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tion, presented it with a donation of one thousand pounds, which 
is not taken into aceount in the above statement of accounts. 
The Lectures have never been better attended than in the pre- 
sent season; and:by the Report that was made to the General 
Meeting on the first-of the present month, it appears the last year’s 
income exceeded the expenditure by no less than 688/. Lls. 11d. 
and the debt had been reduced below 15002. And as this was still 
without taking the munificent present of Mr. Fuller into aceount, 
there could be no doubt but the whole debt would be paid off 
before the close of the year, and some means adopted for esta- 
blishing a permanent fund. 
Several valuable presents have,also-been received by the Insti- 
tution, particularly a large collection of books, the property of 
the late Mrs. S. S. Banks, sister of Sir Joseph Banks, which were 
presented by his lady; a magnificent brass hydraulic press on 
a large scale, presented by Messrs. Bramah, and many other 
articles, chiefly books, instruments, and minerals. A subseription 
has likewise been set on foot for establishing a repository of mo- 
dels of manufacturing implements, improvements of various kinds, 
and useful works of art. 
We must say that no pains have been spared by the Managers or 
Professors of this Institution to render it worthy of the encourage- 
‘ment it now seems to be meeting from the public. We heartily 
congratulate them on the success of their endeavours, and hope 
they will continue to persevere with that same zeal and energy 
that has brought them into favourable notice. 
LXVI. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 
ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 
To Mr. Tilloch. 
Sir, —W: were too sanguine in our expectations of the results 
of the late expedition to the Arctic circle, and were disappointed. 
Nay, the officers engaged in that perilous enterprise have been 
by some unjustly criticized, because more had .not been done— 
because, in fact, they could not overcome impossililities. The 
results of that great attempt were not brilliant—the fault was 
not theirs—materials could not be collected where such did not 
exist. They could not ereate; but [ have no doubt that they 
accomplished all that skill, perseverance and courage could. com- 
mand. I remember that in discussing the prospects which we 
might reasonably indulge, with that eminent astronomer, geo- 
grapher and hydrographer the Baron de Zach, at Genoa,—he 
told-me that he considered the expedition as one more hazard- 
ous than any which characterized the enterprises of brtaa 
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