The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-21 00:00:00

THE BRITISH ARCII/EOLOGICA: L

ASSOCIATION.
annual congress of the association took place at
.n,
WARWICK, JULY 19.—The opening meeting otfhtrehoe
this town, and, in spite of several Ci.
"umesll attended, es-
peciallyo'clock in the grand jury-room of the Coutnatnyeeoefuraects ins
inconvenience, was extremely
hood, wao appear to take great interes in
local committee Las
An unusually active and intelligent _ . . y
by the ladies and gelitlement.olteheprnoeciegehabionviz
Messrs. Crofton,
the secretaries of the association, ,
Croker, C. R. Smith, and T. Wright, with other active
been at work during several weeks; and, on mturcif. ,
members, arrived from London and other palls of ~he
country. In the course of this day the town of Warvack
has been rapidly filling with visitors.
The programme of the week and the arranoemeuts
understood to have been entered into, with p:mnisA dia.
play of Warwickshire hospitality, give ground's for cx-
pec ling one of the most successful meetings the iissoC la'
tion has yet had. It is understood that the asso ciati..on.
will be received to-morrow in the Castle by Lord Bi•oole,
and that the architectural peculiarties of this wale.
baronial edifice will be explained to them by Mr. J %Pk:
son, of Leamington. On Wednesday the arehaseloß Poll
visitors will be received at Stoneleigh Abbey lyw-lc-tftrh!
Leigh, after having visited Guy's Cliff and e
be held at the
wOinllTbheurresedeaiyvedthaetycwhialli:ievoisteit,
tShterafitafoerdAapaohnKet :valour, and
sion of Mr. W. F. Likey.. A meeting
willpermission of the
Town-hall of Stratford, -b ex
against the destructiont,Of S
memorial of the great dramati El in
erecting some worthy mflPof
mayor, to consider of the best
h a
hpmra
.ri after visiting the anti *Aqui-
his native town. On .Te , b peeseasrseu'is esh
ofuosre,Prant ingfer
41'‘,3 logists will be receive il at
-
,keost entirely devoted to v i graven.sit-
ing Saturday, the last .day
•castles a, , bbeys, and the party will: be
ing ancient .,. b
hospitably entertained';' Ar ury by Mr. C. N. Newtde.
o'clock by
gate, M.P. ,
~
__.
oet ifeusmt hobefe congress,CAobvbeenyt rCoventry,
:Yw t!Ahl I ec:'
k . ,
The chair was takeihlnoserostosna
odardf
trt
hee after
es s , three
maderaendered it necessary for him to MO)
president, expressing
Lord his
AreLiroarerdtt
w then read a low,. introductory ,
theetßhramont ocYrikt in. haegiei
,hr unexpectedEw.aThi nTo 'I Gh Ra Ecl
report
on the labours of the association during the past yeari
Ho made a classified enumeration of all the contributeono
to antiquarian and historical science which had laeen
i made by its members through the pages of its journal,
during that period. He described the condition of the
association, both as to the activity of its labourers and
the extent of its funds, and showed how much had been
done, considering the very moderate means at its
andis-
posal, in comparison with the lavish e":'EP
small results to ecience which had attendee. the then
of former societies of this kind. Mr. Pettigl-.o__. wid
showed how much had been done by the asF niu_23,, ad:
Tditu.raehour:
its agents during the year to hinder desecrati
ani
icosiuty", as
struction of our national monuments o_f
fgt. cil
il3:t
from observation. He concluded with
the distinguished
biographical and panegyrical, of
rather
i leodn
well as to bring to light those which
.tsthhadalasihnecrota
notice,
biographical
be
its ranks by death during
Hatcher (the editor and
includidg the names of HenryH
.*-lof Cirencester "), A. J. li
members of the: associationt
hwe hy earache,
translator of " Richti,- , , Nape,
B.
S othard, the Rev. A.Hutchins, Edward Bridger, T.
John Sydenhain, (tbe antiquary of Dorset), Henry
F.t Savory, the Hon. Ridley Colborne, and Mrs. Stuart
Hall, who, it will be remembered, threw open her house
with so much liberality to the members of the associa-
tion during their visit to Winchester in 1845.
Sir W. 13ETHAm made sole observations relativi to a
collection of drawings of early Irish antiquities which
he had brought with him from Dublin.

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HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The pAntlar comgdian
Mr. Buck€tone ttil,.(.)s his farewell hen' fit to-night,:pre-
vices to his joining Madame Vestris at the Lyceum
in October. The comedy is The Beaux' Stratergem,
the part of Scrub being Jacted, for- the first time, by
Mr. Buchstone. Mr. John Reeve, a son of the ic ele-
brated actor, will also make his first appearance in public
in one of his father's characters. The entertainments
will include Blanche's greatly successful drama of, The
Jacobite.