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 98 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. the extension of Historical and Archaeological research in the two important counties to which its energies are chiefly devoted. The valuable researches of Dr. Hume, in reference to Local Antiquities, are already known to many of our readers, in his curious Monograph on the Antiquities discovered in an alluvial deposit at Hoylake, on the northern coast of Cheshire. JiltiscElInncous Notices. Mr. George Grant Francis, F. S. A., whose Archaeological Illustrations of South Wales have been noticed in previous volumes of this Journal, promises a valuable addition in the History of Swansea, the result of many years of research. Subscriptions received by Messrs. Longman. The recent restoration of Caernarvon Castle, under the able direction of Mr. Salvin, by government authority, promises, in connection with the researches of the Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, results highly interesting to Archaeologists. Many of our readers are aware that the fruits of their labours formed a subject of leading interest atthe Cambrian Archaeological Congress, held at Caernarvon in September last. It is proposed to publish, by subscription, a Monograph of this remarkable example of military architecture, comprising the curious details, now for the first time made public, through Mr. Hartshorue's investigation of ancient records. It is gratifying to observe the activity in the pursuit of Archaeological inquiries evinced in the Principality. The exertions of the Society of Caerleon have been attended with full success ; and the committee of the Neath Philosophical Institution, encouraged by the interest excited during the meeting of the British Association at Swansea, in the last year, have excavated the remains of Neath Abbey, and propose to publish (by subscrip- tion) various interesting plates, and details hitherto unknown. Subscribers' names are received by the Librarian, Neath Museum, or Mr. Pickering, Piccadilly. Mr. William Hylton Longstaffe, of Darlington, who contributed so many interesting objects to the Museum at the Lincoln meeting, announces the Annals of Darlington, its Ancient Trades and Antiquities. The work will shortly appear in Numbers ; and archaeologists disposed to render support to this undertaking in a county, hitherto insufficiently illustrated, will forward their names as subscribers, to the author, at Dai'lington. At a late meeting of the Institute in London, a coloured representation was produced of a mosaic pavement discovered at Aldborough, Yorkshire, on the estate of Mr. Lawson, and faithfully depicted under the direction of Mr. H. E. Smith, of Parliament-street, York. The approval with which this admirable fac-siniile has been welcomed, encourages Mr. Smith to publish several other valuable examples in Yorksliire, forming three plates, at a very moderate price to subscribers. This undertaking claims our coi'dial commendation, and so spirited an endeavour to preserve memorials of veiy perishable specimens of ancient art, will doubtless meet with ready