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India.
The ahnu # c ^ Irelah d commenced oil '\ .- ^ vt ? # afcLp ^ s ^ : V ^ ol ^^^ ' 39 i ; s"fe ^ at Chester , and exteiided pver seven days , d ^ rihg v ^ ich , in addition to fading papers in various section ^ several ex ( mmonstpdk place . T ^ in the chairs Amongst those present , in addition to the local visitors , were the Bishop of Oxford ^ Sir ; Chas . Anderspn > ;] Nfc Edward Hawkins , M r ^^
~ Mr * J ; Bf ; Ma ^ ldahd , & P ; ^ / When thejibble president took the chairs accompanied hy the Lord Bishop of C ^ i ^ hes ^ the Town C their visit id tnec % the address , said that since the society had been in existence it had visited inahiy places of great interest , historic but lie v ^ tured to preolct ^ ^ Bbrol the members ^ pf the institute gr eater gratincatibn th ^ a visit to Chester its
^ and neigbourhopd . The Bishop of Chester nex ^ welcomed ^ eassp ^ Dean and Chapter of Chester cathedral ^ invited th ^ meters to ah In ^ e ^ pii pf the cathedral an ^ J ^ titutey reiunied of Oxford said 11 ^ brother niemibersy he bagged to the Dean and Chapter , lor the kind manner in which th to th ^ ow
open thei cathedral for their inspections and he was # uite sure that ever ^ r member of the institute would gladly join in acknowledgment of t ^ eir kindness * The peculiar feature which marked this society , and which perhaps iharked their common country , was that , instead of building the present upon , the past , aaad hiding the past , the special character of our country had heen that it had eohr served the old , and , more than any other country , invented the new . "By ike singular tact of pur people , it had kept the old in a state of preservation , and yet had gpt ahead of any other nation in raising the new . "Pie great Creator of this
world had so ordained the affairs of man that things old were always returning in ^ a perpetual cy cle—the past coming back gradually as it was before-rand therefore when people did set themselves to study the past , as it lived , and moved , and had its being , to see it in the circumstances of its inward life , these persons did get a sort of prescience of the future from past . History proved that a profound knowledge of the past was necessary to the welfare and government of the future . Danger was prevented by J the man in . whom old experience did attain , " and the power of understanding the danger depended upon investigating
the old mischiefs , and the ability to separate from them and retain what was good . A discerning eye would see that ,, though there may have been errors , the old truths must have had something good to grow upon ; and therefore , if we could get hold of the old truths , and cut off the old errors which were in them , then we should be preserving for the future what would be a blessing to pur race . Sir C . Anderson and Dr . Markland having addressed the meeting , and a vote of thanks to the society for its visit having been carried , Lord Talbot again addressed the meeting , and in alluding to the practical character of the institute ,
said there was a subject which was one of considerable anxiety to the members . He alluded to the question of treasure trove . According to the present law any article of worth which was found in the earth became the property of the crown , and the consequence was that in a great many instances the most valuable articles were destroyed . They found their way into the crucible instead of into the British Museum . This was a great evil . In Denmark they had altered the law in this respect ; giving to the finder of an article its value if he demanded it , and
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India.
The ahnu # c ^ Irelah d commenced oil '\ .- ^ vt ? # afcLp ^ s ^ : V ^ ol ^^^ ' 39 i ; s"fe ^ at Chester , and exteiided pver seven days , d ^ rihg v ^ ich , in addition to fading papers in various section ^ several ex ( mmonstpdk place . T ^ in the chairs Amongst those present , in addition to the local visitors , were the Bishop of Oxford ^ Sir ; Chas . Anderspn > ;] Nfc Edward Hawkins , M r ^^
~ Mr * J ; Bf ; Ma ^ ldahd , & P ; ^ / When thejibble president took the chairs accompanied hy the Lord Bishop of C ^ i ^ hes ^ the Town C their visit id tnec % the address , said that since the society had been in existence it had visited inahiy places of great interest , historic but lie v ^ tured to preolct ^ ^ Bbrol the members ^ pf the institute gr eater gratincatibn th ^ a visit to Chester its
^ and neigbourhopd . The Bishop of Chester nex ^ welcomed ^ eassp ^ Dean and Chapter of Chester cathedral ^ invited th ^ meters to ah In ^ e ^ pii pf the cathedral an ^ J ^ titutey reiunied of Oxford said 11 ^ brother niemibersy he bagged to the Dean and Chapter , lor the kind manner in which th to th ^ ow
open thei cathedral for their inspections and he was # uite sure that ever ^ r member of the institute would gladly join in acknowledgment of t ^ eir kindness * The peculiar feature which marked this society , and which perhaps iharked their common country , was that , instead of building the present upon , the past , aaad hiding the past , the special character of our country had heen that it had eohr served the old , and , more than any other country , invented the new . "By ike singular tact of pur people , it had kept the old in a state of preservation , and yet had gpt ahead of any other nation in raising the new . "Pie great Creator of this
world had so ordained the affairs of man that things old were always returning in ^ a perpetual cy cle—the past coming back gradually as it was before-rand therefore when people did set themselves to study the past , as it lived , and moved , and had its being , to see it in the circumstances of its inward life , these persons did get a sort of prescience of the future from past . History proved that a profound knowledge of the past was necessary to the welfare and government of the future . Danger was prevented by J the man in . whom old experience did attain , " and the power of understanding the danger depended upon investigating
the old mischiefs , and the ability to separate from them and retain what was good . A discerning eye would see that ,, though there may have been errors , the old truths must have had something good to grow upon ; and therefore , if we could get hold of the old truths , and cut off the old errors which were in them , then we should be preserving for the future what would be a blessing to pur race . Sir C . Anderson and Dr . Markland having addressed the meeting , and a vote of thanks to the society for its visit having been carried , Lord Talbot again addressed the meeting , and in alluding to the practical character of the institute ,
said there was a subject which was one of considerable anxiety to the members . He alluded to the question of treasure trove . According to the present law any article of worth which was found in the earth became the property of the crown , and the consequence was that in a great many instances the most valuable articles were destroyed . They found their way into the crucible instead of into the British Museum . This was a great evil . In Denmark they had altered the law in this respect ; giving to the finder of an article its value if he demanded it , and