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of the lionian peritul were well illustititcd by those contrilmted by his Grace the Duke uf Welliugtoii, thi-ou<,'lx the Rev. J. (i. Joyce, as a selec- tion from the great store-house of Silchester; — these were chiefly spe- cimens of iron-work, putterv, and tiles. Mr. Youge sent three iiuerns found at Otterhourne, fragments of pottery found with one of them, and a piece of timl»er, sujiposed to l)e part of a Danish vessel burnt in the river Hanible, ..D. 8SG. Sir G. J. Stucley, Burt., contributed a bronze female figure found at Pompeii, a bronze cast of Cains Marins in the seventh year of his consulate, a double headed and bodied bronze figure, also a bronze ring and marble vase. The Mayor of SoutIiampt<m also sent two fine bronze figures. The Rev. E. Kcll sent a Roman tile from Clausentum, a bronze fibula and bracelet from Vindominm, and frag- ments of Samian ware from Netley; while the Rev. J. H. Austen sent a Roman armlet, a fibuhx, and other articles of that period. The same gentleman also contributed specimens of Kimmeridge coal money, iron spear-heads and other weapons, some Cingalese writings, and miscellane- ous objects. Mr. Cumberljatch sent a bronze palstave and a leaden steel- yard weight. Dr. MiKLAKD, the liector of Basingstoke, contributed a small enamel painting of St. Michael, three Italian bronze plaques, a draught-man in •walrus tusk of twelfth century, and a small pectoral cross of gold. The Rev. Greville Che.•^ter .sent some earl}' Cliristian vestments found in Lower Eg)'pt (see p. 292). The Rev. K. L. Bcrtiutn, vicar of Romscy, brought the scalp of a lady foinid in a lead cotHn under the foundation of a i)art of Romsey Abbey Chnrch, a cope of the si.xteenth century worked by the nuns of Romse}', and a mason's tool used in V)uilding the Lady Chajjel in 1305. Tlio Rev. A. Wodehouse sent the alabaster figure of St. John found under the flooring of Kaston Chnrch, Hants, of which a notice has alre:idy appeared in the Journal {see p. 91); and Mr. Jackson sent two sculptures in alaV)a.ster, jtortions of an altar-piece, one rejiresenting the Adoration of the Magi, and the other Delilali cutting Samson's hair. Mr. Severn Walker brought a processional cross, a bronze cross flenry, a small crucifix, and a sacring bell with clapper. Mr. pK)nham Carter, M.P., exhibited the original matrices of the fine seal of Southwick Priory, one of the most remarkable specimens of s|ihra'_ristic art. Of enamels and ivories the disjilay was small. The Rev. J. F. Russell bnnight a ])air of devotional tablets, and a leaf of another tal)let, circa 13tJ0; a group in high relief, representing the I'lessed Virgin and holy women, fourteenth century; an enamelled plate of the twelfth century, a fine example of ch'nn/>/erc work. Mr. Nightingale contributed a leaf of a diptych of the fourteenth century, a Lonil)anlic platpio of the twelfth century, a Byzantine jiUupie of the .same period, and two later examples; and .Mr. J. («. Nichols an ivory airving of Sir Martin Fr(»bishcr by Marchant. Mr. (JreenficM si-nt four carved oak panels, and other carvings were contributed by the Winchester Museum. Two excellent examples of watches of the seventei'iith century came fium Admiral I^ive. These were presented by Oliver Cromwell to l[:dph llawtrey, l'!s(|., and his wife, of Ka.stcott I louse, Ruislip, in aeknowledgmi'iit of their reception of his troops while he held a commiNsinu at a little inn at Uxbridgo, still called the Treaty House. Other watches were sent i)y the Rev. J. I'. UuhHcIl and Sir (». Stnrley, Bart. Sir Stafford Carey brought a medallion, in wax, of Pierre (.'arey, hi;/h builifV of (Guernsey,