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Mr. J. J. Moss exhibited three antique watches of the fifteenth and 

 sixteenth centuries, purchased at the sale of the effects of the Duchess 

 of Saxe Coburg Gotha, in May last. 



Mr. Heath exhibited a seed vessel of the una delgato, (cats claws,) 

 a plant belonging to the natural order Legurainosae, from Lima ; also a 

 head of maize, in a high state of preservation, from a Peruvian grave, 

 three hundred years old. 



Mr. John James Moss read an account of an explosion in a granite 

 quarry at the Furnace, Loch Fine. The paper, which was illustrated by 

 a diagram of the ground plan of the quarry, showing the position of the 

 shaft, &c., entered fully into the principles of the explosion. 



Mr. TowsoN remarked that the effects were most terrific where 

 powder exploded in slightly confined places, such as buildings or ships ; 



Hall, at which the Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton, Lord Lieutenant of the Coantr, presided, 

 and which was attended by upwards of twelve hundred ladies and gentlemen. An addre&s 

 was delivered by William Ruthbune, Esq., detailing personal reminiscences of Roscoe ; 

 after which the Rev. Dr. Hume delivered an address on his genius and writings. These 

 were responded to by William Caldwell Roscoe, Esq., grandson of the historian. Other 

 addresses were delivered by Samuel Holme, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, the Lord Bishop 

 of Chester, James Crossley, Esq., President of the Chelham Society, J. S. Mansfield, 

 Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, and the Rev. Dr. Raffles. — At two o'clock, the Mayor, 

 together with the Aldermen, and Town Councillors proceeded from th'i Town Hall to the 

 public opening of the Museum of Natural History, presented to the town by the Right Hon. 

 the Earl of Dehby. The inaugural address was delivered by His Worship the Mayor, 

 which was responded to by the Rev. Rector Campbell, on behalf of the Derby Trustees, and 

 by J. A. Picton, Esq., F. S. A., «&c., on behalf of the Committee of the Town Council; 

 and after an address from the Lord Bishop of Chester, the meeting separated. — At 

 hulf-past three, a re-union of the personal friends of Roscoe took place in the Theatre of the 

 Royal Institution, where addresses were delivered by Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., F.S.A., 

 &c., and the Rev. T. Raffles, D.D., LL.D. Throughout the day, the Museum of the 

 Royal Institution, together with the gallery of Art, were opened to the Public, as was 

 also Mr. Mayer's Egyptian Museum in Colquitt-street. The celebration was brought to a 

 most gratifying termination by a soiree given by His Worship the Mayor, when the 

 magnificent suite of apartments in the Town Hall were thrown open. The en^rtain* 

 mtints embraced a short vocal and instrumental concert, and were varied by the introduu. 

 tion of the following subjects of interest— illustrated books, preside<l over by Mr. Picton, 

 and Mr. Fernihough ; miscellaneous Zoology, and Botany, Dr. Dickinson, and Mr. T. C. 

 Archer; Local Antiquities, Dr. Hume, and Mr. Mayer; Rare Manuscripts, and Booka 

 of Art, Joesph B. Yates, Esq.; Original Letters of Roscoe, and Articles of Vertn, Mr. 

 James Boardman ; Architectural Models, and Stereoscopes, Mr. H. P. Homer, aod Mr. 

 Newlands ; Microscopes, Dr. Inman, Dr. J. B. Edwards, and Messrs. Byerley,and Canty. — 

 During the Breakfast at the Philharmonic Hall, elegantly printed copies of the following 

 works were most generously presented to those assembled, viz. : — Washington Irving's Sketch 

 of Roscoe, by Messrs. Harris and Co. ; Dr. Trail's Memoir of Roscoe, bj Messrs. George 

 Smith, Watts, St. Co.; Roscoe, and the Influence of his Writings oo the Fine Arts, by 

 Joseph Mayer, F. S. A. 



For detailed proceedings, see " The Liverpool Tribute to Ro$eoe," by Mr. Baines, of 

 the Liverpool Times Office, Castle-street— Ed. 



