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GREAT BRIT
Archaeological Institute NEWCASTLE-ON-T AL INSTITUTE OF
Norwich,
meeting in NewcastIe.AuENSDDATIRmEoRLNA:2—.
The,
ARCILEOLO
GIC
AelNthlis year holds its annual.
1845 for the cultivation of
he
York,examination This society, established in
ftiquarion and historical
ouvirsitaendcicteabto national
monuments, lore,
Winchester,
and t
monuments, has successively
Oxford, and Bristol. The claims Lincoln, Salisbury,.
important district of which of the extensive and
Newcastle is the centre,
to the visit of the association, were
longer be overlooked. The twosuch as could no
counties
thuinberland and Durham each abound of Nor-
gical attractions. Their monumental -
ofthe middle
architecture
,nay be viewed as embodying the spirit
ages in its two grandest and most
Impressive
types of chivalric and ecclesiastical magnificence.
The castellated strongholds of Northumberland
were once the bulwarks of the English border
against hostile ravages, and are now the appropriate
ornaments of a district which has furnished England
with many of its bravest champions,
from the days
Jf the Percies to those of Collingwood. They appeal
powerfully to the imagination, from the crowd of ro-
mantle associations and picturesqu " e images clustering
round there, first embalmed in song and ballad b
border minstrels, and since enshrined in deathless
poesy by the muses of Scott and Wordsworth. Aln-
wick, Warkworth, and Bamborough present, in the
vastness of their dimensions and the grandeur of their
construction, evidences of feudal power and pomp,
such as can hardlybe paralleled elsewhere in England.
ilexham is remarkable as the seat of one of our most
ancient bishoprics, of which a splendid monument
survives in the minster. Durham, as an epicopal
principality, is proud of its noble cathedral, of its
famous monastic remains of Jarrow (the residence
‘if Venerable Bede and the scene of his la-
hours) and Tynemouth—as well as of several
fine churches of the second order, and especially
those of Houghton-le-Spring and Chester-le-
street. Nor are any counties more conspi-
cuous for the extent and abundance of their Roman
remains, the wall of Hadrian offering a series of well-
ietined stations, which have always well rewarded the
labour of excavation, and from which further dis-
coveries of interest may be expected. Newcastle
itself is particularly well adapted for the meeting of
*uch a congress as has now assembled within it, and
though little but its name of Pons Nelii remains to
connect it with the age of Roman domination in
Britain, the keep and other vestiges of its castle, as
well as its fine churches, assert its claims to mediaeval
distinction. Some notion of the number of places of
historical interest in the two counties, which are to
form the subjects of exploration on the present occa-
sion, may be gathered from the following list, pub-
lished by the association for the guidance of members
and visitors :--
ne THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE.
The Norman Keep of Castle—Museum therein of
Antiquarian Society—Remains of the Great Gate
erected 1248.
Parish Church of St. Nicholas, rebuilt in the first half
of the 14th century.
t. Andrew, formerly monastic;
Parish Church of S
contains Norman chancel-arch.
Portion of Town-wall bounding churchyard of St.
Andrew.
Remains of Black Friars' Monastery.
Parish Church of St. John, in Westgate-street.
Remains of Town-wall and Towers near Central
Railway Station—Towers of Wall in some other lo-
calities.
Old houses on Sand-bill, t Butchers' Bank, &c.,
some containing csrved wood- k,
Guildhall, and Merchants'-h , with fine carving temp.
Jac. I.

