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Eing out false piide in place and blood, 

 The ci\'ic slander and the spite ; 

 Eing in the love of truth and right, 



Eing in the common love of good. 



Eing out old shapes of foul disease, 



Eing out the narrowing lust of gold : 

 Eing out the thousand wars of old, 



Eing in the thousand years of peace. 



Eing in the valiant man and free, 



The larger heart, the kindher hand ; 

 Eing out the darkness of the land, 



Eing in the Christ that is to be." 



FOURTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 



Royal Institution, May 12th, 1856. 



ROBERT M'jCNDREW, Esq., F.R.S., President, iu the Chair. 



Mr. T. C. Archer exhibited several coins inteudod to be deposited 

 ia the M useura of Science and Art, in the Royal Institution. 



Mr. Morton exhibited several fossils from India, and a horn of the 

 Bos primor/enius, from the deluvium near Bootle. 



Mr. Marrat exhibited shells from the cliff at Egremont. 



Mr. Redish read an autograph letter from the Poet Laureate to a 

 friend, referring to some obscui'e lines in " In Memoiiam," and giving 

 the poet's meaning. 



The following paper was then read : — 



ON THE PRESERVATION OF FRESH MEATS. 

 By GEOEGE HAMILTON, Esq., F.C.S., F.E.A.S. 



In November of the year 1859, I was consulted by two mercantile 

 gentlemen of Liverpool, on the practicability of bringing cargoes of 

 beef in a fresh state, from South America into this country ; and, as 

 the nature of my answer was likely to aiTect a commercial speculation, 

 I thought it necessary to make a series of experinicut-^, not only witii 



