strangers of condition, wait upon the Doge’s gally, all the way long both coming and going. At last the Doge, being arrived at the appointed place, throws a Ring into the sea, without any other ceremony than by saying, _Desponsamus te, Mare; in signum perpetui dominii_. _We espouse thee, O Sea, in Testimony of our perpetual dominion over thee_; and so returns to the Church of St. Nicolas, in Lio (an Island hard by), where he assists at High Mass with the Senate. This done, he returns home again in the same state, and invites those that accompanied him in his gally to dinner in his Pallace, the preparations of which dinner we saw before the Doge was got home.’ * * * * * By the kindness of Mr. Octavius Morgan, F.R.S., Vice-President of the Antiquarian Society, &c., I am enabled to reproduce in the present work a privately-printed tract by that eminent antiquarian, which will be found of great utility to ring-collectors generally. CLASSIFICATION FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF A COLLECTION OF FINGER-RINGS. The Rings are divided into Two Grand Chronological Classes. Class I. ANTIQUE, comprising all European Rings prior to the year A.D. 800, when the Empire of Charlemagne was established in Europe, and England was united under one Sceptre, and all Oriental Rings prior to the Hedjira, A.D. 622, or prior to the Mussulman Conquest of the various countries. Class II. MEDIEVAL AND MODERN, comprising all Rings subsequent to those dates. Each Ring in the Collection should have a small label or ticket, of card or parchment, attached to it, bearing on one side the special letters belonging to the group, and on the other its number in the group; thus any Ring removed from the Collection, when once so arranged, can be easily restored to its proper group and place. The letters O and Y (Nos. 15 and 25) are left vacant in case any collector should desire to make or add any other group. CLASS I.--ANTIQUE. Arranged according to the various nations in the order of their antiquity or pre-eminence. 1 A Egyptian. 2 B Assyrian. 3 C Babylonian. 4 D Phœnician. 5 E Hebrew. 6 F Greek. 7 G Etruscan. 8 H Roman. 9 I Early Christian. 10 J Byzantine. 11 K Hindoo. 12 L Persian. 13 M Sassanian. 14 N Gnostic. 15 O 16 P Celtic. 17 Q Scandinavian. 18 R Teutonic. 19 S Gaulish. 20 T Frankish (_Merovingian_). 21 U Ancient British. 22 V Ancient Scotch. 23 W Ancient Irish. 24 X Anglo-Saxon (_Early_). 25 Y 26 Z Unascertained and Miscellaneous. CLASS II.--MEDIEVAL AND MODERN. DIVIDED INTO OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL. _OFFICIAL._ ECCLESIASTICAL. 27 =A= Rings of Popes, or with Papal insignia. 28 =B= Rings of Cardinals, or with Cardinals’ insignia. 29 =C= Rings of Archbishops or Bishops, or with Episcopal insignia. 30 =D= Rings of Abbots and Priors, or Abbesses or Prioresses. 31 =E= Rings of other Ecclesiastical Dignitaries. CIVIL.