Ixxii GENERAL MEETINGS. 



General Meetings. 



On Wednesday, Sept, l'2th, at 8 p.m., in the City Hall, the Earl of 

 Harrowby, F.R.S., resigned the office of President to tiie Duke of Argyll, 

 F.R.S., who took the Chair at the General Meeting, and delivered an Address, 

 for which see page Ixxiii. 



On Thursday, Sept. 13th, a Soiree took place in the M'Lellan Rooms. 



On Friday, Sept. 14th, at 8 p.m., in the City Hall, W. B. Carpenter, M.D., 

 F.R.S., delivered a Discourse on the Characters of Species. 



On Saturday, Sept. 15th, a Soiree took place in the M'Lellan Rooms. 



On Monday, Sept. 17th, at 8 p.m., in the City Hall, Lieut.-Col. Rawlinson, 

 C.B., delivered a Discourse on Assyrian and Babylonian Antiquities and 

 ■Ethnology. 



On Tuesday, Sept. 18th, the President's Dinner took place at l^past 5 p.m., 

 in the City Hall. 



On Wednesday, Sept. 19th, at 3 p.m., the concluding General Meeting of 

 the Association was held in the City Hall, when the Proceedings of the 

 General Committee, and the Grants of Money for scientific purposes, were 

 explained to the Members. 



The Meeting was then adjourned to Cheltenham*. 

 * The Meeting is appointed to take place on Wednesday, the 6th of August, 1856. 



