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emigration seldom remain long undisposed of, 

 new shares still continue to be purchased. In 

 the course of the year, Aaron Chapman, Esq., 

 has become a Life Governor, by a Subscription 

 of Ten Guineas ; and other new Subscribers are 

 to be announced at the present Meeting. 



The Council are sorry to state, that in this 

 year, as in the last, very little has been done in 

 ^he way of reading Essays. Only one instance 

 of the kind falls to be recorded. On the 21st 

 of June, Mr. Meiiryvveather read an Essay 

 on a method of producing a strong and uniform 

 heat, for an indefinite period, by means of a 

 Platina Lamp, invented by himself; and exhi- 

 hited a powerful Lamp of this description, with 

 fifteen burners, which might be kept burning at 

 a uniform temperature for many weeks, or 

 months, or even for years. The exhibition of this 

 ingenious contrivance, which may lead to most 

 important discoveries in chemical science, af- 

 forded no small gratification to a respectable 

 company of ladies and gentlemen. We con- 

 gratulate the Society, on the accession of Mr 

 Merryweatheu to the number of literary and 

 scientific characters belonging to Whitby ; and 

 we are happy to notice a similar accession, in 

 the case of Mr. Robinson, late of London, who 

 jias recently taken up his abode amongst us ; an4 

 who, having furnished us with so many valuable 



