62 Mcdico-Botan. Sue— Roy. lust. of<*. Bril. — Fr. Acad. 



John Gough, Esq. of Kendal ; and various other communi- 

 cations. — 



MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



This Society held their Anniversary Meeting on Friday 

 (he 16th of January, when the following Council were elected 

 for the ensuing year, viz. President. — Dr. Bree, F.R.S. 

 J 'ice-Presidents.— Dr. Paris, F.R.S. ; Dr. E. T. Monro; 

 Joshua Brookes, Esq. F.R.S. ; Win. T. Brande, Esq. F.R.S. ; 

 Sir James M c Gregor, M.D. F.R.S. ; Sir Alex. Crichton, 

 M.D. F.R.S. Treasurer. — Win. Newman, Esq. Secretary. 

 — Mr. C. Holdstock. Professor of Botany. — John Frost, Esq. 

 Council. — Thomas Jones, Esq. ; Wm. Yarrell, Esq. ; Thos. 

 Andrews, Esq. ; Anthony White, Esq. ; Dr. John Elliotson. 



ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



The Lectures at this Institution will commence early in the 

 month of February, and the following Courses are announced 

 for delivery in the season, viz. 



On Electricity, Electro-Chemistry, and Electro-Magne- 

 tism. By W. T. Brande, Esq., Sec. R.S. and F.R.S.E., Prof. 

 Chem. in the Royal Institution. — To commence Saturday, 

 7th February, and continue each Saturday. 



On Mechanical Philosophy and its recent Improvements, 

 particularly in Optics and Hydraulics. By John Millington, 

 Esq. F.L.S., Sec. Ast. Soc, Prof. Mech. in the Royal Insti- 

 tution. — To commence Thursday, 12th Feb., and continue 

 each Thursday. 



On Botany and Vegetable Physiology. By John Frost, 

 Esq., Prof. Botany to the Medico-Botanical Society of Lon- 

 don. — To commence after Easter. 



On Plane Geometry. By John Walker, Esq., of Trim 

 Coll. Dublin, M.R.I. A. — To commence after Easter. 



On Music. By W. Crotch, Mus. Doc, Prof. Music in 

 the University of Oxford. — To commence after Easter. 



All the Lectures commence at 2 o'clock. 



ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF PARIS. 



July 7. — The Academy received from M. Becquey, direc- 

 tor-general of bridges and roads, some Researches on the 

 uniform Motion of incompressible and homogeneous Fluids, by 

 MM. Lame and Clapeyron ; also a new Memoir from M. Ar- 

 nold senior on Equations of three Terms of the second Degree. 



M. Moreau de Jonnes read part of a third Memoir on the 

 Geography of American Plants, entitled, Researches on the 

 Conditions of Vegetable Organization necessary for the geogra- 

 phical Transfer of Plants by Animals arid by Men. 



M. Gav- 



