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wealth has but too often foftered the idea that fuch fubjefte 

 were beneath the notice of independence. The iubftance of 

 thefe lectures will, we underftanu, be publifhed in the jour- 

 nals of the Royal Inftitution. 



We are forry to Mate that the Inftitution has loft, the fu- 

 ture fcrvices of Dr. Garnett, that gentleman having given in 

 his- resignation within thefe few days to the managers. His 

 reafons for withdrawing we have not heard ; we are happy, 

 however, to learn that his medical abilities will ftill be de- 

 voted to the fervice of the public. 



SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OP ARTS, 

 MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE. 



Thisufeful body, to whom the public are indebted for 

 numerous improvements which, molt probably, would never 

 have been introduced but for the emulation it excites among 

 all ranks, and the liberal patronage it affords to every thing 

 calculated to benefit the community, had its annual meeting 

 for the diftribution of premiums and honorary rewards, at the 

 Society's rooms in the Adelphi, on the 26th of May. 



A concife but interefting hiftory of the Society, embracing 

 an account of its origin and progreflive advancement, and 

 ailerting with proper confidence, yet with becoming modefty, 

 the fervices it has rendered to the arts, manufactures, and 

 commerce of the country, was read by Mr. Taylor, the fe- 

 cretary ; after which the names of the fuccefsful candidates, 

 were proclaimed, and the rewards of the Society delivered to 

 them by the hands of the chairman, accompanied with the 

 hearty gratulations of a numerous and highly refpe6lable 

 meeting. 



FRENCH NATIONAL INSTITUTE, 



A commiffion appointed by this bodv has lately been oc- 

 cupied with experiments in galvanifm, on which fubjeel the. 

 following notice was read by C. Cuvier : 



Accident, the parent of almoft all difcoveries, has lately 

 favoured the philosophical world in a manner which will 

 render this epoch very remarkable in the hiftorv of the Sci- 

 ences. Some bits of metal brought into contact ha\e ma- 

 nifeited phenomena which no fagacity could forefee, and 

 have opened to us a field as v.ait as it is fertile in important 

 applications. 



The influence of thefe phenomena becomes more and 

 more extended. Being at iirft confined, according to every 

 appearance, to the animal ccconomy, it ieems now to ael nn 

 important part in ehemiftrv. It rs to the genius of Volta, 



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