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Mr. John Jones was ballotted for, and duly elected an Ordinary 

 Member. 



Mr. R. M'Andrew exhibited three specimens of a remarkably large 

 species of prawn, found on the west coast of Ireland, and bearing a 

 similarity to the African species. 



The Rev. Dr. Hume exhibited a mineral fi-om the Coal Measures 

 of Edinburgh, regarding the nature of which considerable doubt 

 exists. 



Mr. John Leigh Cl.^ue exhibited, from the tertiary formations 

 upon the south bank of the Tagus, near Lisbon, fossil specimens 

 of " Panopma AldrovancU," &c. 



The Rev. Dr. Hume offered some explanations on his Paper on 

 " English Dialects," read at the last Ordinary Meeting. 



Dr. William Ihne read the first part of his Paper on " The Paradise 

 Lost of Milton." 



EIGHTH MEETING. 



EoTAL Institution, — February 6, 1854. 



JOSEPH DICKINSON, M.D., F.L.S,, &c., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. William Bennett, Mr. William Rees, Robert Gee, M.D., 

 Mr. William Lidderdale, Mr. F. D. Fletcher, and Mr. F. Prange, 

 were ballotted for, and duly elected Ordinary Members. 



Mr. William Burke e.xhibited a Manuscript Work on Book-keeping : 

 also in Manuscript, " The whole Art of Measuring, Practical Geometry, 

 and Mensuration." Both works were veiy beautifully executed by 

 Mr. J. T. Creighton. 



Mr. Thomas Sansom, Secretiry, exhibited fossil specimens of 

 C'atillus, or Inocenamus mytiloides, from the cretaceous or chalk 

 system. 



Professor Guiffith exhibited a series of fossils (including a 

 specimen of Orlhocera calainiteum ? ), from the Abcruddy Slate, a deep 



