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 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTi:. 36,S the Institute, lay before them. Am!, on the present oecasion, in recalhn"- many honoured names connected with the extension of Arcliaeohicicai enquiry in the Nortli, he could not retrain from testifying his hi"-h esteem of the valuable services rendered to science and the arts by their noble Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. His Grace was distinguished as having led the way to those great discoveries that had been made in Kgypt, not only in the study of Hieroglyphics, but in investigating the remote districts of Egypt and Nubia. Every one who had visited the British Museum must have been struck with his valuable contributions, some extending back to the time of Sesostris in the lOtli dynasty. Uut, it was not to Egyptian Archaeology alone that the noble Duke had directed his attention. He had been a munificent patron of the local Society of Anticjuaries, and their own society was indebted to him in an eminent degree. He had caused careful survey to be made of the Roman Road called Watlino- Street, and of the stations and camps adjacent to it, from the Swale in Yorkshire to the Scottish Border, which would form a most important contribution to the Ancient Geography of Great Britain. His Grace had with singular munificence caused this work to be prepared specially with a view to the present meeting ; — to contribute to their gratification, by aiding the enquiries of those antiquaries who might visit the North on this occasion, as also to invite attention to the important character of the vesti"-es of early occupation in that district. The noble Duke had, moreover, generously placed this survey at the disposal of the Institute for publi- cation on the present occasion, and he (Lord Talbot) had the satisfaction of laying before them a copy of this valuable work. It formed probably the most important contribution to the science of Archaeology ever made by a private individual. His Grace had, moreover, evinced his munificent encouragement of Archaeological investigations by directing an extensive work of exploration to be carried out, as an object which might prove specially interesting to the present meeting, at the Roman station of Bremenium ; and during the week a report of the discoveries made on that interesting site would be communicated, which might encourage those who take interest in Roman antiquities to extend their anti- quarian pilgrimage to Redesdale. He hoped they would excuse him for not being so well acquainted as he ought to be with many local subjects of interest connected with this district ; he must, however, direct their attention to the services rendered to Archaeology by the late Rev. J. Hodgson, the historian of Northumberland. They were well acquainted also with the valuable labours of the late Mr. Surtees in his County History ; and their influence at a time when the importance of Archaeology, as connected with history, was little esteemed, in arousing a more intelligent taste for such researches. The Surtees Society, established at Durham in memory of that distinguished scholar, had produced a series of valuable publications highly creditable to the energy and abilities of the antiquaries of the North. Amongst these, none ranked in higher estimation than the Rev. James Raine, and he had the gratification to call attention to the recent completion of his History of North Duriiani. After adverting to the exertions of the late Sir Cuthbert Sharp, the historian of Hartlepool, well-known, and deservedly esteemed for his contributions to Archaeological literature, Lord Talbot observed that he could not conclude his tribute to Northumberland and Durham Worthies, without especial mention of one who claimed their