104 General Monthly Meeting. [May 7, 



that the Government had lately organized the means of examining 

 the merits of every suggested improvement, and that the appointed 

 parties were now actively engaged in the investigation. At present 

 there appear two improvements in the art of war, in which chemical 

 science may be of service : the one in making shells, which shall 

 burst upon striking — about which there is no chemical difficulty ; 

 the other in charging shells with substances that will give forth 

 quantities of poisonous gas ; a subject which has lately attracted 

 much attention. It is to be hoped, that not only mechanical, but 

 also chemical science, will soon furnish us with improvements on 

 the present means of carrying on the war in which we are now 

 engaged. 



[J. H. G.] 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, May 7. 



The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. F.R.S. President, 

 in the Chair. 



George Ade, Esq., and 

 William Stuart, Esq. 



were duly elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



Andrew Whyte Barclay, M.D. 

 was admitted a Member of the Royal Institution. 



The following Professors were unanimously re-elected : — 



William Thomas Brande, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S. L. & E , as 



Honorary Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution. 



John Tyndall, Esq. Ph.D. F.R.S., as Professor of Natural 

 Philosophy in the Royal Institution. 



The following Presents were announced, and the thanks of the 

 Members returned for the same : — 



From 

 Allies, Thomas W. Esq. 31. A. M.R.I, {the Author)— St. Peter, his Name, and 



his Office, as set forth in the Holy Scriptures. 8vo. 1852. 

 Journal in France, in 1845 and 1848; with Letters from Italy, in 1847. 



12mo. 1849. 

 The Royal Supremacy, viewed in reference to the two Spiritual Powers of 



Order and Jurisdiction. 8vo. 1850. 



