376 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF rendered him unequalled, probably, amongst those who have devoted them-' selves to the study of history and historical Antiquities. We are gratified to observe that many kindred Societies are giving con- tinued proof of activity in their periodical publications. Amongst these serial works should be mentioned the Journal of the British Archaeo- logical Association, the Transactions of the Sussex Archaeological Society, of the Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological Institute, of the Cambrian Association, the Norfolk and Norwich, the Somersetshire Archaeological Societies, and the Societies established, for purposes similar to our own, in Chester, Liverpool, and Kilkenny; proving beyond all question, by the support which they receive, and the intelligence with which their proceedings have been conducted, that the taste for the studies which these several Societies have laboured to promote, is steadily on the increase. It is also a cause of congratulation to observe that Local Collections are in course of formation in many Provincial cities and towns, and that Museums, sometime instituted, have been rendered more available for public informa- tion, by more careful and scientific arrangement, or the provision of a detailed catalogue of their contents. Colchester, a site which has proved remarkably productive in early remains, will possess a Museum, in which the valuable treasures of ancient art collected by the late Mr. Vint, may find, with many other local antiquities, a suitable depository. The exten- sive stores brought together in the Hospitium at York, and from which many valuable relics were contributed to the Museum formed during your York Meeting, have been described by the care of the venerable Archaeo- logist of that city, Mr. Wellbeloved, whose Catalogue of York Museum now presents a very important supplement to his Eburacum. It is gratifying to observe that, at the approaching Assembly of the British Association at Belfast, it is proposed to display an extensive collection of Irish Antiquities; the admission of subjects of an Archaeological character within the range of these important scientific meetings must tend, it may reasonably be anti- cipated, to elicit valuable information and throw light upon questions still involved in great obscurity. The following lists of the Members of the Committee, selected to retire in annual course, and of Members of the Institute nominated to fill the vacancies, were then proposed, and adopted. Members selected to retire : — The Lord Talbot de Malahide, Vice- President. The Hon. W. Fox Strangwa^s ; Samuel Birch, Esq.; J. W. Jones, Esq.; John M. Kemble, Esq.; J. G. Nichols, Esq.; Frederic Ouvry, Esq. The following gentlemen being elected to supply the vacancies : — The Hon. W. Fox Strangways, M.A., Vice-President; Charles Desborough Bedford, Esq., Doctors' Commons ; Edward A. Bond, Esq., British Museum ; Benjamin Ferrey, Esq., Fellow of the Inst, of Brit. Archit.; Philip Hardwicke, Esq., R.A., F.S.A.; J. Hewitt, Esq., Ordnance Ofiice ; Ambrose Poynter, Esq. The following members of the Institute were also elected as Auditors for the year 1852. — Edmund Oldfield, Esq., British Museum ; Frederic Ouvry, Esq., F.S.A. The President then addressed the Members in reference to the selection of the place of meeting for 1853. A cordial invitation had been received from Lichfield ; and another from the West Suff'olk Archaeological Institute, expressing the desire that the Society should visit Bury St. Edmunds. The Committee had received encouraging and friendly