and Berwick Railway )
NORTHWARD OF NEWCASTLE.
parish ( o u
et
hefrom Newcatle;
Morpeth (a railway station),
14 miles *-
tower and outer walls of Asti°. [N.B. A beautiful
church in Norman style, dedicated in honour of St.
uhrychYoofrkm'idNdelew-cpaositnjete d work , remains of
James, has has been recently built here.]
Newminster (a mile fr. . orpeth, up the valley of the
Wansbeck); site of Cita: . abbe •of which a good
archway is the only por s •-%
Mitford (2 miles west from u . Seth, higher up the
river), church containing monument, site of ancient
castle, castellated' manor-house.
Bothall (3 miles east from Morpeth, down the river);
fine gate-tower of ancient baronial castle, now the pro-
perty of the Duke of Portland; parish church, chiefly of
third-pointed work, containing good monuments.
Brinkburn (14 miles north-west of Morpeth by road,
8 miles from railway station at Acklington); fine priory
church of transitional work, in a deep wooded valley of
the Coquet, picturesque river scenery.
Warkworth mile from railway station); fine keep,
and ruins of castle of the Percies, near the mouth of the
Coquet; hermitage in the cliffs, a mile up the river;
parish church, containing Norman work and fine recum-
bent effigy. [Warkworth is to be visited by the Insti-
tute on Friday, Aug. 27.—See programme of pro-
ceedings.]
Alnwick (branch railway station); castle (a seat of the
Duke of Northumberland); parish church; remains of
Alnwick Abbey; Halm Abbey, 3 miles from Alnwick,
in fine woods. [British tumuli are on the Charlton-hills,
about 5 miles north-west of Alnwick.]
Dunstanburgh (2 miles from Christon-bank railway
station); picturesque remains of castle on the sea-cliffs.
Bamburghl(49 miles on railway, and 3 by road); Nor-
man keep, restored for residence by Lord Crewe s trus-
tees, and considerable remains of this ancient royal
castle, built on the basaltic rocks; fine parish church of
St. Aidan; Farn Islands, and remains of St. Cuthbert's
hermitage, within an hour's sail.
Holy Island (5 miles from Bamburgh by sea, or by
chaise from the Beal station, proceeding over sands at
half tide); fine remains of Norman priory church of Lin-
disfarne Castle.

Norham (a station of branch railway from Berwick,
four hours from Newcastle); fine border fortress on the
Tweed, church, &c.

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chapter (the ancient refectory), in which some Seacn
MSS. and many other MSS. of great antiquity and
splendour are preserved, Castle, with Norman chapel,
doorway, and gallery, ancient building 3, picturesque
scenery.

Brt e"
(four
n and
siteils
of from o
them Durham
battle
hi bylr3o4a6-1),;
pas siri
ya 's Cho s churcha
with monument; castle. Excursions can be easily made
g
to the more distant attractions of—
Auckland Castle;
Cross
Staindrop Church;
Barnard Castle, and spots celebrated in " RokAy;"
Baby Castle;
Hartlepool, the ancient port of the amity Palatine,
where there is a fine Early English church, iormerl
monastic, he.
The church of Moukwearmoutb (where Benedict Bis-
cop, about A.D. 680, completed the great monastery
Over which, and over Jarrow, he presided as abbot.), is
near a railway station, twelve miles from Newcast'o.
On the road from Durham to Lancaster (a Roman
station), is the College of St. Cuthbert at 'fellow, 4i
miles from Durham, where a collegiate chspel of great
beauty and costliness, a fine hall and library, may be
inspected.

