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We understatid that Mr. Parkes is preparing for immediate 
publication, An Answer to the Accusations contained in a Letter 
addressed to him by Mr. Richard Phillips, and published in the 
‘Twenty-second Number of the Journal of Science, Literature, 
and the Arts. 
L. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 
MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
I, is with pleasure that we announce the formation of a Medico- 
Chirurgical Society in Edinburgh. The Society is formed upon 
the model of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of London, and has 
im view precisely similar objects. Most of the Medical Professors 
in the University, and many of the most respectable practitioners 
in the City, have co-operated in its formation. Dr. Duncan sen. 
has been elected its first President ; its Sittings commence in the 
approaching Winter Session. . 
In addition to ordinary and honorary members, provision is 
made for the admission of corresponding members; and it is 
hoped that many, in almost every part of the world, and such 
especially as retain a grateful recollection of the advantages they 
derived from their alma mater, will not be backward in supplying 
interesting communications, 
Communications may be transmitted to the President of the 
Society, or to either of the Secretaries according to the following 
addresses : 
Dr. W. P. Alison, 44, Heriot Row, Edinburgh ; 
Dr. Robert Hamilton, 3, Northumberland-street, Edinburgh. 
LI. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 
STATUE TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH BANKS, 
Ar a Meeting, under the Patronage of His Majesty, for the 
purpose of paying a tribute of respect to the Memory of the 
late Sir Joseph Banks, held (with the permission of the Council) 
at the House of the Linnean Society, late the Residence of Sir 
Joseph Banks, in Soho-square, on the 12th of July 1821, 
Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. in the Chair, 
Iv WAS RESOLVED,—That a Subscription be entered into for 
a whole-length Marble Statue of the late Sir Joseph Banks, to 
be executed by Mr. Chantrey, and to be placed in the Hall of the 
British Museum. 
That an application be immediately made to the Trustees of 
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