68 Royal Academij vj' Sciences uf Paris. 



in her amphitheatres, to destroy or be destroyed, as spectacles 

 of wonder to lier citizens. It would well become Britain to 

 offer another and a very different series of exhibitions to the 

 population of her metropolis, — animals brought from every 

 part of the globe, to be applied to some useful purpose as ob- 

 jects of scientific research, not of vulgar admiration ; and upon 

 such an institution, a Philosophy of Zoology founded, pointing 

 out the comparative anatomy, the habits of life, the improve- 

 ment, and the methods of multiplying those races of animals 

 which are most useful to man, and thus fixing a most beau- 

 tiful and important branch of knowledge on the permanent 

 basis of direct utilitv. 

 March 1, 1825. 



On Wednesday the 22d of June, a meeting of the friends 

 to this Institution was held at the house of tlie Horticultural 

 Society, in Regent-street, the Earl of Darnley in the chair ; 

 when, after the objects of the Institution had been stated by 

 Sir Humphry Davy, and other gentlemen had addressed the 

 meeting respecting them, the following noblemen and gentle- 

 men were appointed a committee to promote the design. 



Chairman^ Sir T. Stamford Raffles ; the Duke of Somer- 

 set, the Earl of Darnley, the Earl of Egremont, the Earl 

 of Malmsbury, Viscount Gage, the Bishop of Carlisle, Lord 

 Stanlev, Sir H. Daw, P.R.S., E. Barnard, Esq. F.L.S., 

 H. T. Colebrooke. Esq. F.R.S., Davies Gilbert, Esq. V.P.R.S., 

 Rev. Dr. Goodenough, F.R.S., Sir E. Home, Bart. V.P.R.S., 

 Thomas Horsfield,'M.D. F.L.S., Rev. W. Kirby, F.R.S., 

 T. A. Knight, Esq. P.H.S., T. A. Knight, jun. Esq., W. S. 

 Macleay, Esq. M.A. F.L.S., Joseph Sabine, Esq. Sec. H. S., 

 Baring' Wall, Esq., N. A. Vigors, Esq. M.A. F.L.S. 



The present list of members of the association is distin- 

 guished by the names of a large number of eminent men, in 

 evei'y department of society. Gentlemen who desire to be- 

 come members will signify their wishes, by letter, to Mr. T. 

 Griffiths, 2], Albemarle-street, London. 



ROYAL ACAOEMY OF SCIENCES OF PARIS. 



April 4. — M. Brisson protested against the decision taken 

 on the 21st of March, on the subject of his memoir, entitled 

 " New researches relative to the integral calculus of partial 

 differences :" he re(juested permission to leave the memoir 

 \\'ith the secretary for three months, for the purpose of its being 

 more fully examined : — The Academy granted this I'equest, 

 and aj.pointed a new committee to rcpoit upon the memoir. 

 — M. Thenard made a report on M. Colin's memoir relative 



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