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 TllH AKl'nAKA>l-(R'AI. IN'STITUTR. 1 1 '.» exclusively in the oliuoe, since anionpjst various warlike relics found some years since on Towton Field, vestic[es doubtless of the moniorablo conflict in 1461. iron bolt-heads precisely similar to those in Mr. Morgan's possession were discovered. Furcate arrow-heads, Mr. Hewitt observed, appear to have been frequently used in the East, and many examples may be seen in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. Dion Cassius relates that Coniniodu3 delighted to show his skill by beheading the ostrich, when at full speed, with crescent-headed arrows. By Mil. C. Favlkneu, of Deddington. — A fragment of ]>ainted glass, of the earlier part of the tifteenth century, from a church in Oxfordshire. It represents an armed saint, holding a si)ear and shield d bourhc of unusual form, his right hand upraised as if with a gesture of veneration. This interesting figure, of which Mr. Utting has faithfully reproduced the drawing kindly supplied by Mr. Winston, has been regarded as representing St. Longinus, to whom the act of piercing the Saviour's side with a spear is attributed in the legend of that saint. The costume is interesting (see woodcut) ; the shield is of rectangular form, with the upper and lower margins bent outwards, at an obtuse angle, forming a protection to prevent the lance, when struck against it, glancing upwards or slipping down upon the thigh. Examples of this shield, but not perforated at the dexter angle (termed a. houche), arc supplied by the figure of Henry VI. on the frieze of the monumental chantry of Henry Y. in Westminster Abbey, and that of St. George on the fine sculptured chest in York Cathedral, represented in Carter's Specimens of Sculpture."' The form of the bassinet, of which the peak is much recurved backwards, deserves notice ; this fashion arose, probably, from the expediency of protecting the head from the shock which a downright blow, directly over the crown, would occasion. The mail of the canmil, the diapered jupon, and the tight cingulum of massive gold- smith's work, encircling the hips, arc expressed with careful detail. Mr. Faulkner produced another fragment, of beautiful design, representing an angel, from the tracery of a window in the same church. He also brought a copy of the inscription under the brasses of the Washington family, lately found under a pew at Sulgrave Church. Northamptonshiro. (See Journal, vol. viii.. p. 423.) The male figure is unfortunately headless, and that of the lady is lost : beneath arc four sons and seven daughters. The inscription is in Old English character : — Here lyeth buried y hodys of Laiuence Wasshiugto' Gent' it Amee his wyf, by whome he had issue iiii sons it vii daught's, W laurence dyed y day of an" 15 «.fc Amee Deceasscd the vi day of October an" Hni' 15G4. The Washington family emigrated to America from Cheshire in '30. By Mr. U, Fitcii. — A "Palimpsest " escutcheon of the bearings of the Fasten family, with eleven quarterings, on the reverse of which, as lately discovered, ajipears the connnencement of a Flemish sepulchral inscription, begiiming — Hier legh (here lieth) . . . and part of a date . . . cccc.lxx . . . The Paston atchicvement may bo seen in Cotman's "Brasses, vol. i., pi. 68, being part of the memorial of Erasmus Paston, 1538. By Mr. R. Caton. — A fine silver tankard, described in the Gentleman's Magazine, Nov. 1790, and then in the possession of the Kev. Richard Bewlcy, Mr. Caton's maternal ancestor. The year-mark, as Mr. Morgan stated, showed the year 1679 to have been the date of its fabrication. By Mr. BKUNHAun Smith. — A casket, encased in open-work of steel, ^ Moyriok'sCrit. EiKiuiry, vol. ii., i>. 1(1.'}, o.lit. im2.