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Fehntary 2?wi.— Soiree. The following is a Synopsis of Proceedings :— 



7 p.m. Keception in Old Bird Room by the President and Mrs. Newton. 

 7.30 p.m. in the Upper Lecture Room, Exhibition of Fresh water Living 



Objects under a Lantern Projection Microscope, with short description by 

 Messrs. A. T. Smith, Jun, and "W". Nakramore, F.L.S. 



8 p.m. Concert — 



Song " Out on the deep." Lohr. 



Mr. Charles Williams. 



Song "Beauty's Eyes." F.Paolo Tosti. 



Miss Leicester. 



Song Selected 



Mrs. W. UoDD, Jun. 



Song " The Coming of the King." Roeckcl. 



Mr. J. A. Chauwick. 



8.45 p.m. Mr. Edward Davies, F.C.S. delivered a lecture on " Glass." 



9.30 p.m. Concert — 



Duet "The moon hath raised." , Benedict. 



Messrs. C. Williams and J. A. Chadwick. 



Song ..."When Love is kind." A. L. 



Miss Leicester. 



Song "The Arrow and the Song." Balfe. 



Mr. Charles Williams. 



Song "Margarita." Lohr. 



Mr. J. A. Chadwick. 

 Accompanists— Miss Hudson and Mr. W. Dodd, Jun. 



Short intervals were allowed for promenade in the Bird Room and 

 inspection of Microscopes and Curios. 



Refreshments were served in the Library during the evening. 



In Old Bird Room were exhibited the following Minerals, Shells, Books, 

 Old Prints, Drawings, Curios, &c. kindly lent for the occasion by the 

 gentlemen against whose names they stand : — 



A collection of old Mezzotints and Prints, illustrating social life in the last 

 century, after Collett, Morland, Cruikshank, &c. Some old Miniatures and 

 Illuminated Manuscripts, and an ancient German Bible, with pictures, 1483. 

 The President (Dr. John Newton). 



Sketch Book of Sir Christopher Wren. Specimen of Shorthand 150 years ago. 

 Mr. Wm. Grisewood. 



Old Black Letter Bible (French), and a Universal Sundial —Mr. W. H. Read. 



Old fashioned Microscope and Apparatus.— Mr. C. H. Hesketh Walker, Mr. 

 Wm. Narramore and Mr. Geo. Rae Anderson. 



British Lepidoptera.— Messrs. F. N. Pierce and C. H. Hesketh Walker. 



Collection of Minerals.— Mr. Herbert E. Davies, M.A., B.Sc. 



Specimens of Rocks occurring as Boulders in this neigbourhood. — Mr. A. R. 



DWERRYHOUSE. 



Two cases of Shells, illustrating Genera Cypraea and Oliva. — Mr. J. M, 



Williams, F.R.M.S. 

 Shells from the Boulder Clay around Liverpool and their recent representatives. 



Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. 

 Collection of Original Drawings of Rotifera.— Mr. F. R. DiXON Nuttall, 



F.R.M.S., St. Helens. 



