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The following papers are published: — 1. A Discourse de- 

 Hvered at the opening of the Institution, by Robert Lamper, 

 Esq. A judicious and sensible address. — 2. Geological Survey 

 of the Country around Plymouth, with a coloured geological 

 map; by J. Prideaux, Esq. As the country around Plymouth 

 is very interesting, this sketch and map cannot but prove ac- 

 ceptable to the geologist, who will find in it many of the most 

 remarkable geological features of the country described. — 3. 

 Experimental Inquiries concerning the laws of Electrical ac- 

 cumulations ; by Mr W. S. Harris. This valuable memoir is 

 already well known to philosophers through the Philosophical 

 Journals. — 4. Mr RendePs account of the Cast-iron Bridge near 

 to Plymouth will interest the engineer. — 5. On the Rise and De- 

 cline of particular Mortal Diseases during the last twenty-five 

 years, with an attempt to ascertain the law of Mortality, in re- 

 spect of its distribution on various ages and in both sexes ; by 

 Dr Ed. Blackmore. We purpose, if possible, in a future Num- 

 ber of our Journal, to take particular notice of this curious me- 

 moir. — 6. Papers of Dr Leach, valuable to the practical zoologist. 

 — 7. Antiquarian Investigations in the Forest of Dartmoor, De- 

 von ; by Samuel Rowe, Esq. On this moor are to be found ex- 

 amples of the sacred circle, avenues, the cromlech, the kistvaen, 

 the rock idol, rock-basin, monumental pillar^ the cairn or bar- 

 row, dwellings, and tract-Avays. Of these several relics of for- 

 mer times, our author gives, in this paper, a variety of curious 

 notices, collected from personal observation. — 8. On Persian 

 Poetry ; by Nath. Howard, Esq. This very amusing paper 

 contains a sketch of the state of Arabian poetry before, and 

 about the time, of the Mahomedan conquest, with many in- 

 teresting details in regard to the soft and beautiful language of 

 Iran. — 9. An account of the collection of Drawings of Major 

 Hamilton Smith, F. R. S. This account of the rise and progress 

 of a vast collection of drawings, ten thousand in number, made 

 by the intelligent author Colonel Smith, will be read with plea- 

 sure. It consists of three divisions : the first, of costumes of 

 all times and all nations ; the second, of shipping and scenery ; 

 the third, of objects of natural history. — 10. On the Ornitho- 

 logy of the South of Devon ; by Edward More, M.D., F.L.S., 

 &c. This is a good paper. We wish ornithologists in othev 



