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On this occasion, after a short discussion, the
following Resolutions were adopted :—
1. That a Society be formed, to be called
"The Kent Archaeological Society."
2. That the Marquess CAMDEN, K.G., be
President thereof.
3. That Members of either House of
Parliament shall, on becoming Members of the Society, be placed on
the list of Vice-Presidents.
4. That the Rules of the Sussex Society,
having been already tested by experience, be adopted by this
Society.
5. That a Committee be formed, with
instructions to apply to all those who are supposed to be
favourable to the objects of this Meeting, to invite them to
become "original Members " without the Ballot.
6. That the said Committee consist of the
Viscount FALMOUTH, Sir EDWARD DERING, Bart., M.P., Sir BROOK
BRIDGES, Bart., M.P., CHARLES WYKEHAM MARTIN, Esq., M.P., JAMES
WHATMAN, Esq., M.P., EDWARD Foss, Esq., and the Rev. BEALE POSTE,
with power to add to their number. The President and Honorary
Secretary of the Society to be ex officio Members of this
Committee.
7. That the said Committee be instructed
to consider and report to a General Meeting any alterations in the
Rules which may appear to be necessary for the success of the
Society.
8. That the said General Meeting be
summoned as soon as the Committee are prepared with their Report;
and that the Rules be then submitted for final approval.
9. That the Rev. LAMBERT B. LARKING be
Honorary Secretary.
The thanks of the Party were subsequently most
cordially tendered to Viscount FALMOUTH, for his kindness in
allowing them to meet at Mereworth Castle to originate the
Society, and for, his able and impartial presidency at this their
first effort to organize an Archaeological Society for the county
of Kent.
It will be needless to insert here the Rules of the
Sussex Society, which were provisionally adopted at this Meeting.
They will be found in the form in which they were finally accepted
by the Inaugural Meeting, as recorded
at page xiii.
The Resolutions adopted at the Mereworth Meeting
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