ON TOWER HILL, LONDON.

exceeded thirty in number, the sizes varying from one to two feet in length, and eleven inches in thickness. On these are two rows of rag-stones, which bring it up to the present level of the ground. Four feet above this, a double row of red tiles are laid; and with an interval of four feet of the same class of rag-stone wall, is another layer of tile work. Above this, the general derangement indicates restorations of the Roman work, and which is composed of rough stones, bricks, and broken tiles, carelessly laid, and evidently the débris of the original wall.

During the excavations, at about the level of the footings, the workmen came to what they described as a complete quarry of stones, cut in various forms, with mortices at the angles, and evidently belonging to some important building. The number of these stones amounted to one hundred and twenty-five, varying from two to five superficial feet, and several larger, making forty cart-loads.

Some notion of the general character of these remains may be formed by a reference to Plate 30. They consisted of mouldings of various patterns, portions of pilasters and capitals, with fragments of a coarse oolite stone, coated with a fine plaister, on which were described devices and letters, in red colour, but coarsely executed, and too fragmentary to decipher, more than a few detached letters. On one of these were the letters svp. A large portion of a quern was also found, of volcanic formation, probably from the Lower Eifel district on the Rhine, with a peculiarly formed lip round the centre hole.

By far the most interesting of these remains was that of a portion of a monumental tablet, with the inscription in remarkably bold and beautiful characters, DIS ANIBVS ... AB. AI PINI.CLASSICIANI. This appears to throw some light on the subject, and in some degree to account for the presence of the other portions of the sculptured stones, and which may fairly be presumed to have formed a portion of an important building erected to the memory of some distinguished personage. The two latter words, PINI. CLASSICIANI, appear to imply that the deceased was connected with the navy, probably a commander, in the service of our early conquerors. The extreme eastern portion of the city wall, and facing its approach by the

river, favours a notion of its being an appropriate situation for an erection of that description.

Several portions of these interesting fragments have found shelter in our national collection. Besides the inscription, and a beautiful circular ornamented moulding with scale and knot-pattern on the surface, there are two pieces of a pilaster, and the quern before mentioned. Several cart-loads of bones, chiefly those of the ox, allied to the bos primigenius (Cuvier), have been excavated with the rubbish close under the walls.

British Archæological Association.

NINTH ANNUAL MEETING,

NEWARK, 1852,

AUGUST 16TH TO 21ST INCLUSIVE.

President.

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.

Vice-Presidents.

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.

THE EARL OF SCARBOROUGH, Lord Lieutenant of Notts.

LORD ROBERT PELHAM CLINTON, M.P.

LORD JOHN MANNERS, M.P.

VISCOUNT NEWARK, M.P.

LORD EDWIN HILL.

RIGHT HON. EDW. STRUTT, M.P.

The VENERABLE GEORGE WILKINS, D.D., Archdeacon of Notts.

The MAYOR of Newark.

SIR W. C. ANSTRUTHER, BART.

W. HODGSON BARROW, ESQ., M.P.

THOMAS BATEMAN, Esq.

T. OSBORNE BATEMAN, ESQ.

REV. J. T. BECHER.

SIR WILLIAM BETHAM, M.R.I.A., Ulster King at Arms.

E. V. P. BURNELL, Esq.

REV. T. G. BUSSELL.

BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, ESQ., M.P., F.R.S., F.S.A.

J. EVELYN DENISON, Esq., M.P.

REAR-ADMIRAL SIR W. HENRY DILLON, K.C.II.

SIR FORTUNATUS DWARRIS, F.R.S., F.S.A.

T. S. GODFREY, Esq.

SIR ROBERT HERON, BART.

JAMES HEYWOOD, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., F.S.A.

JOHN LEE, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S., F.S.A.

REV. F. PYNDAR LOWE.

REV. ROBERT MILES.

R. MONCKTON MILNES, ESQ., M.P.

RICHARD MILWARD, ESQ.

SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, BART., D.C.L.
W. F. N. NORTON, ESQ.

VOL. VIII.

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BENJAMIN OLIVEIRA, ESQ., M.P., F.R.S.
T. J. PETTIGREW, ESQ., F.R.S., F.S.A.
HENRY SHERBROOKE, ESQ.

