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vent its recurrence. A respectable Member of the 

 Society, Dr. Merryweather, has promised a series of 

 Essays on Heat ; one of which will be ready in the 

 month of November^ and the rest will follow at 

 different intervals. Other Essays and communica- 

 tions may also be expected. The most active friends 

 of the Society have, indeed, numerous engagements, 

 both public and private, to occupy their time ; yet it 

 is hoped, that they will so exert themselves in the 

 service of science, that such a blank may never again 

 recur in the annals of our Institution. The Council 

 about to be appointed, must take steps for obtaining 

 a regular succession of public meetings ; and when 

 no Essay is brought forward, the meeting may be 

 spent in literary conversation, or in the discussion of 

 some interesting topic belonging to science. By this 

 means, the Members of the Society may contribute 

 to each other's gratification and improvement, a taste 

 for science will be cultivated, and the interests of our 

 Institution materially advanced. 



*^* Since the Annual Meeting, the Council, in 

 order to expedite the improved classification of the 

 Fossils, and other contents of the Museum, and to 

 promote the general interests of the Society, have 

 engaged Mr. M.Simpson, as Keeper of the Museum, 

 and Lecturer to the Institution. 



