CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.....Part 1 The first meeting and excursion of the season by the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society took place on Wednesday and Thursday last, when many of the most famous relics within driving distance of Penrith, the headquarters of the expedition, were inspected and described. There was a very large turn-out of members and their friends, upwards of forty being of the party on the first day. The weather was fine, though just a little too blustery; and the excursions, being through some of the freshest and prettiest districts of the two counties, were greatly enjoyed by all. There was too much work crowded into the programme, so that greater haste was necessary than was desirable and profitable, and one or two places of interest – such as the Old Roman Camp at Penrith – had to be passed by; but on the whole it was a very successful meeting. Amongst those who attended were the REV. CANON SIMPSON, D.D., chairman of the Council; COLONEL BRISTOWE, Eusemere; MR. BROWNE, of Tallentire Hall; PROFESSOR HARKNESS, F.R.S., Penrith, the REV. CANON DIXON, Carlisle; MR. C. WILKINSON, Kendal; MR. R. S. FERGUSON, Carlisle, Editor of the ‘Transactions’; MR. HARRISON, Portland Square, Carlisle; the REV. JOSEPH BRUNSKILL, Plumpton; the REV. T. LEES, Wreay; the REV. C. H. GEM, Penrith; MR. W. NANSON, Carlisle; DR. and MRS. TAYLOR, Penrith; MR. MAWSON, Lowther; MR. and MRS. JACKSON, Fleatham House, St. Bees; MR. W. B. ARNISON and MRS. ARNISON, Penrith; MR. and MRS. SCOTT, Workington; MR. W. DICKINSON, Thorney Croft, Workington; MR. C. J. FERGUSON, Carlisle; MR. THOMLINSON, Armathwaite Castle; MR. J. FISHER, Crosthwaite, Keswick; MR. V. STALKER, Penrith; DR. I’ANSON, Whitehaven; the REV. R. BOWER, Armathwaite, &c. THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. The members met at noon, on Wednesday, in the Crown Hotel, Penrith, for the purpose of transacting the business of the Association. DR. SIMPSON presided. In the first place the officers were re-elected - the President, the EARL OF LONSDALE; the Vice-Presidents, with the addition of LORD MULCASTER, M.P., and the HON. W. LOWTHER, M.P.; and the Working Council. The Chairman proposed the re-election of the Editor of the ‘Transactions’, MR. R. S. FERGUSON, to whom he proposed a cordial vote of thanks for the trouble he had taken and the ability he had shown in bringing up the arrears of work. The motion was carried. The accounts for the year showed the following items: Receipts: Balance from last account, £217 10s 6d; subscriptions for the past year, £61 10s; total, £279 0s 6d; balance in hand, £133 9s 7d and the subscriptions due July 1st and the Bank interest were still to be received. The Expenditure: included £114, the cost of publishing the transactions, Part II and III, the editorial expenses being £2 2s. the cheapest item in the sheet, as the Chairman said. MR. JACKSON, summarised the financial situation be remarking that they were £150 to the good, with the incoming subscriptions to be received, and the volumes of the ‘Transactions’ paid for. A principal item in the outlay was for autotypes, which added much to the interest and value of the ‘Transactions’. The Council had agreed to co-operate with the Durham and Northumberland Archaeological Society in sketching and photographing all Angle-Saxon inscribed stones in Cumberland, Westmorland, Durham, Northumberland, and Yorkshire. The meeting confirmed this resolution; and the appointment of CANON KNOWLES, MR. WHITWELL, MR. R. S. FERGUSON, and CANON SIMPSON, as a committee to carry it out, was endorsed. The Council had come to a resolution, “That it is eminently desirable to obtain a complete series of drawings of all the sepulchral slabs, brasses, effigies, and crosses in the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland; and that, with a view to that object, a copy of this resolution be forwarded to each incumbent, requesting him to transmit a return of such monuments as may exist in his church or churchyard, of more ancient date than the year 1700, to the Chairman of the Association. And that, when the same are engraved, six copies of the monuments in or adjoining his church be forwarded to each incumbent.” The meeting approved the resolution, and it was added that the Society would be glad if incumbents would supply any information as to old bells in their churches. A Committee to promote the object in view was appointed, consisting of MR. C. J. FERGUSON, MR. MAWSON, MR. JACKSON, the REV. T. LEES, DR. TAYLOR, DR. SIMPSON, MR. R. S. FERGUSON, CANON KNOWLES, and MR. WHITWELL, M. P. The arrangements for the next meeting were then discussed. It is to be held at Carlisle, and one of the places to be visited is Rose Castle. ...............Part II will follow.................... __________________________________________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.