The last meeting of the Session, on the 14th of May, was held at Mr. Mayer's Museum of Antiquities, which was again liberally thrown open by the Proprietor to the Members and their Friends, including Ladies, of whom there was a numerous attendance. In June the Annual Excursion was made, to Sefton Church and Ince-Blundell Hall, where, by the obliging permission of Thomas Weld Blundell Esq., its owner, the members, again accompanied by a numerous party of their friends of both sexes, had an opportunity of inspecting the admirable series of works of art there collected. The usual interchange of publications with kindred Societies has been maintained, and the Society's Library steadily increases in extent and value; it will therefore be desirable that the Society should take steps, at an early period, to provide for it additional accommodation. The Museum is laid out in the Gallery of Inventions and Science and constitutes a part of that exhibition, which, on the authority of the delegates appointed by this Society to take part in its management, the Council are able to report is open to the public, and promises to be an institution of great public interest and usefulness. The Treasurer's Balance Sheet will be presented as soon as the whole of the printing, in connection with the Annual Volume, is completed. In the meantime the Council have reason to believe there will be a satisfactory balance to the Society's credit. The current expenses have been at the ordinary rate; the only special payment being a sum of Twenty Pounds to the Assistant Secretary for extra labour, including the entire removal of the Library and Museum on two separate occasions. The approaching celebration of the Shakspeare Tercentenary being of peculiar interest to all learned societies, the Council have appointed a Committee to confer with other Societies of the district, with a view to united action in such proceedings as may be deemed suitable. To this subject the Council invite the attention of the members generally, in the hope that it will receive from them such support as its importance demands. In conclusion the retiring Council submit, as required by the Laws, the names of one gentleman for election to the Vice-Presidency, and of six others for the Sectional Committees, in the place of those who retire. All are likely to assist in the necessary labours it is proposed to assign to them; and all are believed to be willing, if elected, to serve. It was moved by PETER R. McQUIE Esq., seconded by THOMAS DAWSON Esq., M.R.C.S., and resolved unanimously: That the Report now read be adopted, and printed and circulated with the Proceedings of the Society. It was moved by JOHN NEWTON Esq., M.R.C.S., seconded by EDWIN BEAN Esq., and resolved unanimously: That the thanks of the Society be given to the Officers and Sectional Members of the Council for their services during the past Session. It was moved by H. A. BRIGHT Esq., M.A., seconded by J. T. Towson Esq., F.R.G.S., and resolved unanimously :— That the thanks of the Society be given to JOSEPH MAyer Esq., Vice-President, for his reception of the members and their friends at his Museum of British and Foreign Antiquities on the 14th of May; and to T. WELD BLUNDELL Esq., for his kindness in throwing open his mansion of Ince-Blundell for the inspection of the members and others at the Annual Excursion in June last. A ballot having been taken for the Officers and Sectional Members of Council, the result was announced from the chair. (See page iv.) It was proposed by the Rev. A. HUME, D.C.L., Honorary Secretary, and resolved by acclamation: That the cordial and special thanks of this Society be given to It was moved by PETER R. McQUIE Esq., seconded by WILLIAM That this meeting do now adjourn to the 3rd of December next, at Seven p.m., for the purpose of receiving the Annual Balance Sheet. At the adjourned Annual General Meeting held in the Free Public Library on the 3rd of December, 1863, the Volume being still unfinished, a further adjournment took place to the 4th of August, 1864, when the following Statement of Accounts for the year ending 18th October, 1863, was submitted by the Treasurer, Dr. THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE in account with L-THE VOLUMES: Balance delivery Vol. II, N.S., and various early Printing and binding Vol. Illustrations, ditto....... II.-SESSIONAL EXPENSES: Printing Circulars &c.... Stationery. Insurance Postage Stamps Cr. By Receipts in Session xv, Arrears Entrance Fees, Session xv Life Compositions... Books and book covers sold 207 7 6 0 10 6 550 13 6 7 3 3 0 viz: 19 8 6 7 17 6 Refreshments at meetings 8 1 0 Advertisements, delivering circulars, messages and parcels, miscellaneous.. 12 15 0 Commission to Collector.. Assistant Secretary 6 2 50 0 III-PERMANENT INVESTMENTS: Papering, colouring, paint ing and gilding Museum cases Books purchased for the Books bound for ditto 090 103 15 11 5 4 2 2 1 9 940 16 9 11 It was moved by THOMAS DAWSON Esq., seconded by PETER R. McQUIE Esq., and resolved unanimously, That the Treasurer's Statement of Accounts be passed, and printed and circulated with the Proceedings of the Society. 5th November, 1863. ARCHEOLOGICAL SECTION. THOMAS DAWSON Esq. in the Chair. The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members of the George Eastee, 6, Harrington Street. The following donations were presented : From the Society of Antiquaries. From the Author. Annals of the Wars of the Nineteenth Century, 1801-15, vols. I to From the Author. Ancient Meols; or some Account of the Antiquities found near The following objects of interest were exhibited : By Mr. F. J. Jeffery. A postage-stamp Album, containing several hundred stamps of various countries throughout the world. By the Rev. Dr. Hume. 1. An Andrea Ferrara, the property of Mr. Bowker. 2. A key, belonging to Miss Atherton. It is more than 110 years By Mr. Newton. 1. A copy of Archbishop Cranmer's Twelve Homilies, dated 1547, in the original binding. The fly-leaves consist of fragments of a still earlier publication from the press of Caxton. 2. Two scarce Commonwealth Tracts, in both of which Liverpool is referred to; in one as "Larpoole." By the Chairman. 1. Various pamphlets, either published in Liverpool or otherwise locally interesting. 2. Several prints and photographs. The following Paper was read : ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRALS AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND, by Nicholas Waterhouse Esq. 12th November, 1863. LITERARY SECTION. J. T. Towson Esq., F.R.G.S., in the Chair. The following donations were presented : From the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. * Transactions, p. 1. From the Philological Society. From the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. From the Author. Chart of the History of Architecture, and The Course and Current of Architecture, a volume designed as a companion to the Chart. By Samuel Huggins. The following objects of interest were exhibited :— By the Rev. Dr. Hume. 1. Two volumes of Schoolcraft's Archives of Aboriginal Informa- 2. Eight gold nuggets, nearly pure, from Nelson, New Zealand. 4. A Russian walking-stick, curiously carved and unusually light. 6. A Chinese carving, in form of a grotesque bird sitting on its nest. By Mr. J. R. Hughes. 1. A bronze spear-head. 2. A quern. Both these objects were from Anglesey; the spear-head had been found amidst the remains of an extinct forest, about six feet below the present surface. . By Mr. J. H. Gibson. 1. A large Turquoise ring, with silver setting, presented to an Englishman by a native African chief. 2. Barrett's Astrology, quarto, 1801. 3. Barclay's "Ship of Fooles" and the "Mirrour of Good Maners," in one vol. quarto, with woodcut illustrations. By Mr. Burke. A sample of wheat, charred as if by fire, lately found at the Roman The following Paper was read: ON THE MEDALLIC HISTORY OF NAPOLEON I,* by Frederick J. Jeffery Esq. |