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the navy should not he allowed to acquire all the credit in investigating 

 this suhject. By a little effort to co-operate with Mr. Hartnup and 

 myself, this Society have the means, by their influence, to acquire data 

 that will at once settle the question which has hitherto undergone so 

 much discussion. It is only fof the owners of iron steamers to require 

 a return of certain observations made at the Cape, or at Australia, and 

 at once the fact, as far as that vessel is concerned, is determined. Till 

 then, let our constant advice be caution. Let no opportunity be lost 

 in determining how much the compass is in error ; and, unless such an 

 opportunity has recently occurred, let no iron steamer hug a headland 

 so close as, by reckoning, the unfortunate Birkenhead did Cape Danger, 

 lest she, unfortunately, should share the same fate. 



TENTH MEETING. 



Royal Institution. — ^April 4, 1853. 



J. B. YATES, Esq., F.S.A., &c., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. John Henry Cauty, Mr. Morris Charles Jones, and Mr. 

 F. P. Marrat, were elected Ordinary Members. 



The Secretary read the copy of an invitation to the British Associ- 

 ation to hold its meeting for 1854 in Liverpool. The letter was signed 

 by the President and Secretary of the following societies, viz : — Literary 

 and Philosophical Society, Royal Institution, Medical Institution, 

 Liverpool Academy, Polytechnic Society, Architectural and Archaeolo- 

 gical Society, Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, and 

 Chemists' Association. 



The Secretary stated that His Worship the Mayor would invite the 

 British Association on behalf of the town. 



Mr. W. Nisbet exhibited a series of fifteen portraits of Roscoe, from 

 the collection of the late Mr. Thos. Binns. This collection of prints and 



