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368 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF enable visitors on the present occasion to examine many details hitherto concealed. Mr. Sharpe, in closing his address, very kindly presented to each person a copy of a beautiful work in illustration of the subject which he had brought before the meeting. The following paper was then read: —

On the Lady Chapel, Tynemouth Priory. By Mr..

The chair having then been taken by the, the following communications were read: —

On the Historical Traces of the Knights Templars in Northumberland, and on the Preceptory at Chibburn. Also, — Extracts from the By-Laws of the Cordwainers of Morpeth, temp. Edw. IV. By Mr., Town Clerk of Morpeth.

On the Castle and Barony of Alnwick. By the Rev., M.A.

On the Ancient Lead Workings in the North of England. By Mr..

The Annual Dinner of the Institute took place on this day, in the great Assembly Room, and it was attended by a numerous party of gentlemen and ladies. The chair was taken by the noble President, Lord Talbot, supported by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, the Mayor and Mayoress, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lovaine, M.P., the Hon. H. T. Liddell, Sir Walter Riddell, Bart., Sir Edward Blackett, Bart., Mr. Philip Howard, Mr. Headlam, M.P., Mr. Lawson, and other distinguished members of the Institute.

The accustomed loyal and appropriate toasts were proposed, amongst which the health of the noble Duke, Patron of the meeting, was pledged with great enthusiasm. In offering to the company his acknowledgment, the Duke of Northumberland proposed, — "Success to the Archaeological Institute;" observing that it was with high satisfaction that he met the members of the society in Newcastle, surrounded by objects of antiquity and historical interest which abounded in that district. The Institute would not only enjoy the gratification of inspecting the most remarkable work of Roman times preserved in Britain, the great Barrier wall, or of examining remarkable monuments of castellated and ecclesiastical architecture, but they would also witness with especial pleasure that the county began to take interest in subjects of antiquity. That feeling had doubtless been mainly excited by the exertions of the able historian of the Roman wall, the Rev. J. Collingwood Bruce, and by the intelligence and discrimination with which Mr. Clayton had prosecuted his energetic researches in the stations and portions of the wall of which he had become possessed. His Grace observed that beneficial results might be anticipated from the memoirs which would be communicated to the sections during the week, and through their publication in the Transactions of the meeting. The information thus imparted would, he hoped, stimulate an increasing interest in the careful investigation of the numerous ancient remains existing throughout the northern counties. There was one point upon which he could not refrain, on such an occasion, from offering his congratulations to the Archaeological Institute. It was, that in the British Museum a place had at length been set apart for British Antiquities; and that the formation of a series, illustrative of the ancient remains in our own country, had been commenced, and was now open to the public.

At the close of the evening the company adjourned to the Museum, in the adjoining rooms, which were lighted up for the occasion, and the