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Cap. XXXVIII. For settling the 
Compensation to the Holders of certain 
Offices in the Courts of Law in Ireland, 
abolished under an Act passed in the 1st 
and 2d years of the Reign of his present 
Majesty, for regulating the same. 
Cap. XXXIX. Yo continue an Act 
of the last Session of Parliament, for 
allowing a Drawback of the whole of the 
Duties of Customs on Brimstone used 
and consumed in Great Britain, in the 
making and preparing Oil of Vitriol or 
Sulphurie Acid. " 
Cap. XL. To amend several Acts 
for the Regulation of the Linen and 
HHempen. Manufactures in Scotland. 
Cap. XLI. For the registering of 
Vessels. 
Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
[ Nov. I, 
Cap. XLUL. To amend the several 
Acts for the Assistance of Trade and 
Manufactures, and the Support of Com- 
mercial Credit, in Ireland. : 
Cap. XLIII. To regulate the Amount 
of Presentments by Grand Juries, for 
Payment of the Publie Officers of the 
several Counties in Ireland. 
Cap. XLIV. To repeal the Duties 
and Drawbacks on Barilla imported into 
the United Kingdom, and to grant other 
Duties and Drawbacks in lieu thereof. 
Cap. XLV. For allowing Persons 
to compound for their Assessed Taxes 
for the Remainder of the Periods of 
Composition limited by former Aets ; 
and for giving Relief in certain Cases 
therein mentioned. 
VARIETIES, LITERARY 
AND MISCELLANEOUS; 
Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domestic and Foreign. 
— 
-MeTeorocLoeicat -Soctety has 
just been instituted in London; 
and, from the nature of its subjects, 
which require simultaneous distant 
observations, it is likely to render 
itself most useful in promoting the 
study of nature. Its constitution is 
of a liberal character ; and, till after 
the 12th of November, all friends of 
such pursuits will be admitted mem- 
bers, on paying their two guineas to 
Mr. Wilford, the secretary, at the 
London Coffee-house. Among the 
gentlemen present at its institution 
were Drs. T. Forster, Clutterbuck, 
Shearman, Mr. Luke Howard, &c. 
The chair was taken by Dr. Birkbeck, 
and the following resolutions were 
agreed to :— 
That the formation of a Society, to pro- 
mote the advancement of Meteorology, 
have the cordial approbation of this 
meeting. 
That. a Society be formed, to be called 
“the Meteorological Society of London.” 
That the business of this Society shall 
be conducted by a president, vice-presi- 
dents, treasurer, secretary, and council; 
and that the number of vice-presidents 
and members of the council be determined 
at asubsequent meeting. 
That Mr. Thomas Wilford be requested 
to. officiate as secretary to this Society 
(pro tempore),.and that he be authorized 
to send a printed summons to attend the 
next meeting, to each person who shall be- 
come a subscriber. 
That an annual subscription of two 
guineas be paid in advance by every mem- 
ber of this Society. ~ 
That scientific men throughout the 
United Kingdom be solicited to co-operate 
with this Society, and to transmit commu- 
nications to it; and tliat this Society will 
always be ready to receive meteorological 
observations from the cultivators of 
science throughout the various quarters 
of the globe. 
That no other qualification be required 
to constitute eligibility to this Society 
than a desire to promote the science of 
Meteorology. A 
That after the next meeting the election 
be by ballot, upon the proposition of 
three, and that a majority of members 
decide. 
That this meeting do adjourn to the 
12th of November next, to meet at the 
same place and hour. 
—dAs there are no natural phenomena 
with which men are more intimately 
concerned than with atmospherical 
changes; and of these, strange as it 
may seem, less is known than of most 
other subjects of nature, so the new 
Society promises great practical uti- 
lity, and seems likely to reap a rich 
and glorious harvest of important dis- 
coveries. All the leading branches 
of science are now provided in London 
with societies, composed of efficient 
and. operative members. Thus we 
have— 
’ The Society of Arts. 
The Linnean Society. 
- The Horticultural Society. 
The Medical Society. : 
The Mathematical Society. 
The Geological Society. 
The Astronomical Society. 
And the Meteorological Society. 
—We seem to want only a CHEMICAL 
Society, 
