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 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 373 of Ancient Newcastle. — By Mr. G. BouciiiEii Richaudson. — Numerous di-cawings were produced in illustration, with an admirable picture by Mr. Jolin Storey, of Newcastle, representing that town as it existed in tho times of Elizabeth. This curious and skilful delineation called forth tho warm commendations of Professor Donaldson, who proposed a vote of special thanks both to the talented artist, and to the author of the menioir, whose intimate acquaintance with the vestin'cs of Ancient Newcastle had frequently contributed to the gratification of the Society, during the past week. Wednesday, September 1. At 10 o'clock a meeting of the Life and Annual Members of tlie Institute was held, in the General Committee Room, at the Assembly Rooms. The Lord Talhot de AIalaiiidk, President, in the Chair. The Report of the Auditors for the previous year (see p. 20G ante) was submitted to tho Meeting, as also the following Report of the Central Committee, and both were unanimously adopted. Ix presenting the Report of the progress of the Society eince our last Annual Meeting at Bristol, it is with renewed gratification that the Central Committee would take occasion to congratulate the Society on the promis- ing and steady advance of that Science, which it is the object of the Institute to promote and encourage. The publications of the Society are becoming extensively known on the Continent of Europe, and have even attracted the favourable notice of the learned, beyond the Atlantic. The Smithsonian, and other Literary Institutions, have presented to our library, in friendly exchange for our publications, the valuable works which they have produced. The visit of an eminent transatlantic Archaeologist, Mr. Squiers, whose contributions have done so much to throw light upon the ancient history' of America, brought our Society, during the meetings of the last Session, into friendly intercourse with the most zealous and success- ful investigator of the antiquities of the far West, and cannot fail to be productive of advantageous results. Amongst other Societies with which your Committee has very recently established an interchange of publications, may be mentioned, — the Society of Antiquaries of Hanover, the Antiqua- rian Society of Schleswig-IIolstein, and the Antiquarian Institution of Mecklenburg Schwerin. The arrangement of amicable relations with these Continental Institutions has been carried on through the zealous exertions on our behalf of Mr. J .M. Kemble,who has been resident in Hanover, for the purpose of the investigation of early documents, as also for the exploration of the numerous Earthworks abounding in Northern Germany. In the prose- cution of these labours Mr. Kemble has constantly received the most cordial encouragement and assistance from the Governments and public authorities. In our own country, the past year presents to the Archaeologist scarcely any occurrence of more essential importance to the cause in which he is interested, or deserving to be hailed with more lively satisfaction, than the establishment of a Depository in the National Museum, exclusively devoted to the preservation and illustration of British Antiquities. In this, — an object of which the attainment had so long been desired by English Antiquaries, — the Committee recognise the hopeful promise of results, not less advantageous to Science, than those which have accrued from the establish- ment of National Collections of a like nature in most European countries. In adverting with cordial satisfaction to the appropriation of these rooms to