170 Proceedings of Societies. 



November 22. — At a general Meeting of the Society, held this day, 

 the following Office-bearers were elected : — 



Sir Walter Scott, Bart., President. 

 Right Hon. Lord Chief Baron, \ 

 LordGlenlee, f Vice .p residents . 



Dr. T. C. Hope, f 



Professor Russell, I 



Dr. Brewster, Secretary. 

 Thomas Allan, Esq. Treasurer. 

 James Skene, Esq. Curator of the Museum. 

 Physical Class. 

 Alexander Irvine, Esq. President. 

 John Robison, Esq. Secretary. 

 Counsellors. 

 Rev. Dr. Macknight, James Jardine, Esq. 



Robert Stevenson, Esq. Sir William Forbes, Bart. 



Sir William Arbuthnot, Bart. Dr. Home. 



Literary Class. 

 Henry Mackenzie, Esq. President. 

 Peter F. Tytler, Esq. Secretary. 

 Lord Meadowbank. Rev. Dr. Lee. 



Professor Wilson. The Right Hon. the Lord Advocate. 



Sir William Hamilton, Bart. Henry Jardine, Esq. 

 December 6th. — At this meeting, there was read by John Cay, Esq. 

 a notice respecting two Ancient Graves, discovered at North Charlton, 

 parish of Ellingham, Northumberland, in January 1823. 



At the same meeting, there was read Observations on theVision of Im- 

 pressions on the Retina, in reference to certain supposed discoveries re- 

 specting Vision, announced by Mr. Charles Bell. This paper forms 

 the first article of the present number. 



2. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 



November 13th. — There was read a notice by Major-General Hard- 

 wick, of the Incarceration of a Live Toad in a well at Fort William 

 barracks, Calcutta, for .54 years. The evidence relative to the actual in- 

 carceration of the toad, and its total exclusion from the external world, 

 seemed to be quite imperfect. 



The preface of a paper by Mr. George Don, was read on the mono- 

 cotyledonous and acotyledonous plants, found between the 4th and 11th 

 degrees of north latitude on the west coast of Africa. 



There was read, an account of a viviparous variety oiJuncus Lampo- 

 carpus by Mr. Parry. It was doubted whether this was a new variety 

 of the plant alluded to, and even whether this was the name of the speci- 

 men submitted to the Society. The occurrence of viviparous varieties 

 among similar plants was said to be by no means unusual. 



December 5. — There was read notices regarding the Blair Drummond 

 fossil whale, by H. Home Drummond, Esq. and Mr. Blackadder. 



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