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address from him. He was sure that notlung would give the Corpora- tion of Suuthuiiipton greater pleasure than to feel that the Institute would leave that town with agreeable feelings of satisfaetion. It had been usual, in otiier places, to have a formal address presented to the Institute by the Mayor and Corporation, and one had been voted by the Corporation, Imt was nut ready for presentation; in lieu of which he hoped his words of welcome would be accepted as a temporary substi- tute. His Worship vacated the chair, which was then occupied by Lord Taluot dk Malahidi:, on behalf of the Uishop of Winchester, as President of the meeting, and iu very cordial terms he acknowledged the wel- come of the Mayor and Corporation, remarking that he was very glad to hear tliat, notwithstanding the " improvements " in Southampton, they had still many interesting anticpiities I'emaining in the town. After adverting to the early history of that pai-t of England, his lordship spoke of the peculiar good fortune of the meeting in securing the presi- dency of the Bishop of Winchester, who had so often charmed them by his elocjuent and instructive orations. Kegretting much the circum- stances which had interfered with tiie bishop's attendance at the openinc- meeting, he proposed that the Bishop be requested to take the chair when it was convenient to do so. The Rev. Basil Wii.bi:uforce expressed his great regret at the un- avoiilable absence of the Bishop, who had been subpa-naed to Guild- foi'd in an action for libel. He had pi'omised, however, to attend the Mayoi-'s soiree that evening, and hoped to be with them on the moiTOw. The Archdeacon of Wixcuestkr had been requested to say a few •words of salutation to the archteologists on the part of the clergy, and he thought he had some right to do so, as the name of this Institute had been formed, after some discussion, at the house of his father-in-law. He well remembered the great meeting at Winchester some 3'ears since, and he thought they might now have a great meeting at Southampton. Ho continued: " When archjeology was riglitly understood, their acquaintance with the times that had gone by was really an instrument of life to them. They did not pore over the dust of antiipiity to put their eyes out, but they inquired into antiquity witii the view of ascertaining the power and the light which existed in days which had gone by. Therefore they took what was presented to them, not simply as records of time, but as records of human pn>gress and tliought, remembering that we were made by those who had gone before, and tiiat it would be most ungrateful for us not to recognize the merits of our forefathers." After referrino' to the address delivered in 184.5 at the Winchester meeting, by the Bishop, who vfiis then Dean of Westminster, the Archdeacon proceeded to speak of the discoveries which had been made in the Cathedral there since that meeting, and chiefly in regard to the tomb of William Kufus. Sir Edward Smirke acknowledged the welcome which had been so well expressed towards the Institute on the part of the clergy by Canon Jacob. Lord Henry Scott, M.P., bade welcome to the Institute on behalf of the landoil gentry of the county. He knew that the Institute wouhl be heartily welcomed wherever they went, and he was sure the landetl gentry would vie with one another in showing an interest iu what the Society came to look at. He continued his remarks by a rapid sketch of