El
Ai
nS EASTWARDe OF wA
ciJeSMODd (li mile from Newelstl:-); remains of small
Norman chape
Seaton-Delaval (ten miles from Newcastle, by road,
four northward from Tynemoutb); Norman chapel, the
only part remaining of the ancient castle. ruins of the
palatial hall, built by Sir John Vanbrugh, which was
rendered uninhabitable by fire in 1823.
Tynemouth (a railway station, nine miles from NOW'
u eNsEce :rs: "
castle); fine ruins of ancient priory `church, of Norman
and first-pointed work—remains of fortified monastery
surrounding it, on a lofty cliff at the mouth of the Tyne.
(It is intended that the Institute shall visit Tynemouth;
the arrangements will be hereafter announced.] The
only remaining sanctuary-cross of the nas e o t ry, called
" the Monk's Stone," may be aeon about a mile north-
ward from Tynemouth.
Jarrow (on the south side of the Tyne, branch
railway); remarkable tower of church
and remains
the monastery. It was at Jarrow that Ve of
composed his works. Llt will be arrangedil. f Bede
Institute to visit Jarrow on the came_or the
mouth
day with Tyne-
.]
The Duke of Northumberland, the Earl of Car -
lisle, and the Rev. Dr. Whewell, Master of Trinity
College, Cambridge, and other visitors of distinction
are expected in the coarse of to-morrow or next day.
To-day is to be employed in visiting the several
points of interest in the town of Newcastle. To-
morrow the sections will commence their meetings;
that of history will be presided over by the Earl of
Carlisle, assisted by Sir J. P. Boileau, the Rev. Mr.
Cox, vicar of Newcastle, and Mr. Headlam, M.P. ;
that of antiquities will be conducted by the Hon. H.
T. Liddell, M.P., assisted by Sir W. Lawson, Messrs.
Clayton, Adamson, treasurer and
secretary of the
Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, and others.
Inlhat of architecture Dr. Whewell will preside, as-
sisted by Sir Charles Anderson, Sir E. Blackett, Sir
Stephen Glynne, Sir W. B. Riddell, Professor
Cockerell, R.A., &c. The extensive scale and the
systematic arrangements on which the Institute con-
ducts its operations and researches promise a harvest
of highly valuable results.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY. -- Tuesday
being the day fixed for the annual meeting of the Ar-
chas(7logical Institute of Great Britain and Ireland in
this town, the members and others first of all assembled
at an introductory meeting in the Assembly-rooms,
where they were received and welcomed by the Mayor
(Mr. James Hodgson), the Sheriff, Aldermen, and Coun-
cil of the town, who wore their municipal habits on the
occasion, and were preceded by their macebearer. Be-
sides the visitors, a considerable number of the gentry of
the town and neighbourhood were present, including a
goodly complement of lanies. Among the company
we noticed Lord Talbot Do Malahide, President of the
Institute, Mr. Octavius Morgan, M.P., Mr. Headlam,
M.P., the Hon. H. T. Liddell, Dr. Headlam, Mr. Hodg-
son Hinde, Sir William Lawson, Mr. W. H. Blaaaw,
Mr. M. L. Jobling, Mr. Kell, Town-clerk of Gateshead,
and Mr. Sidney Gibson. _ _ _

On the motion of the Hon. T. LIDDELL, Lord Talbot
De Malahide was called upon to preside in the unavoid-
able absence of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland.
Mr. John Clayton, the town-clerk hen read the fol-
lowing address:—
" To THE RIGHT HON. 'irlif; TALBOT DE MALAHIDE,
THE PRESIDENT,ApD 0 RS THE MEMBERS OF THE
ARCBACCOLOGICAL-IIiSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND.

" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the
borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, offer to you, the pre-
sident and members of the Archeological Institute of
Great Britain and Ireland, the sincere expression of our
feelings of gratification on the occasion of your visit to
the ancient town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
" Occupied, as we are, in the pursuits of commerce, we
are at the same time sensible of the value of literature
and science, in which men of all parties and of all opini-
ons can unite with one common object to civilize and in-
struct mankind; and we cab appreciate the labours of
your learned body in the illustration of the history of the
past, and in the application of the lessons it affords.
" The position of this town on the frontiers of the
kingdom has exposed it in times past to the ravages of
border warfare, and has tended to limit the objects of
interest which antiquaries might reasonably expect to
find in the archives of the town, dating its existence
from an early period of the Roman rule in Britain. But,
however limited may be the number of presentable ob-
jects worthy of your attention, we offer you at least a
cordial welcome.

