P. 13th Sept., 1870. Tyndall, John, LL.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Nat. Philos. Royal Institution, Albemarle street, London. 20th Jan., 1870. Walcott, Rev. Mackenzie E. C., B.D., F.S.A., &c., Præcentor and Prebendary of Chichester, 58, Belgrave road, London, S.W. Presidents since commencement. 1. Right Hon. Francis, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Lord-Lieut. of Lancashire 2. Right Hon. Charles William, 3rd Earl of Sefton, Lord-Lieut. of Lanc. 3. General The Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., D.C.L. 4. Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M.P. 5. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., &c. 6. Rev. Canon Hume, D.C.L., LL.D., &c. 7. THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF CHESTER, D.D. Secretaries since commencement. 1848. Rev. A. Hume, LL.D., &c., and H. C. Pidgeon, Esq. 1854. Rev. A. Hume. LL.D., &c. Thomas G. Wedgwood, Esq. W. W. Rundell, Esq. J. H. Genn, Esq. J. H. Genn, Esq. Charles Dyall, Esq. [Arthur Wakefield, Esq.] TRANSACTIONS. ROMAN RIBCHESTER. By W. T. Watkin, Esq. [READ NOVEMBER 15TH, 1877.] [NOTE.-Fig. 1 in the accompanying plate shews the profile of the helmet described at p. 9. Fig. 2 is the back of the same. Fig. 3 is the colander (p. 10), and Fig. 4 the bust of Minerva (p. 10) attached to a disc, found on the same occasion.] HAVING, about two years ago, laid before the Society a paper upon "Roman Lancaster," it seems fit that it should be supplemented by an account of the other large Roman station in the north of the county, i.e., Ribchester. At both of these places, the excavations proposed to be made are merely delayed, in spite of great promises of support,—for the passing of Sir John Lubbock's bill for the preservation of ancient monuments. This has been a wish generally expressed in high quarters, and to which I have yielded; feeling sure that the delay will be productive of good to the cause I have so much at heart. Ribchester, situated on the river Ribble, from which its modern name is derived, is about six miles N.N.W. from Blackburn. Though now only a small village, it was, during the Roman period, a great fortress and town; and the large foundations still existing under ground, with the great number of antiquities previously discovered, (such as gems, rings, coins, inscribed altars and other stones,) all point out its importance in the Roman period. It appears, like Lancaster, to have been a cavalry station, and was for a long time garrisoned by a regiment of Polish lancers, named the Ala B |