It was moved by the REV. THOMAS MOORE, A.M., seconded by JOHN R. JAGO, Esq., and resolved unanimously,— That the Report now read be adopted, and printed and circulated with the Proceedings of the Society. It was moved by THOS. REAY, Esq., seconded by WM. MATHISON, Esq., and resolved unanimously, That the thanks of the Society be given to the Officers and Sectional Members of the Council for their services during the past Session. It was moved by the REV. A. HUME, D.C.L., Hon. Secretary, seconded by WILLIAM BURKE, Esq., Treasurer, and resolved unanimously,— That the thanks of the Society be given to the Town Council and their Library and Museum Committee for their liberality and kindness in affording accommodation in the Free Public Library and Museum for the books and other collections of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. It was moved by JOHN G. JACOB, Esq., seconded by the REV. THOMAS MOORE, A.M., and resolved unanimously, That the thanks of the Society be given to those gentlemen who have contributed Illustrations to the forthcoming volume. A ballot having been taken for the Officers and Sectional Members of Council, the result was announced from the chair. (See p. iv.) It was moved by the REV. A. HUME, D.C.L, seconded by J. G. JACOB, Esq., and resolved unanimously, That this meeting do now adjourn to the 14th of May next, for the purpose of receiving the Treasurer's Statement of Accounts. At the adjourned Annual General Meeting, held at the Museum of Antiquities, No. 8, Colquitt Street, on the 14th May, 1863, A. Craig Gibson, F.S.A., presiding, the Treasurer submitted the following Statement of Accounts for the year ending 18th Oct., 1862 :— Dr. THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE in account with Cr. It was moved by PETER R. MCQUIE, Esq., seconded by BELL WILLIAMS, Esq., and resolved unanimously, That the Treasurer's Statement of Accounts be passed, and printed and circulated with the Proceedings of the Society. 6th November, 1862. ARCHEOLOGICAL SECTION. THOMAS DAWSON, Esq., in the Chair. The following gentlemen were duly elected Ordinary Members of the Society George Stone, 57, Ranelagh Street. William Whatham, 7, North John Street. The following donations were presented :- 1. Archæologia, vol. 38, part ii. From the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries. 3. Det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab, 1860-61. From the Author. Inscriptions runiques du Slesvig méridional, interprétées par From the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society. Views of the Gates of Norwich, made in the years 1792-3. From John Peacock, Esq. 1. Three sheets, containing copies of coins recently disinterred in the neighbourhood of St. John's Church, Chester, supposed to be the foundation-coins of that edifice. 2. A broadside, containing an account of the above, as delivered before the Chester Archæological Society. From the Chairman. 1. Map of Manchester in the year 800. 2. Map of Saxon London, about 1000 A.D. The following objects of interest were exhibited : By the Rev. Dr. Hume. 1. A Chinese cross-bow, surmounted by a receiver from which six arrows drop in succession into the position for being discharged. This is accomplished by a simple movement of part of the bow, without removing it from the shoulder. 2. Specimens of Burmese, Chinese, Moorish, Canadian and other shoes, illustrating the habits and necessities of the respective wearers. By Mr. Newton. 1. A richly-illuminated French MS. "Book of Hours" of the 15th century. 2. A small framed picture, cut from a similar MS., representing the performance of the rite of extreme unction at the bedside of a dying Flemish burgher of the 13th century. ON THE FORMS AND USES OF TINTINNABULA IN MEDIEVAL AND MODERN TIMES, by the Rev. A. Hume, D.C.L., Hon. Secretary. The existence of bells at an early date was deduced from Scripture; and the difference was noted between them and the sacred hand-bells of the mediæval period. Their material and shape, in various ages and countries, were described; and an interesting account was given of their numerous uses, amongst which are their employment to decorate the dress of the clown or jester; as pendants to the rings worn round their ankles by the women of Persia and Arabia, as mentioned by Sir John Chardin; as portions of the dress of the morris-dancers of Old England; and at the festa fatuorum, or fools' festivals, in which the superior clergy changed places for the time with the humblest people, and the latter, as Abbots of Unreason &c., had bells attached to their mock-priestly robes. The bell was used as a sacred symbol by the clergy and, it is said, by the Druids; it also formed an article of personal adornment for ordinary apparel. It is found depicted on monumental brasses, and was used on the harness of horses as early, at the least, as the time of Zechariah. The paper contained, in detail, instances of the similar use of bells from that period down to the present age; and proceeded to notice the ceremony of belling the cat" and the distinction of "bearing the bell." Hawks' bells, the beggar with his bell, and bells on the arms of warriors were adverted to; the ceremony of excommunication by "bell, book and candle" received mention; and the paper concluded with a particular account of the bells found at Hoylake. Ancient Crotal, or Pear-shaped Bell. 13th November, 1862. LITERARY SECTION. REV. A. HUME, D.C.L., in the Chair. At this meeting the attendance was increased by an invited company of non-members and ladies. The following donations were presented : From the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. 1. Memoirs, third series, vol. i, 1862. 2. Proceedings, vol ii, 1862. 2. Rules, 1861. An Account of the Colony of South Australia. With a Catalogue of all the Products of that Colony exhibited at the International Exhibition, 1862. By Frederick Sinnett. The following Paper was read: A SUMMER SAUNTER IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND, by David Buxton, F.R.S.L., Hon. Librarian. 20th November, 1862. SCIENTIFIC SECTION. J. T. Towson, F.R.G.S., in the Chair. The following donations were presented :— From the Royal Society. Proceedings, Nos. 49 to 51 (vol. XII.), 1862. From the Geological Society. Quarterly Journal, parts 2, 3 and 4 (vol. XVIII.) 1862. The following objects of interest were exhibited : By Mr. Forrest. 1. Four life-size portraits, enlarged from a quarto plate negative, by Woodward's Solar Camera as improved by Mr. John Atkinson. 2. A Solar Camera, by means of which the exhibiter shewed how enlarged portraits are produced. By Mr. Towson. 1. A Daguerreotype produced by a non-achromatic glass in 1842. 2. A miniature photogram on ivory. By Mr. Newton. Various maps and prints, shewing the application of photography to the production of enlarged or diminished copies of such works. By Mr Burke. 1. Diploma of doctor of laws, granted by the University of Bologna in 1753. 2. Speech of the Earl of Macclesfield in the House of Lords, 18th March, 1750, on regulating the commencement of the year. 3. The Mariner's Everlasting Almanac, Aberdeen, 1683. 4. Vox Uraniæ, or Aberdeen Almanac, 1683. 5. The London Daily Advertiser, 14th November, 1734. 6. Articles of Union as passed, with Amendments, by the Parliament of Scotland. London, 1707. The following Paper was read: ON PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MODELS, by Thomas Sutton, B.A. This Paper was read, in the author's absence, by Mr. Forrest, who exhibited and explained the apparatus employed; it consists of a circular glass, by means of which an angle of 90° is obtained, instead of the usual angle of 30 or 40°. Two pictures, one taken in the ordinary way and one by the means now shewn, were laid on the table. The latter contained about three times the customary extent of view; but was as perfect in the remote portions as at the centre. Several pictures, taken in the neighbourhood of Bath, by the process described were also exhibited. 4th December, 1862. ARCHEOLOGICAL SECTION. JOHN F. MARSH, ESQ., in the Chair. The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members of the Society: Right Hon. Viscount Cranborne, Childwall hall. Lieut.-Col. V. A. King, Point of Ayr, Oxton. Thomas Goodier, 9, Lord street. John Henry Green, Buenos Ayres. |