Balance Sheet, showing the Receipts and Disbursements of the Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Society, from its commencement in 1853, to the 31st of December, 1855. DISBURSEMENTS. 1853. Paid for Mr. Britton's Wiltshire Collection By Preliminary Expenses in 1852, and Postage, Carriage, and Sundry Expenses in 1853 Paid for Cabinets and Book Cases for Books and Binding. for Insurance for Printing and Stationery By Expenses of Inaugural Meeting. ,, Gratuity to Assistant.. for Insurance. for Printing, Engraving, and Stationery, including three numbers of the Magazine. By Expenses of Salisbury Meeting.. ,, Gratuity to Assistant. for Printing, Engraving, and Stationery including two numbers of the Magazine... By Expenses of Chippenham Meeting.. Postage, Carriage, and Sundry Expenses. Salary of Assistant Secretary... By Cash in hands of Treasurer and Local Secretaries. 243 19 6 (Signed.) ALFRED CHARLES SMITH, EDWARD WILTON. ACCOUNT OF THE THIRD GENERAL MEETING AT CHIPPENHAM, Sept. 11th, 12th, and 13th, 1855— Report Articles exhibited at the Temporary Museum. PAGE 4 13 On the History of Chippenham: By the Rev. J. E. JACKSON. 19- 46 47-57 On Parochial Histories: By the Rev. JOHN WILKINSON. 57-67 On Lanhill Barrow near Chippenham; and the Battles of Cynuit and 67-86 Memoir of George Montagu the Ornithologist, with Pedigree: By W. 87-94 On Pilgrims' Signs found at Salisbury: By J. Y. AKERMAN, F.S.A...... 94-97 97-106 The Old Market House and Great Fire at Marlborough: By F. A. 106-114 Ancient Seals of the Borough of Marlborough: By ditto.. 114 Who destroyed the Images at the West End of Salisbury Cathedral ? 115-119 119 WILTSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES: Dr. Hinchcliff's School, Salisbury . 125 Charlton Park, accident at. 125 Wiltshire during the Civil Wars. Ancient Documents The Whittlegate.. Contributions to the Museum and Library . Notice of Alteration in Rule IV.. 125 126 127 128 128 G. BELL, 186, FLEET STREET; J. R. SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE. THE WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE 66 MULTORUM MANIBUS GRANDE LEVATUR ONUS."-Ovid. THE THIRD GENERAL MEETING OF THE Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Society, HELD AT CHIPPENHAM, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, September 11th, 12th, and 13th, 1855. PRESIDENT OF THE MEETING, GEORGE POULETT SCROPE, Esq., M.P. THE proceedings opened with a Meeting at the New Town Hall, lent for the occasion by Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P. The attendance was exceedingly large and influential, including the Lord Lieutenant of the county, the Marquis of Lansdowne; the greater part of the Members of Parliament for the various towns in North Wilts; almost all the Clergy and Gentry for many miles around, with numbers from a distance. Soon after one o'clock, the noble Marquis having entered the room, Mr. G. P. Scrope, M.P. addressed the company as follows:-My Lord, ladies and gentlemen,—I am really ashamed to appear before you in my present position, in the first place because this chair by right should belong to our noble Patron, who has been kind enough to come amongst us now for the third time,-but he tells me it would be inconvenient for him to remain here for any length of time, and therefore, though feeling wholly unfitted to assume the duties of the chair, I have consented to do so. And I have another reason for feeling greater than usual diffidence on this occasion, VOL III.NO. VII. B |