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Robson. Secretary — S. M. Webster. Curator — J. P. Lane, Surgeon. Libra- 

 rian — Peter Rylands, Esq. 



Corresponding Members — H. C. Watson, Esq., F.L.S., Editor of the Phreno- 

 logical Journal, Thames Ditton ; Neville Wood, Esq., Editor of The Naturalist, 

 and of The Analyst, Campsall Hall, near Doncaster; D. Noble, M.R.C.S., 

 President of the Manchester Phrenological Society ; William Weir, M.D., 

 Glasgow. 



Rules. 



1. That this Society be called the Warrington Phrenological Society; 2. That 

 it shall consist of resident and corresponding members. All members to be 

 elected by ballot ; 3. That the subscription — to be paid by resident members 

 only — shall be 10s. annually, in advance. A donation of £5 to constitute a life 

 member; 4. That the officers shall consist of a president, vice-presidents, trea- 

 surer, corresponding secretary, secretary, curator, and librarian; who shall be 

 elected annually the first Thursday in October ; 5. That the meetings shall be 

 held each Thursday fortnight. The chair to be taken at seven o'clock precisely. 



The library has already been commenced, and several casts, busts, &c, have 

 been obtained. A complete set of busts, &c. &c. (in all 95 pieces), has also been 

 ordered. The number of resident members amounts to twenty-four, with an 

 immediate prospect of addition. Papers have been read by Dr. Davies, Peter 

 Rylands, Esq., and Messrs. Grierson, Lane, and Robson. The Society pros- 

 pers far better than the founders expected, and there is every probability of its 

 firm establishment. This is the more remarkable as Warrington is an illiterate 

 unscientific place. There is not another scientific Society in the town, and two 

 or three which have been attempted to be established, have failed after a brief 

 existence. A few years ago a Literary and a Botanical Society existed, but both 

 h°ve long been defunct. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE FOREIGN PERIODICALS. 



ZOOLOGY. 



1. Hereditary Tendency of certain Faculites in Animals; by Thomas 

 Andrew Knight, Esq. — In support of the princi ole which he maintains with 

 regard to Bees — viz. that the innate desire of act omplishing certain actions is 

 transmitted, independently of education, from parent to offspring — the author cites 

 many facts which he has observed during experiit ?nts commenced sixty years 

 ago, and continued up to the present time, 



