560 Bristol Meeting of the British Association. 



Scott, Lord Byron, and Thurtell, the Murderer of Mr. 

 Weare, with a Phrenological Analysis of their Characters." 



5th. Delivered by Dr. Thomas Henry Purdon, " on some 

 Proofs of Design observable in the Animal Kingdom." 



6th. Read by Mr. James Bryce, jun., A.M., "on the 

 Mineral Resources of the North of Ireland." 



7th. By Dr. Andrews, "on the Constitution of Electro- 

 Magnets," illustrated by experiments. 



The aggregate number of members and visiters present 

 on the several public nights exceeded, this year, one thousand 

 persons. 



The regular meetings, which are distinguished from the 

 preceding by the name of " private nights," have been con- 

 tinued without interruption. At these, 16 papers have been 

 read, and between 400 and 500 members and visiters have 

 attended. Of these papers, 5 were on various branches of 

 zoology, 2 on botany, 3 on geology, 3 on natural history, 

 1 on physiology, 1 on general statistics, and 1 on the topo- 

 graphy of Ireland. Some of these papers have since been 

 published in the scientific periodicals of the day. 



During the last session, the council has caused one of the 

 rooms on the first floor of the building to be fitted with cases 

 for the reception of part of the collection. This, it is intended, 

 after some time, to devote to Irish specimens. Meanwhile, 

 it contains the collection of Irish antiquities, of which the very 

 valuable donation from James Gibson, Esq., of this town, 

 formed the commencement. 



The present income derived from subscriptions of members 

 may be stated, 90/. ; the amount received for admission of 

 visiters to museum, 20/.; making a total of 110/. This 

 leaves, after payment of rent and other regular charges, a 

 surplus of 25/., applicable to the purchase of cases, the 

 preparation of specimens, and to the general purposes of the 

 Society. 



Sixth Meeting of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science^ held at Bristol^ Aug. 22. 1836. — The pro- 

 ceedings at the late meeting of the British Association at 

 Bristol are so exceedingly voluminous, and the public have 

 access to them through so many channels, that we do not 

 propose their introduction in this Magazine. We may, per- 

 haps, notice some of the subjects which relate to zoology and 

 geology. — Ed. 



