1824.) - 
subjoined list (at present under consi- 
deration); and, what renders this so- 
ciety peculiarly deserving commenda- 
tion, is, that the questions debated, 
and the manner in which they are dis- 
cussed, admit at all times the presence 
of ladies, many of whom constantly 
attend the interesting and instructive 
interchange of sentiment with which 
the various subjects brought under 
discussion are illustrated; it thus 
affords an easy method of accus- 
toming the mind to the exercise of the 
reasoning faculties, of calling into ac- 
tion the powers of judging and deter- 
mining on the questions discussed, 
and of acquiring the information fur- 
nished by those gentlemen who address 
the chairman; and who, from their 
connection with literature, the arts 
and sciences, and their having devoted 
some portion of their time to the consi- 
deration of the various subjects sub- 
mitted for discussion, are often enabled 
‘to afford the most valuable informa- 
tion; by such means, that all desirable 
principal truth is the more likely to be 
attained; as, should anything be too 
highly coloured, or incorrectly stated, 
it is open to the animadversion and 
‘correction of those espousing the op- 
posite side of the question. ‘ 
The society is patronized by, and 
ranks among its members, ' many 
eminent literary characters; who have 
enriched the socicty’s collection of 
books, by the presentation of their own 
works. é 
The members have the use of the 
library, the privilege of attending, and 
introducing their friends, to the discus- 
sions at the society’s rooms, No. 52, 
-Great Marlborough-street, which com- 
mence every Tuesday evening at half- 
past eight o’clock, and the reply is 
called for at half-past ten, unless an 
adjournment be proposed and carried, 
when the diseussion is resumed on the 
succeeding Tuesday, until finished. 
This society, therefore, appears to 
combine useful information with 
agreeable recreation, and for the 
trifling annual subscription of one 
guinea. 
The society, apparently keeping in 
view the designation by which they 
are known, admit visitors in the most 
liberal manner, as tickets are furnished 
to respectable applications by letier to 
the Secretary, at the society’s rooms. 
The questions now in progress of 
discussion are,— 
1. Were the conquests of the Romans 
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beneficial or injurious to the nations they 
conquered ? 
2, Are the exertions of the African asso- 
ciation towards emancipating the slaves, 
eutitled to censure, or approbation? 
5. Does the character of James I. de- 
serve the commendation or disap probation 
Of posterity ? 
4, Is the administration of criminal law 
in France, or in England, the more 
adapted to promote the ends of justice? 
5. Which is more injurious to children, 
excessive indulgence, or excessive se- 
verity ? 
6. Ought the British nation to Mend 
assistance to the Greeks, in their struggle 
against the Turks? 
7. Did William III. of England, or 
Henry IV. of France, confer greater be- 
nefits on their respective countries ? 
8. Ought the destruction of animals for 
sport be condemned as cruel and sangui- 
nary; or considered as a justifiable 
amusement ? | 
9, Ought the publication in’ news- 
papers, or otherwise, of evidence for, or 
against, persons under legal accusation of 
crime, to be censured or approved ? 
10. Are the ancient Romans, or ancient 
Greeks, the more deserving of admiration? 
A Constant READER. 
John-street, Pentonville, May 4. 
== 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
ANALYSIS of FAT ANIMAL SUBSTANCES, 
with PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
CHEVREUL, in his ‘‘ Chemical 
« Researches relative to Fat 
Substances of Animal Origin,” enu- 
merates the following as what have 
been submitted to his experiments. 
The natural fat of sheep, oxen, hogs, 
men, goats, cetine, or the white of the 
whale, the oil of fishes, disengaged from 
all foreign matter, cholesterine, or the 
fat extracted from biliary calculi, or 
the stone in the bladder, and adipocire, 
or the fat of dead bodies. He first 
combined them with an alkali; this he 
terms saponifying; and, from analyz- 
ing these combinations, through each 
of their succeeding consequences, by 
methods strictly regular, bis plan em- 
braces the most important questions of 
chemistry. Except cetine, and of this 
the author does not speak, positively, 
none of the above substances consist 
of one sole immediate principle; all 
are mingled in proportions, varying 
more or less, and exhibit no character 
of acidity. For instance, if saponified 
with potash, and this substatice be 
afterwards removed by tartaric acid, 
they become changed into’ real fat 
acids, and into a particular substance | 
no 
