S76 Royal Academi/ of Sciences of Paris. 



that ere long the Navitical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris of 

 Great Britain, rising like a ])hoenix from its ashes, shall be as much 

 superior to Encke's, as Encke's is now superior to it. That, however, 

 will be no easy task : Encke, whose name stands already in the list 

 of those to whom our medal has been before adjudged, is no ordinary 

 rival. \YeW knowing what is wanted in an observatory — skilled in 

 practice — profound in theory — and living under a Government by 

 which science is eminently encouraged — he has given to us an ephe- 

 meris, which is invaluable. To enter into its individual merits would 

 far exceed the time allowed me ; suffice it to say, that for every pur- 

 pose of astronomical investigation, its materials are sterling, and its 

 arrangement excellent. With it, an observatory scarcely wants a 

 single book ; without it, every one. 



{The President then, addressing Mr. Bailij, said: — ) 

 Mr. Bailv, — To no one can I confide this medal with more pro- 

 priety than to you ; for no one, more than you, knows the importance 

 of our Associ ite's labours. Transmit it to him as a second badge of 

 our regard ; and tell him, that for his Ephemeris we are under obli- 

 gations to him, which we never can repay. 



List of Officers for the ensuing year. 



President: James South, Esq. F.R.S.L. & E. M.R.I.A.& F.L.S.— 

 Vice-Presidents; Captain F. Beaufort, R.N. F.R.S.; Olinthus G.Gre- 

 gory, LL.D. Prof. Math. Roy. Mil. Acad. Woohvich ; J. F. W. Her- 

 schel, Esq. M.A. F.R.S.L. & E. F.G.S. & M.R.I.A. ; Edward 

 Troughton, Esq. F.R.S. L. & E. — Treasurer: Rev. William Pear- 

 son, LL.D.&F.R.S. — Secretaries: Rev. Richard Sheepshanks, M.A.; 

 Lieutenant Wm. S. Stratford, R.N. — Foreign Secretary: Captain 

 W. H. Smyth, R.N. F.R.S. & k.^.— Council : George Biddell Airy, 

 Esq. M.A. Plum. Prof. Ast. Univ. of Camb.; Hon. Lord Ashley, 

 M.P. ; Charles Babbage, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. Lucas. Prof. Math. 

 Univ. of Camb.; Francis Baily, Esq. F.R.S. L.S. &G.S.& M.R.LA.j 

 Augustus De Morgan, Esq. B.A. ; Davies Gilbert, Esq. M.P. Pres. 

 R.S. F.L.S. & G.S.; John Lee, Esq. LL.D.; John William Lub- 

 bock, Esq. M.A. & F.R.S. ; John Lewis Tiarks, Esq. F.R.S.; John 

 Wrottesley, Esq. M.A. 



ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.S OF PARIS. 



July 6th. — Manuscripts 7-eceived : — Memoir On the height of 

 tides, by M. Simnonnin ; — Notice respecting the use of acidulated 

 water in removing the blackness of buildings, by M. Chevalier; — A 

 sealed packet by M. Rigal, containing drawings of an apparatus for 

 the destruction of calculi in the bladder; — Various memoirs from 

 the members of the scientific expedition to the Peloponnesus, from 

 the Minister of the Interim- ; — Considerations respecting the esta- 

 blishment of a Meteorological correspondence, by M D'Hombres- 

 Firmas ; — Memoir by M. Grimaud On a method of curing madness 

 and tetanus. 



The Academy afterwards heard two memoirs b}' M. Serulias ; one 

 relating to a new double chloride of phosphorus and sulphur ; the 



other 



