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 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE. Z from Mr. Deck. The Rev. John Power presented a collection of pennies of Henry III., found, wrapped in lead, at Franilinghani Castle. The Rev. C. Bcnnet exhibited a curious Roman lamp of iron, 10 inches in length, found in a tumulus near Rougham, called " Eastlowe Hill.' The volume of Anglo-Saxon Legends will speedily be ready for distribu- tion to the members. BuKY AND West Suffolk Auchaeological Institute. — Third Annual Meeting, March 13. — The report of the Committee announced an increase in the list of members, now amounting to 22G. The meetings of the past year had been attended with gratifying results, both in regard to works of restoration, and the stimulus given to archaeological researches. The report adverted to the able restorations of Cheveley Church, and the production of a series of plates illustrative of its architectural details ; the excavations on the site of Cheveley castle, of which the cost had been defrayed by the Duke of Rutland, under the direction of Mr. Fairlie ; and the proposed publication of a History of Sudbury, by the Rev. C. Eadham. In the ensuing year it was proposed to hold meetings at Mildenhall in June, and at Stowmarket in September. A visit to the cathedral church of Ely is also in course of arrangement. The influence of the Society had already aroused such lively interest in matters of antiquity, that the Committee proposed to address an invitation to the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain, to make choice of the ancient town of Bury St. Edmund's as the place of one of their annual meetings. The Fourth part of the "Proceedings " had been issued, and a Fifth is nearly ready. Various antiquities and rubbings of brasses were produced ; and the following communications were read. — Notices of Burgate Church, by the Rev. C. Manning ; Notes on the Medical and Surgical Archaeology of Suffolk, by the Rev. A. IIol- lingsworth ; and on the ancient seal of Kilkenny, bearing the arms of the de Clare family, by the Rev. J. Graves. Kilkenny Archaeological Society. — The second annual meeting was held on January 8, the Mayor, V.P., ex officio, presiding. Numerous members were admitted. The report for the previous year was read by the Rev. James Graves, Hon. Sec. It set forth the satisfactory evidences of the advance of public interest in the proceedings of this society ; the growth of their library and collections ; the establishment of friendly intercourse with other societies ; and the satisfaction with which the publication of the first portion of the " Transactions " had been received. The committee had circulated freely an illustrated pamphlet, intended to promote the study and preservation of antiquities ; and the good results to be anticipated from this measure had already been evinced by numerous local Reports, received in answer to the queries thus issued. It was determined that the publication of the Transactions of 1850 should be carried out, in like manner as those of the previous year. Amongst presents received may be noticed, a curious deed, sent by the Marquis of Ormonde, the President, to which is appended for confirma- tion the ancient privy seal of the commonalty of Kilkenny, supposed to be of the fourteenth century. The device is an escutcheon, charged with three towers. Dr. Ross presented an ancient specimen of metal casting, an iron vessel, found at a considerable depth in a turf-bog ; and a lump of " bog butter," found in a wooden can, cut out of the solid wood of the sallow, with two ears and a lid. The Rev. Philip Moore contributed a curious document relating to the estates of the Fitzgeralds of Brownsford, accom- VOL. VIII. R