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PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF This Mittimus, thoughe it beares date ye very day of their coramyttment, yet was it not made nor brought to the Gaylor untill the Day following at one of the clock (as aforesayd). And the wardens contynued there in prison untill Fryday att night, ye 28th day of June aforesaid, att which tyme they became bound with suertyes, eyther of them in xx li. a peece, and eyther of their suertyes x li. a peece, for their appearance at the next Quarter Sessions, and in the meane tyme to be of good behavyour, and so was delyvered." ^nttquittr^ anif Emorfe^ of ^rt CFvijilJttrtt. By Mr. Bernhard Smith. — Three rudely fashioned images, of terra- cotta and slate, in strange costume, and bearing inscriptions in Greek characters. They appear to be of a curious class of barbarous sculptures, considered by d'Hancarville as vestiges of the Vandals or the Obotrites. He has given a dissertation upon them in the " Antiquites Etrusques," «fce. tome v., with numerous engravings by David ; and he cites another work, published at Berlin in 1772, in which a number of bronze idols of like forms are represented. These sup- posed Vandal images have been found in various parts of Germany, in Spain, Sardinia, and other countries occupied by the Vandals. They are supposed to be of the fifth century. Mr. Bern- hard Smith was unable to ascertain in what locality the specimens exhibited were found : they measured from 4^ to 6 inches in length, respectively. By Mr. Stradlixg, of Chilton Polden, Somerset. — A bronze lar, of very beautiful design, found in Mon- mouth Street, Bath. The head is of such fine character that it had been regarded as a statuette of the Emperor Trajan. One foot and the hands are unfortunately lost. Mr. Birch considered it to represent a genius, one of the lares sometimes called Camilli, which have usually a rhyton in one hand and a patera in the other. Drawings were also shown of two relics in Mr. Stradling's museum, here represented : one of them, of bronze, described by him as a "gwaell," or ooch, was found at Chilton Bustle. Its form and dimensions are relic found at Chilton Bustle. < >rig. size.