ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC. BRITISH ASSOC. 445 
_ (307.) The Entomological Society, we would fain 
hope, is too young to have imbibed any thing but 
zeal and energy in the prosecution of a fascinating 
science; nor can we foresee but one result, if its 
proceedings are governed by the general wishes of 
its members. It has but scanty funds—let them 
be husbanded well ; we hope that associates will be 
admitted, taken from among the poorer brethren 
of the net; and that the influential members will 
inculcate a taste for sound philosophic induction, 
rather than for speculative theories and technical 
descriptions. 
(308.) To the British Association for the advance- 
ment of science might be suggested a few hints. 
The plan of forming sections or committees upon 
the different branches of physical science is ad- 
mirable, and might be rendered doubly advantageous, 
were it one of the duties imposed upon the chair- 
man or secretary of each, to draw up a short but 
comprehensive report on the progress which their 
own particular science has made during the past 
year ; including, if possible, abstracts of the most 
important discoveries, and short biographical notices 
of our zoologists, has been taken from us in the prime of life, 
leaving a widow and four children totally unprovided for. 
Had the relict of this distinguished man been old, there are 
public charities for the widows of the clergy, which might 
have protected her: but because she is young, she is excluded 
from their influence. Can she find no friend among the high 
and titled members of this society, who will advocate her cause 
in the proper quarter? Or is there no one, in this country, 
to befriend “the widow and the fatherless ” of an accomplished 
savant ? 
