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 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 41.') within a quatretbil, with four denii-shipi, conjoined with four demi-lious in orle.— SIGILLUM MAIORATVS PORTVS DOVORIE. The seal of iIayoralty, in present use, is of steel, of elegarit workman- sliip ; it represents St. Martin, and bears nearly the same inscription as the last. There are also two small seals, with the same devices, one dated 1723, the other 1749. The arms of the Corporation are — Sable, a cross argent, between four leopards' faces Or, being the same as the Arms of the Priory of Uovor. The seal of the Constable of Dover Castle, a circular matrix of rude work- manship, representing a gateway with three round towers. By Mb. C. Desbokough Bedford. — A silver seal, of a pointed oval form, massive, with a large ring attached at one end, on the reverse, as if for sus- pension to the girdle. It represents thi'ee demi-ligures, possibly the Saviour, St. John, and the Virgin: below is a monk kneeling. — *i* S' E.EINALDI -. DE : TIWE : MONACHI. It is the property of Sir Augustus Hillary. A precisely similar silver matrix is in the collection of the Eev. Edwin Jarvis. By Mr. Du Noyer. — Impressions from a cu-cular matrix of brass, found in 18-18, on the banks of the Shannon, near Kildysart : on the reverse is a projecting plate, serving as a handle, and perforated ; a chain of single cm-b links was attached to it when found. It was the Chapter seal of Emly, Co. Tipperary.— SIGILLYM CAPITVLL IMELACENSIS. It represents a cross church, with a central tower. This impression was presented to the Institute by Mr. W. Morgan, of Koss HiU, KUdysart. Date, about the seventeenth centmy. By Mb. Dominic Colnaghi. — A very curious painting on panel, repre- senting the exploit of Horatius Codes. The costume, armour, and details of execution appear to warrant the supposition that it was painted in Lombardy, in the fifteenth centui'y. Some parts are enriched with gilding, upon which ornamental details are pounced and incised, portions of the gold being tinged with transparent lacquers. The early form of salade, resembhng those worn by the Venetians, the peculiar armorial tabards and short mantles, the oval shields, and various other details, are well deserving of careful examination. A painting of the same school and period, presented by Mr. Bayly, is in the Collection of the Institute. By Mr. William W. E. Wynne, through Mr. Westwood. — Kubbings from sepidchral slabs, two of which were from St. John's church, Chester : the memorial of Agnes, wife of Eichard de Ridley ; she is not noticed by Ormerod, in his pedigree of the Ridley family ; this slab is also interesting on account of the elegance of the foUage ; the other as exhibiting an emblem, of singular design. On one side of the cross incised upon the slab, appears a hand, from one of the fingers of which proceeds a long straight object, supposed by jIr. Westwood to be a sword ; "^ on the other side of the cross, however, appears a pair of shears. Also, a rubbing from the tomb at Pennant Melangle, attributed to the Welsh Prince, Jorwerth, father of Llewelyn the Great, and engraved, as such, in later editions of Southey's Works. Mr. Wynne observed, that the inscription does not appear to Representations of these curious slabs are given in' Mi. Boutell's Christian Monuments.