Bussell Institution. 313 



to elect a President, Council, and Officers of the Society for 



the year ensuing — \vhereuj)on 



George Earl of Aberdeen, Thomas Lord Dundas, 



K.T. Sir H. C. Englefield, Bart. 



Edward Astle, Esq. Anthony HanViltMn, D.D. 



F.A. Barnard, Esq. Charles xMonro, Esq. 



\^'il!iani Bray, E-^q. Craven Ord, Esq. 



Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. Matthew Raper, Esq. 



Eleven of the Council, were re-chosen of the New Council; 

 and 

 The Right Hon. Charles Taylor Combe, Esq. 



Abbot'', Hcnrv Ellis, Esq. 



Heneage Earl of Avlesford, George Lord Kenvon, 

 The Right Hon. Sir J. Banks, R. P.^Knioht, Esq. 



Bart. K. B. Samuel Lysons, Esq. 



John Lord Brownlow, John Lord Redesdale, 



Ten of the other members of the Society, were chosen of 

 the New Council, and they were severally declared to be the 

 Council for the year ensuing ; and, on a report made of the 

 Officers of the Society, it appeared that 



George Earl of Aberdeen was elected President. 



William Bray, Esq. Treasurer. 



Matthea Haper, Esq. Director. 



Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. To 



Rev. T. W. Wrighle, M. A. } Secretaries. 



RUSSELL INSTITUTION. 



In Mr. Bakewell's thrd lecture, he noticed the fractures 

 and fissures in the earth's surface, which are filled with mi- 

 neral substances difiering in quality from the rocks or strata 

 they intersect. In travelling over an extensive range in a 

 mountainous country, he observed that the form and incli- 

 nation of the hills may present the same general reseniijjance 

 for a considerable distance ; but we may sometimes perceive 

 that in certain situations the same kind of rock is thrown 

 into a different position, and the strata are inclined in an 

 opposite direction. When such a change of po<ition occurs, 

 then we mav be almost certain that a rent or fissure of the 

 earth's surface has taken place, and that the continuity of the 

 strata has been broken by some cause which has elevated 

 one .side and depressed the other. These rents are called by 

 iriners dykes or faults. In the northern pari of our island, 

 tiny are frequently filled with basalt or whinstone. In the 

 coal districts of Yorkshire, and in the midland counties, 

 they are more frequently filled with clay In some situa- 

 tions, where these dykes occur in contact with coal, the coal 



V«l. 39. No. 1C8. ^/jri/ 1812. X appears 



