£S6 Royal Insfitution of Great Bnttiin^ &d. 



above, and the same number below, — the gold medal; A 

 plan, elevation, and account of the materials arid expense^ 

 verified by certificates, to be produced on or before the first 

 Tuesday in May, lb04; 



II. Cottage^ — ^To the person who shall produce to the 

 board the model of the best and cheapest cottage, oil a scale 

 of one inch to a foot ; with estimates of the expense o£ 

 erecting: itj — from five to ten guineasj according to merit. 

 To be produced to the board on or before the first Tuesday 

 in December^ 1804. 



[To be continued.] 

 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, GLASGOW. 



It is with much satisfaction we notice at any time new 

 institutions intended for the prornotion of science and the 

 arts; for the tendency of all such institutions is to increase 

 the comforts of mankind. On the gth of November this 

 society elected its office-bearers for the ensuing year, viz. 



William Mickleham^ L. L. D.- Professor of Natural Phi- 

 losophy in the University of Glasgow, President. 



John Robertson, esq. Vice-president. 



Wm. Duncan^ esq. Secretary^ 



John Lindsay, esq. Treasurer. 



DlllECTCJRS. 



Geo. Mcintosh, esq. Mr. Peter Nicholsot1> 



Geo. Birkbeck, L. L. D. Mr. John M'Caulay, 

 James Monteath, esq. Mr. John Napier, 



John Geddes, esq. Mr. Wm. Dun, 



Alexander Drummond, esq. Mr. John Smith, 

 Robertson Buchanan, esq. Mr. Robert Hastic. 



LI. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. 



Extract nf a Letter from Dr. Tilesius, Naturalist, le^ 

 longing to the Russian Ships now on a Voyage of Discovery 

 round t/ie IVnrld, 



Santa Cruz, in the Island of TenerifTj 



; .October 35, 1803. 



X HAVE just returned from a tour to the bottom of the 

 peak. At this season of the year it is impossible to reach 

 the summit of it, for one half of it is covered with snow 

 and ice. I have, however, been well rewarded for the 

 fatigue I experienced in my laborious excursion. I have 

 made the most astonishing discoveries. In particular I have 

 3 found 



