The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-07-18 00:00:00

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DORCHE§TE

ABORSOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT
. BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

PATRON :
H.R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, MG., F.S.A.
PRESIDENT :
THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESSCARDEN,

ANNUAL MEETING AT
DORCHESTER, 1885,
--
CONMENCING TUESDAY, AUGUST 1,
AND TERMINATING 'TUESDAY,
AUGUST 8.

PRESIDENT OF THE MEETING :
THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS CAMDEN, LG.
PATRONS OF TSB MEETING:
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD LIEUTENANT '
Of THE COUNTY OF DORIET, E.G.
THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS OF
WESTMINSTER, K.G.
THE RIGHT RqiTieVaitOßD BISHOP oy
rorprompirow."- err

PMlDillre Or MOTIONS :
litiS6ol7-"Sig JOHN P. BOILEAU, BART., FAS.,
F.S.A.

Anttquitiaa—Cß ARLES T. NEWTON, Eaq.,
ArohitOoture—TßE REV. PROFEMOR WILLIS,
M.A., F.E.S.

GENERAL PROGRAMME CtF
PROCEEDING&
.By the kindness of the Mayor and Corporation the
Town Hill has been placed at the disposal of the Insti.
tute during the Meeting.
.The RecierrioN Room will be the Council Chem]ler
in the Town Hsll ; it will be opened at 10 A.M. On
Hondas, the 31st July, and continue open daring the
week.
The Inaugural Meeting, and the Meetings of Sections,
will be held in the Town Hall.
The TEMPORARY MUSEUM of the Institute will be
formed, by the kind permission of the Rector of the
Church of the Holy Trinity, and of the Committee, In
the Infants' School-room.

TUESDAY, August I.—Tbe Inaugural Meeting will
take place in the Town Hall at 3 P.M, when the
Marquess Camden will take the Chair. Congratulatory
Addresses will be presented, and the Rev. C. W.
Bingham will give an Introductory Sketch of the
Antiquities'of the County.
At the close of the Meeting the Museum will be
opened, and • party will be formed to visit the Anti-
quities of the Town. Evening Meeting at 9 P.M. ill the
Town Hall, at which Papers will be read.
WIDNES:DAT, August 2.—Meetings of Sections at
10.30 a.m.. 'Amongst others Papers will be read by the
Rev. W. Berms on Ancient Dorset; and by Professor
Willis on Sherborne Abbey Church. In the afternoon
an Excursion will be made to MAIDEN CASTLE., where
the Rev. W. Barnes will offer acme remarks upon its
date and construction. Evening Meeting at 8.30.
TEURSDAY, August 3.—Excursion to SERREORNE,
where the Rev. Professor Willis will accompany the
visitors in the examination of the buildings. G. 1).
Wmfield Digby, Esq., has most kindly offered to enter-
tain the party at Sherborne Castle. Conversasione in
the Museum at 9 P.M.
FRIDAY, August 4.--Meetings of Se.otions at 10.30
A.M. Papers will be read by the Very Rev, the Dean
of Chichester on the Life of Cardinal Morton ; by
Charles T. Newton, Esq. on Phcenician Art; And by
the Rev. Professor Willis on Glutoinliury Abbey.
Evening 'Meeting at 8.30, when T. Bond, Esq.,
will read a Paper on the History of Corte Castle.
.

SATURDAY, August s—Excursion to WAREHAM,
COREZ.CASTLE, and WIMBORNE MINSTER. Mr. J. H.
Parker will discourse upon the Architectural features
of Corfe Castle sad Mr. E. A. Freeman upon those Of
Wimborue. Castle,
in the Museum at 9 P.M.
MONDAY August 7.—Meeting for Reading Papers at
10 s.m. Excursion to ATHELHAMPTON.MILTON ABNEY,
BINGHAM'S MILLCOMBZ, and WALTERSTON. The Baron
Iliunbro has most courteously offered to entertain the
party at Milton Abbey. Converser:lone in the Evening.
TOESDAY, August 8. —Annual Meeting of Members of
the Institute for the Choice of the Next Plare of Meet-
ing, for the Election of New Members, and for other
Business, in the Council Chamber, at 9.30 A.M. Meet-
ing at 10.30 A.m., for Reading Memoirs of Interest, for
which time may have previously been insufficient.
GENERAL CONCLUDIND MEETING at Noon.
-At the Itscerrnmr Room, Visitors may obtain inform-
ation.regarding all tbearrangementerf the week, Papers
to be read, Conveyances for the Excursions, tso. Tickets
for tile Meeting will there be issued. Price of Tickets:
for Gentlemen, One Guinea (not transferable); for
Ladies, Ralf-a-Guinea (transferable), entitling the
Bearer to take part in all the prooeedings of the week,
to visit the Museum, &a. Expensee of Excursions are
not included. Pull particulars regarding the Excursions
will be published hereafter. Itis particularly requested
that all Persons intending to join any. of )he Excursione
will enter their names as early as possible in Lists
prepated for that purpose at the Reception Room.
All Persons disposed to contribute Antiquities or
Works of Art for Exhibition in the Temporary Museum
of the Institute, are requested to communicate with
the Secretaries of the Institute in London; or of the
Local Committee (the Rev. H. Austen, Ensbury ;
the Rite. C.. W. Bingham, Bingham's Melconabe ; T.
Coombs, req., Dorchester). Every precaution will be
taken to ensure the-safety of objects thus entrusted.;
glazed cases will be provided for their exhibition, and
they will be returned free of expense. Objects may be
addreseed,. after July •24th, to the Curator, Charles
Tucker, Esq: P.8.A., Mints' School, Dorchester.
It is requmited that all Persons who may propose to
read hiemonte, or make any Communications to any of
the Seetions, will announce their intention as speedily
as
_possible' giving the title of the proposed -Memoirs.
The Secretaries of the Sections will meet in the
Council Chamber at the earliest opportunity, to make
arrangements for tha reading of Memoirs. and the
General Proceedings of the Sections.
The Principal Hotels ore "The King's Arms" and
"The Antelope." There will be an Ordinary at "The
•Breakftst, 2s. 9d., inoluding waiter
Dinner, 4s :6d., including beer a,nd waiter.
LONSING4i are -easily obtainable in the town. War
mouth-also, 7 miles distant, with Which there is *stir
and late communication by rail, affords every accommo-
dation for Visitors.
Arrangements have been entered irto With the Great
' Western and South-Western Railways, by which vidtiors
' to the Dorchester Meeting will have the advantage of
I Return' Tickets at a single fare, from Saturday, July 29,
Ito Tuesday,. August 8. Vouchers for this purpose can
be obtained at the offioe.
By Order of the Central Committee,
THOMAS PURNELL.
07IPICB OP Sag INSTITUT':
1, Burlington Gardens, W.,
London, July 7th, 1865.
Donations in aid of the expenses of the Meeting, and
in furtherance of the objects of the • Institute, • will be
received by' all • the Dorchester Banks; or by Messrs.
(butte, Mie 43anke18 of the Institute in London. •
Any Lady- or Gentleman desirous of becoming a
Member of the Institute, and tO receive the goarterly
Journal of the •Society, is requested to 'communicate
with- the Secretaries, Candidates are elected on the
nomination of one Member of the Committee, Or of two
Members of the Destitute. Entrance Fee, One Guinea,
Annual-Subscription, One Guinea.