6<l Proceedingt of Philosophical Societies. [Jan. 



Article XIV. 



Proceedings of Philosophical Societies. 



KOYAL SOCIETY. 



Nov. 23. — A letter to the President from the Earl of Morton 

 was read, communicating a curious fact in natural history. 



The Earl of Morton had received some years since a male 

 Quagga from the Cape of Good Hope. From this and an Ara- 

 bian blood chestnut mare a female hybrid was produced, which 

 possessed indications both as to colour and form of her mixed 

 breed. In the possession of another person, the same mare 

 was afterwards bred from by an Arabian horse ; the result 

 was singular, as, although it had the general appearance of the 

 Arabian breed, it bore, in several respects, characters which 

 belong to the Quagga, such as stripes and marks on the body, 

 and in the hair of the mane. 



Nov. 30. — ^This being the usual day for the election of officers 

 for the ensuing year, the following noblemen and gentlemen 

 were appointed : 



President. — Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. 

 Treasurer. — Davies Gilbert, Esq. MP. 

 Secretaries. — WiUiam Thomas brande, Esq. 



Taylor Combe, Esq. 

 Council. — Dr. Ash. 



WiUiam Blake, Esq. MA. 

 Earl Brownlow. 

 Bishop of Carlisle. 

 J. G. Children, Esq. 

 Sir G. Clerk, Bart. 

 H. T. Colebrooke, Esq, 

 J. W. Croker, Esq. 

 Charles Hatchett, Esq. 

 J. F. W. Herschell, Esq. 

 Sir Everard Home, Bart. 

 Capt. Henry Kater. 

 J. rlanta, Esq. 

 J. Pond, Esq. 

 Earl Spencer. 

 Dr. W. H.Wollaston. 

 Dr. T. Young, Foreign Secretary. 

 Dec, 7. — Sir Humphry Davy, on taking the chair, in a short 

 address adverted to the objects of the Royal Society : he 

 alluded also to those philosophical associations whose objects 

 were similar, but confined to particular branches of science. 

 The present state of the sciences, and the great share which 

 the Royal Society had in their improvement, were next pointed 



