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earth , under the tallest skeleton , a piece of money , which proved to he a silver coin of Ethelwulf , the father of Alfred . It was unfortunately broken by the labourers , but was still in such good preservation that both obverse and reverse were very clear , and ¦ sorrespond exactly with one of the coins figured by Ending , p . 30 , JJS " o . 19 appendix . The following passage from the Saxon Chronicle seems to throw some light on the existence of such remains on an

island which is little more than a barren rock , and which has never heen inhabited , and scarcely frequented , till very recently . This extract , made by the Bev . J . Warren , of Heavitree , who is able to read the Saxon Chronicle , is as follows : —" A . D . 918 . In this year a great fleet came over hither from the south , from the Lidwiccas ( Brittany ) , aud with it two earls , Ohter and JRhoald , and they went -west about till they arrived within the mouth of the Severn , and ihev spoiled the Worth AA elsh everywhere bthe sea coast where

y they pleased . And in Irchinfield they took Bishop Cameleac ( Llanclafi ) and led him with them to their ships , and their King , JEdward , ransomed him afterwards with 40 pounds . Then after ihst the ivhole army landed , and would have gone once more to plunder about Irchinfield . Then met them the men of Hereford and Gloucester , and of the nearest towns , and fought against them , and put them to flight , and slew the Earl Khoald and a brother of

Ohter , the other earl , and many of the army , ancl drove them into an enclosure , and there beset them about until they delivered hcsiages to them that they would depart from King Edward's Sominions . And the King had so ordered it that his forces sat . Sown against them on the south side of Severn mouth , from the Welsh const westward to the mouth of the Avon eastward ; so that on that side they durst not anywhere attempt to land . Then , nevertheless , they stole away by night on some two occasions ;

• mice to the east of Watchet , and another time to Porlock . But they were beaten on either occasion , so that few of them got away , except those alone who swam out to their ships . And then they sat down out on the island of Bradaareliee ( the Elat Holmes ) until such time as they were quite destitute of food , and many men died of hanger , because they could not obtain any food . Then they went to Desmond , and then out to Finland . " The presumption has heen , therefore , that these men killed there were buried on that 2 > and , Colonel Harding resumed his seat amidst loud applause .

>; n- STAITOUD NOJIIUCOTE then said he believed the Eev . Dr . Thornton , who was there , ivould he able to throw some little light toi the rubbing of Lustleigh stone , which was nailed in front of the platform .

The Hev . Dr . Tiiom-rioir , on rising , said it appeared to him that She inscription must be , from the place in which it was found , of a Celtic character , either AA elsh or Cornish , and , therefore , ho 3 _> . iimil _ y looked to these languages for the purpose of arriving at -lis right interpretation . Now , the Celtic languages , as they found fthem , were divisablo into the Northern Celtic , or Celtic proper , and ihe Southern Celtic . The question , then , was , to which of those did that rubbing belong . It could not belong to the Cornish , which

was a part of tho southern dialect of the British really spoken in this country . The characters were unlike the real Celtic characters , which were always of an angular kind . They must , therefore , look for them in the Roman alphabet , for they were like rude Roman letters , and then he thought they ivould he able to find out its - meaning . He read it " Dartwid , " which might have been a corruption for " David , " the son of " Gawin . " ( Applause . ) Mr . PETTI & HEW then rose and said he held in his hand a number

of valuable papers which it was utterly impossible to read , and it ¦ ivas a matter of great gratification that the congress had had abundance of materials supplied , and if it was no t in their power to read them to tho meeting , they ivould not be overlooked or lost sight of , but they would be published by them so that the members of the Association ancl others who ivould like to read would have opportunity of doing so . Ho would remark upon one or two of the papers that had been presented to them . One was a useful

very paper on ancient camps in Devon , by Mr . Irving . It was an exceedingly important ancl very elaborate paper , giving under different heads all the camps , fortifications , and entrenchments , their situa- ^ Hon , & c , in the different parts of Devonshire , so that , in fact , it ivould be found a most valuable contribution to the history of JDcvonshh-e . Theie was a very important , long , and elaborate paper of Mr . Pring ' s on the " memories ol Peter Courtenay , of