S. R. SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

J. H. MANNERS SUTTON, ESQ., M.P.
GODFREY TALLENTS, ESQ.

G. E. HARCOURT VERNON, ESQ., M.P.
COLONEL WILDMAN.

SIR J. GARDNER WILKINSON, D.C.L., F.R.S.
MATTHEW WILSON, ESQ., M.P.

Treasurer-THOMAS JOSEPH PETTIGREW, ESQ., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Honorary Secretaries CHARLES BAILY, ESQ., F.S.A.
J. R. PLANCHE, ESQ., F.S.A.

Hydrographical Secretary-CAPTAIN BULLOCK, R.N.
Secretary for Foreign Correspondence-WILLIAM BEATTIE, M.D.
Registrar, Curator, and Librarian-ALFRED WHITE, Esq.

Local Committee.

THE MAYOR OF NEWARK, Chairman.

REV. ROBERT J. HODGKINSON, Honorary Secretary.

THE VEN. ARCHDEACON WILKINS.

THE REV. J. F. DIMOCK.

DR. BEEVOR.

DR. MORTON.

GODFREY TALLENTS, ESQ.

General Committee.

Alexander H. Burkitt, Esq., F.S.A.
Rev. J. W. Spring Casborne.

F. H. Davis, Esq., F.S.A.

Eleazar Lawrance, Esq.
Thomas Lott, Esq., F.S.A.
W. C. Marshall, Esq., R.A.
Major A. J. Moore, F.R.S.
Morton, M.D.

Capt. Geo. W. Oakes.
William Newton, Esq.
Michael O'Connor, Esq.

William V. Pettigrew, Esq., M.D.
H. C. Pidgeon, Esq.

W. H. Palin, Esq.

David Roberts, Esq., R.A.

W. D. Saull, Esq., F.S.A.

H. J. Stevens, Esq.

William Wansey, Esq., F.S.A.
John Webb, Esq.

John Whichcord, Jun., Esq., F.S.A.
J. C. White, Esq.

C. F. Whiting, Esq.

C. Wickes, Esq.

C. B. Wilson, Esq.

Albert Woods, Esq., F.S.A.
George Wright, Esq.

William Yewd, Esq.

Proceedings of the Congress.

MONDAY, AUGUST 16.

A MEETING of the general committee, his grace the duke of Newcastle, president, in the chair, was held at four o'clock, in the Town Hall, to make arrangements for the reading of papers, regulations for the excursions, etc.; after which, an ordinary took place at the Clinton Arms.

At eight o'clock, William N. Nicholson, esq., the mayor, the aldermen and corporation of Newark, publicly received his grace the duke of Newcastle and the Association, when the mayor delivered the following address:

"My lord duke and gentlemen.-We, the mayor, aldermen, and councillors of the ancient borough of Newark-upon-Trent, present you our respectful congratulations, with earnest and hearty welcome, on the occasion of your visit to a municipality partaking for centuries past in every fortune, prosperous or adverse, of the illustrious house of Newcastle, so distinguished for unswerving loyalty to the crown and church of these realms: a town, whose record is have been the centre of many a tented field, the stronghold of kings in their trying hour, indomitable by siege or assault, emphatically, the 'key of the north', still retaining many a trace of pristine dignity in tessellated pavements and sepulchral vase, in dyke and rampart of defence, in the architectural beauties of a peerless sanctuary, and, above all, in the majestic ruins of a farrenowned castle. You visit, my lord duke, a borough, metropolitan to a district adorned in all ages no less by men of the gown, the heralds of peace, than by the champions of the sword, where Cranmer the martyr, and Warburton most profound, and Secker most gentle of the sages of the church, first drew the breath of life; a theatre alike of chivalrous honour and Christian beneficence, blest beyond other communities in provision made by departed worth for the support of man in his decay, and for his education in youth.

"These pretensions of our native Newark, we presume to name as some justification of the distinguished notice of your grace, and your eminent and learned colleagues, in preferring to take for your centre of operations a town no way notable for pride of wealth or commercial superiority, when our very chiefest contemporaries would have rejoiced to welcome you.

"Arrogating no share in the just eulogy of our ancestors, be it permitted us only to show you the extant evidences of their loyalty and devotion, and in singular and happy contrast to exhibit the marvels of modern device with which engineering skill has adorned this vicinity, while the British Archæological Association, under the auspices of your grace, pass in careful review the