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Messrs. Barrett, Winwood, and others, took part in a discussion as 
to the very important question of the deposition of metals in 
mineral veins. The general view maintained was that a very 
great proportion of these mineral deposits was derived from the 
waters of the Ocean, but whether their localization in certain 
fissures and veins was due to electritity or not was still involved 
in much obscurity, though the lecturer certainly inclined to the 
latter view that electricity was the main agent. The absence of 
Mr. Charles Moore through indisposition was much regretted, as 
he was known to have lately strongly upheld the Wernerian view 
that the fissures in our neighbouring Carboniferous Limestones 
have been mineralized by Oceanic waters. 
On Dec. 17th, a very encouraging gathering of Members, 
Ladies, and Visitors, took place attracted principally by the 
prospect of hearing Mr. Chas. Moore give his reminiscences of 
the Natural History and Geology of Mentone. The first portion 
of the Evening was given to Mr. Emmanuel Green, who read a 
paper on ‘Some Excommunications and Public Penances in 
Somerset,’ at the time of Archbishop Laud’s endeavour in 1633 
to revive the judicial independence of the Bishops. 
A vote of thanks was proposed by Colonel Taylor for Mr. 
Green’s clear account of a troublous period; and the Rev. De 
Courcy Meade in seconding the same inaugurated a discussion 
upon some of the points alluded to in the paper, such as the 
position of the minister at the Communion Table, a subject which 
has lately given rise to some correspondence in the journals and 
elsewhere. The paper will be printed in the next number of the 
Proceedings. 
Mr. Charles Moore occupied the remaining portion of the 
evening with an account of his recent visit made last winter to 
Mentone in search of health. 
He introduced his subject with an allusion to the way in which rail- 
ways annihilate distance, and the delightful change from mid-winter to 
