318 PROCEEDINGS OP PROVINCfAL SOCIETIES. 



with the iron in the state of pure carbon : whilst the lime acts as a 

 flux. The slag, or scoriae, which, by its specific gravity, floats on 

 the surface of the liquid metal, is occasionally removed, and employ- 

 ed in repairing the roads. After the furnace is blown out, the low- 

 er part, which is formed of fine brick, is removed for repair, and the 

 semi- vitrified mass, termed by the workmen " the bear" frequently 

 contains portions of titanium. 



In conclusion, the author impressed on his auditors the beneficent 

 design and wise adaptation of the Great Creator, in this singular 

 combination of the iron ore, coal, and lime in the same district ; 

 thus rendering peculiarly applicable the exclamation of the Psalmist, 

 " the earth is full of Thy riches." 



It was announced to the Society that Dr. Wilson, the intelli- 

 gent Curator of Botany, had most liberally acceded to the wishes of 

 several members of the council, to deliver a course of Lectures on 

 Botany and Vegetable Physiology during the present and suc- 

 ceeding months. 



WORCESTERSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



The third anniversary meeting of the Worcestershire Natural 

 History Society was held at the Guildhall, on the 24th of May, 

 John Williams, Esq., i)resident, in the chair. The meeting was 

 most respectably attended, including T. A. Knight, Esq., president 

 of the Horticultural Society ; Dr. Buckland, Professor of Minera- 

 logy and Geology in the University of Oxford; M. Brongniart, 

 Member of the French Institute, and Professor of Mineralogy in 

 the Jardin des Plantes ; Dr. H. Milne Edwards, Professor of Na- 

 tural History to the College of Henry IV., at Paris ; with the 

 Hon. and Rev. J. S. Cocks, the Hon. and Rev. J. Fortescue, and 

 the Rev. E. W. Ingram, Prebendaries of Worcester ; Sir Charles 

 Throckmorton, Bart., Sir Thomas Phillips, Bart., &c., &c. 



The chairman opened the proceedings by stating that it was his 

 first duty to call on the secretary to declare the election of officers. 



Mr. Evans, honorary secretary, then read the minutes of pro- 

 ceedings of the Society, which announced that the Right Rev. the 

 Lord Bishop of Worcester had been elected president for the en- 

 suing year ; Dr. Field, and F. A. Walter, Esq., honorary curators; 

 Mr. Evans re-elected treasurer and honorary secretary ; and that the 

 following gentlemen had been chosen from the body of the subscribers 

 to form, with the proprietors, the council of the society for the follow- 

 ing year : Jabez Allies, Esq., Rev. W. Holden, Walter Jones, Esq., 

 Omwell J. Lloyd, Esq., Edward Morris, Esq., James Nash, M.D., 

 Rev. John Pearson, Henry Sherwood, Esq., J. P. Sheppard^ Esq., 



