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TPrtiary strata of the lsie of 'Vight. Recently, howev-er, r were formed on an oil tab!e-land, whose snrfac" slnpt"d tot ht5 l'rofcssor Judd has- put forth a new arrangement of the north: at that time the Isle of Wight was not separated frn1u beds, which is well worthy of careful con~1deration ; the the mainl.\nd, and the Solent was a river- flowing into th,.. Barton Clay he dasses as Upper Eocene; all the strata s~a, somewhere near Spithead, and of which the Test, the between the Barton Clay and the top of the Hempstea1 Medina, &c., were tributaries: the high-level gravels were Beds he plares in the Oligocene FormatioTt,and divides them deposited in the estn'lry of this river, and the land has into (1) Headon Group (including the Upper Bagshot sinre undergone a considerable elevation. Mr. S. V. 1\'ood Sands); (2) Brockenhurst Series; (3) Series; believes that these gravels date back to the early part of and, (4) Hempstead Series. The term Oligocene was in- the Glacial Period, and mark a submergence of the land troduced by professor Beyrich in 1854, as a name for certain whtch then occurred. deposits on the Continent, which lay between the Eocene Of later d:1te are the brick-earths and marls at Totlamls and l\1iocene Formations, and were not closely related to Bay, Wotton Creek, Brook Chine, and the Foreland. In either. Professor Judd clearly shows that there are three beds of sand and peat at Brook and also near Bembridge deposits containing the remains of marine animals (viz. the Point trunks of trees and hazel-nuts have been found: Barton Clay, Brockenhurst Series, and Hempstead Series), the latter are called "Noah's nuts" by the natives: in the while the intervening Hcadon Group and Bembridge Group gravels at Freshwater Gate teeth of the Mammoth (an are of estuarine origin. extinct species of elephant), have been found. THE DRIFr.-Of the boulder clay of the Northern and PREHISTORIC MA.N.-But few traces of those early dwellers Midland Counties we find no trace in the Isle of Wight, in our islands who were unacquainted with the use of metals neither ar'l there any signs of the passage of glaciers over have occurred in the Isle of Wight; in a bed of brick-earth its rocks. The gravels, however, which cap the hills on the at the Foreland, about 8o feet above the sea, Mr. Codrington northern side of the Island, are certainly of high antiquity : found an ovate paltBolithie- flint implement, about 4 inches they occur on Headon Hill (390 feet above the sea) Hemp- loag by 3 in width: of the later, or Neolithic Stone Age, iltead .Cliff (200 feet), &e. Mr. Oodrington has shown that there is a polished flint celt or axe-head, five inches long, in these high-level gravels were once connected, and that they the British Museum, labelled " from the Isle of Wight."

GOVERNOR AND CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE ISLAND. H.R.H. PRINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG.

DEPUTY STEWARD AND SHERIFF-Thomas B. H. Cochrane, Esq. Quarr Abbey house, , Isle of Wight.

MAGISTRATES OF THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON (ISLE OF WIGHT DIVISION·)

Marked thus • are alw Deputy Lieutenants, Calthorpe Lieut.-Gen. The Hon. Somerset John Gough, Grant Richard Tassell Anthony esq. Staffa, Woodlands vale, Ryde, chairman Grose-Smith Henley esq. The Priory, Nettlestone, Ryde *Atherley Arthur Harry Howa.rd esq. Land.gua.rd man()r, Hamilton Major John Fane Charles, Spenoor lodge, R)de *Hamond-Grreme Sir Graham Eden William Grreeme bart *Baillie Colonel George Clement R.E. Buena vista, San­ Michell Henry esq. Undermount, Bonchurch, down R.S.O Nicholson William Smith esq. M.A. Ea.stmore, Ya.r- Baring God.frey esq. Nubia house, Cowes mouth R.S.O Browne CQI. Henry George V.C. Pitt Place house, Motti­ Oglander Jn.Hy.esq. LL.B.,F .S.A. Nunwell, R.S.O stone, Newport & Monteagle, Shanklin R.S.O *Pelham The Hon. Evelyn Cornwallis Anderson-, The Cot- Carter Edward esq. Puckpool house, Ryde & Newchurch, tage, St. Lawrence, Ventnor R.S.O Seely Charles Hilton esq. M.P. Brook house, Newporb *Oochrane Thos. Belhaven Hy. esq. Quarr Abbey ho. Ryde *Shedden George e.sq. B.A. Somerville, St. John's pk.Ryde Colville of Culross Right Hon. Lord P.C., K.T. Culross *Simeon Sir John Stephen Barrington bart. M.P. SW1lin- lodge, Cowes ; & 42 Eaton place, London S W ston, Newport; & 19 Wilton crescent, London SW Coster Guillanme Fredenc esq. Upper Chine h{). Shanklin Termyson Lord, Farringford house, Freshwater Stn. R.S.O Cradock Lieub.-Col. Edwa.rd William, The Castle, Ryde Upward Edward Jackson esq. St. Aubin's, Sandown R.S.O *Cr~ier Lieut.-Col. Richard Pearson, Westhill, Norton, Vereker Hon. John Gage Prendergast, East U>wes castle, Yarmouth R.S.O Dabbs George Henry Roque M. D. Highfields, Shanklin Ward Edmund Granville esq. Weston manor, Freshwater *De Horsey Admiral Algernon Frederick Rous, Melcombe Station R.S.O house, Cowes Whitehead John Livesey M.D. Belgrave house, Ventnor *Glynn William Anthony esq. Seagrove, Sea View, Ryde •

Clerk to Justices, John Fardell, 20 Holyrood street, Newport &Market street, Ryde, I. W. Petty Sessions are held every Saturday at n.3o a. m. at the Guildhall, High street, Newport & at Ryde on the first and third Tuesday in each month.

NON-RESIDENT.

Mitc:;hell James William, Ballynure, Grange Con, eo. Ommanney Admiral Sir Erasmus O.B., F.R.S. 29 Co~ Wicklow naught square, London Lowther Rear-Admiral Marcns, St. Leonards

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY POLICE.

The force consists of a chief constable, deputy chief constable, 3 inspectors, 7 sergeants, !l acting sergean1a & 40 constables. Cb.lef Office, Police station, Kingsfield, Newport Chief Clerk & Deputy Chief Constable, Ernest Cecil Chief Constable, T. 0. Hastings Lees Gurney Superintendent, Frank Hale Inspector, Harry Coleman