At three o'clock the Chair was again taken by the Bishop of Winchester, when the following Papers were read :

4. On the recent Discovery of the Remains of a Roman Villa on Walton Heath. By W. Willmer Pocock, Esq., F.R.I.B.A.

This Paper was illustrated by a carefully-executed drawing of the mosaic pavement of the villa, and other illustrations.

5. On two Deeds executed by Elias Ashmole, for the conveyance of his house in South Lambeth. By George R. Corner, Esq., F.S.A.

The Chairman having intimated that he was obliged to leave the Meeting,

The Rev. F. P. Phillips moved, and the Rev. R. B. Byam seconded a vote of thanks to his Lordship for his kindness in attending and so ably presiding over the Meeting.

The motion was carried by acclamation.

His Lordship, having acknowledged the compliment, retired.

The Rev. R. Burgh Byam, M.A., a Member of the Council, having been voted into the Chair, the concluding Paper was read:

6. On the History of the Manor of Hatcham. By W. H. Hart, Esq., F.S.A.

Mr. W. W. Pocock moved a vote of thanks to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, for his Grace's kindness in allowing the Meeting to be held in the Palace.

Mr. George R. Corner, F.S.A., seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried.

Mr. Tanswell moved a vote of thanks to the Authors of the Papers read, which was duly seconded and unanimously carried.

Mr. Corner moved and Mr. Kent seconded a vote of thanks to the Rev. J. Lingham, Rector of Lambeth, for his kindness in allowing the church to be inspected. Carried.

Mr. Webb, Hon. Secretary, moved a vote of thanks to Felix Knyvett, Esq., Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the kind and valuable assistance he had rendered to the Committee, especially in the trouble he had taken in placing before them the various MSS. they had requested might be exhibited. Carried unanimously.

Thanks were also voted to

The Chairman, moved by Mr. Godfrey, seconded by Mr. Webb; and to

The Honorary Secretary, moved by the Rev. R. B. Byam and seconded by Mr. Tanswell.

The proceedings then terminated.

THE DEEPDENE.

THE FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Society was held at THE DEEPDENE, Dorking, on Monday, June 29th, 1857.

HENRY THOMAS HOPE, Esq., a Vice-President, took the Chair, at halfpast twelve o'clock.

After a few introductory remarks from the Chairman,

The Hon. Secretary read the Minutes of the General Meeting held at Lambeth Palace, on the 3rd October, 1856, which were confirmed.

The following Report of the Council was then read :—

The Council, in presenting this their fourth Annual Report, feel fully justified in congratulating the Members upon the satisfactory progress made by the Society during the past year; and also upon the present favourable condition of its affairs.

Since the date of the last Report, two General Meetings have been held the first at Croydon in June, and the second, by the kind permission of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Lambeth Palace. At these meetings twelve Papers of considerable interest and of varied character were read. The information contained in these communications will afford most valuable matter for future volumes of the Transactions. At both meetings the attendance of members and of visitors was very numerous; but it may be remarked, in a more especial degree at Lambeth Palace, where, notwithstanding very unfavourable weather, upwards of four hundred persons assembled.

It is with much regret that the Council have to refer to the serious losses by death that the Society has sustained during the past year. Within that period it has been deprived of four vice-presidents-the Earl Amherst, the Earl of Ellesmere, Viscount Downe, and Mr. Gadesden, late High Sheriff of the county; while the decease of the late Mr. George Gwilt, F.S.A., has deprived the Council of a member of their own body. From the list of Honorary Members also, two distinguished names have been removed by the lamented decease of the veteran topographer Mr. John Britton, and of that learned archæologist, Mr. John Mitchell Kemble.

It is to be regretted that a considerable number of Members have retired from the Society; nevertheless, this loss is more than counterbalanced by the large accession of new Members; for, while the number at the date of the last Report, in 1856, was 430, it is now 450, of whom 70 are Life Members.

Numerous contributions to both the Museum and to the Library of the Society have been received, and will be duly chronicled in the Transactions.

To the list of Institutions in union with the Surrey Archæological Society, three have this year been added, the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, and the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.

