed out the portions which he supposed to belong to the original Roman work, explaining the mode of structure, and making many interesting remarks. Another party visited Southampton and Netley, and the celebrated re- mains of Beaulieu abbey in the New Forest, and returned by the new Gothic church at Marchwood. At Southampton, Mr. Parker called their attention to the church of St. Michael, with its Norman tower-arches, and the rich font of the latter part of the twelfth century ; and at Holyrood

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