" JANES lIODGSON, Mayor."
Lord TALBOT DE MALAUIDE said he felt moss obliged
to the mayor, aldermen, and councillors of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne for the kind manner in which, on this occa-
sion, they had expressed themselves with regard to the
institution of which he had the honour of being presi-
dent. As they truly observed, the pursuits of com-
merce, so far from precluding their votaries from feel-
ing an interest in archaeology, literature, and science,
ought to invest such studies with a still greater attrac-
tion, since they knew that in former times—and there
was no reason why the present should differ from
former times in that respect—there were no more libe-
ral or enlightened patrons of the fine arts than the
municipal institutions of Encope.—(Cheers.) They all
knew the liberal and enlightened manner in which in
ancient times the small communities of Greece, which
might not inaptly be styled corporations, patronized the
arts; and they know in the middle ages also that the
small communities of Italy—those of Venice, Florence,
Genoa, and many others—were liberal in their patronage
of art to a degree that might make any Government of
the present day blush.—(Cheer:.) There was no rea-
son, therefore, why the municipal corporations of the
present day should not follow the example set to them by
past ages; and if they did not bold out their hand to
welcome the arts, and to encourage the production of
modern artists, at least let them preserve those remnants
of the arts of past times which they were privileged
to possess, and of which their worthy body had shown so
acclamation
good an example.—(Cheers.)
Mr. W. H. lhasuw moved, and Mr. O.
M.P., seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. J. S. —'Rll°arGfoArNd',
the retiring president, which was carried by a
Lord TALBOT DE MALAHIDE again rose, said he
felt that after the excellent and able man who had ilpre-
ceded him, it was almost presumption in h*
the office of president. Many of them lui
townaicicept
iqnu as ion te d
manywith
respects
e s thepc
tN3
tooblethMearquis,
accession to and fosterer of this society, who wwhalo
interestl v of f their contributederse°great--
meetingsa an
n.;
and all must regret the great loss which the society had
sustained by his removal from among them. Mr. Harford,
who was the president of the society last year, acquitted
himself in the most able manner of the duties imposed
upon him. Aay person who heard that gentleman's open-
ing address must have been struck with the masterly way
in which ho recounted all the various branches of arch*"
ology. In that district
der chivalry of England,'
he
connected
regretted
nt he oi Id 3.
.:_c;
tified with its history and property had not been call “
to the chair on that occasion; id particularly did he la-
to
the absence of the Noble Duke who Gracet° tVi.le,
s itthwa that somewi
presided. From a very early period his OJss one
taken a deep interest in British archasologPdiscovery of
of the first who took a leading part
in way to such im-
Egyptian monuments, which had
led ihetain archeology
portent results. But it was not tol.7gY,Peci
-., his attention;
alone that the Noble Duke hadtd
f the Society of Anti-
atron of the local
he had been a most munificr P
society at Newcastle, and alsoown
society was concerned,
most eminent queries, while so far as their
most a
degree.—
they were indebted to himo
bsd bad a very accurate sur-
(Hear, hear.) His Grace bd bad a very accurate sur-
-owafl road, called Watiing-street,
vey executed of U
this
istalitnystoitfutNutoer:haunmdbietrlwanoduidanbde
whichi,nbtaert sseucrtreedt:tlhtobeo groundwork of most important
which would fora? He had been kind enough to
presser
blished to the world.—(Cheers,) With the
forthwith pu
fly memoir, it would be ono of the most
accomPariY to arch 1 • l
historical disquisitions.
inresents se) °pea history ever made by
va—sndividual.—(llear, hear.) Under those cir-
a private he could not help thinking they would ex-
n°sl9himucefsor :not being so well acquainted with all the
OUSO
local subjects connected with this district as he ought to
be; but ho must direct their attention to the ser-
vices rendered to British archeology by the Rev,
John Hodgson, author of the " History of Nor.ees'
an
thumborland," by Mr. Rayne, and Mr. Sur' '
the historian of Durham. The latter was a m
Sir Walter Scott's school. At a time when thesubof-
ject of arches Ilog,y, connected with history, was at
of Durham.
dis-
count, he did immense service in its cultivatiobn;rtaitarltblereeenilicinvceorry-
aptly had the Surtecs Society, which was,
for the interest attaching to its publications
porated in the adjoining county
chairman) was sure they would be glad to he. e (the
likely to
the
historian of Hartlepool, was alrso tell
continuation of the history of Durham yea.,
published by the Rev. John Rayne. The late SiyCtou bhe-
bert Sharpe, the
deserving of their thanks for his contributions to the
arclaxology of that district; and he could not conclude
that account of Northumberland and Durham worthies
without mentioning the name of Sir John Swinbure,
the president of the Society of Antiquaries in Newcastle.
—(Cheers.) He feared the advanced age of that gen-