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TWELFTH MEETING. 



RuVAL Institution. — April 3, 1854. 



ROBERT M'ANDREW, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. Charles Grey Mott was ballotted for, and duly elected an 

 Ordinary Member. 



Resignations were received from Mr. R. Lowndes and Mr. C. C. 

 Chambers. 



Mr. J. P. G. Smith exhibited specimens of Lajns Lazuli, from South 

 America ; also Photographs of Snow Crystals. 



Mr. R. M'Andrew, F.R.S., called attention to the works of several 

 Spanish poets of the 16th century, and alluded to the construction of 

 their productions. 



Mr. F. W. Bloxham exhibited a copy of the 5th edition of Milton's 

 Paradise Lost, which was published by Jacob Tousou. 



Mr. Thomas Sansom exhibited a manuscript copy of the " Queen's 

 Matrimonial Ladder," being a series of caricatures of Geoi'ge the 

 Fourth. 



Mr. Francis Archer exhibited specimens of Corundum, from 

 Canick Fell, Cumberland. 



Mr. J. Jones exhibited several ancient coins, some of Greek origin, 

 recently dug up in the Punjaub. 



The Rev. Abraham Hume, D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A., &c. communi- 

 cated a Paper on " Heraldry,'' which, in the absence of the author, was 

 read bv Mr. Bloxham. 



