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sanctuary for the oppressed to fly to ; and liavinge the virtue of 

 Orpheus' harpe, shee charmeth the fierceness of the lyon and 

 the tiger, soe as the poore lambe may lie in safety by them." 



Second Meeting — October 29, 1849. 

 J. B. YATES, Esq., in the Chair. 



The President intimated that the Council had fixed that 

 the next meeting of the Society should be held on the 7th of 

 November, and that ladies and gentlemen should be admitted 

 by tickets. 



Resignations were received from the Rev. Dr. Booth and 

 Mr. John Aikin. 



Mr. Albert J. Mott and Mr. E. Estill were balloted for, 

 and duly elected members of the Society. 



The Proceedings of the Cornwall Uoyal Institution were 

 received. 



Mr. Sansom exhibited a specimen of the Heracleum sphon- 

 dyUvm (common cow-parsnep), from Ullswater, gathered on 

 the 3rd of September, which showed various modifications of 

 the normal form tending to the production of leaves. 



Mr. James Harvey then read a paper, entitled An 

 attempt to discover a principle or modus operand^ in Monetary 

 Science, 



