5^8 A P P E N b I t. 



F, R.S. relative to the cauje of the dimhmt'ioh of 

 common air, in fblogifiic proceffes". 



I congratulate you on the fatisfaflion which 

 you mult feel, from thefe plenfing and honour- 

 able teftimonies of the benefits refiilting from 

 our inftkutidn. We have eftablifted a Society 

 which, in its views, combines pradlice with 

 fpeculation ; and unites^ with the culture of 

 fcience, the improvement of the afts. Cafl your 

 eyes on the lift of communications, which have 

 been recited ana difculTed in this afifen^bly, and 

 you will clearly perceive the variety, extent, 

 and importance of the objefls, \Vhich our efta- 

 blifhmenc comprehends, h was my wifli and 

 intention to have drawn, from that lift, a fyfte- 

 matic retrofpecl of the progreftive advances w6 

 have made in philofophy and literature. But the 

 Ihort fpace of a fortnight, to one, occupied as 

 I am, with numerous and p'refTing engagements, 

 is inadequate to fuch an undertaking. And I 

 rnuft content myfelf with offering to your can^ 

 did attention, the Review of Mr. Delaval's Me- 

 moir, which I have delivered, for perufal, to the 

 fecretary. 



Jin epitome of Mr. t)elavars Memoir being then 

 ready the Prefident, after the conclufion, addrejfed the 

 two fuccefsful candidates, in the following terms. 



ADDRESS 



