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 294! PROCEEDINGS AT' MEETINGS OF be requested to take nicasuies for the conservation of the remains at lona, by an appeal to the gooil feeling and taste of the noble Duke, the owner of the island, or in such manner as might best ensure the desired object. This ju-oposition was seconded by Mr. W. J. Beumiakd Smith, and unanimously adopted. Mr. Hawkins considered the present occasion most appropriate, when the attention of the Society had been aroused by such an appeal in behalf of the preservation of ancient monuments, to claim serious consi- deration of the injuries with which, as he apprehended, many memorials of even greater importance and national interest were actually threatened. He would recall to the meeting the visit of inspection which, at the instance of Professor Donaldson, many members of the Institute had made last year to Westminster Abbey, in order to view the coiulition of the royal tombs, under the able guidance of the Professor. Mr. Hawkins believed that the ojfinion on that occasion had been unanimous, that all so- called restorations were strongly to be deprecated, and mu>t prove destruc- tive of the essential interest and authentic originality of such memorials. He therefore now perceived, with extreme regret, amongst the esti- mates submitted to Parliament, one for no less an amount than £4,700, to be expended in the repairs of royal monuments at Westminster. He would impress upon the Society the urgent necessity of exertion in this emergency, and would propose that some measures be taken speedily, by petition to Parliament, or a Memorial to the First Commissioner of Public Works, to avert, if possible, such a destructive project of " restoration." The Rev. Jo.sErii Hunticu observed that he would very heartily second the proposition made by Mr. Hawkins. lie could not too strongly impress upon tlic meeting that no renovation of these venerable memorials couKl be carried out, witiiout the sacrifice of all that renders them most vahial)le ti» the historian and the antiquary. Mr. Nevillk, Mr. Westwood, and other members present addressed the meeting to the same eft'ect, and the subject was referred to the immediate consideration of the Committee. 'antiquities nntl JiAlilar&si al 'Hrt evijibitrlr. By the Hon. Kmiiaud Neville. — A Greek brass medallion of Caracalla, struck at Perganius. It was found in 1S4!), during the construction of the Eastern Counties Railway, near Ickleton, Cambrid^shire. Obverse — laureate bust of Caracalla, to right AYTKPAT .K. M. AYP , ANXriNEINOZ. Reverse — the Emperor on horseback, to rigiit ; ojipohite him ;i diaped male figure standing, to left ; and a smaller figure with a stanilard to right : in the centri' .-in erect statue of .Msculapius on a high base. CHI. ZTP. M. KAI[^€A. ATTAAOY. In the exergue, nPHTIIN. TNEOKOF^IIN. The medallion hence appears to have been .struck under the I'liutur M. Cairelliiis Attalu.s. 'I'hi.s medallion is of great rarity, and especially valuable as having been found in England. It had been recently presented to .Ir. Neville by Mr.s. lOdwards, of ClifHtcrford. Mr. Neville e.hil)ited al.so heveral ohject.s of hron/.e found at Melhouiii, Cambridgt!Mhire, and comprising a stnall Hocketed celt, a fragment of a MWord lilade, a hollow ring, diaiu. I .'. of an imdi, lnrmeil ol a ^(rip of metal