The Council greatly regret that unforeseen interruptions in the b

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progress of printing and illustrating the second part of the Transactions have retarded its publication until after the Annual General Meeting; they trust, however, in a very brief period to place it in the hands of Members, when they have no doubt the care taken in its production will be found to compensate, in some measure, for the delay in passing it through the press.

COUNCIL-ROOM,

6, Southampton Street, Covent Garden,

18th June, 1857.

The Honorary Secretary then read the following Balance-sheet [see next page].

The following Report from the Auditors was next read :—

The Auditors of the Surrey Archæological Society have much pleasure in reporting a considerable improvement in the Society's Income, arising from a greater punctuality in the payment of annual subscriptions, and an increased number of Members. The Society is free from debt, with £250 invested, and a balance in hand of £156. 11s. 7d., exclusive of £93, still due for subscriptions.

25th June, 1857.

For self and Colleague, (Signed) EDWARD RICHARDSON.

These Reports and Balance-sheets were adopted, and a vote of thanks to the Auditors was unanimously passed.

The officers of the ensuing year were elected.

The Honorary Secretary announced the following donations to the Society:

From the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: "Archæologia Eliana, or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity," published by that Society. 5 vols. 8vo.

From Matthew Holbeche Bloxam, Esq., Hon. Member: " Fragmenta Sepulchralia; or, A Glimpse of the Sepulchral and early Monumental Remains of Great Britain." By the Donor.

8vo.

The Thanks of the Society were voted to the Donors. Several new Members were elected, and the Rev. Lambert B. Larking, Vicar of Ryarsh, Kent, was elected an Honorary Member.

The Hon. Secretary read a letter addressed to him by John Wickham Flower, Esq., a Member of the Council, suggesting the formation of a series of archæological maps of the county of Surrey, and describing the method of attaining that object by the combined action of the Members of the Society, the county being divided into districts, and a Local Committee appointed to prepare the portion of the maps comprised in each of such districts.

Mr. R. Godwin-Austen moved that the suggestion be referred to the Council.

The motion was seconded by Mr. Butterworth, and after some further remarks by Mr. Flower, put from the Chair, and unanimously carried.

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8 10 9

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Mr. Maybank suggested that it would be desirable to adopt one of the county newspapers as a medium for questions and answers relating to the archæology of the county.

After a brief discussion, the matter was referred to the Council.

The proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks to the Chairman, not only for his conduct in the Chair, but also for the interest which he had shown in the Society, by receiving the Members with great hospitality at his seat.

This vote was suitably acknowledged, and the Meeting was adjourned; some of the Members and their friends availing themselves of the opportunity so liberally accorded them, of inspecting the numerous treasures of art collected at the Deepdene, and of exploring the beautiful pleasureground there; while others joined in an excursion to Wotton Park, where they were most kindly received by the owner, W. J. Evelyn, Esq., a Vice-President, and conducted over the house and grounds, so interesting from their connection with the honoured name of "Sylva" Evelyn.

A dinner was served at half-past six in the Assembly-room of the Red Lion Hotel, Dorking, at which between 200 and 300 ladies and gentlemen were present.

SOUTHWARK.

A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING was held at the Bridge House Hotel, SOUTHWARK, on Thursday, the 22nd of October, 1857.

The Chair was taken by JOHN LOCKE, Esq., Q.C., M.P., a VicePresident.

This Meeting was summoned to consider a proposal for an extension of the operations of the Society to the county of Kent.

A resolution in favour of this scheme was moved and seconded, but was not carried, and

The Meeting adjourned.

SOUTHWARK.

A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING was held at the Bridge House Hotel, SOUTHWARK, on Thursday, the 26th of November, 1857.

The Chair was taken by JOHN LOCKE, Esq., Q.C., M.P., a VicePresident.

This Meeting was convened, on a requisition signed by 38 Members of the Society, for the purpose of further considering the proposal for an extension of the operations of the Society to the county of Kent.

A resolution having this object in view was proposed and seconded, whereupon

The previous question was moved, seconded, and carried; and
The Meeting adjourned.