JiPowderham , Bishop of Exeter from 1478 to 148 o , ancl of Winsaester from 1488 to ^ tho time of his decease in 1492 . " That and several others ivould be printed iu the journals of the Association . Now it became their duty to thank all those who hail aided them in the congress wliich they were now about io conclude , -and first of all their thanks were due , jbe thought , to the patrons of their congress . They were ih . r- lord-lieutenant of the county , the bishop of the diocese , : ? jod his Grace the Duke of Northumberland . ( Hear . ) It -e « ilJl he unnecessary for him , he was sure , to point out the value

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of coining into a county where such respect as had been shown them was manifested—it was an encouragement at once to all who entered upon the work of the congress , a satisfactory proof of the esteem in which they held archa . olog . cal studies , and the advantages offered to the county hy such researches . He would therefore , without preface , give the best thanks of the meeting to the Right Hon . the Earl of Eortesque , the Right Rev . the Lord Bishop of the diocese , ancl his Grace the Duke of Northumberland , the

patrons of the congress in Devon . ( Applause . )—Agreed to unanimously . Mr . AVAICE-HAN had very great pleasure in proposing to them that the thanks of the association be presented to the vice-president and committee , who by their excellent arrangements had contributed so much to the enjoyment which they had experienced upon that occasion ancl in that congress . Sir STAEPOKD NOBTJICOTE , in putting the proposition before

the meeting , said they must all be perfectly well aware that it was to the vice-president and committee that the success of that meeting was clue . He hacl no doubt . their excellent friend Mr . Pettigrew would acknowledge the compliment , for certainly no one had taken so active a part , ancl to whom the success which had attended the proceedings of that meeting was so largely clue as to himself . At the same time they knew there were very many members of the council who had worked hard to contribute to its success , and he was sure they would all unanimously join with him in thanking them for the assistance they hacl given to enable them to spend a pleasant week . ( Cheers . )

The proposition was heartily received by the meeting . Mr . PETTIGREW said that on the part of the vice-president and committee he begged to acknowledge the compliment just paid them . He could only , for his own part , lament the absence of several gentlemen on that occasion , which had entailed upon him the necessity of taking praise for any active part he hacl taken in the congress . It would he ridiculous perhaps for him to assume that he had not rendered all tho assistance to it in his power , as it had

always been his pleasure to do . Looking back at former congresses he must say that as they proceeded the importance of their association hacl certainly increased to a very extraordinary degree . ( Applause . ) He was perfectly assured that no congress of the association had been held in which more material—more important material—and more valuable communication hacl been made than in the present .- He begged , therefore , in conclusion , to thank them for the compliment paid to the vice-president and the committee .

( Applause . ) Other complimentary votes having passed , Sir CHAS . BEOUGOITON , Bart ., proposed that the very best thanks of the meeting be given to the president . ( Applause . ) He alluded to the learned discourse with which Sir Stafford bad opened the congress , to the manner in which he had conducted their proceedings , ancl to the hospitality of his house . At the call of Mr . Pettigrew the entire company rose up to second tho resolution , which was adopted by acclamation . Sir SxAiroitD NomncoxE , in a neat speech , acknowledged the compliment paid to him .

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GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE .

The series of church re-openings in Somerset , which will render the month of August , 1861 , noted in ecclesiastical annals , says the Taunton Courier , is drawing to a close , by the re-opening of the parish church of Ansford , near the town of Castle Gary . The church is built of Ham Hill stone , with Bath stone dressings , and the peivs are of pitch pine . The sacrarium is paved with Minton tilesand the

, reredos is carved in Bath stone . A Greek cross with ornamental ends , immediately over the centre of the communion table , occupies a diapered compartment confined by two bands , one of wheat ears , and the other of vine leaves and grapes , carved . On either side of that compartment the blank space of the wall is filled up by the monograms decorated with a ribbon and a group of flowers engraved on

tho freestone , but which , at a little distance , has tho effect of relief . The ribbons bear tho line " He that cometh to mo I will in no wise cast out . " It was executed by Mr . Seymour , of Taunton . The pulp it has merely been repaired and rcpolishod . Two windows of the old . church , which , though square-headed , are considered to bo of more ancient date than is usually the ease with such forms , have been

restored , and give a complete appearance to the porch . On the north side of tho chancel is a small stained window , which was erected and designed by Alexander John "Woodforde , grandson of Colonel Woodfoi-de , in memory of his