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with more extensive collections in what was of much greater importance 



its fitness for communicating knowledge to the student. They were much 

 indebted to the personal labour of two gentlemen, for the clear manner in 

 which the minerals had been arranged, and the beautiful manner in which 

 they were named. He alluded to Mr J. G. Brown, one of the trustees, 

 and Mr Young, the very respectable teacher of writing, connected with the 

 institution. The geological collection was, perhaps, the most valuable part 

 of what belonged to Professor Anderson. Mr Eddington had added to it 

 an interesting series of rocks, formed at Freiburg, under the inspection of 

 Werner himself ; and he (the Chairman) had also contributed a collection 

 of organic remains, illustrative of the secondary and tertiary formations, 

 which he hoped to render less unworthy of their acceptance by an addition 

 of fossil shells ; and when he remembered the interesting geological locality 

 on which Glasgow is placed, he could not help expressing a hope, that in 

 this most interesting department of natural history, their collection would 

 not be inferior to any other provincial museum. Their zoological collec- 

 tions were yet in their infancy, with the exception of the well-known and 

 valuable ornithological collection of Mr Joseph Sabine, which they had 

 purchased entire. The same might be said of anatomy and comparative 

 anatomy ; but from the zeal with which the medical professors entered on 

 these departments, he had no doubt that they also would make rapid progress. 

 They had been deeply indebted to the interest the public had taken in the 

 museum, for numerous donations of coins, medals, South Sea and other 

 curiosities. It would have been a gratifying task to have enumerated the 

 donors, but it was still more gratifying that the length of the list precluded 

 the enumeration ; he, however, could not help alluding to two ladies of 

 distinguished rank in society — the wife and daughter of Admiral Harvey — 

 who had taken such an interest in the success of the museum, that they had 

 formed, and arranged, and presented to them a beautiful collection of fossils 

 from the chalk formation in Kent, as well as of shells and insects. He was 

 conscious that he might have given an exaggerated view of what had been 

 done, by mixing up anticipations with performance ; but if they had laid the 

 foundation upon safe principles, they had no doubt that the superstruc- 

 ture would exceed the most sanguine anticipations. When they remembered 

 the peculiar advantages which Glasgow possessed — when they remembered 

 that her commerce sent forth to every quarter of the globe her enterprizing 

 and intelligent sons — he could not doubt that they would feel an honest 

 pride in contributing their part to increase the scientific reputation of their 

 native city, and that they would feel an honest pride in having their names 

 inscribed in the temple of science which their townsmen had erected.,— 

 '^(^ Great applause. ) 



The Chairman next proposed " The Lord Provost and Magistrates of 

 •Glasgow." The Lord Provost, but for indisposition, would have graced 

 their assemblage with his presence to-night. 



Mr Fergusson, senior magistrate, returned thanks ; and theChairnoan, in 

 * a forcible and neat speech, proposed the " University of Glasgow, and 

 Professor Mylne." 



This toast was received with unbounded applause ; and on the venerable 

 Professor rising to return thanks, he was almost overwhelmed with the warm 

 gratulations of the company. He thanked them all for the honour done the 

 University and himself; expressed the greatest interest in the success of 

 the rival Institution ; and sat down after proposing the health of the Chair- 

 fflan, " James Smith, Esq. of Jordanhill." 



The acclamations that followed this toast were of the most enthusiastic 

 kind ; — but we really must here depart from particulars, and merely state 

 in general, that the great variety of other toasts which followed, were all 

 highly appropriate to the occasion, and, as such, were in a like spirit received 

 and responded to by the company. — Glasgow Free J'ress. 

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