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 necessary to make those Laws which have remained 

 unchanged, correspond in expression and spirit with 

 such alterations as have been, from time to time, 

 introduced into the Society *s regulations. 



Since the close of the last Session, two Courses of 

 Lectures have been delivered: the one consisting of 

 four Lectures "On Metereology," by Mr. Espey of 

 Philadelphia ; the other being a Course of seven Lec- 

 tures "On the Structure and Functions of Insects,'* 

 by Mr. H. Goadby, F.L.S. Correspondence has been 

 entered into with several other gentlemen in the hope 

 of procuring their services for a third course; those, 

 however, whom the Council would have wished to 

 have introduced into the Society's Hall, were pre- 

 engaged, and it was thought desirable not to compro- 

 mise the Society by falling back upon any second-rate 

 lecturer. It is a source of satisfaction to announce, 

 that an engagement has been entered into with Pro- 

 fessor Taylor for next Session, during which it is 

 expected he will deliver a Course of six Lectures "On 

 the Vocal Harmony of the different Italian Schools in 

 the Sixteenth Century," to which doubtless many 

 Members, recollecting the popularity of Mr. Taylor's 

 previous Lectures, will look forwards with much 

 pleasure. 



The attendance at the Ordinary Meetings has,' on 

 the whole, not been so good as that of last Session, 

 though the Papers read at these Meetings have pre- 



