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mained, though somewhat modified.—Mr. I. L. Williams 
of Florida, a corresponding member, presented a box of spe- 
cimens illustrative of the geology of that region.—Col. Tot- 
ten, of the U. S. engineers, a corresponding member, pre- 
sented a large collection of fossil plants from the slate for- 
mation of Rhode Island, among them were casts of doubt- 
ful fossils which were referred for examination and report,— 
essrs. T. G. Cary and G. C. Peterson, were admitted resi- 
dent members. 
21. Baron de Zach—Liberty of opinion and of the press— 
Education—General views of Europe, &c. 
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman, to the Editor, dated, 
tradiction with the decrees of the church! It is almost in- 
credible that such darkness should prevail in the midst of 
light, as one finds in Italy, and even in some parts of Swit- 
- Itis painful to an American to find even on politi- 
cal subjects so much of the illiberal spirit of past ages, in this 
land, which boasts so much of its freedom. The press is in 
racy. The Jesuits, driven out of France, have taken post in 
Switzerland, and promise to involve its catholic cantons in 
Srosser darkness than ever. Indeed the promises an 
tutions to which the princes of Europe have been driven by 
the force of public opinion, are but a cloak under which, in 
most states, views as tyrannical, and measures as illiberal, 
as €ver are concealed. gam E 
“Still the efforts of individuals, and of individual states in 
urope, are doing immense service to the cause of education 
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