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7. '* On the Labours of John Hunter and Cuvier compared" by 



Mr. J. Ingham Ikin — (Read Jan. 21st, 1848.) 



8. " On the Institutions and Spirit of Chivalry, from its Rise to its 



Extinction" — by Wm. St. James Wheelhouse, Esq., Barrister- 

 at-La\v--(Read Feb. 4th, 1848.) 



9. " On the Philosophy and Expression of the Intellectual Emo- 



tions^—by the Rev. Dr. Hamilton— (Read Feb. 18th, 1848.) 



10. Ditto Ditto (Read March 3rd, 1848.) 



11. "On the Recent Improvements in the Electric Telegraph" — by 



Mr. W. S. Ward, Honorary Secretary — (Read March 17th, 

 1848.) 



12. " On Light: its Properties and Nature, and Application to the 



Formation and Phenomena of the Rainbow" — by the Rev. 

 Dr. Holmes, Vice-President — (Read April 7th, 1848.) 



13. " On Reason and Instinct, and their Connexion with the Nervous 



System" — by Dr. Simpson,* of Pontefract — (Read April 28th, 

 1848.) 



During the Session the following Lectures were 

 delivered. The first Course, consisting of Four Lec- 

 tures by Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., " On the Revelations 

 of the Microscope," was illustrated by a series of most 

 exquisite preparations from the animal and vegetable 

 kingdoms, exhibited by the aid of the oxy-hydrogen 

 microscope, which, from the beauty and wonderful 

 structures thus displayed, astonished and delighted the 

 audience ; realizing most truly the assertion, that while 

 " the telescope enables us to see a system in every star, 

 the microscope unfolds to us a world in every atom." 



The second Course, consisting of Three Lectures, 

 was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Wolff, " On the Lives 

 of Tamerlane, Ali, and the Grand Llama of Thibet," in 



