4296 General Monthly Meeting. [March 3, 



Institution precisely in the circumstance where we should have been most anxious 

 to do so. 



** I beg you, Sir, to convey to the President the expression of these regrets, and 

 I remain, 



" Very truly yours, 

 " LOUIS- PHILIPPE D'ORLEANS, 

 " CoMTE DE Paris." 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same : viz. 

 From 



Asiatic Society of Bengal — Journal, IJo. 283. 8vo. 1861. 



Astronomical Society, Royal — Monthly Notices, Jan. 1862. 8vo. 



Barclay, Mr. G. {the Author) — Monograms : D. 8vo. 1862. 



Basel, Naturforschender Gesellschaft — Verhandlungen : Theil III. Heft 1, 2. 



8vo. 1861. 

 Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society— Journal, No. 21. Svo. 1862. 

 Chemical Society — Quarterly Journal, Nos. 57, 58. 8vo. 1862. 

 Civil Engineers' Institution — Proceedings, February, 1862. Svo. 

 Be la Rue, Warren, Esq, Ph.D. F.R.S. M.R.I, (the Author) —Engr&y'mg of the 

 Great Comet of 1861, as seen by a Newtonian Equatorial of 13 inches, aper- 

 ture, July 3, 1861. 

 D'Orsey, Rev. A. J. B.D. {the Author)— 'Practical Grammar of Portuguese and 



English. 16to. 1860. 

 Dublin Society, Royal — Journal, Nos. 20-23. Svo. 1861. 

 Editors — American Journal of Science, by B. Silliman, &c., for Jan. 1862. Svo. 

 Artizan for Feb. 1862. 4to. 

 Athenseum for Feb. 1862. 4to. 

 Chemical News for Feb. 1862. 4to. 

 Engineer for Feb. 1862. fol. 

 Horological Journal, No. 42. Svo. 1862, 

 Journal of Gas-Lighting for Feb. 1862. 4to. 

 Mechanics' Magazine for Feb. 1862. Svo. 

 Medical Circular for Feb. 1862. Svo. 

 Practical Mechanic^' Journal for Feb. 1 862. 4to. 

 Technologist for Feb. 1862. Svo. 

 Fergusson, James, Esq. (the Author) — Notes on the Site of the Holy Sepulchre at 



Jerusalem. (K 88) Svo. 1861. 

 Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania — Journal, Vol. XLIV. No. 1. Svo. 1862. 

 Geological Society — Quarterly Journal, No. 69. Svo. 1862. 

 Horticultural Society, Royal — Proceedings, 1862. No. 2. 

 Hungarian Academy of Sciences — Transactions, Proceedings, and Reports (in 



Hungarian). 4to. and Svo. 23 vols. 1833-61. 

 Mackie, S. J. Esq. F.G.S. {the Editor)— The Geologist for Feb. 1862. Svo. 

 Mailly, E. (the Author) — Essai sur les Institutions Scientifiques de la Grande- 



Bretagne et de I'Irlande. IL l6to. (0 13) 1862. 

 Mitchell, George, Esq. {the Author) — Letters to Earl Russell, respecting the late 



Events at Warsaw. (K 88) Svo. 1862. 

 Newton, Messrs. — London Journal, (New Series), for Feb. 1861. Svo. 

 Pratt, Henry F. A. M.D. (the Author)— The Genealogy of Creation, newly trans- 

 lated from the Unpointed Hebrew Text of the Book of Genesis. Svo. 1861. 

 Petermann, A. Esq. (the Editor) — Mittheilungen aus dem Gesammtgebiete der 



Geographic. 1862. No. 1. 4to. 

 Photographic Society — Journal, No. 118. Svo. 1861. 

 Swanwick, Miss Anna, M.R.I, (the Translator) — Selections from the Dramas of 



Goethe and Schiller. Svo. 1843. 

 United Sermce Institution, Royal — Journal, No. 19. Svo. 1861. 

 Vereins zur Beforderung des Gewerhfleisses in Preussen — Verhandlungen, Sept. imd 



Oct. 4to. 1861. 

 Beavan, Hugh J. C. Esq. (Annual Subscriber)— Siyanish Bandarilla, Knife, and Cap, 

 and Minerals and Fossils, from Funchal, Madeira, and other places. 



