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 THE AUCIIAEUL(XilCAI. INSTITUTi;. 303 tlic Institute. With the celts now cxliibited were lumps of metal, waste pieces and imperfect castings ; the celts, also, were not trimmed, the ragged seams appearing as if fresh from the mould, and the entire deposit appeared to indicate the existence of a manufacture of bronze weapons and imple- ments at the place. There was a slight hollow perceptible where the deposit lay. It was three feet six inches below the surface, and was found iu form- ing a drain at Romford, in Essex. Bronze Chisel, found at Uoniford, Essex. Orifj. size. By Mr. Fr.vnks. — Numerous antiquities, found chiefly in Suffolk, at Exning and Icklingham, and collected by Mr. Edward Acton, of Grundis- burgh. They have subsequently been purcha.sed for the " British room," at the British Museum. Amongst them may be noticed a bnmze pendant object, bearing some resemblance to a hulla, formed of thin metal filled with baked clay : it was found at Exning ; a fine spear-head and blade of a dagger, from the same place, as also a very singular bronze implement, resembling a socketed celt, but terminating in a four-sided blunt end, in place of the usual cuttinfj edge. This, with a goua;e and other bronze relics, coated with light green patina, was found at Exning in 1832, and was in the possession of the late Mr. Davy, of Ufford. Also, the moiety of a stone mould for casting leaden tokens, or " fools' money," On one side is a regal head. By Mr. Wardell, of Leeds. — Coloured representations of four objects of bronze, found in Ireland, and existing in his Mu.seum. They comprised a relic described as "a curved axe," but of small dimensions, found in CO. Westmeath : a bronze chisel, coated with bright green patina, found at Granard, co. Longford:' the lower portion of a spear-head, from the same locality ; and a bronze loop, intended to be attached to a leathern thong, part of which still remains : it was found near Lough Ballindery, CO. Westmeath. By Mr. Edward Hoare. — A representation of a necklace of amber beads, 38 in number, found in cutting turf in Sheeaghan bog, near Balliboy, co. Monaghan, in March, 1848. They lay at a de])th of twelve feet below the surface of the bog. The amber is of dark colour, perhaps from the effects of the turf-mould, and appears to be very brittle. Some ' Tliis olijcct appears to resemble closely that Imiiul at Romford, exhibited at tlii-s meeting. See woodcut, supra.