The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-22 00:00:00

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

This highly important and interesting exhibition,
on Thursday night consisted of bronze articles and
implements, by the Hon. Mr. Neville, part of the
fruits of excavations he has recently made at Wilbra-
ham, Cambridgeshire. Several fibulas of novel forms
were among them, together with other ornaments
of dress ; but two situlm, or buckets, attracted
most attention, because it is only recently
that such utensils have been discovered in
ancient tumuli. These were clearly of the Anglo-
Saxon period, and one of them was in a most perfect
state; they were small, and must have been used as
drinking vessels. They were composed of wooden
staves, rimmed and hooped with bronze. The staves
themselves were of yew, according to the opinion of
competent judges, and in one instance every
stave was perfect, but in the other air or
damp had occasioned considerable decay. There
is no doubt that they must have been at least
twelve hundred years old, and their state of pre-
servation was therefore remarkable. The Hon.
Mr. Neville was present, and kindly afforded every
information in his power, promising that on a future
evening (15th of January) he would accompany these
relics by others exhumed at the same time, and pos-
sessing at least equal claims to notice. A paper was
read upon the skeletons in the graves with these
relics, the most remarkable point regarding them
being that not one of them was deficient of any limb,
or seemed to have come to his end by any wound
which had damaged a bone. A paper was read
from Mr. Campkin on some verses on Cowley,
written on the back of one of the well-
known engravings of him by Faithorne, but
they did not add anything new to his personal his-
tory, or to the history of his poetry. The most inte-
resting communication came last, and produced some
discussion among the members ; it related to the
transportation to the West Indies and other tropical
climates of more than 800 persons who had been en-
gaged in the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion. It was
written by Mr. Roberts, the author of a life of Mon-
mouth, and it contained some highly curious disclo-
sures and speculations. Sir R. H. Inglis, vice-
president, occupied the chair, and the meetings were
adjourned to Thursday, the Bth of January.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852.

FEBRUARY.

Lincoln

MARCH.
Liverpool Spring
Coventry... ............... 9 Northampton 24
Doncaster Spring
Warwick Spring ...... 16 I
APRIL.

Epsom Spring
Newmarket Craven ... 12 Malton . . 22
Abergavenny l5 Newmarket F. S 26
NAY.

Chester Spring ......... 4 ,
Newmarket S. S. ...... 11
Shrewsbury ............... 12
au

Durham
Bath
Epsom 25
'E.

Manchester ...
Ascot . • 000000 •• 8
Hampton l6
22
Bibary
J 1

Stockbridge
Winchester
Carlisle
Ludlow

Stamford 2O
Nottingham 2O
Goodwood

Newmarket 6
Worcester
Lancaster
Liverpool
AUGUST.

North Staffordshire 3 York
Brighton 4 Egham
Reading
SEPTEMBER.

Warwick 7 Leicester 22
Doncaster
Eglinton Club 2l Newmarket F. 0.
Bedford

OCTOBER.

Chester
Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Holy well Hunt
Wrexham

NOVE
Worcester Auti

(BER.
imn 2

THE ARMY.

Captain Porter, R.E., takes the command of the
Royal Engineer department at Limerick, on the de-
parture of Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson, RE., for
Malta.

Lieut.-Colonel Stotherd, RE., recently premoted, is
expected to succeed Lieut.• Colonel Thomson, R.E., in
the Limerick garrison and district.
Major Campbell, 52d, has joined from leave.
Lieutenants Curtoiss and Newenham, and Ensign
Hunt, have joined the 63d, from leave.
Captain Coles, of the 4th Dragoon Guards, who
exchanges with Captain Donovan, 9th Lancers, will
shortly be replaced by the latter officer in command of
the truop at Gort.

There are twelve candidates for the Greek chair in
the University of Edinburgh.
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